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Transformative Work

The term Transformative Work is sometimes used as a formal and legal expression for fanworks.
==Definition==
The Organization for Transformative Works (parent organization to this wiki) has this glossary definition:
:Transformative works are creative works about characters or settings created by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creators. Transformative works include but are not limited to fanfiction, real person fiction, fan vids, and graphics. A transformative use is one that, in the words of the U.S. Supreme Court, adds something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the [source] with new expression, meaning, or message. the Supreme Court ruling came in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music.
: A story from Voldemort's perspective is transformative, so is a story about a pop star that illustrates something about current attitudes toward celebrity or sexuality. Organization for Transformative Works glossary accessed 2010-05-27
==Fannish Drift==
Contemporary fannish use of the term may well be a direct result of the OTW's influence. However, casual fannish use of the terms transformative works, transformative, and transforming may not always align with the OTW's stated definition or the original U.S. legal concept. In U.S. law, transformative use is one of the tests for determining if a work represents a fair use of another copyrighted work, but fannish use of the term is broader and can refer to any fanwork or fanwork of fanwork, whether or not the resulting work would be judged a fair use in a court of law. This has created confusion in fan arguments over, for example, whether or not podfic is creative due to the non-legal use of the term transformative to describe podfic. 
Blanket permission statements by fan creators are sometimes referred to as "transformative works policies" or include phrases like "open to further transformations" or "permission to transform my works", meaning that fanworks can be made from their fanworks.
==Fan Reactions==
While the term 'transformative work' has caught on in some sectors of fandom, other fans often find it confusing or pretentious. One anon remarked that use of the term disparaged their favorite kinds of fanworks:
While not using the word itself, this fan in 1977 writes of the appeal of the practice of transforming: 
==Further Reading==
* (January 29, 2015), linked at (difference between curative and transformative fandoms, male and female fans)
==External Sources==
* Current Copyright Legal Literature at the University of Texas, Austin. Seems to be updated frequently, with links to PDFs of the recent articles.
* Copyright @300: Looking Back at The Statute of Anne and Looking Forward to the Challenges of the Future Conference on copyright issues held by the University of California, Berkeley, April 2010. (The "Statute of Anne" was the first modern copyright law, enacted in 1710, named for Queen Anne of Great Britain.)
* R. Anthony Reese "Transformativeness and the Derivative Work Right," (PDF version) 31 The Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts 467 (2008)
==References==
Category:Copyright Glossary
Transformative Works and Cultures Interview with Hope, Leandra, Jules, and Vanae

In 2010, Hope, Leandra, Jules (aka Missyjack), and Vanae was interviewed for an issue of Transformative Works and Cultures. This interview explores the challenges unique to crowd-sourced information gathering and the multiauthorship mode of a wiki.
Some topics discussed were Super-wiki, Wikis, and Supernatural.
For a similar interview, see Sequential Tart Interview with Hope.
==Some Excerpts==
 
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Transformative Works and Cultures Interview with Robert DeSimone

In 2011, Jen Gunnels interviewed Robert DeSimone for an issue of Transformative Works and Cultures.
"The uncut interview is approximately two hours long and covers a range of questions, including, but not limited to, DeSimone's original exposure to the Star Wars franchise, his past involvement in fandom outside of the 501st Legion, his experiences within the organization, what the 501st does and its relationship with Lucas Arts, and the perception of fans by both the public and scholars."
 
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Transformers: Alliance

Transformers: Alliance is a shared universe in the Transformers fandom. It was created in November 1997 by the original Simmers, including Abominus12, Corona/Gemini, PortMorsbe/Neo-Galvatron, and Stacy "White Dove" Shamblin. 
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Transformers: Armada

