There were a couple where I wished I had other options - "parody" or "meta" or "commentary" - but I ended up lumping those under "original." F'rinstance, "A story that is direct commentary or critique of tropes, plots and characterizations specific to a very small subgenre but with all made-up proper names!" is just what it says: commentary. Same with "An obvious parody/pastiche of a published author's style and subject matter that doesn't reference any of their characters or settings!", which is, well, parody.
I'm kind of boggling at "Fic set in the present with original characters, but all about their relationships with real celebrities, places, and/or current events!" Doesn't that cover huge chunks of contemporary original fiction? Think of every franchise you know that's set in NYC. Are those all supposed to be fanfiction? Of what?
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There were a couple where I wished I had other options - "parody" or "meta" or "commentary" - but I ended up lumping those under "original." F'rinstance, "A story that is direct commentary or critique of tropes, plots and characterizations specific to a very small subgenre but with all made-up proper names!" is just what it says: commentary. Same with "An obvious parody/pastiche of a published author's style and subject matter that doesn't reference any of their characters or settings!", which is, well, parody.
I'm kind of boggling at "Fic set in the present with original characters, but all about their relationships with real celebrities, places, and/or current events!" Doesn't that cover huge chunks of contemporary original fiction? Think of every franchise you know that's set in NYC. Are those all supposed to be fanfiction? Of what?