Terminator: Dark Fate

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) is the sixth film in the Terminator franchise. 
==Fandom Reactions==
Even prior to its theatrical release on November 1, 2019, Terminator: Dark Fate was extremely polarizing to the fandom, often split along gender lines. Female fans tended to laud the primarily female cast and its unapologetic depiction of an aging Sarah Connor as an action hero, while male fans tended to critique the decision to replace John Connor with Dani Ramos as the main protagonist and leader of the future resistance. 
Both prior to and after the movie's release, fans noted the apparent chemistry and intimacy between Dani and Grace, leading to Dani Ramos/Grace Harper being a juggernaut femslash ship for the fandom. Other ships include Dani, Grace, and Sarah as an OT3, with smaller numbers of fics focusing on Grace/Sarah or Dani/Sarah as pairings. It is difficult to determine the total number of Dark Fate fanfiction accurately, as all Terminator-related fics are sorted into a franchise fandom tag rather than individual films; however, one user noted in January 2020 that roughly 1 in 5 fics were related to Dark Fate, indicating that there was a massive spike in activity .
==Notable Fanworks==
===Fanfics===
*IF: THEN by Tyellas. A Carl-POV fic exploring his programming and perceptions of some of the events in T:DF, including the fight sequences with the Rev-9. 
*ok, boomer by Tyellas. A gen-fic chapter, part of a larger collection of short stories by this author, and one where Sarah Connor gets told 'ok boomer' by a youth who soon regrets it. 
*100 Ways to Change Fate by overkill_max; The "100 ways to say I love you" canon adjacent AU.
*Bring Back the Good by Vulcanodon; a 10k word count, post-canon Resurrect Your Gays fic with smut.
*Don't wake me up (I'm trying to find you) by Ellarend; an incomplete Dani-POV fic clocking in at over 50k words and counting, and part of a series by the author. The works of this author are consistently mentioned in fandom spaces as being of extremely high quality.
===Fanart===
*Get A Room by polyglotplatypus.
*Sarah Connor commission by hattersarts
*she is definitely my type by pulsar-s; fanart of Grace
*well looks like i never get enough of them by natchosaretasty; Dani/Grace fanart
*who the fuck is that? by natchosaretasty, showing Grace protecting Dani with a quote from the movie
*Damn I’m dying TOO GOOOOOOD by marceline2174; artwork showing Grace and Dani on the overpass
*i love grace and dani by greenzara123 
*Dani and Grace by foleypdx
*dark fate studies 1/? by kmkalan; studies of Grace's expressions
*let it be known that I would die for her - by theninj-art-carrot; art of Grace in the desert 
*portrait of Mackenzie Davis as Grace by lesly-oh
*portrait of Sarah Connor by nobodyanybody0
===Fanvids===
*Future Nostalgia by Sisabet.
*Grace being Grace for two and a half minutes by yorkieeightyseven (on Youtube)
===Meta===
*Grace Under Pressure: A Guide to the Care and Keeping of Your Chronically Ill Cyborg Supersoldier from the Future by starfoozle, also on AO3.
*On Grace’s Power Source: the radioactive meta literally nobody asked for by starfoozle
*In Terminator: Dark Fate, Grace’s body is… by Tyellas; archive link. 
*Addition to "In Terminator: Dark Fate, Grace's body is... by suzirya; archive link
*Terminator: Dark Fate, Mexico Edition by winbutlerscowbell; archive link.
*Let’s Make it That Deep: Thinking about the Surveillance State, Racial Politics, and Humanity in Terminator: Dark Fate by fightmeyeats; archive link.
*Grace (Terminator: Dark Fate) - The character I've been waiting for by mini-oddity; archive link
==References==
Category:Terminator