Transformers: Armada is a series from the Transformers franchise. It had many, many problemsTFWiki's list of criticisms, if you're interested., but was generally well-loved and attracted a large fanbase in its time. Its plot centers around Minicons, which are smaller (roughly human-sized) Transformers that can connect to larger Transformers and power them up, and their utility in the ongoing war between Optimus Prime and his Autobots and Megatron and his Decepticons. Unicron, the planet-eating evil god of the Transformers, also shows up.
== Fandom ==
Armada has basically no fandom nowadays; AO3 lists only 33 stories in its tag, and most of its fanworks predate world filtering on fanfiction.net. Interestingly, AO3's relationship tags would seem to indicate that the most popular pairing is Megatron/Optimus Prime, but sources such as old fanfiction.net stories and TFWiki's page on fanficThe page in question; look at the end of the first paragraph under Topics. Accessed January 19, 2015. imply that shippy fanfiction involving Starscream paired with either Alexis, who was the human female character, or the author was actually a very popular topic. While much of this fanfic is now gone, given that Armada aired in 2002-2003 and it was presumably hosted on now-gone fandom-specific archives, it clearly existed. Starscream is portrayed far more sympathetically in this series than he usually is; he's Megatron's abused second-in-command, who changes sides to the Autobots briefly and develops a close bond with Alexis before returning to the Decepticons when he realizes that the Autobots will never really trust him. This apparently led to him developing a large female fanbase, to the point where the wiki describes him as "fangirl bait"The caption on the first image. Accessed January 19, 2015.. Very little information about the rest of the Armada fandom survives, as the series aired well over a decade ago.
== Continuity ==
Armada is the first part of the Unicron Trilogy, a group of series that are set in the same continuity, aired in chronological order, and all focus on Unicron; Transformers: Energon and Transformers: Cybertron make up the second and third parts of the series. The Japanese original version did not place Cybertron in the same continuity as Armada and Energon at first, but this has since been retconned into lining up with the American version. As with most series, it also had a toyline and various tie-in comics, including a series that was ended partway through by Dreamwave's bankruptcy.
== Notable Transformers: Armada Fanworks == 
== References ==
== Resources ==
* Armada at AO3
* The Unicron Trilogy at fanfiction.net
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Transformers: Beast Wars

Beast Wars is a TV show in the Transformers franchise. It was the first TV series to air after the original cartoon. The fandom generally hated it when it first aired because of how it deviated from the original series by starring the Maximals and Predacons, who transform into Earth animals, instead of the Autobots and Decepticons, who transform into Earth vehicles. TFWiki page on the subject. Accessed February 9, 2015. However, it's now considered one of the best Transformers series by the fandom, due to its high-quality plotting and characterization. 
== Fandom ==
Beast Wars has a very small AO3 fandom, with around 150 fics. The most common pairing is Dinobot/Rattrap, an honor-bound Predacon velociraptor and a conniving, cowardly Maximal rat, as they developed a passionate rivalry while Dinobot was working with the Maximals. The second-most-common pairing is the canon romance Silverbolt/Blackarachnia. Fanfiction.net has more stories in the fandom at around 450, although it conflates Beast Wars and Beast Machines. 
The characters from this series are still beloved by the fandom. The first two Transformers Hall of Fame fan-nominated characters were from this series (Dinobot and the hapless comic relief Waspinator), and the Megatron of Beast Wars is considered an iconic version of the character, even more surprising given that he's a bright purple Tyrannosaurus rex. While Beast Wars's Optimus Prime, known as Optimus Primal, is less iconic than his counterpart, his reception by the fandom has improved drastically from the days of "trukk not munky".
== Continuity == 
Beast Wars is in the G1 continuity, but diverges from it on various continuity points, as with all the other G1 series. It has a direct sequel series, Transformers: Beast Machines, and is a loose sequel to the original cartoon itself. 
== Notable Beast Wars Fanworks == 
== Sites & Resources ==
* Beast Wars International, a Beast Wars fansite and archive
* Beast Wars Anonymous, a Beast Wars fanfiction archive (now defunct)
* Transformers: Beast Wars at AO3
* Transformers: "Beast Era" at FanFiction.Net
== References ==
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Transformers: Prime (Expanded Universe)

