First Meeting

Tropes and genres
Synonym(s)	A How They Met story
Related tropes/genres	Meet Cute, Meet Ugly, Backstory, Love at First Sight
Related articles on Fanlore.

First Meeting is a fanwork trope involving the first encounter of certain characters. Generally the trope is popular in fandoms where the characters haven't yet had their first meeting, or this is not portrayed in the source material.

Alternate First Meeting is a AU variation of this trope, where the characters meet under different circumstances/realities than their first canon meeting. This type of work may be considered a sub-genre of canon-divergent works. In some cases, different first meetings can result for an Universe Alteration setting.

Forgotten First Meeting is another variation where the characters have met in the past, but for some reason are unaware of it opening the field for a second first date or more, varying from the reason for their ignorance of their first date. This forgotten encounter may or may not left a deep impression on at least one of them, correlating with tropes like red thread of fate, soulmate and others.

Example Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Fanfiction

• First Meetings Sydgel by CellyLS, a Relic Hunter Brazilian Portuguese fic, Collection of drabbles and oneshots about the first meetings between Sydney and Nigel. Alternative Universe. Stories can be read separately, in any order.

Archives, Communities & Resources

• First Meetings tag at AO3
• Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting tag at AO3