Fanfic

Everyone who reads both books and fanfiction knows there’s a clear difference in reading speed. While a 500 page book might take a week to get through, reading at “fanfiction speed” can allow a reader to devour a similarly sized fic over the course of one night. How is fanfic routinely able to defy the bounds of eye strain and the need for sleep?How Important Was it for Jason Reitman to be a Part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?It’s possible because fanfiction is some of the best writing out there, excelling at hooking…

Anyone who’s ever dipped a toe into online debate on trans issues will know that British TERFs are some of the worst people on the internet. To the confusion of the rest of the world, the United Kingdom is home to strange and unpleasant people who have devoted their lives to making life miserable for trans people. They brand themselves as gender critical, organize dogpiles of their critics, all the while doing their best to maintain an aura of “common sense” as they sow division and spread hate. Harry Potter author J.K.…

Buckle up babes, we’re all in tonight. In a ridiculous moment of hubris a few weeks ago, I posted on Twitter that I was debating between writing fanfic and doing work while on a plane home from a work trip. My editor saw it, and now, wouldn’t you know it, I’m doing a whole slideshow to introduce you to fanfiction,…Read more... Buckle up babes, we’re all in tonight. In a ridiculous moment of hubris a few weeks ago, I posted on Twitter that I was debating between writing fanfic and doing work while on a plane home from a…

Image: Getty Images Never, ever say Hollywood is out of ideas, as fanfic surrounding Harry Styles is now set for the screen with Anne Hathaway to star. Per Entertainment Weekly, Hathaway is set to star in an adaptation of The Idea of You, a book written by Robinne Lee. The story follows a 40-year-old divorcee, who goes to Coachella with her daughter before falling madly in love with a Harry Styles-esque boyband member named Hayes Campbell, from One Direction-esque group August Moon. The author Lee has…

Your honor, I love themPhoto: Aaron Epstein/HBO MaxOne of the dangers of going viral when you’re a pop culture reporter is that occasionally, sometimes, every now and then, your editor will ask you to start an open channel based on a silly tweet you shot off at midnight after reading a fanfic so devastating that you read it twice in two days. This is especially true if it’s a slow news day, which today happens to be. So here it is, the tweet in question:Now, before anyone asks, it was a fanfic for Our Flag Means Death.…