| rdfs:comment | - A healthy collection of Star Wars merchandise is likely to litter the floor (and desk, and dresser, and bed) of a fangirl's personal quarters. Manga (womankind's answer to comic books) is likely to be the only literature that outnumbers Star Wars novels in a fangirl's collection, which never fails to feature The Courtship of Princess Leia and Tatooine Ghost. Action figures of personal crushes such as Commander Cody and General Grievous are often present, without regard to how he can be better than other clones/droids when he is a clone/droid and therefore identical to every other clone/droid.
- Let's be clear: in the PPC, a fangirl is not simply defined as a female fan. To be a fan is good. To be a fangirl is bad, and calling anyone a fangirl is an insult. A fangirl is the worst kind of female fan: the kind that obsesses over a character or work ad nauseam while completely missing the point of what that character or work is all about. She will wallpaper her room with posters of her lust object, but will fail to capture his character in any way in her fanfiction. She will pepper chatrooms and author's notes with praise for a canon character's "hottness" (two "t"s included) and will generally demonstrate zero maturity and emotional restraint. She hates her lust object's significant other, couldn't care less about canon, and populates the biggest fandoms to a terrifying degree. Harr
- Remember, you can't spell "Fangirl" without F-A-N-G. Simply a girl who is obsessed with South Park, capable of squee to Earth-shattering levels. Fanboys do exist but they're usually scary in an entirely different way. The stereotypical fangirl is, well, a girl who loves a fictional canon exclusively for one or more of the male characters, usually distilled down to a couple personality elements and/or appearance to the exception of other things such as backstory, abilities, and characterization within the canon itself.
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| abstract | - Let's be clear: in the PPC, a fangirl is not simply defined as a female fan. To be a fan is good. To be a fangirl is bad, and calling anyone a fangirl is an insult. A fangirl is the worst kind of female fan: the kind that obsesses over a character or work ad nauseam while completely missing the point of what that character or work is all about. She will wallpaper her room with posters of her lust object, but will fail to capture his character in any way in her fanfiction. She will pepper chatrooms and author's notes with praise for a canon character's "hottness" (two "t"s included) and will generally demonstrate zero maturity and emotional restraint. She hates her lust object's significant other, couldn't care less about canon, and populates the biggest fandoms to a terrifying degree. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Pirates of the Caribbean are all infested with fangirls, who are consistent perpetrators of Mary Sues and canon destruction. The overwhelming majority of writers in these fandoms are female, so the fangirl's counterpart, the fanboy, is rarely encountered. When he is, the Canon Protection Initiative treats his work with the same contempt as that of the fangirl.
- A healthy collection of Star Wars merchandise is likely to litter the floor (and desk, and dresser, and bed) of a fangirl's personal quarters. Manga (womankind's answer to comic books) is likely to be the only literature that outnumbers Star Wars novels in a fangirl's collection, which never fails to feature The Courtship of Princess Leia and Tatooine Ghost. Action figures of personal crushes such as Commander Cody and General Grievous are often present, without regard to how he can be better than other clones/droids when he is a clone/droid and therefore identical to every other clone/droid. Fangirls are often frequent readers—and writers—of fanfiction. Typically these stories center on the romantic involvement of two characters that never paired up in the Star Wars galaxy. The fangirl's typical obsession with Obi-Wan Kenobi usually ties up half of each fantasy union, which may or may not involve the fangirl writer's self-based Mary Sue character. Vastly outnumbered by fanboys, fangirls find themselves completely surrounded at Star Wars conventions. Exchanges of URLs, e-mail addresses, and Wookiepedia usernames are requested on a near-constant basis. However, fangirls may find some shelter at such events by hiding amidst a sea of fanboys' girlfriends.
- Remember, you can't spell "Fangirl" without F-A-N-G. Simply a girl who is obsessed with South Park, capable of squee to Earth-shattering levels. Fanboys do exist but they're usually scary in an entirely different way. The stereotypical fangirl is, well, a girl who loves a fictional canon exclusively for one or more of the male characters, usually distilled down to a couple personality elements and/or appearance to the exception of other things such as backstory, abilities, and characterization within the canon itself. Fangirls of all types are leading causes of Slash, Shipping, Shipping Wars, Crack Pairings and Crack Fanfiction. They often muddy the line between Canon and Fanon. It is not always a pejorative term (though this being the internet, it often is); some people use the term "fangirl" to mean nothing more than a female Nerd — that is, a fanboy's legitimate female counterpart. A woman or girl describing herself as a fangirl is not necessarily a cause for alarm. The only real difference between a fanboy and a fangirl is that fangirls are often more vocal about what they like.
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