Sherlock Holmes Fandom Research Paper

Have you ever seen a person dressed up in a fursuit as their favorite animal character? These people are classified as furries and are part of the furry fandom subculture that has an affection towards anthropomorphic animal characters with human personalities and characteristics. Many people have misconceptions about this subculture such as believing furries think they are realistic animals and are dysfunctional people. However, do not let these misconceptions affect how you perceive furries because there is a deeper meaning of just wearing a fursuit. The furry fandom subculture is rapidly expanding and is bringing many people from various backgrounds together. This subculture amazed me because my initial thought was that furries were weird,

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson have been seen as the ultimate partners for as long as they have been in print. Their relationship is far deeper than anything that meets the eye; they mean more to each other than just a business partner or friend. Some have seen their relationship as anything from that of best friends, to homosexual lovers, or to heterosexual lovers as seen between a male Holmes and a female Watson. Whether these statements can be proven or not remains a facet controlled by the reader, but several other useful implications can be drawn from their relationship.

Due to the massive popularity of the books, Warner decided to capitalise on their popularity and turn them into films, and due to the movies, paraphernalia and huge cult following, the Harry Potter franchise is worth an estimated £2.2 billion (Simmons, 2005). The Harry Potter franchise is a good example of the theory of ‘psycho-social’ (the psychological relationship readers have with the books) and also we can see how the franchise plays on these feelings to ‘mediate’ messages to various social and cultural groups, by looking at this franchise one can see how inner emotional security is developed and used for profitable gain.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has been seen as controversial since its original publication. It immediately faced objection by the south and religious groups because of Twains obvious and unrelenting attack on Southern society. As times have changed, however, the reader can now tell that, at the time, he was actually attacking the societal norms dealing with their views on morality and society. Through Huck, Twain questions the normality of Huck’s moral and societal views by his exclamation, “All right, the, I’ll go to Hell,” on page 162.

“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been,” in the words of Actor Alan Alda. And that is what why many creative people flock to the seemingly popular subreddit inside Reddit.com, known as FanTheories to to share theories, interpretations and speculation related all types of creative works and to experience a creative place most are unable to say they have been. I too am one of these people who became an active member of this discourse community as it represents my high interest in creative works and combines it with critical thinking and postulating to explore new ideas and bring new life into aging media. However, there is much more to FanTheories than just sharing ideas and hypotheticals

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been called a great American classic for decades and likely will be for many more. The novel contains numerous prevalent themes including racism, morality, and satire, and symbols such as the Mississippi River that make it the quintessential American novel.

The Adventure of the Speckled Band stars Sherlock Holmes who is a detective who only takes on the most unusual cases, one day a young woman comes to Holmes in need of his help to solve the murder of her twin sister. Holmes is eager and excited to help and begins his investigation upon the discovery of the number one suspect Holmes also finds that this suspect is a doctor. Holmes comes to the conclusion "that doctors make the greatest criminals." This observation by Holmes is something one can completely agree with, for a few examples the first being doctors tend to be intelligent, second doctors are familiar with how the human system works and lastly one should never question the prominent Sherlock Holmes.

Detective fiction is a relatively young genre of literature: “The idea that crime … provided entertainment was only born in the first decades of the nineteenth century, but it would bloom into one of the greatest mass-media interests of all time” (Worsley 17, italics in the original). In spite of its youthfulness, this genre has already developed its own rules and regulations/conventions, as well as established its own canon.

What is a hero? Is is Spider-Man? Batman? Or is it just an everyday person? In my opinion a hero is a person who is nice and helpful to others and is considered a role model. My dad has always tried to be a good role model for me. He's been a police officer for longer than I've been alive, he's been my soccer coach for about five years, he always helps me if up I need help with something, and he tries to be a good dad all the time. As you can see, these are all reasons why he is my Michigan hero.

Barry Allen (Flash) faces trouble because he is a superhero. Crisis is the theme in Flashpoint because it’s a part of his life by him being a superhero, he faces villains in his everyday life. Barry Allen the Flash went back in time and stopped Eobard Thawne the Reverse Flash from killing his mother. This event caused a drastic shift in the time continuum that not only caused him not to become the flash, but other superheroes lives changed as well. Superman for example became a lab experiment and Bruce Wayne died instead of his parents which lead to his father Thomas Wayne to become Batman.

The colorado shooting happened at the Aurora Theater at a midnight showing of the batman movie,”The Dark Knight Rises”. This event was caused by a mentally ill man named James Holmes.

In the age of convergence, it is easier than ever to find television shows as well as the knowledge communities surrounding them. In addition, it is also easier than ever to view the conflict between fans and producers In Henry Jenkins’s book, Convergence Culture, he covers the reality TV series, Survivor, as well as the fan community surrounding it. Through his analysis of the Survivor fan community’s reactions to the spoilers that a fan named ChillOne posted to the online community, he attempts to grapple with the concept of “spoilers” and how learning these spoilers shifts how these communities process and evaluate knowledge.

Other scholars have argued against Gauntlett’s ideas on interpellation (Nguyen) raising the question: can interpellation in media make you more active as a media consumer, instead of simply being an inactive participant such as Gauntlett proposes? This question has importance, as it may potentially unlock new dimensions towards viewing interpellation and Althusser’s theories, displaying the more positive effects of the idea of interpellation which has, for the most part, been overlooked by scholars as seen above. In addition to this, the question also the potential to help explain how fans of certain media attempt to include themselves within the universe of the canon as much as possible, and if that is effective or not.

The generation of people being raised right now is obsessed with pop culture. Music, television, celebrities, fashion, movies, and books all have a significant impact on this generation. This generation’s morals and personalities are being shaped by the pop culture that surrounds us. Years from now, people will still be a product of two very popular book and movie series that have greatly effected our pop culture: Harry Potter and Twilight. Both have brought new fashion and trends to the world and it is not uncommon for you to hear references to the books on a day-to-day basis, but more importantly, both series have brought extremely different examples of love to this generation. Even though the Harry

The inspiration for writing about a fangirl hit me when I realized just how chaotic their obsessive lifestyle is. Spending hours of their day online tweeting about their favorite celebs. Their endless arguing with other fanbases about how they hate each other's idols and claiming their own is more successful. I was a fangirl myself when I was in high school, but not so much now. I am still very aware of just how far things can get when encountering fangirls online and in real life. To those who have yet to come across a fangirl, I will be explaining what a fangirl is by the way they act or how they can be "fangirling", what they say or expressions they use, and the stages of fangirls.