Episode Seven: Fanfiction | Violating Community Guidelines

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  • Опубликовано: 20 фев 2022
  • Wattpad. Archive of Our Own. LiveJournal. Fanfiction.net. What do all these websites have in common? They all host some of the wildest, nastiest fantasies that teenagers all around the world could dream to think up: fanfiction. This week, Brittany and Sarah examine these websites, the trends, and the culture surrounding this creative phenomenon.
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  • @kylee696
    @kylee696 10 месяцев назад +312

    hearing brittany say “idk why anyone is writing call of duty fanfic” while she is currently obsessed and reading ones of ghost took me out

  • @Al-hc7vl
    @Al-hc7vl 2 года назад +3661

    What's more embarrassing than knowing everything they're talking about? Knowing everything they got wrong

    • @angelskyy6574
      @angelskyy6574 2 года назад +81

      You got me 😭
      Lmaooo

    • @JunkieSama
      @JunkieSama 2 года назад +60

      Lol! Not embarrassing to me, though... Very proud to be an otaku nerd 🤣 . But yeah. I'm sure there are podcasts out there about fanfiction alone. It is a HUGE topic, and they barely scratched the surface.

    • @lilly5695
      @lilly5695 2 года назад +234

      “Do you know what a one-shot is?”
      “Yeah like with a camera?”
      WHEN I TELL YOU THAT I ALMOST STEERED OFF THE ROAD

    • @euphielovesu
      @euphielovesu 2 года назад +147

      yeah the part about one shots and imagines… those are two different things and i shouldn’t know that so well

    • @cware6230
      @cware6230 2 года назад +73

      YEAH and the self insert, isn’t that when an author makes an “oc” that’s obviously just them trying to “insert” themself into the cannon?

  • @marissaearly238
    @marissaearly238 Год назад +175

    “Idk who’s writing fan fiction for the call of duty universe” that aged well 💀

  • @karysmalfoy
    @karysmalfoy 2 года назад +1989

    imagine:
    niall horan crawling inside your ear. you tell him to stop but he is in there

    • @imjennaelise
      @imjennaelise 2 года назад +75

      I WAS SEARCHING EVERY CREVICE OF THIS COMMENT SECTION FOR THIS COMMENT

    • @ambroseexe
      @ambroseexe 2 года назад +36

      ✨✨🤠IMAGINE🤠✨✨

    • @3bellam
      @3bellam 2 года назад +34

      that imagine is unironically my favorite thing on the internet

    • @camryncofran7502
      @camryncofran7502 2 года назад +9

      my friends and i made a video recreating this

    • @megan1368
      @megan1368 2 года назад +3

      26:27

  • @JudgementalStwabaie
    @JudgementalStwabaie 2 года назад +5095

    the way brittany is a literal expert on this really makes it that much better

    • @shelbyrobason4608
      @shelbyrobason4608 2 года назад +65

      Right Sarah brings up a topic and Brittany is like “let me elaborate on that” 😭😭😭

  • @muldersimp2052
    @muldersimp2052 2 года назад +3408

    NOT THE HURT/COMFORT, COLE SPROUSE, VETERAN, PTSD, FANFICTION BRITTANY

    • @ms.bratyanski-artteacher2015
      @ms.bratyanski-artteacher2015 2 года назад +15

      Has anyone found it yet???

    • @kadinmay
      @kadinmay 2 года назад +38

      @@ms.bratyanski-artteacher2015 why can’t you just let it be 😭

    • @shewolfinubaka
      @shewolfinubaka 2 года назад +4

      Oh my god we haft to find it and read it tho

    • @nenask
      @nenask 2 года назад +1

      link please

    • @aijsdijdni3401
      @aijsdijdni3401 2 года назад +5

      @@kadinmay Because we want to read it 😭

  • @ellen6798
    @ellen6798 2 года назад +708

    i am literally fucking crying that sarah thought jan. 6 was the day one direction broke up and not the insurrection at the capitol

  • @Geini0
    @Geini0 2 года назад +2001

    I read Draco/Hermione fanfic back in 2006. I was in 8th grade. I would wake up and read it like an old man who read the news paper with his morning coffee. I have a core memory of printing it out and reading it on the school bus.

    • @taylor4657
      @taylor4657 2 года назад +109

      I downloaded PDFs off ao3 in high school to read Draco/Ginny fanfic without wifi

    • @evergreencollective9059
      @evergreencollective9059 2 года назад +107

      god, the pre-devices printing in the 2000s. I'm positive I still have some drarry fic printed and stapled somewhere. a friend of mine got a long fic professionally bound like a book. what a time.

    • @emilyanne7984
      @emilyanne7984 2 года назад +46

      I used to print out my HP fanfiction and print it off and take it to school in a folder so I could read it in class without getting in trouble for being on my iPod

    • @mitski9492
      @mitski9492 2 года назад +1

      drop some recs

    • @personalglow
      @personalglow 2 года назад +7

      Oh god... I used to print out lemons from DeviantART to read when I went home, where I had no internet

  • @Rose-oo9zl
    @Rose-oo9zl 2 года назад +3761

    y'all keep saying stuff like "do you think they write ___ fanfiction?" the answer is yes. there is legitimately fanfic for everything. i once saw a lightning mcqueen x ronald reagan fic. anything is possible. love you both xx

    • @calilnalan
      @calilnalan 2 года назад +184

      I once saw a fic for Jesus/H*tler on Ao3

    • @kimsancho
      @kimsancho 2 года назад +94

      There’s a fanfic out there about Biden/Trump 🙂

    • @maddie3647
      @maddie3647 2 года назад +49

      Link?

