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"How Sharing Recipes Brings Fans Together" Topic


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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Mar 2025 10:29 p.m. PST

"WHEN FANS REALLY LOVE A character, they try to embody them from all angles: dressing up like them (cosplay) or traveling to the place they canonically live (fan tourism) or creating works of art about them (fanart, fanfiction, vids, playlists—only some of a huge range of things under the "fanworks" umbrella). But to really understand a character from the inside, there's nothing more intimate than the food they eat.

Food is threaded throughout all sorts of fannish practices and experiences. The officially sanctioned offerings are often the most visible—think of a theme park, where most things you put in your mouth will have an ostensible connection to a fictional world. This can vary from simple branding to full-on recreations of something characters eat or drink. Official cookbooks span this range, too—and often have mixed results. Who hasn't bought the cookbook for their favorite show or book only to find very ordinary recipes with half-hearted ties back to the source? …"


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Shagnasty Supporting Member of TMP26 Mar 2025 8:05 a.m. PST

Interesting but no recipes.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 Mar 2025 5:29 p.m. PST

(smile)

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