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Heat Waves (fan fiction)

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Heat Waves
Authortbhyourelame
LanguageEnglish
Genre Real person fiction, romance, LGBTQ+ fiction
Published Archive of Our Own
Publication date
October 2020–January 2021
Media type Fan fiction

Heat Waves is a fan fiction written by Archive of Our Own (AO3) user "tbhyourelame" about an imagined romantic relationship between the Minecraft YouTubers Dream and GeorgeNotFound, known for their Minecraft server the Dream SMP. It takes its name from the song "Heat Waves" by the band Glass Animals, which it also helped propel to success. The work quickly gained popularity in the Minecraft YouTuber community and spawned internet memes, tribute videos, and fan art; it also received generally positive reviews for its storytelling, though it was also criticised for being real person fiction. It garnered millions of views.

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Development and release

Heat Waves is a 12-chapter [1] romantic slash fan fiction [2] [3] that was published between October 2020 and January 2021 [1] by Archive of Our Own user "tbhyourelame". [4] It takes its title from and is inspired by the song "Heat Waves" by the band Glass Animals. [2] The YouTubers who the work is about, Dream and GeorgeNotFound, are frequent collaborators and appeared on the Dream SMP Minecraft server, which they co-founded. The server itself followed a fictional lore. [1]

Plot

The fan fiction imagines a romantic relationship between the Minecraft YouTubers Dream and GeorgeNotFound, known by their ship name "DreamNotFound" (DNF). [2] [4]

Reception

The fan fiction became popular in the "Minecraft YouTuber community" (MCYT), a group of fans of Minecraft YouTubers, [2] and amassed views in the millions. [5] : 358  The virality also boosted the Glass Animals song. [2] [6] The ensuing popularity was so much that the author of the story, tbhyourelame1, used a third-party Twitter account to update fans on development. [2] In January 2021, AO3 was shut down temporarily, which was misattributed to the influx of readers to a new chapter of the fan fiction crashing the site's servers. It also became the one of the most liked fics on the platform. [7] [1]

Tribute videos, art, and internet memes about the piece of work were made. [2] It was widely praised for its storytelling and characterisation. [2] The popularity influenced how the YouTubers' characters in their Minecraft server, the Dream SMP, were perceived by fans. [5] : 358  A quote from the work, "I burn you? You melt me," was frequently used online. [2] [3]

The work also helped boost the song's popularity. [8] [9] [6] Glass Animals' manager Amy Morgan acknowledged it, saying it was an unexpected contribution to the song's success. [10] The fiction brought controversy around the ethics of writing real person fiction, [2] [7] which was considered a niche until the work's publication. [1] Dream and George have publicly encouraged writing fiction about them. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Castello, Jay (1 March 2021). "Fanfiction about real people is flourishing". Polygon . Archived from the original on 1 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Glass Animals' Hottest 100 win: 'Heat Waves' and the power of online fandom". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 4 August 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 Molanphy, Chris (11 March 2022). "The Song That Finally Toppled Encanto From Its No. 1 Billboard Spot". Slate . Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  4. 1 2 Lal, Kish (24 January 2021). "Glass Animals' Heat Waves is the perfect pop song for right now". Sydney Morning Herald . Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  5. 1 2 Legerén Lago, Beatriz; Barahona Martínez, Jaime Fernando; Morales Cardoso, Julinda (22 April 2025). "Enfoque Narrativo Épico y Bélico en Series Transmedia en Directo: Un Análisis de Caso Dream SMP". VISUAL REVIEW. International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura Visual. 17 (2): 349–362. doi:10.62161/revvisual.v17.5770. ISSN   2695-9631. Archived from the original on 28 December 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  6. 1 2 Savage, Mark (9 April 2021). "Glass Animals: How Heat Waves became the ultimate sleeper hit". BBC News . Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  7. 1 2 Alexander, Julia (19 March 2021). "Living the Dream SMP". The Verge . Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Peppiatt, Dom (25 June 2021). "How video games saved Glass Animals' latest album – after Covid-19 almost killed it". NME . Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  9. ↑ Aroesti, Rachel (28 January 2022). "'Our managers were like: it's going to be a dud': how Glass Animals became the biggest British band in the world". The Guardian . Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  10. ↑ Homewood, Ben (29 March 2021). "Burning Up: How Glass Animals set the streaming world on fire with Heat Waves". Music Week . Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
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