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'''Uberfic''' (short for '''uber fanfic''', '''uberXena''', or simply '''uber''' or '''[[über]]''') is a genre of [[Alternative universe (fan fiction)|alternative 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 ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' fandom, coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org. 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 |accessdate=2007-02-04 |first=Lunacy |date=2006-02-26 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070127090906/http://www.lunacyreviews.com/terms.shtm#Uber-Xena <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 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''' or '''[[über]]''') 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 ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' fandom, coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org. 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 |accessdate=2007-02-04 |first=Lunacy |date=2006-02-26 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070127090906/http://www.lunacyreviews.com/terms.shtm#Uber-Xena <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 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>


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

Revision as of 18:19, 27 August 2015

Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena, or simply uber or über) 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 Xena: Warrior Princess fandom, coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org. This sort of story was used by the series itself, beginning with the second season episode "The Xena Scrolls".[1] A common trend in Xena fanfics was to write Uber stories in which the characters' analogues discover that they are soulmates.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Definitions". 2006-02-26. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2007-02-04. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  2. ^ Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse