Participating in fandom is something humanity has been partaking in since the very beginning. Either it be worshipping gods or taking from nature, humans have been deriving works from something that brought them joy since storytelling’s invention. Every “original” story in the modern time can be traced back to a hunt, or a tree’s leaves waving in the wind. There is an unknown origin point thousands of years ago that is not purely from someone’s mind. Even the idea of the Hero’s Journey is noticing a pattern in hundreds of stories, many of which are now lost to time.
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