MEGA META MADNESS (350+ links)

[delacourtings]

So, if you don't know this about me, I love meta. L-o-v-e it. I particularly love it when applied to fandom. (I think it's the comm major in me.) I try to get my hands on as much of it as I possibly can. Which can be (and is) a lot. So, here's a masterlist of all the meta I've found interesting enough to either a.) read or b.) mark as 'to read.'




FANDOM IN GENERAL - Keep in my mind, quite a fair few of these were written years ago, so some of the information may be a bit dated but the concepts are essentially still the same.

1. literary goals/critical orientations (and their fanfic equialents) by cesperanza


2. sex and the art of subtext by hesychasm


3. on critique by musesfool


4. who gets to critique? by bethbethbeth


5. male beauty and the construction of desire by thamiris


6. perspective on censorship by orpheneritus


7. thoughts on art by linaelyn


8. in defense of lit theory by cassandre


9. everybody's free to get a fandom livejournal by iibnf


10. fanfiction and happy endings by isagel


11. wizards vs. muggles by wikdsushi


12. literary hierarchies and fanfiction by fabu


13. growing up as a writer by zortified


14. on alternate universes by guede_mazaka


15. a group is it's own worst enemy by clay shirky


16. your fandom wears combat boots by rana eros


17. all about the pairings, of from the outside in by sandy keane


18. angst-o-licious by dasha


19. a "beautiful thing" on the internet: building gay community in cyberspace by gary drum


20. because we love our gods: mythoi, logoi, and real person slash by joudama


21. the beta reader/writer relationship: negotiation and etiquette by unknown


22. bringing the happy: my guide to understanding fluffy fan fiction by unknown


23. boy band slash or "they sing, they dance, they fuck like minks" by cabs


24. cliches: why they don't suck by lyricalmagic


25. delusions are grander by miriam heady


26. don't mind the ladies: lesbian fanfic as old-fashioned romance by bongo bear


27. ew, he's all girly: issues surrounding feminized male characters by janis cortese


28. the erotic versus the realistic: sex in slash fiction by morgan


29. slash theory by zoe rayne


30. the fannish potlatch: the creation of status within the fan community by rachael sabotoni


31. fan fiction cybercommunities: celebrity appropriation on the internet by jennifer smith


32. female characters and women slashers by annabelle leigh


33. feminism and slash by unknown


34. foreign language in fanfiction by lelia mellini


35. getting the picture: an exploration of livejournal icons by kass


36. goes to motive by betty plotnick


37. "help! i'm in love with a fictional character!" or: why we write the characters we do by unknown


38. the homosocial nature of fanfic communities by kristina


39. on women writing erotica by heleninhell


40. if you build it, we will come: some thoughts on copyright, folklore and fandom by katherine keller


41. in defense of pwps by thamiris


42. in defense of slash by zoe rayne


43. in defense of slash [2] by kris larsen


44. in defense of slash [3] by krychik


45. integrity or, not the characterization rant by puritybrown


46. is methos a woman? by shomeret


47. lesbian erotica without apology: the erotic as power by rebecca hall


48. let's talk about smut baby by dasha


49. nature vs. culture by radiofreerant


50. "pass the crisco, spock" by patricia scheiern lewis


51. private uses of cyberspace: women, desire, and fan culture by sharon cumberland


52. queer as...when "subtext" becomes main text by sarah j groenewegen


53. the slash edge: why queer as folk isn't slashy by debra fran baker


54. some thoughts on femslash by kadroienne


55. two are better than one? some musing on co-writing by dasha


56. two men are better than one: why women like slash by su nact


57. women and slash - why, why, why? by julad


58. you big bully! or the dynamics of fan-created power imbalances by rachael sabotini


59. the homosocial in fandom by cimness


60. performing friendship on lj by fabu


61. queer female space by hesychasm


62. what if i were free?: queer meanings and identies for women in speculative fiction fandom by hth_the_first


