#fandom: bandom

[raith-way]

writing game

rules: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line.

tagged by: @claudette13

tagging: @asirensrage @darknightfrombeyond @gabbydawsons @thecharmedburrowspn-files @shrinkthisviolet @mandalhoerian

i am currently on an editing and expanding binge for soundtrack of the revolution, so here’s the last thing i wrote for the “main” fic. the he is gerard, and this little thing is what’s said before this.

“See you soon, sugar,” he said and stepped out into the hall. He could hear her laughter as he closed the door, and he smiled to himself as he started to walk away. Now, he knew her favorite song.

[trickytrick]

TW: BLOOD

posted this on ig too but im trying to revive my tumblr blog as well lol ☆ enjoy bloody frank

[noahnecromancy]

i love loving my chemical romance. i know it’s not a small unpopular band, but like especially online it’s like a community. like yeah everyone knows teenagers or the black parade but on tumblr everyone knows what i’m talking about when i say half of new jersey and all of warped tour

[sperocordolium]

misc blinkies

[nomoremayhemspacey]

ajr fanart that took me way longer than expected but its finished

f i n a l l y

[harrisonyaoi]

gay beatles slash fanfiction has existed since beatlemania, unsurprisingly. so here's some stuff on that topic

"The most visible rock based BandFic community during this era is The Beatles.   On August 18, 1960, The Beatles started playing under that name for the first time at an event in Hamburg, Germany. (Whelan)  It would be four more long years before the band would make their American debut, an event that occurred on February 7, 1964 when they arrived in New York City for their first American tour. (Whelan)  According to Barbara Ehrenreich, Elizabeth Hess, and Gloria Jacobs in their essay "Beatlemania: Girls Just Want to Have Fun," this event marked "the first mass outburst of the sixties to feature women – in this case girls, who would not reach full adulthood until the seventies and the emergence of a genuinely political movement for women’s liberation."  This group, composed primarily of middle class, white teenagers, would form one of the core groups in the nascent bandfic community.  In their adulation of the band, they would create many of their own fan related products including stories, zines and art. The fannish oral tradition that is alive today is implicit in the existence and circulation of fictional stories about band members during the early years of the band's history. Because the audience was young and not connected into a professional or underground movement, much of the material created by this group of fan girls never was published.  The production, in most cases, likely consisted of one to five copies of a story being circulated only among the fan’s immediate peer group. The emergence of The Beatles, their popularity and their fans dedication to creating fan works was helped because of the era in which they appeared. The Beatles were at the forefront for many white, middle class teenage girls in helping them redefine their own definition of sexuality and their own definitions of what it meant to be female. (Ehrenreich)  This was taking place in an era where there was that increased debate on subjects like "birth, a woman's obligation to society, and conception, bringing with it all of the bitterness and acrimony that have long surrounded these issues, beginning with perhaps the most obvious one of them all -- Sexism." (Rowland) Legal gender differences between men and women were beginning to fall. (Rowland) For young, white, middle class female Beatles fans, writing stories about the band was an opportunity to challenge their parents, to revel in the new ideas regarding male sexuality, to explore their own and more.  They could write about marrying Ringo or having children with Paul McCartney.  They could write about being noticed by the George Harrison at a concert and all that followed afterward.  Most fans knew that none of those scenarios were likely to happen. Some deeply resented the idea of a member of the band becoming involved with any woman because it destroyed their own fantasies.  They did not want to see that happen. It is highly probable, that given this and the fact that they were writing fictional stories featuring the Beatles, that some of the Beatles were written as homosexual if only as a way to ensure that the object of the fan's lust, since they could not be hers, would never belong to another female fan.  The idea of writing male on male pairings to cut out other female fans is one that would reappear again and again during the next forty years as new bands were discovered and attracted new groups of young female fans." (X)

[cryptophasiac]

GINASFS is about Patrick: a mostly unserious web weave

GINASFS // Pete’s blog post on July 31, 2007 // random zoomed in pictures of pete and patrick off google images // patrick on cnn in 2001 // 2003 pictures of patrick and pete in patrick’s dive in shirt // pete’s blog q and a from 2006

[transslycanthropy]

Hello!!!!! If you’re seeing this post, that probably means that you’re in a fandom, possibly even multiple of them! I’m running a survey on some fandom related things and I would really appreciate it if you could help me out!

