Fantasy fandom

Fantasy fandom is a fandom and commonality of fans of the fantasy genre.^[1][2] It revolves around popular media franchises belonging to the fantasy genre^[3] and can include collective fan works of these fantasy franchises and events that celebrate franchises of the genre^[4] as well as characters belonging to that genre.^[5]

Harry Potter fans cosplaying as characters from the franchise.

Examples of fan clubs devoted to stories and franchises of fantasy and include Disneyana fanclub,^[6] and The Tolkien Society in appreciation of works by J. R. R. Tolkien.^[7] Fandom communities also exist on the Internet.^[8]

See also

• Fantasy Fan, the first American magazine in the genre of fantasy and weird fiction.
• World Fantasy Convention
• Science fiction fandom
• Furry fandom