Thirteen (2003 film)
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| Name: | Thirteen |
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| Creator: | Catherine Hardwicke (director, screenwriter), Nikki Reed (co-writer) |
| Date(s): | 2003 |
| Medium: | Film |
| Country of Origin: | United States |
| External Links: | Thirteen (2003 film) at Wikipedia |
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Thirteen (commonly stylized as thirteen) is a 2003 R-rated drama about two thirteen-year-old girls, Tracy Freeland (Evan Rachel Wood) and Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed). It contains themes involving drug use, underage sex, crime, and self-harm. Nikki Reed co-wrote the screenplay, which is loosely based on her own life.
Fanworks are primarily Evie/Tracy femslash. In canon, the two have a physically affectionate relationship including scenes in which they "practice" kissing each other and attempt to seduce an older neighbor together. Evan Rachel Wood described the relationship as "kind of an obsession between the two girls" with Tracy feeling confused about "Do I want to be this girl or do I want to kiss this girl?"[1] A fandom myth that a "lesbian sex scene" between Tracy and Evie was filmed but cut circulated online, driven by an IMDb trivia item.[2][3]
Other fanworks explore Evie's strained relationships with her brother Mason and struggling single mother Mel (Holly Hunter).
In January 2014, Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed hosted a live Q&A to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the film. They took questions from fans live and ahead of time on Twitter with the hashtag #ThirteenQandA.[4]
Example Fanworks
- Lemon by Katie and Aimee, Tracy character study vid; recced as "an artfully crafted and intimate vid [...that] takes you on a haunting journey"[5] and praised for its "faultless" editing[6] (2005, offline)
- life is a long quiet river by katja, Evie/Tracy futurefic written for Yuletide (2008)
- all (and only) he is by hallowgirl, ficlet from Mason's POV set during the movie (2013, updated 2016)
Fan Communities
Livejounal
- thirteen_, a general fan community
- thirteen_art, for fanart
- thirteen_rpg, a fandom RPG
- thirteenfiction, for Evie/Tracy fanfiction
- thirteengraphix, for graphics
- 13_icontest, an icontest
Fanlistings
- It's Happening So Fast (movie)
- "You're My Girl" (Evie & Tracy)
- Harder To Breathe (Tracy & Mel)
- I'm a mermaid.. (Astrid)
- Chickens Are Cool (Brady)
- Numb (Melanie Freeland)
- Innocence Lost (Tracy Freeland)
- EvieFanlisting (Evie Zamora)
External Links
- thirteen (2003) at Archive of Our Own
- Thirteen at FanFiction.Net
- Thirteen 10th Anniversary Live Q&A with Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed
References
- ^ "Evan Rachel Wood on her queer roles, educating others about bisexuality and her preference for suits". AfterEllen. February 1, 2013.
- ^ Trivia for Thirteen (2003) at IMDb, archived 14 July 2004. States: "There was a lesbian sex scene between Evie and Tracy but it got cut and the footage of it was destroyed."
- ^ Ummm, WHAT?!?!, posted by goneinsane in thirteen_ on Livejournal, 17 May 2004. Saved under FAQ & Discussion in the community's memories.
- ^ Thirteen 10th Anniversary Live Q&A, posted on YouTube by Paul McDonald. Video of the Thirteen Q&A on Ustream (archived 28 January 2018, now offline). Twitter announcement posted by @NikkiReed_I_Am 8 January 2014.
- ^ Thirteen - Rec - Lemon, Archived version, posted by sextagteam in the_reel on LiveJournal, 19 June 2006.
- ^ (no subject), posted by katie_aimee on LiveJournal, 3 January 2006. Comment by charmax, 3 January 2006.