A person whodislikes something (generally acreativework,fictionalcharacter, or person), but is still interested in it, devoting time to mocking or criticizing it.
2010, Jessica Sheffield, Elyse Merlo, “Twilight Anti-Fandom and the Rhetoric of Superiorty”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors,Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.,→ISBN,page212:
Theseanti-fans often claim to act out of concern for young Twilight fans who may look to Twilight's characters— and author— as role models.
2013, Mark Duffet,Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, published2013,→ISBN,page49:
Jonathan Gray describes theseanti-fans by saying, 'Opposed and yet in some ways similar to the fan is theanti-fan: he/she who actively and vocally hates or dislikes a given text, personality, or genre' (2005, 840).
2014, Don Tresca, “Spellbound: An Analysis of Adult-Oriented Harry Potter Fanfiction”, in Kristin M. Barton, Jonathan Malcolm Lampley, editors,Fan CULTure: Essays on Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century, McFarland & Company,→ISBN,page40:
Such stories are generally considered the work of Harry Potteranti-fans, a group of individuals who actively dislike the books or the films (or both) and seek to degrade the characters in various and sundry ways (Hetcher 7).
