Meaning of actorfic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fanfic focusing on the imagined activities of a real actor or actors.
   countable, slang
2. Such fan fiction collectively.
   slang, uncountable

Examples

“To me, actorfic would include⟳ any fic wherein there is an acknowledgement (even if they are in jokes) that DD and GA have⟳ something to do with M & S, which would make⟳ HAD an actorfic.”

“Somebody could put⟳ an actorfic under the show⟳ title or put⟳ an NC-17 story and rate it R.”

“Short of actual actorfics (which don't seem to have⟳ reared their ugly heads mych^([sic]) recently), now & in the past, most references I've noticed tend⟳ to be harmless humourous^([sic]) little injokes in which, say⟳, M or S discovers an old magazine in which the other appears in an embarassing^([sic]) photo identical to one of DD or GA's.”

“I think⟳ your efforts might be better rewarded by trying to finish⟳ that and making it the best X-Files story you can, instead of writing actorfic which, by my definition, is *not* X-Files fanfic.”

“I've seen the occasional thing... and I know⟳ it is out there... but the suggestion I saw⟳ sort⟳ of implied that actorfic was more prevelant^([sic]) in the Star Trek fan fiction community.”

“An early article on Slate, otherwise sympathetic to slash fiction, declared that "actorfic" violated fanfic's basic principle of being fantasy: "Writers risk⟳ enraging straight actors. Slash infuriates actors even when it focuses only on fictional characters."”

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