A brief fandom history
My fandom history, that is. The following is part of an assignment I did for my Women and Popular Culture class at school. I would love it if you posted your own stories of fandom in the comments. Fair warning though, I did submit the url to this post along with the assignment, so my prof might be looking in at some point
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I say fanfiction at the professional level, at least in the star wars framework isn't technically Canon, as in it's sanctioned by Lucasfilm, but not entirely from the mind of Lucas. In fact, on Starwars.com, it's referred to as being in the "expanded universe" and there are many fans that regard it as being extra and while an interesting exposition into the character's lives, if it's not in the movies, it's fact. There's a book that takes place about 15 years after Return of the Jedi, where an author basically puts himself into the EU by creating a character that Lucas never thought of and then telling the story in first person.
However, something like Buffy Season 8 and Angel season 6, which isn't in the same form as it's root material. Is considered canon, because it's Joss Whedon "directing" the projects.
It's the debate of what is canon and what isn't, is essentially what this comes down to. I consider anything to non-canon to be fanfiction.
Nit-picky detail: I'm aware of that, but he got his cult status from Dark Angel and Smallville. But in Dark Angel, the primary demographic wasn't teenaged girls, it was teenaged boys. Oh Jessica Alba.
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