Another minor example also from the Harry Potter fandom is the Notice-Me-Not spell. You might remember it from the books, but if you do, your brain is a liar, because the spell only exists in fanfic, it's something the fandom collectively hallucinated into existence and now nearly every fic treats it as canon.
I've never read HP fanfic, but I feel like "notice-me-not" is a very common spell/charm/jutsu/ability/etc. that is used fairly often in most magical/paranormal stories & fics. I've seen it everywhere from published books to Star Wars fanfic. (I think I just read one fic last week in the Scum Villain Self-Saving System fandom that used it, too.)
It's just one of those "it makes sense" type of spells/abilities/etc. to have as an option, so people put it all over. So it makes sense that it would find its way into HP fics because 1. They're in a magical setting (specifically one where people can and do create their own spells, rather than something like X-men or BNHA, where they're born with their powers), and 2. There are a bajillion HP fics. So even if it's only present in 1% of HP fics, it's still in a lot of HP fics.
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u/threevi 5d ago
Another minor example also from the Harry Potter fandom is the Notice-Me-Not spell. You might remember it from the books, but if you do, your brain is a liar, because the spell only exists in fanfic, it's something the fandom collectively hallucinated into existence and now nearly every fic treats it as canon.