This week, we interrupt our global fandom safari for a matter of dire urgency! ~~People are wrong on the internet!~~ There is a crisis that only the Doctor, the Winchester brothers, Holmes and Watson can solve (and possibly the Avengers if they aren't busy?)! That's right, this week, we're getting meta and bending the laws of time and space to talk about fans of SuperWhoLock!

Next week, we bend the laws of space and time back into place as we travel to Russia to talk about fans of that magical sport (and its fans): Figure skating!

Episode outline

Fandom Facts

Fandom Origins:

SuperWhoLock is, unsurprisingly, the crossover between the fandoms of Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock (with the Avengers sometimes making an appearance). The first tagged SuperWhoLock post (on Tumblr) appeared in August 2011, and the first SuperWhoLock fanfic was tagged on Archive of our own in August 2012 (though it is possible that stories first appeared as early as January 2012 elsewhere).

In SuperWhoLock’s case, this usually involves saving the world from impending apocalypse, something so serious that it only makes sense to enlist as many superheroes as possible to stop it—in this case, the Doctor and his assistants, Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Sam and Dean Winchester, and the angel Castiel.

— The Daily Dot - WTF is SuperWhoLock?

Names:

SuperWhoLockian???

Most Active:

Based on Google Trends data and Fanlore, it appears that the fandom was most popular in the summer of 2014 (in particular, mid July 2014 - The month of DashCon). Interest was maintained from June 2013 to about January 2015 before starting its downward decline again.

Where does fandom live:

Almost entirely on Tumblr

Related fandoms:

Obviously, Sherlock, Doctor Who, and Supernatural are most related to SuperWhoLock fandom. There are some parodies fandoms that exist as well:

• Bee Shrek Test in the House
• Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons

This week's spotlight

Organization for Transformative Works

The Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) is a nonprofit organization run by and for fans to provide access to and preserve the history of fanworks and fan cultures.

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