Fanonball Beth & Max

Seeing a new episode of Fanonball has finally been uploaded... it fills you with determination. Today we're joined by Mel to talk about the 2015 indie RPG Undertale! We talk about its connection to Homestuck, shipping discourse, and how it's possible to ship Sans with himself.

 Sources and relevant links for this episode: 
Undertale, Underfell, Sans/Frisk on fanloreThe Undertale Drama by Chloe Spencer for KotakuFlowerfell on the (now abandoned?) Undertale AU wikiSans on the Tumblr Sexymen wikiWhat happened to the Undertale fandom? on QuoraWhat happened to the Undertale fandom? on r/outoftheloopThe Tumblr Needle Cookie Story Follow the show on Twitter

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Max: Twitter, Instagram
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If you have read basically any fanfiction in your life, you have benefited from the existence of a 90s supernatural (?) cop drama. Today Dana Parker joins us to talk about The Sentinel, a fandom that has impacted all of fandom space as we know it today. We discuss the countless AUs and tropes the show spawned, the ways the fandom pioneered saving shows, and how Archive of Our Own would not exist without The Sentinel. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
The Sentinel, Jim/Blair, Sentinel AU on FanloreBasic guide to Sentinel fic and tropes by infiniteeight8 on TumblrThe Sentinel, Sentinel/Guide Bonding and AU - Sentinels and Guides tags on AO3AO3 Ship Stats list Neilsen ratings for 1996-97 and 1997-98Follow the show on Twitter

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Beth: Twitter, Instagram, Twitch
Max: Twitter, Instagram
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Gun to your head, what would you guess is the fandom for the top fic on AO3? Supernatural? Harry Potter? Boku no Hero Academia? You fool. You absolute rube. Of course it's Minecraft Youtuber RPF, how could you ever think otherwise. On today's episode Chy joins us to talk about Dream/GeorgeNotFound fic Heat Waves, the most popular fic on Archive of Our Own, and what it means for fandom and pop culture at large. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
Heat Waves and Helium on AO3Heat Waves, Dream SMP and Dream on FanloreDreamNotFound on the Shipping Wiki, making its first appearance on the show, remarkablyFanfiction about real people is flourishing by Jay Castello on PolygonPeople are reading so much fanfiction it’s crashing the biggest fanfiction website by Gita Jackson on VICEThe most read fic on AO3 has now been dethroned, a thread on RedditGlass Animals’ Hottest 100 win: ‘Heat Waves’ and the power of online fandom by Al Newstead on TripleJFollow the show on Twitter

Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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Have you ever awoken in the dead of night in a cold sweat and thought, "What if England and France f****d?" Well, we have some great news for you: You are not alone, and you are so not alone that an entire fandom agrees with you. Today Nat joins us to talk about the nation gijinka webcomic and anime series Hetalia! We talk about globalism with respect to the premise, how the fandom handled problematic situations, and the different ways the fans responded to racism and misogyny. 

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
Pyrrhiccomedy's fic directoryWizzard890's fic directoryPuella_nerdii's Hetalia LJ postsMithrigil's ficsHetalia's DreamwidthSaMelodii's Bahamas OCHetArchiveHetalia on FanloreAnime Boston incident (TW: antisemitism, Holocaust)Follow the show on Twitter

Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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THIS EPISODE CONTAINS EXPLICIT SPOILERS FOR DANGANRONPA 1, 2 AND 3! DO NOT LISTEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SPOILED!

Welcome to the Ultimate Podcast! Today we're talking about the Danganronpa fandom and BOY is it a doozy. We discuss kinning, dancing on literal graves, and how the fans on the Something Awful boards were key to getting the series localized in the West.

Sources and relevant links for this episode:
Danganronpa FanloreDanganronpa Discourse blogDanganronpa fanfiction discourse blogFandom Files ep on DanganronpaThread on DR/SomethingAwful/orenrorenOrenroren let’s play archive of DR1, and his translation of SDR2Follow the show on Twitter

Steeven: Twitter
Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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Listener, don't be a sockpuppet for a Harry Potter fanboard user. Instead, listen to this episode where we talk about the USA (characters welcome) show Psych! We discuss how anti-Black racism affects the biggest ships in the fandom, why it's so small, and the ways the network encouraged fan activity.


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Beth: Twitter, Instagram
Max: Instagram
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