Faction
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Faction, aka Affiliation - groups of Forever Knight fans who favored a character, a pairing, or a cause related to the series. Refers only to Forever Knight fandom.
[edit] History
When the FORKNI-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU list was first beginning, it was very obvious that people had favorite Forever Knight characters, but nobody really did anything about it.
The followers of Lucien LaCroix were always a crafty and devious lot and tended to play pranks on other list members. A particular Nick fan, Sharon Scott of Texas, once foolishly admitted to the list that she had a phobia about frogs. Of course two of the LaCroix fans jumped on that immediately and sent Sharon gifts of chocolate frogs in the mail. Sharon replied that the two were so cruel that they must be cousins . . . .
And so the Cousins were born. They started referring to Lucien LaCroix as 'Uncle,' which most people on the list now do out of habit.
Other factions arose during the first FKWar, a fictional round robin posted to the FKFIC-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU and factions continued to be added as the series experienced cast changes and growth in the fandom. The first five factions are noted below.
Susan M. Garrett provided the fandom with pins that had signature graphics for each of the factions, and these were proudly worn by members of the factions at Forever Knight events. Laurie Salopek created a FORKNI-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU t-shirt that had the first five factions on the back of the shirt, with checkboxes so that you could mark the faction you belonged to.
Many of the cast and crew of Forever Knight were aware of the existence of the factions, as they kept up with list traffic, to the point that Nigel Bennett listed most of the existing factions from the stage during one of his convention appearances . . . and took note of the declared Cousins in the audience with approval. At one of the Weekend With Ger events, Geraint Wyn Davies proudly wore a Knighties pin and at another he wore requested a Cousins pin, explaining that Nick "was the original Cousin."
During her Forever Knight book tour in 1997, Susan M. Garrett was contacted by phone by a representative from the Sci-Fi Channel, who were trying to gather information on the fandom and was specifically asked about the factions. Thus, when Geraint Wyn Davies hosted the first Forever Knight marathon on the Sci-Fi Channel and filmed scripted filler bits between the episodes, several of the factions were mentioned on air.
During one point in the history of FORKNI-L@LISTS.PSU.EDU, the listowner felt that the factions were so combative as to be disruptive, leading to a two-week ban of faction listings from members' sigs.
[edit] Factions
[edit] The Original Factions
- Cousins - followers of Lucien LaCroix, (one of the first five factions)
- Knighties - followers of Nick Knight, (one of the first five factions)
- Ravens/Ravenettes - followers of Janette DuCharme and the Raven, (one of the first five factions)
- Nat-Pack - followers of Dr. Natalie Lambert, (one of the first five factions)
- FoDs (Friends of Don) - the Det. Don Schanke fans, (one of the first five factions)
- Die-Hards - the people who made a moral decision not to choose, (one of the first five factions)
[edit] The Second Set
- Graces - Followers of Grace Balthazar, Natalie Lambert’s friend and assistant.
- FOSiLs - Friends of Sydney Lambert (Natalie Lambert’s cat).
- Cohen-heads - Fans of Captain Amanda Cohen
- Mercenaries - Who will follow anyone for chocolate
- Mikies - fans of Miklos, bartender at the Raven.
- Archivist's Assistants - fans of a non-canon character, Dorian, from fan fiction.
- Nick & Nat-Packers - Fans of the relationship between Nick Knight & Natalie Lambert
- Immortal Beloveds - Fans of the relationship between Nick Knight and Janette DuCharme
- Valentines - Fans of the relationship between Lucien LaCroix and Natalie Lambert
- Unnamed - Fans of the relationship between Lucien LaCroix and Nick Knight (in all aspects)
- CaddyWhackers - Fans of Nick's car
[edit] Third Season Factions
- Vaqueros - Fans of Javier Vachon
- Perkulators - Fans of Tracy Vetter
- Rat-Pack - Fans of Screed
- Urchins - Fans of Urs
- Diviants - Fans of Divia
- INCArnates - Fans of the Inca (from 01 - The Black Buddha Pt. 1)
[edit] Later Factions
- Light Cousins - Fans who would like to see Lucien LaCroix turn more toward the light
- Dark Knighties - Fans who would like Nick Knight to give in and be a vampire again
- Cousins of the Knight - Fans who like a family oriented (non-sexual) relationship between Nick Knight and Lucien LaCroix
- Dark Perks - Fans who consider there to be a darker side to Tracy Vetter
- Nunkies Anonymous - Fans addicted to LaCroix {i.e., "Nunkie"}
[edit] Historical definitions
The following definition dates to 2008 in the Superman fandom:
- Faction - Parts of a fandom which are split up among different issues in a fandom. For instance, those that support a character and those that don't are considered factions.[1]
