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'''Uberfic''' (short for '''uber fanfic''', '''uberXena''') or simply '''uber''', '''über''', or '''ueber''' (from {{lang-de|über-}}, for 'over-' or 'supra-') is a genre of [[Alternate universe (fan fiction)|alternate universe]] [[fan fiction]] in which characters or events are portrayed somewhat closely to original [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] but usually in a different time period, place, or reality, many times featuring the [[ancestors]], [[Kinship|descendants]], or [[reincarnation]]s of canon characters, known as uber-characters. The uber-characters' names are never{{Cn|date=August 2015}} [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. The term originated in the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' [[fandom]], coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Whoosh!|url=http://www.whoosh.org/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=www.whoosh.org}}</ref> This sort of story was used by the series itself, beginning with the second season episode "[[The Xena Scrolls]]".<ref name="lunacy">{{cite web |url=http://lunacyreviews.com/terms.shtm#Uber-Xena |title=Definitions |access-date=2007-02-04 |author=Lunacy |date=2006-02-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070127090906/http://www.lunacyreviews.com/terms.shtm#Uber-Xena <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-01-27}}</ref> A common trend in Xena fanfics was to write Uber stories in which the characters' analogues discover that they are soulmates.<ref>[http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.html Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse]</ref>
'''Uberfic''' (short for '''uber fanfic''', '''uberXena''') or simply '''uber''', '''über''', or '''ueber''' (from {{lang-de|über-}}, for 'over-' or 'supra-') is a genre of [[Alternate universe (fan fiction)|alternate universe]] [[fan fiction]] in which characters or events are portrayed somewhat closely to original [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] but usually in a different time period, place, or reality, many times featuring the [[ancestors]], [[Kinship|descendants]], or [[reincarnation]]s of canon characters, known as uber-characters. The uber-characters' names are never{{Cn|date=August 2015}} [[canon (fiction)|canon]]. The term originated in the ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' [[fandom]], coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Whoosh!|url=http://www.whoosh.org/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=www.whoosh.org}}</ref> This sort of story was used by the series itself, beginning with the second season episode "[[The Xena Scrolls]]".<ref name="lunacy">{{cite web |url=http://lunacyreviews.com/terms.shtm#Uber-Xena |title=Definitions |access-date=2007-02-04 |author=Lunacy |date=2006-02-26 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070127090906/http://www.lunacyreviews.com/terms.shtm#Uber-Xena <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-01-27}}</ref> A common trend in Xena fanfics was to write Uber stories in which the characters' analogues discover that they are soulmates.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.html |title=Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse |access-date=2009-03-04 |archive-date=2008-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517035749/http://www.genders.org/g34/g34_hamming.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena) or simply uber, über, or ueber (from Template:Lang-de, for 'over-' or 'supra-') is a genre of alternate universe fan fiction in which characters or events are portrayed somewhat closely to original canon but usually in a different time period, place, or reality, many times featuring the ancestors, descendants, or reincarnations of canon characters, known as uber-characters. The uber-characters' names are never[citation needed] canon. The term originated in the Xena: Warrior Princess fandom, coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org.[1] This sort of story was used by the series itself, beginning with the second season episode "The Xena Scrolls".[2] A common trend in Xena fanfics was to write Uber stories in which the characters' analogues discover that they are soulmates.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Whoosh!". www.whoosh.org. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
  2. ^ Lunacy (2006-02-26). "Definitions". Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
  3. ^ "Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse". Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2009-03-04.

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