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Fandom Mom

Fandom Mom is a term that refers to an older fan, usually female, who has been a longtime participant in fandom, and thus considers herself knowledgeable about fandom culture and/or activities. A fan may identify herself as a fandom mom, or be called such by others.
The label has both positive and negative connotations. A fandom mom may be considered very experienced and savvy, and thus worthy of respect and treated as an authority on fandom. However, it may also indicate that an older fan is trying too hard to fit in with young fans in a way that is not natural or convincing. Young fans may use the label derogatorily when they feel an older fan is invading their space and trying to center herself as an authority unwelcomely. The term is used to point out that while a fan may think they are more knowledgeable than others, they are actually out of touch with the views and concerns of younger fans. Disagreements that lead to fans labelling others fandom moms often have to do with Social Justice and Purity Culture, topics which have shifted and become more divisive over the years. A person identifying herself as a fandom mom has come to carry the implication that she is against purity culture and anti-shippers.
There is no specific age range for fandom moms – fans are subjectively considered older or younger based on the demographics of the fandom or who they interact with. People in their early twenties may be called fandom moms. There is backlash against the negative connotations of "fandom mom" from older fans, related to the conversation around Ageism in Fandom.
==Origin and Age of the Term==
===2004===
Early uses do pop up on journals:
===2009===
Earlier uses are often referring to a poster's literal mother as shown in comments on a Fandom Secret from 2009.
===2011===
Early uses on Tumblr date back to 2011 or so and also often involve someone talking about their literal mother:
===2013===
===2014===
===2016===
By 2016 or so, many more uses show up with the current sense. Note the use of the tags 'fandom moms' and 'actual fandom moms' demonstrating that the poster does not consider the term to normally refer to literal mothers.
===2017===
Post 2016, the modern usage of the term increases. The Urban Dictionary definition, for example, dates to 2017:
===2018===
By the late 2010s, the term had often come to refer to fans over 30 or some age the poster considers too old for fandom.
==Criticisms of Fandom Moms==
==Criticisms of the Label "Fandom Mom"==
==Examples of Usage==
==Meta & Further Reading==
* Look I don't wanna sound like a Fandom Mom or whatever but what do you think women over 25 or so are supposed to do?
* Last week, I turned 36, and according to some, I’ve already overstayed my welcome in fandom by at least a decade.
* Sometimes I see people in fandom talking (Ageism In Fandom)
==References==
Category:2010s
Fandom Myth

A fandom myth is a narrative or belief that garners popularity within a fandom or fandoms, without sufficient evidence to prove its veracity. There is some overlap between the "fandom myth" concept and fan theories and tinhatting. 
Examples of fandom myths include the alleged deleted kissing scene in The X-Files episode "The Post-Modern Prometheus" and the Johnlock Conspiracy from BCC Sherlock fandom.
== Example Myths ==
* The Post-Modern Prometheus Kiss Scene. The season 5 X-Files episode "The Post-Modern Prometheus" ends with a scene of Mulder and Scully dancing at a Cher concert. According to some viewers, there existed an alternate take of this scene in which David Duchovny kisses Gillian Anderson, unscripted. An alleged screencap of this kiss has circulated for decades. The alternate scene is today generally considered to be a collective false memory. 
* The Johnlock Conspiracy (TJLC). Following the airing of the third and final episode of the fourth series of Sherlock, some fans theorized that there was a secret fourth episode that would give the series a better conclusion. The consensus among these theorists was that the secret episode would involve the ship Johnlock becoming canon (hence the myth's name), and many believed that the upcoming series Apple Tree Yard secretly contained the fourth Sherlock episode. Apple Tree Yard turned out to indeed be its own show, and whether Sherlock will continue remains up in the air.
Fandom Opinion by mijan

Fandom Opinion by mijan is an essay at Slashcast. 
==Topics Discussed==
* Harry Potter 
* slash, gen
* canon 
* taking chances with fiction
* crossing genre boundaries
==Excerpts==
Category:Harry Potter Meta
category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Slash Meta
Category:2007 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:Meta on Audio
Fandom Past - A Talk Given at Nine Worlds 2015

