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What is fanfiction, anyway?

What is fanfiction, anyway? is a 2015 essay by Elizabeth Minkel for "The New Statesman."
"Once, calling a published, original work “fanfiction” would have been meant as an insult. As the term has gained credibility, so definitions have blurred."
==Topics Discussed==
* what is fanfic?
* fanfic written by fans vs "fanfic" written by TPTB of their own works
* Twilight and Life and Death, works by Stephenie Meyer
* Fangirl and Carry On, books by Rainbow Rowell
* the imbalance of power between the people who write and read fanfiction and the people who create the source material for those works
* is all fiction fanfiction?
* fandom and profit
* gift culture
==Excerpts==
 
==References==
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:News Media
Category:2015 News Media
Category:Fandom & Profit Meta
What is slash? (2003 essay by The Brat Queen)

What is slash? is an essay by The Brat Queen.
 
It is part of the Fanfic Symposium series, where it has the slightly different title: What is Slash?.
For additional context, see Timeline of Slash Meta and Slash Meta.
The essay was posted simultaneously at the author's personal journal, a venue that garnered seven pages (215) comments. See: What is slash?; comments page 1; comments page 2, comments page 3, comments page 4, comments page 5, comments page 6, comments page 7
The essay is preceded by "The Ground Rules": 
==Excerpts ==
 
==Fan Comments==
Category:Slash Meta 
Category:2003 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
What is slash? (essay by K.S. Nicholas)

What is slash? is a 1992 essay by K.S. Nicholas.
It is a very early example of a fan explaining slash to other fans. While the essay may appear simplistic to today's fans, it was a bold statement at the time, especially as it was on the newly-visible platform of "the web."
==The Essay==
==References==
Category:1992 Meta
Category:Slash Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:Fanfiction Meta
What is the problem you have with PocketBooks

What is the problem you have with PocketBooks is by Randall Landers.
It is a posted essay on the Orion Press website.
In it, he addresses the importance of fandom history, and his displeasure over what he perceives as a disregard by TPTB towards fanworks.
==From the Essay==
==Further Reading and Context==
* Black Fire, book and fan commentary (1983)
* Association for Readable TREK, a fan-proposed boycott by Julia Ecklar and Lisa Wahl (1983)
* Pocket Book's Star Trek Pro Novel Guidelines (1985)
* Writing Star Trek Fiction: Advice from A.C. Crispin, essay by Ann Miller (1985)
* Killing Time, book and fan commentary (1985)
* Some Notes on Writing for Publication, essay by A.C. Crispin (1985)
* How to Write a Star Trek Story, essay by Brian Wilkes (1986)
* Pocket Book's Star Trek Pro Novel Guidelines (1995)
* Ordover Wars, event and commentary (1997-1998)
* The Ordover Files, essay and commentary (1998)
* In support of Ordover, essay and discussion (1999)
* What is the problem you have with PocketBooks, essay by Randall Landers (early 2000s)
* (2000)
* Trek goes back to the fans, essay by Ron Moore (2005)
* , essay by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer at Tor.com (December 2012)
Category:Star Trek TOS Meta
Category:2000s Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
What is the way forward for Blake's 7?