63. feminine gaze and male idolatry by mayoihumbert


64. presumptions of heterosexuality by mofic


65. on "queer het," nominalism, and paleonymy by thelastgoodname


66. fandom and sexuality by estrella30


67. identity, orientation, behavior and slash by mofic


68. transmen accepted as men on slash list be elekdragon


69. ten thoughts about writing "realistic" men by carenejeans


70. but you're a *guy*! by z_rayne


71. "but...he's/you're/i'm a man!" by bethbethbeth


72. reflections of slash, gay men, gender, etc. by desayunoencama


73. on girls in slash fanfiction by marythefan


74. feminism and fanfiction by fabu


75. on becoming a pornographer by rivkat


76. on female characters by tanacawyr


77. women by the wayside; in praise of clean blurbs by thamiris


78. slash and ethics of voice by thamiris


79. on misogyny in slashdom by lasultrix


80. text and subtext and interpretation by angua9


81. what is "canon" anyway? by no_remorse


82. canon evidence by sistermagpie


83. the language of fannish subtext by seperis


84. canon, fanon, and the mutability of character by rahirah


85. black hole fanon: fanon and conspiracy theories by dragonscholar


86. the creation of plausible fanon by katallison


87. violations of canon, non-canonicity, and ooc-ness by penknife


88. on author sites by sistermagpie


89. like a garment made to treasure (on canon and fanon) by musesfool


90. author vs. readers: the ultimate deathmatch! by sistermagpie


91. more than you ever wanted to know about canon and fanon by fabu


92. lex's first time and other questions for writers by thamiris


93. when is fic art? by mpoetess


94. exposition, exclusion, elitism by profshallowness


95. plot vs character by rahirah


96. on plot by penknife


97. on wips by profshallowness


98. fanfiction, cliches, and the law of diminishing returns by fabu


99. between familiarity and originality by glossing


100. why aus are good for you by jjtaylor


101. paraliterature, meta, and 'hawks and hands' by glossing


102. the we're not gay, we just love each other phenomenon by elynross


103. the do's and don'ts of rps by stoney321


104. fanfic and original writing by sistermagpie


105. ethical fanfic by sistermagpie


106. fanfiction is not thoughtcrime by amanuensis1


107. how valid is the the author's interpretation? by lobelia321


108. emotional pornography by glossing


109. on having an audience by sistermagpie


110. authorial intent by idlerat


111. authorial intent [2] by ithiliana


112. kink and literature mentalities by fanthropology


113. ethics and aesthetics - realism and kinks by cathexys


114. on kinks, indulgence fics, and lj by thebratqueen


115. seven (usually) subjective ways to make a character ooc by fernwithy


116. characterization and pov by papersky


117. lack of heart/dispassion by julad


118. on established relationship fic by thete1


119. characteristics vs. personality flaws in fanfic by gehayi


120. grammatically incorrect characters by guede_mazaka


121. on writing techniques by flambeau


122. racism, sexism, homophobia - when did the neo-cons invade fandom? by thebratqueen


123. on unconscious hypocrisy and cultural authenticity by shaychana


124. on disability, ability, abnormality, abnormalcy, normalcy, and desire by thelastgoodname


125. that class thing by londonkds


126. on writing and responsibility by kindkit


127. safer sex and related matters by pinkdormouse


128. mores and immortality by bethbethbeth


129. betas vs collaborative authors by athenakt


130. why writers need betas by quettaser


131. reccing, advertising, and exposure by scribbulus_ink


132. entitlement in fandom by seperis


133. feedback musings by roseveare


134. what do we talk about when we talk about fanfic? by idlerat


135. the role of feedback in public/private spaces by profshallowness


136. guide to giving feedback by maeglinyedi


137. form vs. content by aubrem


138. fannish food, opinion, and taste by elynross


139. fandom etiquette by fabu


140. the sliding scale of story information, or labels and warnings and spoilers, oh my! by cerata


