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jbnova: Hello. [5:22 PM] fanficinpopculture: hi [5:22 PM] jbnova: Welcome to the chat. [5:22 PM] fanficinpopculture: thanks, [5:22 PM] jbnova: So what brings you by? [5:23 PM] fanficinpopculture: I need rt awsome fandoms help with a project on fanfiction I'm doing but if you are not intrested I totally understand :) [5:23 PM] jbnova: I'm very interested. [5:23 PM] acindra: what's the project about [5:23 PM] acindra: also hi nova, tim [5:23 PM] jbnova: Welcome back Cin. [5:24 PM] acindra: aw i missed maris [5:24 PM] timothay: Hey cin [5:24 PM] fanficinpopculture: the project is just about fanfiction really and how it fits into popculture and if it DOES fit into popculture. [5:24 PM] acindra: how would you need us to participate? [5:26 PM] fanficinpopculture: I want to have this portion of the project where instead of me just saying my opinion and scholarly article sources I want it to be more of a discussion [5:26 PM] fanficinpopculture: The topic is Shipping or Slash and why it happens [5:26 PM] acindra: wouldn't that lose you credibility since you're talking to a group of ficcers? [5:27 PM] jbnova: Not necessarily. [5:27 PM] fanficinpopculture: For this portion not really because I'm asking people who do it why they do it, [5:27 PM] jbnova: And Maris just left. [5:27 PM] fanficinpopculture: I would lose credibility if I asked you guys if fanfiction was good or not :) [5:28 PM] jbnova: Unfortunately, Cin and I are not very active in the writing side. [5:28 PM] acindra: liol [5:28 PM] acindra: not true anymore >.> [5:28 PM] jbnova: Oh? [5:28 PM] acindra: been writing a lot since the ss thing came out. none of it is edited tho [5:29 PM] fanficinpopculture: writing is wriing, and you can ship characters together without nessisaryly creating content right? [5:29 PM] acindra: yeah [5:29 PM] jbnova: I also don't have a particular ship. [5:30 PM] fanficinpopculture: no worries the questions are really about ships themseves but why people might do them [5:31 PM] acindra: go for it then [5:31 PM] jbnova: Ask away. [5:32 PM] fanficinpopculture: What do you guys think shipping is? [5:32 PM] jbnova: It gets its name from "relation*ship*, referring to a romantic pairing. [5:32 PM] jbnova: So it'd be any group of 2 or more people in a meaningful relationship surpassing friendship, often a romantic or sexual one. [5:32 PM] acindra: though it's not necessarily romantic when you say you ship people [5:32 PM] acindra: ye [5:33 PM] jbnova: I'm referring explicitly to ships, not BROTP. [5:33 PM] acindra: you can still ship aromantic people [5:33 PM] jbnova: I know. [5:34 PM] jbnova: But aromantics are often in explicitly sexual or frienship only. [5:34 PM] fanficinpopculture: Do you guys think that shipping is a crutial part of fanfiction? [5:34 PM] acindra: generally i'd say it's the desire to have 2+ characters having a relationship that's more than just friendship [5:35 PM] acindra: characters including real people's camera persona [5:35 PM] acindra: no [5:35 PM] jbnova: I wouldn't say it's crucial. [5:35 PM] acindra: it's a large part of it but it's not a necessity [5:35 PM] jbnova: A fanfic can consist entirely of a storyline you want to see. [5:35 PM] jbnova: Like a group of people go to the zoo. [5:35 PM] acindra: for example harry as a slytherin [5:36 PM] jbnova: Harry as a Slytherin would be an example of an AU, or Alternate Universe. [5:36 PM] jbnova: Where fans write them to speculate "What Ifs?". [5:36 PM] acindra: fanfiction tends to explore personalities [5:37 PM] acindra: and how characters react to other characters and situations [5:37 PM] jbnova: It's mostly about character dynamics. [5:37 PM] fanficinpopculture: what is the most important part of fanfiction? the "What if" or exploring characters dynamics, or something else? [5:37 PM] jbnova: It's entirely dependent on the type of fic being written. [5:37 PM] acindra: and the person reading it [5:37 PM] jbnova: If it's a "slashfic" then it's the ship. [5:38 PM] jbnova: If it's just an unseen event as depicted by the author, it's character dynamics. [5:38 PM] jbnova: If it's the "What If" then it's "How would this character act under these conditions?". [5:39 PM] acindra: this mob just dropped a hat that's literally a cat [5:39 PM] jbnova: In Trove? [5:39 PM] fanficinpopculture: Would it be fair to say then that fanfiction is simply a medium and what happens depends solely on the people using it [5:39 PM] jbnova: Yes. [5:39 PM] acindra: yes. to both [5:40 PM] jbnova: Essentially fanfiction is taking a published and established work and putting your own spin on it. [5:40 PM] jbnova: "Novels are just published original