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[edit] Introduction
! is a symbol that frequently appears between a character name and a description of the character. Example: Leather!Draco. According to The Fanfiction Glossary:
When used before a word, this is known as a "bang" and signifies "not." Example: POP-UP FANFIC_OK !MST_OK means "You can reproduce this story as a pop-up fanfic but you may not reproduce this story as an MST." "!amused" = not amused, and so on. A holdover from a programming language, thus used mainly by techies and dinos.
When used between a modifier and a name, is just a cute way of connecting the two concepts. Ie. amused!Viggo, sulking!Egon. [1]
[edit] History
! probably entered fandom from unix users. [2] The use of the symbol dates back to 1996/1997 in the X-Files fan fiction community, [3] [4], Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in 1999, [5] Buffy: The Vampire Slayer in 2000/2001, [6]
[edit] Historical Definitions
The following definition dates to May 2004 in the Harry Potter, Horatio Hornblower and Pirates of the Caribbean fandoms:
- yes, even punctuation makes it into the Fan Fiction Lexicon. “!” is sometimes inserted between an adjective (or noun) and the name of a character it describes; the adjective describes the mood or type of the character…mostly a silly thing. When discussing adaptations, you could compare Book!Hornblower with Movie!Hornblower. In the land of Harry Potter, once a month kind, patient Professor Lupin transforms into Wolf!Lupin. You get the picture. [7]
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