    • @MizunoEnma
      @MizunoEnma 2 года назад +81

      Macklemore/Kanye West in Madoka Magica

    • @DieAlteistwiederda
      @DieAlteistwiederda 2 года назад +79

      Trump/Shrek is a fan favorite and I personally as an atheist also really enioy Judas/Jesus fanfics.

  • @nostop8894
    @nostop8894 2 года назад +1415

    When Britney said "Superwholock" I actually got war flashbacks

    • @bonk404
      @bonk404 2 года назад +3

      Me too🤚🏾😭

    • @superkay4421
      @superkay4421 2 года назад +3

      Same 😂

    • @caitwon
      @caitwon 2 года назад +1

      didn't we all

    • @emmarose8760
      @emmarose8760 2 года назад +11

      no the fact that it's been literally 10 years since it started.......

    • @ccafreak123
      @ccafreak123 2 года назад +6

      Same, I had a button that said superwholock that I got from a con……

  • @RatQueer
    @RatQueer 2 года назад +2250

    The opening text "My name is Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way..." lives rent free in my brain. Also "it was raining AND snowing" iconic.

    • @victoriabryer4710
      @victoriabryer4710 2 года назад +22

      How about he put his thingy in my you know what and we did it for the first time........Then "What the Hell are you doing you motherfuckers" it was Dumbledore

    • @RatQueer
      @RatQueer 2 года назад +66

      @@victoriabryer4710 absolutely immaculate. My Immortal is a goldmine of young edgy comedy.

    • @Haybalebug
      @Haybalebug 2 года назад +66

      LMAO LIKE GIRL SAY “ it’s sleeting outside”

    • @RozehKakes
      @RozehKakes 2 года назад +5

      what is raining and snowing from ? lmao

    • @sloanethefullygrown5086
      @sloanethefullygrown5086 2 года назад +22

      "We deserve a soft epilogue, my love." Makes me sob.

  • @kenors.
    @kenors. 2 года назад +853

    I REMEMBER i read this twilight fanfiction whose author was a ✨woman in stem✨ and, this one time, she left an author's note that said, "after this chapter, i won't be uploading in a while because i'm finishing my dissertation."
    wild times indeed

    • @angryjester8622
      @angryjester8622 2 года назад +170

      authors notes hold so much extra lore that no one ever fucking needed. i adore them

    • @kenors.
      @kenors. 2 года назад +8

      @@angryjester8622 AGREE

    • @aloeleaf
      @aloeleaf 2 года назад +18

      Omg I just saw a comment about a woman in stem who wrote a fanfic while in college 😭😭😭

    • @tyudeongis
      @tyudeongis 2 года назад +13

      NO BC A/NS ARE RIDICULOUS SOMETIMES

    • @sslimeman
      @sslimeman 2 года назад +45

      bro the authors notes are wild sometimes they'll be like "sorry i havent uploaded my whole family and dog were murdered, anyway the updates should be regular from here on out"

  • @amandajensen3382
    @amandajensen3382 2 года назад +2550

    I was a STEM major and I wrote a moderately popular Venom fanfiction.

  • @cryptid6642
    @cryptid6642 2 года назад +1961

    Britney and sarah: *makes jokes about college students writing fanfiction*
    Me, a college student who runs a fanfiction blog on her way to class: this feels a little personal

    • @donavonseibert507
      @donavonseibert507 2 года назад +12

      THEY'RE LAUGHING AT YOU😳
      Ha jk..

    • @emilyhaston9512
      @emilyhaston9512 2 года назад +17

      Brittney is outing us lol hahahah

    • @dumptruckanonymous9532
      @dumptruckanonymous9532 2 года назад +18

      don't be shy drop the link🥺🥺🥺

    • @MMabieAuthor
      @MMabieAuthor 2 года назад +2

      EXACTLY! And the fact that they're monetized and benefiting off content they're punching down at.

    • @LostCommenter7
      @LostCommenter7 2 года назад +6

      Same bestie, I didn't START writing fanfic till I was in college.

  • @reasat32154
    @reasat32154 Год назад +51

    On ao3 there is a special tag called "dead dove: do not eat". It's basically a very special tag to tell you that a fanfic will be the most messed up shit you've ever read. Not sure if it's a tag used anywhere else

    • @fie1917
      @fie1917 5 месяцев назад +2

      Isn’t that an arrested development reference? Where jobe bought a dove from a pet store but it died so he wanted to keep it cold to return it

    • @marialane5193
      @marialane5193 2 месяца назад

      “…well idk what was expecting”

  • @frickerfrancis8808
    @frickerfrancis8808 2 года назад +634

    Love watching someone who’s never touched fanfiction and then there’s Brittany who was in the trenches during the tumblr golden age. Glad you made it out lmao

  • @LittleBeeMadi
    @LittleBeeMadi 2 года назад +1218

    this left me feeling validated, but also, humiliated.

    • @zoelockett
      @zoelockett 2 года назад +34

      it’s like everything brittany was saying was totally me in middle school but i never talked ab it out loud so to say it is HUMILIATING

  • @srishtiverma1701
    @srishtiverma1701 2 года назад +752

    I think we can all agree some of the fanfiction on AO3 is really fucking good. Like you can find some legit literary masterpieces on there.

    • @aspannas
      @aspannas 2 года назад +70

      Yes! I've read fanfics on there better than some books I've read, there are some really talented people on there.

