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Same chart as above only including Quizilla totals from December 2006

[edit] Introduction

The X-Men are a Marvel Comics superhero team that has since spawned several other teams, and spans more then half a dozen separate comic books as well as having a large role in the Marvel Universe itself. Despite the teams having a multitude of names and members in the last forty years, the fandom itself is often referred to by the original team name.

X-Men fandom can be further subdivided according to media: these include the X-Men movieverse (also referred to as XMMFF), X-Men: Evolution in reference to the cartoon aired on Kids' WB from 2000 to 2003 (shortened to XME or Evo), and XTAS, referencing the X-Men: The Animated Series, also known as "that 90's cartoon."

[edit] Terminology

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

XM is a commonly used acronym for the fandom.

[edit] Pairing terminology

Popular nicknames for X-men pairings:

RoLo - is a pairing name for Storm/Wolverine, sometimes it is used for Rogue/Wolverine as well.
Rogan - is a pairing name for Rogue/Wolverine.
Jott - is a pairing name for Jean Grey/Cyclops.
Romy - is a pairing name for Rogue/Gambit.
Kiotr - is a pairing name for Shadowcat/Colossus.
Scogue - is a pairing name for Rogue/Cyclops.
Lancitty - is a pairing name for Shadowcat/Avalanche.
Kurtty - is a pairing name for Shadowcat/Nightcrawler.
Scitty - is a pairing name for Shadowcat/Cyclops.
Ryro - is a pairing name for Rogue/Pyro.
Kyro - is a pairing name for Shadowcat/Pyro.
Rietro - is a pairing name for Rogue/Quicksilver.

[edit] Timeline

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

[edit] 1993

By 1993, this fandom was represented in the saffic zine community when Sappho was a published. There was a follow up, Sappho 2, published 1995. The zines were published by Melissa Mastoris. Fandoms includes in this saffic fanzine included Blake's 7, Doctor Who, Cagney and Lacey, Star Trek, Fried Green Tomatos, Carmen San Diego, Batman: The Animated Series, Wonder Woman, X-men and others. [1]

[edit] 1994

On January 11, 1994 the USENET group alt.comics.fanfiction was created for the purpose of comic book fans having a place to post their comic book related fan fiction. Hawk becomes keeper in late 1994 followed by Matt Nute in January/February 1999.

[edit] 1995

From 1995 to 1996, Hawk's X-Men Archive opened, creating the first big X-Men archive on the web, accepting all X-Men stories posted on ACFF until June 1996. The first story archived was RubyLis's "End of Innocence". Hawk's X-Men Archive closed on August 8, 1996. [2]
In November of 1995, the X-Writers group began with the posting of Wolverine #94. [3]

[edit] 1996

The Comic Book Fan-Fiction Author's Network goes online. [4]

[edit] 1997

This section needs more information.

[edit] 1998

In 1998, Betsy Vera created a page called BEDLAM: About Writing – Beta Reading. Betsy’s page was notable for several reasons. Early on, in the late 1990s, this page was important in terms of defining how to beta read as the page contained examples of various beta reading jobs, giving different perspectives on how people actually went about the process. The story being critiqued and used as an example was from the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer community but the site was referenced in such communities as the Star Wars, Star Trek, Gilmore Girls and X-Men fan fiction communities.
In March 1998, the first Comic Book Fan-Fiction Awards are awarded. [5]
In April 1998, Outside the Lines is created by Susan Crites and Indigo.
On November 7, 1998, Ghost by Kielle became the first X-Men story published on FanFiction.Net. [6]

[edit] 2000

[edit] July

On July 13, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Australia. [7]
On July 14, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in the United States. [8]
On July 20, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Singapore. [9]

[edit] August

On August 2, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Sweden. [10]
On August 3, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Hong Kong and Malaysia. [11]
On August 4, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Thailand. [12]
On August 10, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Peru. [13]
On August 11, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Mexico and Taiwan. [14]
On August 12, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Indonesia and South Korea. [15]
On August 16, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Belgium and France. [16]
On August 17, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in New Zealand. [17]
On August 18, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Brazil, Iceland and UK. [18]
On August 23, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Venezuela. [19]
On August 24, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Argentina. [20]
On August 30, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Philippines. [21]
On August 31, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. [22]

[edit] September

On September 1, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Finland. [23]
On September 8, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Denmark and Norway. [24]
On September 9, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Philippines. [25]
On September 29, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Netherlands. [26]
On September 28, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Portugal. [27]

[edit] October

On October 3, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Spain. [28]
On October 5, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Czech Republic. [29]
On October 6, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in India. [30]
On October 7, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Japan. [31]
On October 12, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Israel. [32]
On October 13, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Greece and Poland. [33]
On October 26, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Slovenia. [34]
On October 27, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Italy. [35]

[edit] November

On November 1, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Egypt. [36]
On November 2, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Croatia and Hungary. [37]
On November 9, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Romania. [38]
On November 10, 2000, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Estonia. [39]

[edit] 2001

rickybuchanan on LiveJournal [40] said that "New canon appearing in a different medium, especially if it re-tells existing canon with changes, brings HUGE old vs new fan divides and wank potential."
On February 13, 2001 X-Men Hero: Cyclops is created, it would later archive Cyclops/Shadowcat fan fiction. [41]
On August 15, 2001, the X-Men movie premiered in theaters in Kuwait. [42]

[edit] 2002

Kielle steps away from CFAN, halting updates to the site.

