“I never throw away an idea.” Interview with kittenofdoomage, FanFic Author

Idling In The Impala: A Supernatural Podcast

Sandra and Kasey got to check a guest off their podcast bucket list! Listeners may have heard them collectively agree, “We’ll have made it when we can interview kittenofdoomage!” That day has arrived!

Rhi, known in fandom writing circles as kittenofdoomage, has been posting fics on AO3 since 2016 and is one of the most prolific reader-insert writers around. She writes for many fandoms, but Supernatural makes up the bulk of her stories, which total well over a thousand! If you love Alpha/Beta/Omega dynamics, you could survive quite happily on a diet of her fics for, well, forever.

Sandra and Kasey had such fun with a Reader-Insert icon!

If kittenofdoomage hasn’t gotten her claws into you yet, you can find her work on tumblr and AO3.

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:04 - “Live Free and Twi-Hard” sparked kitten’s journey back into fic writing

00:11:06 - Which Winchester got its claws in kitten?

00:14:47 - SPN viewing habits

00:20:39 - Thoughts on the show

00:24:33 - The JDM Effect

00:30:18 - Favorite characters on SPN

00:31:48 - John Winchester

00:34:16 - Writing characters into canon

00:36:05 - Plot twists and cliffhangers

00:39:30 - Kitten’s writing start

00:40:46 - The community around fanfic and reader engagement

00:45:26 - Reader-insert realm

00:48:47 - Imposter syndrome

00:51:30 - Does kitten herself into fic as the reader?

00:53:43 - Unlearning the wrong thing to improve

00:55:35 - Has a reader insert ever become an OC?

00:57:32 - Everyone loves a happy ending?

01:00:52 - Where do the ideas come from?

01:02:56 - The privilege of making people feel

01:04:46 - The ideas list

01:12:13 - Omegaverse

01:14:46 - Teens on the Internet and finding fanfic

01:18:42 - Writing fancy stories for adults

01:33:54 - Kitten’s fanfic limits

01:39:38 - Fandom popularity

01:47:58 - Kasey’s questions

01:51:28 - Kitten’s words of wisdom

01:56:06 - Final thoughts and outro