Meaning of fanwork | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Fan tracery.
   countable, uncountable
2. A creative work produced by a fan, based on a book, movie, television show, musical group, etc.
   countable, uncountable
3. A fan-shaped network of lines or projections.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“The chapel — a soaring, slender-shafted building, with fanwork upon its roof and an apse deep and pointed — seemed full of light⟳, withal it was hung with black velvet.”

“There were bits of a vaulted roof with panelled fanwork and moulded ribs, recalling the Henry VII Chapel at Westminster.”

“Now the Grand High Witch removes her mask and wig: A hideous beak and a decrepit bodice of skin and bones, like⟳ the stone ceiling fanwork in a Gothic chamber, her blotchy scalp a moonscape fermenting cobwebs.”

“He smiled again, easily, dimples creasing his cheeks, and a tiny fanwork of lines crinkled the corners of his dark eyes.”

“The bud vase lay⟳ on its side near the bush; a lacy fanwork of roots had spread⟳ out over the tabletop, following the path of the spilled water.”

“He had three lines running across his forehead, and a fanwork of them radiating from the corner of each eye.”

“William saw⟳ Michaela's fanwork of The Powerpuff Girls, her favorite TV show⟳ of all time.”

“Fans often declare⟳ that they prefer⟳ fanon to what actually happens in canon and fanworks to the actual series, which is lackluster by comparison.”

“The result⟳ is a proliferation of fanworks that explore⟳ narratives of transgression as fans play⟳ with the permissibility of Supernatural's supernatural world.”

“Other factors contributing to the increased interest⟳ in dōjinshi and in fanworks were the development of fixed otaku landmarks and the spread⟳ of computers.”

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