Almost Human (TV series)

Almost Human is an 13-episode one season American science fiction police procedural television show that premiered on November 17, 2013. It starred Karl Urban as Detective John Kennex and Michael Ealy as Dorian, and Lili Taylor as Captain Sandra Maldonado. It was cancelled on April 29, 2014.
==Canon Overview==
Advances in science and technology were supposed to improve the world, but in 2048 the crime rates have risen to 400%. To better combat this, the LAPD implements a mixed human and machine task force, for every police officer is to be paired up with a lifelike combat-model android and thus have strength against crime.
In this scenario we have Detective John Kennex, recently integrated after medical leave, that after destroying yet another state-of-the-art android model is paired with the "obsolete" Dorian, an android with human appearance and emotions. 
Rounding out the other main characters are Captain Sandra Maldonado, Technician Rudy Lom, the Detectives Valerie Stahl and Richard Paul.
===Cancellation===
Many people cited Fox airing the episodes out of order as a contributing factor to its demise, similarly to what happened to Firefly. The shuffling of the episodes not only introduced continuity problems but also turned John's and Dorian's character arcs and relationship development into a jumbled mess which ruined the central conflict of the show.
==Fandom Overview==
Fan activity primarily focused on fandom between 2013 and 2015, with specific communities and profiles created during this period. AH has a few communities on LJ and DW,The only two AH-focused communities on Dreamwidth were never used, being ahfancollab and ahvirtualseason with its activities also concentrated at the same time.
Relatively small the fandom grew through its first season. It was one of the larger Yuletide fandoms in 2013, with eight works written for it. On AO3 there were around 38 fics in the first week the series aired.
Fannish attention was focused on Dorian and John's relationship. Most fans preferred Dorian/John Kennex as slash though its gen equivalent is the second most popular relationship in the fandom according to AO3 numbers. The largest het pairing is John Kennex/Valerie Stahl, and the largest femslash pairing is Sandra Maldonado/Valerie Stahl. Crossover pairings involving other fandoms Karl Urban is a part of have also appeared, for example John Kennex/James T. Kirk and John Kennex/Richard B. Riddick.
===Whitewashing===
Fans quickly embraced the character of color Dorian played by Michael Ealy, however over time some resorted to whitewashing when creating works such as fanart. Criticisms of such practices were made in the fandom: 
===Almost Human FanCon===
The Almost Human FanCon was a tumblrcon organized to celebrate and show support for the series when it was at risk of being cancelled. The first con was held April 11–13 2014, while the seconds was held Feb 27-Mar 1 2015.
===Fan Campaign: #SaveAlmostHuman===
By the end of the first season, it became apparent that the show would not be renewed. Fox's decision to cancel the show after only one season with decent ratings sparked outrage among fans, and numerous petitions to save the show were started. (Here, here, here, and here, for example.) The largest petition received news coverage on sites like The Huffington Post and Comics Beat. Besides online petitions, ahfancon also organized a letter campaign directly addressed to various WB executives.
After the cancellation and no renewal prerogative, fans began to rewatch the series and dream of remakes, reboots, revivals and of course any other canon content of the work such as books, novels or games:
===Virtual Season===
Between 2014 and 2015, the AHFanCon decided to create a virtual season. A survey about the con, virtual season and rewatch of the series was made afterwards.
*AH Virtual Season by ahfancon
*Almost Human TVS by Ana Kal
==Fanwork==
===Fanart===
* “If I could recreate the world however I want, I’d change the way it treats androids. I wouldn’t change the fact that I am one.” by thenizu
* My entry for “let’s draw those goofs at least once a week" by thenizu
* almosthumanedit tag (graphics) by almostsleepy
===Fanvids===
*this show should of been rebooted for a season 2! by ashestoasheseditzz
*i only watched 4 episodes and i'm already in love by onmy.7
====Dorian/John Kennex====
* Dorian x John // Your Hero Is Here by AmberSpirit11
* John/Dorian - On My Own (Almost Human) by Alina AssA
* Don't Unplug Me • John/Dorian by retroUFO
* John/Dorian | What We Live For by ORiley42
===Fanfic===
====Dorian/John Kennex====
*The Reasons for Us by starandrea, Dorian wants to dance. John has an invitation. Everyone else watches. (Or, the one where John and Dorian become media darlings and a precinct-wide public relations nightmare, all in a single weekend.)
* One of the Crazy Ones by starandrea, A kidnapping case turns personal when someone takes exception to the LAPD's involvement. Or maybe it's John and Dorian they don't like. John doesn't care what their problem is, he just wishes they'd stop trying to kill him--until he doesn't, because having an active threat against his life makes Dorian his 24/7 bodyguard.
* Different by orphan account, In which the gang finds another DRN as a suspect for murder, John is an idiot, Dorian gets memory defects, and no one is very good at emotions.
* Fixing One’s Energy Influx Is a Euphemism for Sex by Sophie for slipshod, Dorian looks up. “Your heart rate sped up and you're probably aware that blood flow to your genitals is increasing.” “Jesus Christ, can you at least not talk about it that way?” Dorian raises his eyebrows. “You're getting hard, man.”
==Archives, Communities & Resources==
===Archives===
* Almost Human on AO3
* Almost Human and crossovers on FFN
===Communities===
*Almost Human TV, a series lj community
*Almost Human Bang, a bigbang lj community
===Challenges/Exchanges===
*Gift Exchange (secret santa AH style)
===Tumblr===
*1almosthuman1, a AH-centric tumblr
*Almost Human Advent Calendar
**Advent Calendar (2014)
**Advent Calendar (2015)
*Almost Human Fans, a fans tumblr-blog
*Almost Human Fan Con, a tumblrcon
*almosthumangifs, a gif tumblr-blog
*all-for-one-person, a MX-centric tumblr-blog
*ao3feed-almosthuman, a ao3feed tumblr-blog
*insyndicast, a tumblr podcast
===Resources===
* Almost Human Wikia
==References==
Category:Almost Human