[ F!S Anon Meme (the ??th!) ]

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F!S Anon Meme (the ??th!)

Secrets, rants, opinions, anything you want to say about your fandom or a fandom or fandom in general, do it here! Anonymously, of course. Get it all off your chest.

Some ground rules:
1. Going anon is encouraged but not absolutely required (for those who struggle with captchas and stuff).
2. No autoplaying/autolooping embeds, or embeds that cover/stretch the screen.
3. No dropping personal info or IRL contact info, etc.

That's about it, though!

I'll be linking some general/general-fandom threads I see so people don't repost new threads with the same stuff. If you want me to link your thread up here, drop a link in the first comment!

List of threads:

Favorite FSers
Your diehard fandoms
NSFW confession thread
Topics you wish FS would stop wanking about
What do you want FS to talk about more?
(Pan)fandom discussion post
General opinions
Fapping material?
Random rants

Comments

Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

i'm always looking for people to talk transformers with. the comics or g1... it seems all the good fans went into hiding, what with how completely horrifying the fandom is, especially on tumblr.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Is the fandom that bad? It always seemed like one of the better ones to me. It's big enough that there are still decent people around, once you block all the crazies.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

SA

there's a lot of really cool people, artists, writers in it, but i feel with tumblr's weird hyper-vigilance and bullying problems, a lot of them really don't interact outside their immediate social circles out of fear or are just fed up with the bullshit.

blocking worked for me for a while when dealing with all of the otherkin nutjobs, but i guess the amount of vicious shit they talk gets under my skin easily. i think those people are really my only main problem with the fandom, and it seems like they've infested every aspect of the fandom, so it's hard to talk about any nuanced topic or character without them getting their preteen half-formed opinions all over everything.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I miss good fic in Transformers fandom. Is there even a kink meme anymore? Am I looking in the wrong places? It seems all AO3 is anymore are un-betaed drabbles and those awful compilation multi-chapter fics of different pairings that the author wrote on tumblr in responses to ask-requests that are all a paragraph in length.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Anymore? That is all AO3 ever was on account of asking someone to beta was oppression.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Say it isn't so!! I know good fics exist, I've read them! I'm just so tired of wading through 3k word PWPs, dear god!!

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Searching for good fic on AO3 is an exercise in futility. It was set up by people who kept getting told their writing wasn't up to spec for FF.net. These are writers who were not good enough to be able to post in the Pit of Voles! That tells you all you need to know.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

What kind of stuff do you like, and what pairings?

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I like G1, and IDW continuity, and my tastes are pretty broad! I prefer explicit fics, but if a fic is really good I'll read it even if there's no smut. PWPs are okay, but only if they're a genuinely interesting character interaction, and not just two mechs mindlessly fucking.

I can get into any pairings, especially when it comes to G1, but for IDW I don't really like Drift with Ratchet, Perceptor, or Wing, and I hate Rodimus/Ultra Mags.

Kinks, I'll read anything if it's well-written.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I don't really like Drift with Ratchet, Perceptor, or Wing, and I hate Rodimus/Ultra Mags.

That knocked out most of what I read :o I feel like everything else I've read is by a big enough name that you'd already know of it if you were interested, or is too fucked up to rec without knowing someone's into it (like Bob/Sunstreaker).

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, the kink meme is still around, but it's pretty dead.

tfanonkink.livejournal.com

What are you looking for? I'm pretty good at finding fic for people.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Never mind, just saw the above post.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Okay, some recs. These are kind of prejudiced - I have fairly strong opinions on a lot of stuff in this fandom.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/605865
Domestic Electronics, by bibliotecaria-d. Canon: MTMTE-ish. Gen, fairly fluffy, set in an AU where they're household pets/appliances (they're tiny cuddly robots, but they transform into blenders and so on) and a human named Joe adopts some of them. It's about the DJD, if that's a problem. I would strongly advise you against any of the author's other stuff, but that's possibly an issue with me personally.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1744361
Foundlings, by ladydragon76. Canon: cartoon G1. First thing you should know: this is mistagged and actually contains no twincest. The primary relationship is command trine OT3. They find and adopt baby Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, and raise them as their own. It's mostly set pre-war. It is also fairly fluffy, although there's a few chapters set during the war that are a lot darker. The rest of her stuff is also pretty good.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/4611474
Marry Me, by dracoqueen22. Canon: MTMTE. Ultra Magnus/Swerve, fake relationship becomes real; there's also a previously unrequited crush from Swerve's side. I don't agree with its characterization of Magnus at some points, but it's cute, it handles most of its other stuff well, and it has an actual interesting plot.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/1614872
The Gentleman's Handbook, by SilentP. Canon: cartoon G1. Hound/Mirage, friends to lovers; also has an actual plot. Fairly fluffy, but in a way that still manages to keep some dramatic tension, if that makes sense.

