First Kill

First Kill is a television show based off of a short story by V. E. Schwab. The first episode of the show, "First Kiss" loosely followed the events of the short story, while the rest of the show was a continuation.
It aired on Netflix on June 10th, 2022.
==Canon==
The show follows Calliope Burns, who comes from a monster-hunting family, and Juliette Fairmont, a vampire from a powerful legacy family, and their developing relationship and the growing conflict between their families and within the town they live in. The show has a semi-"the supernatural is known" approach to world-building.
===Main Characters===
*Calliope "Cal" Burns
*Juliette Fairmont
*Talia Burns
*Margot Fairmont
*Apollo Burns
*Theo Burns
*Elinor Fairmont
*Jack Burns
*Sebastien Fairmont
===Cancellation===
In August 2022, Netflix announced that First Kill had been cancelled and would not return to wrap-up the cliffhanger the show was left on‘First Kill’ Canceled By Netflix After One Season - Deadline. The show ended with Cal and Juliette estranged, which made the cancellation even worse for many fans.
This cancellation came at a time where fan and media attention in what seemed to be a growing pattern of cancellations of sapphic-led shows began to gain more traction and it is one of the shows which is often named when the overall pattern is discussed. Black sapphic fans were especially devastated by the cancellation, given how rare it was to have a Black sapphic lead in a show such as First Kill‘First Kill’ fans bare their fangs after Netflix cancels the series - We Got This Covered. 
As with many sapphic-led shows, the promotion for First Kill had been lackluster by NetflixFirst Kill showrunner has a theory why Netflix cancelled lesbian vampire drama - Pink News and many fans felt that, in hindsight, Netflix had already planned to cancel First Kill after one season regardless of how it performed, particularly as it outperformed other shows which were renewedAfter canceling First Kill, Netflix unveils a cringey new dating show - BGR; Why Did Netflix Cancel ‘First Kill,’ With Double Heartstopper’s Viewing Hours? - Forbes. It also came out between Volumes 1 and 2 of Season 4 of Stranger Things and in the same month as The Umbrella Academy, both shows with supernatural elements with much larger, established fan-bases and bigger budgets. 
==Fandom==
Due to the two main characters being in a canonical, sapphic pairing, the fandom of First Kill is very sapphic-focused. Post-season one continuations are also fairly common given the cancellation of the show on a cliff hanger. The fandom on Tumblr and AO3 has grown less active since the cancellation, but there are still weekly posts to both as of September 2023.
===Shipping===
The most popular ship is the canon pairing Calliope Burns/Juliette Fairmont, also known as Calliette. The next two largest romantic pairings, Talia Burns/Margot Fairmont and Carmen/Oliver Fairmont, are rare-pairs by comparison. However, familial and platonic relationships are often included within many fanworks.
==Fanworks==
===Fan fics===
* i am the monster you created by conefire - A season two continuation with angst and longing.
===Fanvids===
*Juliette & Calliope | DON'T BLAME ME (S1) by SunnyVids
==Archives and Communities==
*First Kill (TV 2022) on Archive of Our Own
*r/FirstKill on Reddit
* on Tumblr
*First Kill Wiki on Wikia
==References==
Category:First Kill