Turning the Worst Fanfiction of all Time Into a Victorian Book

[@JessLess]

Go to www.patreon.com/jessless to get the Fanfiction Bookbinding Template and extra bonus content while helping support the channel!!! Absolutly no pressure though, just you watching, commenting, and subscribing is forever appreciated ❤❤

[@namikkou]

The 'seeing snippets that are absolutely wild' is the text version of overhearing a bit of someone's conversation and it's a complete "what the fuck are they talking about"

[@IMightBeVanny]

"What are you two fucking talking about?"

[@emilymartin5418]

"They were ROOMMATES!"

[@IMightBeVanny]

I love how the blank signatures in the back make the whole book read like Ebony's diary

[@malktheyellowdino5456]

I’m currently imagining the author of this being a well adjusted member of society seeing this in their KZbin recommended, blinking, and having flashbacks about this.

[@passedthevibe-check141]

I have experienced this, unfortunately 😅 I was trying to look for fic recs, but foubd my own from years ago It is an awful feeling 🤣😭

[@victorianlass2307]

The way i was talking about the flashbacks in the shorts comment section

[@mayochupenjoyer]

no well adjusted member of society knows what this work is

[@Arcanist_Gaming]

Ardor* Sorry. Arbor is a root word pertaining to trees.

[@mikaelafox6106]

Do you mean author or arbor?

[@namikkou]

I think this is the definition of "blursed". Blessed and cursed

[@heycanitellyousomething]

Oh absolutely 😂😂😂

[@DDuckworth]

Seeing these fanfic binding videos has given me the insatiable urge to bind several shorts fics from one fandom into a single chronicle-style book. Knowing full well that I would probably fail miserably😅 However, it won't stop me from enjoying the process and brainstorming my cover designs!

[@itzjuicegacha]

OMG YES I’ve been wanting to do this for I think half a month so I will probably do it :)

[@hopefulstarfish7559]

This actually inspired me to do the same thing! My only real obstacle at the moment is that I don’t have a double-sided printer…

[@noonelooksatusers]

@@hopefulstarfish7559 it'll be harder to format, but you can just insert the paper back in the tray flipped over and print again. I did it for bookmarks and it worked great.

[@KaeruuTv]

OMG SHE DID IT. this, THIS is the bookbinding content i subbed for lmaooooo

[@tyraoqvist350]

i feel like my immortal would do really well as one of those super styleised books. y'know with like, A/N as scribbles in the beggining of the chapters, a font + paper that makes it look like it was written down in a notebook or smth, a bunch of drawings along the edges of the characters and outfits in a kinda crappy artstyle to trule just enhance the character of the story and why it's so beloved. i do absolutely LOVE the choice of filling out the empty space with blank pages along with the incomplete page numbers to represent the incompletion of the actual fic. i personally would have just liked some more aspects that show the story behind the fic as prominantely as the fic itself

[@charliethesquishywitch340]

I must admit. To the author's credit. If I had been a teen at Hogwarts, I too would have fallen head over heels for the goth hot topic cool vampire girl. Just sayin

[@IMightBeVanny]

Fair enough, I'd have done the same. Unrelated question, what are your pronouns?

[@charliethesquishywitch340]

@VanNessy97 she/her why?

[@Xeitea]

18:00 reminds me of the phrase, "the architect's dream is often the engineers nightmare"

[@Acidfrog475]

“The _designer’s_ dream is the _carpenter’s_ nightmare”

[@emilyrln]

The illustrator's dream is the sewist's nightmare 😂

[@fruity4820]

The DIYer's dream is often the DIYer's future nightmare

[@ellendallanora7404]

The archeologist escavating your home in a 1000 years from now will be so confused.

[@keirawillow]

Now this, THIS is ART!!!! Imagine being the real author and coming across this on your youtube recommended page...

