Welcome to the first episode of In Defense of Fandom! We’ll be exploring the world of fan creativity, using Supernatural as a lens. In particular, over the course of this short series I hope to show how SPN Family, as the Supernatural fans are known, display a strong sense of creativity, community, and collaboration.

I really hope you enjoy this labor of love.

Thanks to the voices you heard in this episode (in order of appearance):

Daniel Regueira (@DanielsANerd)

Francisco (@fmaravilphd)

Kaitlyn Tiffany (as read by Anna Funk)

Shawn Taylor

Jules Wilkinson (@SuperWiki)

Links to full transcripts are available at www.sadiewit.com

Special shout-out of thanks to Gayle (@Gayled_it) for use of the audio from her video recording of the SPN KC convention. You can find the whole video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvofVvXyUKM

Supernatural collection of opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT8dn09ZbSg

Variety article: https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/most-streamed-tv-shows-movies-2021-criminal-minds-1235159626/

Flix patrol: https://flixpatrol.com/top10/hbo/world/2022/full/#hbo-2

Sarah Z on geek culture commodification: https://youtu.be/9vWJE8k-Meo

What is canon: https://www.vox.com/2016/6/7/11858680/fandom-glossary-fanfiction-explained

Pop culture collaborative: https://popcollab.org/learning/wethefans/

Music was composed and performed by Chris Scott: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-scott-83371925/

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