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nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:12 AM

When you and your brother are both big ol' nerdy geeks but have very different lived experiences of fandom...

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:12 AM

My bro: plops down on my bed to pet the cat What works are you reading on the A O Three?

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:13 AM

Me: Oh! Gen today!

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:13 AM

Him: Oh. ... ... ...I don't know what that means.

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:13 AM

Me: It means stories without any romance in them.

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:13 AM

Him: Oooooooh. I see.

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:14 AM

Him: what KIND of stories without any romance?

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:14 AM

Me: Um. One Piece. I've been having a craving.

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:15 AM

Him: aaaah I see. Sooooo a story about Luffy and Sanji and Sanji is all LUFFY Don't EAT ALL THE FOOD -

transilience

@transilience

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:15 AM

hahahhaa

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:16 AM

Me: Ha! Yeah, but I've been diggin through trying to find stories about Luffy and Ace's childhood adventures!
Him: Aaaaah I see. THe QUALITY content.
Me: Yeah, but the tagging system on AO3 isn't always the best for that so you have to do a lot of scrolling.

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:17 AM

(And then I explained a few tagging conventions, including that you use the ampersand to denote a platonic relationship)

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:18 AM

Me, a little later: But I was on page 45 of 78 or so working from the oldest to most recent so -
Him: that is a lot of pages

nan

@brightbuttoneyes

Fri, May 31, 2019 2:18 AM

transilience - he's very cute