If you’re an online savvy person under the age of 30, your life has likely been touched by Wattpad in some way. At least, that’s what a certain multimedia conglomerate seems to think. 

Whether you’ve been unwillingly exposed to cringeworthy K-pop self-inserts or you went through an avid Sonic Mpreg phase, CBSViacom wants to bring the best of the notorious social reading platform to our screens. A bid to broaden its appeal to millennials and Gen Z, the announcement of the partnership led to some dramatic reactions. 

It’s difficult to tell if this move will help to bring in a younger audience. However, if there’s one thing we know about fanfiction writers, it’s that they’re not going to let something as dumb as negative feedback deter them. That, and mainstream TV is going to have to get a lot more comfortable with being X-rated.