uberfic

Definitions

A genre of alternate universe fan fiction which features archetypes of canon characters (including ancestors, descendants, and reincarnations) living in a different time, setting, or reality than that found in canon.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“Kate Bolin cited the mellow, friendly, castrated Spike; another example would be the alternate universes which are popping up with increasing frequency these days: you know⟳, the kind of almost-but-not-quite-uberfic where everything's so different from the show⟳ that the author has to literally reconceptualize about half the characters to get⟳ them all in so everyone up to and including Jonathan will have⟳ somebody to exchange⟳ bodily fluids with.”

“On a related topic, it occurred to me t'other day to wonder⟳ whether there was in fact any Uberfic in existence before "The Xena Scrolls".”

“There are a few genres where you can get⟳ away with it (Xena/Gabrielle uberfic, for example -- S.X. Meagher's I Found My Heart In San Francisco series was repubished^([sic]) in a slightly different form⟳; […]”

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