Definition?

[ithildin]

I have lots of really smart people on my f'list, and smart people who read lots and lots of fanfic. So I'm pretty sure more than one of you can help me out here.

What exactly is hurt/comfort fic? I see the term a lot, and I kinds sorta thought I knew what it was, but now, I have a feeling I don't. I'm not even sure if I've ever read any.

Yes, that's the burning object of my curiosity today [g]

Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Hmmm.... that's interesting. I appreciate the explanation. There are so many fic terms I see used these days, and in addition to making me feel old, they confuzzle me :)

So the hurting and the comforting are all the story is about, as opposed to say a story where something bad happens to a character in the course of a longer story. (Not sure if that question makes any sense at all)

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

So the hurting and the comforting are all the story is about, as opposed to say a story where something bad happens to a character in the course of a longer story.

Exactly! And giandujakiss's explanation is probably better than mine. A longer story might have hurt/comfort elements in it, though.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Wow, you understood me, huh? Be afraid! [g]

[ekaterinn.livejournal.com]

Hee! Maybe it's you who should be afraid - I'm working in a bookstore cafe right now and it's widely agreed that the cafe people (opposed to the people who work on the bookstore side) are strange, strange folks indeed.

[giandujakiss.livejournal.com]

No. You can have h/c in a longer story, just has you can have first time sex in a longer plotty story.

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Ah, another category of fic I've never read. But that one even I understand [g]

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

So the hurting and the comforting are all the story is about, as opposed to say a story where something bad happens to a character in the course of a longer story.

That depends on whether or not what you're reading is Outlander. *Grin*

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

LOL!! You know, come to think of it, you may have a point :)

[fondued-jicama.livejournal.com]

I tried to read that book a little too early- I was thirteen or fourteen, I think. I would probably stomach it better now. XD

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

Those parts are my least fave aspect of the books. I do lots of skimming :)