The Marauders Thesis

I'm looking for a way to get in contact with the legendary MsKingBean89,

in hopes they'll be kind enough to grant me an interview. It'd be (of course) under that username, and I'M NOT GOING TO ASK FOR ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION. All I need is a short interview (could be written, but I'm okay doing it over voice call or any other way they prefer) about the Marauders fandom and the fanon.

This may be a long shot, but it's worth trying.

I've been in the fandom for a while, so when I had to choose a topic for my thesis I knew I had to do something like this. I've always been fascinated by the way the fandom works, how we create all this content we identify as The Marauders™, even though there isn't a lot of canon information about the characters and their story. I love the personalities we've given them, all the symbols we identify them with, and all the relationships we've created.

I'm studying the way people interact on the internet and the colective creation that results of that interaction.

If you want to talk about this, the Marauders or have any suggestions or ideas I'd love to chat!!

I'm still working on this project! I've been researching the fandom and the fanworks on TikTok, AO3 and now on Spotify. Thanks to the two spectacularly amazing people who took the time to answer my admittedly long questions, I had the chance to add creators I didn't know before and their content to the thesis.

It's been some time. I turned 22 (yey!), finished my last year of university and all that's left for me to graduate is to finish this thesis. Which is what I'm working on right now.

I came across an interesting topic, and I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the way the LGBTQIA+ community is present and represented in the Marauders fanfics, fanart, edits and fan community in general. If you are a creator, would you share what moves you to make certain characters part of the community? Is the need/want for representation? Is it because of an interpretation of the character? What do you think of the thoughts J.K. Rowling has regarding the topic?

I'd love to hear your input! Please send an ask or a DM if you're willing to share your thoughts as part of the fandom! Thank you so much🫶🏼

I'm here to make a little update: I have one book left to read and quote on the second chapter of my thesis and I'll be done with that. It's 370 pages long, but tonight I'll try to make it to page 50. The book is Transmedia Culture by Henry Jenkins, and it explores the way people interact with content on the Internet. It's very interesting, but I'm also very tired, so we'll see how this goes.

I finished all my subjects (with great grades, too!), so all I have left to do to graduate is finish my thesis. So far, it has around 65 pages, but that may vary when I fix the format.

I'll do my best to finish the first draft before the 20th of December, so my teacher and my thesis director can take a look at it before I submit it.

It will have four chapters. The first one is already done. I have more than half of the second, a good part of the third and an idea of the fourth. The plan is to finish chapter 2, which is basically an investigation of what has already been said about transmedia. After that, I'll focus on chapter 3, my own investigation. Finally, chapter 4 is just going to be all the conclusions.

I'm closer but there is still a lot of work to do. Thanks for following along!

I bring you a fun fact! I started adding up the hits in ATYD and all the translations linked in the first chapter, and they come up to more than 16M! That's more than third of the people in my country.

Anyway, I'm still working and researching. My professor hopes my thesis will be mostly ready by the very end of october, but I'm not sure I'll be able to do everything that's left to do by then. I'll try, though. Wish me good luck!

I've been working, I already have a couple points I'd like to write down soon. It's hard to put so much effort and see how little my document grows, but I know that as soon as I finish the investigation part, almost everything will be done.

While investigating, I realized I had to add a couple of questions to the interviews- so that's great! If you consume/produce content about the Marauders fandom, I'd like to chat with you. Please send me a message if you're interested in answering some questions about your experience in the fandom. Thank you!

It basically says that the more someone tries to erase something from the internet, the more viral it goes. I wonder how J.K. Rowling's homophobia and transfobia relate to the many queer ships + fanfiction that circulate about her characters.

Other than that, I'm working on my sources. Since I can't use surveys to gather information (wouldn't be able to select a representative sample), I'll be doing interviews and using documentary observation as data collection techniques.

In short, we're doing good so far but there's a long way to go. Thanks for tagging along!

Ps: I'M STILL TRYING TO REACH MSKINGBEAN89

So far, it's easy to read and describes the differences between transmedia and multimedia, and the evolution from one to the other.

As a reminder, I'm still hoping MsKingBean89 will see this!! And I need anyone who is part of the Marauders fandom and is willing to participate in a written interview! I'd use either your username or (if you prefer it) your name in my thesis.

I'd also like to interview some fanfic writers. The questions will be about the Marauders fandom, its history and the material the fans produce (all and any kind: video, audio, text, image, cosplay, etc). So if you're intrested in being part of the Marauders Thesis, please let me know.

Also, as a reminder, I'm still trying to get MsKingBean89 to see this! You can help by rebbloging!

@figure-skating-avocado maybe? It would still be amazing if I could quote her anyway🤞🏻