sadfic

English

Etymology

sad +‎ fic

Noun

sadfic (plural sadfics)

  1. (fandom slang) A fanfic which intentionally deals with a tragic situation or theme.
    • 1997 February 6, Andrew Huang, “[Ranma] [fanfic] Life and Manhood”, in rec.arts.anime.creative‎ (Usenet):
      Just keep in mind that I don't do darkfics or sadfics.
    • 1997 August 3, Talswapr [username], “[Ranma] [Review] Taleswapper's Quarterly Post”, in rec.arts.anime.creative‎ (Usenet):
      For I had faith that this author would apply craft and finesse to the fic, even if it were yet another "sadfic" with yet another Akane added to the corpses that litter the archive.
    • 2000 March 31, Rakna, “[Eva] [FanFic] The One I Love Is... - Darkness of a Broken Heart”, in rec.arts.anime.creative‎ (Usenet):
      This is probably my first attempt at writing something even close to a darkfic. If anything, it seems to come across as a sadfic. Even if the character does try to take her life, I won't try to classify it as a suicide fic.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:sadfic.

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