Meaning of fix-it | Babel Free

Definitions

A fanfic which undoes or changes an element of canon viewed as unfavourable, e.g. a death, break-up, or betrayal.

attributive, often, slang

Examples

“I've written fix-it fic myself: unhappy with the sad ending in the final season of BBC's Merlin, I rewrote the entire fifth season; […]”

“A furious raft of "fix it" fics appeared after the play was released, re-writing scenes and revisiting the end of the play in order to give Albus and Scorpius the ending many fans believed was most fitting and deserved—the one the text had endeavored to build towards and then swerved to avoid at the last moment.”

“Gabriel, also known as the Trickster, is a skilled illusionist, the possibility that he faked his own death offers ample opportunity for fan "fix-its." (The online fan fiction archive Archive of Our Own, or AO3, at the time of writing features 271 Supernatural stories tagged with "Gabriel Lives.")”

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