What blogs / websites / columns are written from a fictional POV?
September 5, 2017 12:30 PM Subscribe
I'm interested in blogs, websites, news columns, reviews, advice columns, etc. that are written from a fictional POV.
Here are some examples I know of already:
Sites where it ultimately came out that the author's back story / history / credentials were entirely made up would fit the bill as well. Character blogs or written output (like if the Dos Equis Most Interesting Man in the World had a blog) would also be spot on.
Here are some examples I know of already:
- Ed Anger's advice columns from the Weekly World News
- Film Crit Hulk
Sites where it ultimately came out that the author's back story / history / credentials were entirely made up would fit the bill as well. Character blogs or written output (like if the Dos Equis Most Interesting Man in the World had a blog) would also be spot on.
Oh! And the Birb Rights Activist, also on Twitter.
posted by praemunire at 12:38 PM on September 5, 2017
posted by praemunire at 12:38 PM on September 5, 2017
Best answer: Cecil Adams, "author" of the Straight Dope column
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 12:43 PM on September 5, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 12:43 PM on September 5, 2017 [2 favorites]
Best answer: The official Star Trek website used to? have columns (I think both were advice columns) "written by" a Ferengi and a Klingon.
RealAvocadoFact (Twitter).
Fictional Twitter feeds of various scifi characters.
The now-defunct British supermarket Somerfield (I think) had a monthly? magazine, each of which included an "interview" between a cat ("Socks" I think?) and some other pet (presumably belonging to a Somerfield shopper). Sorry I can't find more about this; an acquaintance blogged about it but the blog's gone now.
Reviews of the Marvel "Thor" movies from the fictional villain Loki's point of view.
A lot of Alexandra Petri's Washington Post columns.
posted by brainwane at 12:54 PM on September 5, 2017
RealAvocadoFact (Twitter).
Fictional Twitter feeds of various scifi characters.
The now-defunct British supermarket Somerfield (I think) had a monthly? magazine, each of which included an "interview" between a cat ("Socks" I think?) and some other pet (presumably belonging to a Somerfield shopper). Sorry I can't find more about this; an acquaintance blogged about it but the blog's gone now.
Reviews of the Marvel "Thor" movies from the fictional villain Loki's point of view.
A lot of Alexandra Petri's Washington Post columns.
posted by brainwane at 12:54 PM on September 5, 2017
Best answer: There are tons of Twitter feeds like this, from Prepress Hulk to Roland Burton Hedley, Jr.: the ultra-short format seems perfectly suited to it because the authors don't have to develop their ideas very thoroughly.
I *think* that the column by Art Kumbalek in the Milwaukee paper The Shepherd Express is fictional, but....after all these years, I still can't tell.
And isn't this like three-quarters of McSweeney's?
posted by wenestvedt at 1:11 PM on September 5, 2017
I *think* that the column by Art Kumbalek in the Milwaukee paper The Shepherd Express is fictional, but....after all these years, I still can't tell.
And isn't this like three-quarters of McSweeney's?
posted by wenestvedt at 1:11 PM on September 5, 2017
It hasn't been updated in six years, but Fafblog was amazing, and is still online.
posted by uberchet at 1:16 PM on September 5, 2017
posted by uberchet at 1:16 PM on September 5, 2017
Best answer: Does Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog count? The blog part isn't super active anymore, but he is still around on twitter as Chaucer Doth Tweet.
posted by tan_coul at 1:54 PM on September 5, 2017
posted by tan_coul at 1:54 PM on September 5, 2017
I'm not sure if this is what you're interested in, but there are a lot of RP blogs online, both from canon and original characters.
posted by thedarksideofprocyon at 2:35 PM on September 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by thedarksideofprocyon at 2:35 PM on September 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Boggle the Owl's advice column at tumblr probably isn't what you're looking for.
Mina de Malfois might be. They start in 2006.
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 3:20 PM on September 5, 2017
Mina de Malfois might be. They start in 2006.
posted by ErisLordFreedom at 3:20 PM on September 5, 2017
Best answer: Ed Anger is one of my favorite writers ever! He was not an advice columnist. His column was more of an op-ed column.
The Weekly World News did have an advice columnist called Dear Dottie, with her own back story and faux relatives. IIRC, she had twin sons named Pancho and Cisco. I found an article by someone who wrote the Dottie columns for a while.
Bonus facts: Ed Anger's children were named Jimbo and Sara Lee. He frequently referred to his daughter as his little cupcake.
posted by zorseshoes at 7:40 PM on September 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
The Weekly World News did have an advice columnist called Dear Dottie, with her own back story and faux relatives. IIRC, she had twin sons named Pancho and Cisco. I found an article by someone who wrote the Dottie columns for a while.
Bonus facts: Ed Anger's children were named Jimbo and Sara Lee. He frequently referred to his daughter as his little cupcake.
posted by zorseshoes at 7:40 PM on September 5, 2017 [1 favorite]
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There are multiple dog-POV Twitters, though I can't log on there just now to pull any.
posted by praemunire at 12:38 PM on September 5, 2017