Post B6eZNLobam10XRovyK by futurebird@sauropods.win
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(DIR) Post #B6eWrsEVKQoRuBnUyO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-25T10:42:19Z
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"fandoms" tend to coalesce around works of fiction that are massively popular and that have younger fans. That's probably why there isn't a massive Ian M. Banks (The Culture) fandom. And maybe it's for the best, but I do wish there was more fan art of The Culture. What smaller or more obscure fictional work do you wish had a big online fandom?
(DIR) Post #B6eXCKPgGTAz62mKR6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-25T10:46:02Z
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The worst fandom is The Bible fandom. So many factions, so much infighting, so much non-cannon fan fiction. And tons of fake fans who have never read the manga.
(DIR) Post #B6eXiJTTI5TLS2nr9c by StephanMatthiesen@troet.cafe
2026-05-25T10:51:45Z
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@futurebird in Scotland Ian M Banks is fairly popular. A couple of years ago I had more contact to local sci-fi communities, but they were more about dr who.I don't think the problem is size as such, but Banks is fairly complex and there have been no films and no merchandise. So it's difficult to have a convention with cosplay and screenings, it would just be a book club.When I'm there next time in June, I'll check out what I have in Forbidden Planet (SciFi shop)
(DIR) Post #B6eXkL52I6nF0kL7Ym by AbramKedge@beige.party
2026-05-25T10:52:05Z
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@futurebird probably Gormanghast. I wasn't particularly interested in Titus Groan, but the structure itself, and the supporting cast - Steerpike, Swelter, Flay and Prunesqualor and all the rest, endlessly fascinating.
(DIR) Post #B6eXlnUg8SmVQL1s1Y by mojala@mementomori.social
2026-05-25T10:52:22Z
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@futurebird any other tabletop rpg than D&D
(DIR) Post #B6eXnUtSGJzOJaQdii by esvrld@normal.style
2026-05-25T10:52:42Z
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@futurebird i only wish fandom upon my enemies, but i guess naked lunch tumblr discourse could be amusing
(DIR) Post #B6eXun4P53JkiR1lXU by liiwi@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T10:54:01Z
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@futurebird I wish someone would make some telly material out of Uplift Universe serie by David Brin:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uplift_Universe
(DIR) Post #B6eYWZKgbVux78eq4O by bencourtice@aus.social
2026-05-25T11:00:50Z
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@futurebird Gene Wolfe. Ursula LeGuin. Ranma Half.
(DIR) Post #B6eYlOdwd4NOIzjhB2 by CynAq@beige.party
2026-05-25T11:03:32Z
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@futurebird the bible itself is fan fiction so I guess that tracks.
(DIR) Post #B6eYoRoRIo4V0H6FH6 by tinydoctor@mstdn.social
2026-05-25T11:04:04Z
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@futurebird I'm very fond of the work of Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger), (showing my age), but I'm not sure there are any other fans of the Instrumentality; I suspect they're thin on the ground. Some of his stories are problematical; The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal for instance. But I still love the multilingual play with names. Some of the stories are branded on my brain. The cosplay would be good, I think.
(DIR) Post #B6eZHJRzTHhXT0ManY by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-25T11:09:19Z
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@bencourtice There is a bit of a Ranma Half fandom I think?
(DIR) Post #B6eZNLobam10XRovyK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-05-25T11:10:23Z
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@hwll All Tomorrows has some fan content floating around I think!
(DIR) Post #B6eZhVFkDErFbJ7kB6 by bencourtice@aus.social
2026-05-25T11:14:02Z
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@futurebird There used to be, I never see much anymore
(DIR) Post #B6eaNez8Q2lTwlSOCe by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2026-05-25T11:21:40Z
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@futurebird I mean, it wasn't until that big BibleCon in Nicaea that they even agreed which bits were canon! And even then, there are a whole bunch of retcons.
(DIR) Post #B6eadFJPdcxuxONDvM by amberage@eldritch.cafe
2026-05-25T11:24:28Z
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@futurebird Foundation, but the original Isaac Asimov books, not that butchered Apple version
(DIR) Post #B6eakSaChCzq8ufRei by Ehay2k@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T11:25:47Z
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@futurebird Yeah, and so many versions of the "original" text. Protestant versions (which discriminated against greek translations) vs. the "second canon" bibles that Catholics use. Lots of protestants cite the King James cut, but there are even two versions of that. (There is a New King James cut which I think includes deleted scenes.)#Bible fandom is a hot mess! (Hellish, some might say!)
(DIR) Post #B6ebDYeVD2L9MeYLoW by Smoljaguar@spacey.space
2026-05-25T11:30:58Z
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@futurebird Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars series, there's so much potential for beautiful fan art! But unfortunately I think I have to make it myself
(DIR) Post #B6ebMcy6WzwzMC2wOO by BenCotterill@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T11:32:40Z
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@futurebird @purplepadma I didn’t understand it until I listened to the audiobook.
