Hey (Y/N), it's time to throw up your messy bun because a new Fic Clique minisode is out, and it's all about reader insert fanfiction! Nic & Reid embark upon our first two-host journey into pov and mediation, fantasy and (dis)comfort, and communal reading ✨ 🍎: apple.co/4rq11ST 💚: bit.ly/48hpD97

An incredible, must-read piece! “Whether end products created by AI hold legitimate creative value is, in our view, irrelevant here; our concern is with systems of power and their relationship to fan cultures.”

Early spoilers without context ahead of Friday's ep! Hosts Nic & Reid will be chatting about self-insert fic, and host Brenna had the joy of compiling these spoilers while truly having no context.

ALSO MARY SUE 2 IS OUT ON ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN’S 16th BIRTHDAY?! Happy birthday AO3, you and Cassie are the same age.

I got the chance to talk about Mary Sue and one of the most pivotal fanfics I read at a young age, dragging the fine folks at @ficclique.bsky.social into my insanity.

#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16

Today's episode — which highlights fandoms that are pivotal to our DNA, complex female characters, and the value of horniness in fic — features a wonderful guest in @megfitz89.bsky.social. We can't wait for you to listen! 💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU... 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

In preparation for our episode dropping tomorrow, here's some spoilers without context for everything you need to know in advance!

Taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to share some horror-related articles from our Archive!

Happy Halloween, Ficlets! 🧡🖤🎃 In this 4 fic episode we dissect questions about horror: Why is it so popular? Why so underrepresented in fanfiction? What can it accomplish that other genres can't? And why monster sexy??? 💚: open.spotify.com/episode/2HFw... 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

We've got a terrrrrrifyingly good episode coming tomorrow! Get ready for some haunting, hooting and hollering.

Today's Fic Clique special is a long fic featuring discussions of the queer as monstrous, breaking of cycles, and the joys of femslash. You also might want to get your silver ready for this one 🐺 🍎: apple.co/4oqMYKD 💚: sptfy.in/pr8k

Banger episode coming tomorrow, spoilers without context here tonight.

We love Hamlet on this pod!! In the immortal words of host Nic, everything is Hamlet.

Clare Sears shines a light on how femslash writers view their labor and contributions to their communities in their #TWC46 Article, "Come as you are: Sex, race, and writing in f/f slash fan fiction communities"! Read it here:

And a massive thank you to our ficlet Avery for the amazing new logo art to kick off this new season of Fic Clique!

It's fall and school (this podcast) is back in session! We've got our Anniversary episode up today which is also our first episode of "Season 2" of Fic Clique. We're discussing three fics recommended to us over the years by lovely listeners. 💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI 🍎 apple.co/432ivdk

It's fall and school (this podcast) is back in session! We've got our Anniversary episode up today which is also our first episode of "Season 2" of Fic Clique. We're discussing three fics recommended to us over the years by lovely listeners. 💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI 🍎 apple.co/432ivdk

Claims have opened for this mini prompt fest! And you still have two more weeks to submit any last prompts you might have been sitting on

There’s one month left of our summer reading challenge; how many squares have you completed so far? Remember that if you get at least 12 you can be entered to win a bookshop.org gift card, as well as several other fun prizes!

There’s one month left of our summer reading challenge; how many squares have you completed so far? Remember that if you get at least 12 you can be entered to win a bookshop.org gift card, as well as several other fun prizes!

Claims have opened for this mini prompt fest! And you still have two more weeks to submit any last prompts you might have been sitting on

Episode 108 is here! We're back with another birthday episode, which means another trip down memory lane. This time we're looking at some of Reid's earliest fandoms, and all the ways that fandom trends have and haven't changed. 💚: bit.ly/3GVK4gG 🍎: apple.co/3ICKgSw

For the night owls or those in timezones where it makes sense to be awake, please these spoilers without context that will get you properly hyped for the birthday episode dropping tomorrow!

We are running a Summer Fic Reading Challenge! Participation itself would be fun enough, but we're making it extra exciting by offering a number of equally cool & good prizes as well. More info in the thread 🧵⤵

This forthcoming edited collection looks great #FanStudies Fandom in Marginalized Communities: Rethinking Media Effects and Fans www.routledge.com/Fandom-in-Ma...