The expanded universe of Transformers: Prime, a series in the Transformers franchise, is larger than any other continuity except Generation 1. It mostly consists of video games and novels, generally covering the same time period - the beginning of the war, the last days of Cybertron, and the journey to Earth. War for Cybertron is notable as the very first material ever released in the "Aligned continuity", despite Prime being the flagship series. 
==Fandom==
The fandom for the expanded universe is minimal, possibly because of its inaccessibility and relative obscurity. The tag for Transformers: Exodus is synned to the War for Cybertron tag on AO3, presumably including the sequels to both, and between them they have slightly more than 30 fanworks. fanfiction.net does not distinguish between these series and Prime in their World filtering. 
==Continuity==
It is obviously in the same continuity as Transformers: Prime, and through that series Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015) and Transformers: Rescue Bots. The various parts of the expanded universe contradict the core series, each other, and themselves with regularityA summary of War for Cybertron, with comparisons to Exodus., which has led to them being all considered separate micro-continuities. They were presented in some promotional material as being part of the Transformers Generation One continuity, but this is incorrect.
== Notable Transformers: Prime Expanded Universe Fanworks == 
==Resources==
War for Cybertron, along with Exodus, at AO3. 
==References==
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Transformers: Rescue Bots

Transformers: Rescue Bots is an animated television show in the Transformers franchise that ran from 2012 to 2016. Unusually for a Transformers series, it is aimed at preschoolers and includes no Decepticons. It is set in the same continuity as Transformers: Prime. It is about the adventures of a group of rescue worker Autobots (the titular Rescue Bots) who arrive on Earth and are assigned by Optimus Prime to work with a group of human rescue workers, the Burns family, on the island of Griffin Rock. 
== Fandom ==
While the target demographic of preschool children rarely participates in fandom, Rescue Bots has managed to attract a number of older fans. Some of them feel that it's better-written or otherwise preferable to Transformers: Prime; others enjoy it entirely separately from Prime. Much of the fandom for the show is on Tumblr, although like the Prime fandom, fanfiction is often posted elsewhere (commonly on AO3) and linked. 
== Continuity ==
Rescue Bots shares a continuity with Prime and Robots in Disguise 2015, and characters from Prime make occasional appearances. It is concurrent with Prime. As with every Transformers series, it has a toyline and some comics. 
== Resources ==
* Transformers: Rescue Bots at Archive of Our Own
* Transformers: Rescue Bots world filter at FanFiction.Net
== References ==
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Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001)

For the 2015 series, see Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015).
Transformers: Robots in Disguise is an anime series from the Transformers franchise. It aired in Japan in 2000, and aired dubbed in the US in 2001 and 2002. Its plot deviates slightly from the usual Transformers plot: Optimus Prime and the Autobots battle Megatron and the Predacons, instead of the Decepticons, although the Decepticons do enter the series partway through. It is notable among Transformers animated series because it was the first series to reboot the continuity (except in Japan; see Car Robots below under Continuity for more). Its original Japanese name was Car Robots, but it is very rarely referred to by that name outside Japan. It was imported to replace a canceled series meant to air between Beast Machines and Armada, as Hasbro wanted to avoid a two-year gap where no Transformers series was airing.
== Fandom ==
While Robots in Disguise was apparently extremely popular among its target demographic of preteen boys when it aired, this does not translate into much of a fandom in the present day. AO3 has six works under its fandom tag, and FanFiction.Net has seventy-six in its World filter. Part of the reason for this is probably that the series aired before many fanfiction websites had been created; any fanworks that exist are likely to be on old fandom-specific websites. However, bits and pieces of it remain popular among the Transformers fandom to this day. Most notably, Sky-Byte the haiku-writing robot shark was an immediate and sustained hit with the fandom. He was nearly voted into the Transformers Hall of Fame by the fans in 2012, ten years after the show aired, and has made appearances in the Generation One IDW comics. 
== Continuity ==
Robots in Disguise is in a unique position in the Transformers franchise of having essentially no other material in its universe. Its continuity's only material is the cartoon, the toys, and a single-issue comic which came out years after the show finished airing in the US. This is presumably a consequence of its filler status. Interestingly, this also means that the Optimus Prime featured in Robots in Disguise is the only one in any Transformers continuity to never die. 
Car Robots, however, is part of the Generation One continuity, although this was only revealed several years later in an entirely different series.A flowchart explaining the Generation One continuity in Japan. Unfortunately, it's unlikely to make much sense unless you're already familiar with what it's explaining. This applies only to Japan.
== Resources ==
RID Forever, a fansite for the series.
== References ==
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Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015)