    • @bunbunnio
      @bunbunnio 2 года назад +55

      Ive read a 620k word masterpiece of anime fanfiction. one of the best goddamn things I’ve laid eyes on😭

    • @alexia7063
      @alexia7063 2 года назад +6

      i guarantee if i went back and reread the end of twist and shout i’d still cry

    • @kadinmay
      @kadinmay 2 года назад

      @@alexia7063 what is twist and shout

    • @trn228
      @trn228 2 года назад +3

      Anyone got recommendations? Like I’m serious rn I wanna get into this whole AO3 thing cause so many ppl around me read fanfics and I have no idea what that even really is 😂😅✌️

  • @bunnyfrosting1744
    @bunnyfrosting1744 2 года назад +348

    Hearing “Superwholock” in the nail polish aisle of Walmart was such an experience

  • @RZTree
    @RZTree 2 года назад +783

    Brittany is the voice of the fans. She consistently makes me feel represented, understood, and accepted by people who were not a part of that culture because time again she has shown the ability to explain it to them in a way that they can understand, rather than be fearful of. Brittany gives me hope that at some point I will be able to tell people about that time in my life without being mocked for still holding it near to my heart.

    • @Geini0
      @Geini0 2 года назад +46

      Live free Rowan. Live free

    • @RZTree
      @RZTree 2 года назад +37

      lmao was I okay when I wrote this? where did this melodrama come from? don't worry y'all I am not upset about being a misunderstood stan

    • @hantheminion
      @hantheminion 2 года назад +15

      speak your truth for all of us who can’t !

    • @Toastcat33
      @Toastcat33 2 года назад +8

      Legitimately the same though, this podcast makes me feel so much more comforted about being an online dork my entire life, haha

  • @raven_goblinn
    @raven_goblinn 2 года назад +493

    My percussion teacher had a dog named Zoey Deschenel, and he was a guitar player for a band. He would upload guitar tutorials or playthroughs, and anytime his dog would walk into frame, he'd title the video "ft. Zoey Deschenel"

  • @kenzieden9508
    @kenzieden9508 2 года назад +472

    I SPIT OUT MY WATER WHEN BRITTANY SAID SHE WROTE COLE SPROUSE FANFICTION

  • @angelicanava9578
    @angelicanava9578 2 года назад +502

    When Sarah said “my mom made that for me” talking about being skinned alive I DIEEEEEED 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @nobodynocrime89
      @nobodynocrime89 2 года назад +1

      when

    • @Takapon218
      @Takapon218 2 года назад

      I was literally cryongggg

    • @Takapon218
      @Takapon218 2 года назад +3

      @@nobodynocrime89 starts at like 22:15
      22:45 for the specific lines

  • @Avengercatgirl99
    @Avengercatgirl99 2 года назад +207

    When Sarah asked if there are any ethical dilemmas with fan fiction I actually screamed

    • @clairesmallwood2953
      @clairesmallwood2953 Год назад +13

      I fully expected them to talk about Anne Rice in that moment and the amount of disclaimers that authors put on stuff now

  • @hopewillis2802
    @hopewillis2802 2 года назад +529

    Riverdale writers must have read Brittany’s fic about Cole because they made Archie a veteran with ptsd lmao

    • @aloeleaf
      @aloeleaf 2 года назад +1

      In the comics or the show? I’ve missed a few seasons lmao

    • @hopewillis2802
      @hopewillis2802 2 года назад +4

      @@aloeleaf it’s in the show! I think season 5

    • @RozehKakes
      @RozehKakes 2 года назад +5

      @@aloeleaf gurl you know its gotta be the show
      the comics got some standards and aint goin that far lmao 😭

    • @aloeleaf
      @aloeleaf 2 года назад +4

      @@hopewillis2802 omgggggg 😭we went from a regular high schooler show with some drama and murder to witchcraft and warfare

    • @aloeleaf
      @aloeleaf 2 года назад

      @@RozehKakes TRUEEEE the show writers are on one😭

  • @beans9184
    @beans9184 2 года назад +884

    Fun fact Stephanie Meyers was inspired by MCR for twilight, then the author of 50 shades of grey was inspired by twilight fan fiction for that series as well.

    • @aleksandrabudnik3590
      @aleksandrabudnik3590 2 года назад +57

      and then 365 days wouldnt exist without 50 shades too

    • @lillianbiggs8130
      @lillianbiggs8130 2 года назад +29

      I always heard that 50 shades of gray was actually originally twilight fan fiction and she changed it when it got popular and published it with a bit of a different plot and names obviously 😂😂😂

    • @carolinebaxter5964
      @carolinebaxter5964 2 года назад

      Hahahah yessss just said the same thing

    • @love2manythings
      @love2manythings 2 года назад +4

      After was inspired by 50 Shades too

    • @DaxG-qp3jf
      @DaxG-qp3jf 2 года назад +25

      50 shades WAS twilight fanfic. It was like what if edward wasnt a vampire just a rich abusive guy

  • @pavladavlas
    @pavladavlas 2 года назад +191

    “His fingers glided over my epiglottis” would literally mean someone shoving their finger all the way to the back of your mouth under your tongue.

    • @sarroumarbeu6810
      @sarroumarbeu6810 11 месяцев назад +3

      More like behind your tongue... basically choking you from the inside and making you gag simultaneously...gosh I sometimes regret having so much knowledge about human anatomy 😂😂😭😭😭😭

  • @ababywithoutsugar
    @ababywithoutsugar 2 года назад +55

    I NEED a series of Sarah and Brittany reading horrible fanfiction.

