Well Fic Me Sideways

A deep dive into fanfiction culture and tropes. Bringing a new topic and three fics to discuss in a Fanfic book club every episode- Bee, Mouse and Zara form the nitty gritty fanfic committee to peer review popular tropes for desirability, logistics, historical accuracy and a complimentary vibe check! Updates every first and third Saturday.

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

mithan growing old together and comfortably retiring becuase of all of mias money from the connections

based offa this post

[casgirl]

[squidbroom]

22 Times Julius Caeser was Stabbed by Senators + 1 Time he was Stabbed by his Friend

56,428 words, slash, a/b/o, mpreg

[striving-artist]

Be honest, why are you into Omegaverse?

Exploration of gender expression

Exploration of gender and society

It’s Genderswapping Lite

It solves the improvised lube problem

Mpreg. That’s it

Heats and Ruts and Knots

I read it for the articles

No idea. Compels me, though

The inherent dubcon of it all

I am not into it, and I have never cleared my browser history

Voting ended onFeb 9, 2023

I have polls now. Let’s go.

[striving-artist]

Best thing is that so far, the numbers are lining up almost exactly as I expected them too.

[ficmepod]

Hiya! Someone just sent me your Halloween episode- thank you so much for the mention- you guys are fantastic and I've enjoyed your podcast immensely. If you love Houses That Hate You, make sure you check out Kittyhorrorshow's games, specifically Anatomy if you haven't already.

Hi!!! Aaaa we’re glad to have read your works!!!

Absolutely we love houses that hate you!!! It really is something else, I’ve played Control and there’s also I Am In Eskew (podcast) for something thats alive and vast and could not care less about you- your fic hit such a nice spot 💖💖

Thank you so much for the rec 👀👀

[urban-spaceman]

VOTING FOR ROUND TWO WILL END IN ROUGHLY ONE HOUR. 

VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!

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One TP to Rule Them All

Listen to this episode from Well Fic Me Sideways on Spotify. Welcome to November darling listeners, come in and sit by the fire as we tell tales of our favorite OTPs and battle it out as to whose is the best of them all! Highlights include: Defining OTPs across the multifandoms, Zara's predictable ship tastes, the Deviantart Fanfic Space, Crack ships, Fandom Bicycles, Remeniscing about 2018 Tumblr Cuphead ship blogs, anime to cartoon pipeline, tf2 shipping names, YGO shipping names, a spot of dane cook trivia, and Zara throwing unwarranted shade on the Osmosis Jones Fandom (affectionate). Fic Club Corner: Bee- If you can't eat it, drink it, smoke it, or snort it-Largishcat Mouse- morningz - gaybikachu Zara- Always Near - afrai Links: Website: https://www.wellficmesideways.com Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/wellficmesidewayspod Email us at [email protected] or check us out at @ficmepod on tumblr, twitter and IG Music by JAYA (Raise), find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.

Subscribe and Listen @  RSS feed, Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts

Welcome to November darling listeners, come in and sit by the fire as we tell tales of our favorite OTPs and battle it out as to whose is the best of them all!

Highlights include: Defining OTPs across the multifandoms, Zara’s predictable ship tastes, the Deviantart Fanfic Space, Crack ships, Fandom Bicycles, Remeniscing about 2018 Tumblr Cuphead ship blogs, anime to cartoon pipeline, tf2 shipping names, YGO shipping names, a spot of dane cook trivia, and Zara throwing unwarranted shade on the Osmosis Jones Fandom (affectionate).

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One TP to Rule Them All

Listen to this episode from Well Fic Me Sideways on Spotify. Welcome to November darling listeners, come in and sit by the fire as we tell tales of our favorite OTPs and battle it out as to whose is the best of them all! Highlights include: Defining OTPs across the multifandoms, Zara's predictable ship tastes, the Deviantart Fanfic Space, Crack ships, Fandom Bicycles, Remeniscing about 2018 Tumblr Cuphead ship blogs, anime to cartoon pipeline, tf2 shipping names, YGO shipping names, a spot of dane cook trivia, and Zara throwing unwarranted shade on the Osmosis Jones Fandom (affectionate). Fic Club Corner: Bee- If you can't eat it, drink it, smoke it, or snort it-Largishcat Mouse- morningz - gaybikachu Zara- Always Near - afrai Links: Website: https://www.wellficmesideways.com Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/wellficmesidewayspod Email us at [email protected] or check us out at @ficmepod on tumblr, twitter and IG Music by JAYA (Raise), find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.

Subscribe and Listen @  RSS feed, Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts

Welcome to November darling listeners, come in and sit by the fire as we tell tales of our favorite OTPs and battle it out as to whose is the best of them all!

