Idolator

In a deep, dark corner of the Internet that, if it were a tangible location, might look somewhat like a Hobbit hole, people write stories about musicians fondling each other. Musicians like Gerard Way, Patrick Stump, and Pete Wentz, who might typically be called emo, but since I've had it up to here with that word, will henceforth be known as Those Dudes. In November this community—known as Bandom (or Bandslash)—announced its first-annual awards to honor the best Bandom writing of '07. The awards, which were determined through a month of nominating, voting, and gushing praise in the comments sections, were organized on a LiveJournal group that will not be linked to here because Idolator has crossed this clan before, and it wasn't pretty. But trust me, it exists. And it is chock full of sexually explicit YA lit featuring all your favorite Dudes doing unmentionable deeds. More »

A few weeks ago at the mtvU Woodies, two members of The Academy Is... expressed their stern disapproval of the lewd, but good-natured bandom fan-fic scene to me. Luckily for the emo softcore literati, Cobra Starship bassist Alex Suarez is game, if a little confused as to why he's so often emasculated in their stories. More »