Citations:Balletlock

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English citations of Balletlock and balletlock

Noun: "(fandom slang) a subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart in which Sherlock and/or John are portrayed as a ballet dancers"[edit]

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  • 2015, Kee Lundqvist, "Stories of Significance: The Process and Practices of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community", thesis submitted to Uppsala University, page 21:
    This relatively common crossover/AU is called Potterlock, and the practice of naming particular genre of AU by adding –lock is one unique to the Sherlock fandom on Tumblr: balletlock, Bondlock, tunalock (in which all or some of the characters are, yes, tunas).
  • 2017, Carolina Lindström, "'The power of characterization': A comparative analysis of the transformative works created by the English-language and Japanese-language fandoms of BBC Sherlock", thesis submitted to Stockholm University, page 32:
    Balletlock, a portmanteau of the word ballet and Sherlock.