Fanonball

Seeing a new episode of Fanonball has finally been uploaded... it fills you with determination. Today we're joined by Mel to talk about the 2015 indie RPG Undertale! We talk about its connection to Homestuck, shipping discourse, and how it's possible to ship Sans with himself.

 Sources and relevant links for this episode: 

• Undertale, Underfell, Sans/Frisk on fanlore
• The Undertale Drama by Chloe Spencer for Kotaku
• Flowerfell on the (now abandoned?) Undertale AU wiki
• Sans on the Tumblr Sexymen wiki
• What happened to the Undertale fandom? on Quora
• What happened to the Undertale fandom? on r/outoftheloop
• The Tumblr Needle Cookie Story

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If you have read basically any fanfiction in your life, you have benefited from the existence of a 90s supernatural (?) cop drama. Today Dana Parker joins us to talk about The Sentinel, a fandom that has impacted all of fandom space as we know it today. We discuss the countless AUs and tropes the show spawned, the ways the fandom pioneered saving shows, and how Archive of Our Own would not exist without The Sentinel. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• The Sentinel, Jim/Blair, Sentinel AU on Fanlore
• Basic guide to Sentinel fic and tropes by infiniteeight8 on Tumblr
• The Sentinel, Sentinel/Guide Bonding and AU - Sentinels and Guides tags on AO3
• AO3 Ship Stats list 
• Neilsen ratings for 1996-97 and 1997-98

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Beth: Twitter, Instagram, Twitch
Max: Twitter, Instagram
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Gun to your head, what would you guess is the fandom for the top fic on AO3? Supernatural? Harry Potter? Boku no Hero Academia? You fool. You absolute rube. Of course it's Minecraft Youtuber RPF, how could you ever think otherwise. On today's episode Chy joins us to talk about Dream/GeorgeNotFound fic Heat Waves, the most popular fic on Archive of Our Own, and what it means for fandom and pop culture at large. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• Heat Waves and Helium on AO3
• Heat Waves, Dream SMP and Dream on Fanlore
• DreamNotFound on the Shipping Wiki, making its first appearance on the show, remarkably
• Fanfiction about real people is flourishing by Jay Castello on Polygon
• People are reading so much fanfiction it’s crashing the biggest fanfiction website by Gita Jackson on VICE
• The most read fic on AO3 has now been dethroned, a thread on Reddit
• Glass Animals’ Hottest 100 win: ‘Heat Waves’ and the power of online fandom by Al Newstead on TripleJ

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Max: Instagram
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Have you ever awoken in the dead of night in a cold sweat and thought, "What if England and France fucked?" Well, we have some great news for you: You are not alone, and you are so not alone that an entire fandom agrees with you. Today Nat joins us to talk about the nation gijinka webcomic and anime series Hetalia! We talk about globalism with respect to the premise, how the fandom handled problematic situations, and the different ways the fans responded to racism and misogyny. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• Pyrrhiccomedy's fic directory
• Wizzard890's fic directory
• Puella_nerdii's Hetalia LJ posts
• Mithrigil's fics
• Hetalia's Dreamwidth
• SaMelodii's Bahamas OC
• HetArchive
• Hetalia on Fanlore
• Anime Boston incident (TW: antisemitism, Holocaust)

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Max: Instagram
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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT SPOILERS FOR DANGANRONPA 1, 2 AND 3! DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED!

Welcome to the Ultimate Podcast! Today we're talking about the Danganronpa fandom and BOY is it a doozy. We discuss kinning, dancing on literal graves, and how the fans on the Something Awful boards were key to getting the series localized in the West.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• Danganronpa Fanlore
• Danganronpa Discourse blog
• Danganronpa fanfiction discourse blog
• Fandom Files ep on Danganronpa
• Thread on DR/SomethingAwful/orenroren
• Orenroren let’s play archive of DR1, and his translation of SDR2

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Steeven: Twitter
Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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Listener, don't be a sockpuppet for a Harry Potter fanboard user. Instead, listen to this episode where we talk about the USA (characters welcome) show Psych! We discuss how anti-Black racism affects the biggest ships in the fandom, why it's so small, and the ways the network encouraged fan activity.


