Sarah, I'd like to genuinely thank you for approaching these topics in the way you do. Fandom culture gets a lot of hate thats partially because were all collectivley cringing about our pasts but oftentimes is just rooted in misogyny and homophobia. Fandoms oftentimes had toxic elements (dont want to downplay that either) but most of my experiences with it were incredibly positive and fun even if its cringy to look back on now. So thank you for speaking about it as it was, and not having a snarky, cruel attitude about it like most do. Its helped me be kinder to myself and heped me not cringe at my past self, but instead remember it as the (mostly) fun and immersive experience it was, something that helped me keep going when i needed it most. Lots of love to you and Emily :)

Pov: you are Michael Fassbender. You wake up one morning and suddenly you were an actor for the BBC show Sherlock.

My favorite piece of fanon is how the My Hero Academia Fandom collectively decided to make "au- mineta doesn't exist" a tag on ao3. They literally just write him out bc he sucks so bad lol

honestly tad strange being just a regular guy is the funniest possible option that could have happened. bill cypher is really pressed about some dude who's just a guy.

"It wasnt until the THIRD game in the series, kingdom hearts 2" is a quote that really sums up the series complexity in a nutshell.

You KNOW Sarah is a fandom veteran by how casually she explains Roxel by saying  "A lot of the time it would be via MPreg." Not even the hint  of a flinch; that's fandom cred, is what that is.

I remember writing a eulogy to my grandmother, whom I called Mormor, on deviantart back in the day and someone added it to their shipping folder and refused to remove it despite my asking.  This is giving me way flashbacks to that, but at least I know WHY now.  Thank you!

Wild how people say that Moran's character is so complex you can't really definitively call him the "bad guy" when in the one story he was in he killed a man because he beat him at a card game

“Bramblepatch Cinderpelt” bruh you really just took Bumblebee Citrussnack and turned him into a pair of warrior cats

My favorite piece of fanon ever formed is the idea that Draco Malfoy smells like green apples because he took a bite of a green apple one time in one of the movies. Absolutely amazing work everyone

I'm reminded of a fannon vs cannon thing that happened in the Good Omens fandom a few weeks ago. Someone DMed Neil Gaiman to say that they didn't like Aziraphalie's past relationship with Oscar Wilde, only for Gaiman to reply with confusion because neither he, nor did Sir Terry ever write such a thing. Someone jumped in pretty quick to clarify that that's a strictly FANNON theory that Aziraphale knew Oscar Wilde and to please not bother Mr Gaiman with it. This kind of thing happens rather a lot with the GO fandom, with Gaiman being on tumblr and people messaging him with fannon theories.

My favorite part of Sherlock was when Sebastian Moran looked directly at the camera, and said, "It's Moran time!"

"Columbo's wife isn't real" how dare you. That man is so sweet and he loves his unnamed wife so much and you have the gall to claim he's making that all up. tyranny. lies and slander.

One of my favorite examples of fanon is Link from the legend of Zelda is sometimes written as mute and signs to communicate. No questions asked and lives peacefully with the the other interpretation of Link who is not mute but both characters are still written with the same personality according to their game's canon.

This was the video that made me fully realize that Sarah is doing actual sociology/anthropology here, besides literary criticism, internet history and general humor. It's much-needed work, and I salute you for it.

Interesting to rewatch this video in the context of Tumblr's recent fascination with Goncharov. People are just making up entire plotlines, character arcs, and romances without having ever seen so much as a clip from the Scorsese original.

"The male/male pairings take up a large portion of the fandom.  It's...basically impossible to avoid."  I like that I can drop this here and no one would guess which fandom is being referred to in advance.

hearing sarah talk about dragon ball AF is surreal. it's like having a professor give a lecture about the one time you threw up in class in 8th grade

Mormor walked so Goncharov could run.

I cannot stress enough how much credibility you earn by being one of the original fans and shippers of this character. I would not want to hear about this from anyone who wasn’t there in the trenches. The voice of the people