New Episode Alert: “I never throw away an idea.” Interview with kittenofdoomage, FanFic Author
Sandra and Kasey got to check a guest off their podcast bucket list! Listeners may have heard them collectively agree, “We’ll have made it when we can interview @kittenofdoomage!”
That day has arrived!!!
Rhi, known in fandom writing circles as kittenofdoomage, has been posting fics on AO3 since 2016 and is one of the most prolific reader-insert writers around. She writes for many fandoms, but Supernatural makes up the bulk of her stories, which total well over a thousand. If you love Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, you could survive quite happily on a diet of her fics for, well, forever.
If all that weren't enough to grab you, Rhi is also a Brit & her & Kasey bonded HARD over growing up in the UK. And she's responsibly for the best brit-ism Sandra has ever heard (kinda gutted it didn't make the episode title tbh loool)
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Chapter Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:04:04 - “Live Free and Twi-Hard” sparked kitten’s journey back into fic writing 00:06:49 - Buffy started it all 00:11:06 - Which Winchester got its claws in kitten? 00:14:47 - SPN viewing habits 00:16:17 - Real-life reaction to writing fanfic 00:20:39 - Thoughts on the show 00:24:33 - The JDM Effect 00:30:18 - Favorite characters on SPN 00:31:48 - John Winchester 00:34:16 - Writing characters into canon 00:36:05 - Plot twists and cliffhangers 00:39:30 - Kitten’s writing start 00:40:46 - The community around fanfic and reader engagement 00:45:26 - Reader-insert realm 00:48:47 - Imposter syndrome 00:51:30 - Does kitten herself into fic as the reader? 00:53:43 - Unlearning the wrong thing to improve 00:55:35 - Has a reader insert ever become an OC? 00:57:32 - Everyone loves a happy ending? 01:00:52 - Where do the ideas come from? 01:02:56 - The privilege of making people feel 01:04:46 - The ideas list 01:10:24 - Threesome logistics 01:12:13 - Omegaverse 01:14:46 - Teens on the Internet and finding fanfic 01:18:42 - Writing fancy stories for adults 01:21:19 - Kitten’s Patreon 01:27:24 - Kitten’s fave fanfic authors 01:30:35 - Does kitten have a fave fic she’s written? 01:33:54 - Kitten’s fanfic limits 01:39:38 - Fandom popularity 01:47:58 - Kasey’s questions 01:51:28 - Kitten’s words of wisdom 01:56:06 - Final thoughts and outro
