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Fan fiction is the lifeblood of fandom

Fan fiction is the lifeblood of fandom

Fan fiction's strength isn't based on its literary merits, but on the fans that it brings together

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Jan 19, 2021
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Images: Lucasfilm, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox. Graphic by Nate Herzog

When I was a teenager, Star Wars was everything. I watched the films constantly, I read every book I got my hands on, spent an ungodly number of hours on message boards, and wrote for a bunch of fan sites over the years. And when I ran out of stories to re-read …

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