Finding Your Joy In Fandom - Interview with Charlie, SPN Fan Artist

Fitting into fandom, finding your place and space. On this episode, Sandra and Kasey chat with a member of the Idling server who discovered their little community and podcast in early 2025.

Charlie, known as chippsart on Tumblr, reached out to chat about their fandom journey and the topic of transformation in Supernatural, as well as fanfiction inspired by it. Charlie is also a talented artist who has collaborated on some recent Bang challenges.

Sandra apologizes in advance for her Scoobynatural derailment.

You can find Charlie on tumblr.

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Chapter Timestamps

00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:25 - When did Charlie get into Supernatural

00:02:55 - Scoobynatural and Animation

00:07:11 - How true to old school animation was Scoobynatural

00:12:09 - Does Charlie have a favorite brother

00:16:35 - Behind the scenes inside jokes

00:21:23 - Other favorite characters on SPN

00:22:51 - When did Charlie discover SPN fandom

00:26:59 - FanFic is a sporadic hobby

00:29:09 - The animal transformation of it all

00:30:55 - Critiquing SPN’s handling of animal transformation

00:34:30 - Shifters got shafted

00:36:34 - All Dogs Go To Heaven

00:39:05 - All the aspects of transformation

00:39:42 - Which monster gets the best treatment on the show

00:40:48 - Avoiding the shifting squick

00:43:37 - Animal transformation in FanFic

00:48:54 - Charlie’s artistic talent

00:52:40 - Bangs and collabs

00:56:49 - Impressive creators

00:59:14 - Kasey’s Secret Question

01:02:08 - Finding the lighter side

01:08:54 - Final thoughts and outro