On RPF and Why People Love to Write Stories About Public Figures | Teen Vogue
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In 2021, almost anyone can be a public figure, and that raises complicated issues about what it means to write fanfiction about real people.
Right now, one of the most-read stories on popular fanfiction site Archive of Our Own is an RPF story about Minecraft YouTubers Dream and GeorgeNotFound . “Heat Waves,” has garnered over two million hits, plus a now- debunked reputation as the reason for a January 2021 server overload. In the process, the story has brought these fandoms into the mainstream and reawakened conversations about RPF — especially when it comes to the celebrity-characters signing off on fans creating content about them . In 2021, almost anyone can be a public figure, and that raises complicated issues about what it m
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