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Is it still us that makes you sweat? Are we who you think about in bed? Probably not, but a podcast can dream, right? Anyway, we're BACK and we're wrapping up our series on bandom with an episode about Panic! at the Disco, joined by Nicole Fenton. We talk about celebrities breaking the fandom fourth wall, shipping theories and... dairy products.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• P!atD, Ryden, Brencer, Dallon Weekes, Divorce!fic on fanlore
• Panic primer on LJ
• Panic origin story on tumblr
• Another Panic primer on LJ
• Panic primer on dreamwidth
• Slashatthedisco
• Lots of Ryden masterposts
• Brencer manifesto
• Catfishing incident masterpost

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Nicole: Twitter, Instagram
Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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We are a member of the Scavengers Network. You can find our show and other great ones on the network by visiting scavengersnetwork.com!

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We ARE okay, thank you for asking. In the second episode of our series on bandom, Meredith Gillies joins us as we cover My Chemical Romance. We talk about why they're the biggest band in bandom to this day, how their creativity inspires fans' creativity, and how they will Save Your Life.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• MCR, Frerard, Waycest on Fanlore
• A weirdly involved fandom primer on Quora, of all things
• Another fandom primer on LJ
• Part 1 of a 4 part Frerard primer
• The Used primer

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Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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Our Lawyers Made Us Change The Name Of This Podcast So We Wouldn't Get Sued (not really our network doesn't have a legal department). Anna Clay, once and future scene kid and creator of Fall Out Boy site drop-a-heart.com, joins us to talk about, you guessed it, Fall Out Boy. We discuss the draw of bands for fandoms, 2005's importance for the FOB fandom and Pete Wentz's various rumored entanglements. We also thank them fr th mmrs. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• Fall Out Boy, Cultverse, Damnyouwentz and Summer of Like Fanlore pages
• Sixteen Candlesverse 
• Fall Out Boy primer
• Mikey Way/Pete Wentz manifesto
• Mikey Way/Pete Wentz manifesto but a different one 
• Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump manifesto
• Pete Wentz/Patrick Stump manifesto but a different one 

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Anna: drop-a-heart.com
Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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We talk about a lot of things in this episode, okay, we go over a lot of history and backstory and drama – but the most, THE MOST important thing to take away is that Zexion and Demyx were originally shipped because their Organization numbers were 6 and 9. Thank you.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

• Kingdom Hearts Fanlore page
• This VERY GOOD reddit thread of people in the fandom
• Kindom Hearts III, Re:Mind, Yozora and Fan Expression
• ANOTHER great reddit thread about flame wars/Xion
• Akuroku Fanlore page

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Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Twitter
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Why is this audio file so long?
The time from the last word of the statement to the last second of the track totals 8 minutes and 46 seconds.

8 minutes and 46 seconds doesn't sound like a long time until you are confronted with just how long it can drag on.

8 minutes and 46 seconds is how long it took to end George Floyd's life.

At the Scavengers Network, we support the nationwide protests against police brutality; because Black Lives Matter. It is not enough to simply be “not racist”. You must be anti-racist. This is not a matter of “differing politics” nor is it something that is up for debate. This is about human and civil rights.

We must make Black voices heard.

Amplify and listen to Black voices. We have always been committed to using our platform to raise others up, and do what is right. Please, join us.

These links have lists and resources for educating, donating, petition signing, and more:
- Black Lives Matter Carrd
- Justice for June

SPOILER WARNING: This discussion contains not only spoilers for the original FF7, but also new content from the remake.

Today Kevin joins us to talk about the 1997 Square Enix game Final Fantasy 7, roleplaying, the great ship war™️™️™️, and our OTPs. And, briefly, Reno's tiddies.


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!!! SPOILERS for RWBY volume 6 from 1:08:55–1:09:55 !!!

Are you combat ready for all the ship wars? Because boy oh boy, the RWBY fandom are. ARE THEY EVER. Today to talk about ship wars, as well as many, many other things is YouTuber and general fandom roaster Doubleca5t. We'll attempt to answer questions like is this show an anime? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Which fandom faction is right? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Does any show have as many ship names as this one? NO. The answer to that one is no.

