Our sixth episode features contributors Manda and Lita sharing their own personal squicky things, but also their opinions on warnings and triggers. When should you warn? Are triggers really a writers' responsibility to be aware of? What's the difference between something triggering and something that squicks you out? These questions and more get discussed.

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Whether it's friends to lovers or you're into the idea that opposites attract, het, slash, an OT3 or even a BROTP, you can't talk about fanfiction without talking about ships. Our contributors Di and J.M. Frey share their OTPs, defend Ginny Weasley, and encourage Marvel fans to make love, not Civil War. We also get into the ways that sometimes, shipping can get taken a bit too far.

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Fic Recs:

Get Loved, Make More, Try to Stay Alive by Dira Sudis

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/26640)

Our Paths Unfold by silver_drip

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/2354360/chapters/5194970)

This week, Birdy and Bio join the mod to talk about angst, whump and hurt/comfort. We share our favourite angsty tropes, discuss why our favourite male characters are so pretty when they suffer, and generally take an emo plunge into the depths of our sadness.

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Fic Recs:

Ghosts On The Black Box by addyke

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/736900)

Walk Through Ghosts by augustbird

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/392733)

The mod is joined by contributors Renee and Sunny to get some insight and advice on the beta reading process. We talk about the necessity of beta readers as more and more fanfiction is mined by publishers, how to make your criticism constructive, and why you may want to check if there's a cream for that before you have a character kill themselves melodramatically over an illness.

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Dusty Soul and Katie Mayo join the mod to take on the extremely broad topic of gender and fanfiction. We muse on why so many women write fanfiction, their obsession with gay romance, trans characters and the language we use to refer to gender in fanfiction, and the pros and cons of A/B/O and genderswap fics.

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Fic Recs:

Born From the Earth by venusm

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/1013991/chapters/2013424)

in which lips has shitty opinions by stubliminalmessaging

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/3507845)

Things That Haven't Changed by a_pocket_full_of_fancy_words

(http://archiveofourown.org/works/1652621)

It's the first episode ever! Yay! DJ Clawson, Katie Mayo and J.M. Frey join the mod to take fanfiction back to it's very basics and discuss Star Trek's place in it's history, defend Mary Sues, weigh the pros and cons of AO3, FF.net and Tumblr, and generally explore what fanfiction is and who it's for.

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