Meaning of metafic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A fanfic with metafictional elements, focusing on fan fiction, fandom, or creators.
   countable, slang
2. Such fan fiction collectively.
   slang, uncountable

Examples

“In metafics, Janeites make hypotheses on the sources of inspiration for the novels, wonder how the world would have been without Jane, and imagine a TV talk show where Austen herself interviews her characters.”

“A few days later, the fan who sparked this discussion added her own voice to the debate with a metafic (that is, a fic about fandom) called 'The Girl Who Did Not Know Angst.'”

“This fic is considered a metafic, a fic about fanfiction and fandom, and usually metafic is satirical like this one.”

“The difference between this kind of "metafic" and objectionable "actor-fic" is that the metafic is still concentrated on the characters and the fictional world, with just a bit of the actors/real world (or other characters/other ficworld) stirred in for added interest, and usually humor. Objectionable "actor-fic" is fiction about the actors in the real world.”

“Depends. The blatantly obvious Mary-Sue-as-Metafic/Parody can be great, or it can be tiresome.”

“User umqra1895 comments that the author “poke[d] fun and [paid] homage to the wide fanfic universe” with this fic, which is essentially what metafic does.”

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