interfandom

interfandom

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ fandom

Adjective

interfandom (not comparable)

1. Occurring within or involving multiple fandoms.
   • 2008, Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica (eds. Tiffany Potter & C. W. Marshall), page 214:

     The widespread interfandom jargon of one's fic being "Jossed" (or invalidated by new canon material, a term derived from Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon), or for elements of a still-incomplete fanfic to be negated or rendered implausible by the development of the canon text, speaks to the creative stakes in authoring fan texts that strive for fidelity.

   • 2018, Marina Gerzic, "Re-fashioning Richard II: Intertextuality, Fandom, and the (Mobile) Body in The Hollow Crown: The War of the Rose", in From Medievalism to Early-Modernism: Adapting the English Past (eds. Marina Gerzic & Aidan Norrie), unnumbered pages:

     Their [Benedict Cumberbatch fans'] reception of, and engagement with, his portrayal as Richard III through playful fan practices demonstrates the interfandom crossover.

   • 2019, Jessica Hautsch, "Buffy, Hamilton and Jon Snow Go to Hogwarts: Literary Affordance and the Hogwarts Houses as Interpretive Framework and Rhetorical Tool", in Fan Phenomena: Harry Potter (ed. Valerie Estelle Frankel), unnumbered page:

     Is Game of Thrones's Daenerys Targaryen Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin? […]

     Questions like these are raised in YouTube videos and on Reddit threads and Tumblr blogs as online interfandom communities use the Hogwarts Houses from J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (1997–2007) to discuss and interpret characters, emphasizing the series' continuing relevance as it intersects with other popular fandoms.

Coordinate terms

• intrafandom