What is the way forward for Blake's 7? is a recap by fan, Steve Rogerson , of a November 2003 interview with Andrew Sewell and Simon Moorhead, two men who had bought the rights, and were in charge of creating a reboot of Blake's 7. 
It was posted to Louise and Simon's Blakes 7 Fan Site.
Rogerson wrote: 
==Some Topics Discussed==
* history and background of the road to the proposed remake
* the new show would be for "the 21st century. The tastes of the audience have changed [since Blake's 7 was first made] so you can't just transform the show from then to here. It has to play to a new audience and we can't be in a situation where viewers need knowledge of the previous show."
* "The politics are a key component. It will be like The Dirty Dozen meets The West Wing."
* "Roj Blake and the original crew will be mentioned, but in this world they will be folklore and their history will be manipulated by both sides to suit their aims."
* The character, Kerr Avon will be recast. "Avon though will appear as the catalyst for what is to happen in the new show. Enter Paul Darrow, or rather exit Paul Darrow. Much has been made over the past few years of Paul recreating the character of Avon - until October this year when Paul announced a very public split from B7E."
* there are comments about fan submissions to scripts, how it could be a step up from the hobby of fanfic
* Simon's comments that the scripts were better than the shows, that the fourth season was one that had lost its way, but he likes the last episode due to its "capacity to shock"
* the sudden, without warning closing of the forum on the website created for the remake; this was they felt fans were being too critical and unpleasant
* the refusal to facilitate fan communication with a link to Louise and Simon's Blakes 7 Fan Site where Steve Rogerson's recap was posted, as "I am not going to sanction a site that is slanderous."
* Andrew stated he was against "unofficial merchandise" as it "cheapens the product," and he appeared to lump fanfiction and zines in that category, but later on said he had "no problem with fan fiction." Andrews was, however, very, very much opposed to slash fiction, which he called an abomination and pornography. Simon Moorhead added a clarification later, see excerpts below. 
* "Out of all that has happened, the one thing has got the fans angrier than anything else is the way they see B7E as delaying the release of the DVDs with the extras and Kevin Davies' much-wanted documentary. The news on that front is still not good..."
==From the Essay/Interview Recap==
==Fan Comments==
[November 2003]: 
==Further Reading==
* What's the status of the B7 movie/mini-series? (2004)
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Fan Interviews
Category:2003 Fan Interviews
What is this... Über?

What is this... Über? is a 1999 article by Kym Taborn. It is posted at Whoosh!.
 
Uber is a popular fanfic genre in the Xenaverse. An Uber-Xena story takes the essence of the characters and places them in another time, another place, or another reality. 
==Sections from the Essay==
* The Über Heard Around the World
* Theoretical Background
* Pioneers of the Genre
* No Longer a Bastard Child
* Indexing the Über (glossary terms)
* The Future?
==Some Topics Discussed==
* Xena f/f fanfic and uber
 
* the first sort-of uber fic was written in January 1997, called "A Meeting of Chance"
* first actual uber, a WIP, was "Get Your Kicks on Route 66" by Miss and Aisa, which was released on a private mailing list in early June 1997
* first completed ÜberXena was a western by Della Street, called "Toward the Sunset", which was posted on a private list on June 14, 1997
* the first complete ÜberXena posted publicly was "The Hitch Hiker", by Bongo Bear
* some definitions
==Excerpts==
 
==References==
Category:Femslash Meta
category:1999 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
Category:Xena & Hercules Meta
What is this human thing called crackfic?

What is this human thing called crackfic? is a post by Carolyn Claire at The Cutting Board. 
There were 36 comments.
==Some Topics==
* crackfic
* an author's distance from their fiction
* SGA and popslash
* is crackfic lazy?
* is crackfic here to stay
* lots more
==Excerpts from the Original Post==
==Excerpts the Comments==
==References==
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:Stargate Atlantis Meta
Category:Stargate Meta
Category:2006 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
What makes a big femslash fandom? Alternately, what makes you interested in a fandom's femslash?

What makes a big femslash fandom? Alternately, what makes you interested in a fandom's femslash? is a 2013 Dreamwidth post by havocthecat.
==Post==
==Comments at the Post==
saturnofthemoon :
alias_sqbr :
samuraiter :
Category:Femslash Meta 
Category:2013 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
What makes someone a BNF?

What makes someone a BNF? is a 2005 post by Emma Grant. Initially it had 210 comments, decreasing to just 180 comments after deleting some of them. There are many comments about Cassandra Claire, Aja, Maya and other famous Harry Potter fans. 
NOTE: while there are many references and comments to Cassandra Claire's plagiarism, her infamous expose, The Cassandra Claire Plagiarism Debacle was still 13 months away from being published.
==The Post==
==Excerpts from the Comments==
===July 7th===
 
===July 8th===
==References==
Category:2005 Meta
Category:Harry Potter Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
What people were saying about Willow/Tara back in 1999...

What people were saying about Willow/Tara back in 1999... is a meta post by stormwreath looking back at fandoms reaction to Willow/Tara.
==Excerpts==
Category:Buffyverse Meta‎ 
Category:Femslash Meta 
Category:2009 Meta
Category:Meta on Journal Sites
What the Heart Remembers

What the Heart Remembers is a Kirk/Spock story by Killa. 
It was published online in Side by Side Special Edition #1 and subsequently in the print zine Cyberdreams #1.
==Summary==
"Spock begins to regain his memories after the fal tor pan, memories that seem to be fixed on Kirk." 
 
