How to Use fanfic in a Sentence

fanfic

noun
  • Thank you for the hilarious memes, the crazy fanfics and the support.
    — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • There’s no doubt that fanfic—as it’s often called—has a place in our culture.
    — USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The thing with fanfic is that the character, to some extent, is prebuilt.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026
  • While Joe’s away, Bronte goes through his stuff and finds his graphic, erotic fanfic about her.
    — Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The first few scenes feel more Fifty Shades of Grey — costume-y, a bit goofy, like a fanfic.
    — Vulture, 4 June 2023
  • The song is in the second person, reading like sweet-hearted self-insert fanfic.
    — Vulture, 29 Apr. 2022
  • One of the most popular forms of fanfic is slash — romances between characters of the same genre.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • All these pop culture moments stem from fanfic, and solidify its place as a central facet of teen culture.
    — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Fifty Shades of Grey began as Twilight fanfic.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Watch the reading below to see how the writers’ group reacts to his Dua Lipa fanfic.
    — Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2022
  • So yeah, Peter Watts gave me permission to write The Thing fanfic.
    — Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
  • But despite all this talk of slow-burns, the fact that fanfic is based on characters who readers already know allows for easier access to the good stuff.
    — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Like, imagine if Demi and Jessi turned to fanfic as a tension release instead of blowing up their lives?
    — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Below, Hayley Kiyoko opens up to Them about her new book, her creative process, and reading her fan’s fanfics (yes, really).
    — Ana Osorno, Them, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Purists should go into it expecting not a faithful adaptation, but a romp best enjoyed as romantasy fanfic.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Much like fanfic, the Kody Young Mona Lisa is about filling in the things an original creator chooses to leave out.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 1 June 2023
  • The show is really about this fanfic-writing, Avengers-loving nerd who just so happens to be Pakistani Muslim.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 22 June 2022
  • After, the 2019 movie, started as Harry Styles fanfic.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Their fanfic follows two Islanders—who scandalously were not coupled up during filming—deciding to make a go of it beyond the villa.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 16 July 2025
  • As of this writing, there are more than 100 fanfics about the shooter on Archive of Our Own, many of them written before Mangione was arrested.
    — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Some artists have even written response tracks, from the narrator’s or Jolene’s perspective, essentially making fanfic about these characters.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Basically The Wizard of Oz fanfic with Broadway lighting.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
  • By the 2000s, the popularity of fanfic exploded with widespread internet access.
    — Connie Chang Chris Retsina, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • Written often under pseudonyms, fanfic can be wildly experimental, playing with storytelling conventions, timelines, identity and unabashed eroticism.
    — Connie Chang Chris Retsina, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • On BookTok, reading the fic — and chronicling the devastation of the reading experience — became a right of passage within the Harry Potter fanfic community.
    — Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025

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