Fan and Stand-in

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Fan noun - A person with a strong and habitual liking for something.

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Stand-in is an antonym for fan.

Nearby Word: fanatic

Stand-in noun - A person or thing that takes the place of another.

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Fan is an antonym for stand-in.

An OC Stand-in is a canon Flat Character that gets little screentime or few (if any) lines, and therefore can be molded into whoever the fan wants.

Source: O.C. Stand-in
This was most frequently done with 'fan-tacious' (as a stand-in for fantastic) but there were other examples.

Source: Western Animation / The Buzz on Maggie
Therefore, the fan-fiction Take Care Bear is an OC Stand-in for the coloring-book bear.

Source: O.C. Stand-in

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