Uberfic

Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena, or simply uber or über) 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 never canon. The term originated in 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]

See also

• List of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters
• Older versions of cartoon characters

References

1. • Whoosh.org - The International Association of Xena Studies (IAXS)
2. Lunacy (2006-02-26). "Definitions". Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2007-02-04.
3. Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse

General

• Reason (magazine) article, The fan fiction phenomena: what Faust, Hamlet, and Xena the Warrior Princess have in common
• Knight Ridder article, In character: Fan fiction begins where TV series and movies end.
• The State (newspaper) article, A Dictionary of Fan Fiction

External links

• The Royal Academy of Bards - Alternative Uber Fiction
• PDA Fiction - Uber & Original Stories