  • @starsgirl3978
    @starsgirl3978 2 года назад +231

    THE WAY IM HAVING ONE SIDED CONCERSATIONS WITH THEM DISCUSSING HOW FANFICTION WORKS THIS IS SO EMBARRASSINNNGGGGGGGG😭😭😭🔫

    • @dearymirth7770
      @dearymirth7770 2 года назад +59

      No cause same. I paused the video to add my own info on the topic. LIKE A GUEST EXPERT. THE EMBARSSMENT 💀💀

    • @keysmashkid
      @keysmashkid 2 года назад +12

      @@dearymirth7770 i did the same thing with the furry episode 😭

    • @tyudeongis
      @tyudeongis 2 года назад +1

      @@dearymirth7770 HELP

  • @catgirl923
    @catgirl923 2 года назад +1137

    I'm slightly disappointed that the term "lemon" was not discussed. But this did make me feel validated. And I do feel like an elder in the community for using ao3. Only top shelf stories allowed

    • @camibvaz
      @camibvaz 2 года назад +125

      me too! the older I get, the more picky I become lol I used to read so much trash fic and enjoy it, but now if I see too many spelling mistakes I click out

    • @CasualGamer11
      @CasualGamer11 2 года назад +50

      @@camibvaz i see more than 5 long sentences in a paragraph and i click out 😂

    • @anais3337
      @anais3337 2 года назад +46

      The citrus scale!!! A cultural turning point tbh, it does so much good work lmaoo

    • @griffin1155
      @griffin1155 2 года назад +46

      @@anais3337 the citrus scale walked so ao3 tagging could run

    • @DieAlteistwiederda
      @DieAlteistwiederda 2 года назад +47

      I've had to wade through so much trash before AO3 became a popular site I deserve to only get the top shelf fanfics now. I've paid my dues don't make me suffer through shit like Wattpad.

  • @doobie9185
    @doobie9185 2 года назад +219

    27:12 when i was 5 years old we got a kitten and my parents let me name him so i named him Magic School Bus. i remember my parents would say the full name, Magic School Bus, every single time they called him because they thought it was so funny

  • @sonnywilliams9610
    @sonnywilliams9610 2 года назад +140

    The "I salute flirtily" has me in shambles.

    • @sarroumarbeu6810
      @sarroumarbeu6810 11 месяцев назад

      Lmaooo like a military salute 😭😭😭😭

    • @tastytae
      @tastytae 10 месяцев назад +1

      I randomly decided to read through the comments part way through the video and the exact same moment I read this comment they said it in the video

  • @freerangeteacup
    @freerangeteacup 2 года назад +102

    The way Sarah kept referring to hogwarts as a church lmaooo

  • @lavalampluvr
    @lavalampluvr 2 года назад +95

    hearing "superwholock" dealt 200 psychic damage to me

  • @true__simpttv9330
    @true__simpttv9330 8 месяцев назад +13

    Brittany not “understanding” COD fanfic is willddddddd lmao ghost has changed her haha

  • @destinylopez9325
    @destinylopez9325 2 года назад +91

    Fun fact: Fifty Shades of Grey was originally a fan fiction of twilight! It was called Master of the Universe

    • @soggycheeto
      @soggycheeto Год назад +3

      WHAT😭

    • @Yamismol
      @Yamismol Год назад +12

      I also heard Edward was inspired by Gerard Way, also that he started MCR to cope with 9/11. So if this is true then there is a direct timeline where 9/11 caused Fifty Shades of Gray

  • @edithpiercebarba2844
    @edithpiercebarba2844 2 года назад +1020

    Throwback to when someone wrote a fan fiction about me and my TEACHER when I was *very much underage* & would UPDATE it daily, like if we had a test they would write about it the next day in their “chapter updates”, or like if we had a seating assignment change they would IN DETAIL say who was sitting around me, stuff like that. It got so bad I got pulled into the principal office, had my phone & wattpad/any writing app searched, the teacher got put on temporary leave, & a full investigation went on to figure out who wrote it. When they finally figured out who it was, I got an apology because everyone genuinely believed I was writing it, & the teacher had to transfer schools because his reputation was tarnished with parents (even though he had no correlation with anything & genuinely was a great teacher). The kid got charged with stalking & some other things for writing about underage relationships. We were literally in 6th grade.

    • @angelita98gaby
      @angelita98gaby 2 года назад +261

      Girl what the actual hell, I’m so sorry you went through that

    • @erniteca8393
      @erniteca8393 2 года назад +47

      Wow Jesus Christ

    • @cassiopeialuna1515
      @cassiopeialuna1515 2 года назад +90

      No because a similar thing had happened to me, I had a crush on a teacher and I wasn't out yet but I confided in a friend and finally came out and she made a whole Wattpad story about me and this teacher and would update it all the time and it was so embarrassing.

    • @ritamunene3130
      @ritamunene3130 2 года назад +38

      Yeah. This makes the stance that ffn on real people is ethically and morally wrong.

    • @00Rav3n00
      @00Rav3n00 2 года назад +17

      Girl, I hope you're okay. I have no words.

  • @adriennesquires8130
    @adriennesquires8130 2 года назад +280

    AU can also be like... coffee shop AU. So these characters now don't have their canon background, they just meet at a coffee shop. Or flower shop. Or a soulmate AU, in a universe where soulmates exist, etc. So doesn't have to be another piece of media!

    • @zoelockett
      @zoelockett 2 года назад +8

      i used to love the soulmate au’s where the world was black and white until they met their soulmate or soulmate tattoos

    • @sarvolkskaya
      @sarvolkskaya 2 года назад +4

      coffee shop aus are my favorite LMAO

    • @alee2442
      @alee2442 2 года назад

      we love a good coffee shop au!

