Tags and Tropes: Transformation

It’s another Tags and Tropes episode in which Sandra and Kasey focus on a category or aspect of fanfiction they may or may not have delved into before. The genre up for discussion is Transformation.  

Link to Metafic Fanlore Page: https://fanlore.org/wiki/Animal_Transformation and https://fanlore.org/wiki/Anthropomorfic. 

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:11 - Back in the driver’s seat after a break

00:01:56 - Transformation

00:02:31 - What we think of when we hear transformation

00:04:20 - Animal transformation

00:08:35 - Leaning into mythical animals

00:11:17 - Sandra has an affinity for witches

00:11:42 - Include werewolves and alpha omega or no?

00:12:49 - AO3 tags are lacking in animal transformation

00:14:23 - Interest in fics that lean hard into the actual act of transformation

00:15:45 - Some squicks might keep people away from transformation fics

00:25:40 - The fallout after animal transformation

00:26:45 - Anthropomorphic

00:27:18 - Dean loves his car

00:29:41 - We haven’t read much anthropomorphic fic outside of the Impala

00:30:36 - Becoming an object solely for function and dom/sub undertones

00:32:03 - Absolved of responsibility or being cared for

00:33:49 - AO3 stats

00:36:01 - Kasey’s memory gets jogged

00:38:08 - Sandra has some fics to rec

00:49:13 - Kasey found a fic to rec

00:50:14 - Recs from our Discord members

00:53:31 - Final verdict and Outro