Join us for an insightful conversation about SPN fanfiction with Nyxocity, a celebrated author within the Supernatural fandom. In this episode, Kasey and Sandra welcome Nyx to discuss her groundbreaking works and the impact of fandom on her creativity. After her first appearance in December 2024, we delve into her latest J2 fanfic, "Retroactive", and her exciting plans to revisit the iconic "Homework Verse" for SPN’s 20th Anniversary. Celebrate the brilliance of fanfiction and what the SPN fandom has meant to Nyx and countless others over the past two decades!

Find Nyxocity on tumblr and AO3.

If you haven’t read Retroactive yet, check it out here!

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:20 - Finishing the epic Retroactive

00:05:08 - The idea for Retroactive

00:07:33 - Breaking out of writing in a vacuum

00:11:22 - The comment gallery for Retro

00:15:40 - Releasing in a serialized format again?

00:19:34 - If Nyx can do it, GRRM can

00:21:03 - Writing support

00:22:19 - Retroactive highlights and points of pride

00:25:47 - Any character surprises?

00:27:34 - Retroactive spoilers

00:30:58 - When the ending of Retroactive was in sight

00:37:47 - Dipping back into Retroactive in the future?

00:43:24 - Supernatural: the inspiration that keeps going and going

00:44:35 - What is it like being fandom famous?

00:47:21 - Retroactive pulled Nyx back into fandom

00:49:09 - Getting assigned more Homework Verse

00:55:02 - A Touch of Evil

01:06:26 - Jealous Sky Verse

01:10:42 - Nothing Ever Really Ends

01:15:00 - Stranger Than Fiction

01:17:20 - How the muse uses music in fics

01:28:12 - Superposition

01:37:23 - Supernatural fandom

01:49:14 - A Stephen King tangent

01:58:14 - Celebrating Retroactive

01:59:26 - Future chats with Nyx

02:03:29 - Outro