Welcome to The Feral Fandoms Podcast where fandom chaos meets author survival.
Hosted by 7-figure author + cult-brand strategist Onley James and her chaos-wrangling cohost Shannon Ezzell, each week we break down iconic fandoms (from Twilight to K-pop Demon Hunters to Supernatural) and uncover what makes people obsessed.
We’ll drag fandoms to filth, laugh about ship wars, and reveal what authors can actually steal from fandom culture to build their own ride-or-die readerships.
Expect:
- Fandom hot takes
- Witchy astro/psych deep dives
- Parasocial marketing lessons (without the corporate bullshit)
- Uncensored rants + chaotic banter
Readers buy books, but fandoms buy everything.
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Episode Transcript
Welcome to the Feral Fandoms Podcast, where we teach
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authors how to turn readers intoferal fans using the secrets of
fandom.
SPEAKER_01 (00:07):
So the software knows your name.
So all the idol has to do istype in Y slash N.
And now it looks like he'stalking directly to you.
And especially for youngergirls, it would get me.
You would get me.
And well, Chris, dude, ifMikhaila had bubble and she
thought Chris was talkingdirectly to her, both her
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spouses would be long gone.
Long gone.
Because she is obsessed withBang Chan from straight kids.
She's that's my husband.
And he's everybody's husband.
He literally says, I'm Stay'shusband.
Stay is the fandom name.
And they do it on purpose.
They know once they create thatparasocial relationship, people
will do anything for them.
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And I tell people, it's notpoker.
You don't have to collect themall.
Buy the ones that speak to you,and you're just, oh, that
cover's beautiful or whatever.
Because I do collabs with bookboxes and stuff.
And I think that once you'vemanaged to hook your readers to
the point where all of yourcharacters are just super
important to them, then they'llbuy everything.
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Look at K pop demon hunters.
You're mad that they're notselling you bullshit.
SPEAKER_00 (01:24):
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