#exclusively by 35 year old librarians getting their PhDs in some obscure historical niche i DON'T want to read their fic

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can i admit something so embarrassing. i've been reading fanfic for a television program i've never even watched just cos sometimes i want to read something sexy and trope-y and mindless and i'll kill myself before i read a published romance novel. so now i have an understanding of the show's canon based only on fic and it's gotten to the point where i'm attached to certain characterizations and i get annoyed when they aren't written "in character" despite my not even knowing who these characters are. i am creating vast and complex worlds in my mind