I’ll try my best to explain some frequently used terms.įan fiction (or fanfic) are stories written by fans, sometimes with different plots than the original or contrary to things that actually happen in the original work (hence, an Alternate Universe or AU). The person who accused her of doing it, meanwhile, writes non-con (short for non-consensual), which is a relationship built without consent of the other party, a popular but problematic fan fiction theme.Ī little note, before I go further: This article uses several terms that might be foreign to those who aren’t familiar with fandom culture. The tweet goes something like this “Imagine coming (under attack) by a fan fiction writer for ‘fetishizing gay relationships’, while (they) write about non-consensual relationship.”Īpparently, Lyla was being accused of fetishizing gay relationship because she wrote fan fiction about same-sex pairing. It was by a Kpop group fan fiction writer that I follow – let’s call her “Lyla”. I was laughing at some memes, when one tweet piqued my interest.
On a recent night I was lying on my bed in total darkness while scrolling through the timeline of my secret Twitter account, or, more precisely, my Kpop fandom account.