For the 2001 series known as Car Robots in Japan, see Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001).
Transformers: Robots in Disguise is a TV series from the Transformers franchise. It began airing in the US in March 14 2015, although it premiered in China in late December 2014 and in various other countries weeks before its US airdate. It ended on November 11, 2017. It is a sequel to Transformers: Prime, sharing most of the worldbuilding and the character of Bumblebee.
==Fandom==
While the fandom is small, character and pairing patterns are apparent. Grimlock, a faction-confused Dinobot who is one of the main characters of the show, appears in over half the stories at AO3, often paired with the team leader Bumblebee or the minicon Fixit. Like Transformers Prime, it features a female character in the main cast, and the minicons Slipstream and Jetstorm as aids to the Japanese coded version of Drift. 
As the series shares a fanfiction.net World filter with Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001), there's no information to be gained from that site.
==Continuity==
This series is a sequel to Prime, and it shares most of the worldbuilding established in that series, although the events of Prime led to many changes. It is also in the same continuity as Transformers: Rescue Bots and the expanded universe originally created for Prime.
== Notable Transformers: Robots in Disguise 2015 Fanworks == 
==Resources==
Robots in Disguise 2015 at AO3
==References==
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Transformers 40th Anniversary

Transformers 40th Anniversary is a cinema event, created to celebrate the 40th birthday of Transformers Generation One. The event was originally announced in select Australian cinemas, and was confirmed to be in select cinemas across the US, the UK, and Mexico around a day afterwards. 
The event contains split screened commentary to the original first episodes with the original voice acting cast, alongside sneak peaks to the new upcoming season of Transformers Earthspark
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Transformers Bootleg

Transformers Bootleg is a zine in the Transformers fandom that was published unofficially for BotCon '05. The original master PDF for the zine was shared online by editor Jenni Ulm on archive.org in 2024, where it can be viewed in its entirety. It features fanart, fic and OC bios.
== Table of Contents ==
(copied directly from the PDF)
Chibitrons
By Robert Shum ……………………….…… 1
Starscream pinup
By Sean Ryan ……………………….……... 2
“Change of Heart”
By Bobbi Carothers ………………….…….. 3
Cliffjumper pinup
By Graham “LV!” Weaver ….……….…….. 5
Transformers Universe: “Prime Number”
By Bill “Fang” Heaston ……………………. 6
Generation Dumb
By Dann “PapaPrime” Matthews …………. 8
Sparkplug and Leader-1 Fanbios
By Jenni “Trixter” Ulm ……………………… 10
“Vengeance”
By Rob "Minor Irritant" London ….………… 12
Trixter and Upstart bios
By Graham “LV!” Weaver & Robert Shum .. 18
“Patrol”
By Michael "Kil" McCarthy …………………. 20
Bludgeon pinup
By Jake Isenberg …………………………… 23
“Passage Into History”
By Mary C. “Stormy” Pletsch ………………. 24
More Generation Dumb
By Dann “PapaPrime” Matthews ………….. 30
“Requiem”
By Jen “newsy” Kerner and Kris “Drivaar”
Carter ………………………………………… 32
Starscream pinup
By Wingus …………………………………… 37
Risktaker bio
By Chris “Haretrigger” White ……………… 38
Longhorn and Frostbite bios
By Rob “roborob” Springer ………………..... 42
From Trixter’s Archives ………………………. 43
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Transformers Earthspark

Transformers: Earthspark is an animated television series which aired from 2022 and onwards, as it's currently being produced for its second season. This show is part of the Transformers franchise, and being streamed on the platform Paramount Plus. The plot follows a human family gaining their feet in a new state, as they befriend a strange new race of transformers. Working in secret to protect their new family members, they meet many familiar faces such as Optimus Prime and Megatron as they follow the strange conspiracy of the government organisation G.H.O.S.T. It's still fairly new, with the second season being in production as of 2024.
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Transformers Generation One