[@mikankitsune0440]

The absolute chaos of this fanfic. I officially joined FFN in 2009 and have been writing fanfics off and on since. I mostly use Ao3 now. But I remember the My Immortal insanity at its height😅

[@Crxwned_Thxrnes]

*FREAKING EATS YOUR DESIGN* I CANNOT IT'S SO GOOD FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS FIC LMAO

[@ilovestrongheroines1999]

That in character reading during the glamour shots was absolutely chilling. Its exactly the voice I imagined in my head when I first ran afoul of My Immortal. So fun, this was a great watch and I subscribed straight away.

[@itzevelynn]

I don't know whether or not I should be glad I've never heard of this fanfiction until now

[@Kaiularalei]

Be very very glad. It was literally used as an example/class activity to teach editing under severe conditions/editing something unreadable with no way to ask the author what they were trying to do. It was torture

[@jessical4866]

I think enough time has passed for My Immortal to simply be funny, along with all the memes that have sprouted from it.

[@AnglerVoiceActing]

@@Kaiularalei now I wanna find it and spellcheck the whole thing

[@Kaiularalei]

@@AnglerVoiceActing good luck!

[@eaonwalkker3597]

@@AnglerVoiceActing I think trying to spellcheck My Immortal would crash most software. 😂

[@mostlyghostey]

Don't mean to "um ackshually..." here, but I just wanted to mention that it is really important that your PVA glue is non-acidic if you want your project to have any kind of longevity.

[@ZoeHerron-hf7zt]

Good to know

[@seigeengine]

To be clear for people reading this: if you use some random PVA, your book isn't going to fall apart in a week, nor a month, nor a year. The shortest time span this kind of stuff is going to really matter on unless you get something catastrophically wrong is multiple decades. While it's true that non-archival materials will decrease the lifetime of the book, this is a concern for conservation of historic objects more than something of relevance for the creation of ordinary objects. That is to say, if you're not trying to create heirlooms, don't stress about it.

[@emilyrln]

Thank you to everyone in this comment thread for the info!

[@Thealgoodsaga]

Is it weird that My Immortal is my comfort read?? 😭 Like yes I think it’s bad and poorly written. But it’s like when I’m having a bad day “oh go read my immortal! Things can’t get worse than that!”

[@eatsteas]

same lmaooooo, i just love to go back to it and laugh when i have a shitty day

[@Lunam_Creates]

I read it every time I feel like my projects and ideas aren't good enough... Then I get cured 😊

[@djmensil7303]

That just gave major vibes of those people that hate running but do it because that is the guaranteed worst part of their day 💀

[@royalfelineandtracygrant]

😂

[@something-about-sunflowers]

9:43 I think the gun line overshadows the far more confusing line just before it containing the phrase 'pointing his womb' but that's just me maybe? (I know it'd likely just a misspelling of 'wand', still wild to read though.)

[@irinsmoshpit2583]

this hit me like a brick

[@_Mendako_]

I absolutely love how unhinged this project was and yet you still managed to make a masterpiece of a video about it ! Also thanks to you im binding the transcript for my favoutite podcast right now so thanks a lot for getting me into book binding !!

[@mehthatcat]

"You would think with the amount of times I've died on this channel, I'd remember." damn that's crazy out of context

[@Acidfrog475]

And that’s when you remember _died_ and _dyed_ have a very… subtle difference 😂

[@charliethesquishywitch340]

I never thought I'd read such a perfect title

[@Omega_WoIf]

Now this is a prime example of don’t judge a book by its cover, but in the opposite way. This cover is AMAZING, but story issssssssssssss, yeah.

[@leaftheledgend5823]

That’s still judging a book by its cover.. just thinking it’s gonna be good but it’s not

[@emilyrln]

The fic is amazing… ...ly bad 😂 so bad, in fact, that it wraps all the way around the universe and becomes good.

