Final Fantasy: Fandom

The Final Fantasy Franchise is vast, covering 13 different main title games and numerous spin offs. Along with all these games fan have the freedom to express themselves in many ways, all in relation to the final fantasy series. This blog is aimed at uncovering various mediums in which fans express themselves and their love of the final fantasy franchise!

The first and most obvious outlet of FF fandom is defiantly the internet. Using the internet fans are able to dig up heaps of information on their favorite games through websites dedicated to providing information and guidance on the series. The more popular websites provide a much more in depth look into the games. http://www.ffonline.com/ is a fan made website that slowly has gained momentum to becoming one of the most respected and informative FF fans sites on the Internet. FFonline provides everything from complete and intricate walkthroughs down to every piece of official FF art ever made. It really is the complete package for FF fans wanting to dig up the dirt on the series. Another more complex FF website is http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Final_Fantasy_Wiki. This website is based on the online encyclopedia, wikipedia, and is itself an entire encyclopedia on the series. Fans are able to log into this website and alter its content themselves.

FF fandom is also present away from the online based outlets. An activity known as 'Coslplay' (costume playing) is a massive part of fandom within the FF series. FF cosplay involves fans dressing up as their favorite characters from any of the games and attending massive conventions with like minded people. It can in a way be compared to a Star Trek convention. Cosplaying is a fun way for fans to get together and discuss their favourite games/films/Anime, and is pretty much unique to fan culture.


Futher FF fandom can be found in fanfiction. Fanfiction is basically fans creating their own story lines to intertwine within the final fantasy universe. For instance fanfiction can take the storyline of FFX and create it in an alternative way in which certain event didn't happen where other did. This allows fans to expand on the series in their own way.

Final fantasy fandom does incorporate a wide number of mediums all aimed at pleasing the fans.