fandomfault
/ˈfændəmˌfɔːlt/nounVerified NewThe generational fault line inside a long-running fandom between cohorts who arrived in different eras of the source.
A franchise forty years old contains fans of the original, the revival, and the memes, and each cohort treats its own canon as central. The fandom is one name stretched over several communities.
Etym. — fandom + fault (line) — geology for fan demographics.
Rel. — canonchurn
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