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Happy Scramble Week 2020! This week Max and Beth get to take the day off and let Erin King and Raeanna Larson from Wet Hot American Moon Juice drive. They’re talking about Homestar Runner, that bizarre-yet-loveable early-2000s (and beyond!) Flash animation website that spawned such beloved pop culture references as TROGDOR THE BURNINATOR and COME ON FHQWHGADS.

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Raeanna: Twitter, Instagram
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Note: The audio in this episode is a little iffy. Our software kind of went on the fritz – but you shouldn't have any trouble understanding any of us. Sorry about that!

Y'all know what it's like to be a teen, right? Well, how about a TEEN WHO IS ALSO A WOLF?????? We thought not. On today's episode we talk to the hosts of the Teen Wolf ReWolf podcast about the Teen Wolf fandom, how the actors and network encouraged fans, and why Sterek makes no sense.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
Teen Wolf on Fanlore

Fan Wolf Bites Back: A Look Into the “Teen Wolf” Fandom

How PR missteps nearly ruined ‘Teen Wolf’ fandom

The Teen Wolf fandom will devour itself

Has Teen Wolf social media lost its edge?

Sterek on Fanlore 

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Julia: Twitter
Christian: Twitter
Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Twitter
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This is less of an episode about early 2000s digital pet website Neopets and more of a deep look into Beth's psyche and what Internet experiences have made her into the deeply troubled human being she is today. Also, we will Venmo you $20 if you can hack into her Neopets account. Seriously.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
Neopets.com

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on 2day's ep, max beht n ern cover da harry - oops sry VAMPIRE potter fanfic my immortal!!!! dey talk abt da writtin style, wonder who da author is & discus fanfic as a artform!! 

fangs 4 da lisen!! IF U DUN LEAVE US A REVIEW UR A POSER N A PREP OK!!!!!!

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

My Immortal rehost

My Immortal wikipedia

My Immortal fanlore

My Immortal on TV Tropes

My Immortal: why the famously awful Harry Potter fanfiction isn't bad at all

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Today we're talking about the one fandom to unite all AUs: His Dark Materials. We talk about how a small fandom became one of the most common sources for alternate universes, as well as why the source material itself might not lend itself that well to fanworks. Plus we find out what our daemons are!

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
“You’re My Present This Year”: An Oral History of the Folgers Incest Ad
His Dark Materials on Fanlore
Bridge to the Stars
His Dark Materials on Yuletide

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Aya's audio cuts out at around 1:04:06 and cuts back at around 1:15:31. Don't worry! She was still there! But audio gremlins attacked as they sometimes do.

We're wired in today to talk about Beth's favorite movie and one of her favorite fandoms, The Social Network. Yes, that one. Aya Lehman joins us to talk about the fandom's unlikeliness, its notable works, and whether or not real person fiction is harmful or not. Plus there's a GAME. We're really pulling out all the stops for this one.


Sources and relevant links for this episode:
The Social Network on Fanlore
The Social Network LiveJournal kinkmeme
The Most Awesome Mark Zuckerberg Homoerotic Fanfic


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We're here to slay in this episode (eh? eh????) about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Zelda Knapp joins us to talk about Bangel vs. Spuffy, Buffy academia, and webrings. As Buffy herself famously said, "If the apocalypse comes, rate and review us on iTunes."

Sources and relevant links for this episode:

Buffy on Fanlore
UCSL on Fanlore
The Internet Archive’s cached page of Buffy academia
The Bronze archive
“The Early Days of Buffy Fandom” by Anthony Letizia, for Geek Frontiers
“Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?” by Allyson Beatrice on GoogleBooks
Fan Phenomena: Buffy the Vampire Slayer by Jennifer K. Stuller

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Zelda: Twitter, Once More With Extreme Prejudice, A Work Unfinishing
Beth: Twitter, Instagram
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We are a member of the Scavengers Network. You can find our show and other great ones on the network by visiting scavengersnetwork.com!