[edit] 2003

In March 8, 2003, the LiveJournal community xmmff was created for the X-Men Movieverse Fan Fiction website. [43]
On May 8, 2003, the LiveJournal community ame_soeur was created. [44] Posted to the community was fan fiction from a number of fandoms, including this one.
On July 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community beta_search was founded. [45] It was created so people could find beta readers. Fan fiction communities represented by this community included this one.
On November 20, 2003, the LiveJournal community romycreations was created for fans of the Rogue/Gambit pairing.

[edit] 2004

The X-Men fandom was represented at Eclecticon 2004 with a panel dedicated to it.
In March 8 2004, the LiveJournal community uc_xmen was founded. [46]
On June 14, 2004, the LiveJournal community comics_genfic was founded. [47]

[edit] 2005

By 2005, the use of beta readers in the X-Men fan fiction community had become pretty standard. (mofic: [48]) * On April 8, 2007, the MarvelFanfiction.com fic archive was founded.
On April 8, 2005, the x_edit community was created on LiveJournal. The community was founded to help pair fan fiction writers up with beta readers. [49]

[edit] 2006

Comparative size of fandom based on archive sizes from November 2006

On February 20, 2006, the LiveJournal community romy_fic was founded for Rogue/Gambit shippers. [50]
On March 3, 2006, the LiveJournal community emma_scott was founded for Scott/Emma shippers. [51]
On May 31, 2006, the LiveJournal community bobbykitty was founded for Iceman/Shadowcat shippers. [52]
On June 9, 2006, the fanfiction archive Pryde & Prejudice was founded for Shadowcat/Avalanche shippers. [53]
On June 25, 2006, the LiveJournal community pyrorogue was founded for Rogue/Pyro shippers. [54]
On [[June 26],] 2006, the LiveJournal community kittyandpyro was founded for Shadowcat/Pyro shippers. [55]

[edit] 2007

On April 8, 2007, the MarvelFanfiction.com fic archive was founded.

[edit] Kerfluflles

This section needs more information.

[edit] Influential fanworks

[edit] Rogue/Gambit

[edit] Fanfiction

Bad Touch by Katjen
Betrayal by Valerie J
Cheating at Solitaire by Katjen
Gestalt Arc I: Stolen Kiss by Lori McDonald
Gestalt Arc II: Lost Inside by Lori McDonald
Gestalt Arc III: A Level of Treachery by Lori McDonald
Gestalt Arc IV: Fragile by Lori McDonald
Gestalt Arc V: Out of Control by Lori McDonald
Gestalt Arc VI: Middle Class Suburbia by Lori McDonald
Gestalt Arc VII: King of Thieves by Lori McDonald
Thick as Thieves by Lori McDonald and Valerie J

[edit] Pairings

The X-Men fandom has a large number of popular pairings, each with their own dedicated fans, terms and culture. Uniquely, because of the sheer number of characters and canonical relationships, the majority of X-Men fiction from 1994-2004 was organized based on genre, plot and characterization, as opposed to pairings. It wasn't until the popularity of the movies and the transition to Livejournal communities that pairings were used as classifications similar to other fandoms.

A more robust article, including specific links can be found at the X-Men Fandom Pairings page.

[edit] Pete/Kitty

The relationship between Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom, based from Warren Ellis' Excalibur run, which proved hugely popular with the fanfiction community. Highly controversal, especially with Kitty Pryde fans, the relationship enjoyed strong support in fiction and fan pages, the most noted being Luba Kmetyk's Pryde & Wisdom Fanfic

[edit] Remy/Rogue

Infamously popular in X-Men fandom is the pairing of Remy LeBeau and Rogue. This pairing is so prevelant that it has spawned a multitude of pairing-specific livejournal communities, message boards and fanfic archives.

[edit] Fandom members

[edit] Notable members

Kielle, founder of CFan
Dex
Alara Rogers
Matt Nute
Indigo, founder of Outside the Lines
Susan Crites, founder of Outside the Lines

[edit] Fandom size

Story totals from random fandoms are from FanWorks.Org, FicWad, SkyHawke, AdultFanFiction.Net, FanDomination.Net, MediaMiner.Org, FanFiction.Net and FanLib as of June 13, 2007.

[edit] July 2006

As of July 18, 2006, there are 7,952 stories on FanFiction.Net [56] and 285 stories on Twisting the Hellmouth.

[edit] May 2007

As of May 23, 2007, there are 107 X-Men stories on FanLib. [57]

[edit] January 2008

As of January 2, 2008, there are 683 fans on FanPop, [58] 72 stories, 45 images, 9 lyrics, 3 screen places, 1 poem and 1 video on FanLib [59] and x_men on LiveJournal has 891 members and is watched by 663 people. [60]

[edit] External Links

[edit] Sources

Gray, Lisa. "The Fangirl's Crush." Houston Chronicle 12 Mar. 2008. 18 Mar. 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/gray/5611220.html.
Jensen, Jeff. "Spoiler Nation: Secrets About Movie/TV Secrets Revealed!" Entertainment Weekly. June 2008. 16 June 2008 <http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20203864,00.html>.es:X-Men

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