First of all, this survey is not being used for any real research or study. I’m just very autistic about fandom culture and history and I felt like this would be the best way for me to get responses to the questions I have in a well organized manner. I really hope to hear from a wide array of fans in a wide array of communities! It’s completely anonymous of course so please feel free to be honest! I do plan on sharing some of the open question responses at the end however so please be aware of that.

Second of all, my actual questions and what I’m looking for. I’m very interested in the culture and attitudes around shipping and fanfiction, and the terms pro/anti-ship. I want to know when other people recall seeing these terms first pop up, and I want to hear from people who may self identify as one or the other, or neither or something else entirely. There are several open ended questions and optional spaces to elaborate on your thoughts so please feel free to add on as much as you’d like!

Here is the link to the actual survey :) I’m posting this on July 21st, 2024, and I plan on leaving it open to responses until August 21st, 2024, to hopefully have time to get more feedback. I may repost this same post a couple of times between now and then in various fandom tags so please feel free to block the tag ‘Allen’s fandom survey’ to avoid seeing it again if you don’t want to (or feel free to block me akdhsjdhdk).

Anyways! I appreciate it if you read this far and if you decide to respond to the survey! It would also really help if you could share it so it reaches more people in even more fandoms and communities, but that’s not really necessary. You can message me for questions or let me know if you want to be tagged when I eventually start posting about the results and my findings! Thank you, here is a picture of my cat for your troubles :)

[bandomflufffest]

Bandom Fluff Fest 2025 Prompt List!

Summer's on the horizon, which means it's once again time for Bandom Fluff Fest! This is a pan-bandom event celebrating all things fluffy.

Feel free to interpret each prompt however you like. You can find more information about this event in our pinned post here. Posting for this event runs throughout the month of August!

For convenience, a text-based list of the prompts is under the cut.

Fairy Tales

Cooking/Baking

"Wait for me"

Festival

Honeymoon Phase

Found Family

First ___

Beach Day

Road Trip

"That one's mine"

Kids

Moving In

Midnight Snack

Alone Together

"Let's go home"

Constellations

"Five more minutes"

Safe Harbor

Dancing

Matchmaking

IKEA

"I never want this to end"

Fake Relationship

Red String of Fate

Slice of Life

Coming Out

"As beautiful as always"

Love Language

Mutual

"Sing to me"

Free Day!

[undead-zomboy]

calling adult cis men my wife is the most amusing thing ever

[silverskye13]

……. What would happen if any of the main cast learnt that Helsknight had a rap battle with Wels and is there any possible way they can get their hands on a copy of it?

Tanguish: Already knows the rap battle exists because Helsknight told him, but is overjoyed when he finally gets to hear it. He tries really hard not to laugh at the cheesier lines, and gets very quiet when Wels sings the final verses.

EB: Laughs obnoxiously through the entire rap battle. "You said what?! Oh my gods. You're a force of chaos that's adorable!" He apologizes when Helsknight is clearly embarrassed, and tries to keep everyone else from teasing him... Too much.

Martyn: Also laughing obnoxiously, and critiques some of the lines and rhymes. "Fat diamond stacks? You're serious?" His digs get a little harsh sometimes, but Helsknight can take it, and having one more thing to stir the knight up with brings him immense joy. For weeks afterwards he drops random quotes from the rap in the middle of conversation just to get on people's nerves. He's been given ammunition and by the gods he's using it!

Red: "Er... Not yer... Strongest poetry work lad, though I admit the beat and measure be quite pleasing to hear. Ye and yer other half have similar voices that border on the uncanny, ye ken? This, er, Champion Wels-- sorry, just a knight? Right. The knight Wels, he seems a bit... Invested in yer downfall. Ye be sure he is contained on his world? Me Hand, ye should be taking this more seriously. He be threatening one of our own, be he not? Should we not be more concerned about this?"

[raith-way]

currently editing the last chunk of my current chapter and realized i actually liked the last exchange of dialogue, so *points*

[trickytrick]

tumblr sees it first. shhhh!! don't tell instagram

[limerinseme]

RAY TORO

[sunburnacoustic]

For any Muse fans who might get frustrated about how the fandom seems to always be throwing a tantrum about new Muse songs and how much they dislike Muse's 'new directions', just a gentle assurance that the fandom has always been like this.

