Hollstein
See also: Holstein
English
Etymology
Blend of Hollis + Karnstein, presumably as a play on Holstein.
Proper noun
Hollstein
- (fandom slang) The ship of characters Laura Hollis and Carmilla Karnstein from the web series Carmilla.
- 2016, Aimee, quoted in Shannon Morrison, "Navigating and Exploring LGBT Identity in Fandom", paper submitted to the College of Charleston:
- Hollstein shippers didn't really understand the fact that some people didn't ship the same thing as them, and I myself received a lot of anonymous hate for not shipping them.
- 2017, Roxy Bourdillon, "The Little Web Series That Did", Diva, December 2017, page 32:
- Watching two out actors portray dream duo "Hollstein" provides an extra frisson and makes Natasha and Elise's passion for positive queer representation all the more powerful.
- 2019, Lorna Jowett, "'Most of You Are Wondering Who the Heck I Am': Carmilla (2014-2016, online) as Digital Reimagining of Le Fanu's 'Carmilla'", in Gothic Afterlives: Reincarnations of Horror in Film and Popular Media (ed. Lorna Piatti-Farnell), page 84:
- As the series' main characters, Hollstein are immensely popular and the relationship has provided the emotional rollercoaster ride for characters and viewers that might be expected from such a relationship in a complex serial narrative.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hollstein.
- 2016, Aimee, quoted in Shannon Morrison, "Navigating and Exploring LGBT Identity in Fandom", paper submitted to the College of Charleston: