ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Fanfiction

Okay kiddo, do you know how sometimes you like a story so much that you want to make up your own version of it? That's kind of what fanfiction is. It's when someone writes their own story using characters from a book or a movie or a TV show that they really like.

So, let's say you really love Harry Potter. You might write a story where Harry goes on a new adventure that wasn't in the books or movies. Or maybe you imagine that Hermione and Ron get together and you write a story about that. The ideas are endless!

Some people post their fanfiction online so that other people who love the same things can read it and enjoy it too. It's like a big community of people who all love the same characters and stories, and want to imagine new things that could happen to them.

It's important to remember though, that fanfiction is just for fun and it's not official or endorsed by the people who created the original stories. But it's a great way to let your creativity run wild and make new stories with characters you already love.