Uberfic
Template:Short description Template:More footnotes Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena) or simply uber, über, or ueber (from Template:Langx, for 'over-' or 'supra-') 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 neverScript error: No such module "Unsubst". canon. The term originated in the 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]
References
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General
- Reason magazine article, "The fan fiction phenomena: what Faust, Hamlet, and Xena the Warrior Princess have in common"
- Knight Ridder newswire article, "In character: Fan fiction begins where TV series and movies end"
- The State newspaper article, "A Dictionary of Fan Fiction"
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