Fandom Past - A Talk Given at Nine Worlds 2015 was a talk by Lillian Shepherd given at Nine Worlds in 2015. 
The transcript of it in the form of a meta essay was posted at AO3.
The creator describes it as "this is as much a memoir of Fan Fic and its Fandom mainly in the UK in the 1980s."
==Topics Discussed==
* early print fanzine creation and production
* obscenity laws and fanworks
* Blake's 7, The Professionals, Star Trek: TOS, and Starsky & Hutch fandoms
* RPS
* pseuds
* memory and fan recollections
* fanworks and the fourth wall
* Sturgeon's Law
* the difficulty in obtaining source material
* warnings
* much, much more
==Excerpts==
Category: 2015 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:Meta on Audio
Category:Panel Discussions, Notes & Transcripts
Fandom Police

Often in fannish conflict, one or both sides may claim that the other is acting as Fandom Police, repressing or censoring other fans in what they consume, create, and talk about. 
This sometimes occurs during Ship Wars. 
It can also be used sarcastically, referring to older fans or BNFs as gatekeepers, or the non-existence of any formal regulation of fandom. 
In the mid-2010s, a Purity Culture in Fandom arose, mainly on Tumblr, arguing that problematic content, such as rape, incest, or under-age sex, should not be allowed anywhere including Archive Of Our Own. As of 2019-2020, the abbreviation fanpol became popular.
==Fan Comments==
===1995===
==Meta/Further Reading==
*Yes You Are Allowed, a 2014 Tumblr post by shinelikethunder
*That took TOO LONG, fandom., a post by ethrosdemon on Live Journal on July 22, 2008.
*Like, i’m not saying that adults don’t have a place in fandom. they can and they do, and many are perfectly great people. a part of a 2017 Tumblr post by onethousandroaches
*On fandom content and policing, a 2018 essay by fozmeadows.
==See also==
*The Three Laws of Fandom
*AO3 Content Discussion (2016)
Fandom Problems

Fandom Problems is a Tumblr blog which posts anonymous submissions about the problems that fans have experienced in various fandoms since 2012. 
Submissions are placed into different coloured squares to post, with follow-ups or responses to the submission posted in text format only. 
== About ==
==Popular Posts==
* Top Post of 2023: 
* Top Post of 2022: The "I really hate the "My OC, my rules" thing" post which had significantly more interaction than most posts on Fandom Problems. Whilst most submission usually received somewhere between 300 - 3000 notes this post, which claimed that if people made their OC suffer they should lose rights to them and the public should have them, has received 160,000+ notes as of August 2024 and was discussed on other social media platforms, breaking containment from Tumblr.
* Top Post of 2021: 
* Top Post of 2020: 
* Top post of 2019: 
==References==
Category:2012 Meta
Category:2012 Tumblr
Category:2010s Tumblr
Category:2010s Meta
Category:2020s Tumblr
Category:2020s Meta
Fandom Renaissance

Fandom renaissance refers to a resurgence of fan interest in an older fandom, often as the result of a new adaptation or other canon material being released. The term usually refers to a rebirth of the fandom, but is also sometimes used to describe an individual's return to fannish engagement.
==Usage Examples==
See alsoL 
* Twilight Renaissance, a fandom revival that started in 2018, supposedly started by tumblr user cockmcstuffins. 
* Hunger Games Renaissance in 2023, as the result of the prequel movie, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. 
==References==
Fandom Scruples

