Would that be annoying?įK: Well, you’re speaking to the woman who once had read every piece of Harry Potter fanfiction on the internet, whether she wanted to or not, so…ĮLM: Yeah, think of all the bad fanfiction you read.įK: Um…I don’t know. And then we’ll be speaking with Samantha Pennington, who I also met at Comic-Con, just not on a panel, as did you, whose title is Community Engagement…įK: It does sound exciting, and I’m pretty sure that her job is to read fanfic, and I want that job.ĮLM: Though, you know…think about all the bad fanfiction you’d have to read. He was on our panel at San Diego Comic-Con. The first person is Aron Levitz, who is…ĮLM: Yeah, Head of Business Development at Wattpad. Even though some of my friends are on it, and love it, I’m a total newbie, and I think Elizabeth is a little bit, too.ĮLM: Did you just say “newbie”? And not “noob”?ĮLM: What are you, a…noob? So we’re going to be talking to two people from Wattpad. What is the deal with Wattpad?ĮLM: Yeah, what is the deal with it? Despite our very flippant introduction, this is a…I don’t want to say serious, I don’t want you to stop listening right now, but this is a deep look at Wattpad, which is a reading and writing platform and social media site.įK: That happens to have a bunch of fanfiction on it, but-įK: -fanfiction that has a totally different culture than the fanfic culture that I, at least, grew up in, and I don’t know what that is. It is, “What’s the Deal With Wattpad?” It doesn’t have profanity in the title.ĮLM: When you say it in a comical way: “What’s the Deal With Wattpad?”įK: I can’t say that and sound like I really mean it. Episode three.įK: It’s the podcast by, for, and about fandom, and today I have a very important question on my mind, which is, “What the hell is up with Wattpad?”ĮLM: That is not the title of the episode, Flourish. The outro is “ Groddle Theme: Snappy Mix” from “Glitch,” which is in the public domain.įK: Hello audience! Welcome to Fansplaining! It’s the podcast-ĮLM: Oh, I just talked over it. Two counterpoints to that Washington Post article: Elizabeth’s takedown of dudes who aren’t cool with freaking out about Zayn leaving 1D and That Hairpin Article About How Hysteria Is Constructed, Also Did You Know That The Word Hysteria Is Literally About Wombs, Like Hysterectomy. “ Beatlemania, Beliebers, Directioners-why do they scream?” by Chris Richards. Anna Todd’s interview with Thought Catalog. The interstitial music is “ Groddle Theme: Dreamland Mix” from the game “Glitch,” which is in the public domain. Here is the Gillian Anderson tag on Tumblr for your viewing pleasure. Samantha Pennington: on Twitter, sammietutu on Tumblr, and samantha on Wattpad! The interstitial music is “ Groddle Theme” from the game “Glitch,” which is in the public domain. This is the moment where we realize that we set the levels on this to make female voices audible and Aron is just too deep and quiet. ![]() ![]() There was not a lot of Harry Potter fanfiction available in 1998. This is true and 100% not an exaggeration. As always, our intro music is “ Awel,” by Stefsax, used under a CC BY 2.5 license. It’s been edited to change the music, but there are still references to the old music in the audio. Note: When this episode was first released, it featured covers of One Direction songs that were not CC licensed or in public domain.
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