Meanings
plural bandfics
- countableslanguncountablelifestyleFan fiction focusing on the imagined activities of a real musician or musicians.
Fandom as a whole would be better served by having separate LoTR, HP, and bandfic archives, for a start.
2002 September 22, Mary Ellen Curtin, “Re: Fanfiction.net problems”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated (Usenet)2 more examples
However, no other site I've seen boasts as much bandfic as Fanfiction. net. The Musical Groups section contained 140 different singers and bands, from oldies (Beatles) to rap-metal (Korn, System of a Down) to rap (Li'l Bow Wow, Sisquo^([sic])) and pop (Britney, N'Sync, Aaron Carter) with many more uncategorized artists listed under Miscellaneous.
2002 April 14, LadyCyrrh [username], “[ART] The Annex Reviews, 4/14/02”, in alt.sex.stories.gay.moderated (Usenet)Westcott doesn’t even consider the thornier question of fan fiction based on real and often living people, for instance, the “bandslash” or “bandfic” phenomenon built around rock-star characters and often homoerotic subplots.
2008 July 15, Keith Goetzman, “Is Fan Fiction Flouting the Law?”, in Utne Reader
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bandfic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bandfic
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