hetfic

English

Etymology

From het +‎ fic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtfɪk/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

Noun

hetfic (countable and uncountable, plural hetfics)

1. (countable, fandom slang) A fanfic based on fictional characters or celebrities involved in an opposite-sex romantic and/or sexual relationship.
   • 2003 October 4, Kish, “Re: Ron and Hermione - the definitive answer”, in alt.fan.harry-potter‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The only valid objection I can see to slashfics with heterosexual characters is the same one I see to hetfics with established homosexual characters: that they run contrary to the intent of the original creator of the character.

   • 2004 January 6, czb (Chris), “Re: Fun Stuff I'd like to see in this wonderful new year, in Trekfic”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Since I'm always looking for new and different directions to take these characters in, I'd love to know what you *would* like to see in a Kira hetfic.

   • 2006 October 14, Farfalla, “Re: Golden Os: 2005 Winner's Graphics”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated‎^[3] (Usenet):

     I've read two stories, one a hetfic by Lyra and one a slashfic by Birgit, that were so good that they transcended fanfic and became excellent original stories under their own rights.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hetfic.
2. (uncountable, fandom slang) Such fan fiction collectively.
   • 2000 October 13, trekkigrrl [username], “Re: Why some K/Sers enjoy slash”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated‎^[4] (Usenet):

     The slashers don't object to the fact that your friend (Let's call her "Mamin Mavis") writes hetfic. They object to the fact that she bitches and moans about slash on a list that's at least 50% slash-fic.

   • 2002 May 26, Kirei, “Re: Fanattempts”, in alt.books.pratchett‎^[5] (Usenet):

     I -do- also read hetfic when there's a straight couple I like.

   • 2008, Steve Abrams, Smaragd Grün, “Mundanes at the Gate … and Perverts Within: Managing Internal and External Threats to Community Online”, in Tyrone L. Adams, Stephen A. Smith, editors, Electronic Tribes: The Virtual Worlds of Geeks, Gamers, Shamans, and Scammers, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 210:

     Genfic and hetfic typically extend the source material along lines consistent with the producers' intentions, albeit sometimes more explicitly than the broadcast market would allow.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hetfic.

Synonyms

• het

Hyponyms

• hetsmut

Anagrams

• chétif, fetich, fitché