The Audience

The people experiencing a creator's work, let it be through reading, watching, or listening. The audience may be the most vital part of fiction as without them to view a creator's work of fiction, it would be as if the fiction didn't exist as no one is aware of it except its creator.

The audience's role goes beyond just being aware of something. It also builds communities, online or in real life, in the name of a work of fiction. These communities are referred to as fanbases. In a fanbase, fans may discuss their (least) favorite aspects of their franchise, such as their favorite episode of a TV show or the characters they wish were removed, as well as many other things. When the canonical stories of the franchise aren't enough for the audience, it might write some of its own stories that is called fan fiction (fanfic for short). These types of fans are part of a fandom, a faction of a fanbase with like-minded fans.