#bob's burgers fanworks

[secretsofthemourning]

[secretsofthemourning]

This is utterly amazing! I love and adore everything about this! The Fischoeders really don't get enough love.

There is something about this that feels so true to character and canon and I am here for it all!

i kept meaning to come back to this wip but my style changed too drastically for me to ever finish..... so trying again for fun after like 2 yrs or something

re worked my math on the fisch ages (76 n 69 in 2011) which shifted everything back 10ish years which is funny. not very confident i got it accurate tho. didnt need to change really anything for canon compliance tho as far as i could tell :o

[dianadeadwing]

Some Zekina for y‘all.

Are there any prominent headcanons out there for Zeke‘s eye color? I just used the same colors I use for some of the other Belchers for him, but I’d love any reason to expand my color palette.

[br1ghtestlight]

teddy and tina have an underrated dynamic tbh. like actual niece and uncle vibes and they're the same type of socially awkward. if louise is bob's favorite and gene is linda's favorite (which i dont think is totally accurate but anyway) then tina is definitely teddy's favorite <3

[crazyracoonpeople]

What is your favorite fanwork of any kind from:

a complete stranger- a friend or mutual on tumblr- a tangible friend- yourself-

I honestly just get really happy when i see any fanwork of bobs burgers but if i had to choose,

i actually cant decide, probably either a complete stranger or a mutual lol (thanks for the ask!)

[secretsofthemourning]

This is so cute!!!

I just want them to wear stuff and look hot, is there a problem? No? Good.

Also my favorite setting for tinimmy smut is them sneaking around in a restaurant and like fuc-

[jogerweek]

Welcome to Joger Week 2024!!

The dates for the event are 6th-9th of December, 2024 . In the weeks leading up to it, we will post and reblog things featuring our happy couple!

Where to post:

The main places to post will be here on Tumblr and on AO3! If you use other sites, post the link here on Tumblr and tag us here at [blog] and use the #[ship]week[year] tag to make sure we see it!

What we want:

Any fan media celebrating [ship couple names]! Fic, art, phone wallpapers, playlists, anything you like—just as long as it's focused on them!

Day 1 -> 6th Decmeber

Song: "Loser in the End"

Trope: Get Along Sweater

Quote: "Heads, I'm yours. Tails, your mine."

AU: Childhood friends AU

Day 2 -> 7th December

Song: "In Only Seven Days"

Trope: Stuck in an elevator

Quote: "Let's go steady."

AU: Twelfth Night AU

Day 3 -> 8th December

Song: "Coming Soon"

Trope: Lost dog poster

Quote: "I love you, even when you're sick and look disgusting."

AU: Bob's Burgers AU

Day 4 -> 9th December

Song: "My Life Has Been Saved"

Trope: Wrong number, right time.

Quote: “I wanted it to be you. I wanted it to be you so badly.”

AU: The Shop Around The Corner AU

Anything you'd like to write, draw, create—please make sure it's centered around the relationship [ship couple names]! Polyamoury and platonic fanwork is more than welcome, as long as the primary focus is on [ship]!

Make sure you tag your works appropriately! If it's NSFW, use the correct categories on AO3 and tag it as such here on Tumblr as well! We wanna make sure people know what they're getting into.

Prompts are just to give inspiration! You’re welcome to use all of them or none of them, You may interpret them as loosely or strictly as you’d like. If you have something else you wanna do, do it! Other AUs and situations are welcome and encouraged!

Please do not post or interact with the NSFW content if you are not 18+. Thank you.

Historical accuracy is not a requirement! That's the joy of events like these. Feel free to have fun with it all!

Please don't interact with hateful comments. Delete them as soon as you can.

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Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have!! Our inbox is open!

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[golden--doodler]

What is your favorite fanwork of any kind from:

a complete stranger- a friend or mutual on tumblr- a tangible friend- yourself-

Oooooh, thank you so much for asking, Nikki!!❣️❣️❣️

As for a complete stranger, I'm honestly not sure!! There's just so much good art and other creativity that I've come across, that it's hard to say. The closest thing I think of, is, well, I suppose I wouldn't call them a complete stranger, but @cosmicriff created this amazing Invader Zim animatic based on the script and voice acting of an unmade episode. It's incredible and hilarious and everything I ever needed in life.