Highlights include: Defining OTPs across the multifandoms, Zara's predictable ship tastes, the Deviantart Fanfic Space, Crack ships, Fandom Bicycles, Remeniscing about 2018 Tumblr Cuphead ship blogs, anime to cartoon pipeline, tf2 shipping names, YGO shipping names, a spot of dane cook trivia, and Zara throwing unwarranted shade on the Osmosis Jones Fandom (affectionate).

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Spooooooky Halloweeeeeen 🎃🎃!!

It's a two-fer today, join Bee and Zara in our first mini episode where we focus on fanfictions that make us FEEL things. Terrible horrible scary things. 

[cerastes]

I need everyone that has ever called themselves the CEO of Monsterfucking to enter a massive arena I’ve prepared and kill the absolute shit out of each other Battle Royale style until we are left with but the True CEO.

[cerastes]

Now here’s someone that fucking gets it

Me when I GET them

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Monsterloving on Main

Listen to this episode from Well Fic Me Sideways on Spotify. What's that wretched howling in the air? It's US. The itty bitty fanfic committe is back with a good boy treat for all you monsterfuckers out there! Bringing in the Halloween Spirit with some scary sexy monster talk! Highlights include: Monsterfucking- a history, xeno?? teratophilia?, common tropes, gatekeeping ? in your monsterfucking? more likely than you think, Mouse's longest yeah boi, Our Vampires are different, the POWER DYNAMICS, Zara and Bee explaining Michael Spiral TMA hotness factor, the Harkness Rules, Fear play, Prey/Predator, Monsterfucking Not Being an official Ao3 tag, the gang replay their first foray into finding inhuman creatures Hot, the Prince Sidon Conundrum, Monster Culture and How it Intersects with monster romance, Mouse giving Bee Advanced Covid, We finally answer the question of: Whose the twink between the three of us Fic Rec Corner: Bee: Learning - OneofWebs Mouse: Offering - DarthFucamus Zara: A Demonstration - anonymousEDward Links: Website: https://www.wellficmesideways.com Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/wellficmesidewayspod Email us at [email protected] or check us out at @ficmepod on tumblr, twitter and IG Music by JAYA (Raise), find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.

Subscribe and Listen @  RSS feed, Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts

What's that wretched howling in the air? It's US. The itty bitty fanfic committe is back with a good boy treat for all you monsterfuckers out there! Bringing in the Halloween Spirit with some scary sexy monster talk!

Highlights include: Monsterfucking- a history, xeno?? teratophilia?, common tropes, gatekeeping ? in your monsterfucking? more likely than you think, Mouse's longest yeah boi, Our Vampires are different, the POWER DYNAMICS, Zara and Bee explaining Michael Spiral TMA hotness factor, the Harkness Rules, Fear play, Prey/Predator, Monsterfucking Not Being an official Ao3 tag, the gang replay their first foray into finding inhuman creatures Hot, the Prince Sidon Conundrum, Monster Culture and How it Intersects with monster romance, Mouse giving Bee Advanced Covid, We finally answer the question of: Whose the twink between the three of us

[gerardpilled]

[caspop]

Explain? Please?

[gerardpilled]

1. Battle Angel Alita manga gains popularity outside of Japan

2. James Cameron reads said manga

3. Cameron, hot off a successful movie run, is inspired while at the same time wanting to create a show

4. Creates and writes show Dark Angel, casting Jensen Ackles in a reoccurring supporting role

5. Show about genetically enhanced characters features “heat” as something characters go through

6. Show gets canceled after 2 seasons. Jensen Ackles is now unemployed.

7. Supernatural airs 3 years later, with Jensen Ackles as the main character

8. RPF becomes massively popular for the show to avoid the main incest pairing with canon characters

9. Fanfic AU inspired by Ackle’s stint on Dark Angel morphs multiple existing tropes, creating first official ABO (omegaverse) story for Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki

10. Omegaverse becomes wildly popular, spreading across multiple fandoms and variations

11. Omegaverse novels begin to get published, including by Addison Cain and Zoey Ellis who both wrote het omegaverse novels

12. Cain files DMCA against Ellis, with Cain claiming to have invented het omegaverse

13. Lawsuit finds its way to court, becoming the Omegaverse Litigation case, and bringing omegaverse to the public’s knowledge

[lottleyco]

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The Power of Youth!

