Do you, or anyone actually, know where/when the '-bowl' sufix started being used in Fandom? Because I can't find any kind of origin, and surprisingly Fanlore doesn't have a article about it (as far as I checked maybe I didn't search well?). I just found and know that it's used for kinda old and relatively new fandoms, thanks to a two-year-old Reddit post.
For anyone who doesn't get/know about the '-bowl' sufix: is basically an All × One thing. For example, if you encounter 'Dekubowl' this means that Deku, the character, is shipped with everyone or that at least everyone else have a crush with Deku.
I can only think of the 'Super Bowl' (just as one comment in that Reddit post suggest) for its origin, but when we talk about Fandom culture we never know. It could have originated from anything no-related to the Super Bowl, LOL.
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Ooh, interesting. I've never heard of this in my life, and I have no idea what a -bowl suffix is supposed to mean, even if I guess it has to do with the super bowl.
It's not surprising Fanlore doesn't have this if it's coming from BNHA or somewhere similar. Fanlore is fantastic on the history of Western "Media Fandom", zines, K/S, etc. It's much weaker in areas that OTW early adopters haven't spent as much time in.
You should write the -bowl article yourself!
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I went into AO3's tag search and looked for 'bowl'. I found 1311 tags, 90 of them canonicals.
I'm seeing a ton of references to the Super Bowl, dust bowl AUs, pet play with pet food bowls, Dream in the fishbowl, unending uses like "I'm crying into my bowl of cereal as I write this", "bowl of honey nut feelios", "bowl of pornflakes", "me shaking the food bowl of sbi wilbur-centric angst: come get y'all's juice", etc., and plenty of references to YOI katusdon bowls. Lots of fandoms and episodes have 'bowl' in their titles.
Zeroing in on more related things, I'm seeing BNHA over and over and not much else...
EXCEPT!
Fruit bowls!
I see scattered references to "let's add him into that whole fruit bowl" and "the whole fruit bowl is here" and so on. Some of them are crack fic where everyone is a banana, but a lot of them seem to be a metaphor for "everything together".
Okay, I just spent far too much time trying to categorize tags. Out of the 'bowl' ones, about a third appear to be this kind of sense (counting by number of tags, not number of works).
Game of Thrones has a bunch, but they refer (as far as I know) to which characters will hypothetically kill each other and emerge victorious, not to group shipping.
Some tags I found, like 'edelbowl' sounded more like a group ship than an X/everyone. I also found a scattering of tags that were like 'all of them in a bowl together', which is probably related.
But mainly, what I found is that this is from BNHA and it's recent.
The other fandoms where I found it were:
Demon Slayer, Dr. STONE, Naruto, South Park, Fire Emblem, Genshin, HP, Lego Ninjago, My Next Life as a Villainess, She-Ra, Teen Wolf, Tower of God, VLD, A3! (Video Game), Assassination Classroom, Avatar, Batman, Black Clover - Tabata Yuki, Bleach, Blue Lock (Manga), BTS, Bungou Stray Dogs , Dangan Ronpa, Danny Phantom, Detective Conan, Dragon Age, Durarara!!, Fate/Grand Order, How to Train Your Dragon, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kaiju No. 8 (Manga), LEGO Monkie Kid, Osomatsu-san, Ouran High School Host Club, Percy Jackson, SK8 the Infinity, Soul Eater, The Disastrous Life of Saiki K., Toilet-bound Hanako-kun, Tokyo Revengers, Virtual Streamer Animated Characters, Warcraft, Xenoblade Chronicles 2
That's giving me a very distinctive picture of a fan who's probably in their 20s or 30s, mostly like anime and some video games, and is not the type that edits Fanlore.
There's nothing actually old here: it's recent anime and stuff that is still a megafandom, like Naruto.
I'm seeing a scattering of 'dekubowl' from 2017 and then other character tags taking off in like 2019. This is definitely a recent trend in terminology, at least on AO3.
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Tagged by @enbyboiwonder (rather, i saw their open invitation and tagged myself)
Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.
Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!)
i have... a lot of concepts that i, at some point in time, thought interesting. some are quite recent, while others have been on the back-burner for YEARS (like, more than a decade ago). the list of my WiPs are under the cut, sorted by fandom/category (such as original writing and tabletop rpg projects) in alphabetical order.
some of them i have absolutely no intention to resume working on, but for the others... who knows? maybe inspiration will strike outta the blue—i did recently finish up a fic for a fandom that i thought i’ve left for good...
tagging: @obstinaterixatrix, @dork-empress, @dragonomatopoeia, @den-liner and anyone else who wants to do it, consider yourselves tagged—i’m always interested in hearing about the creative projects of other folks! (also, no pressure if you’d rather not participate)
2.43
2.43 Pyre AU
Odaoki 5+1 get-together fic
Odaoki names
Attack on Titan
My TOTALLY REAL Girlfriend (Who’s Gonna Live in Wall Sina With Me)
SnK background swap
Dangan Ronpa
ishimondo: courtship for fools (+perspective shift)
GEAR Fighter Dendoh
on legacies
definition configurations
common knowledge
Homestuck
alpha kids food headcanons
Sessionswap
Imperial Uncle
mid-autumn festival
Merchants Mei Yong and Zhao Cai vs corrupt officials???
JJBA
josuyasu home
josuyasu first time
KHR
Gokudera Asuka
MDZS
LingYi 鼓瑟鳴琴
Octopath Travelers
tentative old flames
Stonegard Historian/Sculptor
“alfyn had never let us down”
Original stories
Academy of Verona
Storytale Cycle
Rosen Circle Chronicles
in the cradle of the ocean
Persona series
P2+P4 lift the fog
P3 hidetoshi+keisuke go go go
P4 Twin Dragons fic
P4 talk of the town
p4 reborn as personas
p4 background swap
p4 epsilon
p4 while you were sleeping
P4 Adult IT AU (developed with @obstinaterixatrix)
Fandoms: Haikyuu!!, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types, Gangsta. (Anime & Manga), Akudama Drive (Anime), SK8 the Infinity (Anime), Ouran High School Host Club - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5OVbWcE
by TylerCoep
Several fandoms find themselves in a beautiful resort mansion, a fudonshi system and a bunch of people from different universes. Gilgamesh, "I was told to relax with Enkidu here by that Mongrel master of mine". Bachira, "It's very fun!". Hajime rubs his forehead in worry, "Am I the only one here who thinks this is sus?!!!". Aether shrugs nonchalantly, "Nothing compared to my adventures in Teyvat".
Words: 382, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, Twisted-Wonderland (Video Game), DEVILMAN crybaby (Anime), 終わりのセラフ | Owari no Seraph | Seraph of the End (Anime & Manga), Blue Lock (Manga), Hunter X Hunter, 約束のネバーランド | Yakusoku no Neverland | The Promised Neverland (Manga), 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game), Dangan Ronpa Series, 地縛少年花子くん | Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Manga), Chainsaw Man (Manga), SK8 the Infinity (Anime), Lumine (Webcomic), Fate/Grand Order, Medaka Box, World Trigger (Anime & Manga)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: M/M
Characters: Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Ciel Phantomhive, Riddle Rosehearts, Trey Clover, Asuka Ryo, Fudo Akira, Hyakuya Mikaela, Hyakuya Yuuichirou, Isagi Yoichi, Bachira Meguru, Chigiri Hyouma, Kunigami Rensuke, Alexis Ness, Mikage Reo, Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter), Ray (The Promised Neverland), Emma (The Promised Neverland), Norman (The Promised Neverland), Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact), Lumine (Lumine Webcomic), Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact), Kody (Lumine Webcomic), Saihara Shuichi, Oma Kokichi, Minamoto Kou, Mitsuba Sousuke, Angel Devil (Chainsaw Man), Hayakawa Aki, Kumagawa Misogi, Gilgamesh | Caster, Kuga Yuuma
Relationships: Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya (Bungou Stray Dogs), Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Asuka Ryo/Fudo Akira, Chigiri Hyouma/Kunigami Rensuke, Kong | Aether/Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact), Angel Devil/Hayakawa Aki, Kody/Lumine (Lumine Webcomic), Enkidu | False Lancer/Gilgamesh | Archer, Hyakuya Mikaela/Hyakuya Yuuichirou, Oma Kokichi/Saihara Shuichi, Hinata Hajime/Komaeda Nagito
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/5OVbWcE
We have our bracket! This was seeded by number of submissions. Some were given nicknames in the picture for space reasons. Apologies if we entered anything weird, this took a real long time to put together, and we're feeling a bit cross-eyed.
