About
SuperWhoLock is the name of the fandom that is an inexplicable conjoining of three other large fandoms, namely: Supernatural, Doctor Who, and Sherlock. It is infamous on Tumblr for being what is known as what has been the largest most prevalent fandom in the site.
History
Supernatural is a show from CW that begun airing in 2005, while BBC’s Sherlock aired in 2010, and Doctor Who has been around since 1963, but truly began to shine in today’s pop culture when it was relaunched in 2005[4][5][6].
Reception
The internet news site The Daily Dot wrote an article titled “WTF is Superwholock?” which aptly defined the super fandom as a massive crossover spewing multiple fan-art and fanfiction[1].
On the April Fool’s Day of 2014, news site Hypable published an article titled “The BBC and CW announce joint ‘SuperWhoLock’ show coming in 2014” which hyped the fans with a fake article about the shows coming together for a 10 episode mini series[2].
Impact
As SuperWhoLock is a combination of three different fandoms, the three have impacted each other greatly. As a tumblr superpower, it has affected the various fandoms within the site as well. Some of Urban Dictionary’s definitions of the term criticize Superwholock is “the Bermuda Triangle of Tumblr” and the fandom is “nothing more than a bunch of egotistical pricks who think they run Tumblr and try to shove it down your throat[3].”
Fandom
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Notable Examples
Related Memes
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Search Interests
External References
[1]The Daily Dot – WTF is Superwholock?
[2]Hypable – The BBC and CW announce joint ‘SuperWhoLock’ show coming in 2014
[3]Urban Dictionary – Superwholock
[4]Wikipedia – Supernatural (U.S. TV Series)
[5]IMDB– Sherlock (TV Series)
[6]Wikipedia – Doctor Who