angstfic

English

Etymology

angst +‎ fic

Noun

angstfic (countable and uncountable, plural angstfics)

  1. (countable, fandom slang) A fanfic which deals with tragic situations and themes.
    • 1999 May 13, Meech the Brown Hornet [username], “Re: [Polls] Another Superfluous poll - Fanfics”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon‎ (Usenet):
      Yes, as a matter of fact, I'm rather fond of darkfics, or angstfics, or tragic hero fics.
    • 2001 June 12, Prince Charon [username], “Challenge: Season One”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative‎ (Usenet):
      Depressed by all these post-'Gift' angstfics, I'm offering this challenge: write a fic set in the (relatively) happy and innocent days of Season One.
    • 2003 July 28, Alara Rogers, “Hurt/comfort without comfort: realistic or pointless?”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated‎ (Usenet):
      While an angstfic can focus mostly on emotional pain and never resolve it, actually doing something awful to a character, such as torture, rape, maiming, that kind of thing, seems to require a payoff. Otherwise it seems gratuitous, and also as if you're inviting people to take pleasure in a character's suffering.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:angstfic.
  2. (uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively
    • 1999 February 6, Kipler, “Re: Unscrupulous Folks Afoot”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative‎ (Usenet):
      We may flame each other out every couple of weeks, but woe to anyone who steals our angstfic and puts FRAN DRESCHER in the Scully role!
    • 2001 September 28, Charles Glasgow, “Re: FIC - Almost Paradise: 1/4 (W/X)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative‎ (Usenet):
      Be warned, this is gonna be anything but pure comfortfic or mushfic. Or pure angstfic, for that matter.
    • 2002 April 27, Kapitano [username], “Re: Research”, in uk.gay-lesbian-bi‎ (Usenet):
      "Among slashfen, angstfic and H/C are valued, but Mary Sue avatars, ATG, and actorslash belong only in badfic. HP is Chan, and Yaoi can be ecchi."
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:angstfic.

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