Not to be the person who tells you their life story before the chocolate cookie recipe but I've been thinking for a while, a really long while, about the way there is no, or simply not enough, public discussion and recommendation of fanfic (and fanart in general) anymore. Where are the rec lists outside of
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yuletide? Where are the beginners guide to ships? Where is the horror fic of the month?
Well, that's not quite true. I know some people do their part. Sometimes, when I get an influx of kudos on a fic, I search my name on tumblr and it actually spits out some fandom themed rec post. I've come across twitter posts that screenshot my fic headers to laugh at the absurdity of the ship or tags, and those often to bring in readers. I know people recommend and swoon over fic in discords and private messages. I'm also led to believe that the young people on tikok make videos about fic they love and everyone chats about the fic in the comments, but lately the internet, which supposedly never forgets, has morphed into this frighteningly ephemeral state. Conversations take place in closed discords not public forums, twitter posts go viral only to be impossible to find again a month later, and so on. I think you all know what I'm talking about. People don't seek out content anymore, they get it delivered by an algorithm, and with a swipe or the closing of an app it's all gone again. Well, and there's also the fact that I become more aware of the fact that I keep forgetting things, and ao3 bookmarks are simply not enough.
Naturally, when I saw the creation of
recthething I felt instantly inspired to start writing reviews for fics I enjoyed. Which I then instantly did not do, because I wasn't reading enough fic, or not enough fic that wasn't gifted to me in exchanges, or, well, because I forgot about my noble goals.
So here we are now, my first attempt at a fic recs, for which I will probably scour through my bookmarks and gifts. I hope to make this a monthly kind of thing, and to be talking more about what I read recently.
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