Meaning of darkfic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fanfic which deals with disturbing situations and themes.
   countable, slang
2. Such fan fiction collectively.
   slang, uncountable

Examples

“This is supposed to be a darkfic? Darkfics tend to involve a great deal of suffering and/or death.”

“'Tides' is not in the narrow, torture-room sense a darkfic but does provocatively posit great destruction and suffering.”

“Like other forms of revisions, darkfics are “canon-corrective,” and specifically aimed at what are considered to be underdeveloped “images of intense violence and broody introspection,” which, if dealt with at all in the canons, are “forgotten by the time the next episode or issue comes around” (Fanlore, “Darkfic” n. pag.).”

“If you are that sensitive and can't seperate^([sic]) things, don't read darkfic - or fanfic in general.”

“Fluffy romance differs dramatically from angst romance; the latter, however, usually conforms to the rule against sad endings (Radway 1984, 73), or becomes darkfic rather than romance.”

“Darkfic creates a sense of realism stretching beyond the canons, lingering on the physical effects of traumatic events, and reading characters' reactions from the perspective of human psychology.”

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