141. on payment for fannish work by cesperanza


142. fandom and entitlement by thebratqueen


143. fandom legal issues by executrix


144. switching pseuds - we are not who we are by destina


145. erotica and pornography by pearl_o


146. changes in fandom by ari_


147. gender issues in fanfiction by wight1984


148. on chicks, dudes and fandoms by nos4a2no9


149. fandom and male privilege by cereta


150. social construct theory applied to fandom by viciouswishes


151. just fandom friends by sistermagpie


152. clarity, parity, and charity by gwyn_r


153. on being a fangirl by cereta


154. on livejournal by prillalar


155. lj and the performance of self by thamiris


156. on livejournal [2] by sophia_helix


157. lj and audience by scribbulus_ink


158. on public posts by fabu


159. so you want to write a successful fannish essay by ranalore


160. on cliques in fandom by cofax7


161. vid feedback 101 by sdwolfpup


162. visual vocabularies by gwyn_r


163. vidding style be sdwolfpup


164. clip choice, context, and other vidding thoughts by laurashapiro


165. connecting with audiences by permetaform


166. show and tell by sisabet


167. cutting and synching by commodorified


168. narrative in a vidding context by heresluck


169. popular is not necessarily a dirty word by wolfling


170. creating mood by laurashapiro


171. on clipping and rhythm by lierdumoa


172. video editing as a career by laurashapiro


173. the language of vidding by heresluck and cereta


174. how the critical romantic watches television by linda holmes


175. on narrow genre tastes, female characters, and the wider variety of books by carmarthen


176. on manpain by thingswithwings


177. marion zimmer bradley vs. fanfiction by jimhines


178. the difference between fanfic and profic by kradical


179. remixing television by jesse walker


180. ladies, please (carry on being awesome) by sarahtales


181. on concrit by lettered


182. romance is a feminist genre by suzette chan


183. give me an ace femme fatale by sevilemar


184. on using ace terminology in fic by blitzwing


185. ace-flipping characters by blitzwing


186. ace stereotypes in fic by aceofannwn


187. aggressive is the new pink by chris gavaler


188. the golden age of television wasn’t about anti-heroes. and it isn’t over. by alyssa rosenberg


189. fandom as a subculture by hannah carter


190. the evolution of fandom mixtape culture by gavia baker-whitelaw


191. how feminist are the female characters we love? by jae


192. on the erasure of people of colour from dystopian fiction by ninjacate


193. bet she’s not your girlfriend: male-female best friendships on television by raizel


194. resurrection: who gets to come back? by lady geek girl


195. the difference between sexy and sexualized by lady geek girl


196. fandom as a social circle by eleanor musgrove


197. addiction in geek media by lady geek girl


198. what makes a big femslash fandom? by girlgay


199. i want more terrible female characters by lady geek girl


200. fandom as an eye-opener by eleanor musgrove


201. racism in boybands by chizz mbamalu


202. ironic sexism is still sexism by fozmeadows


203. i hate strong female characters by sophia mcdougall


204. from house elves to hunger games: labor issues in sci-fi and fantasy by wired staff


205. consumerism and geek culture by lady geek girl


206. television without pity’s vanishing history – and why we should care by keidra chaney


207. on black characters and the cost of diversity by lady geek girl


208. the devil made me do it: possession as plot device by lady geek girl


209. fandom’s insidious desire for utopianism in fiction by ian d. sharman


210. constructing alternate universes in fanfic by ratcreature


211. visibility matters: why poc in books must be *described* as poc by sl huang

SPECIFIC FANOMS

Almost Human

• almost human, and writing the future by dan wells

Arrow

• the problem of felicity smoak by jennifer cruise


• *not an anti-felicity post! the title is just a bit misleading!


• as if i would ever read anything anti-felicity, please.


• antagonists by jennifer crusie


• protagonists by jennifer crusie


• oliver queen's masks by alchemise


• things fall apart: why i’m no longer an arrow fangirl by jennifer crusie


• the romance contract by jennifer crusie

Bring It On

• femslash friday: bring it on by mallory ortberg

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

• "risk the pain. it is your nature." - buffy's character development over the series by stormwreath

Comics

• “a fantasy solution to real problems” – howard chaykin and superhero fascism by brannon costello


• on ms. marvel and protecting young heroes by arturo r. garcía


• dc, marvel,and 'the problem' by chris sims


• why marvel needs to make a captain marvel movie like, yesterday by rob bricken


• why do 'good guy' superheroes get a bad rap? by gavia baker-whitelaw


• marvel was happy to answer diversity questions at nycc. dc was not. by emily asher-perrin


