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Skipping over to the late 16th/early 17th century, we come across fanfic author extraordinaire William Shakespeare. In short, followers of a story wanting to create their own version or a continuation of said story is nothing new - humanity has been doing it for centuries. Some of the greatest pieces of classic literature are fanfiction of myths, legends and religions - Dante’s Inferno and Paradise Lost being prime examples.

Christianity is arguably the biggest fandom on the planet and the Bible and Greek mythology are perhaps the most borrowed-from stories in history. Potentially blasphemous statements aside, the connections between modern fan culture and religion/mythology are undeniable. The resulting mythologies and religions then developed their own “fanfiction” - Christianity is more-or-less a “fanon” (fan-canon) birthed from the New Testament, which is itself a Jesus-centric fanfic sequel to The Old Testament written by Jesus’ biggest fans, the apostles. It’s not a stretch to say that the earliest myths, legends and religion are in some way a form of fanfiction. Myths, Legends and New Testamentsįanfiction, or at least some form of it, existed long before the term to describe it came into being. But where does this desire, and thus its modern incarnation as fanfiction, originate from? From religion to self-insert crossover slashfics, this is a consolidated history of fanfiction.

I eventually moved away from my fanfiction-reading days, but I recently realized exactly why I was so consumed by these stories: fanfiction is a way for fans to shape their favorite movies, TV shows, books, video games and franchises in ways that feed the specific inner desires they know might not ever be fulfilled onscreen. I never dared to write my own, but I was consumed by fanfics of these series, searching for new additions and chapters every week and rereading my favorites on a monthly basis.

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What do these two things have in common? They happened to be the two series I read the most fanfiction about - specifically romantic, ship-based fanfic.

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Throughout my high school years, I had my big anime awakening via Full Metal Panic!, and around the same time, I discovered and developed my love for the Ace Attorney game series.