Terminator

Terminator refers to the franchise encompassing the Terminator movies The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Terminator Salvation (2009), Terminator Genisys (2015), and Terminator: Dark Fate (2019), as well as the television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and related tie-in media, including novels, comics, and video games. 
Crack_van has an excellent explanation of how the movies and show fit together. 
==A Muliplicity of Fandoms==
Because so many different series and media comprise the Terminator franchise, the fandom itself is often difficult to define as a single entity. While the majority of fans accept the first two films as canon, there is less agreement about other media. The result is that many fans selectively choose which works they accept as canon, while refusing to acknowledge the others.
These divisions are often along gender and cultural lines, or between curative fandom and transformational fandom.
==Fan Debates and Controversies==
===Role of John Connor===
Many fans consider the character of John Connor to be essential to the mythology of the franchise, and were upset by the character's death at the beginning of Dark Fate. Much of the disagreement stemmed over fans' interpretations of which character they considered to be the protagonist of prior films:
Female fans also pointed out the double standard between Dark Fate's reception compared with previous films, which they noted had happened with other female-driven movies like 2016 Ghostbusters reboot and Oceans 8:
==Popular Tropes in Fanworks==
*Time Travel
*Alternate Universe
*Everybody Lives
*Crossovers - The Terminator franchise has had many canonical crossovers with other fictional universes, particularly in the comics, including Alien, Predator, Superman, RoboCop, and Transformers.T-800/Crossovers These crossovers frequently appear in fanworks; Sarah Connor meeting Ellen Ripley from the Alien films is especially popular.
While most of the fandom appears to be gen, there are quite a few popular ships as well. Sarah Connor/Kyle Reese is the most popular het pairing, followed by John Connor/Cameron, and John Connor/Kate Brewster. Following the release of Dark Fate, femslash became considerably more common, with Dani Ramos/Grace Harper, and Grace/Dani/Sarah the most common pairings.
==Notable Fanworks==
(Due to the heterogeneity of the Terminator franchise, this list only includes works that encompass multiple films and/or media that does yet have its own fandom page. Please see each sub-fandom's page for more specific fanworks.) 
===Fanfics===
*Terminator franchise on A03
*Terminator franchise on FFN
===Fanart===
*Chibi Terminators by Kim Jea Sung ArtWorks
 
File:Flameandshadow12-2.jpg|by Sharon Reynolds, a Beauty and the Beast (TV) crossover utilizing the fact that Linda Hamilton starred in both, from Flame and Shadow #12 (1997)
File:Celestialtoybox9-2.jpg|by Jared Place, from The Celestial Toybox #9 (1993)
File:Celestialtoybox9-13.jpg|by Robert Jackson, from The Celestial Toybox #9 (1993)
File:Maikeldas terminator gal46.jpg| by Maikel Das
===Fanvids===
*Future Nostalgia by Sisabet - Sarah Connor character study
*Terminator: The Dark Years by Josh - hour-long fan edit of the Future War 
===Meta===
*It's about the pain or what we want to do with it by Saigh Kym Lambert
*Who's Got the Crack? Terminator Comics by Tyellas. 
==External Links==
===Resources===
*Terminator Wiki (Wikia) (canon resource)
*Official FOX sponsored TSCC Wiki (as of April 2011, appears to be defunct?)
*Terminator listings at IMDB.com (canon resource)
*Terminator (franchise) article at Wikipedia, includes links to Wikipedia articles on individual elements of the franchise (canon resource)
*Terminator (franchise) on TV Tropes
===Fansites===
*The Sarah Connor Gothic Charm School
*TheTerminatorFans
===Commmunities===
* http://community.livejournal.com/judgmentdayfans/ judgmentdayfans
* http://community.livejournal.com/terminatorbale/ terminatorbale (i.e., T4 fans) 
* http://community.livejournal.com/terminatormovie/ terminatormovie
==References==
Category:Terminator