fan fiction
noun
: stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet
called also fanfic
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The Paul Dano and Quentin Tarantino beef is now getting fan fiction.
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2025
Her love for fan fiction is deeper than just wanting to reimagine Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis, and Zayn.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
These page-turning stories will put characters like Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility’s Eliza Williams at center stage in elevated fan fiction for Janeites.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Audiences are distracted, costs are unmanageable and automation is coming; soon, everybody who ever wrote a piece of fan fiction will be able to make a film with the push of an LLM button (as Disney just accelerated).
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
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Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2025
Her love for fan fiction is deeper than just wanting to reimagine Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis, and Zayn.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 19 Dec. 2025
These page-turning stories will put characters like Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility’s Eliza Williams at center stage in elevated fan fiction for Janeites.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Audiences are distracted, costs are unmanageable and automation is coming; soon, everybody who ever wrote a piece of fan fiction will be able to make a film with the push of an LLM button (as Disney just accelerated).
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Fan fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20fiction. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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