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Chloe Wu
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I don’t know if my understanding is correct, but for me it sounds like that adaptations are those fanfictions that take the source text to a deeper or different level in terms of their meanings. If a story’s purpose is just to elaborate on more aspects or possibilities of the source text, then it’s only a fanfiction; whereas if the story also aims to reveal, discuss, or establish something meaningful about the society or anything deep, then it can be called an adaptation also. An example might be, if someone writes about Black Panther T’Challa’s love life, then that will just be considered a fanfiction, but if another person writes a story about Black Panther’s rulership in the world of predominantly white leaders, then that will be considered an adaptation.