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Fans at a recital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fan or fanatic, sometimes also termed an aficionado, stan or enthusiast, is a person who exhibits strong interest or admiration for something or somebody, such as a celebrity, a sport, a sports team, a genre, a politician, a book, a movie, a video game or an entertainer.
In 2006, an anti-fan of the K-pop duo TVXQ poisoned member Yunho with a super glue-laced drink. [9] [10] Instead of pressing charges against the anti-fan, he chose to forgive her, since the girl was the same age as his younger sister. [11] Such occurrences have resulted in an increase of security for celebrities in South Korea. [12]
Antonym: Eurosceptic; Fennophile: a fan of Finnish culture; Francophile or Gallophile: a fan of French culture. Antonym: Francophobe; Germanophile or Teutophile: a fan of German culture. Antonyms: Germanophobe and teutophobia; Hellenophile: a fan of Greek culture (i.e. someone prone to philhellenism) Hibernophile: a lover of Ireland or Irish ...
Many fandoms in popular culture have their own names that distinguish them from other fan communities. These names are popular with singers, music groups, films, authors, television shows, books, games, sports teams, and actors. Some of the terms are coined by fans while others are created by celebrities themselves.
Japanese fan practices in the mid to late 2000s included the concept of the feeling of moe, which was typically used by male otaku about young female characters prior to this. [42] Robin Brenner and Snow Wildsmith noted in their survey of American fans that gay and bisexual male fans of yaoi preferred more realistic tales than female fans did. [43]
Some fans write fan fiction ("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. [25] Fan fiction may or may not tie in with the story's canon; sometimes fans use the story's characters in different situations that do not relate to the plot line at all.
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Though the fan's behavior may be judged as odd or eccentric, it does not violate such norms. [6] A fanatic differs from a crank , in that a crank is defined as a person who holds a position or opinion which is so far from the norm as to appear ludicrous and/or probably wrong, such as a belief in a Flat Earth .