The unofficial project—dubbed by fans as “Gillan Everywhere All At Once” —poses a provocative question: What if Karen Gillan had played every major female role in the last twenty years of blockbuster cinema? But as Mondomonger’s deepfakes go viral, crossing the line from niche tribute to ethical firestorm, we are forced to ask: Is Fan-Topia a liberation or a violation? For decades, fandom was reactive. You watched a movie, bought a t-shirt, wrote a forum post. Today, fandom is generative. With AI video synthesis, voice cloning, and open-source rendering engines, the consumer has become the curator.

Art imitates anxiety. The deepfakes of Gillan as other actresses are, in a strange loop, recreating the very fear her films explore. Is Mondomonger a fan or a villain? They would say both. In Fan-Topia, there is no final judgment—only endless, recursive edits. As of this writing, Mondomonger has released a new 12-minute cut: “Karen Gillan as Furiosa (Full Chase Scene).” It has 2.3 million views. The comments oscillate between awe (“Better than the original”) and disgust (“This is why we can’t have nice things”).

Mondomonger, reached via encrypted email, disagrees. “I am not stealing,” they wrote. “I am celebrating. Karen Gillan is a chameleon. She has the range to play every role I put her in. The deepfakes aren’t to replace Johansson or Theron. They are visual essays proving Gillan’s versatility. Fan-Topia is about showing what could have been .”

Mondomonger’s response: “Then sue me. I’m a ghost in the machine. You can’t delete the multiverse.” Perhaps the most melancholic aspect of the “Mondomonger x Karen Gillan” phenomenon is that Gillan has already played a version of this story. In the 2021 sci-fi drama Dual , she stars as a woman forced to fight her own synthetic clone. The film’s climax hinges on the horror of being replaced by a perfect copy—one that the world prefers.