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@feeisamarshmallow said: I’m very interested in fan studies and while I’m a multi fandom blog, I do collect posts about fan studies, fan culture, and fan experiences under my tag “I’m a fandom nerd”. As for recommendations, seconding all above as well as fansplaining and haich-slash-cee (that blog is specific to research on the hurt/comfort trope).    

I actually loved your tag and it has been pretty useful for me, so you got a follow for that! I’m already following both these blogs - things are going get more serious here starting next month.

@hermitknut said: not me, but toastystats / destinationtoast are all about fanfic statistics, which might be helpful in supporting your work!         

They are really great! If you think in another accounts, pls send my way ♥

@annejamison said: I don’t post often and not only fan studies, but as I will be teaching fanfiction and adaptation this semester there will be an uptick

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

Everyone is asking me this which is great because it’s the same question I would want to ask!! Several authors I liked a lot, one is Adrian Tchaikovsky who wrote Children of Time (aka the Spider Book). A first contact novel involving sentient spiders. I skimmed the human bits but the spiders are marvellous. (And biologically plausible which is extra fun!)

20. What was your most anticipated release? Did it meet your expectations?

Hmm probably the third in a smutty romance series I’ve been reading called How To Belong with a Billionaire by Alexis Hall. Think 50 Shades of Grey but with mlm protags who both already know they are kinky and know how to communicate about consent. This one...I would say it about 70% met my expectations. Generally well handled and the protags work their way towards a nice hopeful ending, but he did drop a couple of plot threads in slightly frustrating ways. The book also had some much darker moments which I wasn’t expecting at all, but they were v well handled and I think they fit in the story.

25. What reading goals do you have for next year?

No | rather not | I dunno | I guess | Sure | Yes | FUCK yes | Oh god you don’t even know |

Tbh it doesn’t matter how many times I see this trope, it’s always hysterical and it’s 10000% better when it’s a super unexpected character 

Hi! 

First of all, thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoy my blog! 

And of course! Thank you for asking, I will gladly do it. Do you have a tag in specific that you want me to use? I can use “dw spoilers” which is my usual tag for un-released episodes but if you have any other tag blacklisted let me know so I can add it. 

Try “The Women Men Don’t See.” Then consider this quote, from an introduction to one of Tiptree’s books:

"It has been suggested that Tiptree is female, a theory that I find absurd, for there is to me something ineluctably masculine about Tiptree's writing."

here’s reasons i’ve seen so far - a) he’s drawn in a different artstyle to the rest of the characters bc he’s an ‘american style’ hero, b) it’s canon his eyes didn’t always look like that, so probably it’s something to do with his superpower (which sucks bc i just think it’d be super cool if he’d always had black sclera), c) he’s chronically ill/injured, so it’s a good way to make him look even more emaciated when he’s thin