The Sunshine Character and the Grumpy Character, The Sun and the Moon, Blonde idiot x Dark-haired maniac, Light Bringer and Shadow Dweller… what is up with these gays.
Love and Deepspace and the Fanfictionification of Global Romance
Love and Deepspace is taking the world by storm, because >finally< the perfect boyfriend is just one app download away.
When fanfiction meets reality…
To ship real people or not to ship real people? That is the question.
Kacchan Deserves Nice Things: Why Bakugou Fix-Its Might Just Be Canon
“He’s an actual person. He’s not just this rage machine.”
Good fanfics don’t try to turn Kacchan into less of an asshole (partly because it wouldn’t be Katsuki Bakugou if he wasn’t, at least a little). They just refuse to leave him at his worst. Bella takes a look at how the fix-its aren’t fixing him, but everything around him. And that’s why Bakugou fanfics feel so close to canon (NB. It’s all a lil BKDK coded hehe).
Fanon or Canon? It doesn’t matter: SatoSugu Broke The Internet (Is Gen Z mourning love?)
There’s no particular need for #pride content here at FanFic.Mag, considering that most fanfic is #verygayindeed. So here’s Bella exploring how dear old Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru broke the internet and how fanfic’s helped the process! (Is Gen Z mourning love?)
From AO3 to Hollywood: Why fanfiction fans fear going mainstream
Millions of people read and write fanfiction every day, yet the community has previously struggled to shake its reputation for being embarrassing, obsessive or unserious. However, from Ali Hazelwood’s cinematic success to Alexandra Romanoff’s bestsellers, it is clear that fanfiction is no longer the literary world’s dirty secret.
Straight men and fan fiction: What they write and why many stay anonymous
Despite millions engaging in fanfiction online, male writers often opt to remain hidden. Louie explores what men write in this space and how stigma, online ridicule and masculinity influences their choice to not attach their names to their work.
‘When you tell it, it’s going to be different’: Lev Grossman on writing, fanfic and creativity
What counts as an original story? Domie speaks to New York Times Best-Selling author Lev Grossman to hear his story and his thoughts on what makes a creative narrative.
When fanfic becomes revenge against far-right red pill men
They preach traditional values and toxic masculinity – so their critics are shipping them. Inside the defiant, chaotic world of revenge fanfic, where writers are turning right-wing influencers into the very thing they hate.
AO3 and the Beats: ‘Language is a Virus’
Millions of writers use AO3 to publish sprawling, emotional and experimental fiction outside traditional publishing. From Burroughs-style fragmentation to Kerouac-esque spontaneity, fanfiction has become one of the internet’s largest countercultural movements.
‘I could write a happier ending’: How trauma survivors are healing through fanfic
The world of fandom is being used as an escape. It is allowing people to use fan fiction as a tool for emotional repair by processing personal pain through borrowed characters.
The mommies of fanfic
*sighs wistfully* MILFS. Mothers. Mommies. Whatever you call them, we here at Fanfic.Mag love them. That’s why we’ve created the counterpart to our list top-ten fanfic DILFS. This is by no means the be all and end all of mommies (and by mommies, we mean a hot, mature lady). Far from it. Here are just a few of our favourite strong, independent mothers of fanfiction.
Beyond the canon: Supernatural’s love letter to the fans
How did fanfiction writers take control of the Supernatural narrative? The 200th episode is repeatedly seen as a love letter to the fandom, but it exposed the can of worms that comes with creators acknowledging fanfiction.
‘I CAN FIX HIM’: Why readers of fanfiction fall for walking red flags
From Hardin Scott to Ilya Rozanov, fanfic readers are constantly crushing on male characters who need therapy, a bath and better communication skills. In reality, we know these men would be exhausting to deal with, so Livvy is finding out why we keep falling for them on the page?
Harry Potter and the Chamber of fanfiction: the development of published fanfiction
Should fanfiction actually become formally published literature? Lauren explores this through the wild world of Harry Potter fanfic.
My smutty sex-ed teacher: exploring identity, sexuality and desire through fanfiction
How did all that smut you read as a teen shape your identity? Gabriella hears about why reading erotic fanfiction is often just human nature.
The daddies of fanfiction
DISCLAIMER: This is by no means an exhaustive list. We know more daddies exist. We love them, too. But there’s only so much daddy one article can hold. Here are our favourites:
‘Sorry, English isn’t my first language!’
The vast majority of fanfiction is written in English, but this does not deter those entrenched in fandoms. Ruth meets four non-natives who have learned a second language via this wonderful world.