Genre

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See also:	Story Tropes, Gen, Bob (genre), Het, Slash, Femslash
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Genre is commonly used in many fandoms to indicate whether a fanwork is gen (or close to gen) or focuses on one or more het, slash, or femslash romantic or sexual pairings.

It can also refer to other sexual, relationship or character-based elements; topics such as polyamory, threesomes, trans characters, or kink (especially BDSM) are often considered to constitute their own genre.

Genre may also be used, particularly in archives, to classify fan fiction into literary genres, such as romance, humor, PWP, angst or fluff.

Fanfiction also includes many genres rare outside of fandom, such as anthropomorfic or Mpreg, and many fandom-specific genres such as Muldertorture. Fandom-specific genres may spring up in reaction to canon events, such as Harry Potter Epilogue? What Epilogue? fic or Blake's 7 Post Gauda Prime fic (both subgenres of denialfic). Other fanfic genres are related to the structure of canon; for instance, post-eps are common in episodic fandoms which make heavy use of the reset button, and the casefile is usually found in a procedural fandom.

Fandom may also create genre distinctions based on an aspect of the source text, such as litfic or Britfic. Many fans consider RPF a separate genre, distinct from FPF.