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fix-it

fix-it noun: a fanfic which undoes or changes an element of canon viewed as unfavourable, e.g. a death, break-up, or betrayal.

Noun

fix-it (plural fix-its)

  1. (attributive, often, slang) A fanfic which undoes or changes an element of canon viewed as unfavourable, e.g. a death, break-up, or betrayal.
    • I've written fix-it fic myself: unhappy with the sad ending in the final season of BBC's Merlin, I rewrote the entire fifth season; […]2017, Ashley J. Barner, The Case for Fanfiction: Exploring the Pleasures and Practices of a Maligned Craft, page 88
    • A furious raft of "fix it" fics appeared after the play was released, re-writing scenes and revisiting the end of the play in order to give Albus and Scorpius the ending many fans believed was most fitting and deserved—the one the text had endeavored to build towards and then swerved to avoid at...2018, Emily E. Roach, "Harry Potter and the Cursed Closet: Queerbaiting, Slash Shipping and The Cursed Child, in Harry Potter and Convergence Culture: Essays on Fandom and the Expanding Potterverse...

Forms of fix-it

pluralfix-its

Questions about fix-it

What does fix-it mean?
Fix-it means a fanfic which undoes or changes an element of canon viewed as unfavourable, e.g. a death, break-up, or betrayal.
What part of speech is fix-it?
Fix-it is a noun.
What is the plural of fix-it?
The plural of fix-it is fix-its.

Words near fix-it in the dictionary

  1. fix someone's wagon
  2. fix the roof while the sun is shining
  3. fix to
  4. fix up
  5. fix upon
  6. fix-it
  7. fix-it-upper
  8. fix-it-uppers
  9. fix-its
  10. fix-up
  11. fix-ups

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