Fandom_Scruples was a pseudonymous LiveJournal troll that caused a disturbance in the Harry Potter fandom for a while in 2004. In 2006, it was revealed that Fandom_Scruples was a sockpuppet of HP fan Msscribe.
Fandom_Scruples was ostensibly created to pass judgment on HP fanwriters who "post incest, rape, beastialiy, or NC17 fics where young children can access them."Fandom_Scruples user profile (Accessed 29 July 2010) A "gold list" and "blacklist" were created. The blacklist originally included a number of BNFs ... and MsScribe.fandom-scruples. the blacklist, posted 2004-01-14. See Fandom Scruples' Black List.a similar site is The DoggShit Website, an X-Files black list of authors
It is now known that Fandom_Scruples was deliberately designed to be wanky. It was covered on Fandom Wank several times between January 2004 and January 2005.Charlotte Lennox. Chapter Seven - Msscribe Settles In for the Long Hall, from The MsScribe Story. In a spectacular bit of manipulation, the first F_W report was actually posted by Sporkify, another sockpuppet of Msscribe.Sporkify (Msscribe). Fandom Scruples, posted in Fandom_Wank, 2004-01-13.
==The Journal Profile Statement==
==Posts by Fandom Scruples==
The statistics: "30 Journal entries, 34 Comments posted. 1,091 Comments received." This is perplexing as only ten entries remain, as do the 111 comments on a single post. Perhaps MsScribe deleted some.
All but one of the posts below appear to have comments disabled.
* After a week or so of debate on this topic, we've gathered , and have on file a good deal of information.; archive link (January 26, 2004)
* Some history for you: Obscenity and the Internet; archive link (January 26, 2004)
* We live in a society where...; archive link (February 18, 2004)
* BNF ROAST; archive link (August 15, 2004)
* For those of you who actually are interested in locking down your fics and being a socially responsible human being, there is software available.; archive link page 1; archive link page 2; archive link page 3; archive link page 4 (August 23, 2004)
* Looking at porn helps you start to believe the lies it promotes.; archive link (August 23, 2004)
* (September 29, 2004)
* (January 22, 2005)
* Fandom Scruples' Black List (January 14, 2004)
==References==
Category:Harry Potter Fandom Occurrences
Category:2004 Events
Category:2000s Events
Category:Scandals
Fandom Scruples' Black List

Fandom Scruples' Black List was created by one of MsScribe's sockpuppets on January 14, 2004. 
It was a list of Harry Potter writers that fans should not read due to erotic content. 
The list was supposed to accomplish several things: unrest and wank, and that by adding her own name to the list, MsScribe elevated herself to BNF. 
The list is herearchive.is copy. It was embedded in a series of posts by Fandom Scruples here. Also see the February 13, 2004 post by fandom scruples here.
The day after it was posted, the post was archived at Slash Philosophy with the introduction: "Just because I think it's worthy of preservation, and will probably be deleted by its author as soon as she figures out that it's having an opposite effect to the one intended... here is The Blacklist so far:" 
A similar list is Big Name Sinners, also by one of MsScribe's sockpuppets .
==Introduction==
==The List of Black Listed Authors==
"If you are participating in our boycott, please don't read or review these author's works:"
ajhalluk | ali_wildgoose | altricial | anna_maria | aome | ari_o | arielchan | ataniell93 | bhanesidhe | bunny_wabit | calliope14 | camillabloom | charchusegigi87 | copperbadge | dancing_moon | darkrosetiger | eibbil_libbie | eljuno | epicyclical | fick_l_rene | glockgal | idiotparade | iscaris | ivyblossom | jade_okelani | jessindistress | jlh | kitsune13 | ladycadey | ladymaidmarian | ladysorka | legomymalfoy | lightnote_blend | likebunnies | lissinthecity | little_needle | lizardlaugh | madlorivoldmort | malfoypatriarch | misspince | msscribe | muffinbutt | nightfalltwen | nmalfoy | of_bad_faith | oulangi | purebloodygryff | r_becca | sarea_okelani | simons_flower | sincelastjuly | telesilla | tocomfortyou | trakkie | wayfairer
==Some Fan Comments==
===Posted to "Slash Philosophy"===
Excerpted comments below are from: .WBM link
Excerpted comments below are from: (January 26, 2004)
 
