So much yes to this post. Obviously I've read my share of bad fic and awesome fic that is significantly better then most things that get published, but there's that whole category of cliche/crack/generally batshit insane fairly well-written fic that isn't badfic, but isn't exactly good fic, and is awesome/interesting/fun. I love that kind of fic and didn't really have a word for it. Idfic works and is an excellent way of describing it.
Also, regarding the prevalence of idfic in musician RPF: so much yes to that. I fell into bandom about a year ago after years and years of Harry Potter and one of the reasons why I've stayed is because so much fic is awesome AUs where anything goes.
It's a really fun fandom, because a lot of it is what would generally be considered a cracktastic AU but it's written as a "real" fic which is kind of unusual in my fandom experience, but also really awesome.
I think part of why it's so popular to write far-removed-from-canon AUs in bandom is that the fourth wall is a tattered sheet at this point. The people we're writing about know what fanfic is, have read it, make jokes about it and in two cases, have commented on it. Writing something so far removed from reality might help people put a little distance between reality and fiction. Also, there's a whole culture of writing whatever the hell kind of fic you want (it's pretty often some kind of idfic) and people being really supportive of that/encouraging people to write more high school/tv show/Old West/space opera/pirate/urban fantasy/domestic tentacled aliens with babies/duck/spy parody/vaguely Victorian AUs.
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Also, regarding the prevalence of idfic in musician RPF: so much yes to that. I fell into bandom about a year ago after years and years of Harry Potter and one of the reasons why I've stayed is because so much fic is awesome AUs where anything goes.
It's a really fun fandom, because a lot of it is what would generally be considered a cracktastic AU but it's written as a "real" fic which is kind of unusual in my fandom experience, but also really awesome.
I think part of why it's so popular to write far-removed-from-canon AUs in bandom is that the fourth wall is a tattered sheet at this point. The people we're writing about know what fanfic is, have read it, make jokes about it and in two cases, have commented on it. Writing something so far removed from reality might help people put a little distance between reality and fiction. Also, there's a whole culture of writing whatever the hell kind of fic you want (it's pretty often some kind of idfic) and people being really supportive of that/encouraging people to write more high school/tv show/Old West/space opera/pirate/urban fantasy/domestic tentacled aliens with babies/duck/spy parody/vaguely Victorian AUs.