This paper examines the presence and proliferation of fan art depicting professional wrestler Trish Stratus on the digital platform DeviantArt. As a pivotal figure in the "Attitude Era" and "Ruthless Aggression Era" of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Stratus transcended the role of a "diva" to become a seven-time Women’s Champion, legitimizing women’s wrestling in North America. By applying Henry Jenkins’ theory of participatory culture, this study analyzes how DeviantArt users deconstruct, reinterpret, and perpetuate the legacy of Stratus through digital art. The paper categorizes the artwork into distinct genres—hyper-realism, fantasy AU (Alternate Universe), and tribute collage—to argue that DeviantArt functions not merely as an image repository, but as a living archive where the "Stratus Era" is continuously recontextualized by an active audience.
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The Stratusfaction of Fandom: An Analysis of Trish Stratus Fan Art on DeviantArt as Participatory Culture This paper examines the presence and proliferation of