What Does This Mean?
Abbreviation for 'Real Person Slash,' fanfiction depicting romantic or sexual relationships between real people, such as celebrities or musicians, rather than fictional characters.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The bandom fandom was infamous for its huge RPS output pairing up the actual band members."
LORE & ORIGIN
Real-person-focused fanfic ('drawer fic,' circulated by hand or typed) dates back at least to Beatles fandom in 1964, and Led Zeppelin slash fic existed under pseudonyms. The specific term 'RPS,' as opposed to the broader 'RPF,' rose in the early-to-mid 2000s, especially in boyband/music fandoms (Popslash, Lotrips/Lord of the Rings actors, Bandslash). Precise dating of RPS as a term is hard to pin down since it did not emerge as a documented outgrowth of media-fandom zine culture the way Star Trek fandom did.
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