futurefic
nounEtymology From future + fic.
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Lifestyle Slang A fanfic set in the future relative to the time in which canonical events are set.
- It all inspired me to write this sort of mini futurefic, a look at what might happen when what we once knew is gone.1998 July 23, Eyeglazer [username], “A Glimpse of the Future [futurefic]”, in alt.games.final-fantasy (Usenet):
- A futurefic involving a grown William Mulder looking for his...parents...with John Doggett playing an adoptive "uncle"?2001 July 1, Michael Aulfrey, “Argh! Which one to write?”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
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- A futurefic following Mulder and Scully over twenty years as they deal with a personal tragedy and the aftermath it leaves.2001 September 10, Lisamichelle, “NEW: Aftermath: EPILOGUE (1/3) NC-17”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
- Related terms
- postcanon