Listen to this episode from Well Fic Me Sideways on Spotify. Don't worry listeners! It's ZARA'S episode now! With a smile in her heart and her cohosts complaints in her soul- we're talking about CHILD PROTAGONISTS in fanfiction! These babies can hold so much trauma and not nearly enough fantasy CPS- won't someone stop thinking of these children??? Highlights include: Mouse and Bee's utter disdain for this topic, Mouse and Bee enjoying themselves anyway, Is it Kid Fic or Child Protag, Phasing from reading books with kids POV to fanfiction, Zara making the case for child POV in fanfiction, US vs UK child age disparity, The Invader Zim childhood phenomena, Canon vs Paperthin OC, The long history of Harry Potter Adoption Stories, The Difference between Teen Vs Kid fics, Rec Lists Saving Readers like you Thank you, The Gang Read the House of Leaves of Invader Zim Fics, Breaking down the SasuNaru parallels, Canon Naruto ACAB moments, The 2nd most famous Harry Potter fanfiction Fic Rec Corner: Bee: All the Young Dudes - MsKingBean89 Mouse: Dib and Squee Down in the Deeps - Senri Zara: We'll Make a Home Out Of It - Inrainbowz Links: Website: https://www.wellficmesideways.com Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/wellficmesidewayspod Email us at [email protected] or check us out at @ficmepod on tumblr, twitter and IG Music by JAYA (Raise), find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.

Subscribe and Listen @  RSS feed, Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts

Don't worry listeners! It's ZARA'S episode now! With a smile in her heart and her cohosts complaints in her soul- we're talking about CHILD PROTAGONISTS in fanfiction! These babies can hold so much trauma and not nearly enough fantasy CPS- won't someone stop thinking of these children???

Highlights include: Mouse and Bee's utter disdain for this topic, Mouse and Bee enjoying themselves anyway, Is it Kid Fic or Child Protag, Phasing from reading books with kids POV to fanfiction, Zara making the case for child POV in fanfiction, US vs UK child age disparity, The Invader Zim childhood phenomena, Canon vs Paperthin OC, The long history of Harry Potter Adoption Stories, The Difference between Teen Vs Kid fics, Rec Lists Saving Readers like you Thank you, The Gang Read the House of Leaves of Invader Zim Fics, Breaking down the SasuNaru parallels, Canon Naruto ACAB moments, The 2nd most famous Harry Potter fanfiction

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Happy International Podcast Day!!! 

To celebrate we’re like dropping hints about what’s going down in our sixth episode on Child Protagonists!!

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Listen in through our RSS feed, Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts

[ficmepod]

Episode 5 is up and we’re continuing our Omegaverse (this time Non-Traditional)

Listen HERE or wherever podcasts are locally sourced near you!!

[ficmepod]

A More Sustainable Omegaverse

Listen to this episode from Well Fic Me Sideways on Spotify. Welcome back listeners! If you survived the gauntlet of Omegaverse, now you get to luxuriate in this episode- where the thin veneer of Sexism but for Gay Men is wiped away to leave behind a more eco-friendly, sustainable, and reusable Omegaverse. Alphas and Omegas and Betas- join us for a taste of Non-Traditional Omegaverse! Highlights include: Definition of Non-traditional Omegaverse and how tricky that gets, Bee forgetting all the Steven Universe Gems, Subverting the Subversion, Worldbuilding in fics, Zara tangent #679, Multiverse and you!, Canon Characterizations and how they change, Cannibal Omegas, Fannypack Alphas, Queering your Omegaverse, Fake AND real wolf dynamics, Ace rep in A/B/O, the Dom/Sub connection, Mouse villain arc and Mpreg (derogatory) Fic Rec Corner: Bee: Tobacco, Incense, Tea - spicedrobot Mouse: Antiquated Notions - RussianWitch Zara: Feral - StratsWrites Links: Website: https://www.wellficmesideways.com Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/wellficmesidewayspod Email us at [email protected] or check us out at @ficmepod on tumblr, twitter and IG Music by JAYA (Raise), find him on Spotify and Soundcloud. Links: Website: https://www.wellficmesideways.com Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/wellficmesidewayspod Email us at [email protected] or check us out at @ficmepod on tumblr, twitter and IG Music by JAYA (Raise), find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.

Subscribe and Listen @ RSS feed, Spotify, Itunes, Google Podcasts

Welcome back listeners! If you survived the gauntlet of Omegaverse, now you get to luxuriate in this episode- where the thin veneer of Sexism but for Gay Men is wiped away to leave behind a more eco-friendly, sustainable, and reusable Omegaverse. Alphas and Omegas and Betas- join us for a taste of Non-Traditional Omegaverse!

Highlights include: Definition of Non-traditional Omegaverse and how tricky that gets, Bee forgetting all the Steven Universe Gems, Subverting the Subversion, Worldbuilding in fics, Zara tangent #679, Multiverse and you!, Canon Characterizations and how they change, Cannibal Omegas, Fannypack Alphas, Queering your Omegaverse, Fake AND real wolf dynamics, Ace rep in A/B/O, the Dom/Sub connection, Mouse villain arc and Mpreg (derogatory)

Fic Rec Corner:

Bee: Tobacco, Incense, Tea - spicedrobot

Mouse: Antiquated Notions - RussianWitch

Zara: Feral - StratsWrites

[tonyglowheart]

GUYS I’M FCKN SCREAMING

[melted-moth-mind]

@thebibliosphere