==DVD Commentary==
A fan's 2007 DVD commentary is here.
==Reactions and Reviews==
==References==
 
Category:2002 Fanfiction‎
What the Hell Are You Thinking?

What the Hell Are You Thinking? is a 2000 essay by Megan Reilly.
It was posted to the X-Files website Working Stiffs.
==Introduction==
==Some Topics Discussed==
* formatting quirks in fic
* summaries and disclaimers and author notes
* other writing techniques
==The Essay==
{{Quotation2| 
 
I can also understand the desire to lay claim to your original characters in your disclaimer. But to me personally, when I see, “Mary Sue Who is my property. Don’t use her in your story without asking me for permission,” several things happen in my head, all of which put me on the defensive and make me feel icky and suddenly I’m not sure if I want to keep reading. First, I wonder what’s so great about this character that everyone’s going to be stealing her to put in their own stories. Such things have happened with much beloved original characters, but it seems a rare occurrence. Secondly, I start to think that your original character is going to be a genuine Mary Sue. I don’t know why I think this, or even why it would be a bad thing. I just do. 
==References==
Category:X-Files Meta
Category:Fanfiction Meta
Category:2000 Meta
 
 
Category:Meta on Fansites
What the Storm Shall Bring

What the Storm Shall Bring is a slash 157-page Starsky and Hutch novel by Cherokee Girl. Color cover and b&w interiors by TACS. Agented by Requiem Publications with print and PDF ezine available as of 2018.
Publisher's summary: "While stranded at Hutch's new beach house during a storm, Starsky and Hutch confess their feelings for each other. Their relationship progresses, while they work their cases, but they must also come to terms with the nightmares from Hutch's past." 
Image:Whatthestorm.jpg| cover by TACS
Image:Sh sh what the storm shall bring int 3 by tacs.jpg| sample of the interior black and white art by TACS
Category:Starsky & Hutch Slash Zines
Category:2003 Zines
What the Thunder Said

What the Thunder Said is a 7-page Professionals circuit story by Fanny Adams.
==Summaries==
==Author's Comments==
In 1988, the author said: "...one story which has received almost no comment is "What the Thunder Said." This surprised me because I expected at least a few letters saying 'jeez, aren't you being just a little obscure?' or 'really pretentious, Fanny. Good going.' Are fans reluctant to comment on things that require more than just an 'I loved it' or 'I didn't really care for it'? Or do they just swallow each story whole?" from The Hatstand Express #16
==Reactions and Reviews==
===1988===
==References==
Category:The Professionals Fanfiction
Category:1980s
What the fic? Plots thicken as fan-written stories proliferate on the Internet

What the fic? Plots thicken as fan-written stories proliferate on the Internet is an article about fanfiction. It introduces a lay audience to the genre.The article describes a story example at Godawful Fan Fiction and then says that "not everything in the fan fiction universe is bad. Despite an unending supply of smutty fantasies with bizarre misspellings, tortured grammar and no character development [...], there’s well-regarded stuff out there. For instance, some of it uses the Harry Potter novels—by far the most popular subject, with nearly 262,000 stories on the Internet fic hub www.Fanfiction.net—as a jumping-off point to examine relationship dilemmas and moral quandaries."
Alison Evans, the author of the dissertation The Global Playground: Fan Fiction in Cyberspace, gives some insight into the fanfic phenomenon, there is the obligatory Henry Jenkins quote, and a fanfic author explains why she writes fanfiction.
The article assumes that the "stereotypical image of a fan.fic reader is that of a tubby, balding man living in his parents’ basement" and quickly corrects this misconception ("anecdotal evidence suggests that most fic readers are women"). It also features a glossary, talks about professional author fanfic policies ("Anne Rice and Anne McCaffrey, actively seek out fanfic Web sites and try to get them shut down, [...] Most writers, however—including Potter author J.K. Rowling—range from tolerant of to tickled by their mainstream Internet following") and gives a nod to the long history of fanfiction:Linked fanfic sites include Fictionalley.org and TheForce.net. The listed glossary terms include definitions for Alternate Universe, Canon, Crossover, Fanon, Genfic, Mary Sue, Mature readers only, Ship, Slash and Suethor.
Category:Fanfiction News Media
Category:2006 News Media
What to Do About Harry Potter Porn

