Why fan fiction is everywhere

为什么同人小说无处不在

Today, Explained

2026-04-11

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Publishing houses and entertainment studios have come for fan fiction, but writers and readers want to make sure it stays weird. This episode was produced by Danielle Hewitt, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Noel King. Photo by Michael Reichel/picture alliance via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • Fan fiction is having a moment.

  • The fans are shipping Buck and Eddie and Draco and Hermione and the other man and the other man.

  • They're getting Shane Holland or pregnant.

  • When I learned that about the fan fiction, I was like, whatever floats your boat.

  • As soon as I began to read fan fiction, I realized how much it is in the ether of so much of pop culture

  • and the book industry and film and television.

  • And I think that we've seen.

  • Fanfiction really reach, I don't want to say it's reached the zenith, because who knows, it could keep going higher.

  • But there is a kind of mass understanding of an interest in fanfiction that I don't think was there before.

  • And I think that because of that, people just want to talk about it more and more.

  • Fanfiction breaks containment.

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