Bright Eyes
- For the Jujutsu Kaisen zine, see Bright Eyes: A GoYuu Zine.
| RPF Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name(s): | Bright Eyes |
| Scope/Focus: | Conor Oberst and related musicians |
| Date(s): | 1995–2011, 2020–present |
| See also: | Bright Eyes (band) at Wikipedia |
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Bright Eyes is an American indie rock/emo band founded in the late nineties, originally as a solo project of singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst.[1]
Bright Eyes RPF is primarily slash pairing Conor Oberst with a variety of musicians broadly associated with bandom.
Fanworks were most common in the early and mid 2000s on sites such as LiveJournal and Fandomination, which had a Bright Eyes category with 99 fics as of 2007.[2] On Archive of Our Own, there are only 18 Bright Eyes works as of 2023, with the most common pairing Conor Oberst/Reader.
One popular ship is Conor and fellow Omaha musician and ex-bandmate Tim Kasher, who also played on several Bright Eyes records. The Conor Oberst/Tim Kasher pairing was featured in a Survival of the Hottest RP 'Ship 2009 poll at rp_manifesto (a short-lived offshoot of ship_manifesto), but lost to Trent Reznor/Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails).[3]
There is also some het fanfiction pairing Conor with Winona Ryder and Phoebe Bridgers, both of whom have had rumored romantic links to him in real life.[4][5]
Fansites and Communities
- Tip the Scales, a Conor Oberst fansite with visitor-submitted fanart (2003–present)[6]
- Conor Oberst Tribute with fanart (c. 2003–2011, archive link)
- Drunk Kid Catholic (previously Pure Like Snow), a Bright Eyes fanlisting (c. 2003–2004)
- Poetic Retelling, a Bright Eyes fanlisting (c. 2006 – 2011 or later)
- _brighteyes at LiveJournal, general fan community with over 3,000 posts
Example Fanworks
- Some Words by _poetic_harlot_, Conor Oberst/Tim Kasher and Conor Oberst/Jesse Lacey (Brand New), 11 chapters (2007–2008)
- across the universe (nothing's gonna change my world) by waste_of_ink, Ryan Ross/Conor Oberst (2022)
- Conor Oberst picspam by ishyface (2005)
External Links
- Bright Eyes (Band) tag at Archive of Our Own
- Memories tagged "Bright Eyes" at slashypunkboys (c. 2003–2004)
- Bright Eyes category at FanDomination.Net (2008 archive link)
References
- ^ Bright Eyes Introduction at Wichita-recordings.com, archived 18 February 2001 by the Wayback Machine.
- ^ FanDomination.Net. Category /Musicians, archived 17 July 2007 by the Wayback Machine.
- ^ rp_manifesto at LiveJournal. Round 1 - Poll #1, posted by shipm_mod on 6 September 2009.
- ^ SPIN, July 2003 via Google Books.
- ^ Conor and Phoebe Bridgers are boyfriend and girlfriend (Guitar World interview with Bright Eyes yesterday), posted by u/endtimesfun in r/brighteyes, 7 October 2020, and Phoebe called out Conor Oberst during Moon Song?!?!?!, posted by u/diagon-alison in r/phoebebridgers, 6 September 2021, on Reddit.
- ^ Previously strange-eye.org/conor (archived 17 November 2003).