Real Person Fiction

Real Person Fiction or RPF, short: a form of fan-fiction where real life people are featured, with celebrities being the most common. The can be place in an alternate universe, or a story of their own. This different from fan-fictions from TV, Films, and books since this doesn’t focus on the characters on other works. A genre of RPF depends on what real-life person is being put in the fiction. The celebrities can include: singers, actors, athletes, comedians, or even fans themselves. This can also count if one is to write a fan-fiction involving politicians, historical figures, and even news-people.

Controversy

 * Legal troubles can be an issue for RPF due to the fears of slander or libel since why many writers have place disclaimers to clarify the work as fiction. Some critics including other fan-fiction writers, not RPF, don’t often take kindly to this mainly due legal outcome and some Fan-Fiction sites don’t allow RPF works for this reason. However, legal action on a site rarely take effect, and as of 2011, one site gotten a cease and desist noticed from a sport team after a series of complains.


 * Slash fiction, where sexailty, being mixed with RPF can the most common genre where legal troubles occur, crime-fiction is another.


 * Reactions from celebrities are mixed when it comes to RPF works.