Often the shippers behind different ships fight for dominance within a fandom; these are called ship wars. OT3, OT4, etc. Fanfiction: Fanfiction — or fanfic or fic , but never "fan fiction"; the two-word construction is considered incorrect — is fiction written about a previously existing work, or a previously existing source of some kind.
This previously existing source can be virtually anything, including reality; there's a whole subgenre of fanfic called RPF , short for "real person fiction," or fanfiction about real people.
Fanfiction exists about everything from commercials to inanimate objects to real world history. Fanfiction is also as old as civilization itself , and, contrary to popular belief, it's not illegal. It's generally considered to be fair use under US copyright law, in that it qualifies as a "transformative" work based off the original source material.
Fanfiction is a collective noun, so you say "works of fanfiction," not "fanfictions. Fanworks: Fanworks are stuff you make in honor of a canon; how you define "stuff" and "make" is largely up to you. Common types of fanworks include things like fan art and fan vids exactly like fanfic but with pictures and videos , meta serious discussion about canon or about fandom itself , cosplay dressing in costume as a fictional character , fan comics, fan films, podfics recordings of fanfiction made by other fans , filk fannish song parodies , fan theories, and everything from fannish sewing patterns to fannish tattoos.
In short, it's just about anything you can think of making to support, defend, expand upon, discuss, or celebrate your fandom. TPTB : A fandom abbreviation for "the powers that be. The use of this term is waning in modern fandom in favor of "creators," "showrunners," etc. The term has the side effect of reminding fans that ultimately, creators have power over canonical material and, to some extent, over fandom itself.
BNF : big-name fan. This term dates from old-school sci-fi fandom and refers to a "famous" fan or a fan who is more or less at the center of fandom culture.
For instance, before she became a major best-seller, The Shadowhunters author Cassandra Clare was considered to be the most famous fanfiction author in the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter fandoms. Het fanfic is "het fic. Many fans believe slash is a subversive response to heteronormative canons, which rarely allow for the possibility that main characters can be queer. But a growing number of fans maintain that the tendency of slashers to fixate on mostly white male characters makes slash a deeply problematic and regressive genre.
Slash is a huge part of modern fandom culture. As of Tumblr's last statistical analysis on the subject, it's pretty clear that the vast majority of pairings being shipped in fandom tend to be slash pairings.
However, the major het ships in fandom, like Arrow 's Olicity, seem to have more shippers in other locations on the internet — not just Tumblr, which is generally considered to be the contemporary hub of fandom online. Femslashers generally want to be considered separately from "slash" in discussions of fandom because their ships are often quite different. Femslash has historically accounted for the smallest portion of fandom, but recently femslash pairings have surged in popularity thanks to major canonical queer ships like Korrasami for the TV show The Legend of Korra and Clexa for the TV show The , and non-canonical but still popular ones like Swanqueen within the fandom for the TV show Once Upon a Time.
Gen or genfic: Short for "general," genfic is what you get when your story isn't primarily concerned with romance. You can also be a "gen shipper," which paradoxically means you don't ship anyone in particular.
Because of the issues involved in speculating on someone's real sexual identity, RPS can sometimes can get a bit thorny , to put it mildly. Fan archives There are countless fanfiction archives in existence, like the massive wealth of fic at sites like AsianFanfics , innumerable tiny forums for individual fandoms, and blog sites like LiveJournal, Tumblr, and Dreamwidth. Currently, there are three especially predominant archives: FF. Because fanfiction. But plenty of longtime fans continue to enjoy its thriving community, and it remains one of the most stable fic archives on the internet.
Wattpad : Wattpad is an online self-publishing platform that has become hugely popular with fans, on a massive scale that dwarfs all other fanfiction archives on the internet. Like Movellas, Quotev, and other similar corporate publishing platforms that allow fanfiction, Wattpad's fanfiction demographics skew younger, with a focus on celebrity fandoms.
The One Direction fanfiction turned young-adult publishing phenomenon After started out as a Wattpad juggernaut that has already been read million times online. The process of building the AO3 led to the creation of the fandom-run nonprofit Organization for Transformative Works the OTW , which advocates for the legal rights, preservation, and awareness of fanworks.
Because the AO3 was built primarily by slashers, it's known for being a mostly slash-oriented website. The different types of fanfiction Canon fic, or in-universe fic: Fic that builds off the existing canonical storyline.
AU: Short for "alternative universe," AU places canonical characters into a different setting, universe, or timeline, or otherwise alters something significant about the existing canonical storyline. Popular subgenres of AU include the "historical AU," when characters are sent back in time to a specific historical era; the "coffee shop AU," in which characters are taken out of their existing storyline and placed in the context of meeting randomly in a coffee shop usually one half of your OTP is a barista, and the other half is an annoyed, harried, caffeine-addicted patron ; the high school or college AU, in which your characters are aged older or younger and sent to high school or college as the case may be; and the "Hogwarts AU," in which all the characters of another universe are sent to Hogwarts.
Crossover fic: A cousin to the AU, this kind of fic combines two or more sources. Think Archie vs. PWP: Short for "Plot? What plot? WIP: Short for "work in progress.
Mary Sue or Gary Stu: This is an original self-insert character or the fic he or she appears in. Mary Sues are heavily mocked both inside and outside fandoms because they're usually characterized by unrealistic amounts of perfection — prettiest looks, highest grades, strongest athletic ability, etc. Source material: confirms that character B loves character A. Fandom: wow that came absolutely out of nowhere. When promare came out I was very skeptical when people were saying Galo and Lio were a couple.
Its because I was on tumblr years ago when a certain game was out and people were saying this Jrpg had a gay couple in it. I wanted to try it out as I loved fantasy games and rep. I played it and I was very disappointed because it looked more like a strong platonic friendship but I desperately wanted to believe they were gay.
There was even discourse about the ship being problematic because they seemed like brothers. Even a friend I dearly loved thought I was dense for not seeing it. When I asked for more proof I was called an entitled westerner from certain people. RPing on Tumblr? The M! The RPedia Patreon! And some examples of it if you dont mind : Thank you! This is just a quick reference post. Now on to the ranting…. Canon : Canon according to canon material.
Canon is information given by the original media. Examples: Inuyasha is a dog demon. Dean Winchester was born January 26th. Jason Todd was the second Robin. Eridan is a sea troll. Princess Celestia communicates with Twilight Sparkle, her student, via Spike the dragon.
In the Bible fandom, there was a guy named Jesus. Examples: J.
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