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Definition of 'RPF'

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  • (fandom slang) Real person fiction.
  • * 2007 , Ruadhan J. McElroy, Simple Man: The Autobiography of Peter West , S. H. S. Publications (2007), ISBN 9781435721791, page 196:
    • Apparently, this all started with some Star Trek stories and RPF or “real person fic” started in a Duran Duran fanzine.
  • * 2008 , Miriam Segall, Career Building Through Fan Fiction Writing: New Work Based on Favorite Fiction , The Rosen Publishing Group (2008), ISBN 9781404213562, page 25:
    • The first known "RPF " is believed to have been authored by members of the Brontë family, who went on to become famous for writing the novels Jane Eyre'' (Charlotte) and ''Wuthering Heights (Emily). Based on a children's role-paying game about the Napoleonic Wars, the series featured the Duke of Wellington; his two sons, Charles and Arthur; and their archenemy, Alexander Percy, partly based on Napoleon.
  • * 2011 , Abigail De Kosnik, "Soaps for Tomorrow: Media Fans Making Online Drama from Celebrity Gossip", in The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era (eds. Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, & C. Lee Harrington), University Press of Mississippi (2011), ISBN 9781604737165, page 245:
    • Much RPF is about celebrities' private relationships, just as most soap opera narratives concern characters' private relationships.
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    • Similar to 'RPF'

    RF, RAF, RAAF, RIF, RIFF, RVF