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Different Types of Fanfiction

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Title: Different Types of Fanfiction
Creator: goodboydummy, yougothenigo
Date(s): 24 August 2012
Medium: Tumblr post
Fandom:
Topic: Fanfiction meta
External Links: original Tumblr post
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Fan goodboydummy posted four images on their Tumblr account in August 2012 to visually define The Different Types of Fanfiction as compared to the fandom's canon plot. "I probably left a few out, but these are the most common," they said.[1]

The definitions include: Extension; Addition; Alteration; Alternate Universe; Crack Fic; Different POV; and Drabbles.

A few years later (c.2015), yougothenigo added similar definitions for Smut and There, I fixed it for you.[2]

Fan response

As of 26 March 2021, there are over 395,000 notes on Tumblr, indicating that these definitions hit the nail on the head and the funnybone, too.

While Tumblr doesn't lend itself to detailed comments, reactions included:

Images

References

  1. ^ Different Types of Fanfiction by goodboydummy (accessed 26 March 2021, and archived 24 July 2019)
  2. ^ then there are these favs by yougothenigo (accessed 26 March 2021, and archived 12 November 2020)
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