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English
Etymology
Blend of Hollis + Karnstein, presumably as a play on Holstein.
Proper noun
Hollstein
- (fandom slang) The ship of characters Laura Hollis and Carmilla Karnstein from the web series Carmilla.
- 2016, Aimee, quoted in Shannon Morrison, "Navigating and Exploring LGBT Identity in Fandom", paper submitted to the College of Charleston:
- Hollstein shippers didn't really understand the fact that some people didn't ship the same thing as them, and I myself received a lot of anonymous hate for not shipping them.
2017 December, Roxy Bourdillon, “The Little Web Series That Did”, in Diva, page 32:Watching two out actors portray dream duo "Hollstein" provides an extra frisson and makes Natasha and Elise's passion for positive queer representation all the more powerful.
2019, Lorna Jowett, “'Most of You Are Wondering Who the Heck I Am': Carmilla (2014-2016, online) as Digital Reimagining of Le Fanu's 'Carmilla'”, in Lorna Piatti-Farnell, editor, Gothic Afterlives: Reincarnations of Horror in Film and Popular Media, page 84:As the series' main characters, Hollstein are immensely popular and the relationship has provided the emotional rollercoaster ride for characters and viewers that might be expected from such a relationship in a complex serial narrative.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hollstein.