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<blockquote data-quote="skyIdub" data-source="post: 1436525" data-attributes="member: 230966"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong>Fan (person)</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p>A <strong>fan</strong>, or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanaticism" target="_blank">fanatic</a>, sometimes also termed <strong>aficionado</strong> or <strong>supporter</strong>, is a person who is <strong>enthusiastically devoted</strong> to something or somebody, such as a singer or band, a sports team, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre" target="_blank">genre</a>, a politician, a book, a movie or an entertainer. Collectively, the fans of a particular object or person constitute its fanbase or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom" target="_blank">fandom</a>. They may show their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthusiasm" target="_blank">enthusiasm</a> in a variety of ways, such as by promoting the object of their interest, being members of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_club" target="_blank">fan club</a>, holding or participating in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_convention" target="_blank">fan conventions</a>, or writing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_mail" target="_blank">fan mail</a>. They may also engage in creative activities ("<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_labor" target="_blank">fan labor</a>") such as creating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine" target="_blank">fanzines</a>, writing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction" target="_blank">fan fiction</a>, making memes or drawing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_art" target="_blank">fan art</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skyIdub, post: 1436525, member: 230966"] [SIZE=7][B]Fan (person)[/B][/SIZE] A [B]fan[/B], or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanaticism']fanatic[/URL], sometimes also termed [B]aficionado[/B] or [B]supporter[/B], is a person who is [B]enthusiastically devoted[/B] to something or somebody, such as a singer or band, a sports team, a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genre']genre[/URL], a politician, a book, a movie or an entertainer. Collectively, the fans of a particular object or person constitute its fanbase or [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom']fandom[/URL]. They may show their [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthusiasm']enthusiasm[/URL] in a variety of ways, such as by promoting the object of their interest, being members of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_club']fan club[/URL], holding or participating in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_convention']fan conventions[/URL], or writing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_mail']fan mail[/URL]. They may also engage in creative activities ("[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_labor']fan labor[/URL]") such as creating [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanzine']fanzines[/URL], writing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_fiction']fan fiction[/URL], making memes or drawing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_art']fan art[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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