[@mashmaron]

youve singlehandedly gotten me into book binding and antique book collecting, thank you

[@eaonwalkker3597]

My first thought when you mentioned alternatives to leather was the black pleather of an old pair Hot Topic pleather pants which seemed on point. 😂

[@seigeengine]

Black latex? ;)

[@Acidfrog475]

@@seigeengineThe squeaking…

[@pettybee3860]

I really like how over-the-top it is because the entire plot is Insane💀

[@KHTimeProtecter]

I’m so incredibly proud of you for making such an epic book cover. (And for doing KZbin full time!🎉) But I also kind of hate you a little for forcing this story back on me. The paradox of emotions is hurting my brain.

[@Sootielove]

I really appreciate how much detail you go into with the text formatting sort of thing. A lot of book binding videos focus on the covers and blocks, not printing

[@xXmyka_macabreXx]

a perfect video to prep for artfight with (complimentary)

[@franb0l]

Last vidoe: Turning fanfiction into the hardback book it deserves This video: Turning fanfiction into the hardback book it doesn't deserve

[@wildflowers3054]

“this is what I’m using my graphic design degree for” girl I felt that on a spiritual level

[@RestartKino]

So proud of how far you've come Jess! It's so crazy you're full time now and as someone who has been here since the beginning, thank you for the silly crafting videos that make my day :)

[@derchristianausffo]

Raven and Tara would love This. 😉

[@DatRandomInternetDude]

As someone who doesn’t read fanfics, I understood the absurdity of this project and I loved it 😂

[@bloc9339]

I saw the title and immediately went: 'no... why would you do that. Oh god no.' But im watching anyway, i love your bookbinding videos so much and I'm doing my own fanfiction binding project right now and using your videos as a guide. So thanks for providing yet another reference vidwo i suppose! (Even if I'm sobbing reading the title) (mostly joking this is gonna be fun to watch)

[@elk45]

14:07 Very true! I really appreciate seeing your accessible approach to bookbinding - these projects really make it feel like something I could decide to do on a whim. Which I did! The "fanfic into a hardcover" video inspired me to typeset one of my favourite fics, and it was a blast! So thank you for taking the time to show your process, DIY improv and all xD

[@KaijuRamen54]

RIP google docs spellcheck, you met your match

[@gwendolynrobinson3900]

Thank you for posting more fan-binding! I've become a little obsessed but before I can drop a bunch of money on supplies, I need to wait a few weeks to make sure its not a phase and is something I'm properly invested in. I am also going out of town in a few weeks so I need to wait longer, and I need as much fan-binding content in the meantime 😊❤

[@Boxoboi]

jess is back at it! MAKING FANFIC TO IRL!

[@miseralisyeeeh2834]

I love how easily you whip up the most gothic looking thing ever. Like its nothing. I love it. This is so good. Also, you could've put fanart and memes of the fanfic on the empty pages, to complete the ✨️Experience✨️

[@lavanderlibros]

I found this video totally by accident while trying to learn how to bind my research like a book and I'm so glad I ended up here because this video is a MASTERPICE 😂 seeing my inmortal printed as a victorian book just healed my soul

[@AKilogramOfBabySpiders]

Haven't finished the vid, but I really hope for the dual colouring on it, you thought of using the Cricut to make a template using an adhesive masking sheet then dyeing the non masked area red, then doing the same for the black. Then you could take it off and it should be pretty crisp, and even if it's not, you could cover that with the gold patterns. Imma watch the video and see what you did.

[@AKilogramOfBabySpiders]

Oh dear.

[@LettuceBoy421]

Your like one of my favorite artists, everytime I see your posts I go YIPPEE!!

[@OrangeTarp]

Your previous bookbinding video was legitimately the thing I used to get me in to learning how to bookbind! I did a whole fanfiction bind myself, and now I am SO EXCITED to see the proccess of this leatherbound one!!!!!! 🤩🎉

[@OrangeTarp]

WAS SO RIGHT IT WAS A GREAT TIME!!!! man,, when I have a job, will look forward to supporting on patreon.

