Fandom Wank

Wank refers to any online fandom related argument which escalates from a small disagreement to a full blown online war, especially characterised by hyperbole, self-righteousness and a total lack of humour.

Fandom Wank was an online community dedicated to the mocking of over-seriousness, ridiculousness, and general stupidity within the various media fandoms. The site's tagline was "Mock. Mockmockmock. Mockity-mock-mock because we think "Fandom is Fucking Funny" is not taking it far enough".

Wank reporting would commence with an anonymous post at wank_report on Livejournal or Clairvoyant Wank on journalfen. These often started while the wank was in progress. and often provided post summaries or screencaps, due to the tendency for people to delete or later lock wank-related posts. Someone would then collated links to posts related the wank, and provided a handy - often hilarious - summary of the events. It had a set of rules about the posting of wanks in order to try and make things - less wanky.

Supernatural featured regularly on Fandom Wank. Obviously many wonderful wanks have sadly gone undocumented, but those captured here capture some A grade outrages. Fandom Wank closed in 2015, and was deleted so the links below are to archives of the original posts. Many of the links within the posts to fan journals are now dead, but you can still enjoy much of the drama!

Supernatural fandom on Fandom Wank

Below are a list of Supernatural wanks that have appeared on Fandom Wank.

• 31 December 2013: Victoria Bitter: The Embittering

fandom, convention, BNF Fandom Wanker

• 23 November, 2013: The Little-Known Fifth Horseman of Wank

Orlando Jones, Cockles, Destiel, Anti-Destiel, The Apocalypse

• 23 October 2013 Damon Lindelof was right

Destiel, Destiel, Destiel; not canon according to TPTB

• 8 September 2013 "Its like comparing a stallion horse to a piece of shit."

issues covered: Destiel, Cockles, J2

• 26 July, 2013 Pretty girls are kryptonite to SPN fans

issues covered: Spoilers, Destiel, het is icky

• 7 June, 2013 just screwing with em now...

issues covered: Tinhats, Jensen Ackles, Danneel Ackles, baby names

• 5 May, 2013: What happened to SPN's Bi Pride

issues covered: Jensen Ackles, Conventions, Shipping

• 17 April, 2013: Supernatural fans use their decoder rings

issues covered: Hidden messages in set dec, fans who think too much

• 31 January, 2013: Tumblr users take to streets; Misha Collins is world's greatest tree-murdering monster

issues covered: Misha Collins, stalker or fangirl

• 16 January, 2013: The new thing in the SPN fandom is dragging babies into shipping wars

issues covered: Destiel, Misha Collins

• 8 January 2013: A baby is always a joyous occasion!

issues covered: Jensen Ackles, Danneel Ackles, Tinhats

• 25 November, 2012: How Misha Collins ruined Christmas

issues covered: Misha Collins, entitlement issues, stuff on the internet should be free, Stonehenge Apocalypse

• 11 November, 2012: Misha Collins seems to like slash; slash fans are unhappy about this

issues covered: Destiel, Misha Collins

• 19 September, 2012: Which is gayer: Teen Wolf or Supernatural?

issues covered: Destiel, Misha Collins

• 22 August, 2012: Fans do not approve of Padalecki's life-choices

issues covered: Tinhats, Jared Padalecki

• 5 June 2012: Misha Collins is Supernatural's Keyser Soze

issues covered: Misha Collins, Random Acts

• 11 October, 2011: Now for the story of two star crossed lovers...

issues covered: Tinhats

• 6 August, 2011: SPN Fandom Trolls a Troll - with donations!

Issues covered: Trolling for fun and profit, Misha

• 5 May, 2011: Gay Blasphemous Inter-species Love win polls; Internet shocked.

Issues covered: Destiel, Wincest

• 15 February, 2011: Misha Collins Trolls His Fandom. In Other News, Water is Wet and the Sky is Blue.

Issues covered: fandom, Misha Collins, rhino puzzle, pre-GISHWHES wank

• 25 November, 2010: Rejeneration vs Spnanonhaven

Issues covered: fandom, anon memes

• 20 August, 2010: The LJ board will hear about this!

Issues covered: fandom, fanfic

• 7 July, 2010: People who call him blond creep me out

Issues covered: Dean's Hair

• 1 June, 2010: The Ware-Ackles Strikes Back: Daughter of the Ware

Issues covered include: celebrity/cast, tinhats

See also Stephanie Ware

• 15 May 2010: Woman Hating and No Sense of Boundaries in SPN FANDOM? NO. WAY!

Issues covered: celebrity/cast, Misha

• 19 December 2009: "SPN Icon Wank"

Issues covered: Ships

• 2 December 2009: "Give me your huddled masses"

issues covered: fandom, fanfic, cultural imperialism

• 18 September 2009: "Supernatural Fandom: THE AWFUL TRUTH...Is You're Deluding Yourself"

Issues covered include: celebrity/cast, tinhats

• 3 June 2009:"Those PR devils are at it again!"

Issues covered include: celebrity/cast, tinhats

• 21 May, 2009:"How DARE you suggest her J2 fic is anything LESS than a masterpiece?"

Issues covered include: fandom, RPS, slash, fanfiction, anonymous meme, you're being mean!, "unsolicited" concrit

• 28 April, 2009:Supernatural Fandom: daring to choose insanity as a way of life.

