Lin Codega

This week's @fansplaining.bsky.social feature is a thorny, fascinating one: @kalaichik.bsky.social reports on the complicated tensions within global danmei fandom, where domestic threats to writers make the stakes feel higher for international fans—and translators wind up on the front lines:

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Hellboy (2004): steampunk, a Rasputin who won't stay dead, and a love triangle that needed better 2004 casting. Lin Codega (@lincodega.com) joins @pmiscove.bsky.social and @emilystjams.bsky.social to keep the del Toro run going. Out now. 🔗 in profile.

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Me when O/U was happening: Man I wish I had time for this. Me after it ended: Man I wish I'd been part of that. Me halfway through @lincodega.com's diaries: Man I'm glad I wasn't swept up in that. Me after reading: I'm in love w roleplaying, the community & the world www.rascal.news/over-under-d...

Hey California! Be careful this election because the big money creeps are trying to trick you (again).

For Fansplaining I wrote about Jane Austen fic, aka JAFF, and how a moderating decision 30 years ago set the tone for an entire fan culture of genre-shaming and gatekeeping around content. Also don't forget Fansplaining is currently having a six-month sale with 50% off! Subscribe, read, and share!

#OtD 14 Oct 1977 anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant was "pied" by Thom Higgins, a gay rights activist. She then began praying and burst into tears. Following a boycott, she lost her job as brand ambassador for Florida orange juice. More LGBT+ history here: workingclasshistory.com/tag/lgbtq/

nobody -- not even me -- is fully prepared for the kind of person i'm going to be once i get my ass in a Wicker seat

finally upgraded my mechanical keyboard and the new clicky clackys are infinitely more satisfying than the previously clicky clacks, additionally: this one lights up. :)))

Recaps! Reported pieces! Personal essays! Smart writing about fandom, by folks who've been in the trenches for decades.

Indigenous artists! Help us make a cool game. Let them know I sent you. Share where you can! Wado! www.montecookgames.com/call-for-ind...

Gav's analysis of this show within broader corporate machinations is so smart. I get exceedingly frustrated when critics assess franchise media with a patronizing "this kind of thing will never be meaningful so it's great for what it is." The terms of 'success' might differ, but they still...exist.

Redditors foaming at the mouth to explain why this is good business practice is so fucking funny please

It's actually insane that people who work for these big companies cant own the work they make while they're not on the clock. An imagination-based company town

Times editor grudgingly offered a comment that amounted to "run along, peon. We're the Times."

Pokémon fangames, like licensed projects, aren't the result of one person and the communities of volunteer developers, writers, and artists show that some people really are just in it for the love of the game.

In June a game designer initiated a legal complaint against Dungeons & Dragons, alleging (in a series of logical long leaps) that they stole his monster. But what does it mean to own a game, and what happens when assets are more valuable than experiences?

Reorganizing my office and bookshelves today which reminded me that I haven't told everyone to read The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez in a while. You should read it

This was SUCH a fun interview!