Things to Know About Fandoms

Fandom is a term used to refer to a community composed of people who share a common interest that surrounds a tv show/movie/book etc. A fandom can grow around any area of human interest or activity. The term has its roots in those with 
an enthusiastic appreciation for sports and it is traced back as far as 1903. It is formed of the word fan plus the suffix -dom (as in kingdom).

The first morden fandom that was created was the Sherlock Holmes fandom,known as Sherlockians, who, in fact, wrote the first fan fiction around 1897 to 1902. Fans do many activities together. Fangirls/Fanboys/Fanwarriors (members of a fandom) associate with one another, often attending fan conventions. Some fans write fan fiction (aka fanfic), stories based on the universe and characters of their chosen fandom. This fiction can take the form of video-making as well as writing. Fan fiction may or may not tie in with the story's canon; sometimes the fans use the story's characters in different situations that do not relate to the plot line at all. Sometimes people will take characters from one fandom and put them in another, which is called a cross-over

Especially at events, fans may also partake in cosplay– the creation and wearing of costumes designed in the likeness of characters from a source work – which can also be combined with role-playing, reenacting scenes or acting like the character of their choice.

Some fans create pictures known as edits, which consist of pictures or photos with their chosen fandom characters in different scenarios. These edits are often shared on social media networks. In some edits, one may see content relating to several different fandoms.