German-speaking fans do identify gaps but tend to fill gaps with heteronormative content even in queer stories. #FanLIS2025

Dreßler is sharing so much in the findings portion that I can’t keep up! #FanLIS2025

Stories Dreßler analyzed tend to apply heteronormative tropes to queer relationships. #FanLIS2025

Dreßler looked at fanfiction on fanfiction.de, analyzed 40 stories from the Sailor Moon and Naruto fandoms, focusing on gay main characters (as represented in the fic, not necessarily the original text), the most popular stories, and stories that are downloadable and citable. #FanLIS2025

Next! Saskia Dreßler with How subversive is shipping really? An analysis of heteronormative elements in same-sex relationships focused on German-language anime and manga fan fiction

What happens when these cafes shut down and their archival records disappear and functions cease? #FanLIS2025

These K cafe spaces tend to demonstrate uncompensated feminized fan labor while cafe proprietors tend to be men who may not be fans themselves. #FanLIS2025

Cafes decorated with standees and posters provide a historical record of the life cycle of a media text. #FanLIS2025

Fans’ notes and art posted in cafes tend to be dated and signed, creating an informal archive, #FanLIS2025

Some cafes deliberately center the fan experiences as part of their marketing while others don’t.