Basic Banshee

Basic Banshee (hereafter Ban) is a hugely influential fanfiction writer and BNF in the Carry On fandom, most active during 2018 and 2019. They have also self-published two novels, which were originally made freely available online and can be purchased online. Ban has often donated fees from these sales to charity. Ban is very public about their love of music and many fics are accompanied by a Spotify playlist. They have also made playlists for others as gifts. 
They work closely with professional editor, breadofgod (aka godisbread aka Anna aka @frog-and-toast). They've written two fics together, and godisbread has also edited many of Ban's fics and their professional novels. Ban has also worked with other betas, and has betaed many other Carry On writers' work.
==@basic-banshee Tumblr==
While Ban is primarily known for their fic in Carry On fandom, they are also known for two extremely popular viral Tumblr posts about being a lesbian.
These posts accrued hundreds of thousands of notes, and were copied off platform. This lead to increased non-fan engagement with them on this platform. 
* Thor wingman
* Fake Dating AU
These posts have now been removed from Ban's Tumblr, but are linked here as they are both funny and significant. 
During 2019 and the first half of 2020, Ban answered a large number of Tumblr asks on a variety of topics, but often on LGBT+ or music themes.
==rebel rebel==
rebel rebel (written September-December 2018) is arguably not Ban's most popular fic (Network Connectivity Problems has more kudos), but is hugely beloved and probably the most influential fic in the fandom from any author. It's a canon divergence AU that re-writes all eight years of Watford starting from the premise that Baz was raised by his music-loving aunt and is therefore a punk and a music-lover. 
Venessa Kelley said of it: 
rebel rebel has a sequel called Golden Years (2019), which is set 10 years later, and deals with adulthood. As well as SnowBaz, it focuses on Mordelia coming out as a lesbian, and on Fiona's wedding to an OC introduced in 'rebel rebel'.
===Playlists===
Ban created the following playlists for the rebelverse: 
* rebel rebel
* tired punks and little puffs (Mordelia's playlist]
* Mordelia isn't pining (Golden Years)
* SIMON & MICAH'S DEEP CUTS (Golden Years]
* Fiona and Charlie Cordially Invite You (Golden Years)
===Impact on Fandom===
Many of the character names and tropes created for that fic find their way into other fanworks, with the author's permission. These include but are not limited to:
* Surnames for characters where these are unknown in canon: the Mage - Llewelyn, Dev - Grimm, Niall - Kelly
* Names for Baz's siblings - Acantha and Ophelia for the twins, Magnus for the baby (created with the help of TBazzSnow
* Arguably the popularisation of Deniall (Dev/Niall) as a side-pairing
* Arguably the semi-popularisation of possible Agatha&Baz friendship
Fans have to frequently remind each other what happened in canon and what happened in 'rebel rebel'ineffable-grimm-pitch plus 3 re-bloggers (out of 500+) on Tumblr, the struggles of co/ws fans
===Related Fanworks===
Fans have created several pieces of fanart for the rebelverse, including but not limited to: 
* Art of Baz in a leather jacket by great-merlins-beard, arguably this art inspired rebel rebel rather than the other way around/this art was produced as the fic was being written
* Baz and Fiona by Venessa Kelley
* Baz in leather jacket with rainbow pin by hufflepunky
* Baz with rebel rebel branding by ex-peri
* Niall: What does Baz say to you in French? by parijpg
Fans have also written remixes and other works inspired by this fic:
* radio ga ga and funny how love is by messofthejess - remix of certain parts of rebel rebel from Simon's POV
* Enough Snow Already! by svelkie - inspired by, not in the 'verse
* Ground Control (Quarantine Dreaming) by manicmagicat - inspired by, not in the 'verse
==Other Example Works by Ban==
===Fanfiction===
Ban writes primarily AUs, these can be either canon-divergent or non-magical AUs. They have also written a small number of canonverse Carry On fics not focused on SnowBaz, which are less popular, though still relatively widely read in comparison to the work of other fan authors. 
* I Believe This is Yours - Soulmate AU, 2018
* Take On Me - bookshop AU, non-magical, 2018. Later re-written completely as an original novel.
* network connectivity problems - Text Fic, non-magical, university, 2019, the second most kudosed fic in the fandom
* Local Hero with breadofgod, footballer AU, 2020 
* California English - Agatha/Minty, 2019
* storm chaser - Shepard gen, published in Golden Days zine, 2020
Many of Ban's fics have attracted fanartist's to illustrate them. 
===Original Writing===
As of January 2021, Ban has written two self-published novels. These were made freely available on a custom website, but also sold in ebook and hard copy. Both are written in first-person, like Carry On, and feature LGBT+ themes in a modern setting. 
* Weak Heart (2019) - partial summary: Something has gone very wrong on the sleepy Scottish Isle of Mab. The tides are angry. Reality has shifted. Selkies are coming up from the ocean, boys are missing, magic is going haywire, and memories are being pulled from people’s minds.
* There Is A Light (2020). This novel was inspired by the author's earlier fic, Take On Me in that it has the same setting and some similar elements, but is entirely re-written. 
===Playlists===
* Twist and Shout, playlist to accompany Twist and Shout (fic) for TBazzSnow
* Mummers FC: casuals and anthems, playlist to accompany Local Hero
* frog and toad are fine, playlist to accompany 'There Is A Light'
==References==
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