==References==
Category:Harry Potter
Category:2004
Fandom Snowflake Challenge

The Fandom Snowflake Challenge is a multi-fandom, multi-platform challenge that runs out of Dreamwidth. It's an annual event that provides daily prompts for the first fifteen days of January. It encourages community, sharing and creating of fanworks, pride in fannishness, and in the fans themselves.
==History==
akamine_chan started the challenge in 2012, running it out of her personal journal with the help of co-mod Glittery. In 2013, the challenge moved to its own community on Dreamwidth, snowflake_challenge, and has been run there every year since. The moderators change from year to year, and by 2019, none of the original mods were still with the challenge. The challenge also utilizes volunteers to help respond to the participants and their posts.
In 2016, the challenge prompted a friending meme hosted by the community and a discussion about a possible year-long version of the challenge.Snowflakes all year long?, (Last accessed 16 January 2016.)
From July to August 2024 there was an extra challenge titled "Revisiting Fandom Snowflake Challenge".https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5039252Revisiting Fandom Snowflake Challenge 2024
*1 to 3
*4 to 6
*7 to 9
*10 to 12
*13 to 15
==Purpose==
akamine_chan created the challenge as a way to give back to fandom after the stressful rush of end-of-the-year holidays and fannish challenges and exchanges, and to spread the love of fandom, of fans:
==How it Works==
The Fandom Snowflake Challenge is meant to be flexible and low-pressure. It welcomes every kind of fan on every kind of platform and encourages participants to pick and choose which challenges they answer, allowing freedom in how and when and where they answer them. The challenge operates without set deadlines or requirements.
akamine_chan explains it thusly:
==Reactions==
==Works and Projects Inspired by the Challenge==
* (meta) So you wanna be podficced? by akamine_chan
* Five times Walter wished George was back at the SGC by splash_the_cat
* Reading Bingo communally sourced, and compiled by hamsterwoman
* Sunshine Challenge, a similar event in July.
==External links==
* 2012 Masterpost for the Snowflake Challenge
* 2013 Master Post
* 2014 Master Post
* 2015 Master Post
* 2016 Master Post
* 2017 Master Post
* 2018 Master Post
* 2019 Master Post
* "Fandom Snowflake Challenge" tag on AO3
* "Fandom Snowflake Challenge" tag on Tumblr
* "Snowflake Challenge" tag on Tumblr
* snowflake_challenge RSS feed on LJ
==References==
Category:2012 Challenges
Category:2013 Challenges
Category:2014 Challenges
Category:2015 Challenges
Category:2016 Challenges
Category:2017 Challenges
Category:2018 Challenges
Category:2019 Challenges
Category:2020 Challenges
Category:2021 Challenges
Category:2022 Challenges
Fandom Sociology: The Mechanics Behind the Beast

Fandom Sociology: The Mechanics Behind the Beast is an essay by Princess Twilight. 
It is one of many essays at Octaves, a Buffy and Angel website.
"A tongue-in-cheek look at the who's who of the fandom."
==The Labels==
* Diva (aka BNF)
* Wanna Be Divas 
* The Rebel 
* Lurkers
* The "Artist"
* Ahhh, Freak!
* The Shipper 
* Grouch 
* The Sheep
==Excerpt==
 
 
Category:2000s Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Fandom Stats (website)

Fandom Stats is a website for fandom statistics particularly pulling data from AO3.
==Layout/Features==
* AO3 Tag Stats API: pulls the same data you see on the AO3 filter siderbar; presented in JSON format
* AO3 Bookmark Viewer: shows recent public AO3 bookmarks
* Random AO3 work: returns a random work from a tag, collection, userpage, etc.
* Reading the Data: Guide to interpreting the data you pull with the websites tools
* Resources: 
* About Fandom Stats
==Contributors==
See for details.
* Anna The Crow (annathecrow.tumblr.com)
* Destination Toast (destinationtoast.tumblr.com | toastystats.tumblr.com)
* Es Gibter (esgibter.tumblr.com)
==Links==
*
==References==
Category:Statistics
Category:2010s Websites
Fandom Stocking

Fandom Stocking is a low-pressure gift exchange (although not an exchange in the classic challenge sense) that is held during the winter holiday season. It is a multifandom exchange.
Peoples' wishlist include fandoms, favored pairings, background information, likes, dislikes, any particular preferred kinks, squicks and so on and others can leave them gifts that can take any form (fanfiction, links to videos, fanart, fic mixes, icons, recs or simple messages or fandom squee or anything else). Stocking Submission Post. (2011). (Accessed 21 December 2012)
In 2011 livejournal changed some of its code and caused trouble for the mods. Since 2012 the exchange is run on Dreamwidth.ADMIN: Customized Comment Pages Back. (Accessed 21 December 2012)Official Announcement: Submission Post and Community Move. (Accessed 21 December 2012)
In 2019, the challenge went on an indefinite hiatus as medie was dealing with personal family struggles. Fandom Stocking
== References ==
Category:2000sCategory:2010s
Fandom Unironicism