(DIR) Post #B6ebXDBajKWSZzOyUS by Beatpoet13@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T11:34:35Z
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@futurebird imagine writing a story 300 years after da "facts", then claiming it 'd be accurate toda point of murdering "non believers", another 1700 years later, I mean there 's no mindfck that comes close while sanity runs away shrieking in horror ... as for that whole "last fight" misconception, that 's when da last abusive dip finally figured out there's a more sensible way to communicate than trying to bash each others' heads in, ain't that hard to see nor live by, just common sense ...
(DIR) Post #B6ecOqmQFcdmj5Cq1Y by Beatpoet13@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T11:44:17Z
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@futurebird ever read "man plus", little scify breakdown of da "man going to mars" lobotomising endeavour, dry & cynical yet another one to consider compulsory reading in this day n rage, along with "slaughterhouse five", "barfly", "naked lunch", ... writers pick up pens instead of guns inda hopes of some influence for da better of generations coming, like timecapsules stuffed with emergency brainfood for dire times ahead, no culture without cultivation ofda senses ...
(DIR) Post #B6eeRVNoSc4R8r5ZR2 by dartigen@aus.social
2026-05-25T12:07:10Z
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@futurebird The Edge Chronicles series. Which has its own art in a very striking style, and every year when I remember it exists I am again both surprised and not surprised that nobody's tried to do an animated series. (Not surprised because that style would be difficult and expensive to animate, but also surprised because as a series it would lend itself beautifully to 2D animation.) It also surprises me not to see a particularly large fandom around it since it is aimed at a young-ish audience (maybe pre-teens to young teens?) and it leans heavily into steampunk. And has sky pirates.
(DIR) Post #B6egd3nx1QUKzZx6wa by epicdemiologist@wandering.shop
2026-05-25T12:31:39Z
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@futurebird I think it is both hilarious and emblematic of Bible fandom that as soon as someone started a project to translate the Bible into Klingon, there was a schism (over how to translate the names of Earth animals, e.g. "Lamb of God"--to use a transliteration, or to substitute a similar animal from the Klingon homeworld?).
(DIR) Post #B6eiTowp5eC4DTpA5A by btuftin@social.coop
2026-05-25T12:52:21Z
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@futurebird They've almost always only consumed derivative works. Children's books, local fan productions with select excerpts, clip shows, and prefer their own projected main story over the real one, even retconning some of the actual good quotes. "The actual 'eye of the needle' is a gate in Jerusalem" is much more annoying self-serving fan fic than any retconning for 'doing the Kessel run in 8 parsecs'.
(DIR) Post #B6ejaBBvOyQ2tZU40G by AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse
2026-05-25T13:02:52Z
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@futurebird ty for the snicker. I enjoyed this post very much.
(DIR) Post #B6ek2El9jEss4QLFqq by FIAR_Light@beige.party
2026-05-25T13:09:49Z
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@futurebird EZEKIEL 23:20, MF!!
(DIR) Post #B6emEfc5ucpEju9xdA by australopithecus@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T13:34:28Z
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@futurebird > the manga Lest anyone have any doubts:
(DIR) Post #B6emk97QGK8RE2p1pQ by MedeaVanamonde@beige.party
2026-05-25T13:40:09Z
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@futurebird this Toot could avalanche on you.WE ARE EVERYWHERE
(DIR) Post #B6epbyJgq9oHGkM06S by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-05-25T14:12:18Z
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@futurebird Someone already mentioned Le Guin.To elaborate on that:I would like a video adaptation of Earthsea that was not horrible.
(DIR) Post #B6epwVbmltgAJVbvXs by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2026-05-25T14:15:55Z
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@futurebird I quite liked Ralf König's fanwork, though.And Jean Effel's work is quite good too, if one prefers tenderness.
(DIR) Post #B6erpslIUO9a0J1mAi by jmcclure@sciences.social
2026-05-25T14:37:14Z
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@futurebird I'd love for there to be a more active Garfield fandom (the cat, not James A).Of course I'm not sure we'd ever have conventions as we'd all rather just stay home, lay in bed, and eat lasagna.
(DIR) Post #B6eyJLh0bTWHr1SJiy by ljwrites@writeout.ink
2026-05-25T15:49:46Z
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@futurebird I continue to be sad that The Broken Earth series has so little fandom, like I actually find the more ordinary world lore like the use-castes more interesting than the literally earth-shaking main plot of the trilogy, and it would be nice to see those explored in transformative works. I did see a handful of great BE fan art on Tumblr like this one of Syenite with... 131 notes? 😔 Still. It's so gorgeous. https://lj-writes.tumblr.com/post/180321425492/faerymoleskine-syenite-by-bookine-have-you The comparison to The Culture is actually somewhat soothing, though, because they're both definitely more mature works that younger fans don't coalesce around as much which helps explain the phenomenon.
(DIR) Post #B6ezMOBDubQsOKbNbM by JosephMeyer@c.im
2026-05-25T16:01:33Z
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@futurebird I wish there were fans of a Richard Powers novel that I think was heavily influenced by writings of Albert Camus. I was already thinking about a creative metaphor from Powers’ book, Generosity: An Enhancement, in relation to ants when I read your earlier toot about ant eyes: “Blessed are those who don’t believe, yet see.” My point here is that, unlike humans, ants are unburdened by religious dogma. Hermann Hesse once wrote something similar about Trees.
