One of the people that I interviewed for my story was telling me that she read a fanfiction about the bandmates of One Direction,
but they're all fruit in a fruit bowl.
And she was like, what an absurd and outrageous idea for a story.
And then she found herself incredibly shocked by how deeply moving it was,
how they were able to convey all of these emotions of loss and meaning into this kind of ridiculous premise.
Does the fruit get eaten?
I believe different things happen to each of the fruits.
They get sliced up.
Yeah, exactly.
It rots.
Yeah, exactly.
Like, what is life in a fruit bowl?
You know, it's kind of a mixed bag.
Yeah, yeah.
That's Rachel Curseus.
She writes for the Lifestyle section at The Post.
Over the past year, she's become a big reader of fan fiction,
which is fans making up stories about existing characters or even real people.
A lot of it is based on popular books like Harry Potter, or on TV shows like Parks and Rec.
Other times stories are a bit more unique, like say one direction as a fruit bowl.