We Didn't Start the Fandom
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We Didn't Start the Fandom is a Harry Potter filk based on Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire lyrics. It was posted on YouTube by a user named zsenya on July 30, 2006.
The lyrics to We Didn't Start the Fandom refer to several well-known wanks in the Harry Potter fandom and landmarks in fandom history. The song goes as follows:
Harry Potter one through four
Start a fandom shipping war
Netiquette, extricate, HP4GU
Canon-thumping, three-year wait
Ginny-bashing, Ron hate
Semi-colon, uberfiction
Gravesex, P.O.U.
We didn't start the fandom
Oh, it started burning with the pages turning
Maury is a love child
Plagiarism, exile
H/H, twincest
Fanfiction dot net
Beta readers, sycophants
Draco wearing leather pants
87, slash fic
Jumping on the Good Ship
We didn't start the fandom
Oh, it started burning with the pages turning
We didn't start the fandom
No, we didn't light it
'Cause we didn't write it
Sugar Quill and R/H
Orange Crush, One True Way
AtE, D/G
And the Werewolf Registry
Fiction Alley, TiP
Paradise, Legalese
Crack heads, hate threads
Tower of the Queens
Summit minutes, Draco/Ron
Harry Potter movie one
LiveJournal, friends-lock
Ginny Weasley stealing socks
Homage, Litmus Tests
Porn cease and desists
Mary Sues, flame reviews
Weasley adoration
We didn't start the fandom
Oh, it started burning with the pages turning
We didn't start the fandom
No, we didn't light it
'Cause we didn't write it
ROX, SUX, Schnoogle, squee
Nimbus 2003
Fandom Wank, fanfic bans
And here comes Fermatojam
Switchblade Kittens, Get a Clue
Harry Potter movie two
Fandom bitches, loving Dan
Stalking of the Big Name Fans
Free Dobby, TLC
Pumpkin Pie, book release
Goodbye, Sirius
Order of the Phoenix
JKR's website
Fan Awards, fandom fights
Old school, April fools
Changing all the forum rules
We didn't start the fandom
Oh, it started burning with the pages turning
We didn't start the fandom
No, we didn't light it
'Cause we didn't write it
Ms. Scribe, no GT
Harry Potter movie three
Witching Hour, Salem
Podcasts causing mayhem
How long do we have to wait?
J. K. Rowling sets a date
Spoilers, blogging
All anticipation
Midnight: Half-Blood Prince
Oh my God, an H/G kiss!
Dumbledore blown away!
What else do I have to say?
We didn't start the fandom
Oh, it started burning with the pages turning
We didn't start the fandom
No, we didn't light it
'Cause we didn't write it
Interview, Memerson
Fandom Wank is back again
War's on, Won-Won
LaptopGate (big con?)
Threats to boycott next time
Shipping terror online
Anvils and delusional
Harry Potter movie four
Charlotte Lennox, history
Seven is a mystery
Draco's sad, Voldie's mad
Is Snape good or bad?
What is up with Harry's eyes?
Who will live and who will die?
Horcruxes and wizard wars
We can't take it anymore!
We didn't start the fandom
Oh, it started burning with the pages turning
We didn't start the fandom
And when we are gone
It'll still burn on, and on, and on (ad nauseum)
