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Gencest

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Fandom label from the Supernatural community for stories about the two Winchester brothers that centre on their intense emotional bond, with no romantic or sexual relationship between them. It is a sub-category of "gen" fanfiction.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""The archive tagged the story gencest because it was all about the brothers' bond and had no romance.""

LORE & ORIGIN

The Supernatural Wiki calls it a mashup of "gen" (fanfiction that does not centre on romance or sex) and the fandom's pairing name for the brothers, and says the term arose around 2009 to set these emotionally focused stories apart from plot-driven gen stories such as monster hunts. In other fandoms the word may be used for family-centred stories in the same non-romantic spirit.

FIRST SEEN

2009 (Supernatural fandom, per the Supernatural Wiki)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2009-2010s

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↓ FADING

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

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RELATED TERMS

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2009 (Supernatural fandom, per the Supernatural Wiki)

NOW

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