1896,Washington Post October 10, 1896, p. 8, column 6
"'Who is this Swain?' is the question that is being bowled about in localfandom."
2021 July 26, Lauren Sarner, quotingKevin Smith, “Kevin Smith on ‘Masters of the Universe’ and fan backlash”, inNew York Post[1]:
So I was like, ‘When this comes out, fans are going to lose their s–t!’ And I was half-right. I’ve watchedfandoms get mad at creators before like Rian Johnson on ‘The Last Jedi.’
2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, inReligions[2], volume 5, number 1, MDPI,→DOI, pages219–257:
Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religiousfandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
