intimatopia

Noun

intimatopia (usually uncountable, plural intimatopias)

1. (usually) A fantasy world that serves as an ideal setting for sexually charged relationships involving a high degree of sustained emotional intimacy.
   • The crucial difference between romantopia and intimatopia is that in intimatopia, intimacy is normally established before sexual interaction and is always maintained after it, whereas in romantopia, it is only established by sexual interaction and is frequently transitory.2006, Elizabeth Woledge, "Intimatopia: genre intersections between slash and the mainstream", chapter 3 (pages 97–114) in Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse, editors (2006), Fan fiction and fan...
   • Lovers in intimatopia are more than “just good friends” but also more than “just lovers” – the emotional, physical and spiritual bond between them is complex and multilayered (Woledge 102).2007, Helena Štěpánová (2007), Slash fan fiction and the canon(PDF), BA thesis, Department of English and American Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (retrieved 2017-11-30; from the...