[@hlauterb2011]

I had a group chat on Skype in 2014 and one of the people read a chapter of My Immortal to us all every week. It was an amazing time and I can't believe how bad the fan fic is. Thank you so much for reminding me of this fond memory!

[@AmitureJawja]

I just stumbled upon this video, and you have perfectly encapsulated the idea in my mind to turn My Imortal into a bound book! You did such an incredible job, and having this video as further encouragement to follow this plan is so good 😂

[@CreatureCabin]

Congratulations on becoming full time! I discovered your channel a few months ago and your videos are so easy for me to follow and stay invested, and you’ve inspired me to create a diorama of my family’s cottage! I’m so happy your work has been getting the attention it deserves; so much so that this can be your career- that’s a huge accomplishment! I hope you’re proud of yourself ❤ so excited to see what else you do!

[@emilyrln]

Definitely going to do this to a PDF I found of a hard-to-find book (once I finish editing the OCR errors lol). And make a poetry collection once I've written enough of them to fill a small book. And any novels I manage to finish 😂

[@SleepyBurito]

showed this to my mom (who's been in fandoms since the late 90's) and she visibly got this 'oh god why' look but she stills loves how it looks (she also added a 'but dear god')

[@grimaussiewitch]

The temptation to book bind gets stronger and stronger watching this.

[@irishuisman1450]

Not in the slightest what I was expecting you to bind, but holy hell it looks cool xD

[@BunBunSingz]

The blank signatures on the back are to write a love letter to the main character

[@nightstar1528]

I’ve seen the name come up every so often but never knew where it got its start. Glad I finally learned about this fic, if only for that reason alone

[@Omega_WoIf]

There’s another medieval-like story that has dragons in it, it’s called Wings of Fire. PLEASE, I NEED TO SEE MY FAV SERIES IN LEATHER IM BEGGING YOU

[@pennygriffin-bn7dc]

I have seen this video so many times now, I love it and all the other book binding projects that you do, I have been inspired to try it myself. 🙂

[@Gryffindame]

Omg you beat me to it!! I’ve been working on my first typeset and it’s this one and it’s so hard to make haha 😂 i couldn’t decide if I should leave the authors notes or not or to turn it into a diary of sorts. Iwas thinking of binding it in a tacky way haha, with faux leather, chains and tartan stitched to the cover 😅😅😅 I also am using my fiance’s iPad to do very millennial doodles like the superman S and silly things like love hearts and all that jazz all over the pages

[@ruleofthree99]

JESS LESS BOOKBINDING VIDEO??? NOW IT REALLY IS SUMMER

[@Morningstar_37]

I knew this was an insane thing to do just from the title, maybe one day I'll build up the resilience to read the fic myself lol

[@SJisReading]

"No the pentagram is too much" girl.... you read it. No it's not

[@winglt3]

Other than the small typo of "worst" instead of "best" in the title, this is probably favorite bookbinding video of yours!(/jjjjjj [though tbf typos are pretty in character, maybe thats a good thing🤔])

[@LockwoodE3]

Omg the timing, I just finished my own binding of this book today :)

[@Lunam_Creates]

I need to bind this 😂 Then read it all passionately - like all my other books and read 'brilliant' and 'touchy' parts out loud - just to make my roommate think I have officially lost my mind😊

[@leyxcx]

Voldemort's life would've been a lot easier if he'd used that fantasy wizard gun he gave Eboby.. Ebony..

[@demonicbunny3po]

Congrats on using your degree! Would love to see my own fics bound. And I have even broken them up into “books” so it shouldn’t be too daunting.

[@EposVox]

incredible

[@kokalui]

This video honestly is artistic and comedic perfection. I couldn't stop laughing and it got better and better. And I didn't even know this fic before 😂😭

[@Angel...............]

