In previous posts, I have talked about data fandom and fan labour as something inherently linked to commercialization. In a paper I read, though, I discovered a case where data fandom was used as a tool – both to achieve
Fictional People Fandom Show (RPF)
That is definitely a pattern I have observed when looking at RPF related to media creators and to some degree, when it is related to musicians. Even when it comes to political figures, the fascination might be with the events
Fascination and Frustration in Real Life
Looking back on our past conversations on RPF this past year, we have asked questions concerning what these real people have to do with fandom: how can what we perceive as real life be as fascinating and frustrating as fiction?
Real Life is the Fantasy of Interiority
Previously, we have talked about how the actor-character resonance would contribute to RPF being created. Further examining this fertility of the spaces for these creations, there might be two transgressions taking place. In this sense, the narrative concept encourages both
Meet the Volunteer: Szabó Dorottya
There are already 76 posts here published under the name Szabó Dorottya here and it is a joy and honour for me to reintroduce myself as the leader of this ragtag group of scholars you met or met again these
Dalong and Tiantian: who is less real?
Thank you for all the suggestions regarding reader insert narratives! I am going through them and will post about my readings later. Two weeks ago, the new Transformative Works and Culture issue, Fandom Histories, came out. Among the many interesting
Where is the author in reader insert?
These past weeks, reading about RPF, I danced around the question of the fan fictionalizing the very fan narratives that they live in. Yet so far I haven’t touched on a genre that appears to be more popular in RPF
The fiction of stars and fans as real people
(The question at the centre of RPF is) “what if?” This question is the question asked by each one of these Hiddleston fans arguing that he should be left some space. What if a man performed six nights a week
Real Person Without the Fiction: Idol Success As Fannish Activity
In their work, describing the data manipulation tactics of fan leaders of Chinese idols’ fan clubs, Wu Xueyin describes two kinds of fandoms. Two categories of fan identities account for a large proportion of fans in Chinese fandom: only stan/solo
How the visual image of the star can contribute to the actor/character resonance?
Earlier, in this post, we have talked about Jenkins’ idea of how fans, in the process of slashing, might read the body of characters (especially in media fandoms). We also talked about in this post I quoted Cathy Yue Wang