The top left is the top tier, top right is mid tier, bottom left is low tier, and bottom right is the one submission wonders! We'll be starting today with the bottom and working our way up for four days of round one before tackling everything all at once after the numbers are a bit reduced. Maybe two days of round two, depending on energy levels.
The Top Tier:
Shallan Davar/Veil/Radiant - The Stormlight Archive vs Yellow Guy - Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Harrier Du Bois - Disco Elysium vs Frisk/Chara - Undertale
Epsilon - Red vs Blue vs Sora/Xion/Roxas/Ventus/Vanitas - Kingdom Hearts
Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Jake Lochley) - Moon Knight Marvel Comics vs ENA - ENA
Yugi Mutou/Atem - Yu-Gi-Oh! vs Arthur Lester/John Doe - Malevolent Podcast
Raphael Hamato - Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Uendo Toneido/Patches/Kisegawa/Owen - Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice
Greed/Ling - Fullmetal Alchemist vs Link (Green, Red, Blue, Vio, and Shadow) - The Legend of Zelda: Four Sword Adventures
One shots Echo en 10 minutos (Speedfics) (TenVerse)
read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/51094150
by Jackson1234
como dice el titulo, simplemente yo escribiendo en 10 minutos oneshots cracks en situaciones estúpidas, ridículas fuera de personajes.
solo es para mi diversión.
Words: 227, Chapters: 1/?, Language: Español
Fandoms: High Guardian Spice (Cartoon), Undertale (Video Game), New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Adventure Time (Cartoon 2010), Bluey (Cartoon 2018), Johnny Test (Cartoon), Infinity Train (Cartoon), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types, The Owl House (Cartoon), Total Drama (Cartoon), My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), QSMP | Quackity SMP, South Park, Multi-Fandom, The Amazing Digital Circus (Web Series), Helluva Boss (Web Series), OMORI (Video Game), Five Nights at Freddy's, Gravity Falls, Inside Out (2015), 古見さんはコミュ症です。 | Komi-san wa Komyushou Desu | Miss Komi Can't Communicate (Anime), Rick and Morty
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Categories: F/F
Characters: Sans (Undertale), Freddy Fazbear, Luz Noceda, Amity Blight, blast ketchup, Sunny (OMORI), Sage (High Guardian Spice), Rosemary (High Guardian Spice), Bluey Heeler, Jake the Dog, Monokuma (Dangan Ronpa), Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), Ripper (Total Drama), Midoriya Izuku, Riley Andersen, Komi Shouko, Uraraka Ochako, Frisk (Undertale), Rick Sanchez (Rick and Morty)
Relationships: Amity Blight/Luz Noceda
Additional Tags: crackfic, Don't Take This Seriously Please, SpeedFic, One Shot, TenVerse, Other Additional Tags to Be AddedNavigation and Actions, Humor, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Fetish, many are boring meaningless, Character Death, Female Frisk (Undertale)
read it on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/51094150
Legend has it that in their darkest moments, the lonely, weary, and lost in life may find themselves invited aboard a train. Not just any train, of course, but the Infinity Train-- titanic and mind-bending, slipping between dimensions and containing dimensions within itself, its destination unknowable. They say the passengers who return are changed, filled with determination and a new appreciation for life...
But is that always the case? What about those who never return? Is the mysterious Infinity Train a force for good, or could its power be twisted into despair?
DANGAN INFINITY is a killing game RP inspired by Infinity Train and Danganronpa. The game will take place on a next-gen forum, combining the freedom and readability of longform RP with the convenience of Discord. Passengers will explore over a dozen train cars, meet a host of wacky NPCs, and face puzzles and trials as they try to escape the train alive-- by any means necessary!