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In this ever changing world, it's only moments away that it also impacts the literary world. So if you would:
A Guide to Fanfiction Tropes and Genres:
🟪I made this cuz honestly, why not lol. For people who are beginners to the fanfiction universe. For anyone who wants to get a glimpse of what this world is like and the common themes used in this "off-the-wall piece of literature". Could be for research purposes or for curiosity, or maybe you want to start writing stuff but not sure what things you might use. No matter who is reading this, I hope this guide helps you.
--I also made this for myself, as a lil handbook to look at while categorizing the fanfics i collect in my blog.
🟦There are genres/topes/themes which you won't be seeing much or any at all particularly in my blog; but I wanted to add them to the lists anyways because they are widely used in fanfiction. I tried to include the main, most common things used in fanfics. Because in reality, the possibilities in a fanfic are endless.
--Many of these are self explanatory so I didn't add extra info to most of them.
This may be used by other fandoms as well. Since this is a Jungkook based account, he is used for some of the examples. You can replace him with anyone you wish to write/read about.
🟥I added most things myself from the knowledge accumulated through my years of experience in fanfiction consumption. For the things I thought I might have missed, I used multiple websites and a reddit post as a referance, which I will credit their links at the very end.
đźź«Shoutout to chatgpt for alphabetizing my lists in the end. It would take me ages to edit this
đźź© If you think there is anything I missed, feel free to contact me, I can always edit this post to add new things.
PS: I chose to omit much of the specificities of explicit content (such as specific kinks). I tried to keep things a bit chill. Most likely the authors will include the details of the explicit events in their explanation section. You will know what they are when you see them.
Genres:
Action
Adventure
Apocalypse/Post-Apocalypse
Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire
Coming Of Age
Contemporary
Crime
Cyberpunk/Steampunk
Drama
Dystopian/Utopia
Fairy Tale
Family
Fantasy/High Fantasy/Low Fantasy/Urban Fantasy/Isekai
Friendship
Gothic
Historical Fiction/Alternate History/Period Piece
Horror/Slasher
Kid Fic =fanfic that features children in some way. This could vary from the characters having a kid together to someone’s younger sibling/cousin/niece etc.
Mystery/Murder Mystery
Missing Scene/Gap Filler : a fic that is written as a continuation or with additional events added to a canon scene in a show OR a video of the characters of a fandom (e.g. a specific RUN BTS episode where in the end they all go out and get coffee or some behind the scenes stuff the author creates) idk if i explained this well
Paranormal
Philosophical
Poetry
Romance
Sci-Fi/Science Fiction/Space Opera
Slice Of Life
Spiritual
Supernatural
Surreal
Suspense
Songfic: stories which include song lyrics, which may be interposed between sections of the story, or given to a character who sings them.
Thriller/Psychological Thriller
Tragedy
Travel
Urban
Western
Worldbuilding
Genre (Fandom): Based On Tone
Angst/Light Angst :  ”often used in fandom to characterize things which are intended to provoke the feeling of unrest and uncertainty in readers. It generally signifies that the story will be primarily dramatic in nature, rather than comedic or light-hearted, and that characters may suffer mental or physical anguish during the course of the story. ” -fanlore.org
Awkwardness
Case Fic =focus on solving a given mystery or case
Character Development
Crack Fic = “fanworks with a fundamentally ludicrous premise, or otherwise including a plethora of unbelievable, incredible, or just plain silly elements - that is, implying the author/artist must have been on drugs to produce something so bonkers” -fanlore.org
Crossover/Fusion = where multiple fandoms are combined in a way
Curtainfic (Domestic Tranquility, Such As The Characters In A Romantic Pairing "Shopping For Curtains" (Literally Or Figuratively) And Building A Home Together.)
Cute
Dark Fic
DILF/MILF
Domestic
Fix Fic/Fix-It/Deconstruction
Fluff/Tooth-Rotting Fluff
Hurt/Comfort = A character who has been hurt, physically or emotionally, is comforted by another character.
Light-Hearted
Mature
Melancholy
Porn, PWP, Porn Without Plot
Secret Identity
Shipping
Sickfic, Illness, Sick Character
Single Parents
Slow Burn/Slow Romance
Smut
Soft
Sweet
Tension
Character Types:
Aged Up:  a character in a fanwork who's been set to an age notably older than they are (or appear) in the original media.
Aged Down
Alien
Androids, Robots
Angel
Animal Transformation
Anti-Hero
Boss/Employee/Secretary
Canon: the author is trying to stick as close to the canon character as possible.
