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SEEKING: ORIGINAL SUPERWHOLOCK FANS

Now seems like a good time for this.

So! Let’s get this out of the way first: I’m not here to belittle you, make fun of you, call you cringey, or whatever other shitty bullying behavior is the cool du jour. We don’t roll like that in my house.

No, reality is quite different.

Hi, my name is Nina and I run a hands-on museum at anime and pop culture conventions that details the history of fandom, and if you’re an original Superwholock fan, I want to interview you.

(I also want your gifsets, fanart, fanfiction, prominent crossover theories, etc.—the paraphernalia that make up a fandom.)

Here’s the thing: Superwholock, along with Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons (which was somewhat concurrent), is the first fan-created crossover megafandom. This is a HUGE DEAL for a fandom curator, because....almost all of you are still alive!! You’re all primary sources!! YOU WERE THERE!! Speaking as someone who’s normally tracking down 80-year-old Trekkies and diary entries from the original Sherlock Holmes fans 140 years ago, do you have any idea, any at all, how EXCITING that is??? When it hit me that I could cut my work on a Superwholock exhibit in half by doing firsthand interviews instead of having to track down old message boards and Fanlore articles, I literally jumped off my bed and yelled. It’s less work AND it’s a better, more accurate exhibit.

Your experiences in Superwholock are part of fandom history. An important part, in fact. And I have the chance to interview and talk to you FIRST HAND. (That’s every curator’s dream. Ask any curator in the world “if you could have an hour to talk to [long-dead person in their field], would you?” and you’ll get an “are you fucking KIDDING me? Where’s the time machine???”)

Questions I’ll ask you will be things like what drew you to the fandom, how it started out, how you (and others) reacted to major development in the parent fandoms, and what your part of the community was like. You can reply in written form, by doing a video, drawing a comic, whatever you like as long as it’s in an archivable format (meaning I can save it to show people your exact words later; don’t let the phrase “anime and pop-culture convention” fool you, I do my best to follow museum archival best practices and won’t show anything without a provenance). This means I’ll also need either your first name and last initial, or a username you’re comfortable appending to your words. If you’re under 18, I’ll also need a parent’s permission if you want to appear on video. And although I didn’t have a chance to do a full filming of the museum before COVID (I was supposed to show at Phoenix Fan Fusion this year and that was going to be the filmed version....sigh), I can provide you with hard copy from conventions that have shown the museum. And my driver’s license, if you’re a minor and your parents are nervous.

I’d like to add here that while some of the museum’s exhibits are, uh....QUESTIONABLE by modern standards of taste, I have never had to kick anyone out for being disrespectful to older works. (I have had a few people giggle over the typewritten zines because the copy quality is so bad, but that’s of the “wow, dinosaur technology” variety of giggle. You’d understand if you saw them.) You will not be put in a position to have to defend yourself from bullying or fallout. A lot of people look at older works and are actually heartened to see just how long the history of fandom is.

If this is a project that would interest you, please EMAIL ME at fandommuseum@gmail.com. And spread the word to other fans you might know!

If we’re getting an audiobook, does that mean I can finally have the Great Riko Roast™️ as my ringtone and my alarm and my text tone and my

Un-ironically a big fan of this poster

Jason: You've all heard of elf on the shelf, now get ready for-

Jason: *placing a pot on Dick's head* A thot in a pot

Dick:

Dick: *getting up from his seat* Get ready for a bitch in a ditch because that's where you're gonna find your body, you little fu-

So job thing is still a bust and while I do have my rent covered for the month, I lost my snap benefits and will need help covering the cost of the rest of my bills. I have the misfortune of living in the california bay area which means my cost of living is stupidly high.

I’m a lesbian with chronic pain and have a special needs dog (shes running out of her meds too 🫡), and while I’m willing to do physical labor, it’s difficult to find places that are willing to accommodate me. The area i live in has very high unemployment rates and finding a job has been extremely difficult so any help is seriously appreciated.

Venmo: thea-k

paypal: @/yahargul

Please please help if u can, even just reblogging. My gift to u is my freak dog

Andrew, Anonymous

Hey!  I’ve been getting occasional song recs for characters and ships for months, and I’ve finally amassed enough for one character (Andrew) to set up a playlist. From most recent to least, here are all the songs I’ve received for Andrew* 1.casual sabotage (YUNGBLUD)  2.Addicted To Love (Florence + The Machine)  3.Eight (Sleeping At Last)  4.Medication (YUNGBLUD)  5.Quite Short For A Goalkeeper (Tom Rosenthal)  6.Colourblind (Taylor Janzen)   7.The Drugs (Mother Mother)  8.The Stand (Mother Mother)  9. Everyone But You (The Front Bottoms)

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*I also had someone suggest The Neighborhood, and was halfway through adding The Neighborhood’s entire discography to this playlist before I realized that while I thought taking over a playlist with one artist right smack dab in the middle would be a fun joke, it probably wouldn’t be listener friendly  😅

i'm here asking for help again since twitter's algorithms are fucking heinous.

desperately need help gathering funds & escaping my abusive family. in this place i'm at risk of severely hurting or killing myself if not being murdered by my pedophilic+fascistic sibling. i can't be here anymore. this is hell on earth. please help me get the word out, i need donations so i can at least afford to find safety and respite in this shit country.

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