That rec site is still there, IJS.

Yeah I miss LJ. I haven't checked Dreamwidth in a while

If you are looking for someone to start with Dira Sudis has over 6000 bookmarks and I've been working my way through them.

Thank you guys! I did not know there was still the recs site! That is exciting. And I remember following Dira Sudis for recs as well.

If someone writes fic for a non-existent media property, is it really fic? Or is it shared-universe original fiction writing?

Tumblr went all in on Goncharov (1973), a Scorsese mafia flick that, to be clear, does not exist. It never existed. But tumblr is treating it as an actual media property, with analysis, shipping wars, and gif sets (mostly cribbed from Al Pachino's earlier career). Even the OG Wonderwoman, Lynda Carter, got into it, posting a 1970s picture of her allegedly at the movie premiere. (She's adapted to tumblr splendidly. If it really is her. I'm inclined to think so.)

Anyway, this morning I got an alert that Dira Sudis had posted a new fic on AO3 in the Goncharov fandom. I have not read it yet, as I want to revisit the movie first so I can appreciate it.

OK, I haven't read it because I had to go to work.

But anyway, that's what prompted my original question. Fanfiction is supposedly writing engaging with a media property of which one is a fan. Is it possible for something to be fanfiction if the media property it's engaging doesn't really exist?

To be clear, I'm not mad about it. I think the whole thing is delightful! But I did find myself wondering about my initial question, so I'm posting it here for the hivemind to consider.

I'd say yes, because it emerges from the fanfic tradition and uses fic tropes and stuff. Not that I've read any of it.

Is it possible for something to be fanfiction if the media property it's engaging doesn't really exist?

I'd say absolutely. The Good Omens fic Slow Show is a human AU where Crowley and Aziraphale are actors in a TV show that's vaguely Witcher-esque called "Warlock," and there's a fairly large handful of Warlock fanfic that people wrote after Slow Show was complete. Warlock the fictional TV show doesn't exist, but it exists enough for people to write fic about it.

I'm utterly tickled at how quickly Goncharov fanfic was written. (I also haven't read any, but it's still delightful. PS: Ice Pick Joe is my little meow meow.)

Those are solid arguments.

I would also say yes. It reminds me of the Rainbow Rowell book which is loosely based on Harry Potter fic writing, and then came up with the original material later.

I think it also meets the impulse- a group need to explore the universe.

I haven’t heard of this because I don’t tumbl, but I will read, because Dira Sudis is always good.

It reminds me of the Rainbow Rowell book which is loosely based on Harry Potter fic writing, and then came up with the original material later.

Fangirl! I love that book so much.

Not exactly fic, but kind of. Episodes I would write if I rebooted Designing Women. [link]