Issues covered include: fandom, slash, celebrity/cast (Misha Collins, Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles), All Hell Breaks Loose Sydney 2009, tin hats

• 3 April, 2009:Slash Fans/ Thats sick. TPTB said so"

Issues covered include: Fannish entitlements, slash

• 31 March, 2009:"Fannish entitlement, yay!"

Issues covered include: Fannish entitlement, celebrity/cast

• 11 November, 2008:"We can't help being batshit! Jensen Ackles made us that way!"

Issues covered include: fandom, celebrity/cast (Jensen Ackles)

• 29 September, 2008:Acknowledge my C+P skillz!

Issues covered include: fandom, fandom/internet etiquette, entitlement issues, credit me!

• 17 September, 2008:CWRPS Tinhats v. Miss Special Snowflake 2008

Issues covered include: fandom, spamming, sockpuppets, stop being rude!, community vs. personal LJ

• 24 August, 2008:The story of Thursdaywench & co

Issues covered include: celebrity, fandom, sneaking on to the Supernatural set

• 30 July, 2008:I am disappointed in Jensen Ackles

Issues covered include: celebrity/cast (Jensen Ackles), fandom, People for the Ethical Treatment of Jensen Ackles

• 8 June, 2008:Trimming down troll secrets at Fandom_Secrets

Issues covered include: trolling

• 20 May, 2008:Women Who Hate Dean Hating Women Hating... wait.

Issues covered include: misogyny, characters, bitch watch

• 20 April, 2008:Wincest and RPF writers are disgusting! R&R my fics plz?

Issues covered include: fandom, Wincest, RPS, more comments on my fic please

• 4 April, 2008: You guys are mean

Issues covered include: we want our Jensen pics; i run a website and you should appreciate me

• 30 March, 2008: Manip wank

Issues covered include: your manips suck, fanfom flounce

• 29 Februrary, 2008: Spanking wank

Issues covered include: your kink sucks

• 21 January, 2008: Oh, there's no MISOGYNY in fandom (137, 812th verse, same as the first)

Issues covered include: misogyny, characters, guide to wank

• 30 December, 2007: Grab your tinhats!

Issues covered include: fandom, RPS, associated people (Danneel Harris & Sandra McCoy)

• 10 December, 2007: RESPECT!

Issues covered include: fandom, fan etiquette, cast (Jensen Ackles)

• 15 November, 2007: THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT STINKING GIRLS ON A HOT BOYS (AND SMEXY ELLEN) SHOW.

Issues covered include: fandom, cast Katie Cassidy

• 1 October, 2007: Dreaded Fan-beast of the Night: the Ware-Ackles

Issues covered include: fandom, cast (Jensen Ackles), Stephanie Ware

• 19 September, 2007: Oh noes, you cancelling the hotel room is my death sentence

Issues covered include: fandom, tumours, conventions

• 8 August, 2007: I did TOO get an email from Kripke's office!

Issues covered include: online skepticism, BNF jealousy

• 23 July, 2007: I didn't bugger the lj-cut, you cock-sucking whore - see my attorney!

Issues covered include: cussing and misunderstandings.

• 12 July, 2007: Supernatural Casting Wank

Issues covered include: cast, characters, spoilers

• 2 July, 2007: LOL Draft Horse

Issues covered include: fandom (crack gone wrong)

• 18 June, 2007: A few good wankers

Issues covered include: fan etiquette at the theatre, battle of the BNFs

• 19 March, 2007: I don't like that fic, so you'd better stop writing it!

Issues covered include: fandom, wincest, subtext

• 19 February, 2007: Actor's exes: Still not safe from fangirls

Issues covered include: fandom, cast (Jensen Ackles), Joanna Krupa

• 31 January, 2007: Can I call La Folle Allure the red-headed stepchild of SPN fandom?

Issues covered include: race, fandom

• 19 January, 2007: It's canon: You're an asshole

Issues covered include: incest and wincest.

• 15 January, 2007: baby!wank: Supernatural

Issues covered include: offensive icons (Hitler Sam)

• 2 January, 2007: But I'm not a MEEEEEEAAAAAN person!

Issues covered include: fandom (SPN hate memes)

• 28 December, 2006: Of SPN fandom and the incestuous faggot heathens.

Issues covered include: incest, fanfiction, feminism, religion

• 12 October, 2006: More Supernatural wank!

Issues covered include: incest, fan fic

• 10 October, 2006: Supernatural wank!

Issues covered include: celebrity (Jensen is a coke addict who smokes)

• 24 July, 2006: "Talk to my GPA fuckers" or "Fandom: porn and ignorance, but no minty aftertaste!"

Issues covered include: fandom (spn_hate community on LJ)

• 5 June, 2006: Godzilla. Tokyo. BNFs. SGA. Oh My.

Issues covered include: fandom (re: spn_hate community on LJ)

• 6 May, 2006: My photoshop filter use is painting!

Issues covered include: fandom, fanart

• 1 May, 2006: Supernatural Wincest wank, FINALLY

Issues covered include: incest, underage, fanfiction

• 18 April, 2006: "I barely have any skin left on my palm!"

Issues covered include: fandom

• 21 March, 2006: The Supernatural Fandom = Everyone's a Frigging Critic

Issues covered include: fandom, fanart

Links

• Fandom Wank wiki
• Fandom_wank community
• Ten Best Fandom Wanks - some classic wanks from other fandoms
• Fandom Wank on Fanlore