Fandom

not the best at times, but in the comic you watch it grow and become absolutely astonishing at points to lazy doodles on Microsoft paint. The fans of Homestuck are extremely large, crazy devoted and, probably the legit weirdest fandom from the outside. When your in the fandom it’s still…

The Lord of the Rings is an epic trilogy that leads the viewer through mystical lands and intense gore filed battles. Lord of the Rings is a series of novels by J.R.R Tolkien that was made into three films and effectively created one of the most loyal fan bases. The Lord of the Rings is a movie franchise that has not only been shown throughout many age groups but also has made impacts on the film industry entirely. These films will go down in history as one of the greatest films of the 21st…

In the age of innovation and information, there is little that people cannot discover with the help of the internet. Dynamic and complex concepts can be diluted into a mere sentence for almost anyone to understand. Yet, there are transmundane terms that cannot be fully grasped or understood, though many have tried. Religion, and its definition, is one of those terms. Superficially, it seems like a relatively easy phenomenon, but as soon as the attempt is made to solidify the definition,…

There is an Adventure Time Wiki that contains 2,665 articles as of April 2016. The fandom treats this as a credible source for their Adventure Time enquiries and when it comes to media convergence this portrays Henry Jenkins’ idea that “because there is more information on any given topic than anyone can store in our head, there is an…

American subculture. With the more popular anime being systematically introduced to the American public, creating “a massive expansion and organization of American fans of Japanese animation; clubs, conventions, and fanzines dedicated to anime and its fandom culture have sprung up on college campuses and in large cities all over the United States.” These fanatically dedicated fans have brought recognition and national attention to the growing anime phenomenon that spread throughout the States.…

The conquest of the Americas during the 15th and 16th centuries, as documented by Christopher Columbus and Bartoleme de Las Casas, was tale of hammer and nail. In both accounts the Natives were described as meek and docile, with little to no weaponry that could withstand Spanish attack. Both Columbus and Las Casas stated that the Indians were naive, lacking evil, and respectful, Las Casas even stating they were “weak and complacent”. In the eyes of these Spanish explorers, the Indians were…

Jackie Robinson was the man who broke the color blockade in Major League Baseball. He was a multi sport athlete during his college years at UCLA. He participated in four sports in college which proved his amazing athletic ability, which led to his offer from the Kansas City Monarchs to play in the Negro Baseball League. Robinson also served in the military prior to his time in Major League Baseball. After playing for the Monarchs Robinson was sent to play for the Montreal Royals. The Royals…

4. Reaction videos and fans’ contribution to the Korean Wave 4.1. Methodology In the following analysis, I will consider the changes in the various practices of the Korean Wave fans on their most used social media platform: YouTube. The official YouTube channels of the production agencies and of the fans are becoming more and more powerful on influencing a bigger amount of people and to find a bigger cultural market. The production agencies have found in YouTube a new alternative platform where…

You, the reader, have probably heard of the hot song for this especially hot summer—yeah, you’ve guessed it – Despacito. You’ve most probably heard it somewhere, may it be in school, in the television, or maybe even in your workplace. It’s a single by a Puerto Rican singer, Luis Fonsi (real name: Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero) and a rapper of the same nationality, Daddy Yankee (real name: Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez) which was first released in January this year. The song was fairly…

My creative piece represents an alternate universe fanfiction of Steven King’s novel, Misery (1987). By considering the outlawing of Popular Culture and fiction as a crime against artistic integrity, as well as Paul’s obsession with becoming a ‘literary author,’ my work subsequently evaluates the recurring tension of ‘Popular fiction vs. Literary.’ As discussed in lecture, Paul and the United Republic’s attitudes toward Popular fiction reflect the common presumptions made about this kind of…