As for a friend/mutual, I think we can all agree that @drawthething/@drawthethingdoppelganger makes some of the best art in the Bob's Burgers community, hands down. I was going to make a separate post about this, but she could be an illustrator for a children's book, I'm serious. If I could one day get my hands on a book that DT helped illustrate, it would probably be the best day of my entire flipping life. It's so hard to choose, but my favorite thing she created might either be the AJR Gene she made as a gift to me, or the Boblin Comm she did for me, because come on, it was the cutest stinking thing on planet earth. The way they're looking at each other has me giggling and kicking my feet every time. Their expressions are just so cute and soft.

As for a tangible friend, my best friend, Matilda (again, not her real name for privacy, pffffft), has written some of the best things ever. We collaborated on a huge writing project, which is a Gravity Falls fic. I'm really hoping to be able to finish it one day, because that would be great. She's such a great friend and fantastic writer. Honestly, she reminds me a lot of DT. If Matilda is my writing friend, then I consider DT my artist friend❣️

As for me?? Sweating as little, 'cause now I have to appreciate myself. I'm not actually sure, but one of my new favorite pieces was the recent Huskerdust Loser, Baby artwork I made. I wasn't sure how it was turning out when I was making it, and then it ended up looking really nice. Another one I'll mention is probably my Gene as Wybie Lovat from Coraline piece, because I thought it was very cute, especially with the cat on his shoulder. I also put an actual background there for the first time in awhile. Okay, I didn't actually draw it myself, but still.

[mariacallous]

Long gone are the days when fan fiction was treated as a guilty pleasure, exclusively consumed on a glowing iPad screen under the covers at night and never to be discussed outside of Tumblr. We’re living in an age where Supernatural star Misha Collins boasts about Dean/Castiel fanfic stats on Twitter, a Harry Styles fanfic on Wattpad has been adapted into a major movie franchise, and even Academy Award–winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao openly admits to writing fan fiction. The hobby has become a cultural phenomenon, referenced casually in shows like Euphoria, Only Murders in the Building, 13 Reasons Why, and Bob’s Burgers. And who could forget Archive of Our Own (more widely known as AO3) snagging that Hugo Award in 2019?

Born in 2009, AO3 is one of the biggest fan fiction sites today. It’s an open source, multi-fandom archive for transformative fanworks that, as of January 2023, is home to approximately 10.5 million works across over 55,000 fandoms, ranging from big names like Stranger Things and Marvel to the most niche corners of the internet you could imagine. AO3 is pretty much a household name now, at least for any Gen Z or millennial with some degree of online presence. And as fan fiction has become more mainstream, there’s also seemingly been a push by some users for AO3 to keep up technologically. More specifically, for the archive to function … well, more like TikTok. Picture a “for you” page greeting you as you log in to the archive. It automatically recommends your next fanfic to read, like an oh-so-helpful friend plucking a book off the shelf for you that they just know you’ll love.

Let’s be clear though: This idea isn’t going to see the light of day. “An algorithm is never going to happen,” Claudia Rebaza, a volunteer for AO3’s parent group, the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW), tells me outright. But the debate about whether AO3 should have an algorithm reveals what’s special about fan fiction and the importance of maintaining a space where creative works can just exist.

I get it. As someone born in 1997, it’s hard to remember a time before algorithms, rankings, and personalized recommendations. It feels like every place on the internet is trying to become more like TikTok, from Instagram with its Reels (until Kylie Jenner complained) to Twitter’s “for you” feed. For better or worse, the world today feels deeply online. When nearly every aspect of our lives feels optimized, it makes sense that some want fan fiction to keep up with the times too. 

