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!
So peaceful Souvenir. A brother singing ancient Andalusian song in Al-hambra palace.
Maybe I understand if you do it when talking about smut but if you do it only when talking about a gay couple or when the couple isn’t doing anything actually sinful than please don’t. Stop associating being gay with doing something wrong
*violently taps screen*
LET ME REBLOG IT!!!
Anyways I’d like to cite Mads Mikkelsen having to fight himself from kissing Hugh Dancy at the end of Hannibal.
King shit right there.
I think I've worked out (part of the reason) why there's been such a huge uptick in folks who don't reblog things on here.
This post has like 14k notes right now, and the tags and comments and reblogs are FULL of people who didn't know about fast-reblog, and -- you guys have been slow-reblogging this whole time!?!??!?!?
In the interests of a) making your lives easier, and b) encouraging you to reblog posts, which is what keeps this site alive, here's how you fast-reblog:
On mobile: press and hold the reblog button. Your blog icon will appear. If you have sideblogs, all of the different icons will appear. Drag to whichever blog you want to reblog to, and release. Job done.
On desktop: hold down the E key and click reblog. Job done.
You're welcome. Now get reblogging.
we're playing a game on twitter!
likes and reblogs here don't count 😉
So I’ve been listening to podcasts again and I wish someone had done this for me when I started out, so let’s sum up and describe some podcasts, shall we?
The Magnus Archives - Jonathan Sims, newly instated Head Archivist at the Magnus Institute, London, is trying to sort through statements of people that claim to have had all kinds of supernatural encounters, while only having a taperecorder to do so, because for some reason, the statements won’t let themselves be recorded on anything else. But I’m sure it’s nothing, right? Supernatural Horror at it’s finest, with incredible characters and worldbuilding. 200 episodes.
Welcome to Nightvale - An incredibly cryptic podcast, set in the fictional town of Nightvale, where all the conspiracy theories are true. Listen to Cecil Palmer, the host of Nightvale Community Radio talk about the happenings in the town, his day and that strange, beautiful new scientist that has come to town. Over 200 episodes, ongoing.
Wolf 359 - Communication Officer Doug Eiffels log of the USS Hepaestus’ journey, observing the red dwarf wolf 359. Twists and turns, some expected, some most definitely not, all in all a good time for all podcast fans. 61 episodes.
The Strorage Papers - Unsetteling horror stories, found in a storage lot, unraveling faster that a ball of yarn. Can you keep up? And, perhaps the more important question: Can you keep it together? Carefully crafted stories that make you lock your doors twice. 104 episodes, ongoing.
The Penumbra Podcast - The space noir tales of Private I, Detective Juno Steel and his adventures on planet mars. A podcast so mysterious and casually queer, it’s almost addictive. Although their phonecall noise sounds like my alarmclock, the sound design, characters, storytelling and worldbuilding are unlike anything I’ve ever come across. 4 seasons with about 20 episodes.
Camp Here and There - Camp Nurse Sidneys recordings of her daily announcements. If you’re a fan of Gravity Falls, this is that next summer you’ve been waiting for. 34 episodes for now, possibly ongoing, possibly not.
This is it for now, I’ll be adding on when I can. I hope this’ll help someone… or not.
ohhhh my god webb got an image of the pillars of creation and it’s absolutely STUNNING.
here it is compared to hubbles image:
So you’ve definitely answered this before but do you have any codywan fic reccs? I tried to find the original ask but didn’t have any luck
i think i did too BUT i also cant find it lMAO i dont mind doing another, irregardless!! because fic writers ALWAYS deserve more love! this is no means comprehensive, but these are my go to feel goods
through the rain by katierosefun [1/1] - (a history of rain, first meetings, and cody and obi wan) this fic is so sweet and gentle, like a warm bath. its just so lovely and cody is such a precious man in this.
carbon cycle by caffine [9/9] - (p66: obi wan discovers gardening, and cody builds a rebellion) this might be my favorite post 66 AU- which is saying a lot because i live, eat, and sleep post 66 AUs. it takes time to flesh out who both men became after Order 66 and has a lot of fun with force logic, i just love it. also the authors in earth sciences so i feel a solidarity.
It’s Raining Dear by caffeine [1/1] - (modern domestic au) I READ THIS FIC LIKE THRICE WEEKLY. wonderful characterization of both our guys, and its so… it makes me yearn for a wife? cody is so perfectly fleshed out in this! also, not to be too personal but as someone who has gone through having a clost family member dealing with addiction, this fic actually handles it perfectly without being condescending, so thank you.
Classified by skycathcer [1/1] - (the boys discover cody keeps taking flirty calls in mando’a. unrelated, but obi wan’s on an undercover mission) im obsessed with the clones’ rapport in this, its such peak brother behavior. great one shot man makes me wanna keep living my life.
trouble with the curve by jimmytiberius [1/1] (modern: rex convinces cody to switch with him and obi wan tries to score [thats a baseball joke]) have i mentioned before how much i love baseball? has that come up before??? surely??? this fic is great, even if you dont like baseball- though if thats the case i will take your lunch money and shove you in a locker.
Make You Bed (Lie in It) by glimmerglanger [5/5] 🔒 - (cody starts sharing quarters with obi wan) this… this fucking fic man. It made me feel things when i was drunk and sober and thats saying a lot. i think i love the gradual progression of the relationship here and the way they communicate the most, its so well done. like just watch two people fall in love, come on you know you want to.
The Art of Happenstance by galateraGalvanized [1/1] - (cody and obi wan co parent a lightsaber) i mean… come on. There’s a parent trap reference in the TAGS of this fic, you think that wasn’t MADE for me??? this is such a joyful fic for me, like i just enjoy reading it whenever i need a little pick me up.
room for two by thedisasternerd [3/3] - (undercover on a mission, blinded with pining.) you all know that we couldnt get through a rebecca fic rec list without a fake/pretend relationship au. COME ON!!! THIS FIC! i think this might have been the first codywan fic i read??? theyre so good and dumb in this fic, perfection.
male gaze is not 'when person look sexy' or 'when misogynist make film'
death of the author is not 'miku wrote this'
I don't think you have to read either essay to grasp the basic concepts
death of the author means that once a work is complete, what the author believes it to mean is irrelevant to critical analysis of what's in the text. it means when analysing the meaning of a text you prioritise reader interpretation above author intention, and that an interpretation can hold valid meaning even if it's utterly unintentional on the part of the person who created the thing. it doesn't mean 'i can ignore that the person who made this is a bigot' - it may in fact often mean 'this piece of art holds a lot of bigoted meanings that the author probably wasn't intentionally trying to convey but did anyway, and it's worth addressing that on its own terms regardless of whether the author recognises it's there.' it's important to understand because most artists are not consciously and vocally aware of all the possible meanings of their art, and because art is communal and interpretive. and because what somebody thinks they mean, what you think somebody means, and what a text is saying to you are three entirely different things and it's important to be able to tell the difference.
male gaze is a cinematographic theory on how films construct subjectivity (ie who you identify with and who you look at). it argues that film language assumes that the watcher is a (cis straight white hegemonically normative) man, and treats men as relatable subjects and women as unknowable objects - men as people with interior lives and women as things to be looked at or interacted with but not related to. this includes sexual objectification and voyeurism, but it doesn't mean 'finding a lady sexy' or 'looking with a sexual lens', it means the ways in which visual languages strip women of interiority and encourage us to understand only men as relatable people. it's important to understand this because not all related gaze theories are sexual in nature and if you can't get a grip on male gaze beyond 'sexual imagery', you're really going to struggle with concepts of white or abled or cis subjectivities.