Citations:-sona

English citations of -sona

2022, Frenchy Lunning, “Cosplay: A Social History of Mass Culture and Identity”, in Cosplay: The Fictional Mode of Existence, Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, →ISBN, pages 55–56:
An even further (and curious) innovation on cosplay practice has evolved in the now vast presence on online illustration venues like DeviantArt, Tumblr, and other more specific forums: that of the -sona (a suffix short for “persona”). […] The -sona community engages in activities similar to cosplay practices in that it appropriates, to various degrees, kigurumi⁷⁵ and other characters from popular culture; fans assume these characters in terms of appearance and/or as an “embodied costumed character.” […] -Sona fandoms proliferate around virtually every popular cultural narrative, such as Pottersonas, characters from the Harry Potter franchise, and Sherlocksonas, following the original Sherlock Holmes literature series but also including the various subsequent film, television, and comic book series.

2010 January 10, @truffke, Twitter‎^[1]:
still trying to come up with a ~~TROLLSONA~~
2011 September 6, @MrCullen, Twitter‎^[2]:
I liked your old catsona o:
2013 January 25, @Adookable, Twitter‎^[3]:
something WITCHY and involving my ferretsona?
2015 April 3, Vrai Kaiser, “Steven Universe Recap: “Say Uncle””, in The Mary Sue‎^[4]:
[…] I’ll be snookered if Mr. Gus’ legitimate pride in his Gemsona wasn’t just a little bit heartwarming.

2006 March 2, "CatPanDaddy", “Re: Blame DIPFUCK BUSH for THIS”, in alt.music.rush‎^[5] (Usenet), message-ID <SrKdnclebslu8JrZ4p2dnA@comcast.com>:
[replying to: The rent-a-troll business not going so well? […] ] I applied but matters of timing shot it down... the whole thing was out of vogue just as I developed my trollsona.
(Note: not in a fandom context; used as a shortened form of "[internet] troll persona".)