fanfiction." [5:41 PM] acindra: in our case the piece of work is the camera personalities of roosterteeth employees [5:41 PM] jbnova: For instance, I am in the middle of writing a fanfiction based on Achievement Hunter in an Alternate Universe of Avatar: The Last Airbender. [5:41 PM] jbnova: It focuses on the character dynamics and relationships in a platonic manner, as well as them existing in that setting. [5:43 PM] fanficinpopculture: So fanfiction is an exploration of types and that shipping is just exploring a character in a different way? [5:43 PM] acindra: yes [5:43 PM] jbnova: Indeed. [5:43 PM] acindra: there's also the lack of mogai relationships in pop culture [5:43 PM] fanficinpopculture: But why do you think that shipping is so popular? [5:44 PM] acindra: that makes fanfiction appealing [5:44 PM] acindra: because people like having opinions [5:44 PM] acindra: they like characters and putting them together [5:44 PM] jbnova: I think shipping is popular because people like the idea of Character A and B, and sometimes A+, in a relationship. [5:45 PM] fanficinpopculture: and maybe putting some of their identity into something they love [5:45 PM] acindra: it's like in disney movies we get presented two characters who oftentimes are unlikely to get together [5:45 PM] jbnova: I know that there are fanfic writers who write solely for recognition. [5:45 PM] acindra: but they do end up getting together [5:45 PM] acindra: like kovu and kiara [5:46 PM] jbnova: Is that the Princess and the Frog remake? [5:46 PM] acindra: sometimes we see personalities that would go well together in other works that aren't explored in said work [5:46 PM] acindra: no that's lion king 2 [5:46 PM] jbnova: There's a Lion King 2? [5:46 PM] jbnova: So there is. [5:46 PM] acindra: you haven't seen lion king 2? [5:46 PM] fanficinpopculture: and a lion king 1/2 [5:46 PM] acindra: IT HAS THE BEST MUSIC NOVA [5:46 PM] jbnova: Cin you know I don't like Disney. [5:46 PM] acindra: you make me sad [5:47 PM] jbnova: What else is new. [5:47 PM] jbnova: Aw, Maris' internet got capped again. [5:47 PM] acindra: it's about that time yeah [5:48 PM] fanficinpopculture: Do you guys think that a reason why there is a lot of male/male pairings in fanfiction is becuase there is a lack of strong female characters? (ie sherlock or supernatural) [5:49 PM] acindra: partially that and partially the lack of gay/mogai characters [5:49 PM] jbnova: Though that issue is mostly on Tumblr, it has slowly began to spread as a more reasonable belief [5:50 PM] jbnova: A prime example is the Naruto fandom that violently proclaimed that Naruto and Sasuke are "totally gay for each other". [5:50 PM] jbnova: And led to a significant amount of Naruto/Sasuke fanfiction alongside Naruto/Hinata and Sasuke/Sakura. [5:51 PM] fanficinpopculture: like have a sexuality enbellished upon the character? [5:51 PM] jbnova: Yes. [5:52 PM] jbnova: Often times, and especially in the RT fandom, sexuality is embellished. [5:52 PM] jbnova: Sometimes gay, pansexual, asexual, anything in the sexuality spectrum. [5:52 PM] jbnova: As well as gender, though I believe that's specific to Tumblr and AO3. [5:53 PM] fanficinpopculture: What are your views on this? is this good, bad, or something that just happens? [5:53 PM] acindra: i disagree [5:53 PM] acindra: there was plenty of gender themed fics on livejournal [5:53 PM] jbnova: I will concede on that as I do not actively read fanfiction. [5:53 PM] acindra: i think it's a good thing [5:53 PM] acindra: for multiple reasons [5:53 PM] acindra: the first being people are reading [5:53 PM] jbnova: It's an outlet for people who are those "invisible" genders and sexualities to have a character that is. [5:54 PM] acindra: representation is important [5:54 PM] jbnova: I have seen numerous fics of transgender characters when the "canon" version of those characters are cisgender. [5:54 PM] jbnova: Is it bad? No. [5:54 PM] acindra: it helps people be more open minded about their peers [5:54 PM] acindra: well. you don't know that [5:55 PM] acindra: unless they're stated as explicitly cisgender they could be trans or non binary and it's just never discussed [5:55 PM] acindra: like dumbledore being gay. [5:55 PM] jbnova: That was explicitly stated. [5:55 PM] acindra: though tbh that was a cheap way to say it. it should've been in the book [5:55 PM] jbnova: Yes it was. [5:55 PM] acindra: yes after the books were done [5:55 PM] jbnova: I thought it was during Book 7? [5:55 PM] acindra: no [5:55 PM] acindra: it was never said in the books [5:56 PM] jbnova: No, I meant that she revealed it before Book 7 was published. [5:56 PM] jbnova: I know it was never stated but for