TWC No.28: The Future of Fandom
Editorial TWC Editor, TWC, past and future
Theory Paul Booth, Framing alterity: Reclaiming fandom’s marginality David Peyron, Fandom names and collective identities in contemporary popular culture Bonnie Ruberg, Straight-washing "Undertale": Video games and the limits of LGBTQ representation Eric Andrew James, Using rhetorical criticism to track Twitch Plays Pokémon fans' attachment to sacrifice Sarah Elizabeth Lerner, Fan film on the final frontier: Axanar Productions and the limits of fair use in the digital age
Praxis
Naomi Jacobs, Live streaming as participation: A case study of conflict in the digital and physical spaces of "Supernatural" conventionsSky LaRell Anderson, Extraludic narratives: Online communities and video games Melissa A. Hofmann, Johnlock meta and authorial intent in Sherlock fandom: Affirmational or transformational? Dorothy Lau, Donnie Yen's star persona in amateur-produced videos on YouTube
Symposium Casey Fiesler, Owning the servers: A design fiction exploring the transformation of fandom into "our own" Nicolle Lamerichs, The next wave in participatory culture: Mixing human and nonhuman entities in creative practices and fandom Bridget Kies, The ex-fan's place in fan studies Brianna Dym, Casey Fiesler, Generations, migrations, and the future of fandom's private spaces Shannon K. Farley, Further future fandom: A conversation with middle school-age fans Robin S. Rosenberg, Andrea M. Letamendi, Personality, behavioral, and social heterogeneity within the cosplay community Bri Mattia, Rainbow Direction and fan-based citizenship performance Megan Vaughan, Theater criticism, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," and online community Deborah Krieger, Jewish identity, fan representation, and Yehuda Goldstein in the Potterverse Cody T. Havard, The impact of the phenomenon of sport rivalry on fans
Review Melanie E.S. Kohnen, "Old futures: Speculative fiction and queer possibility," by Alexis Lothian Lorraine M. Dubuisson, "The fanfiction reader: Folk tales for the digital age," by Francesca Coppa J. Caroline Toy, "Participatory memory: Fandom experiences across time and space," by Liza Potts et al. Louisa Ellen Stein, Roundtable with Paul Booth, Melissa A. Click, and Suzanne Scott

















