Kaesa
@kaesa.bsky.social
Late 30s, fanfic writer, nerd. Fandoms include Undertale, Good Omens, and MCYT; main areas of interest are Chicago, biology, anthropology, mythology, history, dogs, and embroidery. Might be some NSFW here. Kaesa at AO3, kaesaaurelia on Twitter and Tumblr.
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officer, that’s not a crack pipe, it’s a discussion piece.
September 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
officer, that’s not a crack pipe, it’s a discussion piece.
Again, "fanzines" were and ARE called that by the people (the fans!) who make them. Fanzines were put together by people who had the time and disposable income to assemble a physical magazine for fun, not profit. There was no pejorative meaning associated; it's like calling people who knit knitters.
July 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Again, "fanzines" were and ARE called that by the people (the fans!) who make them. Fanzines were put together by people who had the time and disposable income to assemble a physical magazine for fun, not profit. There was no pejorative meaning associated; it's like calling people who knit knitters.
I don't think you're actually willing to understand this, but, one last try: fanzines called themselves that. They originated the term. It was not an insult. It is, yes, considered an insult now, mostly by people who think fanfiction is icky girl stuff/too gay/too weird, but it is never a SLUR.
July 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don't think you're actually willing to understand this, but, one last try: fanzines called themselves that. They originated the term. It was not an insult. It is, yes, considered an insult now, mostly by people who think fanfiction is icky girl stuff/too gay/too weird, but it is never a SLUR.
To return to media fandom, as someone who writes explicitly derivative works it's pretty insulting to hear my hobby called a "borderline slur." Either you have a very different definition of what a slur is or... you think fanfiction is deeply offensive? Or you didn't think it through at all.
July 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
To return to media fandom, as someone who writes explicitly derivative works it's pretty insulting to hear my hobby called a "borderline slur." Either you have a very different definition of what a slur is or... you think fanfiction is deeply offensive? Or you didn't think it through at all.
The Hugo Awards have several fan categories, and I don't really think most people up for the Best Fan Writer award think they're being dismissed. Nowadays fan writing also tends to be less fiction and more discussion of SF/F fandom itself - reviews, industry gossip, con reports, that kind of thing.
July 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Hugo Awards have several fan categories, and I don't really think most people up for the Best Fan Writer award think they're being dismissed. Nowadays fan writing also tends to be less fiction and more discussion of SF/F fandom itself - reviews, industry gossip, con reports, that kind of thing.
Media fandom and SF/F fandom are two distinct but overlapping hobby subcultures that use the same word ("fanzine") to mean different things. In SF/F fandom, fan/semipro/pro writing/art are distinguished by differing rates of pay, and have been since the '30s.
July 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Media fandom and SF/F fandom are two distinct but overlapping hobby subcultures that use the same word ("fanzine") to mean different things. In SF/F fandom, fan/semipro/pro writing/art are distinguished by differing rates of pay, and have been since the '30s.