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Talk:-centric
In terms of history of the term -- I assume it got popular on ao3 first, but i haven't investigated that.
- A Joker's Mindset (published 2016 on FFN) has "Joker-Centric story" in its summary.
- however most of the ones I'm finding on FFN are from the 2020s and seem AO3-influenced: Collision - a zuko and yue centric story (published 2021); "so here is Roman-centric story." in the author's note of "The Second Torch" (published 2023);
- Oh wait AO3, it goes back to at least 2009: "Great Astrid-centric Fringe story" (bookmark comment by were_duck on 26 December 2009); "Nate-centric NCIS:LA/Psych crossover written for me for Yuletide 2009." (bookmark comment by heuradys on 25 December 2009); "Jack-Centric" tag (on a bookmark by amaresu dated 20 August 2009).
- Genuine Need on FFN -- a 2006 X-men story in the author's note uses "Angel-centric" several times. -- and Sacrifice a 2007 Mai-HiME fanfic with "Shiznat centric" in the summary.
- obviously the usage exists outside of fandom -- see definition 2 at wiktionary. However wiktionary's cited quotes only go back to 2012, which surprises me!! Could this suffix-style usage have arisen in fandom first??? It seems unlikely to me but further investigation needed
Note above compiled by -- Quaelegit (talk) 08:39, 28 March 2025 (UTC)