angstfic

plural angstfics

1. countableslangA fanfic which deals with tragic situations and themes.

   Yes, as a matter of fact, I'm rather fond of darkfics, or angstfics, or tragic hero fics.

   1999 May 13, Meech the Brown Hornet [username], “Re: [Polls] Another Superfluous poll - Fanfics”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)

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   Depressed by all these post-'Gift' angstfics, I'm offering this challenge: write a fic set in the (relatively) happy and innocent days of Season One.

   2001 June 12, Prince Charon [username], “Challenge: Season One”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet)

   While an angstfic can focus mostly on emotional pain and never resolve it, actually doing something awful to a character, such as torture, rape, maiming, that kind of thing, seems to require a payoff. Otherwise it seems gratuitous, and also as if you're inviting people to take pleasure in a character's suffering.

   2003 July 28, Alara Rogers, “Hurt/comfort without comfort: realistic or pointless?”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet)

2. slanguncountableSuch fan fiction collectively

   Be warned, this is gonna be anything but pure comfortfic or mushfic. Or pure angstfic, for that matter.

   2001 September 28, Charles Glasgow, “Re: FIC - Almost Paradise: 1/4 (W/X)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative (Usenet)

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   We may flame each other out every couple of weeks, but woe to anyone who steals our angstfic and puts FRAN DRESCHER in the Scully role!

   1999 February 6, Kipler, “Re: Unscrupulous Folks Afoot”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet)

   "Among slashfen, angstfic and H/C are valued, but Mary Sue avatars, ATG, and actorslash belong only in badfic. HP is Chan, and Yaoi can be ecchi."

   2002 April 27, Kapitano [username], “Re: Research”, in uk.gay-lesbian-bi (Usenet)