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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At times, some of the emails read almost like QAnon fan fiction.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
The Offer retells The Godfather’s making with the enthusiasm of fan fiction, while The Studio skewers executives for making garbage —conveniently produced by those same executives.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
This man has been hemming and hawing and verbally authoring fan fiction since last season.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
And for the uninitiated, omegaverse, which originated in fan fiction spaces, is an alternate universe in which humans are born into designations (alpha, beta or omega).
—Emilia Emerson, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2025
The Offer retells The Godfather’s making with the enthusiasm of fan fiction, while The Studio skewers executives for making garbage —conveniently produced by those same executives.
—Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Nov. 2025
This man has been hemming and hawing and verbally authoring fan fiction since last season.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
And for the uninitiated, omegaverse, which originated in fan fiction spaces, is an alternate universe in which humans are born into designations (alpha, beta or omega).
—Emilia Emerson, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Fan fiction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fan%20fiction. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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