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Band Fic
| Synonyms: | Bandslash |
| See also: | Popslash, Bandom, Music RPF |
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Band Fic (or bandfic) is fanfiction written about bands and rock musicians. It is a subset of RPF. The term "bandfic" apparently it was less commonly used by fans in 6-degrees-of-Pete-Wentz Bandom. (See the related talk page for more informations)
In the 2000s, when RPF was better known as RPS, "bandslash" was often used interchangeably with "band fic," although the "-slash" in the term may distinguish it from the wider field of band fic, which can include het and gen fiction.
History of bandfic
- See also Music RPF history and FBR/MCR bandom history.
Bands people wrote fic about, in somewhat chronological order:
- Beatles
- "Tris/Alex" (code for Led Zeppelin slash)
- Duran Duran
- Popslash: Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, etc.
- Hanson
- Franz Ferdinand
- Good Charlotte
- Bandom, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco
- One Direction
The usenet essay FANFIC NATION: I Was a Teenage Bandslasher describes the state of bandfic on the Web as of 2002.
From fanthropology in 2008: History of BandFic, an overview: fanthropology, Archived version
Pro Published Bandfic
In 2009, Laura Hale created a bibliography of professionally-published bandfic. She put it on flyers and distributed them at MediaWest*Con for the purpose of sending fan traffic to Fan History Wiki;
page 1
page 2
External Sources
- Essay in "Modern Guitars," Rockfic Press (June 2006)
- "Online fan fiction puts a new spin on old relationships." Ed Beeson (2006), NorthJersey.com (Metallica RPS)
- Bandfic - Fan History Wiki: The Fandom History Resource, Archived version (2008)
- The Libertines – Pete Doherty on Libertines erotic fan fiction: 'It's weird, suddenly my cock will be in Carl's ear'[1] (August 27, 2015)
References
- ^ "Pete Doherty on Libertines erotic fan fiction: 'It's weird, suddenly …". 2015-08-31. Archived from the original on 2022-03-20.