Transformers Generation One, also called Gen One, G1, or The Transformers generation 1 continuity family, is a conglomerate of Transformers media considered to be the first generation of media in the Transformers universe. It does not define a single universe, but multiple, and shouldn't be confused with The Transformers (TV series), which is also called Generation One/Gen One/G1.
Transformers Generation One includes: the G1 toy line, Transformers Generation One Marvel Comics, The Transformers G1 cartoon from 1984 and tie-in film, Beast Wars, Transformers Generation One Dreamwave Comics, the 2005 Transformers Generation One IDW Comics, and the 2019 IDW rebooted universe following Unicron. It also includes a few minor continuities, such as G.I. Joe crossovers and the War for Cybertron Trilogy.Generation 1 continuity family, Transformers Wiki. (Accessed 1/10/2021)
==Fandom==
Archive of Our Own has a distinct fandom tag called Transformers Generation One, which is a separate tag from the 1984 cartoon's tag. Despite this, many fanfiction writers do no seem to distinguish between the two tags, leaving many fanfics that are labeled under Transformers Generation One as actually being just for the 1984 show and not the expanded G1 universe. Other fanfics are usually double tagged with Transformers Generation One and the corresponding pieces of media, such as double tagging as Transformers Generation One and Beast Wars. As of Jan 2021 there are 19,063 fanfics for Transformers Generation One on AO3, or 49% of all Transformers fanfics on AO3. On Fanfiction.net there are 5.5K fanfics under the "G1" world, or roughly 17%. For information, fanworks, and statistics on the specific pieces of media covered under Generation One, the pages on their source material should be viewed.
In 2024, 40th anniversary of the show's release was marked by the Transformers 40th anniversary event.
==Archives and Links==
* Transformers Generation One- Archive of Our Own
* G1 World- FFN
* Generation 1 continuity family- from the tfwiki
==References==
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Transformers Generation One Dreamwave Comics

The Generation One Dreamwave comics were part of the Transformers franchise, within the Generation One sub-franchise. While many fans enjoyed them, all of them ended unexpectedly when Dreamwave collapsed. 
== Fandom ==
When the series came out, many fans enjoyed the art, which was described as "manga-like" despite not bearing much resemblance to actual manga. It was drawn by Pat Lee, the president of the company, or other artists intentionally imitating him so as to give the impression that he was drawing everything. Other fans, however, didn't like the decompressed storytelling, which meant it took a long time for the plot to go anywhere, and felt that the art, while pretty, was bad at telling a story. Despite this, the first miniseries, Prime Directive, managed to beat Marvel and DC's comics on the sales charts for most of its run. Prime Directive #4 produced one of the most famous examples of "dull surprise", an unfortunate flaw of Pat Lee's art style, where most emotional reactions are drastically toned down and virtually indistinguishable from each other. TFWiki's page on the phenomenon. The sequel miniseries, War and Peace, addressed many of Prime Directive's flaws, and did almost as well in sales. The ongoing series that followed both of them, The Transformers: Generation One, began many ongoing plot threads but unfortunately was unable to finish any of them due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy. While many fans enjoyed the Dreamwave series, many others did not. Unfortunately, fairly little information is available about the fan reactions to it when it came out, because it came out before many of today's fan forums and websites were started.
Very few fanworks exist for the series now - AO3 has 38 fics, and fanfiction.net lumps all Generation One stories into the same world filter. Fanart of it is largely indistinguishable from any other Generation One fanart, and any fics that were written back when it first came out are likely posted on fandom-specific archives or lost in the depths of fanfiction.net. Based on the AO3 fics, the most popular pairing by a long shot is Jetfire/Starscream, making this one of very few universes where Jetfire is commonly referred to by that name in fanworks. 
== Continuity ==
The Dreamwave continuity pulled from many sources, including obscure bits of the original cartoon. It is irreconcilable with any other Generation One series, as with most other continuities, but is meant to fit the loose mythology of the Generation One franchise. It is generally ignored by modern writers, as there's very little to take from it that couldn't be borrowed from a different series. 
== Resources ==
== References ==
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