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[beforeastorm]

Because I'm morbidly curious, I was browsing the Tommy Kinard bashing tag on AO3 when I noticed the most unusual thing, which I then had to investigate further: A full 76% of non-anonymous, non-orphaned Tommy bashing fics are by authors who had never published a 9-1-1 fic before Season 7 began airing.

This... is not what I would've expected, if we're being honest. There's a bunch of possible explanations for why this may be (long time fans finally feeling like they have something they need to say, for example, or established authors making another account because of potential divisiveness), but it was just so counter to the general narratives I've seen about the factions and their fandom histories. (Anyway, data without stories are drivel, so If any of these authors see this, I would love to hear about your 9-1-1 journey.)