Yikes. This week, V and Emily try their best to be Carefully Neutral (well, V does) as they delve into the sordid, obsession-fueled assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr, who wanted very badly to impress child actress Jodie Foster. After the event, though, came the fallout: the idea of "the obsessed fan" became a cultural boogeyman of the early '80s. So what was fandom supposed to do if not write scathing LOCs in Star Trek zines? We look at how the demonization of "fans" played out in the dialogue of actual fans in fannish spaces, and really, we did our best to be classy. Well. V did.

Sources

Wikipedia
Fanlore: I'd like to comment, yet again...
Fanlore: So many topics in the past few months...
Fanlore: Interstat
Fanlore: Public Image

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Weewoo! This week, Emily and V talk about not Steve and Bucky, nor Steve and Eddie, nor Edward and Stede, but the FOURTH slash pairing with the same names: Buck and Eddie from 9-1-1. Specifically, the glorious handling of Buck's realization of his bisexuality and the awesome way his actor, Oliver Stark, is stewarding his role and the storyline. Of course, not everyone loved Buck's coming out -- either because of biphobia specifically, homophobia generally, or being a dick about shipping -- but Oliver Stark seems to love BiBuck enough to make up for that. Also: V comes up with some really great new nicknames for Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny.

Sources

Fanlore: 9-1-1
Fanlore: Evan "Buck" Buckley

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• Follow This Week in Fandom History on Tumblr at @thisweekinfandomhistory
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SOS! This week, V and Emily talk about the fandom for one of V's favorite bands, although sadly she was not in attendance at this legendary event: JonasCon. We discuss nostalgia, cringe culture, TWO new kinds of fanfiction that we'd never heard of before in our lives, pairing preferences differentiated by fic platform, the Taylor Swift of it all, and millennials' dreams of living in the mall.

Were you a Jonas Brothers fan? Did you, like V, have only one possession to your name in 2009 and that possession was a Jonas Brothers poster? Let us know in the comments on Tumblr, Instagram, or Spotify!

Sources

Slate
Jonas Fanfiction Archive via Wayback Machine
Fanlore

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• Follow This Week in Fandom History on Tumblr at @thisweekinfandomhistory
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