curtainfic

From 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.^[1][2]

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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