iwasonceafangirl

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iwasonceafangril is a fandom commentator and historicist on Reddit.

Their deep-dive posts into fandom history and wank are posted at r/HobbyDrama.

Some Examples

• Amalasuintha, Harry Potter, genital diseases, and the alt-right: the trials and tribulations of the Justinian Fandom, part II; archive link (February 2023)
• Ship wars, fanfiction, potatoes, Frollo, the Prime Minister of Canada, and geese: the agony and ecstasy of the Justinian Fandom; archive link (2022)
• J.K. Rowling's husband's "fake" appendicitis, symbolic hippogriff romance, evil Chinese abortions, and the genetics of shipping the wrong ships: tales from the Harmony vs. Ronmione ship war; archive link (2022)
• Strikethrough, Boldthrough, Nipplegate, and Russian Censorship: The LiveJournal Saga; archive link (2021)
• "MY HED IZ PASTEDE ON YAY," a.ka. CrystalWank; archive link (2020)
• Constable-Frozen was Horny on Main (a.k.a. that time a popular Frozen blog might have actually been a fetish blog in disguise); archive link (2019)
• Claude Frollo’s Secret Fangirls, Part Deux (feat Reylos, inexplicably); archive link (2019)
• How an online dress up game became a battleground for digital hate mobs; archive link (2019)
• "Is it incest if you ship a character with himself?” and other stories about the Once-ler; archive link (2019)
• Is the fairy queen a war criminal? Surprisingly, kind of.; archive link (2009)
• The fan wars, character bashing, and general toxicity of early Star Wars fan zines ; archive link (2019)
• The Cassandra Cla(i)re Saga; archive link (2019)
• The Wiggles Fandom is an absolute mess (featuring: stalker parents, relationship drama, and fanfiction of dubious ethicality); archive link (2019)
• Married to Severus Snape on the Astral Plane: The Story of the Religion of Snapewives; archive link (2019)
• The HIV+ high school AU/cannibal mermaid Hamilton fanfiction incident; archive link (2019)
• Goffick Harry Potter and Fabricated Child Abuse: The Saga of My Immortal; archive link (2019)
• That awkward moment when you can’t decide which one of your friends is Claude Frollo’s favorite concubine; archive link (2019)
• Popular author turns out to be a cult leader; archive link (2018)