[ SECRET POST #5442 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5442 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm a younger person on this comm (that's the impression I get, anyway), and yeah, the rise in self-insert fic is true of fandom in general. Self-shipping Tumblr is huge right now (has been for a few years, actually). People call the characters they have a crush on "fictional others," or F/Os, and have entire blogs dedicated to them filled with imagines, relationship headcanons, etc. I wrote a Character/Reader once by accident (I didn't set out to write what I did, I just decided that second-person perspective would be interesting for the fic) and it's the most popular piece of writing I have on my AO3, much to my amusement.

From what I've observed, self-shippers are kind of neighbours with the fictionkin side of Tumblr and more or less developed alongside them on the site. Honestly, it really took off in the last year and a half, which makes me think that loneliness from the pandemic has something to do with it, even if it's not why it exists in the first place.

[(Anonymous)]

Goddammit, Tumblr, could you try just not being utter flaming garbage just for once.

[(Anonymous)]

Woah calm down.

[(Anonymous)]

Whether you're accusing me or Tumblr users of being trolls, a cursory glance at the "fictional other" or "self-ship" tag should put both claims to bed immediately.

It is a very clear trend.

[(Anonymous)]

Misfire. Meant to post a reply to anon below.

[(Anonymous)]

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[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure F.O and /Reader are very different things. From what I understand F.O's tend to be very jealous, so much I remember reading some dumb drama about two people with the same F.O causing each other of stuff.

[(Anonymous)]

SA

They are indeed different, but the people with F/Os tend to be significant consumers of /Reader content. The drama also really reminds me of how some of the fictionkin on Tumblr get angry if someone is a double lol.