#and i’m here for it
bonus:
FOUNDFAMILY+Ending the Jacob’s Family
Euphoria | 2019
currently reading the dangers of smoking in bedandauthority (jeff vandermeer) and i think june is starting out as the month of weird fiction
You fanfiction people are insane. Y'all will say shit like “I hate writing original fiction, I prefer it when the characters have an established dynamic.” And then headcannon the characters to where their dynamic is completely different.
“I like fanfiction because using an established world is a good shorthand for other readers!” And then write shit like “The avengers but they’re actually the starving orphaned children of a kindly french barrel maker during the 30 years war.”
Essentially we play with characters the way we used to play with Barbies
All jokes aside, in an era when artists are encouraged to squeeze every last drop of joyless profit out of their passions, the fundamental un-monetizeability of “G.I. Joe / Bionicle / Polly Pocket Crossover AU of the Iran-Contra affair” is King Shit. Rigid boundaries stifle art, especially those imposed by capital. Seeing artists follow their unhinged joy is a port in the storm of the modern media landscape.
