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Tag: Fanfiction

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A scene from the Fahrenheit 451 remake shows a group of soldiers blowtorching a pile of books.

AI in Fanfiction

By Amanda Hudgins • April 28th, 2025

I have never willingly read an AI “fanwork” because I do not read things that no one has written.

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Mary Sue

By Amanda Hudgins • February 2nd, 2024

She is you, a teenager who is stuck in a small town with no friends, with cruel acquaintances who don’t love any of the things that you do, who has been told for years that boys bully you because they like you.

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Thread Fics

By Amanda Hudgins • March 28th, 2023

In a lot of ways, Twitter is the home of the thread fic and when it goes, so will they.

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Lemon and Lime

By Amanda Hudgins • July 6th, 2021

A journey to the citrus grove scale of fanfic tags.

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Niche Interests

By Amanda Hudgins • September 25th, 2020

“Sometimes, in fiction, you write about your experience so vividly, so precisely, that it could not have come from anyone but you.”

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Quarantine Fics

By Amanda Hudgins • August 10th, 2020

When the entire world is on lockdown, even alternate universes start hitting closer to home.

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No Beta We Die Like Men

By Amanda Hudgins • July 8th, 2020

Readers never know what they’re going to get with this tag. It may be a warning, but it’s not always deserved.

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Expectations

By Amanda Hudgins • May 11th, 2020

There’s a different expectation in books versus fanfiction; one predicated on tags and warnings.

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When Fanon Eclipses Canon

By Amanda Hudgins • March 10th, 2020

How a Canadian TV show from the ’90s lives on in alternative universe fanfiction.

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Dead Dove Do Not Eat

By Amanda Hudgins • February 6th, 2020

Let this be your warning.

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