• superhero movies are getting more complicated. that’s great. by max gladstone


• hawkeye 15 by drew baumgartner and spencer irwin


• sexual harassment in comics: the tipping point by laura hudson


• who gets to be a superhero? race and identity in comics by gene demby


• superheroes and feminism by shaun leonard


• avengers assemble! the american novel since 1950 by chris gavaler


• objective, subjective, narrative, clock, and real: what of time in comics? by adrielle mitchell


• lois lone, refrigerators, and superman's dick by kyrax2


• the nuclear option: batman, iron man, and attitudes toward power by richard rosenbaum


• madness and superheroes by anonymous


• dangerous black superheroes by lady geek girl


• marvel, please cast an asian-american iron fist by keith chow


• what if the x-men were black? by orion martin


• xx-men: the failures of brian wood’s all-woman x-team by osvaldo oyola

Community

• five views of abed nadir's sexual identity by thingswithwings


• four ways community might end by shana mlawski

Dirty Dancing

• "dirty dancing" is a subversive masterpiece by lesley

Divergent

• the "divergent" rape scene: here's why it matters by beth lalonde


• protestant theology in the divergent trilogy by lady geek girl


• the glorious incoherence of divergent by noah berlatsky

Doctor Who

• things you learn from writing fanfiction: writing donna noble by plaidadder


• double trouble: the death of doctordonna by plaidadder


• on what it means to be human in doctor who by solitary_summer


• missing number nine: the time war by plaidadder


• queer and new who: a commentary on discussion by jasper


• exit strategies: companions and endings by plaidadder


• women in supernatural, bbc sherlock, elementary, doctor who, and skyfall by rosalui


• braver than brave and more loyal than anyone else in the universe by nuit_belle


• if doctor who doesn't diversify, will it last another 50 years? by anoosh jorjorian

Elementary

• women in supernatural, bbc sherlock, elementary, doctor who, and skyfall by rosalui


• why, even as sherlock fans, elementary has become our favorite by kirstie haruta

Freaks and Geeks

• kim/lindsay on freaks and geeks and “lesbian jawline” by mallory ortberg

Friday Night Lights

• treatment of women in fnl vs spn by girl_wonder

Frozen

• in brightest day: emotional abuse in frozen by madameace


• the frozen girl: visual cues and evil femininity by s.e. sinkhorn


• does frozen’s magic run in the family? by lady geek girl

Game of Thrones

• loras tyrell - violence, grief, and loss: the real life of a knight by mara garbutt


• sterner stuff: why sansa stark is a political powerhouse by mira waters

Gossip Girl

• "gossip girl," jenny humphrey and rape culture by remindmeofthe


• all hail the queen: blair waldorf by junkyatbest

Grease

• rizzo from gease is a butch for the ages by mallory ortberg

Harry Potter

• "the wolf is inside of me, all of the time" - exploring werewolves of the potterverse by writcraft


• on nymphadora tonks by moonlitwoods


• dark side of the potterverse by hp_darkarts


• a hex on your sacred cows (or: use of unforgivables in the first war) by deslea


• beauty and the beast: love, romance, and dark fic by hp_darkarts


• harry potter and the mystery of an academic obsession by carole cadwalladr


• the boy who lived forever by lev grossman


• how harry potter ceases to be a christ figure by lady geek girl


• five parts of ‘harry potter’ j.k. rowling should explore now that he’s writing a spinoff movie by alyssa rosenberg

Inception

• arthur through the lens of jung’s caregiver archetype by letangerine

Les Miserables

• an essay on the nature of enjolras and his relationship with grantaire by birds_of_the_soul


• an essay: on slashing enjolras by labingi

Leverage

• the community arc through season one by jennifer crusie


• the nigerian job by john rogers & chris downey: creating a community by jennifer crusie


• the two live crew job: foils and dopplegangers by jennifer crusie

LOST

• a defense of kate austen from lost by mollivanders

Luther

• why idris elba is batman, not doctor who by liviapenn

Man of Steel

• man of steel, man of will by john perich

Marvel Cinematic Universe

• captain america ruined superman for me by cinesnark


• introducing the winter soldier: the creation of a truly terrifying marvel villian by cinesnark


