Fic Clique
@ficclique.bsky.social
by Nic, Brenna, and Reid | Fannish Analysis and Discussion Podcast | tags: Meta, Humor, Fandom, Fic | Length: 1.5-2 hours | WIP - updates every other Friday
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Fic Clique
@ficclique.bsky.social
· Nov 11
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Thank you all sooo much for a wonderful year of podcasting in 2025. We are so thankful for our ficlets and so excited for everything 2026 is going to bring for this little pod!
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thank you all sooo much for a wonderful year of podcasting in 2025. We are so thankful for our ficlets and so excited for everything 2026 is going to bring for this little pod!
Last night, your hosts recorded an episode discussing our best approximation of a sampler of "zeitgeisty" fandoms and fannish themes from 2025 and I still can't believe the timing worked out so that Heated Rivalry was juuuust too late for us to slip a meaningful discussion of it under the wire.
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Last night, your hosts recorded an episode discussing our best approximation of a sampler of "zeitgeisty" fandoms and fannish themes from 2025 and I still can't believe the timing worked out so that Heated Rivalry was juuuust too late for us to slip a meaningful discussion of it under the wire.
Hey (Y/N), it's time to throw up your messy bun because a new Fic Clique minisode is out, and it's all about reader insert fanfiction! Nic & Reid embark upon our first two-host journey into pov and mediation, fantasy and (dis)comfort, and communal reading ✨
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Minisode: Reader Insert Fic
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November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hey (Y/N), it's time to throw up your messy bun because a new Fic Clique minisode is out, and it's all about reader insert fanfiction! Nic & Reid embark upon our first two-host journey into pov and mediation, fantasy and (dis)comfort, and communal reading ✨
🍎: apple.co/4rq11ST
💚: bit.ly/48hpD97
🍎: apple.co/4rq11ST
💚: bit.ly/48hpD97
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An incredible, must-read piece! “Whether end products created by AI hold legitimate creative value is, in our view, irrelevant here; our concern is with systems of power and their relationship to fan cultures.”
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
An incredible, must-read piece! “Whether end products created by AI hold legitimate creative value is, in our view, irrelevant here; our concern is with systems of power and their relationship to fan cultures.”
Early spoilers without context ahead of Friday's ep! Hosts Nic & Reid will be chatting about self-insert fic, and host Brenna had the joy of compiling these spoilers while truly having no context.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Early spoilers without context ahead of Friday's ep! Hosts Nic & Reid will be chatting about self-insert fic, and host Brenna had the joy of compiling these spoilers while truly having no context.
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ALSO MARY SUE 2 IS OUT ON ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN’S 16th BIRTHDAY?! Happy birthday AO3, you and Cassie are the same age.
💛🧛♀️ MARY SUE ISSUE 2 OUT NOW 🧛🏻♀️💗
What would you do if your Mary Sue popped out of your fic? Cassie calls on the Greek Choir of fandom friends while her Mary Sue Jessica experiences a new AU - reality!
What would you do if your Mary Sue popped out of your fic? Cassie calls on the Greek Choir of fandom friends while her Mary Sue Jessica experiences a new AU - reality!
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ALSO MARY SUE 2 IS OUT ON ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN’S 16th BIRTHDAY?! Happy birthday AO3, you and Cassie are the same age.
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I got the chance to talk about Mary Sue and one of the most pivotal fanfics I read at a young age, dragging the fine folks at @ficclique.bsky.social into my insanity.
Today's episode — which highlights fandoms that are pivotal to our DNA, complex female characters, and the value of horniness in fic — features a wonderful guest in @megfitz89.bsky.social. We can't wait for you to listen!
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU...
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Spotify – Web Player
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November 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I got the chance to talk about Mary Sue and one of the most pivotal fanfics I read at a young age, dragging the fine folks at @ficclique.bsky.social into my insanity.
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#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#AO3 is turning 16! Look back with us on some of what we accomplished this year, and participate in our anniversary fanwork prompt! Learn more at otw-news.org/yckt835x #AO3Celebrates16
Today's episode — which highlights fandoms that are pivotal to our DNA, complex female characters, and the value of horniness in fic — features a wonderful guest in @megfitz89.bsky.social. We can't wait for you to listen!
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
Spotify – Web Player
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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Today's episode — which highlights fandoms that are pivotal to our DNA, complex female characters, and the value of horniness in fic — features a wonderful guest in @megfitz89.bsky.social. We can't wait for you to listen!
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/78NU...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
In preparation for our episode dropping tomorrow, here's some spoilers without context for everything you need to know in advance!
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
In preparation for our episode dropping tomorrow, here's some spoilers without context for everything you need to know in advance!
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Taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to share some horror-related articles from our Archive!
October 31, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming to share some horror-related articles from our Archive!
Happy Halloween, Ficlets! 🧡🖤🎃 In this 4 fic episode we dissect questions about horror: Why is it so popular? Why so underrepresented in fanfiction? What can it accomplish that other genres can't? And why monster sexy???
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111: "Kidnapping Can Be Gender Neutral"
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October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Halloween, Ficlets! 🧡🖤🎃 In this 4 fic episode we dissect questions about horror: Why is it so popular? Why so underrepresented in fanfiction? What can it accomplish that other genres can't? And why monster sexy???
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/2HFw...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
💚: open.spotify.com/episode/2HFw...
🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...
We've got a terrrrrrifyingly good episode coming tomorrow! Get ready for some haunting, hooting and hollering.
October 31, 2025 at 4:32 AM
We've got a terrrrrrifyingly good episode coming tomorrow! Get ready for some haunting, hooting and hollering.
Today's Fic Clique special is a long fic featuring discussions of the queer as monstrous, breaking of cycles, and the joys of femslash. You also might want to get your silver ready for this one 🐺
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🍎: apple.co/4oqMYKD
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110: "Healing the World Through Fanfiction"
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October 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Today's Fic Clique special is a long fic featuring discussions of the queer as monstrous, breaking of cycles, and the joys of femslash. You also might want to get your silver ready for this one 🐺
🍎: apple.co/4oqMYKD
💚: sptfy.in/pr8k
🍎: apple.co/4oqMYKD
💚: sptfy.in/pr8k
Banger episode coming tomorrow, spoilers without context here tonight.
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Banger episode coming tomorrow, spoilers without context here tonight.
We love Hamlet on this pod!! In the immortal words of host Nic, everything is Hamlet.
@ficclique.bsky.social covered this Hamlet fic on the pod: archiveofourown.org/works/1551479 it's an AU but it's Hamlet and gay!
the undiscovered country - indigostohelit - Hamlet - Shakespeare [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We love Hamlet on this pod!! In the immortal words of host Nic, everything is Hamlet.
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Clare Sears shines a light on how femslash writers view their labor and contributions to their communities in their #TWC46 Article, "Come as you are: Sex, race, and writing in f/f slash fan fiction communities"! Read it here:
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October 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Clare Sears shines a light on how femslash writers view their labor and contributions to their communities in their #TWC46 Article, "Come as you are: Sex, race, and writing in f/f slash fan fiction communities"! Read it here:
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And a massive thank you to our ficlet Avery for the amazing new logo art to kick off this new season of Fic Clique!
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
And a massive thank you to our ficlet Avery for the amazing new logo art to kick off this new season of Fic Clique!
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It's fall and school (this podcast) is back in session! We've got our Anniversary episode up today which is also our first episode of "Season 2" of Fic Clique. We're discussing three fics recommended to us over the years by lovely listeners.
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
Spotify – Web Player
bit.ly
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's fall and school (this podcast) is back in session! We've got our Anniversary episode up today which is also our first episode of "Season 2" of Fic Clique. We're discussing three fics recommended to us over the years by lovely listeners.
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
It's fall and school (this podcast) is back in session! We've got our Anniversary episode up today which is also our first episode of "Season 2" of Fic Clique. We're discussing three fics recommended to us over the years by lovely listeners.
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
Spotify – Web Player
bit.ly
October 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's fall and school (this podcast) is back in session! We've got our Anniversary episode up today which is also our first episode of "Season 2" of Fic Clique. We're discussing three fics recommended to us over the years by lovely listeners.
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
💚 bit.ly/4nyVKpI
🍎 apple.co/432ivdk
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Claims have opened for this mini prompt fest! And you still have two more weeks to submit any last prompts you might have been sitting on
For the creatively inclined, we're running a small prompt fest called Ficlets 4 Ficlets starting next week and ending in September!
💙 Max word count is 1000 words
💙 Multifandom
💙 Non-written fanworks are allowed
Timeline & more info on the AO3 collection page: archiveofourown.org/collections/...
💙 Max word count is 1000 words
💙 Multifandom
💙 Non-written fanworks are allowed
Timeline & more info on the AO3 collection page: archiveofourown.org/collections/...
August 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Claims have opened for this mini prompt fest! And you still have two more weeks to submit any last prompts you might have been sitting on
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There’s one month left of our summer reading challenge; how many squares have you completed so far? Remember that if you get at least 12 you can be entered to win a bookshop.org gift card, as well as several other fun prizes!
We are running a Summer Fic Reading Challenge! Participation itself would be fun enough, but we're making it extra exciting by offering a number of equally cool & good prizes as well. More info in the thread 🧵⤵
August 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There’s one month left of our summer reading challenge; how many squares have you completed so far? Remember that if you get at least 12 you can be entered to win a bookshop.org gift card, as well as several other fun prizes!
There’s one month left of our summer reading challenge; how many squares have you completed so far? Remember that if you get at least 12 you can be entered to win a bookshop.org gift card, as well as several other fun prizes!
We are running a Summer Fic Reading Challenge! Participation itself would be fun enough, but we're making it extra exciting by offering a number of equally cool & good prizes as well. More info in the thread 🧵⤵
August 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There’s one month left of our summer reading challenge; how many squares have you completed so far? Remember that if you get at least 12 you can be entered to win a bookshop.org gift card, as well as several other fun prizes!
Claims have opened for this mini prompt fest! And you still have two more weeks to submit any last prompts you might have been sitting on
For the creatively inclined, we're running a small prompt fest called Ficlets 4 Ficlets starting next week and ending in September!
💙 Max word count is 1000 words
💙 Multifandom
💙 Non-written fanworks are allowed
Timeline & more info on the AO3 collection page: archiveofourown.org/collections/...
💙 Max word count is 1000 words
💙 Multifandom
💙 Non-written fanworks are allowed
Timeline & more info on the AO3 collection page: archiveofourown.org/collections/...
August 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Claims have opened for this mini prompt fest! And you still have two more weeks to submit any last prompts you might have been sitting on
Episode 108 is here! We're back with another birthday episode, which means another trip down memory lane. This time we're looking at some of Reid's earliest fandoms, and all the ways that fandom trends have and haven't changed.
💚: bit.ly/3GVK4gG
🍎: apple.co/3ICKgSw
💚: bit.ly/3GVK4gG
🍎: apple.co/3ICKgSw
108: "Oh to be Fifteen Again"
Fic Clique · Episode
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July 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Episode 108 is here! We're back with another birthday episode, which means another trip down memory lane. This time we're looking at some of Reid's earliest fandoms, and all the ways that fandom trends have and haven't changed.
💚: bit.ly/3GVK4gG
🍎: apple.co/3ICKgSw
💚: bit.ly/3GVK4gG
🍎: apple.co/3ICKgSw