After the unjust cancellation of their favorite show, a fandom goes nuclear. Through the twisty rhizomes of online chatter and Discord servers, long-distance BFFs Bianca and Isobel lament the loss of their pop-culture tether, before different sides of the internet pull them in directions they didn't expect.

Part cringe comedy horror, part paean to the chronically online, HALF WORLD is an excavation and interrogation of Tumblr fandom culture in 2024. It is about getting sucked into something you love that can't love you back. There is an anchoress. There is fanfiction. There is a gun.