Citations:giftfic

Noun: "(fandom slang, countable) a fanfic written for someone as a gift"

 * 2014, Henna Sorvari, "'I Have Another D/G Pottering Around In My Brain': Identity construction on a Harry Potter fanfiction forum", thesis submitted to the University of Jyväskylä, page 5:
 * Ideas may be toyed around with on a forum, someone may request a gift fic (fanfiction that someone else writes for the requester as a gift)
 * 2018, Susanna Kate Coleman, "Professional Women's Fan Fiction As Literacy Practice And Online Community", dissertation submitted to The University of Alabama, page 75:
 * In the time since the community wrote MissFisherFan's gift fic, composing birthday stories has become what MissFisherFan calls "a tradition," and she has since participated in creating two gift fics for other community members.
 * 2019, Bridget Liang & Catherine Duchastel de Montrouge, "An Editorial of Sorts", Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, Volume 8, Number 2, April 2019, page 8:
 * These gift fics are often requests by neurodivergent fans for stories about a beloved character going through something they're going through usually with a positive outcome.
 * 2019, Johnathan H. Pope, Shakespeare’s Fans: Adapting the Bard in the Age of Media Fandom, page 87:
 * Likewise, aTableofGreen's "13th Night: Malvolio's Revenge" is identified as "a Shakespeare Birthday Exchange gift for the wonderful runecestershire based on his title prompt." Fan fiction archives are populated with numerous examples of 'gift fic,'
 * 2020, Deanna Almquist, "Comments, Gifts and Kudos: Community and Gift Economy in Harry Potter Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Minnesota State University, page 14:
 * Often, I have observed gift-fics to be shorter in length, often of a pairing that the gift recipient enjoys.
 * 2020, Deanna Almquist, "Comments, Gifts and Kudos: Community and Gift Economy in Harry Potter Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Minnesota State University, page 14:
 * Often, I have observed gift-fics to be shorter in length, often of a pairing that the gift recipient enjoys.