What to Do About Harry Potter Porn is an article by Christopher Noxon that was published in The Vancouver Sun in December 2002 and The San Francisco Chronicle, also probably in December 2002. It was originally published the previous year in at least two other venues, each with a different title. One was "Oh Harry, You Naughty Boy" at Inside.com and the other was "The trouble with Harry" at SFGate. 
Christopher Noxon wrote: "Produced and consumed mostly by young women, naughty Harry Potter stories belong to the larger online phenomenon called slash fiction," and quoted from "a novella called Irresistible Poison." The article was originally published online at Inside.com (as "Harry Potter 'slash' writers take children's book characters into new realm")According to Noxon's website, it was published in Inside on October 18, 2001. (Accessed 06 April 2006) This article was published in full as "Harry Potter 'slash' writers take children's book characters into new realm" in DIAL #19 and later appeared at other online places (as "Pottershots - The trouble with Harry").Noxon, Christopher. Pottershots - The trouble with Harry. SFGate November 18, 2001. Accessed October 3, 2008.
Noxon's conclusions about slash and the novella caused a bit of uproar in the fan community. The quoted story was a well-known favorite among Harry/Draco fans, which guaranteed some defensive reactions to begin with, and the use of inflammatory language to describe Harry Potter slash as "sleazy online affront," "moony-moony desire," "knockoff erotica" and "kiddie porn" didn't help to make the article more popular. 
 
One original version of the article also mistakenly refers to Henry Jenkins as "Harry Jenkins".
==Excerpts==
==Reactions==
==References==
Category:2001 News Media
Category:2002 News Media
 
 Category:Fanfiction News Media
Category:Harry Potter News Media 
Category:Slash News Media
What was your first fandom?

What was your first fandom? is a post at Imzy by lellowyellow at Cranky Old Fangirls. 
The post has 110 comments, including one very, very long one that is a recap of a fan's "keeper" print zines.
==Excerpts from the Many Responses==
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[Scarlet]: 
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[MinimCalibre]: 
[tptigger]: 
[Raspberry]: 
[cloudsinvenice]: 
[Aoife]: 
[kslangley]: 
[godots]: 
[ IngridMatthews ]: 
[Franzeska]: 
[lopipastarling]: 
[lassarina]: 
[linzeestyle]: 
[SomeoneElsesDream]: 
[kurushi]: 
[VRTrakowski]: 
[Pebblerocker]: 
[illudio]: 
[lelloyellow]: 
[mhalachai]: 
[lellowyellow]: 
[still-lost]: 
[IngridMatthews]: 
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[froggydarren]: 
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[MountainPixie]: 
[Pameluke]: 
==References==
Category:2016 Meta
Category:Meta on Fansites
What we owe Xena

What we owe Xena is a 2005 article by Cathy Young for Salon.com.
==Some Topics Discussed==
* the groundbreaking characters of Xena, and others
* feminism and Xena
* the subtext of the show
* fans' influence on the show: for better or worse
==From the Article==
==References==
Category:Xena: Warrior Princess News Media
Category:2005 News Media
What were early 2000's webcomics like?

What were early 2000's webcomics like? is an essay posted to tumblr by Daniel Kelly on his blog The Webcomics Review. The essay traces the history and development of webcomics from the start of the millenium, touching on social trends, their underlying causes, and notable examples. The essay also covers related technology trends, advertising and monetization. post by The Webcomics Review
Specific Webcomics Discussed:
* General Protection Fault
* Penny Arcade
* Megatokyo
* Ctrl Alt Del
* Questionable Content
* Bob and George
* Digger
* The Wotch
* Two Kinds
* Lackadaisy
* The Meek
* Homestuck
Related concepts and people:
* The two-by-two square layout for webcomics (famously seen in Loss)
* "Two Gamers on a Couch" comics
* Sprite Comics
* Scott McCloud and monetization
* The rise of furry webculture and its influence on webcomics
* The professionalization/increase in art quality in the mid-late 2000s.
==Responses==
As of October 2021, the essay has garnered over 27k notes on Tumblr.
Many people commented on their experience making and reading comics during that time period:
Many responses bringing up webcomics left out of the original post that people felt were notable:
Many responses pointing out that the author of Twokinds is Markiplier's brother.
Many responses by people reflecting on their own experience reading webcomics during that decade:
===Followup posts===
Followup addressing some other specific webcomics or related people and events that didn't make it into the original post:
Further discussion of what makes "good art" in webcomics, and some elaboration on other notable comics from the end of the decade:
==References==
Category: Webcomics
What were popular things writers used to do in their fanfics that have pretty much faded away.

