Break Up
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| Related: | Make Up, Make Up or Break Up, Breakup Breakout |
| See Also: | Infidelity |
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The Break-up trope is quite common in fanfiction and appears in practically every fandom. The reasons behind them can vary: break-up the canon pairing to get the fanon pairing together; cause some tensions/drama between a pairing (usually due to infidelity) before getting back together.
In Bandom RPF, break up fics can include the band breaking up as well as, or instead of, a relationship between bandmates ending.
Common genres for these types of fics are Angst, Hurt/Comfort and Romance according to AO3.
