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A SatireParodyPastiche of all things bad and good in fandom. Mina De Malfois — [[invoked]] "FandomVIP of at least two fandoms" — chronicles the exciting life of a prolific fanfic author, as well as the comings and goings of the ''[[ShowWithinAShow Sanguinity]]'' fandom and the fanfic archive ''Penn'd Passions'', which is run by Mina's [[HyperCompetentSideKick friend]] Arc. Manages the feat of being not only a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of fandom, but also an entertaining story on its own as the reader becomes familiar with the universe and the cast. Pastiches Creator/PGWodehouse heavily at the beginning, but rapidly develops its own style.

[[http://mina-de-malfois.livejournal.com/ Can be read at Mina's LJ.]]
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!! This show provides examples of:
* AffectionateParody: Of fandom culture, particularly ship wars, plagiarism/tracing scandals, big name fans, and fake deaths.
* AlmightyJanitor: Arc runs the fanfiction archive that Mina posts on and does most of the heavy lifting in helping Mina out of fandom snafus.
* AllThereInTheManual: The chapters posted on LJ have endnotes explaining the references made.
* [[ArmouredClosetGay Armoured Closet Bisexual]]: [=Warr1or=] claims to hate slash, despite posting stuff like this, "Jab would never whimper piteously and rest his cheek against the torn cloth covering Pierce’s rock-hard thigh."
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Mina seems convinced that all of Canada is unsettled wilderness.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: All the members of the Cult of the Gay Unicorn (a parody of slash shippers, particularly ones who tinhat pairings between real people) are women, but resemble handsome young men.
* BigDamnHeroes: [=PrinceC=]'s avatar shows up just in time to rescue Mina, Arc, Xenalvr, and the Elizabeths's avatars from one of Henri Antoine Silvestre de Gravina's ships.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: All the members of the Cult of the Tented Tartan have extremely large breasts and are [[BigBreastPride proud of that fact]].
* CaptainErsatz: All three main characters of Sanguinity: Pierce is Literature/HarryPotter, Princess B is Hermione, and Jab is Ron.
* ChickMagnet: [=PrinceC=], whose admirers include Mina, [=BalletChic=], and the Elizabeths.
* {{Cult}}:
** The Cult of the Gay Unicorn, which is founded on the principles that [[PersecutionFlip heterosexuality is repulsive and that their beloved god is all-good, beautiful, and completely gay]].
** The Cult of the Tented Tartan, a group of [[HeteronormativeCrusader Heteronorminative Crusaders]] with PerverseSexualLust who are mortal enemies of the Cult of the Gay Unicorn.
* DeadArtistsAreBetter: After [=BalletChic=]'s [[spoiler:fake]] suicide, her traced drawings and fanfiction become extremely popular and are considered [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory deep and meaningful]] works of art made by a [[MadArtist tortured soul]].
* DistressedDude: [=Warr1or=]'s avatar is kidnapped by P/J shippers for being anti-slash. Mina, Arc, Prince C, and Xenalvr's avatars set out on a quest to rescue him, only to find out that he's been rescued already by the Cult of the Tented Tartan.
* DrivenToSuicide: [=BalletChic=], after being publicly rejected by [=PrinceC=]. [[spoiler:Turns out, she was faking.]]
* {{Ephebophile}}: [=Warr1or=] likes to write fanfiction pairing the adult Jab with a [[{{Squick}} fourteen-year-old version of Princess B]].
* EveryoneIsBi: Not quite, but close enough for government work.
* FandomVIP: [[invoked]] Mina is a FandomVIP of Sanguinity because she is a very popular fanfiction writer.
* FanDumb: [[invoked]] [=Warr1or=], who spends his time sending death threats to people who write slash, is a prime example.
* FakeAristocrat: Mina pretends to be rich and aristocratic, when she actually works in a minimum wage job in fast food and lives in a cheap studio apartment.
* FakeBrit: [[invoked]] Mina also claims to be British as part of her persona, though she's actually American.
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:[=BalletChic=] pretends to commit suicide after she: was caught tracing artwork, scammed her friends out of money, and presented [=PrinceC=] with a gift box full of sex toys and a traced painting of them, [[ShaggyDogStory only for [=PrinceC=] to inform her that he wasn't attracted to her]].]]
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* FemaleMisogynist: The Elizabeths and the Cult of the Gay Unicorn.
* {{Goth}}: Ciyerra of Tyana, the internet ghost of [=BalletChic=].
* HeelFaceTurn: [=Warr1or=] becomes a devoted Mina fanboy after her avatar helps rescue his avatar from the Cult of the Tented Tartan.
%%* {{Hermaphrodite}}: [[spoiler:Josh/Jen Amos]]
%%* HotLibrarian: Arc
* LikesOlderWomen: Despite his numerous admirers, [=PrinceC=] only has eyes for the much-older Mina.
%%* LoveDodecahedron: If three dimensions is enough...
* NoodleIncident: It's never explained what happened in one of Mina's earliest 'fics other than it caused, "people to question whether [she] should be in psychiatric care or police custody."
* OverlyLongName: Lady Horatia Marianna Wilhelmina de Malfois and Prince Choronzon Erik Vladimir de Gravina, the avatars of Mina and [=PrinceC=], respectively.
* PerverseSexualLust:
** Mina harbors it for Henri Antoine Silvestre de Gravina, the villain of Sanguinity.
** [=Warr1or=] , on the other hand, has it for Princess B.
** All the members of the Cult of the Tented Tartan have it, though they deny the fact that their beloveds are fictional.
%%* RavenHairIvorySkin: [=PrinceC=].
* RescueRomance: Of a sort: Mina and [=PrinceC=]'s relationship starts when [=Warr1or=] leaves a bunch of rude comments on Mina's [=LiveJournal=] and [=PrinceC=] tells him to leave Mina alone or else.
* RootingForTheEmpire: [[invoked]] Mina does this for Henri Antoine Silvestre de Gravina. To the point that she objects to returning fire when her avatar is attacked by one of his ships.
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: One of [=Warr1or=]'s ''many'' problems.
* {{Shipping}} [[invoked]] with the ship wars in the ''Sanguinity'' fandom, with a ShipToShipCombat between fans of Jab/Princess B and Pierce/Princess B.
%%* ShowWithinAShow: Sanguinity and its various offshoots
* SmallNameBigEgo: [=Warr1or=], Mina to a lesser but still significant degree, many minor characters.
* SomethingAboutARose: Roses are sacred symbols to the members of the Cult of the Tented Tartan.
* SpookySeance: [=BalletChic=]'s fangirls hold one for her internet ghost, Ciyerra of Tyana. Mina and [=PrinceC=] both attend.
%%* {{Troperiffic}}
* UnusualEuphemism: "Girls Scouts" for Lesbians.
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Before committing pseuicide, [=BalletChic=] gave away her real name and location so that if people chose to look into her story, they'd be led to call a hospital where she worked as a receptionist. As a receptionist, she would take the calls that any internet detectives might place and assure them that a patient with her real name had been admitted to the hospital on the date of her last entry and died not long after. Her plan would have worked perfectly [[ContrivedCoincidence if Arc hadn't just happened to be a member of a board that reviews the non-medical hiring decisions of hospitals.]]]]
%%* YaoiFangirl: Many.
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