  • @shewolfinubaka
    @shewolfinubaka 2 года назад +124

    Me: *having Vietnam flashbacks of my friend telling me about how she had just read a Sherlock fanfic where Sherlock wanted John to eat a portion of his flesh and fat that he’d removed from his stomach to make them closer as lovers when I was in middle school*

  • @hannahmccreary5043
    @hannahmccreary5043 2 года назад +31

    In college I sat next to a girl in Stats that would actively write twilight fanfic during class. Me and the girl who sat next to me found it and it was actually pretty good. And that’s how I made a friend in college

    • @hannahmccreary5043
      @hannahmccreary5043 2 года назад +2

      ALSO I commented too soon and just learned a LOT about my last name lmfao

  • @spacey-sam
    @spacey-sam 2 года назад +164

    What’s so crazy to me is that people are out there writing entire NOVELS of fanfiction that are so good, one that my friend read even has it’s own FANDOM it’s so popular
    It’s so insane that people do this for fun, like, nobody can say that people won’t do work if it’s not for money

    • @shibowling1058
      @shibowling1058 2 года назад +7

      are you talking abt all the young dudes? and yeah, fanfic writers are absolutely wild, they're writing full length series while also getting a college degree, and posting it all for free.

  • @Doodlehummingbirdspittle
    @Doodlehummingbirdspittle 2 года назад +282

    I'm just thankful to the fact that A/B/O was not mentioned because then I really would have cried

    • @catthegreatest9365
      @catthegreatest9365 2 года назад +2

      THIS!!!! And also how insane the story behind how it became a widespread popular AU is; basically it started in large part bc of Wincest Supernatural shippers🥴

    • @dearymirth7770
      @dearymirth7770 2 года назад +3

      I was waiting for it hahaha

    • @springdeerling7866
      @springdeerling7866 2 года назад +1

      FR

  • @leahnessechurch9780
    @leahnessechurch9780 2 года назад +70

    I was doing house work when the words “Larry Stylinson” where spoken I dropped everything and started sweating… a words I haven’t heard in years.

  • @alexiacolette9994
    @alexiacolette9994 2 года назад +212

    “Do you know what a oneshot is?”
    “Like with a camera?”
    *DEAR GOD SHES A BABY! KEEP HER INNOCENT!*

  • @katiesailer5381
    @katiesailer5381 2 года назад +75

    AO3 is literally so intense. My favorite fanfic is quite literally a full-ass book series rewritten from a different character's perspective

  • @griffin1155
    @griffin1155 2 года назад +373

    i wrote a mildly popular haikyuu fanfic when i was like 15, every once in a while i get an email notification of someone commenting or adding it to a collection. it’s how i stay humble.

    • @erin1912
      @erin1912 2 года назад +29

      i wrote moderately popular ‘the office’ one-shots back in the day and the notifications give me whiplash lmaodh

    • @asterixs_4031
      @asterixs_4031 2 года назад +11

      back in 2019 i wrote a handful of not very good detroit become human fics and the first one i wrote was not super popular but it got a lot of eyes on it and every time i check my email i see that im still getting kudos for it and its pure whiplash

    • @angel127_
      @angel127_ 2 года назад +9

      LMFAOOO NOT THE HAIKYUU FANFICS DONT REMIND ME OF THAT

    • @pesterghast
      @pesterghast 2 года назад +1

      LITERALLY SAME! i wrote a few for oikawa and ppl still comment 😭

    • @tyudeongis
      @tyudeongis 2 года назад +2

      DONT REMIND ME OF THE HAIKYUU FANFICTIONS
      AND I MIGHT HAVE READ THAT WHEN I WAS 11 OOPS

  • @beaniesnweenies
    @beaniesnweenies 2 года назад +19

    “What did Pitbul do?? 🥺 He’s worldwide!!!”
    🤣🤣

  • @potentialcaroozin2385
    @potentialcaroozin2385 2 года назад +37

    25:44, you wake up from your weight loss surgery, Liam is buckled over in pain, he communicates with his loving eyes “who do you think gave you the tapeworm? ❤️”

  • @lizyoung2549
    @lizyoung2549 2 года назад +93

    I often think about how Liam Payne's girlfriend took him to the movie theater to see After and like halfway through he realized it was about one direction

  • @lexieann6457
    @lexieann6457 2 года назад +317

    The fact that I truly can say “oh yeah, I was apart of that Tumblr era” completely fully 1000% makes me want to vom. I’ll never trade those years for strictly Homestuck though that’s for sure

    • @inkynewt
      @inkynewt 2 года назад +7

      I kin this comment

    • @aangranaa5352
      @aangranaa5352 2 года назад +13

      In that tumblr era I ate, slept, breathed, and shat homestuck, I was SO obsessed and honestly I was thriving

    • @mo-ov8hz
      @mo-ov8hz 2 года назад +8

      @@aangranaa5352 a cop and i read a homestuck update under a shock blanket

    • @aangranaa5352
      @aangranaa5352 2 года назад +2

      @@mo-ov8hz I bet he was crying and cursing at hussie under his breath in your drive way too

    • @camibvaz
      @camibvaz 2 года назад +1

      tumblr is still alive. I`m still living my tumblr era. I`ve been living it since 2012

  • @sydneysenpai
    @sydneysenpai 2 года назад +63

    i find it interesting how most people associate fanfics with self-inserts because i solely read ff for characters that didn’t have enough interactions to finally get their time to shine (mostly in anime and manga). i actually really disliked all of the self-insert and y/n stuff because it broke the 4th wall too much

  • @hndsome
    @hndsome 2 года назад +138

    I had a dental appointment today and watched this beforehand and the entire time I was there all I could think about was Brittany saying "Trisha Paytas core" and laughing and I genuinely almost had a laughing attack in the dentists office.

  • @sarosen5731
    @sarosen5731 2 года назад +189

    one of my core memories is from the 8th grade, where my English teacher would allow us to read e-books on our phones during "silent reading time" and EVERY girl in the class would read one direction fanfiction on wattpad, no joke

  • @nancyinthetrunk
    @nancyinthetrunk 2 года назад +267

    I once worked as a museum guard (aka sat in a room and made sure no one touched the artwork) and because it was often empty, I ended up reading every fic in the Les Mis tag on Ao3 😌 Didn't learn as much about art as I'd expected during that job but I did learn a lot about gay sex

    • @jhart1127
      @jhart1127 2 года назад +18

      Which IS art let's be real.

