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'''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.<ref>*[http://www.whoosh.org Whoosh.org - The International Association of Xena Studies (IAXS)]</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 |accessdate=2007-02-04 |author=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.<ref>*[http://www.whoosh.org Whoosh.org - The International Association of Xena Studies (IAXS)]</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 |accessdate=2007-02-04 |author=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==
*[[List of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters]]
*[[List of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters]]
*[[Older versions of cartoon characters]]
*[[Older versions of cartoon characters]]
*[[Über]]


==References==
==References==

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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.[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.org - The International Association of Xena Studies (IAXS)
  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

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