Fandom

When thinking about fandom, one big one comes to mind for me - the Twilight fandom. This is one that I was personally a part of. I read all the books when I was 14 and my group of friends at the time were all fans of the series as well. We would hang out at school and talk about the books. At that time, Twilight was somewhat of a cult phenomenon so there really were not that many fans. 

My friends and I considered ourselves an "alternative" crowd. At that time the fandom of Twilight - their members called "Twihards" - was mainly female ranges between the ages of 12-25. 

Being one of the first fans of series, I watched the fandom take off. First with fan fiction website and fanart and then with chat rooms and forums about the series. To me, it was always funny to see just how involved some people could get with fictional characters. Many of these fan-made works involved an extended story for the books. Many involved the relationship between Jacob and Renesme, Edward and Bella's daughter. 

Twilight fandom seriously blew up as soon as the making of the movie was announced. Fans of the seriously began to expand. Everyone and their mother was reading the Twilight books (literally, my Mom AND my Dad read the entire series as well.) 

Today, even after the last movie in the series has been released, Twilight fandom still exists. There are still those die-hard fans that continue to write their fan fiction expanding upon the story that touched so many individuals world-wide.