God what an inspiration- This is so fun. If I ever get around to do this I´m gonna book bind that weird Dinosaur romance thing lol

[@SimphiweKunene-m2i]

Can you do Crimson Rivers pls😢

[@winstermagic7886]

always a good day when jess uploads

[@geekyemo4503]

i love her book binding video

[@nefertitigold9720]

Love a good book binding! You really inspired me to do some book binding of my own. I bound some Magnus Archives fanfiction, and let me tell any other MAG fans, it's really creepy to check on your drying glue and find a spider on the end pages. Especially for a MAG fanfiction. I instinctively killed it, hope I didn't make anything mad at me for that, sorry little dude.

[@fallen0angel]

Yesss!!! I feel like any *cultured* fanbinder needs a copy of this classic! 😁

[@SadlyNotSappho]

i've never read my immortal, but what the actual fuck. this deserves to be preserved for eternity. i'm horrified.

[@gerkinmckay1649]

absolutely incredible!!!

[@celiamcglinchey]

4:50 I felt this in my soul 😂

[@phallen_i]

Everyone under 5 minutes

[@Littleghostman4]

I love these videos so much AHHH, someday I hope to bind my own fanfiction

[@ShmEmber]

love the homage to the sellout timer

[@Tien1610]

I love your videos. It soothes my soul

[@nixonstars]

SHUTTTT UPPP THE VOICEOVER OVER THE DRAMATIC MUSIC AT THE ENDDDD???? COMEDY AT ITS FINEST

[@nighttimefay]

🤔 have you thought of doing commissions for this? Like that'd be freakin awesome to have a story of mine turned into a real book!!

[@solei5678]

….oh my god you actually did it 🫨. I love the leather cover you made! I would love to see you bind another fanfiction, and one YOU actually enjoy on a deep level and will rave about. How’s your sanity after this one?😅

[@savebatsfromscratch]

This is crazy. I love this.

[@royalfelineandtracygrant]

There’s this series I read (that will remain unnamed so I don’t get yelled at if the author sees this) and the heroine of that fanfic sounds exactly like a much more gothic version of the heroine of the series. Right down to the total Mary Su-ness and every boy being in love with her. Only she’s an elf not a vampire.

[@djeniiala]

Soo great

[@simplysavyyy]

I want to do tbh… I want a physical copy but I don’t want it from Amazon. I want to make this a customized masterpiece.

[@ieuansmith518]

MY GOD! Now that's an insult. "Based on the fic, she might have misspelt her name." Christ, that has so many levels of insult I don't even know where to start.

[@Teainatophat]

I did a double take when I saw this video 😆 thought I had fallen asleep while on my iPad and I was dreaming this 🤣

[@tomoxford8815]

"it'll be a book, at least for a little bit..." best line XD

[@megibraholli8500]

Hey! These videos are my magnius opium rn. I've watched so many book binding tutorials and they are all so serious. I've started my first one and i'm honestly just trying to see if i like the hobby without having to spend so money of tools to confirm that. What did you use to glue the spine together? Was it also Mull?

[@winstermagic7886]

i saw this thumbnail, and though “jess what have you DONE”

[@angiemilbrandt5316]

My friends and i read this during lunch a few months ago, i tried reading a chapter i could not do it😂 its wild

[@jessical4866]

Could you do a project that uses Bookbinder JS? Morrigan Segdae used this application to order the pages for printing in her typesetting tutorial, and says it’s free. It might be a more accessible option than Adobe, so I’m hopeful.

[@PackMates]

I wonder if you could do another Harry Potter fanfiction? I kind of want to see “Like a Red Headed Stepchild” by mugglesftw as a book. Or “A childhood well spent” by Isscha.

[@inayaur]

I read this fanfic once Never again

[@ZoeHerron-hf7zt]

This is the best thing of all times.

[@Sully-hj7wq]

This video is so funny I love it

[@Melrose-Productions]

I would love to see you recreate Ranboo’s mask from Generation Loss.

[@vegaszgreatvegas5505]

😂😂😂😂 Years later someone will find this book and think it was a real book and it will become part of their book collection. Once I have my money situation figured out or I win the lotto I’m asking you to book bin all my fav fanfics