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Episode 221: Self-Inserts

On Episode 221, “Self-Inserts,” Elizabeth and Flourish welcome fan studies scholar Effie Sapuridis to talk about the wide world of self-inserts, including Y/N and x reader fic, imagines, shifting, and classic Mary Sues. Topics discussed include differences between platforms, including AO3, Wattpad, Tumblr, and especially TikTok; ties to things like roleplaying, LARPing, and theme parks; and whether self-insert forms are leading us towards a future of ~personalized AI storytelling~. Plus: they talk about why there’s so little academic work on self-inserts, and the ethical issues around continuing to study the Harry Potter fandom.

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#fanlore exists #it's a great resource!

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“Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there”

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JENNIFER JAREAU + TANK TOP in 2x23 “NO WAY OUT: THE EVILUTION OF FRANK.”

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I like the expression new-fangled. I don't know what it means for something to be fangled, but I sure as hell know it was recent

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Miles is ONCE AGAIN here with the jokes

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Ok, so Emily Prentiss trait that low key bugs me is that she can't cook to save her life.

Emily is NOT afraid of the kitchen and if she invites you round for dinner you will eat some of the most delicious food you've had in your life.

And I'm not saying she's a foodie and loves cooking. I'm saying she's rich and grew up in Europe and the middle east - very foodie places!

She buys the best and freshest ingredients so it takes minimal prep to create something delicious.

She goes to her local delicatessen and buys incredible olives and cheeses and fresh artisan bread.

She knows a dozen simple dishes that always wow her guests but have fewer than 5 ingredients.

She can't be bothered with baking but she knows how to use an oven.

She rarely volunteers to host the team cause Rossi loves to host and she can't be bothered with the clean up, but every so often she gets bullied into it and it looks something like this:

#canon did her dirty with this one #you mean the self-sufficient woman who has lived around the world can't cook? #nah i call bs on that one #emily prentiss

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Frankly, the most unrealistic part of the movie is Nate whining about Andy's hours when he's a chef in New York, who was apparently working to be good enough to be a sous. His hours are realistically worse than hers.

the fact that during the entirety of the devil wears prada Andy’s friends and boyfriend Nate were completely shitting on her newfound devotion to her job including scoffing at her effort to show that she actually learned to respect the fashion industry while also using it as a stepping stone for her own writing career just for it to end with Nate getting a sou-chef position in boston and immediately knowing that Andy would pack up her entire life to move with him to boston just to accommodate HIS dream………electric chair

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#I love a good vid #I love a good edit

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an observation on how tumblr talks about shows

#OUAT is wild for the plot and the fucking ship wars #I'm glad I deleted my first tumblr because I do not want to be reminded of those times

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Does anybody know of good fics where people tackle real issues like climate change, etc.?

#fandom #fanfic

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After coming out to the team about their relationship Morgan would 100% give Jemily shirts with:

I Put the BI in FBI (JJ)

FBI: Female Body Inspector (Emily)

Funny you should say this

I had an idea forever ago to draw every single member of the team with an FBI pun t-shirt (Rossi was gonna be “full blooded Italian” lmao) but I never got round to it

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I'm a lesbian but Paget and Shemar give off an energy I could not walk away from.

Shemar Moore being a whore-

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its her week!

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You can’t cut soft cheese in thin slices or wedges because it just gets squished, but you can with hard cheese, cause the protein holds it together. Casein point:

#heh #cheese #fromage

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Will, about his gay friend: He flew hundreds of miles just to be someone else

Hotch: He flew hundreds of miles to be himself

This interaction means so goddamn much to me. There are no words to describe it. Hotch so effortlessly correcting certain harmful ideas about queerness. God, I love it.