i totally agree that they shouldn’t touch queen b. when i was rereading queen b for the 7th time, i really had a moment where i wanted to cry and beg choices for a third book.
god that book is so nostalgic, funny, at times cruel but that’s the beauty of queen b. i really really do want a third book but choices has fell off. their content isn’t what it used to be and i don’t know if reviving old books would be a good idea because many of their authors are gone and since they are, how can another group of authors ever replicate the legacy (as you mentioned) that these old books have? heck, that’s even if we’re lucky enough to get real humans on new books, ai slop could never ever recreate queen b. the jokes, plot twist, beautiful sprites, the relationship between MC and poppy is one too unique and special for AI to ever comprehend because the authors that created queen b made it with love and likely lived experiences.
i’m just rambling at this point so i apologize in advance but yeah i really do wish we had a third book or some kind of holiday short book but that would mean the standard is set very high and choices can’t even hit the bare minimum with the ai path they’re taking. i think im grateful for the fanfic and fan content that came out of this incredible book, so many people banded together to make content and unfortunately i wasn’t there for the peak of queen b/boppy but scrolling deep into tumblr to see those organized poppy content weekends or weeks warms my heart because there’s truly people out there who have so much love and care for their passion that they share their work with others.
i got into choices back when the freshman series began or something and was heavily into the high school stories (smth like that) and AME, then i took a big fat break and came back to choices in 2022 in my freshman year of HS lol. i became obsessed with poppy immediately because for some odd reason i’ve always been into the mean girl trope (regina george…and i did watch mean girls before i played queen b) i was so sad to find out that there wouldn’t be a third book but i discovered fan content and went down a deep rabbit hole, then i got bored and then two years later summer after 10th grade i got back to queen b and finally now in my senior year ive reconnected with my roots again and im so glad to see you reviving boppy. i just hope you know that you have an incredible power and that is being able to create content for media that is “dead” clearly im not the only person who appreciates it because there’s other anons in your inbox that are so happy that you’re creating content. this kind of media brings people joy and that’s the superpower you have, you can bring people joy even if it’s not necessary face to face. thank you!
Wow complete side note but your breakdown of when you got into choices makes me feel aged anon hahaha I started writing this fic when I started my first job 💀 and got into Queen B when it aired so I was there for the peak, but never made any content due to just being shy etc. Also, in my personal opinion, my writing sucked 🧍♀️
You summed it up well though. The old choices is gone now, just an ai mess that sadly a lot of interactive apps are producing now (when romance club goes full ship, I’ll be jumping).
However, it is a really neat aspect of fandoms for content to stick around for years even after the source material is no longer updating. I know I’ve appreciated a lot of authors who still have work up from half a decade ago and even those who continue to make work (lets be real, fanon is usually superior to canon). Maybe you’ll even want to take a stab at creating your own material for this fandom, I’d love to read it/see it. Remember, even your self-evaluated “worst” work will always be better than whatever ai steals. Thanks for the kind words though anon, I hope to one day deliver this full fic to you and the remaining Boppy fans.