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[edit] Introduction

Glee is a Fox TV musical comedy-drama television series which first aired in May 2009. The stories revolve around the high school show choir (or glee club) at William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio. The show was quickly picked up by members of media fandom and began to develop a fandom community on-line, particularly on LiveJournal.

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] The Show

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[edit] Terminology

Below is a list of terms and their definitions that are used in this fan community.

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[edit] Timeline

Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.

On February 10, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleeclub was created. [1]
On May 1, 2009, the LiveJournal community glee_tv was created. [2]
On May 19, 2009, the Pilot episode of Glee aired on Fox.
On May 20, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleecons was created.[3]
On May 21, 2009, the LiveJournal community willandemma was created.[4]
On May 23, 2009, the LiveJournal community finnandrachel was created.[5]
On May 25, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleenewsletter was created.[6]
On May 26, 2009, the LiveJournal communty gleefic was created.[7]
On July 3, 2009, the LiveJournal community puck_quinn was created.[8]
On August 13, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleedaily was created. [9]
On September 2, 2009, there was an active discussion on IMDB about the main romance on the show. [10]
On September 5, 2009, the LiveJournal community ontd_glee was created.[11]
On September 8, 2009, the LiveJournal community eliteglee was created.[12]
On September 9, 2009, the second episode of Glee, "Showmance", aired on Fox.
On September 10, 2009, there was an active discussion on IMDB where people discussed what musicals they wanted the show to reference. [13]
On September 16, 2009, the third episode of Glee, "Acafellas", aired on Fox.
On September 21, 2009, the LiveJournal community glee_eps was created.[14]
On September 10, 2009, the LiveJournal community glee_tunes was created. [15]
On September 10, 2009, there was an active discussion on IMDB about how lip syncing was ruining the show. [16]
On September 23, 2009, the fourth episode of Glee, "Preggers", aired on Fox.
On September 30, 2009, the fifth episode of Glee, "The Rhodes Not Taken", aired on Fox.
On October 6, 2009, the sixth episode of Glee, "Vitamin D", aired on Fox.
On October 7, 2009, the LiveJournal community finnquinn was created.[17]
On October 14, 2009, the seventh episode of Glee, "Throwdown", aired on Fox.
On October 15, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleefinders was created.[18]
On October 21, 2009, the eigth episode of Glee, "Mash-Up", aired on Fox.
On October 23, 2009, the LiveJournal community noahpuck was created.[19]
On October 24, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleebigbang was created.[20]
On October 29, 2009, the LiveJournal community freewheels was created.[21]
On November 8, 2009, the LiveJournal community glee_meta was created.[22]
On November 11, 2009, the ninth episode of Glee, "Wheels", aired on Fox.
On November 18, 2009, the tenth episode of Glee, "Ballad", aired on Fox.
On November 25, 2009, the eleventh episode of Glee, "Hairography", aired on Fox.
On December 2, 2009, the twelfth episode of Glee, "Once, Upon a Mattress", aired on Fox.
On December 9, 2009, the thirteenth episode of Glee, "Sectionals", aired on Fox.

[edit] Kerfluffles

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[edit] Fan art

The fan art community started shortly after the show aired. The first art work originally involved various photo manipulations.

On May 10, 2009, the LiveJournal community glee_icons was created for people to post their Glee icons. [23]
On May 20, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleecons was created for people to post their Glee icons. [24]

[edit] Influential fan art

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[edit] Fan fiction

A fan fiction community quickly developed around the show when it first aired in May 2009. The community started off quickly with het and gen stories. Slash fans were right behind them.

On May 21, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleefics was created. [25]
On May 26, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleefic was created. [26]
On May 27, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleeslash was created. [27]
On May 29, 2009, the LiveJournal community glee_100 was created. [28]

[edit] Influential fan fiction

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[edit] Fan vidding

The fan vidding community was slower to start than the fan art and fan fiction communities.

On June 5, 2009, the LiveJournal community gleevids was created. [29]

[edit] Influential fan vids

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[edit] Shipping

See Glee Fandom Pairings.

[edit] Fandom members

For a directory of fans of the show, see Category:Glee fans.

[edit] Fandom size

[edit] Journaling sites

On September 10, 2009, there were 9 people listing "glee" as an interest on InsaneJournal.[30]
On October 14, 2009, there were 480 people listing "glee" as an interest on LiveJournal.[31] There were 20 people listing "glee" as an interest on InsaneJournal.[32]
On November 14, 2009, there were 485 people listing "glee" as an interest on LiveJournal,[33], 27 people listing "glee" as an interest on InsaneJournal,[34] and 179 people listing "glee" as an interest on Dreamwidth Studios.[35]

[edit] Facebook

On November 14, 2009, there were 793,219 fans of Glee on Facebook.[36]

[edit] External links

Glee: IMDB

[edit] See also

Glee fanzines

[edit] Sources

Below is a partial list of articles and academic sources to help you continue to learn about this community. This section needs more information.

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