#fanlore

[unspeakabledigressions]

Me: Wow! You really used to write fan fiction, Grandma? What did you write about?

Grandma: Oh, it was for Star Trek. Just little stories about Kirk and Spock, you know?

Me:

[ao3org]

Cloudflare Intermittent Errors and Downtime

We are aware of intermittent errors accessing AO3, Fanlore, and the OTW website. This is not a problem with our services directly, but with Cloudflare so we are unable to fix it. We encourage you to follow Cloudflare's status page to get updates on the situation or refer to our status page.

Posted: 12:28 UTC 18 November, 2025

[transformativeworks]

The OTW is Recruiting for Fanlore Chair Track Volunteers, Communications Social Media Moderators (English and Chinese), and Open Doors Import Assistants

Do you have experience in managing or leading people? Are you a frequent Bluesky, Twitter | X, or RedNote user who enjoys helping others? Are you interested in the rescue and preservation of fanworks? The OTW is recruiting! Learn more at: https://otw-news.org/mrx56zjn

[lennat2]

[fanlore-wiki]

Featured Article: Batman Oral Sex Ban

This week’s Featured Article is Batman Oral Sex Ban!

An overnight fandom phenomenon, Batman Oral Sex Ban emerged on June 14, 2021, after Harley Quinn co-creators Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker revealed in an interview that DC executives prohibited a scene of Batman performing oral sex on Catwoman, explaining that “heroes don’t do that.”

The Fandom’s response was swift, resulting in rapid discourse across Twitter, Tumblr, TikTok, and Reddit, sparking conversations about censorship, sexual politics, gendered pleasure, and double standards. Writers and fans alike reclaimed the moment through fics, memes, and commentary, turning “Heroes don’t do that” into a now-famous catchphrase. On AO3, the canonical tag Bruce Wayne Gives Oral Sex quickly grew, with the vast majority of works published after the news broke, alongside ironic counter-tags like Bruce Wayne Doesn’t Give Oral Sex.

The moment even spilled beyond fandom spaces, with creators, celebrities, and filmmakers (including Zack Snyder) weighing in, and at least one independently published erotic work was inspired directly by the incident.

Curious how one offhand quote turned into a full-blown fandom event? Head over to Fanlore to read all about it!

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[roy-co]

Sometimes, when I'm bored, I open a single fanlore page and read it in full. Then if there's another page linked, I'll move onto that one. If not, I backtrack and keep hopping between pages until I'm in a completely different school. I do not go here, but I'm looking around your campus and classrooms then going "damn this is nice" before walking down the road again. Wonderful time to be alive

[maastrichtiana]

I have no one to talk about this with

[s3aslug112]

chat what is fanlore?