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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
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#1: Jan 8th 2024 at 1:55:36 AM

Note: This thread was proposed by Yindee.

Rage Fic defines itself as "closely related to Revenge Fic, but instead of making the character miserable, the point of Ragefic is to poke fun at them, and often the fandom in general. They usually have very little plot; most of the story is made up of rants, Straw Men, and attempts to convey opinions." It has no on-page examples. The only wick it has is the Fanfic Tropes index. The first google result for this term is this page, despite it only having accrued 270 inbounds since its creation in 2014.

Hate Fic, which is a term I've much more heard, has a healthier 6k inbounds since 2007. Per its definition, "Revenge Fic on a series-wide scale. The author sets out to deliberately attack an entire show, either through simply mocking it and its characters [...] they tend to abound with heinous characters (including the protagonists), Straw Losers, massive powerups, plot holes, long lectures of what sucks from the Canon and why, torturing/mutating the characters into copies of how they 'should be' (if not plain torturing/mutating the characters, period) and loads and loads of cynicism." If there were any site examples of Rage Fic, I feel like they'd go fine under the Hate Fic umbrella. As there aren't, there's no real significance in bringing up this other trope page other than to say that it already exists on this site in a healthier form.

Thoughts: Cuttable.

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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#2: Jan 8th 2024 at 1:55:58 AM

The thread creator asked not to be paged, so honoring that request. Anyway, I agree with cutting.

Edit: There's only one wick in addition to there being no on-page examples. I don't know if someone unilaterally dewicked this, but either way, if we get enough cut votes, we can probably waive the Three-Day Rule since this is a Not Thriving thread either way.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Jan 8th 2024 at 5:36:15 AM

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#4: Jan 8th 2024 at 2:50:17 AM

Cut. This feels like a relic from the "anyone can make a trope page" era, like all the Mary Sue Tropes.

Edited by NitroIndigo on Jan 8th 2024 at 3:33:55 PM

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#8: Jan 8th 2024 at 4:51:38 AM

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#10: Jan 8th 2024 at 5:35:43 AM

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU RIP OUT THIS PAGE AND NAIL IT TO THEIR GRAVE (Cut)

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#11: Jan 8th 2024 at 5:47:06 AM

[up] Calm down, please.

Anyway, cut.

Edited by Amonimus on Jan 8th 2024 at 4:47:46 PM

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#13: Jan 8th 2024 at 5:53:43 AM

[up][up]He wasn't angry, he was just joking cuz the trope is called Rage Fic.

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#15: Jan 8th 2024 at 6:34:00 AM

As someone who is pretty active in the "making fun of terrible fanfic spheres" i don't think even we use this term. Cut

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#16: Jan 8th 2024 at 6:36:38 AM

Cut

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#18: Jan 8th 2024 at 10:49:28 AM

CUT CUT CUT!!!

I CANNOT STAND Rage Fic!

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#20: Jan 8th 2024 at 2:56:23 PM

I also think it should be cut, since it seems to be a duplicate of Hate Fic.

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GastonRabbit MOD Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#21: Jan 8th 2024 at 4:09:41 PM

Let's go ahead and get the scissors out. Should be painless due to what I said about there being only one wick.

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GastonRabbit Sounds good on paper (he/him) from Robinson, Illinois, USA (General of TV Troops) Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Sounds good on paper (he/him)
#22: Jan 8th 2024 at 4:10:52 PM

Didn't take long. Now it's time to get the padlock out.

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