Star Trek

Initially taking place offline within zines (fan published magazines), the Star Trek fanfiction community exploded across the internet, and through it we can track a rough history of fanfiction. While some records indicate that fanfiction originally began as far back as the 20's and 30's (Thomas, 2011), evidence of fanfiction tied directly to media is sparse at best until fanfics begin being published in Star Trek zines. From zines, fanfiction went online to forum websites made specifically by and for fans of the show (Verba, 2003). Star Trek has a presence on every popular fanfiction site, including fanfiction.net, WattPad, Archive of Our Own, and Tumblr. 

Written work within groups often strongly depend on intertextuality. Fanfiction is an interesting take on intertextuality, and in fact pushes the boundaries on intertextuality and what is legally determined as something worth copyright striking. Because they are often retellings with changes to the original story, or utilize certain things within a media while elaborating on it heavily, fanfiction relies on that intertextuality between itself and it's respective medium, while being different enough to warrant being considered fair use (Bauman, 2004).

Star Trek fanfiction is credited with coining the popular term "slash" or "slash fic", slang implying that the fan fiction contains a gay relationship (typically with the romance being at the heart of the story). This slang is prevalent within just about any modern fanfiction space.