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[thefieryeclipse]

Moments Between the Madness - Chapter 9 ("The Tomb of Innocence")

"After a while it got easier to believe. To forget what I was doing until it just didn't matter anymore. But I don't want to forget. I don't want to be like him.” It was only when he turned his head and found the hero still watching him with that honest, earnest, undivided attention the way he always did, the way no one else ever had, that Sylar discovered why his secrets were spilling out of him of their own volition. Because Peter was listening to him. “Don't let me forget, Peter.”

This one's a pretty emotional chapter from start to finish - I hope all the feels make up for having to wait so long to read it! Enjoy <3

(tw: childhood abandonment, minor mention of self harm, romance)

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[thefieryeclipse]

Is this why the Heroes fandom is so kind??

In my experience it's only ever been fun and supportive and well-behaved and welcoming in here. Is that because it's maybe one of the smallest active fandoms left that our 1% is too small to even notice?

Or maybe there is drama and I've somehow managed to miss all of it for years without knowing 'X)

@gamebird I'd be curious to hear your experience if you're willing to share, having been part of the Heroes fandom and much bigger ones as well? Did you notice a difference?

I feel like with the new ~fandom drama~ or whatever going around, I should re-introduce my favorite theory of fandom, which I call the 1% Theory.

Basically, the 1% Theory dictates that in every fandom, on average, 1% of the fans will be a pure, unsalvageable tire fire. We’re talking the people who do physical harm over their fandom, who start riots, cannot be talked down. The sort of things public news stories are made of. We’re not talking necessarily bad fans here- we’re talking people who take this thing so seriously they are willing to start a goddamn fist fight over nothing. The worst of the worst.

The reason I bring this up is because the 1% Theory ties into an important visual of fandom knowledge- that bigger fandoms are always perceived as “worse”, and at a certain point, a fandom always gets big enough to “go bad”. Let me explain.

Say you have a small fandom, like 500 people- the 1% Theory says that out of those 500, only 5 of them will be absolute nutjobs. This is incredibly manageable- it’s five people. The fandom and world at large can easily shut them out, block them, ignore their ramblings. The fandom is a “nice place”.

Now say you have a medium sized fandom- say 100,000 people. Suddenly, the 1% Theory ups your level of calamity to a whopping 1000 people. That’s a lot. That’s a lot for anyone to manage. It is, by nature of fandom, impossible to “manage” because no one owns fan spaces. People start to get nervous. There’s still so much good, but oof, 1000 people.

Now say you have a truly massive fandom- I use Homestuck here because I know the figures. At it’s peak, Homestuck had approximately FIVE MILLION active fans around the globe.

By the 1% Theory, that’s 50,000 people. Fifty THOUSAND starting riots, blackmailing creators, contributing to the worst of the worst of things.

There’s a couple of important points to take away here, in my opinion.

1) The 1% will always be the loudest, because people are always looking for new drama to follow.

2) Ultimately, it is 1%. It is only 1%. I can’t promise the other 99% are perfect, loving angels, but the “terrible fandom” is still only 1% complete utter garbage.

3) No fandom should ever be judged by their 1%. Big fandoms always look worse, small fandoms always look better. It’s not a good metric.

So remember, if you’re ever feeling disheartened by your fandom’s activity- it’s just 1%, people. Do your part not to be a part of it.

[heroescommittee]

Hello, Heroes Fandom!

Now that we have started a new year, @dailyheroes and I have decided to partner on the next Primatech Challenge! You can start at any time and the challenge will be 7 days long, and as always these can be consisted of anything from gifs, writing, videos, misc graphics, etc. 

The prompts are as follows:

Day 1 - Heroic Moment

Day 2 - Character Who Deserved Better

Day 3 - Episode

Day 4 - Relationship

Day 5 - Ability

Day 6 - Quote/Speech

Day 7 - Freebie!

So your work can be seen and reblogged, make sure to tag your posts as #dailyheroes, #primatech challenge, & #heroesedit, in addition to your usual tags. 

Please reblog to spread the word and have fun!

[dailyheroes]

heroes-daily ➤ dailyheroes

[eclipsedpodcast]

Our 5th episode of Eclipsed is live!  We’re available where ever you listen to podcasts.

[fandomrainbow]

Just released the first episode of a podcast I did with @such-a-villain-thot  where we recap and reminisce about the show that brought us together Heroes. 

We're re-watching and we're fighting for this show to be part of the pop culture conversation once again. There are definite spoilers here. Listen here:  Spotify |  Google Play |  iTunes |  Stitcher 

[thefieryeclipse]

Moments Between the Madness - Chapter 8 ("A Little Thing Like Danger")

“I'm a killer, Peter,” Sylar said softly, “it's all I am.” Watching him, Peter swept his drying hair behind his ear where most of it refused to stay put. “I used to think that. Now I'm not so sure.” Sylar struggled to hide how deafened he was by the lack of alarm bells in his skull ringing 'lie'.

The closer he gets to finally finding his father, the more Sylar can't help but wish he could take even longer to get there...

I know I promised this chapter a while ago, and here it is, the longest one so far to thank you for your patience between updates! X) I look forward to sharing these events of the story with you and hope you think it was worth the wait!

Happy reading <3

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[eclipsedpodcast]

Our 6th episode of Eclipsed is live, here’s a teaser! Find our episodes here or where ever you listen to podcasts.

[thefieryeclipse]

This premise literally fuels my entire blog, years of my life, dozens of fan arts and over half a million words of fanfiction, and I'm not even sorry X)

I love characters that think they can't allow themselves to love or be loved

just to have someone stride into their life to turn that concept upside down

[you-are-a-saucy-boi]

i think it’s hilarious that i used to absolutely love matt from Heroes because he gained the ability to read minds and his first instinct was to give his wife literally everything she wanted and male her really happy but now i’m on season 3 and he’s just very boring and he has too many powers and he was only ever interesting when he had an interesting person around him making him more interesting and i really can’t be arsed with him

[fishalthor-archive]

RANDOM LIST OF BROMANCES I LOVE: 1/??

↳ sylar gabriel & peter

[thefieryeclipse]

Happy Holidays <3

Happy Holidays everyone! X)

I'm planning to be online more in the new year (and I might even have a new chapter with me!) - look forward to catching up with you then ^.^

In the meantime, here's an oldie but a cute Christmas fic set during The Wall:

[thefieryeclipse]

My boys!!

This is gorgeous work! I love the colours, the contrast between the guys and how dramatic it is while still being so beautiful <3

:^)

[thefieryeclipse]

Sylar's voice was deep, rougher than it should have been when he finally mustered the control to speak again. “How d'you feel?” For a moment Peter looked sick. Like he regretted every instant of what they'd just done. But only for a moment. “Alive," he panted.

Recently turned, Peter refuses to kill an innocent to satisfy his crippling bloodlust. Sylar finds an interesting alternative to keep Peter's hands clean and both their appetites whetted...

In honour of spooky season, please enjoy this short, dark Halloween Vampire fic ^.^

(tw: blood, gore, consensual violence, possibly nsfw)

I made the manip for @heroes-trash 's stunning Halloween Collection series and the story came to life in my mind as I was editing.

Happy reading and happy Halloween!

[hiro-nakamvra]

I would love to make some new edits but I don't have any screencaps anymore.. Do any of you know where I can find some?

[thefieryeclipse]

More new Sims patiently waiting for instructions XD

some of my favorite Heroes promo shots (1/5)