wingfic

wingfic

See also: wing fic

English

Alternative forms

• wing fic

Etymology

wing +‎ fic

Noun

wingfic (uncountable)

1. (fandom slang) Fan fiction in which canonically wingless characters are given wings.
   • 2012, Erin Webb, "Slash As Genre", thesis submitted to College of Arts and Science, American University, page 25:

     Also in 2001, the bizarre but popular subgenre of wingfic appeared within the NSYNC fandom—these stories, characterized by someone growing at least one wing, spread to other slash fandoms before dying away in 2003.

   • 2012, Ewan Morrison, "In the beginning, there was fan fiction: from the four gospels to Fifty Shades ", The Guardian, 13 August 2012:

     There's crossover, AU, Hentai, OoC, Uber, Mary Sue, slash fic, hate fic, anti fic and even wing fic (in which familiar characters sprout wings and discover their new beauty through acts of mid-air coitus).

   • 2013, Katherine Larsen & Lynn S. Zubernis, Fangasm: Supernatural Fangirls, University of Iowa Press (2013), →ISBN, page 242:

     The pairing [Destiel] gives rise to, among other things, wing fic.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:wingfic.