(DIR) Post #B6f326Ym74wLliCXNg by maxburn@noauthority.social
2026-05-25T16:42:48Z
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@futurebird are you familiar with https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCulture
(DIR) Post #B6f3LmbS1Pz1fIptvk by maxburn@noauthority.social
2026-05-25T16:46:21Z
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@Ehay2k @futurebird I don’t know anyone that is serious and doesn’t go back to the original language, pre transition occasionally. Myself I favor the newer easier to understand translations like NLT, at least for first pass.
(DIR) Post #B6f3uRDfW8rFTrEkiW by twipped@twipped.social
2026-05-25T16:52:31Z
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@futurebird and they get so angry when you point out it was all cribbed from a bunch of other works
(DIR) Post #B6f48b1zpnDHxuWpQ8 by babelcarp@social.tchncs.de
2026-05-25T16:55:04Z
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@futurebird I’d love it if Cordwainer Smith fans filled in the gaps in his future history. He died too young, and was too busy in his extraliterary life, to connect the whole saga.Do I think fans could actually achieve this in a way I’d want to read? They would need his stylistic verve and imagination, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(DIR) Post #B6f6YrccyLv2rHJcu0 by stevewfolds@mastodon.world
2026-05-25T17:22:15Z
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@futurebird Comparative religion studies made the Christian bibles a joke. I had delightful debates with an Episcopal minister in a diocese high school. A year of Old Testament & one of New Testament KJB. His definitions of heaven & hell remain true.The definition of heaven on earth is,“Active directed sensitivity towards another person without expectation of return.”Hell on earth is,“Active directed insensitivity.”
(DIR) Post #B6f6onlf4QCJXP8n9U by vnikolov@ieji.de
2026-05-25T17:25:06Z
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Many are called.
(DIR) Post #B6f6wGvx1wXE1OW2yG by Djo85@mastodon.social
2026-05-25T17:26:25Z
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@futurebird Hull Zero ThreeGreg Bear
(DIR) Post #B6fAse9HAweWgCH7j6 by HiroProtagonist@noauthority.social
2026-05-25T18:10:43Z
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@futurebird What a strange thing to say. I'm pretty sure the worst fandom is kid diddlers. Odd that you didn't say it was🤔
(DIR) Post #B6fCNk2RQYo5sTTAQa by djsumdog@djsumdog.com
2026-05-25T18:27:29.510271Z
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who have never read the mangaEvery kid read the Manga. It was in every doctor's office growing up.
(DIR) Post #B6fCUvrXrb62ZpnlMe by leyonhjelm
2026-05-25T18:28:52.390969Z
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@HiroProtagonist Is right. Paedophiles deserve rehabilitation @futurebird15dd45d7db66ef66.png
(DIR) Post #B6fDwSD3o21GfkYJQu by catmanmancat@poa.st
2026-05-25T18:45:02.471972Z
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Dem aren't ready for di reality dat blacks de di original christians.💅🏿💅🏿💅🏿
(DIR) Post #B6fIcU5hbKiuUDPLUW by William_The_Dragonborn@poa.st
2026-05-25T19:37:27.486941Z
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Nigger
(DIR) Post #B6fYdg7bxGovM5tMdU by woe2you@beige.party
2026-05-25T22:36:49Z
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@futurebird I like MarkJayBee's stuff.
(DIR) Post #B6fkGWy11bwXkg8H7g by jayalane@mastodon.online
2026-05-26T00:47:07Z
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@futurebird I agree for foundation and Culture - also would love Patternist series by Butler. Maybe Temeraire by Novik. although I have been gently mocked for liking that series. The Binti series by Okorafor and/or Akata series. The hundred thousand Kingdoms by Jemisin - such a mythology to explore. Uplift Saga by Brin and Mars Trilogy by Robinson would round out the things I would like to see.
(DIR) Post #B6g05nMhJcYsgta21g by femme_mal@mstdn.social
2026-05-26T03:44:27Z
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@futurebird Anything by China Mieville but especially Kraken. There's less than 50k words across less than 20 fanfic for this rich text.
(DIR) Post #B6icQ594KN6REXZdE8 by Kierkegaanks@beige.party
2026-05-27T10:03:18Z
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@futurebird i think all the abrahamitic scams qualify
(DIR) Post #B6lYsH5LiBac1xtx32 by pdcawley@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-28T20:07:39Z
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@futurebird I hangout with filkers, who write and sing songs inspired by science fiction and fantasy literature. At a con in the US I introduced a shape note hymn as being “found filk from one of the most popular works of fantasy literature.”Got a slightly frosty reception from all the people I wanted to piss off, so I call that a win.
(DIR) Post #B6qfoPhJQ7Fb3JZ1lY by itgrrl@infosec.exchange
2026-05-31T07:19:02Z
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@futurebird have you seen the old CollegeHumor “Religious People Are Nerds” sketch? https://youtu.be/ucHxl9QwbX8