curtainfic

English

Etymology

curtain +‎ fic, from the frequency of paired characters shopping for curtains together in such stories, or the idea that this scenario is an archetypical representation of domestic life.

Noun

curtainfic (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Fan fiction which focuses on mundane situations and everyday domestic life.
   • 2011, Codruta Alina Pohrib, “Teenagers' Identity at Play: Digital Fandom and Technoromanticism”, in Proceedings of the Digital Generation International Conference, Cluj, Romania, 16-18 September 2011, page 42:

     Others, such as slash fanfic or curtainfic may serve as rehearsals of queer identity, might be coming-out processes within the safe haven of the fandom community, or might simply be responses to contemporary social and cultural issues that permeate teenagers’ area of interest.

   • 2013, Mark Duffet, Understanding Fandom: An Introduction to the Study of Media Fan Culture, Bloomsbury Academic, →ISBN, page 293:

     Some subgenres are h/c (hurt/comfort stories), Mpreg (main character gets pregnant), deathfic (main character dies), curtainfic (characters do mundane tasks together, like buying curtains), […]

   • 2014, Angus Phillips, Turning the Page: The Evolution of the Book, Routledge, →ISBN, page 20:

     Online writing has generated its own genres, from curtainfic to grave robbery.

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