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Reading Halloween (1978) Through the Lens of Labor by osteophage
Fandoms: Halloween (Movies 1978-2002)
04 Mar 2026
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Metacommentary on Halloween as a depiction of societal anxieties about the irresponsible babysitter.
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"Seldom Typical of Anything": An Ace Reading of Stefan Uccello's Blood Bond with Mercy Thompson [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Mercy Thompson Series - Patricia Briggs
03 Mar 2025
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Metacommentary on the ace resonances of some vampire bite scenes and the complicated asymmetrical relationship between Mercy and Stefan.
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- Part 12 of Ace Readings
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The Artificial Whiteness of Edward Scissorhands [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Edward Scissorhands (1990)
02 Mar 2025
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Metacommentary on the racial parallels and unfortunate implications in the suburban world of Edward Scissorhands.
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Revisiting Radway's Reading the Romance: A Critical Ethnography of Romance Fans [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, Romance - Fandom
01 Mar 2025
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A summary and discussion of Reading the Romance by Janice Radway, comparing and contrasting it against more recent fandom debates.
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- Part 10 of Metafandom
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Reflections on Creating a Fan Wiki (As Someone Who Had Never Done That Before) [Meta] by osteophage
Fandoms: WOE.BEGONE (Podcast)
09 Mar 2024
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Some reflections on my experience of starting the WBG Wiki and some lessons for others who might want to get involved with wikis themselves.
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- Part 9 of Metafandom
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Ace Readings by osteophage
Fandom Bicentennial Man (1999), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Dark Matter (TV), Firefly, Friday the 13th Series (Movies), Genghis Khan - Miike Snow (Music Video), Mercy Thompson Series - Patricia Briggs, Miike Snow - Fandom, No Fandom, Serenity (2005), Some Like It Hot (1959), The Killers (Band), The Magnus Archives (Podcast), Toy Story (Movies)
03 Mar 2025
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A collection of essays that analyze various shows, movies, music, and other works through an asexual lens -- interpreting characters as ace, arguing for asexual resonances, drawing connections to real-world advocacy, and identifying sexnormative themes.
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- 12
- Bookmarks:
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Metafandom by osteophage
Fandom Antifandom - Fandom, Dungeons & Dragons (Roleplaying Game), Fandom - Fandom, Multi-Fandom, Ratatouille (2007), Romance - Fandom, WOE.BEGONE (Podcast)
01 Mar 2025
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Meta-level observations on fan communities, concepts, platforms, and terminology.
- Words:
- 28,319
- Works:
- 10
- Bookmarks:
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Land, Empire, and Colonialism by osteophage
Fandom Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Fallout: New Vegas, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), Terra Nil (Video Game), The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller Video Game)
04 Mar 2024
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A collection of essays on the portrayal of land, imperialism, and colonialism in fiction.
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- 15,132
- Works:
- 5
- Bookmarks:
- 4
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Reading and Representing Plurality in WOE.BEGONE by solipsistful
Fandoms: WOE.BEGONE (Podcast)
03 Apr 2026
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or: Plural Characters Without Plural Representation
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The Archive as Aesthetic: The Magnus Archives and Devaluing a Profession by deliverusfromsburb
Fandoms: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)
13 Nov 2021
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Or: What The Magnus Archives gets wrong about archives, and why that matters (at least, to me).
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[meta] Friend Like Me: Murderbot's Relationships With Other AIs throughout The Murderbot Diaries by Artemis_Meta (ArtemisTheHuntress)
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
01 Jun 2024
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An analysis of Murderbot's many and varied relationships with other AI/robot characters throughout The Murderbot Diaries, how that contrasts with the way AI characters are often presented in sci-fi, and why that matters.
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An Ace Reading of Astarion Ancunín by CastellanSpandrell
Fandoms: Baldur's Gate (Video Games)
26 Mar 2024
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An analysis of Ace!Astarion.
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TWs for discussions of:
Slavery, torture, death, rape, mind control, kidnapping, sexual slavery, manipulation, abuse, ace antagonism
There shouldn’t be any spoilers outside of Astarion’s questline, which is pretty disconnected from the rest of the game. This essay is also focusing mostly on scenes from a normal Tav run, not a Dark Urge because I’m still playing that one. Ditto for Astarion’s bad ending.
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A Piece of Ace History that Deserves to Not Be Forgotten by Aceadmiral
Fandoms: Shortland Street
08 Mar 2022
This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.
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In this essay I will:
1) Explain how the tension between the ace community and the larger queer community over representation is older than you think.
2) Completely spoil the show, allowing you to have intelligent discussions about and be inspired by its groundbreaking plotlines (some of which I cannot think of any other published examples).
3) Contextualize and (re)frame how to think about (late) early-period asexual communities for those who weren’t there.- Bookmarks:
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