Dive Into an Alternate Universe
As entertainment grows, currently many people appear in circles known as ‘artists’ or ‘public figures’. They are people who work in the fields of film, music, dance or other arts. Fans appeared. Many have named their fandom with the one that has an interesting philosophy that usually describes the relationship between the fans and the artists.
It is not just being a fan who enjoys the show performed by the artist. Currently, there are many fans who increase their creativity by creating stories with visualizations of their artists. This will definitely attract many other fans.
These stories are commonly known as the Alternate Universe (AU) or can also be referred to as fanfiction. Writing alternate universe or fanfiction ostensibly means putting familiar characters into a new world. Then what makes this AU story so popular among fans? Can this really increase their creativity and reading interest?
1. Friendly to read
The story in AU is mostly neither a short story nor a long story like a novel. For people who do not like to read thick books, this story is perfect for enjoying. But it is also not too short that it can arouse curiosity about the events that will follow. AU story also uses everyday language that is easy to understand by the readers.
2. Artist’s visualization can increase imagination
The close relationship between fans and their idols makes this AU story able to bring real imagination to its readers. They are unconsciously carried away as if they are part of the characters in the story who can relate directly to their idols.
3. Using popular platforms
AU stories can be found on the reading platform. But many fans also use more popular platforms like Twitter or Instagram. As we know that these two platforms have stolen a lot of attention from their users, the AU story is getting easier to spread and become popular.
4. Media to promote the artist
There are some fans who read AU because they know the main character of the story is their idols, but there are also those who actually start to become fans of the artist after reading the story of AU which suddenly appears on the timeline. This is obviously can make the artist more popular and the fans can broaden their fandom.
AU story has provided a lot of reading entertainment for its readers. A light reading that is very suitable to fill spare time and at the same time can also give imagination towards the favourite idol. But remember to keep reading AU story wisely because after all it is just fiction. So, are you also interested in reading AU story about your idol?
-Northern Ingo-
