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It started on November 5th of 2020, with the airing of Supernatural season 15 episode 18, which canonized Castiel’s feelings for Dean. This week’s Featured Article is Destielgate.
The event also marked a period of increased Supernatural fandom engagement. Notably, more than 4,000 Destiel fanfics were posted on Archive of Our Own between November 6th, 2020 and January 2021.
Are you curious? Head over to Fanlore and learn more!
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Info:
The Merlin Tarot Fest is a fanfic and fanart challenge using the 78
cards of the tarot as prompts. The fanworks do not need to focus on or
even include tarot, but rather will be inspired by randomly pulled
card(s). Each participant will be given their own card/card combination
to inspire them! You will be able to decide if you want 1, 2, 3, or 5
cards for your inspiration. You will also be able to choose your pull
from a limited selection of different tarot decks.
Requirements: For fanfic, writers must write a story of at least 750 words. For fanart, artists must create at least 1 piece.
Posting will be open JULY 1 - SEPT 30 Posting will not be scheduled or assigned. All participants can feel free to post to the AO3 collection anytime within the allotted posting time frame.
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In honor of Comics Month, we’re celebrating Questionable Content, also known as QC!
A slice-of-life webcomic about romance and sentient AI, QC recently passed 5000 strips and has an expansive cast of characters. Having run since the early 2000s, QC has a large and long-lasting fanbase, with plenty of fanart and until recently, an official dedicated forum.
Have you ever dived into this messy web of robot love? Learn more about this comic on Fanlore!
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Neil Gaiman: Hi, I’m Neil Gaiman. I’m wearing the first red T-shirt I’ve worn since 1987. Because I’m a member of the WGA. I’m on strike. I care so much for the things that I’ve written but I’m out here right now not working and here until we get a good contract because I care about the future of the WGA, the future of young writers. I want a world in which no AI writes scripts or attempts to. I want a world in which young writers get to learn how to make television. And I want a world in which we are fairly compensated for the things that we put up on streaming.