ficto

Short for fictosexual or fictoromantic. Someone who is sexually or romantically attracted to fictional characters, sometimes exclusively. May imagine they are in a relationship with one or several fictional characters.

"Dear ficto people: if you are in love with a fictional character and you don’t have attraction to real people, you are VALID!"

"I proudly identify as ficto. My love for my F/Os is very real and I take it very seriously."

by merryy November 22, 2019

Fictsexual

The sexuality of being attracted to fictional characters, people who play those characters, and occasionally to other fictsexuals or avid fans

Person 1: Why don't you go out with some real people instead of fantasizing about Harry Potter characters all day?

Person 2: I can't! I'm fictsexual.

by SevLovesLily November 20, 2011

Peak Fiction

What Morbius is

Bro have you seen peak fiction

Of course and I loved when he said I gonna MORB

by yomomfat June 17, 2022

fictionous

A fictitious word made up by people who don't know words like fictional and fictitious. The people making it up are probably fictional too.

There's no such word, so there's no valid example.

by Downstrike October 7, 2004

science fiction

Science Fiction is an adventure, mystery, drama (heck, any genere) that has some basis in a scientific fact or wild theory (faster that light space travel is a great example). The level of research, or reality towards the science determines what kind of science fiction it is. For example, Star Wars uses a few facts (or crazy theories if you prefer), such as the idea of FTL travel through "hyperspace"; but since it's all pretty improbable, star wars type stuff is considered "space opera". Just unplug your analytical mind and watch the pretty lightsabers.

If the science is sound and well-researched, like some of Ben Bova's (one example, there are many other authors) writing, than it's considered "hard" science fiction and calls on a broad knowledge base of popular science. Knowing a little bit about the physics or chemistry (or history sometimes) helps you appreciate and enjoy this kind of science fiction.

Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlefield Earth (the book) = "light" science fiction, space opera

Robert Heinlein's future history (Methuselah's Children), Ben Bova's Jupiter, or Asteroid Wars, Frank Herbert's Dune (a little fantastical, but the ecological background is neat)
= "hard" sci-fi

by Possum King July 21, 2008

peak fiction

Vagabond (manga)

“Do you know the manga Vagabond?”
“Yes, that’s peak fiction”

by bobthegoated May 16, 2022

pulp fiction

the best film I will ever see

You say what one more time. Go ahead, say it!

Don't snort heroin up your nose

by number 1 wee haggis by the way June 5, 2005