Z Berg
| Name: | Elizabeth "Z" Berg |
| Also Known As: | |
| Occupation: | Musician (vocalist, guitarist, songwriter for The Like and other projects) |
| Medium: | Music |
| Works: | The Like discography |
| Official Website(s): | Twitter account |
| Fan Website(s): | |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
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Z Berg (born 1986) is best known as the front woman of peripheral Bandom band The Like and ex-girlfriend of ex-Panic! at the Disco's Ryan Ross.
See Wikipedia for detail.
As one of the few women in Bandom, Z appears as a character in a number of fanworks, whether canon compliant or AU.
In recent years, Z has become more popular in the parts of P!atD fandom that have followed Ryan Ross despite his having mostly retreated from the public eye. Z's social media is a major source of Ryan updates, and he has performed with her.
Ships
As of Sept 28, 2014, there were 119 works tagged 'Z Berg' on AO3.[1] However, other fic likely exists that has not been reposted to AO3.
The main pairings are:
- Z/Ryan Ross: 36 works.
- Z/Tennessee Thomas femslash pairing: 35 works.
Other minor pairings include The Like GSF and various pairings with Bandom characters such as Brendon Urie, Alex Greenwald, sometimes in OT3 ships with Ryan Ross.
Examples Fanworks
As part of the main ship:
- Bend Towards Joy by softlyforgotten: The Like GSF. It has come to our attention," Laena said, "that you might need a little more looking after than first realised."
- (Podfic of) Where We Land, by allmostblue and harborshore, read by misprint: Z/Brendon Urie, Tennessee/Spencer Smith, Spencer/Tennessee/Ryan. High School AU, length 5:28:16.
- Steal Some Covers, Share Some Skin by fallintosilence and boweryd, Z/Tennessee. The working title of this fic was "Fumbly Teenage Lesbians, oh my lord." That should tell you all you need to know.
- Ghostlight by softlyforgotten, Z/Tennessee: The universe was a big and sometimes frightening place, full of inexplicable things and touches of magic, and Z liked to think that there were stranger things in the world than her friend Charlotte and Charlotte's ghost.
As supporting character:
- The Elliot Code of Honour by cest_what and softlyforgotten: regency AU centered around Brendon/Ryan with Z/Tennessee supporting.
- When the World Comes In by cmonkatiekatie: Panic-centric zombie apocalypse fic, Z/Tennessee supporting.
Links & Resources
- Sixties Girl Group/Beat Combo: An Epic The Like Picspam by cest-what posted Jan 7, 2010 with a section on Z/Ryan.
- Z Berg podfics at the Audiofic Archive