They were really not fond of Black Holes and Revelations when it came out, some of them didn't even believe Supermassive Black Hole was a real song. They thought it was a joke. Muse, their beloved metal-leaning hard rock band, going glitz, glam and electro? Ignoring the fact that their main man just built a whole synthesizer into his electric guitars (the XY Kaoss pad), Muse and electronic? Ignoring the arp synth on Bliss, Muse and electronic?

Supermassive Black Hole was the first single on BHAR, and the old fans were aghast. Hated it. Then when Twilight used the song and brought Muse to the attention of... well. Teenage girls, essentially, it again split the fandom into the old heads (the real, gritty rock fans, you hear me) and the airheaded dumb teenage girls that only knew them through Twilight and silly romance novels. (I hope you understand these aren't my words. It's just... fucking 2006. The 00s were horrible like that.)

They also hated Take A Bow. Despite the fact that Muse had been using the opening synth progression as an intro to Space Dementia live throughout the Absolution tour, they disliked the synths on it. They hated Invincible.

And just to balance things out, Muse in the meanwhile were having a blast: Matt doing his alien schtick in interviews, jetsetting across Europe from headline gigs and festivals to award shows, they occasionally got to take charter flights and stuff, and they were in an interesting place musically where their sound was expanding, taking inspiration from nightclub indie music like LCD Soundsystem and bussing with the Strokes (they've said Starlight was inspired by them), working up to playing some of the biggest arena and even stadium gigs of their lives. 2006 Reading Festival, their first Reading headline. Huge moment for Muse. 2007, two sold out nights at the 90,000 capacity new Wembley. All this is to say, if Muse hadn't made Black Holes the album they did, there's no way they'd be nearly as successful as they are today. So don't doubt it and don't feel bad for them! But the Muse fandom is passionate, and so you maybe heard the naysayers louder than you would with most band fandoms.

But were there detractors before Black Holes? Might surprise you, but yes! And I'm not talking about Pitchfork and the rest of the press!

This will make no sense in 2025's musical landscape and understanding of rock and guitar music, but fans hated Time Is Running Out. I've seen those old Muse messageboard threads, they did Not hold back. TIRO was a 'pop song', and so it was Bad. It was Muse selling out. Fans had heard quite a few of these songs well before release, and Muse were threatening to go 'more prog' on their third album, and it threw their OOS-loving fans a little. (Check out this interview from the archives with then-BBC Radio 1's Steve Lamacq for a sense of what was going on).

So don't worry about who hates Thought Contagion or whether fans inexplicably dislike Will Of The People, an album so classically Muse that I am forced to wonder whether the fans that dislike it and I are actually thinking about the same band when refer to them. It's been like this on The Resistance (god, they hated the symphonic bits, strings used to really rile up the anti-sentimental rock fandom. Riffs and RIFFS ONLY you hear me?), The 2nd Law got So Much Hate for Muse embracing electronic music (again, not new....) and working with Skrillex, it was the whole reason the 'back to basics, back to our rock roots' idea even popped into the band's head when going in to make Drones. Matt's talked about the well, fan pressure to sound a certain way on the song Pressure, and Simulation Theory itself got a lot of agitated fan responses.

The interesting thing with Muse is that despite it all, the reason why they are still such a widely loved band is that people come around to their albums. At the end of the day, it is fantastic music. Well written, incredibly forward-thinking and genre-blending. Fans' love for Muse keeps them giving the newer albums another chance, and you will often see this in most Muse Youtube comment sections (or other places), there are many comments about how their songs grew on fans. They like them after a few listens. It's just about trusting the band to be good at their job and make incredible music, and I can't give up on Musers despite all my above qualms because they do still have that love and trust. Don't worry about it.

Also, about BHAR specifically (and this is me citing some sources), someone asked about it on the Muse reddit a little while ago and it'll basically confirm what I just told you. Very interesting insight into the place rock music occupied in popular music at the time (in opposition to other genres, the rebellion genre if you will, as opposed to Just Another Popular Genre. That's a whole post in itself). Don't worry about it.

[grn8jumper]

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MY FRIENDS AND I ARE MAD! WE’RE MAD ALL THE TIME!!!! (•̀ᴗ•́)و

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