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THE VERY FIRST STAR TREK SLASH FIC PUBLISHED

“A Fragment out of Time”, published in 1974. Kirk / Spock. page 1 page 2

I had to share it with you because I can’t stop laughing, and every time I reread it it just gets funnier and fUNNIER

[catbountry]

This fan fiction is older than the push-through tabs on soda cans.

[cylonqueen]

Your grandma wrote this on her Commodore 64.

[strike-team-delta]

I miss my Commodore 64

[stoplookingup]

Oh my dear, sweet children. The Commodore 64 came out in 1982. This was produced on a typewriter and probably mimeographed. And while it may seem funny now, it took more courage to write and distribute this than you will ever  know.

[athelind]

Reblogged for that last comment.

[gokuma]

respect your elders

[ohfreckle]

Children, in the olden days fanfiction was written on a typewriter, copied and sent by snail mail. Getting one one of those letters from across the world was every bit as exciting as getting a notification that your favorite writer posted a new fic.

[berlynn-wohl]

It’s been said before, but the fact that this fic begins with the dialogue assertion “We’re by no means setting a precedent” is endlessly amusing to me.

Diane Marchant changed all our lives. May she rest in peace.

[prokopetz]

The precedent line is especially amusing when you bear in mind that “A Fragment Out of Time” is not only the first Star Trek slashfic to be published in a widely distributed magazine: it’s believed by some to be the first slashfic of any kind to be widely published.

[ralfmaximus]

In 1974 it was illegal to send pornography through the USPS. So distributing fic like this via mailed newsletter was literally dangerous. And they knew it.

[thoodleoo]

oh so when other people call a baby "cute enough to eat" it's sweet and charming. but when i, cronus,

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

This phrase has already entered my vocabulary re: media criticism where like. The viewer has a concrete view of what they expect a story to be based on the tropes and cliches they're used to seeing together, and when that doesn't happen, they judge it as a failed depiction of what they assumed it was going to be instead of judging it as what it actually is.

"This show is problematic because the hero didn't kill the villain at the end": When does he steal the bread?

"These two characters who were close friends throughout the series don't kiss at the end! What the fuck?": When does he steal the bread?

"This feels like it's missing a conclusion! Like, the protagonist does bad stuff and because of a critical decision he makes as a result of his major character flaws, meets tragedy in the end! Where's the part where he learns better and brings is love back from the dead and becomes a good guy and gets a happy ending?": When does he steal the fucking bread??

[thetetra]

I heard this out as "When criticizing something, you must judge it for what it is, not what it isn't"

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#this is why so many of us urge people to get a wider diet of stories

[soracities]

Eavan Boland, “A Woman Painted on a Leaf”

[Text ID: “I want a poem I can grow old in. I want a poem I can die in.”]

[ovur]

I can't play as a man in horror games because I'll have no desire to help him out of those situations

[kosmogrl]

we seriously need to have a conversation about how evil, slow, and lifeless january is

[toastbutteregg]

[goldensunset]

‘the protagonist should be endearing and relatable’ the protagonist should make the audience scream and start banging on the one-way glass of the fourth wall. the protagonist should burn their entire life down and make the world’s worst sandcastle from the ashes. if they aren’t the cause of at least 50% of their own problems what are we doing here

[arbybra]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Outer Banks (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Rafe Cameron/Kiara "Kie" Carrera Characters: Kiara "Kie" Carrera, Rafe Cameron, Sarah Cameron, John B. Routledge Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Historical, Alternate Universe - Regency, Regency, Forced Proximity, Sexual Tension, Period Typical Attitudes, Enemies to Lovers, Rafe Cameron is a Rake, Kiara Carrera hates the Ton, Some Plot, Rafe Cameron is Bad at Feelings, just vibes really, Mutual Pining, Canon-Typical Violence Summary:

In late eighteenth-century London, Kiara finds herself unwillingly sponsored by the Cameron family for a season she never wanted.

Forced to live under the same roof as Rafe Cameron, notorious rake and the new Earl of Kildare, she quickly learns how dangerously thin the line between hate and desire can be.

—

Or the Regency AU nobody asked for!!

[oncce-againn]

And life went on. It was not the same, but it went on.

[arbybra]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Now complete x

Chapters: 3/3 Fandom: Outer Banks (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Rafe Cameron/Kiara "Kie" Carrera Characters: Kiara "Kie" Carrera, Rafe Cameron, John B. Routledge, Sarah Cameron, Pope Heyward, Cleo (Outer Banks) Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Angst and Feels, Enemies to Lovers, Kiara "Kie" Carrera Needs a Hug, Rafe Cameron is Bad at Feelings, Eventual Smut, Smut, Explicit Language, Post-Canon, Canon-Typical Violence, Drug Use, Grief/Mourning, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Summary:

Kiara has to keep reminding Rafe that he is not her friend. Which is fine, because he had something different in mind anyway.

—

A look into grief, love and everything in between.

[weltenwellen]

Natalie Díaz, from "American Arithmetic", Postcolonial Love Poem

[petaltexturedskies]

Emily Brontë from “Death, that struck when I was most confiding”

[arbybra]

Latest chapter now posted!

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy Characters: Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy Additional Tags: Ministry of Magic Employee Hermione Granger, Auror Partners, Pandemics, Slow Burn, Belligerent Sexual Tension, Eventual Smut, Action/Adventure, Comedy, Forced Proximity, Canon-Typical Violence, Harry Potter Epilogue What Epilogue | EWE, Ensemble Cast, light espionage, Lowestoft Bashing, Mysterious Crookshanks, Forced Work Partnership, sleuthing, Romantic Comedy, Enemies to Friends to Lovers Summary:

“Two people died, Malfoy,” she snapped, as if he wasn't already aware.

“Yes, but they were already very dead when we got there.” He tipped back the rest of his drink and savoured the burn. “Not much we could've done. Best not to linger on it, don't you think?”

—

When a magical pandemic sends the Auror Office into chaos, Draco and Hermione are unwittingly forced to partner up, fight crime and survive a fairytale quest neither of them saw coming.

If they want to live to see happily ever after, they'll have to avoid killing each other first.

[metamorphesque]

A Grief Observed, C.S. Lewis

[suigintou]

i bet it feels good as fuck to erupt from the soil as a skeleton warrior

[inconveniently-discorporated]

Me: *agonizing over whether a semicolon goes here, what the proper dialogue should be there, other assorted rules and semantics*

Terry Pratchett: "!" said the stranger.

THAT'S ALLOWED?

[serricoj]

Writing is for communication. Sir Terry knew very well that anything's allowed if it helps you communicate something effectively.

[rpepperpotshipssciencebros]