Mina De Malfois
A satire of all things bad and good in fandom. Mina De Malfois — "Big Name Fan of at least two fandoms" — chronicles the exciting life of a prolific fanfic author, as well as the comings and goings of the Sanguinity fandom and the fanfic archive Penn'd Passions, which is run by Mina's friend Arc. Manages the feat of being not only a tongue-in-cheek portrayal of fandom, but also an entertaining story on its own as the reader becomes familiar with the universe and the cast. Pastiches PG Wodehouse heavily at the beginning, but rapidly develops its own style.
Tropes used in Mina De Malfois include:
- Affectionate Parody: Of fandom
- Almighty Janitor: Arc
- All There in the Manual: The chapters posted on LJ have endnotes explaining the references made.
- Big Name Fan: Mina, obviously
- Everyone Is Bi: Not quite, but close enough for government work.
- Fan Dumb: Warr1or
- Fake Brit: Mina
- Fan Fiction
- Hermaphrodite: Josh/Jen
- Hot Librarian: Arc
- Likes Older Women: Prince C
- Love Dodecahedron: If three dimensions is enough...
- Schoolgirl Lesbians: How Arc and Xenalvr started out
- Shipping
- Ship-to-Ship Combat
- Small Name, Big Ego: Warr1or, Mina to a lesser but still significant degree, many minor characters.
- Show Within a Show: Sanguinity and its various offshoots
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Xenalvr
- Troperiffic
- Yaoi Fangirl: Many.