• captain america doesn't need to be a jerk to be interesting by desiree rodriguez


• steve feels, apply within by thingswithwings


• steve rogers' 1930s/40s neighborhood by thingswithwings


• the tyranny of evil men by thingswithwings


• my bruce feels, let me show you them by thingswithwings


• on nick fury by icarus_chained


• natasha in the winter soldier by teaberryblue


• why the winter soldier is less an embodiment of soviet russia than i thought, or: bucky barnes, american cold war anxieties, and you by wizzard890


• identity within the winter soldier by imaginebucky


• mcu phase ii by hypertwink


• captain allegory: the winter obama by chris gavaler


• welcome to 2014: thor > superman by tricia barr


• captain america ii: the winter soldier (film review) by selenak

Multiple

• alphas, betas, and omegas: a primer by normabombay


• redefining events: body concept and bodily relationships for cyborgs, werewolves, supersoldiers, and other altered bodies by instigator

Olympus Has Fallen

• abort the mission! individuals vs. institutions in “white house down” and “olympus has fallen” by mark lee

Orange is the New Black

• its value is immediately reduced to being a source of hot topless chicks for straight dudes by fozmeadow


• why orange is not the new black by kimberly bernita ross

Orphan Black

• empty suits - orphan black’s straight male characters are completely flat. that’s not an accident. by jessica roake


• orphan black and the paradox of self-ownership by john perich

Parks and Recreation

• from ‘parks and recreation’ to ‘the good wife,’ sex, money, power, and what women on tv want by alyssa rosenberg

RENT

• why benny is the closest thing ‘rent’ has to an actual hero by alyssa rosenberg

Sherlock (BBC)

• women in supernatural, bbc sherlock, elementary, doctor who, and skyfall by rosalui


• is sherlock holmes a character? or an archetype? a new copyright fight raises an important question by alyssa rosenberg

Supernatural

• the x-files & supernatural | a short comparison by galathea_snb


• women in supernatural, bbc sherlock, elementary, doctor who, and skyfall by rosalui


• the hunter lifestyle: from family business to lonely affair by hoktauri

Teen Wolf

• a unified theory of teen wolf: davis, racism and the use of theme by cupidsbow


• religion and world building in teen wolf by lady geek girl

The Hunger Games

• katniss everdeen, and character strength from unexpected sources by puella_nerdii


• on the naming in the hunger games by sailorptah


• do the hunger games actually work? by ben adams


• the hunger games: catching fire – storytelling as adaptation and sequel by b.j. “lex” priester

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

• the lizzie bennet diaries: it's all about perspective by helloladies


• lizzie bennet diaries reactions related to lydia, sex, gender, and p&p by cimorene

The Secret History

• why you should read ‘the secret history’ if you want to understand anti-hero stories by alyssa rosenberg

The X-Files

• scully as a strong female character by emily_shore


• "scully, what are you wearing?": the problem of feminism, subversion, and heteronormativity by lacy hodges


• i want to believe: the x-files, symbolic pilgrimage and genre by kovacs77


• don't watch it alone: my wild ride through the x-files fandom by littlegreen42


• femininity and fanfiction by amyhit


• mulder as 'other' by lonethinker


• the x-files changed everything by amyhit


• on being a writer of woman-centric fic by amalnahurriyeh


• fannish discourse communities and the construction of gender in the x-files by emily regan willis


• tell all the truth: the x-files through the eyes of dana scully by wendelah1


• the x-files & supernatural | a short comparison by galathea_snb


• is samantha mulder just a symbol? by emily_shore

The Vampire Diaries

• here is the repeated image of the lover destroyed (a doppelganger meta) by upupa_epops

The West Wing

• they call her the jackal: c.j. cregg by bessiemaemucho

Veronica Mars

• ‘veronica mars,’ logan echolls, and the appeal of the bad boy by harris o'malley


• on veronica mars (2014) by sabrina_il


• veronica mars in purgatory: how we keep punishing our favorite characters by todd vanderwerff

Welcome to Night Vale

• the monster and the closet: welcome to night vale and queer specfic by thingswithwings