i was thinking about the ghosts of fandoms past and i realised that my first proper fandom experience is by now completely wiped from the net thanks to age. i feel i have some responsibility here to document an extremely belated fandom wank so buckle up and let me sing you the song of south park fandom circa 1998-2001
#click the readmore #you think you don’t care but YOU DO
YOU DO CARE. You care so much.
whole swathes of ocs were now persona non grata at one forum or the other depending on which side of the plagiarised albino wank their author had fallen on. if you wanted to be involved with one forum, you were assessed by a tribunal of trustworthy fans to see if you were likely to be a spy for the other side
Hell, forget the (genuinely hilarious) fan drama for a moment…