http://archiveofourown.org/works?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bsort_column%5D=kudos_count&work_search%5Bfandom_ids%5D%5B%5D=21927&work_search%5Bother_tag_names%5D=&work_search%5Bquery%5D=-1180985+-806865+-569546+-503908+-264768&work_search%5Blanguage_id%5D=1&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=0&work_search%5Bcomplete%5D=1&commit=Sort+and+Filter&tag_id=Transformers+-+All+Media+Types

This search should be somewhat helpful - it's all the G1 fic (the entire sub-franchise, so also including a bunch of other stuff, but it's so unpopular I can't imagine you'll have trouble with it clogging up the tag), with the pairings you don't like filtered out, sorted by kudos. My recs up there are basically the best of the fics I recognized when I ran that search, summarized.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I second Dracoqueen22's Marry Me, and all of her fic really. Oubliette is another of hers I remember liking. I would've recced it to fic-needing nonny myself but I figured they had already read it.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks anon! <3

More Transformers Recs

[(Anonymous)]

Strange Creatures by Dwimordene gen Ratchet, Ironhide

2007 movie. Post Mission City. Splitting the hair between life and its simulation isn't just a human preoccupation. One-shot featuring Ironhide, Ratchet, and the occasional swear word.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4367155/1/Strange-Creatures

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Bridges by Dwimordene gen Mikaela, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Ironhide.

Mikaela and the Autobots talk about family and connections.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3773857/1/Bridges

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Six Weeks to Normal by darthneko gen

If Lennox thought that was the strangest his life could get, well, the universe and the United States government just loved to prove him wrong.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/443782

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Belonging by lyricality Optimus/Megatron

What if both Megatron and Optimus had been sucked into the space bridge in "A Bridge To Far"?

http://lyricality.livejournal.com/44128.html

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Not fanfic, but this always makes me chuckle.

Shockwave's Burden

Shockwave can't shoot for beans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-ItfWY3xMQ

btw Thanks for all the recs, other anon.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a little spotty on the cartoon post the Movie where Stan Bush rocks us all, but I am up on MTMTE comic. WHat do you want to talk about?

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

anything!! ships, the narrative, theories, thoughts on characters... what about you, what are your favs?

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I love the movie's version of Kup, the comics version not so much. I wish he'd shown up in TFP at least. Springer was kinda awesome too, Movie not series or comics.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Ahh, I really like Kup & Springer in the comics. I'm really into the new Sins of the Wreckers miniseries Nick Roche is doing... It's been really fun haha

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Are you interested in any comics other than MTMTE? I'd be happy to discuss RID or Windblade!

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I keep up with RID, but I didn't really like Windblade, as much as I hate to admit it! It was a pretty weak story, which is frustrating because I really want to support Scott and what she has plans for. I hope TAAO will be an improvement!

RID is also a hit-or-miss for me... I feel like Barber presents some good ideas, but never develops them, and the whole All Hail Optimus stuff is worrying me but I'm always optimistic!

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I'm into G1, Beast Wars, and Prime/Aligned Universe if you're interested.

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

Hey! Another Aligned-er!

So what's your opinion on Knock Out's last-minute change of spark?

Re: Transformers

[(Anonymous)]

I miss the way back when of The Padded Cell, especially pre-Bayformers.

Of course, people change, their lives change, other fandoms catch their interests. These days I just lurk around the edges.