But here’s the thing: AO3 isn’t social media. It’s simply a space that hosts an enormous collection of works. It’s basically a library on your phone. Being a nonprofit run entirely by volunteers distinguishes AO3 from other fan fiction sites like Wattpad, which is an entertainment company. “AO3 is designed to be an archive, not a social media site, and we’re a nonprofit that will also never run ads,” explains Rebaza. “So we’re not trying to make people spend more time on the site or make anything go viral.” 

Another aspect that sets the archive apart is its lax content policy. While the site still draws the line at some content—explicit material of real minors, flat-out plagiarism—nearly all fanworks are allowed. The only major requirement is that users must tag works containing rape/non-con, graphic violence, major character death, or underage content (alternatively, authors can simply tag “Creator Chose Not to Archive Warnings”). But as long as it’s properly tagged, it’s probably permitted “no matter how awful, repugnant, or badly spelled we may personally find that Content to be,” per the site’s terms of services.

It’s a policy that has been both praised and criticized. But one of the reasons for AO3’s hands-off philosophy is that fan fiction has historically faced a great deal of opposition and censorship. For instance, Fanfiction.net (FF.net), one of the first major fanfic sites on the web, banned all works based on anything by Interview with the Vampire author Anne Rice after she reportedly threatened legal action. (The law as it pertains to fan fiction is murky, but OTW believes nonprofit, transformative works fall under “fair use.”) In 2002, FF.net began implementing a strict “no NC-17 content” policy. Then in 2012, the site famously deleted a large number of stories, presumably ones deemed too mature. The move was widely coined the FF.Net purge by fans, and it sparked concerns about potentially disproportionately affecting authors of slash (same-gender pairing fics).

AO3 is one of the few remaining places on the internet where you alone are responsible for curating the content you consume. You’re armed with only a search bar and the use of tags and filters, sent out into the Forbidden Forest to find whatever your heart desires. And sure, that may feel like a daunting task, especially if you’re used to the likes of TikTok. But part of the beauty of it being algorithmless is that you can hand-pick the works you’re looking for and also easily avoid content you don’t want to see. If AO3 were to implement an algorithm, it’s highly likely you would encounter a lot more content you would have otherwise filtered out, scrolled past, or simply just been blissfully unaware of.

An AO3 algorithm could present a problem not just for readers, but for creators as well. Harassment has long been an issue in fandom, but it feels more intense and intimate in the social media age. In the early 2000s, ship wars and heated discourse mostly lived within the confines of forums, under usernames that nobody would care enough about to track down. Now? Not so much. Hollie, a moderator for the 329,000-member group r/fanfiction on Reddit, tells me how she’s seen things change over the 15 years she’s been involved with fandom. “Fandom has become more clustered into a smaller number of spaces, rather than being able to easily separate into different groups. [So] people with very different interests and takes overlap,” she says. “Don’t get me wrong, there were ‘sporking’ (mocking fics) sites back in the day, as well as bullying and ship wars, but for the most part, people complained in their own groups about how terrible their rival ship was or how gross they found certain kinks or whatever. They didn’t usually go to the creators/shippers’ social media and fics to complain at them.” (Plus, if your fandom self is even slightly intertwined with your public persona, it’s not out of the realm of possibility that you will at some point be harassed, threatened, or even doxxed over fictional characters.)

An algorithm would only further knock down these walls. If someone really dislikes a ship or trope for whatever reason, one might assume they would go out of their way to avoid such content by using tags and filters, or simply interact only with fans who have similar taste. But if the algorithm shows people something they hate, they might feel more inclined to engage with that content and go out of their way to make it known just how much they hate it. 

There’s something quietly beautiful about AO3 not making it easy for us to snap our fingers and have a personalized story recommendation fall into our laps. I’d liken browsing the archive to wandering into a bookstore, picking a novel off the shelf, and being pleasantly surprised by how good it is. Sure, you might head to a genre you know you enjoy or gravitate toward a familiar author or friend’s recommendation. But when it comes down to it, you picked the book. Maybe an algorithm would have found a story you liked just as much, maybe not. 

