darkfic
darkfic noun: a fanfic which deals with disturbing situations and themes.
Noun
darkfic (countable and uncountable, plural darkfics)
- A fanfic which deals with disturbing situations and themes.
- This is supposed to be a darkfic? Darkfics tend to involve a great deal of suffering and/or death.2000 February 10, Chris Schack, “Re: [Ranma] [FanFic] The Surprise Announcement”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom (Usenet)
- 'Tides' is not in the narrow, torture-room sense a darkfic but does provocatively posit great destruction and suffering.2010, John Lennard, Of Sex and Faerie: Further Essays on Genre Fiction, page 283 (footnote)
- Such fan fiction collectively.
- If you are that sensitive and can't seperate^([sic]) things, don't read darkfic - or fanfic in general.1998 January 27, MegaZone [username], “Re: Creating a Fanfic”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom (Usenet)
- Fluffy romance differs dramatically from angst romance; the latter, however, usually conforms to the rule against sad endings (Radway 1984, 73), or becomes darkfic rather than romance.2006, Catherine Driscoll, “One True Pairing: The Romance of Pornography and the Pornography of Romance”, in Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse, editors, Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the...
Synonyms of darkfic
Forms of darkfic
| plural | darkfics |
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Origin of darkfic
From dark + fic.
Questions about darkfic
- What does darkfic mean?
- Darkfic means a fanfic which deals with disturbing situations and themes.
- What part of speech is darkfic?
- Darkfic is a noun.
- What is the plural of darkfic?
- The plural of darkfic is darkfics.
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