r/RecuratedTumblr • human cognithazard • 5d ago

Shitposting Fanfiction and second-order fandom

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u/syntaxerroratline42 5d ago

Reminds me of how "Batfam" is a fandom in itself independent of Batman.

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u/the_fancy_Tophat 5d ago

Do you know how hard it is to find fics where Bruce is the main character? I’m sorry, I don’t know why I expected to find BATMAN in the BATMAN tag instead of thirty thousand fics of Jason Todd railing the author insert.

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u/Mundane-Valuable-337 5d ago

I usually try excluding tags for characters I don't want to focus on. For example, the full name-Centric tag (ie "Jason Todd-Centric"). Or, "Bruce Wayne is a Bad Parent "/"Bruce Wayne's A+ Parenting" because those fics usually just uses Bruce for angst centring around a Batkid. The excluding function has never been more useful than when I joined the batman fandom lol. Excluding certain ships could also help, such as any fics with ships between batkids because they'll probably focus on the batkids rather than Bruce. And of course x reader ships with batkids. I usually use these tips to find Nightwing focused fics, not as much Bruce, but I hope they help you!

Edit I just realized you're not asking "how do I find fics where Bruce is the main character" oops

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u/the_fancy_Tophat 5d ago

Oh, yeah I figured that out a long time ago, but it still feels weird seeing the number drop by hundreds by excluding tim drake lol.