Algorithms and modern technology can be convenient for discovering new content and tailoring things to your personal taste, but they can also impose their own limits. Sure, streaming is great—but are we really taking advantage of this infinite amount of content if all we see is Netflix’s top 10 and Recommended for You tab? Or are we perhaps missing out on shows we would have enjoyed, if only we’d known about them before they were canceled after one season due to (supposedly) low viewership? Is the skill-based matchmaking algorithm used in multiplayer online games like Call of Duty actually helping us enjoy gameplay more? Or is it ruining video games altogether?

If you’re on TikTok, you’ve likely experienced seeing a video on your “for you” page that you never would have clicked on yourself. Sometimes it’s merely annoying (no, I’m really not into watching people eat that Pink Sauce); other times, it can be outright distressing. For instance, if you’re into cute cats, the algorithm might think you actually want to see a viral video mocking domestic abuse. Algorithms often lack the ability to distinguish tone, and they generally don’t account for triggers or content warnings. It’s like shelving Stephen King’s It in children’s fiction just because the characters are kids.

Safety and practicality issues aside, an algorithm would ultimately just plain suck the fun out of AO3. I don’t want to see only the biggest, most popular content. I want to live in the corner of my little niche fandom, enjoying whatever weird things I like regardless of how many views, kudos, or comments are involved. In a world dominated by algorithms, stats, and virality, let me have my fan fiction.

[secretsofthemourning]

The brilliant and adorable work of @bonnies-trash-corner that was done for a Bob's Burgers prompt challenge. It's perfection!

Prompt 3, Kuchi Kopi. Kuchi Kopi is cute and so is your art, so it's a perfect match!

The OG vs a rendition of my favorite picture of him i took cause i would commit atrocities for my baby <3<3<3

[secretsofthemourning]

[ltwharfy]

What is your favorite fanwork of any kind from:

a complete stranger- a friend or mutual on tumblr- a tangible friend- yourself-

For a complete stranger (in the sense that as far as I know, this is not one of my tumblr mutuals), I've really enjoyed the recent, very cute "Boba Best-teas" series of Louise/Rudy stories by AO3 user Rozavie.

For a friend or mutual on tumblr, "Be My Thrill" by @daddygrandpaandthebeaver (CourtneyCourtney on AO3) is the obvious answer. I don't know if I'd even be here ("Bob's Burgers" tumblr fandom being the "here") if it wasn't for this story! Years ago, when I first looked for Rudy/Louise fanfic, there was not a lot of it, and what there was wasn't particularly great. And then there was this story. This beautiful, sweet, funny, engaging, true-to-the-characters story that stuck with me- there's one scene that's so lodged in my memory I have to remind myself its not actually from the show. If I hadn't encountered that story years ago, I don't know if I would've bothered looking for "Bob's Burgers" fic again last year- I might have just decided there wasn't anything good there and never revisited it. (And I am so, so happy to have become friends with the author on here!)

For a tangible friend...honestly, if any of my offline friends are making fanworks currently, I'm not aware of it. My nephew likes drawing Pokémon, so, that, I guess?

For me...I know I've been banging the drum for it a lot recently, but "And in the Backseats We Just Tried to Find Some Room to Breathe" is probably still the current holder of the title of my favorite of my fics. A postscript to "The Amazing Rudy" that features Rudy and Louise being sweet and awkward, has a title from the closing track of one of my favorite albums of all-time, and helped me deal with some decades-old personal pain- what's not to like about that (if you're me)? If fanfic writers are supposed to be writing for themselves, this is the most "for me" story I've ever written, so I guess it makes sense it's my favorite. (But I am glad that other people like it too).

[hello-there]

Communities are a new way to connect with the people on Tumblr who care about the things you care about! Browse Communities to find the perfect one for your interests or create a new one and invite your friends and mutuals!

[https-hunter]

Fanwork creators self rec! When you get this, reply with your three best and/or favorite fanarts/fanfics/moodboards/whatever that you've made, then pass on to others. No self-deprecation allowed! Let's get this self-love going ON!