World of Author. [5:56 PM] acindra: either way it wasn't actually in the book, it's an author's headcannon but that means jack shit in the content [5:56 PM] fanficinpopculture: Do you feel that Rowling was swayed by the fandom to say that? Or was that he true intentions from the start [5:57 PM] acindra: it doesn't matter either way [5:57 PM] jbnova: It had no impact on the story. [5:57 PM] jbnova: Dumbledore could have been a non-binary pansexual and it would have changed nothing. [5:57 PM] jbnova: J. K. Rowling would have written Dumbledore the exact same way. [5:59 PM] jbnova: It was a poor copout to the lack of representation. [5:59 PM] jbnova: A proper example is in Game of Thrones were there are characters explicitly shown to be gay and an entire culture of agender individuals. [5:59 PM] acindra: yess [5:59 PM] jbnova: But I digress, as this topic is no longer about fanfiction. [6:00 PM] jbnova: Cin, you read A Song of Ice and Fire, right? [6:00 PM] acindra: no [6:00 PM] jbnova: Ah. [6:00 PM] jbnova: Well, there's a group of (initally) male warriors who at birth have their junk cut off and trained to be warriors. [6:00 PM] acindra: the dothraki ye [6:00 PM] acindra: no [6:00 PM] jbnova: Not Dothraki. [6:00 PM] fanficinpopculture: But why is there a lack of represenation in media? [6:01 PM] jbnova: The Unsullied. [6:01 PM] acindra: the dudes dragon lady gets [6:01 PM] jbnova: Yes. [6:01 PM] acindra: i'm waiting for the last book to actually read it [6:01 PM] jbnova: The dudes the bi or pansexual dragon queen gets. [6:01 PM] acindra: i fucking hate unfinished stories [6:01 PM] acindra: why? [6:01 PM] acindra: because our media and government is still full of racist bigoted sexist assholes [6:02 PM] jbnova: And some media outlets are just uninformed. [6:02 PM] acindra: it's getting better. but it's slow [6:02 PM] jbnova: Not everyone is a racist, bigoted, sexist. [6:02 PM] acindra: but a lot of the producers are [6:02 PM] jbnova: Yes. [6:02 PM] acindra: like bubbline not being able to happen [6:02 PM] jbnova: Which is BS, as it's super canon. [6:03 PM] jbnova: "Why isn't PB into Finn?" "Because she's a hardcore lesbian with a vampire." [6:03 PM] jbnova: A demisexual lesbian at that. [6:03 PM] acindra: plus he's like 12 [6:03 PM] jbnova: Demisexual is the one where you have to know the person first, right? [6:03 PM] acindra: ye [6:04 PM] jbnova: Also yes Finn is 14 or something and PB is at least several hundred years old. [6:04 PM] fanficinpopculture: Sodo you think that fanfiction is created to combat the hetronormative tendencies of today's media? [6:04 PM] jbnova: No. Not in the slightest. [6:04 PM] jbnova: It was because fans wanted events to happen that didn't happen in canon. [6:05 PM] jbnova: I must go now. [6:05 PM] fanficinpopculture: okay thanks for the help :) [6:05 PM] fanficinpopculture: it was super intresting [6:05 PM] acindra: no problem [6:05 PM] fanficinpopculture: can i post this on the blog portion of the project? [6:05 PM] acindra: sure [6:05 PM] acindra: but link us to it [6:06 PM] acindra: or is it an essay? [6:06 PM] acindra: either way i would like to see the completed project [6:06 PM] fanficinpopculture: it's a blog, [6:06 PM] fanficinpopculture: want a link? [6:06 PM] acindra: yes [6:06 PM] fanficinpopculture: http:

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Well guys, I am sad to say that I will no longer be a mod on the Fuck Yeah RT Fanfic blog (didn't link that 'cause I don't know how). No, I didn't get fired. No, someone didn't upset me and made me want to quit. I quit by my own choice. The reason....well to be honest, I've lost interest in Rooster Teeth. I don't mean it as in oh my god RT sucks now, but I've found new interests and they catch my attention more than RT. Guess I wasn't much a gamer after all. Probably gonna loose a lot of followers since I wont be posting much RT anymore.....oh well. I still love all my followers and you all are amazing people and I will continue to follow you guys, but I wont have the same blog anymore. At least I don't think. Anyways, yeah that's the sad news. It's not like im gonna forget all about FYRTFF and move on. Hell no. The FYRTFF team are the most amazing, talented, beautiful, hilarious, kind people ive ever had the pleasure of meeting. I had a great time working for FYRTFF and I loved every second of it. Seriously, all my followers should go ask to join 'cause that blog is amazing. Tats (thisandthensome) is amazing in all her glory and is the best leader. Seriously guys, her and all the FYRTFF team are all great people. I want YOU, to join the FYRTFF team. Right now...go join.....please :D Love you guys! Thanks for reading<3