Alexter is the fan name for the fictional pairing of two actual Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution student leaders, Alex Chow Yong-kang, 24, and Lester Shum, 21, a relationship that has an ardent following on popular social media sites like Twitter,
Vulnerability and emotional hurt in h/c fanfiction
Hurt/comfort fanfiction can build vulnerability and the pain inflicted on the body might stand in place for abstract hurts. This creates the tension, in this case, the hurt part of the story structure. In identifying the release or comfort part,
The multiple influences in Chinese speaking online BL-fandom
The tropes, jargon and conventions of Western slash fandom have also been imported via the Internet and begun to merge with those of the Japan-originated BL fandom in the Chinese-speaking cyberspace. Lavin, Maud; Yang, Ling; Zhao, Jing Jamie 2017. Boy’s
Time travel and fan fiction
For this FandomFirstFriday, let’s talk about time travel and how it might – if – it relates to fannishness. I was actually surprised to find literature on this relationship so I definitely have learned something new thanks to this month’s
The queerness of fandom spaces
Thus, we see fandom itself as queer in essence, as it has positioned itself as a „heterotopia” – a social and communal space that has been in constant exchange and contestation with mainstream society and cultures. Lavin, Maud; Yang, Ling;
Queer fandom and queer movements in China
Fandom as a subculture is usually have a close relationship with queer subcultures. We can see this relationship in Chinese fandoms, too. Reading (the main character in a television adaptation) as a gay man, thus, could result in either criticism
The concept of “quality” fan communities
It is assumed that fans of poorer works will automatically be low-quality fans (…) but in 3n5b’s case, the belief is reversed—the quality of the community dictates the quality of the fandom. As a female-oriented community within the male-dominated field
Resistant fan tactics in the Guardian fandom
In the case of Kirk/Spock fandom, fans’ effort to keep technology accessible and democratic is to resist the corporate control of mainstream media and the capitalist system. In the Chinese context, fans’ tactical manouvres and technological sharing are mainly out
Hobbesian philosophy and Hunting the Hunter
That both male protagonists in these stories are chimaeras or hybrids suggest an interest in liminality and exploring the boundaries of “civilized” behavior, and their conceptualization of ideal relationships function as conservative defenses against neoliberal culture. Their use of animal
Issues of copyright within female ACG fandom in China
Even though the concept of fanfiction is so often defined by the concept of copyright, Xianwei Wu proves in their paper on female ACG fandom in China how the relationship between the two concepts is beyond a simple opposition. The