What were popular things writers used to do in their fanfics that have pretty much faded away. is a January 2021 discussion on Reddit.
Fans mentioned specific topics such as tropes in fanfiction, design and graphics on webpages, and much more. Several fans mentioned how this discussion made them feel old, including some 18 year olds. 
==Similar Essays/Posts==
* Reminisce With Me (2008)
* The good old days before google were dark and involved horses (2010) 
* Fandom 1994-2000-ish (2012)
* Memories by vass (2012)
* A brief history of fandom, for the teenagers on here who somehow think tumblr invented fandom (2014)
* Was Fanfic Any Different in the Olden Days? (2015)
* The three generations of fanfic (2015)
* I feel like fandom generations are both very specific and easily conflated. (2018)
* Historical trends in fanfiction? (2019)
* What were popular things writers used to do in their fanfics that have pretty much faded away. (2022)
==Some Topics Discussed==
* Lemons and other citrus labels as a term for smut warning
* songfic
* scriptfics
* disclaimers
* character bashing
* sold to One Direction
* Y/N fics
* decorations as chapter breaks
* "gratuitous Japanese in anime fandoms"
* authors dropping an author's note smack in the middle of a paragraph or scene 
* omakes
* High school AU
* fandom generator prompt fics
* battling tongues
* Hydra Trash Party
* MSTing
* mourning the loss of squick
* "What does (insert character) think of you?" quizzes on Quotev, Quibblo, and Quiz Fic 
* feeling old
* fan casting
* fandom underground
* Kink Meme and Prompt Meme 
==The Opening Post==
The opening post was by VivaDeAsap:
==Some Comments==
===General===
===I Feel Old! ===
===Disclaimers ===
===Smut===
===Citrus===
===Songfics===
===Orbs===
===Graphics and Design===
===MSTing===
===Anon Kink and Prompt Memes===
===Crossovers===
===Sold to One Direction===
===Gratuitous Use of Japanese===
===Epithets===
===Squick===
===Research===
===Truth or Dare===
===Handcuffed Together and Soulbond===
===Tongues Battling for Dominance===
===Woke Up in Another World===
===Hydra Trash Party===
===Mary Sue and Self-Inserts===
===Avengers Frat House===
===Female Character Bashing===
==References==
Whatever (Man From U.N.C.L.E. vid)

"Whatever" is a Man From U.N.C.L.E. vid by Papayaninja69. It is humorous vid and was posted to the vidder's YouTube page on September 6, 2010. 
From vidder's notes: "Those U.N.C.L.E. agents have got some attitude... "
==Reactions/Reviews==
This vid was recommended by georgiamagnolia on Crack Van on February 26, 2011: "What I love the most about this video is that the clips are excellent and seamlessly stitched together to match the music nicely and the music is quirky and interesting, also, fits my mood, so yeah, personal bias on that. Go and watch this video (and note the lovely quality and clarity of the clips of our favourite spies, also a treat) and THEN go look at more videos by papayaninja69, I promise that you will not be sad you did."
==References==
Category:Man from U.N.C.L.E. Vids
Category:2010 Vids
Whatever Happened to Colonel Robert Hogan?

Whatever Happened to Colonel Robert Hogan? is a slash Hogan's Heroes novel by Tiger (aka BradyGirl_12).
From the publisher: "...old secrets are divulged and the Colonel’s fate is revealed. Hogan/Kinch, Hogan/OMC."
==Summaries==
 
A publisher's summary: 
Category:Hogan's Heroes