This is a test episode for a podcast I want to do that gives me and my guests space to delve into the more controversial sides of fandom. Be prepared for taboo and adult topics, or skip this episode entirely! We’ll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week!
Have you ever felt shamed for your interests within a fandom community? Join me in a revealing conversation with guest @sgt-spank, known for his Bro Strider body pillow, as we tackle the topic of Homestuck fandom purity culture and its impact on fans. We share our personal experiences with this damaging mindset and discuss how it has affected our enjoyment of fandoms while navigating the path to self-acceptance.
This podcast’s transcript is entirely automated and I have not yet gone through and edited it outside of adding speaker names, so sorry for any inaccuracies!
Hey I’m archiving a bunch of Twitter accounts to preserve some Homestuck fandom history (which I am doing 4 years too late tbh)
If anyone has any suggestions for accounts to archive or already existing archival sites (not limited to Twitter) lmk!
I might also do Tumblr accounts at some point, but I’m less worried about those since once you reblog it, it exists forever. Not to say things don’t disappear, but it’s less of an immediate concern that Twitter
I’ll be honest, I’m mostly concerned with “modern” fandom, like from the lead up to the Epilogues drop on, or maybe as far back as the Friendsim drops, but honestly that’s just my focus and I’ll take whatever anyone has as far back as time itself
I was so thrilled to find this account via blindly googling old Stridercest art and see two of my favourite art pieces of all time actually saved. Do you have any idea if the artwork by Nachte in the Dirk/Dave fic Nice Things (NSFW) is archived anywhere? A few of the images are broken and it's been 10 years so I don't remember exactly what they were at this point.
Unfortunately I don’t know! My two suggestions would be try searching the Homestuck Tumblr Explorer or maybe Pinterest? Though maybe not that if it’s nsfw, so r34?