Derry Girls
| Fandom | |
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| Name: | Derry Girls |
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| Creator: | Lisa McGee |
| Date(s): | 2018 - |
| Medium: | television series |
| Country of Origin: | Ireland, Northern Ireland, UK |
| External Links: | Wikipedia page |
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Derry Girls is a UK sitcom that follows the misadventures of four Northern Irish teenage girls and one English lad, who all attend the same all girls Catholic Secondary School in Derry, Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The series is set in the mid-90s, against the historical background of the Troubles, and events leading up to the Good Friday Agreement.
The series was released internationally on Netflix in December 2018.
Canon
Characters
| Main friend group
Other teenagers
Teachers/School staff
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Family members
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Fandom
The series is very popular in the UK and Ireland, but the fandom remains small.
Many fans are connecting on sites like Tumblr, Twitter and Reddit. The Tumblr fandom for Derry Girls is known for creating gifs and theories, particularly on the sexualities of various characters, and was very happy with the reveal of an LGBT character in Season 1.
There's not a lot of fanfiction in this fandom. Some fic writers have found it difficult to write fics that remain true to Northern Irish accent and colloquialisms.[1] In fanfiction the most popular pairing is the non-canon James Maguire/Erin Quinn, with all other pairings currently rare. While many fans headcanon that James is a queer character, the pairing of James Maguire/David Donnelly does not appear often in fanfic, but it is the most popular slash pairing in this fandom. Derry Girls has a canon lesbian character in Clare Devlin, but femslash is rare.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
- A Bold Move by fluerlb
- don't tip the boat over (love and devotion) by merriweather
- words hung above, but never would form, like a cry at the final breath that is drawn by buckybunnyteeth
Edits
- Group (212) by @1uvzip
- everything about this show is perfect. (Dreams) by @taysl0vrr1
- Like mothers like daughters by @derrygxrl, a variation on the End of Beginning trend
- James (yes, and?) by @nicolaluvrr
- Claire (Hot to Go) by @literary.mokey
- Orla (Slipping Through my Fingers) by @.aebexss
- Erin (Uptown Girl) by @disneycouples
- Sister Michael by @laufeysonedits
Archives & Fannish Links
- Derry Girls works on Ao3
- r/DerryGirls a subreddit on Reddit.
- #Derry Girls on Tumblr
- Wikipedia:Derry Girls
Blogs or Communities
- DerryGirlsGifs on Tumblr
References
- ^ Did anyone else ever try to write a fic where characters have an accent you're not familiar with? discussion on /r/fanfiction about writing Derry Girls fanfic, Januart 2019.