CEO
Cop
Criminals
Demon
Demigod
Doctor
Dragons
Fairy
Fan!Reader
Gamer
Greek Life/ Frat Boy/ Sorority girl
Gardener
God (Mythical)
Hybrid
Idol!Jk
Idol!Reader
Jock
LGBTQ/LGBTQ Character/LGBTQ Themes
Mafia
Merpeople
Morally Grey/Ambiguous Characters
Mythical Beings & Creatures
Nerd
Noona
Non-Idol
Nurse
Orphans/Orphanage
Out Of Character/OOC
Prince/Princess/King/Queen/Emperor/Empress
Rich Girl/Guy
Shapeshifting
Spies
Stalker
Stripper
Tsundere
Undercover
Unreliable Narrator
Vampire
Villain
Virgin
Werewolf
Witches, Witchcraft
Yandere
Zombies
AU/Alternate Universe:
Afterlife
Aliens AU
Band Of Misfits
Bounty Hunters
College AU
Crime AU
Coffee Shop AU
Destiny/Fate
Dreams/Dreamscape
Dystopian AU
Future AU
Ghosts
Harry Potter AU
Heroes AU
Highschool AU
Historical AU
Hitman AU
Immortality
Magic AU
Marvel/DC AU
Medieval
Medical, Hospital, Doctors AU
Military
Monsters
Mythology
Omegaverse : A setting where humans have a secondary sex (alpha, beta or omega).
Pirates
Pornstar AU
Royalty AU
School AU
Soulmate AU
Spiderman AU
Spy AU
Time Travel
War
Western AU
Witches AU
Zombies
Relationship To One Another:
Bodyguard
Childhood Friends
Childhood Sweethearts
Dating
Divorced
Dorks In Love
Established Relationship
Exes
Exes To Lovers
Enemies To Lovers
Enemies To Friends To Lovers
Fake Relationship/Fake Dating/Pretend Relationship/Pretend Couple
Forced Marriage
Friends To Lovers, Best Friends To Lovers
Friends With Benefits
Frenemies
Fuck Buddies
Hallmark AU
In Which They Are Exes Thrown Back Together By A Chance Visit To Their Hometown (Usually For A Holiday)
Highschool Sweethearts
Idiots to lovers
Long-Distance Relationship
Long-Term Relationship
Marriage
Mutual Pining
Oblivious Pining
Requited Unrequited
Neighbors
Pen Pals
Platonic Relationships/No Romance
Rivals
Roommates
Secret Relationship
Soulmates
Step-Siblings
Unrequited Love/One-Sided Attraction
Best friend’s sibling
Specific Situations:
Accidental Marriage
Adoption
Aftermath
Amnesia
Arranged Marriage
Babysitting
Betrayal
Blind Date
Bonding
Breakup
Cheating
Confession
Desert Island
Disability Fic
Elevatorfic
Eventual Romance
Falling In Love
Fempreg
First Kiss
First Love
First Time
Flashbacks
Forgiveness
Forbidden Love
Grief/Mourning
Hatesex
Healing
Heartbreak
Heartwarming
Holiday, Vacation
Hospital
Idiots In Love
Imprisonment
Injury
Jealousy
Kink
Love At First Sight
Love Confessions, Drunken Confessions
Love Potion/Love Spell
Love Triangle
Marriage Of Convenience
Marriage Proposal
Mates
Make-up sex
Misunderstandings
Mutual Pining
Next Gen/Next Generation
Nightmares
Parenthood
Pining
Plot Twists
Pregnancy
Protectiveness
Pst Lives
Rags To Riches
Rebels
Recovery
Regret
Reincarnation/Resurrection/Rebirth
Rejection
Religion
Rescue
Reunion
Revenge
Revolution
Roadtrip
Snowed In
There is only one bed, Forced Bed Sharing, Sharing A Bed
Teenagers
Teamwork
Time Travel
Training
Trapped
Weddingfic
Based On Text Style Or Elements
First Person POV, Second person POV
Script format
Y/N (your name)
Facetime, video call
Sexting
Social Media AU:
Twitter (X)
Messaging App
Warnings,Possibly triggering things or Dark themes:
Abuse
Alcohol
BDSM
Blood
Bullying
Crime
Curses
Death, Character Death/Major Character Death/Minor Character Death
Depression
Drugs
Fights
Gore
Kidnapping
Mental Health Issues
Self-Harm
Stalkers
Substance Abuse
Suicide
Toxic Relationship
Trauma
Violence
Weapons
Yandere
Length:
Drabble: A very short fic, usually said to be around 100 words. But I’ve read plenty of drabbles with 1K-2K words so 100 is not always the case
One-Shot/Two-Shot/etc
Series/Duology/Trilogy/Saga/etc
Long
Short
Short Story
Pairing:
M/F - F/M - M/M - F/F - F/F/M etc.
[Character] x [Character],
Jungkook X Original Character/OC : usually OCs are characters with disclosed names and physical features withing the story. (e.g. Jessica, blond hair, brown eyes, etc.) However i have seen many fanfics where the author writes “Jungkook x OC” in the explanations but the character throughout the story is in fact written like a self-insert/YN/reader with little to no physical descriptions.
Jungkook X Reader (Y/N or “_____” )
AFAB- assigned female at birth
Jungkook X gender neutral reader/character
OTHERS:
POV -point of view
POV Alternating, POV Multiple, POV First Person, POV Second Person, POV Third Person, POV Outsider
Completed / Ongoing — a fanfiction series is one of two things, it’s either completed or ongoing
Ending:Â Happy Ending, Sad Ending, Bittersweet Ending, Ambiguous Ending, etc.
Epilogue : Â the final chapter at the end of a story that often serves to reveal the fates of the characters.
🟥Credit:
reddit - very well made, i used this a lot while making this list
fanlore.org
tvtropes.org
wikipedia
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