    • @yanoshgloxinia
      @yanoshgloxinia 2 года назад +8

      Plot twist you and the fan fiction were the art all along. 🤩

  • @kdjamart
    @kdjamart 7 месяцев назад +9

    I love how Brittany was so convinced COD fanfics couldn't be real and now she's out here writing them 🤣

  • @calilnalan
    @calilnalan 2 года назад +47

    The star trek fanfics actually started in the 1960/70's by housewives writing Spock/Kirk and they published them in the 'fanzine' Spocknalia

  • @hannahckirk
    @hannahckirk 2 года назад +301

    Triggered by the mention of SuperWhoLockians.
    “potterheads, grab your wands
    whovians, hop in your TARDISes
    supernatural fans, get the shotguns
    sherlockians, hire your consulting criminals
    avengers fans, assemble”

    • @Monica-mf2vq
      @Monica-mf2vq 2 года назад +70

      I just broke out into hives

    • @nataliekramer5187
      @nataliekramer5187 2 года назад +23

      your giving me tumblr flashbacks

    • @s1n_eater
      @s1n_eater 2 года назад +29

      you’re just going to write this without any trigger warnings?

    • @ExploreWithEm
      @ExploreWithEm 2 года назад +9

      It’s giving me war flashbacks.

    • @citrusuny
      @citrusuny 2 года назад +11

      going through the 5 stages of grief currently

  • @katieyt23
    @katieyt23 2 года назад +148

    “Why are you 37 writing fanfics about ponies” literally please do an episode on them it’s so fascinating and scary

  • @gracem1297
    @gracem1297 2 года назад +47

    as someone who AVIDLY reads HP fanfics I would've had so much fun trying to explain the different AUs to Sarah and Brittany

    • @bellabyers2929
      @bellabyers2929 2 года назад +3

      No bc dark hp fics go so hard 🙁

  • @Atomak_
    @Atomak_ 2 года назад +31

    The chemistry between these two is incredible. I feel like I’m in the room. You guys are phenomenal.

  • @leoembry2587
    @leoembry2587 2 года назад +259

    “Isn’t the church in Harry Potter gothic” - that was the moment I knew Sarah was a legend.

  • @marissalynn3112
    @marissalynn3112 2 года назад +227

    sitting in this room rn where everyone around me is studying and im laughing so hard im bouncing in my seat trying not to scream...... not the bullies throwing my skin around 😭

  • @genamartinez4999
    @genamartinez4999 2 года назад +58

    The way I'd pay real US currency to watch ya'll react to/read the rest of My Immortal your commentary is everything

  • @susie8799
    @susie8799 2 года назад +28

    Is it bad that whenever they said “it’s 22 chapters” I was like “oh that’s not that bad” and they were like “it’s so long”

  • @ChristaLeah
    @ChristaLeah 2 года назад +324

    THEY’RE LITERALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY MONDAYS. 😭😂❤️

  • @orynwhitmire7958
    @orynwhitmire7958 2 года назад +429

    I wrote a Christopher Columbus fanfic for history as his “wife” waiting for him to come home 🥴

    • @jhart1127
      @jhart1127 2 года назад +5

      I'd read it 📖

    • @thatss0laura
      @thatss0laura 2 года назад +82

      not christopher columbus 😭

    • @orynwhitmire7958
      @orynwhitmire7958 2 года назад +13

      @@thatss0laura I was like 12 😂

    • @alina-sp2kf
      @alina-sp2kf 2 года назад +87

      girl no not the colonizer 😭

    • @therealgaberyan
      @therealgaberyan 2 года назад +17

      As long as no native Americans were hurt in the writing of this fic…😅😬

  • @avocadowatch8368
    @avocadowatch8368 2 года назад +13

    The fact that Tom Felton made the brave and ill-advised decision to read a Draco fanfic over insta live last year… and the fans recommended My Immortal, SENT ME. I just thought he got sent a random bad fic. Only realizing now that it’s infamous in the community. Dead. Pray for Tom. He read the entire first chapter. His soul is too gentle.

  • @phiwalker9925
    @phiwalker9925 9 месяцев назад +7

    "I don't know who is writing a love story involving the Call of Duty universe" Well this aged like fine wine 😂

  • @caity3146
    @caity3146 2 года назад +130

    "y/n brushed her curly blonde hair, her blue eyes were so blue" me reading that with brown hair and brown eyes lmaao. I never understood those ones, the point was to be generic and as general as possible.

    • @aangranaa5352
      @aangranaa5352 2 года назад +8

      Fr like it’s not a reader insert if the reader’s characteristics are already defined, I hate those fanfics

    • @aspannas
      @aspannas 2 года назад +6

      But all the fanfics always have brown hair, I don't remember the last time I've ever read that the "y/n" had blonde hair.

    • @adivorcee2357
      @adivorcee2357 2 года назад +9

      wrong it would've called the eyes "orbs"

    • @caity3146
      @caity3146 2 года назад +3

      @@adivorcee2357 LMAO STOP I WAS CONTEMPLATING WRITING ORBS INSTEAD

    • @caity3146
      @caity3146 2 года назад +1

      @@aspannas honestly I haven't read fanfic since I was maybe 15/16 and I'm 22 now, so idk if it's been different recently. I just remember the beach wave blonde hair moment in time.

  • @nikolasslead6582
    @nikolasslead6582 2 года назад +110

    ao3 taught me so much about creative writing fr. there's joke fics on there too, ofc, but also some truly stunning writing. Ive written maybe 80k words myself, across a few fandoms (not my proudest moment).

