iCarly Week: Fan Creations

iCarly Week: Fan Creations

As a teen I was mosty interested in stuff that not only none of my friends were into, but that was at least 10 years behind its prime. This is one of the reasons why iCarly has been such an incredible experience for me: this is something that was new, current, and fully alive. Which means there was a vast plethora of ever-changing fan content for me to explore. And I even participated in it!

Fan-fiction

Fan-fiction is a brilliant realm of fandom, where authors can take the characters they know and intimately understand, then allow them to explore new kinds of experiences they will never encounter in their native work: different genres, different perspectives, different personalities. I never read a lot of fanfiction but the few I did read really moved me a lot. They were, of course, all Cam. Here are my two favorites:


iGo to the Beach is an achingly beautiful and terribly depressing drama fic where Carly and Sam plan a carefree day at the beach to indulge the curious mix of deep abiding friendship and intimate romance. The day out takes a grim turn and Sam has to experience the most crushing angst of her life. It takes iCarly into realms of romance and angst that the original sitcom would never even consider.

iBet for Carly's Love recasts iCarly as more of a teen drama, with drinking and partying and the like, as though the show were on MTV or ABC Family. Freddie coaxes Sam into a dersive bet to see who can win Carly's affection, but when Carly gets way too drunk at a party Sam has to step in to keep her safe. It's a touching fic and it's interesting to see the iCarly gang in this kind of a setting.

Fan Videos

Fan videos are one of fandom's great pleasures. It's amazing what people can create out of just clips and music. It's one thing to create a new world with fanfiction, where the options are limitless, but to take the show that already exists and turn it into something new with naught but wit and creative editing? It's unbelievable.

By far the most ingenious creator of Carly fanvids is MyOverSizedDisguise, who gave us Cam shippers the greatest gift of all when she recast iCarly as a romantic drama in her "Dismantle Repair" video. It's my favorite youtube video of all-time, by leaps and bounds, and deserves to be a feature length film by all rights.

She also took iCarly into the teen scream horror realm with her brilliant "Seattle Webshow Massacre" videos. If Nick was smart they would have bought up the rights and made this a reality as well!

Another of the most brilliant vid makes is TurnYourCamOn. It'd be possible to pick favorites but here's one of her many good vids:

There's a massive world out there of vids so I encourage you to go and check out what you find!