listen I actually signed out of the inception slack today for the first time since idk 2011 lol
"was" 😭 listen
It used to be a marker of pride that a fanfic *couldn't* successfully be filed off because the plot/characters/narrative were so intrinsically tied to its source material that the attempt would be confusing and transparent. This is apparently the case! But we just... don't care anymore i guess?
Incredible things happening at the Little Free Library.
YES. i impulsively offered to file off my notting hill AU a while back for an agent, which is something i'd said for a decade i'd never do on principle, *and* because it's too tied to the canon (Inception), only to immediately change my mind. But *all* the OG fic writers are doing it now 🫠 😭
Glad Michelle wrote this. If you’ve heard any of our recent coverage at @notacast.bsky.social about House of the Dragon or Knight of the 7 kingdoms, you’ve probably heard me say I’d rather blow my brains out than do a trailer breakdown frame by frame like I did back for Thrones and MCU stuff
"What started as a hobby and became a job soon turned into a life raft I quietly resented." For House of the Dragons' return, @michejaw.bsky.social takes us on a bittersweet nostalgia trip through a truly wild decade for geek media in today's @fansplaining.bsky.social longread.
“It was hard to get pitches placed about other shows, but editors still wanted the dragons. … What started as a hobby and became a job soon turned into a life raft I quietly resented.”
@michejaw.bsky.social writes about the Game of Thrones media industrial complex from the inside: