Ep. 65 - #HP (Snack) - Interview With Fanfiction Writer Jalapeno Eye Popper

In this episode I chat with Jal about the Snack ship, AI in fandom, and her fic 'Sloppy Assassins.'

Thanks for coming on the show, Jal!

Keep on rolllin'!

YouTube vid of episode with closed captions is below:

Show Notes:

The link to ‘Sloppy Assassins’ is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34186780/chapters/85065346

The link to Jal’s essay ‘AI Generated Fanworks: Underlying Issues, How to Help, and Examples of Gatekeeping Art’ is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46669789

Social: You can find Jal on Discord at Jal's Fics (https://discord.gg/zR8HRKz) or Rickmaniac Review (https://discord.gg/KmYYADk6sR)

TOP RECS! Jal asked fellow Snack fans: Please recommend 1 must-see or must-read Snack fanwork.

Sleepless by TowardTheStars https://archiveofourown.org/works/16701139
Two respondents recommended Beyond the Veil by Adreamermusing & ashesashesshackles https://archiveofourown.org/works/31267934
Two respondents recommended all of FabulaRasa's works https://archiveofourown.org/users/FabulaRasa/pseuds/FabulaRasa/works?fandom_id=136512
Two respondents recommended First and Last and Always by Vermoulian https://archiveofourown.org/works/32304604
Soon All The Suns Will Rise by celestialsister0918 https://archiveofourown.org/works/36556825
Our Tree, Our Island by MrsCakeakaJane https://archiveofourown.org/works/28503639
Attempt to Prevent Whispers by zedpm https://archiveofourown.org/works/37309663
"I love this animatic by 离蜉Liv. It's not really Snack, but author drew enough Snack fanart to see it as exploration of parallels and I just really love it. The level of it is also absolutely outstanding, I will never understand why it has such little amount of views. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTmW1sRsbGM"

PERSONAL FAVES! Jal asked fellow Snack fans: It's the apocalypse and you only have time to download 1 Snape/Sirius fanfic to comfort you in the post-apocalyptic hellscape before the internet cuts out indefinitely. Which one do you get and why?

An Interlude by masterofesoterica https://archiveofourown.org/works/12520148 "Because I’ve always WANTED to read it but haven’t yet..."
Not bright or noble, but almost sublime by yletylyf https://archiveofourown.org/works/35067760 "I have been guilty of reading and writing angst for this ship, it's really heartening to watch these tragic characters be happy for once! "
Second Life by nwhiker and Cassandra7 https://archiveofourown.org/works/3156269 "It's beautiful and heart wrenching, quietly devastating and psychologically honest. It really is a ride that takes you through almost an entire lifetime. It's one I come back to now and again and find something new every time. "
"Besides FabulaRasa's fanfics, it's a Second Life by nwhiker and Cassandra7 https://archiveofourown.org/works/3156269), reading that fanfic is like living a lifetime with all the events and emotions."
"Oh I don't know! the longest one there is, for stretching out the entertainment value?"
First and Last and Always by Vermoulian https://archiveofourown.org/works/32304604
Walking the Monochrome by emilywaters1976 https://archiveofourown.org/works/1058100 "This one is the one I'd download because it's the most comforting of all the Snack I like."
The Miseducation of Severus Snape by Not Exactly Dickens https://archiveofourown.org/works/7889881 "Because it explores Sirius' dark side very nicely and I love a possessive Sirius."
Attempt to Prevent Whispers by zedpm https://archiveofourown.org/works/37309663
"I don't really have an answer, I like many fics for many different reasons but I haven't found The One to be so passionate about yet."