#stragan

[julesblackthorns]

i think what makes the black tapes work as a love story where it kind of eventually fails at being a paranormal mystery is ultimately strand's core ethos - his impregnable belief that the supernatural does not exist and cannot be proven to do so - is something he (not unwillingly, but immediately) will abandon every single time for the people he loves. tell me why alex is trying to convince a man who is on the brink of convincing himself the supernatural exists? bc she loves him and so ultimately, he has to choose to believe both of those things.

[podcast-queen]

I’m really out here. In 2023. Giggling and swinging my feet at Alex Reagan and Richard Strand’s constant flirting with each other.

[tmileseason3fanfic]

A Moth to the Flame (and You're Holding the Matches)

AU: Alex Reagan has been dating Charlie Strand for eight months after doing a piece on her for PNWS. When she meets her girlfriend's married mother and father at Charlie's concert, there's an instant attraction between them. Richard Strand is a man who becomes obsessive, and unfortunately so is Alex, and her judgement has never been all that good. But it's never been that bad either. Too bad there's a first time for everything. As the two of them begin to work on The Black Tapes together, it's only going to get worse. (Otherwise known as the cheating fic.)

Updated through chapter four with weekly updates coming.

Also included: the soundtrack.

[wraithee]

Trust me to become obsessed with a podcast that ended 5 years ago and left an entire fandom up in arms.

[artinaspy]

The Black Tapes Podcast | Alex Reagan and Richard Strand

“Hello, Alex? It’s Richard Strand. I’d like to apologize for the other day. I’ll be up in Seattle next week, and if you’re interested, I’m bringing along another case from my collection, from the section I believe you referred to as The Black Tapes. I think you’ll find this one very interesting. Anyway, I...I hope you’re well ... ”

[luminescent-wanderings]

I don’t know how I’ve managed to fall back into The Black Tapes without listening to a single full episode in... ages, but over the past week I’ve written 13k + words to finish a fic I started FIVE FUCKING YEARS AGO.

So anyway... be on the lookout for another update?

[scullystorm]

Gosh the older I get (I’m 30 now) the more nostalgic I get over old fandoms….😭😭😭😭

[rowenathereb]

Looking through the black tapes tag cuz I finally finished it after years of putting it off. And I can’t tell how old any of the post lmao. Is anyone still here ? I literally finished it and immediately went to AO3 because of how goddamn awful that ending was