Overnight Fandom

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An Overnight Fandom is a fandom triggered by a current event that leads to spontaneous fannish reactions and/or commentary. These fandoms tend to be short-lived microfandoms, leaving little impact on fandom in general.

Overnight fandoms reacting to political events are often of a satiric nature.

Sometimes, an overnight fandom starts with a fan sharing a fic or an idea for funsies; in that case, it might turn into a trope.

Examples

Inspired by Real-Life Events

• Landscaping Company and Crematorium AU (2020)
• Suez Canal Obstruction (2021)
• OceanGate Titanic Incident (2023)

Inspired by Memes/Mash-Ups

• Doomguy & Isabelle (2020)
• Goncharov (2020)
• Barbenheimer (2023)