Uberfic

Uberfic (short for uber fanfic, uberXena) or simply uber, über, or ueber (from German: über-, for 'over-' or 'supra-') is a genre of alternate universe fan fiction in which characters or events are portrayed somewhat closely to original canon but usually in a different time period, place, or reality, many times featuring the ancestors, descendants, or reincarnations of canon characters, known as uber-characters. The uber-characters' names are never^{[citation needed]} canon. The term originated in the Xena: Warrior Princess fandom, coined in 1997 by Kym Taborn, the webmaster of the fansite Whoosh.org.^[1] This sort of story was used by the series itself, beginning with the second season episode "The Xena Scrolls".^[2] A common trend in Xena fanfics was to write Uber stories in which the characters' analogues discover that they are soulmates.^[3]

See also

• Über (disambiguation)
• Xena: Warrior Princess
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "The Xena Scrolls" (Season 2, Episode 10)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "Between the Lines" (Season 4, Episode 15)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "Deja Vu All Over Again" (Season 4, Episode 22)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "Married With Fishsticks" (Season 5, Episode 15)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "You Are There" (Season 6, Episode 13)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "Send in the Clones" (Season 6, Episode 16)
  • Xena: Warrior Princess "Soul Possession" (Season 6, Episode 20)

References

General

• Reason magazine article, "The fan fiction phenomena: what Faust, Hamlet, and Xena the Warrior Princess have in common"
• Knight Ridder newswire article, "In character: Fan fiction begins where TV series and movies end"
• The State newspaper article, "A Dictionary of Fan Fiction"

External links

• The Royal Academy of Bards - Alternative Uber Fiction
• PDA Fiction - Uber & Original Stories