What Does This Mean?
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Fanfiction written specifically to 'fix' or rewrite a canon plot point, ending, or event that the author found unsatisfying or upsetting.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"After that finale, half the fandom immediately started writing fix-it fic to undo it."
LORE & ORIGIN
There is no single origin date. Notable historical waves include Pokemon anime fix-fic by 'Cori Falls,' the massive Harry Potter post-Deathly Hallows fix-it wave (which coined the phrase 'Epilogue? What Epilogue?'), and Avatar: The Last Airbender (Zutara) fix-its.
FIRST SEEN
1999
PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)
recurring waves tied to major canon endings fans found unsatisfying, notably post-Deathly Hallows (~2007)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+2 AURA
TREND STATUS
→ STEADY
EDITORIAL ESTIMATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
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DOCUMENTED SINCE
1999
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