March 12, 2006: The Yunjae Yaoi Inferno

About this episode

This episode explores the chaotic world of kpop fandom in 2006, featuring wild stories of fanfiction and rivalries.

Dangerous love! This week, V and Emily return to the world of kpop for a tale that is truly too wild to be believed. There's badfic. There's a fanfiction contest that should NOT have happened. There's fanservice. Emily learns the word "skinshipping" and hates it. There's a ghost kidnapping boy banders in the woods and it doesn't even matter because there's fanfic on television . In 2006 . There's compulsory military service. There's rival fansites at war. There's a tramp stamp. There's a meet-cute-via-street-fight. There's exploitative contracts and industry blacklisting. This story has all the things. Sources yunjaestory.carrd.co Promo Codes Aim High Brooch Designs - For 25% off any order on Aim High Brooch Designs on Etsy, including a custom brooch, bag charm, keychain, or magnet design, use the promo code TWIFH . This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history! Follow This Week in Fandom History on Tumblr at @thisweekinfandomhistory You can support the show via our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/thisweekinfandomhistory . If you have a fannish company, event, or service and would like to sponsor or partner…

People in this episode

Hosts: V Arrow, Emily Jaye

Topics covered

• kpop
• fanfiction
• yaoi
• fandom history
• military service
• fanservice

Keywords

• Yunjae
• yaoi
• fanfiction contest
• skinshipping
• kpop
• fandom history
• military service

Sponsors

Aim High Brooch Designs

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