Prompting is open! To join us, sign up at archiveofourown.org/collections/... and leave at least one prompt :)

Prompting is open! To join us, sign up at archiveofourown.org/collections/... and leave at least one prompt :)

For the creatively inclined, we're running a small prompt fest called Ficlets 4 Ficlets starting next week and ending in September! 💙 Max word count is 1000 words 💙 Multifandom 💙 Non-written fanworks are allowed Timeline & more info on the AO3 collection page: archiveofourown.org/collections/...

We're a little over a month into our summer reading challenge! How's your reading going? Any squares you're struggling to source a read for?

We are running a Summer Fic Reading Challenge! Participation itself would be fun enough, but we're making it extra exciting by offering a number of equally cool & good prizes as well. More info in the thread 🧵⤵

After several years we finally have a new uquiz to bring to you all! If you've ever wanted to know what your truest Fic Clique classification designation is, this one's for you. uquiz.com/uEC3Pf

Fic Clique pod is about to go on a hiatus, but never fear! We have grand plans for when we come back in the fall, and until then we're leaving you with plenty of summer activities which you can learn about in our brand new minisode. HAGS! 🍎: apple.co/4mum845 💚: spoti.fi/4krocYG

I'm here to deliver spoilers without context for tomorrow's episode! Please look forward to a summer sendoff like you've never seen it before, full of fun for the whole Ficlet family 💙

Jabba the Hutt’s son Rotta will be a gladiator with massive biceps in ‘THE MANDALORIAN & GROGU’ Played by Jeremy Allen White.

Episode 107 is out in our usual fanfiction book club style, and it's a beautiful day to listen to your hosts discuss femslash, genre fusions, and three fandoms ranging from smallish to simply tiny. 💚: open.spotify.com/episode/04UD... 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

We have been lucky enough to attend and hold panels at GGC the last couple years. It’s a lovely con and has been so memorable for us here at Fic Clique. Please help out if you’re able! 🩵

Ficlets, we knew this day would come eventually... our first 2 hour episode has just dropped. Episode 106 is here, and it found us rediscussing some old favorites in robust conversations about sacrifice, inversions, and expectations of the self. 🍎: apple.co/44FjqSG 💚: spoti.fi/3YdaUXd

Better late than never is what we always say over here at Fic Clique Inc! Tomorrow we've got a slightly delayed episode and tonight I have some slightly delayed spoilers without context.

Observant ficlets may have noticed we were supposed to have an episode up on Friday and we did not… never fear we do have one recorded and it will be coming to you Friday 4/25! Thank you for your patience with us and our shifting schedule 🩵🧡

Hot off the presses, it's episode 105! Listen for discussions of the mystery genre, stories about stories about stories, and seeking the truth but being cursed to only find ham. 💚: open.spotify.com/episode/2y1q... 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

We've got a banger new episode coming tomorrow and you know what must naturally proceed a banger new episode... spoilers without context! 🎉

Episode 104 has arrived, and it's a special For Your Consideration episode! So Ficlets, please consider this charming fic for The Untamed with us 🥰 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f... 💚: open.spotify.com/episode/6c90...

We've got an exciting new For Your Consideration episode tomorrow, but before that here are some spoilers without context to consider as well:

Thank you for the inclusion in a wonderful list!!! 🤗

Episode 103 is here! Whether you're a friend, an enemy, or something in between, this specific trope-themed episode has a path to love for you. 🍎: apple.co/4h4cSzu 💚: spoti.fi/4h0ZQ5X

For those who like to read ahead, here are our fic picks you can anticipate in the upcoming episode releasing Friday!

Hello lovely ficlets, if you haven’t already noticed we do not have a new episode for you today. Hosts caught the plague (informal) and therefore we will have our belated valentine’s day ep up for you next Friday!

Episode 102 is here! Come explore how to navigate complex family relationships, the synchronicty of two tragedies coming together, and what expressions of vulnerability and trust can look like. 💚: spoti.fi/3CtjklK 🍎: apple.co/4jQvg1K

Happy Thursday lovely people, here are some tantalizing spoilers without context for tomorrow’s episode!