In all seriousness, a lot of the 833 fics uploaded to the Joe Biden/Donald Trump tag on AO3 are tongue-in-cheek. They play into the enemies-to-lovers trope of two powerful men at different ends of the political spectrum.
From the queer history of Lord of the Rings, to the sapphic power of Gelphie in Wicked and fans’ unwavering love for Crowley and Aziraphale in Good Omens, fan-made content has long been a way for LGBTQ+ people to further connect with the stories they love.
Fan-works about real life people are just as popular – and more controversial. One Direction, for example, has nearly 65,000 words on AO3, with the ship between Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson making up 40,000 of those.
The fan-led conspiracy theory that Styles and Tomlinson were in a secret gay relationship were consistently denied by the pair and other 1D band members, highlighting the passionate devotion fans have towards their favorite ships.
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