  • @kjkrzewski1695
    @kjkrzewski1695 2 года назад +52

    THE WAY THIS EPISODE MADE ME SCREAM LAUGHING...I love how little Sarah knew about the terms lol!!! I forget that there's people who didn't grow up reading this stuff all the time

  • @asstrid_
    @asstrid_ 2 года назад +45

    brittany being an enemies to lovers and mandalorian girlie is so iconic

  • @audreyellis3856
    @audreyellis3856 2 года назад +45

    One of the best things to happen in internet culture over the past 5-10 years is people being VERY open about reading fanfiction. It used to be this big secret I kept from everyone I know when I was in middle school. Now I get my favorite Star Wars fanfiction printed as a soft cover book and I read it on the bus. Thank you internet.

    • @mysterist
      @mysterist 2 года назад

      where can you get that done?

  • @savazoth6446
    @savazoth6446 2 года назад +144

    Peter Capaldi actually rejected a romance storyline with his companion in the show because she was too young and he was a father. Felt it would have been 'completely creepy'. And he defended a lesbian kiss on the show, saying there should be more kissing just not between the Doctor and his companion. Basically he's great

    • @ashtaylor4107
      @ashtaylor4107 2 года назад +8

      He became one of my favorite doctors of all time. He’s a truly brilliant actor and also a great person. Brought so much to Dr. Who during his tenure.

  • @leahsawr
    @leahsawr 8 месяцев назад +5

    brittany questionng the allure of call of duty fanfiction is paintfully poetic considering whats to come

  • @serenagarcia8463
    @serenagarcia8463 2 года назад +23

    The part when Sarah is actioning mosh pit “what’s wrong?” It’s straight serotonin for me

  • @rachaelh8026
    @rachaelh8026 2 года назад +260

    12:25 is one of your funniest podcast parts yet, sobbing at o'pussyslayer420

  • @WhiteRaven696
    @WhiteRaven696 2 года назад +476

    Not every fanfic is sexual, y’all. 🤣 There are some that are even more well-written than some canon works.

    • @Alexandra-ng1ih
      @Alexandra-ng1ih 2 года назад +5

      It might as well be loo

    • @astrogirl6213
      @astrogirl6213 2 года назад +11

      this!! 😭😭😭 my favs are the ones where y/n is just like chilling out with the love interest going to the store or something like --

    • @garfieldbrooks
      @garfieldbrooks 2 года назад +32

      there was a harry potter/mauraders fanfic i read once that was so much better than the actual series it was insane. the writing was beautiful and the author understood the characters and wrote them so well. i dont even care about harry potter anymore but ive read that fic three times. its wild how good someones writing can be when they're not a terf

    • @kcunningham7
      @kcunningham7 2 года назад +2

      @@garfieldbrooks YES I have to ask, was it on Wattpad? I remember reading these fics that were literally whole books and they were SO GOOD

    • @garfieldbrooks
      @garfieldbrooks 2 года назад +8

      @@kcunningham7 no, the one im thinking of is all the young dudes by mskingbean89 on ao3 but the ones ur talking abt sound interesting drop the link bestie

  • @reluctant.valentine
    @reluctant.valentine 2 года назад +7

    i have two degrees and my pride and joy of my LIFE is my 300k+ word Bleach AU fanfic that i’ve written in four months with a friend. it’s not done yet but it’s gonna be legit. it’s actually good writing too. we’re treating it like our own story but with premade characters. fan fics are awesome

  • @danakelley6442
    @danakelley6442 2 года назад +14

    not even a minute in and Brittany is already talking about Dr.Phil sex dreams

  • @michellepeguero1234
    @michellepeguero1234 2 года назад +46

    Brittany represents my Internet life so well… I know she’s seen some dark things then 💀

  • @Doyola924
    @Doyola924 2 года назад +111

    The fact that I'm actively reading some fanfiction right now and this is the topic of the week is astronomical right now

    • @lavableacide3330
      @lavableacide3330 2 года назад +3

      theres no such thing as a coincidence

    • @Doyola924
      @Doyola924 2 года назад

      @@lavableacide3330 truly there is not

    • @EmilyGonzalez-oj4cw
      @EmilyGonzalez-oj4cw 2 года назад +1

      Can we start a chain of what fanfiction we're reading right now😅
      I'm currently reading Heaven's Official Blessing fanfiction 🥰

    • @Doyola924
      @Doyola924 2 года назад +1

      @@EmilyGonzalez-oj4cw I am currently reading a Marvel's Daredevil fic called the Red thread by Pastafossa on Ao3. I am completely in thralled in it

    • @hollywoodsdeadd
      @hollywoodsdeadd 2 года назад +1

      This sentence is framed weird

  • @pauledchampion
    @pauledchampion 2 года назад +35

    My favourite fanfiction is literally a 300k word long Beatles erotica piece. It's probably the best thing i've ever read, and I'm not even joking

    • @emilyhill1277
      @emilyhill1277 Год назад +6

      oh dang are you talking about On Our Way Back Home?

