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Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Stuff Never Told Your production of IHeart Radio.

And welcome to another classic.

This is one I had on my mind because of you, Samantha.

Um, you asked me after viewing a recent movie if this is what fan fiction is like.

And I said, you know, sometimes. But it reminded me of a past episode

we did called my fan fiction is better than yours. And it was about how I feel like there's a lot

of fan fiction that is better than what I feel like is essentially franchise-sanctioned fan fiction.

But I will say about this episode, I didn't know how much worse things were going to get for me in certain terms.

In terms of canon in some cases, and also in terms of other properties, not just Star Wars. So it's

just funny to me because I do feel like without the constraints of studios, sometimes fanfiction

it really is better. It is yeah yeah yes but your mileage

may vary you might have different thoughts but please enjoy this classic episode

hey this is annie and samantha and welcome to' Never Told You, a production of IHeart Radio.

And welcome to another happy hour.

We are actually recording this one at Happy Hour Time on Friday. Happy Hour Time.

Oh, yeah, we are. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, cheers to that. Cheers, Friday. Yes. Oh, I'm so excited. Also, as always, drink responsibly if you choose to do so. Before we get into this one here, a rare happy hour disclaimer, I am being self-indulgent and I am being a bit salty.

And we are focusing largely on the fan boy aspect of toxic fandom.

But I want to acknowledge there, I absolutely know there are toxic fan girls and they have bullied creators and they have bullied

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