Omg yeah!! I’ll take any chance to talk about my stuff

I’m definitely more known for my fanfics, so I’ll go with that. Who knows? Maybe tinimmy week will establish me as a fan artist as well

1. My baby is my breakfast club Monday after fic, so on monday, what happens? My magnum opus. It’s almost at 50k words. I started the google doc on March 23, 2020. I’d definitely change some things and this bad boy has been through various writing style changes, so I don’t like to go back and read what 16-year-old me wrote. I’m working on the last chapter, although it is a bit on a back burner. I want to get that out before my birthday so I don’t carry this fic into my 20s with me

2. I absolutely adore my bob’s burgers au, wagstaff side story. It’s like of you took out all of the tragedy of the original west side story and replaced it with camp and funny little references. I’m genuinely having so much fun with this au, it just makes me really happy. By the way, you should totally check out this epic and cool fanart by @drawthething !!

3. Some of you know me for my stash of ride the cyclone fics. I was truly pumping the nischa fics out like crazy. I think my favorite one that I ever wrote was something happens and i’m head over heels. I guess you could call it an au? Basically nischa gets their ferris wheel kiss. This was the first rtc fic I ever wrote, and honestly, sometimes I reread it and I can’t believe that I wrote that. Tbh my waitress fic is also really good, I think they’re tied

[secretsofthemourning]

This is gold. I wonder how long it would take to get a full bingo using the movie. (Although it would have to be a minor antagonist that is blonde, not the overall antagonist.)

How would you get a bingo using the least amount of episodes possible?

[babsvibes]

Fanwork creators self rec! When you get this, reply with your three best and/or favorite fanarts/fanfics/moodboards/whatever that you've made, then pass on to others. No self-deprecation allowed! Let's get this self-love going ON!

Nikkiiiii, back at it again with spreading love, thank you!!

Co-creating and running @boblinweek @tinimmyweek and @louiganweek are highlights for me! I bring a certain camp counselor vibe to fandom that's best expressed through events and games lol

Speaking of games, I really loved making the Bob's Burgers Ship Chart! I chose a format that discourages notps so that it's only a chance for people to talk about what they enjoy. Oh! And the blank jar so I can see everyone's rarepairs was so fun 🥰🥰

For my own fics, I'm happy with my series Won't Roux Be My Neighbor? and today I'm most proud of but it's (yukon) golden. I love enemies ships, I love romantic comedies, boom, bantering neighbors destined to fall in love despite denying it the whole way

[emmabirb8]

Bob's Burgers is my ultimate comfort show

⭐Previously em8ambitions!⭐

Hello! And welcome to... uh, whatever this is!

Wanted to make an updated pinned post, so here goes:

I reblog literally whatever I feel like reblogging, but I use tags pretty extensively to make posts easier to find and so that people can blacklist specific tags and always avoid seeing unwanted content from my blog if they so choose. Pls don't hesitate to ask me to tag things a certain way if you need me to!

If you'd like to determine whether you wanna follow based on current fandom content, here:

Main and most recent hyperfixations that I currently reblog a lot of content for: Invader Zim, Gravity Falls (everyone give thanks to the cringe-fail illuminati dorito demon for his valiant efforts), Meet the Robinsons, WWDITS

Fixations I’ve circled back to a lot in the past: Megamind, Avatar: TLA, Hey Arnold!, FMA:B

More info about me and my blog can be found on the "About Me" page.

I keep my likes public so I can go back and comb through them page by page, so I apologize if my followers are interrupted with "liked by emmabirb8!" posts that might crop up. This website sucks sometimes. And just a heads up that I "spam like" posts sometimes so I can go back and reblog them with proper tags and such later. Pls don't assume I won't reblog stuff - esp fanworks - if I throw your posts in my likes! I p much always like AND reblog fanworks. 🙂

Oh! Also! I sometimes tag people in posts I think they will enjoy or find funny, etc. You can ignore these posts or engage with them however you want, but I will not be offended if you ignore them. Seriously, I tag people for fun purposes only! If you don’t enjoy whatever post it is that I’ve tagged you in, that’s totally fine. I’m just trying to have a good time and drop little gifts to others once in a while. 😊

I bounce between hyperfixations and I develop new ones from time to time, so this blog is a mess, but hey, I hope you enjoy the ride!

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