For example: "This fanfic is about Alice. Sep 27th at AM They should stay off the wiki but are fine in the forums. TotemicHero Not a bug! Not a bug! Sep 28th at PM My view is that the only situation in which they would be acceptable is if the creator of the work in question actually used said exclamation tags themselves to describe their own characters or their version of an existing character, in the case of fanfics.
Any other case should be removed, as per usual. World's Toughest Milkman. Add Post. Back Top. Show Spoilers. How well does it match the trope? If you spend time on certain linguistically innovative corners of the internet, you may have noticed a new way of putting words together, with as the title suggests, exclamation marks.
My first memorable encounter with exclamation! When a character is acting another, the resulting character-within-a-character is referred to by exclamation!
For example, Jane playing Darcy is Jane! Darcy , and likewise for Lizzie! MrsBennet and Charlotte! This Urbandictionary definition for! The definition is from , so evidently this particular usage has been around for almost a decade at least. In Tumblr post, tawnyport connected the fannish usage of! Linguist Gretchen McCulloch discussed the origins and functions of "exclamation! McCulloch described her own initial encounter with the convention:. The adj! Krycek, Bad but Lovin'! Krycek, Hot'n'dirty!
Krycek or Misunderstood! Krycek and Mulder sub-subspecies such as Angst! Mulder , Basketcase! Mulder, HappySlut! Mulder, Sensitive! Mulder and WellAdjusted! Mulder are described. The first usage was Action! Harry , in that his power is a defining aspect of his identity and a driving element of the story.
Welcome to the limited records of fandom history , the bang can be used to denote fic genres as well—or fic tropes if you prefer. Differentiating the two in fandom is messy to say the least. We could, for example, discuss wing! Wings are always a driving force here and thus the choice in terminology is moot. As said, the use of this language generates expectations for the reader, as language is wont to do, while providing fans with the tools needed to communicate in nuanced ways through a medium that lacks tone or body language—aka online or across other written works.
Fandom language is, pardon my French, fucking awesome. It's complicated enough to give us these opportunities to express ourselves while likewise alienating any outsiders. Yet after this conversation I became intrigued. When exactly did this trend develop? Has it changed at all over the years, especially when fic moved from print fanzines to online archives? Do we have any idea where it might be heading: evolving with the rest of fandom or slowly dying out?
As with so much regarding fic history, the info here is kind of slim.
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