Collar of the Damned Master Post

Collar of the Damned 

What is Collar of the Damned? 

Short answer: It's a made-up fandom for a source text that doesn't exist, a fictional epic fantasy trilogy followed by a sequel, written by two fictional authors. 

Longer answer: ( Read more... )

Where to start?

The first (and by far the best) work I wrote for this project is the essay "The Three Types of Fanfic in Collar of the Damned Fandom". It's a recursing meta essay that introduces the basic concepts of the universe, explores some popular meta concepts in gender and fandom, and intersperses this with references to fictional fans, works and communities. I enjoyed writing it a lot, and I really do think it's one of my best works as a fanfic writer. 

Works

All my works in this universe are posted to AO3, under the pseud Ayabelle. Ayabelle is my pseud, and also a distinct fan persona. This is more obvious in meta essays than in fiction, which is written to be more in tone with my usual writing style. 

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I have a feeling that the post I'm going to start composing (as soon as I post this) is going to eat my brain.