page_title: Trekkie
section_title: Artistic multi media expressions of Trek fandom
hierarchical_section_title: Trekkie / Activities / Artistic multi media expressions of Trek fandom
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context_page_description: A Trekkie or Trekker is a fan of the Star Trek franchise, or of specific television series or films within that franchise.
context_section_description: Throughout the years, Trekkies have explored the arts to express their appreciation for and immersion in the show, through a vast range of creative professional and nonprofessional media, in particular costume and artifact crafting and homage cos-playing, usually at science fiction conventions.
  As with other immersive pastimes, e.g. the Society for Creative Anachronism, a cottage industry of creating and trading hand-crafted collectibles has emerged, as well as cos-playing vlogs of conference attendance, costume-making, prop-making instructional videos. The fan-run database Memory Alpha tries to organize the berth of the ever-expanding multimedia expressions and fads of Trek fandom.
  In Canada, a phenomenon of defacing obsolete $5 dollar bills of 19th century Canadian Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier was common, as Laurier's facial features on the old paper $5 bills seemed to resemble Spock, especially as a tribute to Leonard Nimoy after his death. This fad was referred to as ' Spocking 5's.
  Star Trek has inspired commercially produced works of literature such as volumes of novels. However, fans have also produced numerous fan fiction productions and literature that seek to explore and continue hypothetical adventures of canonized characters. Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Orville, filmed a fan production as a teenager. Star Trek alumni thespians have occasionally starred in these fan productions, such as Star Trek Continues. The erotic 'slash fiction' genre of fan fiction (Literotica) was rooted in the K/S homoerotic pairings of Kirk and Spock in Star Trek fanzines of the 1970s written by female fans.
  Another fan activity is filking, that is, playing, singing, or writing Star Trek-themed music such as parodies of contemporary pop songs. Fans have also created their own musical videos, such as The Picard Song by artist "Dark Materia" and contributed them to online content to online video archives such as YTMND. The death metal band Stovokor from Portland, Oregon derives its inspiration from Klingon mythology from the show. Fans have also produced audio readings since the 1970s which evolved into many forms of audio productions, such as podcasts, which were originally rooted in readings of fanzine literature for the visually impaired. The lore of the expanded universe, e.g. backstories of characters, is explored.
caption: Trekkie's tunned motorcycle as starship
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