…s so common that newbies might think it’s a canonical fact” (http://fanlore.org/wiki/Fanon). 122 Cinema Journal 54 | No. 3 | Spring 2015 copy of a copy until motivations and storylines become obscured and nonsensical.”25 In other words, erasing all references to the Harry Potter …

…embedding other fanwork, including fan art, fan videos, and podfic. Fanlore : A wiki for fans from a wide range of communities whose published mission is to provide a platform "to record and share their histories, experiences and traditions" [ 9 ] in fandom and fanwork history. O…

…content creation. This more democratic approach is exemplified by cases such as Wikipedia, citizen journalism, open source software programming, amateur videogame development, 4 and basement-made music projects. In terms of fan culture, online communities form around certain fran…