Fandom Unironicism was a short meta essay by Tumblr user prairieprayer from Nov 11, 2020. While a general essay on fandom, it references a handful of fandoms and characters by name as examples, including HLVRAI, Homestuck, Tumblr Sexyman, and Undertale, among others. In the essay, prairieprayer credits their unnamed fiance for coining the term fandom unironicism. The blog post had 34 notes by Jan 21, 2022.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* How jokes, such as the "dick slip" in Half-Life VR but the AI is Self Aware, became taken seriously in fan works like fanfiction
* How larger fandom concepts, such as the Tumblr Sexyman, might be an example of joke characters or non-serious characters being exaggerated into seriousness by fandom
* How artistic choices not taken seriously by their fandoms, such as colored noses in Homestuck fanart, can end up taken more seriously despite being disliked or made fun of by other fans
==Excerpts==
Category:Meta Essays Category:Meta on Tumblr Category:2020 Meta
Fandom Wank Poll: Fandom Wank, possible virtures of.

Fandom Wank Poll: Fandom Wank, possible virtures of. is a early 2005 poll conducted by pauraque, and a collection of comments by other fans. 
The poll's question was "The existence of Fandom_Wank serves as a deterrent to bad behavior in fandom." It had 166 participants.
One response to this poll and fan comments to it was the waning of ambivalence by sophia helix.
==Fan Comments==
==References==
Category:Surveys by Fans
Category:2005 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
Fandom Weekly Short Fic Challenge

The Fandom Weekly Short Fic Challenge was founded in 2016 by darjeeling as a multi-fandom flashfic challenge community.
All fandoms, genres, and pairings are accepted, including gen, het and slash, but fics must include the prompt(s) provided by the mods.
The challenge is hosted on Dreamwidth, with an associated AO3 collection available for participants as well. Participants must have a Dreamwidth account.
==How It Works==
There are no restrictions on fandoms or genre, but RPS is not allowed. Fics must not be rated higher than R, and they must be first posted to the community for a week before being posted elsewhere.Rules & FAQ. (Accessed 9 September 2019)
==External links==
* AO3 Collection
* Plurk
==References==
Category:2020s ChallengesCategory:2010s Challenges
Fandom Whore Hates You All

Fandom Whore Hates You All was a blog-type website that discussed bad fiction, bad websites, and tropes.
==About==
"Fandom Whore rather likes her guestbook. It makes her feel all warm and squishy inside knowing that there are people who feel the need to write in it.
And someone asked a very good question on it. "Fandom Whore," they said, "why involve yourself with the Buffy fandom online at all if you hate it so much?"
Fandom Whore doesn't hate the fandom, no! That's why she's Fandom Whore -- she whores herself out to the fandom. She wants to be Julia Roberts in "Pretty Woman," hoping beyond hope that the next story that comes along will be Richard Gere and will take her away from all the pathetic stories she's been fucking.
She's doing it for fun, not for hatred. And Fandom Whore keeps on hoping that someone will come along and sweep her off her stiletto vinyl boot-wearing feet and make her love the fandom again.
But I sure don't have my hopes up." 
==Some Examples==
* 
* 
* 
==Reactions==
==References==
Category:Buffyverse Websites
Category:2000
Fandom and Messageboards (or, How the Internet Has Warped Social Behavior)

Fandom and Messageboards (or, How the Internet Has Warped Social Behavior by Cyn (amezri). 
It was posted in reaction to the creation of Stargate Atlantis' David Hewlett's official website and forum. 
The essay has the introduction: 
==Some Topics Discussed==
* newbies and their lack of knowledge regarding fandom rules and culture
* violating the fourth wall
* The Bronze, a Buffy message board
* David Hewlett and his official website and forum
==Excerpts from the Essay==
==Excerpts from the Comments==
 
==References==
Category:Stargate Meta
Category:2006 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
Fandom and Money (essay)

This is a 2005 essay and comments at Fanthropology by nnaylime. The post was in direct response to the controversy regarding cousinjean who'd in 2004 solicited money so that she could take a year off of her paid employment and write Buffy fanfic instead.
==Some Topics Discussed in the Essay and in the Comments==
* Cousinjean and Profit Wank
* Agent with Style
* Fandom and Profit
* double standards
* print zines
* The Fannish Potlatch: Creation of Status Within the Fan Community
* LaptopGate#the money wank after Cassandra Claire's "troubles"
* fanworks and charity fundraisers
* Fan the Vote
==The Post==
==Some Excerpts from the Comments==
==References==
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:2005 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites