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

[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.