kalloway @kalloway@fedibird.com

The main problem with fandom research/transformative fandom academia is that it's almost entirely self-selecting. Like any hobby space, fandom is decentralized (though maybe not enough) and difficult to properly survey. So you get articles about Thoughts on Yaoi but it's really 'Thoughts on Yaoi of people who clicked the link on one reddit post' or whatever.

At best, a lot of articles sound under-researched; at worst they're astoundingly racist and harmful.

I've read some good stuff over the years. And I've read a whole lot of bad, too.

#FanChats38

"Sit closer," Edgar said as he watched Mer shiver despite the fire's heat. "Lean. I'm warm."

"I'm always cold," Mer replied. "It's fine."

But Mer slid over anyway, close enough that Edgar could feel the odd cool of Mer's body.

"What if you changed?"

"Then I'd be too big for the clearing without sitting on the fire," Mer said. But he laughed, and Edgar always liked Mer's laugh. "I'm fine. You're fine. I'll take your heat."

Mer leaned, and quietly Edgar put an arm around him, fingers touching the stray blue scales on Mer's arm.

Mer shivered.

#wss366

A hundred histories were written of Arthur's reign, not a one of which entirely agreed with the others, at least when it came to the little things. The big events were covered properly enough, but his relationships and the daily moments crammed into the short chapters, those...

Arthur stretched, deep beneath the castle. He had no interest in reading at the moment; he was hungry.

A hundred histories had all missed one important thing.

He licked his lips, fangs sharp against his tongue.

It was not a night to read.

#fanprompt (reign, Kingdom of Heroes)

Frayne dumped the contents of the cardboard box out on her kitchen table and took a long, tired look at the pile.

She resisted the urge to just sweep the jumble of whatnots and miscellaneous back into the box, because that wasn't going to help anything.

Not when Cidnee had given her the box and then vanished.

Not when among binder clips and chopsticks and plastic flowers there were shimmering red and purple crystals.

Frayne grabbed a dry erase marker and started on a quick summoning circle.

She'd solve this one.

She'd get Cidnee back.

#MastoPrompt