ABSTRACT
This chapter examines how alternate universe (AU) stories employ canonical texts to tell new stories. Through a close-reading of Lucy Camui’s A Siren’s Call, a Yuri!!! on ICE fanfic, this study sheds new light on how affect and characters are shared within fan communities. This particular AU fanfic changes many elements of the original into a fantasy genre, but retains key characteristics of the original of the original, specifically related to the characters. What stays almost unchanged is the core of characters’ personalities and the dynamics of the relations between them. This chapter illustrates how fans put beloved characters into a fundamentally different environment without compromising their recognizable personalities. Overall, this study show how alternate universe is an opportunity for fans to explore further the characters they had grown to love already in canon.
