Angst
From Fan History Wiki
Angst, sometimes shortened to A, is a piece of fan fiction that is emotionally wrenching or a piece where a character deals with an emotionally distressing situation. This term is often used is the X-Files fandom. In certain fandoms, angst has a derogatory over tone as it compares to melodrama. In this context, this term is often used in the Harry Potter fandom. The use of the term predates 1997.
Contents |
[edit] Historical definitions
The following definition dates to February 1999 on cmshaw's Fan Glossary as specific to media fandom:
- angst, n. Emotional pain. Often prized by fanfic authors for the intensity which it adds to a story, or simply for the masochistic thrill of it.
- angst, header. Fanfic in which a character's emotional pain is a central plot element. [1]
The following definition dates to the Roswell fandom on June 27, 2001:
- angst: antonym for foof, a dark story about a character's emotional suffering (adjective is angsty) [2]
The following term dates to December 2001 in the Harry Potter fandom:
- Angst/Angstfic/Angsty: Description of fanfic or fanart—usually involving a high degree of angst. Angst implies putting fanfic characters through the wringer emotionally/physically/mentally and making the readers feel for them.[3]
The following definition dates to February 2002 in anime fandom:
- Angst - Anxiety, fear, pain. This is the genre of Fanfiction wherein a character is hurt and injured or under goes deep depression.....usually, any kind of suffering that the fic author can dig up. [4]
The following definition dates to March 2002 in the Gundam Wing fandom:
- Angst: Depressing stories that involve lots of indecision and bad feelings coming from the characters. =( Despite the sometimes dark and depressing feelings you might get from these fics, they are my favourite kind ^__^ [5]
The following definition dates to May 2003 in the Combat! and Nash Bridges fandoms:
- angst: Refers to the emotional wounds suffered and/or borne by a character, especially if they spend pages moaning about their miserable life in great detail. Can add intensity to a story or turn it into one big long pityparty. Warning: angst can be addictive! [6]
The following term dates to June 2003 in Kare Kano fandom:
- Angst: Sad stuff, people getting their hearts broken and such. Usually very sad...[7]
The following definition dates to August 2003 in the Gundam Wing fandom:
- Angst : Depression, torture (mental or otherwise), general bad feelings. [8]
The following definition dates to September 2003 in the Kingdom Hearts fandom:
- Angst: Depressing, tortured-soul, emotional theme. [9]
The following definition dates to October 2003 and was written by Chantal Gouveia:
- Angst: O! Woe is me! Woe and thrice woe! (insert object of affections here) is straight/dead/married/ignoring me/part of a left wing conspiracy! Thus is most of the plot of Angst. [10]
The following definition dates to May 2004 in the Harry Potter, Horatio Hornblower and Pirates of the Caribbean fandoms:
- a fic centering around the dark-and-tortured-ness of one or more characters. Pretty self-explanatory.[11]
The following term dates to 2005 in the Lord of the Rings fandom:
- Angst - The fanfic contains sad, depressing themes or unresolved, uncomfortable emotional events. [12]
The following definition dates to May 2005 in the slash, Westlife, and Lord of the Rings fandoms:
- Angst - In an angst story one or more characters are in a very stressful or deeply emotional situation. Often include scenes where the character is deeply depressed, and this characters depression is the main element of the story. [13]
The following definition dates to November 2005 in the A-Team fandom:
- Angst - Subject matter will be very torturous to read [14]
The following definition dates to December 2005 in the Harry Potter fandom:
- angst (ängkst) - Used to describe a story which contains insecurity, misery or other depressing elements. [15]
The following definition dates to September 2006 in anime fandom:
- Angst - dramatic, very sad; usually involves a character death, molestation, self mutilation, drug abuse, depression, or all of the above. [16]
The following definition dates to November 2007 in anime fandom:
- Angst: Fic genre: Depressing stuff... such as suicide, death, depression, and other forms of emotional torture [17]
The following definition dates to May 2008 in media fandom:
- Angst --refers to physical or, mainly, emotional torment of characters. See also: 'H/C' [18]
[edit] History
This section needs more information.
[edit] Examples
This section needs more information.
[edit] External Links
This section needs more information.
[edit] See also
This section needs more information.
