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Fan Fiction, is a form of Alternate or Expanded Universe created by the fans of a work, rather than the works original creator. Fan Fiction, or "Fan Fics" as they are often called, are written for several reasons: [[Continuation Fic|To continue a story that ended prematurely,]] [[Alternate Universe Fic|to see what would happen if certain characters are placed in unusual situations]], [[Crossover|to see what happens when the characters of one franchise encounter the characters of another franchise.]] [[Shipping|Or sometimes to get get the chararacters to have mad passionate (or occasionly just mad) sex with each other.]]

 

 

[[Fanfic]] is the place where [[Epileptic Trees]] are planted and cultivated. Expect many, many, ''many'' more fics to star the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] rather than [[The Hero]].

Some fanfiction becomes well-known enough to influence other fanfics, which themselves influence more fanfics, and so on in a domino effect. This can and does result in the creation and perpetuation of [[Fanon]], when one author comes up with a "cool detail" and others blindly copy it without realizing it was his invention. Furthermore, characters can become [[Flanderization|Flanderized]] by the feedback loops of fanfiction, sometimes [[Memetic Mutation|changing dramatically from their original form]].

 

 

One famous example of this is the anime ''[[Ranma ½]]'', released well before the Internet became ubiquitous and when many fans had no easy access to the original source material. All manner of details (including the explanation of Akane's mallet as either a [[Ki Attacks|ki attack]] or as residing in a [[Hyperspace Mallet|hyperdimensional pocket]], her [[Flanderization]] into a "psychobitch", her [[Lethal Chef|lethal cooking]] (rather than being just bad), and the names and fates of the many [[Parental Abandonment|missing mothers]]) were never touched on in the show but became standardized in ''Ranma'' fan fiction over the course of approximately a decade. The process was accelerated and exacerbated by the appearance of fanfiction written by people who had never actually ''seen'' the show itself and whose only exposure to ''Ranma'' was other fanfiction.

Currently, the [[Notable Fanfiction Archives|largest source of fanfiction on the Net]] (and probably anywhere else) is the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|aptly named]] [[Fanfiction.net]], which offers a couple million stories across all but a select few canons (which were banned due to creator request) and an automated system for posting. While other sites exist, no other site offers as large an audience.

 

 

 

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* [[Fusion Fic]]

* [[Gen Fic]]

* [[Kid Fic]]

* [[Lemon]]