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How Fans Make Fictional Languages Real
Na’vi, Klingon, and other conlangs get more use IRL than they ever have onscreen.
Maria Temming
Maria Temming is a science journalist and fan of fandom based in Washington, D.C.
Maria Temming is a science journalist and fan of fandom based in Washington, D.C.
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Na’vi, Klingon, and other conlangs get more use IRL than they ever have onscreen.
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Within jam band fandoms often dominated by substance use, clean and sober fans are building their own communities.
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How whump—one of fandom’s oldest and most divisive genres—gained a fanbase of its own.