ficathon
ficathon noun: a challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.
Noun
ficathon (plural ficathons)
- A challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.
- General fan fiction challenges and “ficathons” are regularly sponsored by many sites, including those named above.2008, Daniel Smith-Rowsey, “Still More Gilmore: How Online Fan Communities Remediate Gilmore Girls”, in Ritch Calvin, editor, Gilmore Girls and the Politics of Identity: Essays on Family and Feminism...
- Much fanfiction is written to commission – people will ask for a particular sort of story, or for erotic fiction featuring a particular partnership, often as an online birthday present – or in exchange for ficathon challenges where likely contributors post cues for a story they would like to see...2010, Roz Kaveney, “Gen, Slash, OT3s, and Crossover – The Varieties of Fan Fiction”, in Stacey Abbott, editor, The Cult TV Book, I. B. Tauris & Co., →ISBN, page 244
Forms of ficathon
| plural | ficathons |
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Origin of ficathon
From fic + -athon.
Questions about ficathon
- What does ficathon mean?
- Ficathon means a challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.
- What part of speech is ficathon?
- Ficathon is a noun.
- What is the plural of ficathon?
- The plural of ficathon is ficathons.
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