fandom: challenge in a can; stories that cause a shift

[escritoireazul]

Has everyone seen challenge in a can over at dymphna.net? It has an x-men random generator (more or less), and I'm intrigued.

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elke_tanzer talks about the stories/art/vids/etc. that cause an entire paradigm shift in a fandom, and it's all very interesting, and, as someone who spends most of her time in smaller fandoms, I should really have quite a bit to say on this, but all I can think about is the fact that my best friend thestalkycop was the paradigm shift in The Mighty Ducks. She and Victory Through Tears pretty much introduced slash to the fandom, with impressive results. (Note, those results were not always good, but they were always impressive.)

(And if you want to read her writing, visit Queertet.net)

I want to have that kind of effect on something. Not necessarily a genre or even a fandom, but, you know, maybe a person.