“More Boy-King, Less Boinking.” Interview with monicawoe, SPN FanFic Author

Sandra and Kasey were lucky to chat with a fanfic author who has contributed over 100 Supernatural stories to the Archive of Our Own library for the fandom to enjoy and consume for well over a decade.

Known as monicawoe on AO3 and Tumblr, Monica is a self-proclaimed multifandom writer, and her Supernatural corner of fanfiction is just as varied and explorative. But Kasey may have found their kindred fic spirit when it comes to Sam and the question, “What if it just bends a little?”

Find Monicawoe’s Supernatural fics here on AO3.

The artwork that started it all for Monicawoe and Quickreaver: 

Quickreaver’s illustration of Monicawoe’s story “Best Self”

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:22 - When did Monica get into Supernatural?

00:09:24 - Monica’s blorbo?

00:13:46 - Favorite Sam voice?

00:19:20 - Why did Monica bail on the show at S10?

00:24:26 - The Dean Dilemma

00:27:06 - Love for Lucifer Sam and the Suit

00:34:58 - The Celebration of Boy King Sam

00:37:22 - Back in the day - Big Bangs on Live Journal

00:41:28 - Collaborating with Quickreaver

00:44:06 - Monica’s love of horror

00:46:28 - The Villain Arc

00:48:04 - Categorizing Fics - All the ‘Cests

00:50:32 - Co-writing with Quickreaver

00:58:58 - Mystery Spot?

01:04:24 - Kasey gets stuck on S7

01:05:11 - Sam Season Hair Rankings

01:09:08 - Monica’s SPN rewatch order

01:11:55 - FanFic tropes Monica leans into

01:16:05 - Monica’s fave ‘Cest

01:19:30 - Digging into Monica’s writing style and technique

01:24:48 - The Co-writing Dance

01:27:53 - The mechanics of a Reverse Big Bang

01:28:49 - Justice for the Samifer Suit

01:30:07 - The support of the creative community

01:31:58 - Some of Monica’s fave personal fics

01:42:18 - It all comes back to Mystery Spot

01:43:27 - Some of Monica’s fave fanfic authors

01:46:52 - When did the fandom suspect Chuck was God?

01:51:46 - The many artists Monica has collabed with

01:55:52 - Kasey’s questions

01:58:11 - Thanks and final thoughts from Monica

02:04:10 - More Boy-King, Less Boinking

02:07:19 - Outro