    • @pauledchampion
      @pauledchampion Год назад +4

      @@emilyhill1277 yes omg every time i read it i like it even more

    • @lyna7038
      @lyna7038 Год назад +3

      Oh my god mine is a kylo Ren Alterative universe slow burn fanfiction and I have read It a concerning amount of times the best part is it has less than 50 reads but it is better than all the popular ones

    • @isabellachristie7260
      @isabellachristie7260 Год назад

      @@lyna7038 LINK IT PLS

  • @IuvenisMex
    @IuvenisMex Год назад +13

    10:13 I had to write 9 essays that had to be 4 pages each, all due within a week, and I literally chose to update my Legend of Zelda: BOTW fanfic every chance I got instead of studying LMFAOOOOOOO I wrote like 10 chapters

  • @saggguy7
    @saggguy7 2 года назад +349

    Re: Dan and Phil - Dan basically insinuated in one of his videos that he and Phil had had some kind of romantic involvement and that the fan fiction and fetishization made it really difficult to be out about it

    • @jeejypeej
      @jeejypeej 2 года назад +65

      omg seriously ??? that has to be so horrible, so many STRAIGHT teens in fandoms fetishize gay relationships

    • @rebeccahodges3106
      @rebeccahodges3106 2 года назад +57

      literally, and also the hamster fancfiction that was trending was actually foul

    • @jadeharley7190
      @jadeharley7190 2 года назад +32

      @@rebeccahodges3106 NOT THE HAT FIC literally traumatizing

    • @soupscoop
      @soupscoop 2 года назад +38

      To add, I remember there was also something about the supernatural Destiel Fandom thinking the actual actors legit had a thing for each other that they sent death treats to their wives

    • @b0ogie_woogie
      @b0ogie_woogie 2 года назад +27

      literally i felt so bad for dan when i watched his video- even if they *were* in a relationship at some point, the shipping got so out of hand and inappropriate :(

  • @toastbot9496
    @toastbot9496 2 года назад +261

    Sarah and Brittany must be mind readers because i was literally planning on reading some fanfics before refreshing my notifs and seeing this pop up. Truly icon.

    • @kileypenick4820
      @kileypenick4820 2 года назад +2

      Honestly!!!

    • @kaylaaautumn
      @kaylaaautumn 2 года назад +4

      i was literally in the middle of reading some fanfiction

  • @rachaela2889
    @rachaela2889 2 года назад +5

    I remember being deep into the Hunger Games fan fiction where people would make up their own games because there was so much world to expand on and I thought it was so cool. Like what happened the 39th hunger games? They'd make up all the tributes and the arena and everything. I also remember a lot of Haymitch and Effie ships.

    • @karinarocha7074
      @karinarocha7074 2 года назад +2

      The Victor's Project is hands down the best hunger games ff and it expands on the games

  • @Monique-dr3lb
    @Monique-dr3lb 2 года назад +16

    I've never felt so seen as I do rn watching this episode
    I've been reading fanfiction since I was like 13 and I'm 21 now. I've seen all type of questionable fanfics but like even since then I was always uncomfortable reading fanfics about real people bc I feel there's like consent missing. It's so bad when you see some people write sexual fanfics about minors (both real and fictional) without aging them up or even stories of sexual assault that aren't done with respect. There's no rules when it comes to fanfics so yeah it definitely has its dark sides.

  • @therealgaberyan
    @therealgaberyan 2 года назад +121

    The “oh yeah” Brittany exudes to the question of “are there any ethical dilemmas regarding fanfiction?” That’s my spirit animal.😅🤣💯

  • @georgiakuchinsky
    @georgiakuchinsky 2 года назад +18

    the feminine urge to ask for your skin back

  • @julianshumate6141
    @julianshumate6141 2 года назад +11

    Petition for them to start another podcast where they just read fanfiction. I had this on while I was cleaning my closet and got really into the story and forgot this wasn’t a story time podcast.

  • @themeparkfan332
    @themeparkfan332 2 года назад +13

    I love how Brittany is an expert in not only art history, but fanfiction as well

  • @katieyt23
    @katieyt23 2 года назад +113

    “Do you think there’s Minecraft fan fiction?” Yes girl just look up dream and George

    • @AwesomePossum19
      @AwesomePossum19 2 года назад +6

      isn’t mcyt the biggest fanfic category by far lol

    • @katieyt23
      @katieyt23 2 года назад +1

      @@AwesomePossum19 honestly probably

    • @rienn8559
      @rienn8559 2 года назад +1

      @@AwesomePossum19 no supernatural

    • @naomijess207
      @naomijess207 2 года назад +4

      Don’t even get me started on the minecraft fan fic’s back in 2013-2016 😭

    • @nina.robbs565
      @nina.robbs565 2 года назад +2

      YEAH all I could think about is the dream stans

  • @elisestewart4596
    @elisestewart4596 9 месяцев назад +2

    I feel like Britney could audio book fanfictions and it would do SO well. But who in their right mind would want to do that.

  • @jessicawtf-ness7508
    @jessicawtf-ness7508 2 года назад +3

    I fucking died at 13:40 because Doogle (idfk how to spell it 💀) was my mums maiden name 😭🤚

  • @annewerner2211
    @annewerner2211 2 года назад +71

    They went the entire episode without mentioning a/b/o and I really value amd appreciate that

  • @madisonadamson6097
    @madisonadamson6097 2 года назад +115

    I CLICKED ON THIS SO FAST

    • @nightjetts
      @nightjetts 2 года назад

      SAME

    • @yeldana7044
      @yeldana7044 2 года назад

      SAME😭😭

    • @casonk.c1097
      @casonk.c1097 2 года назад

      0 hesitation

    • @nightjetts
      @nightjetts 2 года назад

      @@casonk.c1097 All i could think of when i read that was "you reach into the sink 0 hesitation" lol

  • @purplepanda220
    @purplepanda220 2 года назад +10

    I need Brittany and Sarah to dedicate a whole episode to just reading fanfiction

  • @Kmack5662
    @Kmack5662 2 года назад +10

    we need a spin off podcast that's just Brittany and Sarah reading my immortal, absolutely dying at the commentary haha

  • @ronank4784
    @ronank4784 2 года назад +31

    I will always remember my life in two parts. Before and after "A tapeworm named Niall Horan".