So… the term “fictional other” definitely started to gain traction during the summer of 2017.
But it turns out that the very first usage of it might actually be on one of our own blogs…
More info on that later! O_O
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“Yandere” is derived from the Japanese words yamu, meaning insane or sick, and deredere, meaning affectionate or loving. Simply put, a yandere is someone who is lovesick, someone who has been driven to insanity by extreme obsession or love, thus resulting in abnormal behavior if not violence.
The word “yandere”, a term that blossomed in moe fandom, refers to a character who is crazy about someone else… often literally and violently.
– excerpt from tvtropes yandere article
antis just really don’t seem to understand that meticulously combing through all of someone’s online profiles to find “evidence” of perceived crimes or “dirt” on them, even if they do turn out to actually be a bad person, is still cyber-stalking!
You’re not a cop, despite how much you might like to think you are! You wouldn’t be allowed to follow someone home and dig through their trash to find “evidence” of some crime you think they committed, so why do y’all think it’s okay to do essentially that very same thing but online?
I’ve had several requests for this for blocking purposes.
Block this person. Do not engage. I can’t begin to explain how incredibly hypocritical of someone it would be to go and harass this user.
We are currently seeking the originator of the term “fictional other / F/O” for historical preservation purposes.
It appears that the term was coined on Tumblr, in the late spring or more likely early summer of 2017.
The earliest post we have yet found that uses the term is from July 1, 2017.
Looking through the archives of self ship blogs that were active at the time we see that in June of 2017 many people were reblogging “imagine your fave” posts, and in August of 2017 these same blogs were reblogging “imagine your F/O” posts.