Uberfic

Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena, or simply uber or über) is a genre of alternative 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. This sort of story was used by the series itself, beginning with the second season episode "The Xena Scrolls".^[1] A common trend in Xena fanfics was to write Uber stories in which the characters' analogues discover that they are soulmates.^[2]

See also

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

References

1. ↑ "Definitions". 2006-02-26. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2007-02-04.  |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
2. ↑ Whatever Turns You On: Becoming-Lesbian and the Production of Desire in the Xenaverse

• 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

• Whoosh.org - The International Association of Xena Studies (IAXS)