anti-fan

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1. 1

   A person who dislikes something (generally a creative work, fictional character, or…

   A person who dislikes something (generally a creative work, fictional character, or person), but is still interested in it, devoting time to mocking or criticizing it.

   • These anti-fans often claim to act out of concern for young Twilight fans who may look to Twilight's characters— and author— as role models.
   • Jonathan Gray describes these anti-fans by saying, 'Opposed and yet in some ways similar to the fan is the anti-fan: he/she who actively and vocally hates or dislikes a given text, personality, or genre' (2005, 840).
   • Such stories are generally considered the work of Harry Potter anti-fans, a group of individuals who actively dislike the books or the films (or both) and seek to degrade the characters in various and sundry ways (Hetcher 7).

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