Dark
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[edit] Introduction
Dark is a piece with an unpleasant or unhappy theme. The piece may or may not have a happy ending.
[edit] Historical Definitions
The following term dates to December 2001 in the Harry Potter fandom:
- Dark/Darkfic: Fanfic of the dark variety that may contain themes that are a lot darker than normal. Themes like rape, adult situations, violence, cutting, suicide, etc, etc . . .[1]
The following definition dates to May 2004 in the Harry Potter, Horatio Hornblower and Pirates of the Caribbean fandoms:
- Darkfic:
- definitions vary. Can range from angsty to dark humor to just plain twisted.[2]
The following definition is from the MST community and dates to June 2005:
- Darkfic - a story with a significantly dark and downbeat tone. [3]
The following definition dates to December 2005 in the Harry Potter fandom:
- darkfic - Fanfic that is darker than angst, usually involving violence, twisted characters, and the most horrible of horrible things. Sometimes this kind of fic is also known as "character torture." Tends to have gothic overtones and describes anger, pain, suffering, and generally does not have a positive resolution. No happy endings here.[4]
The following definition dates to November 2007 in anime fandom:
- Darkfic: Fic genre: Usually contains violence, death, angst, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Generally unhappy. [5]
The following definition dates to May 2008 in media fandom:
- Dark (-fic or -Story) -- refers to stories in which either the content or, usually, the characters themselves are written "darker" than their canon counterparts. Can range from morally ambiguous to outright evil, possibly even psychopathic/sociopathic. Stories often carry high ratings due to disturbing subject matter. See also: 'AU' [6]
[edit] History
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[edit] Examples
Below are examples of Dark fan fiction from various fan fiction communities.
-The twisted tasteless comedy of the slash fic parody "Rumours" by Gigatronthepwn, which mercilessly and insanely picks apart yaoi, yuri, and crack pairings in the Fire Emblem community. [7]
