1999 May 13, Meech the Brown Hornet [username], “Re: [Polls] Another Superfluous poll - Fanfics”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon[1] (Usenet):
Yes, as a matter of fact, I'm rather fond of darkfics, or angstfics, or tragic hero fics.
2001 June 12, Prince Charon [username], “Challenge: Season One”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer.creative[2] (Usenet):
Depressed by all these post-'Gift' angstfics, I'm offering this challenge: write a fic set in the (relatively) happy and innocent days of Season One.
2003 July 28, Alara Rogers, “Hurt/comfort without comfort: realistic or pointless?”, in alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated[3] (Usenet):
While an angstfic can focus mostly on emotional pain and never resolve it, actually doing something awful to a character, such as torture, rape, maiming, that kind of thing, seems to require a payoff. Otherwise it seems gratuitous, and also as if you're inviting people to take pleasure in a character's suffering.
