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In movies
editSlash is a movie released in 2016 about a young boy who writes slash fanfiction.[1]
In books
editOctober 6, 2015 Rainbow Rowell published a follow-up novel to Fangirl. Carry on is stand-alone novel set in the fictional world that Cath, the main character of Fangirl created.[2]
Relationship with the industry
editThe relationship between fans and professionals has changed because of access to social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. These give fans greater access to public figures such as creators, authors, and actors. Online platforms also give fans more ways to connect and participate in fandoms.[3]
Ed Brubaker was a fan of the Captain America comics as a kid and was so upset that Bucky Barnes was killed off he worked on ways to bring him back. The Winter Soldier arc began in 2004 and in the 2005 sixth issue it was reviled that the Winter Soldier was Bucky Barnes. Many authors write fan fiction under pseudonyms. Lev Grossman has written stories in the Harry Potter, Adventure Time, and How to Train Your Dragon universes. S.E. Hinton has written about both Supernatural and her own books, The Outsiders.
Fans of the show Chuck launched a campaigned to save the show from being canceled using a twitter hashtag and buying sponsors products.[4] Fans of Arrested Development fought for the character Steve Holt to be included in the fourth season. The Save Steve Holt! campaign included a Twitter and Facebook account, a hashtag, and a website.[5]
Some fans have made the work they do in fandom into careers. Several fan fiction writers have turned their fan fiction works into published novels. The book Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James was originally a fan fiction of the Twilight series published on fanfiction.net. The story was taken down for mature content that violated the site’s terms of service. James rewrote the story to take out any reference to twilight and self-published on The Writer’s Coffee Shop in May 2011. The book was published by Random House in 2012 and was very popular selling over 100 million copies. The book was expanded into a series with two more books and was adapted into a feature length film.[6] Many fans were not happy about James using fan fiction to make money and felt it was not in the spirit of the community.[7] Cosplay has also become a career and way to make money participating in Fandom. Some cosplayers have made money cosplaying at cons for companies and others have been featured in promotional materials.[8]
There is contention over fans not being paid when their time or work is used. Gaming companies use fans to alpha and beta test their games in exchange for early access or promotional merchandise.[7] The TV show Glee used fans to create promotional materials, though they did not compensate fans.[9]
Fans in communities online often using gifs or gif sets about their fandoms. Gifs or gif sets can be used to create non canon scenarios mixing actual content or adding in related content. Gif sets can also capture minute expressions or moments.[10] Fans use gifs to show how they feel about characters or events in their fandom; these are called reaction gifs.[11]
- ^ Leydon, Joe (2016-03-14). "Film Review: 'Slash'". Variety. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ El-Mohtar, Amal. "Fan Fiction Comes To Life In 'Carry On'". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ Bennett, Lucy (2014). "Tracing Textual Poachers: Reflections on the development of fan studies and digital fandom". The Journal of Fandom Studies. 2.1: 5–20.
- ^ Savage, Christina. 2014 "Chuck versus the Ratings: Savvy Fans and 'Save Our Show' Campaigns." In "Fandom and/as Labor," edited by Mel Stanfill and Megan Condis, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0497.
- ^ Locker, Melissa. "Save Steve Holt! Arrested Development Fans Rally for Bit Player". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ "'Fifty Shades of Grey' started out as 'Twilight' fan fiction before becoming an international phenomenon". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ a b Stanfill, Mel, and Megan Condis. 2014. "Fandom and/as Labor" [editorial]. In "Fandom and/as Labor," edited by Mel Stanfill and Megan Condis, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0593.
- ^ Tassi, Paul. "When Good Cosplay Turns Into a Great Job". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
- ^ Stork.", Matthias (2014). "The cultural economics of performance space: Negotiating fan, labor, and marketing practice in Glee's transmedia geography". Transformative works and cultures. 15.
- ^ Cain, Bailey Knickerbocker. "The New Curators: Bloggers, Fans And Classic Cinema On Tumblr". University Of Texas, 2014.
- ^ Petersen, Line Nybro (2014). "Sherlock fans talk: Mediatized talk on tumblr". Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook. 12.1: 87–104.