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{{trope}}
{{quote|''"While browsing [[LiveJournal]] for Sharks icons, I found this multi-part epic about [Evgeni Nabokov] and Joe [Thornton] getting it on. Didn't read much (RPS ain't exactly my cup of tea), but apparently it revolved around the playoffs last year and the two of them [[Hurt/Comfort Fic|comforting]] each other after the Sharks were eliminated. [[Dissimile|And by comforting, I mean butt sex.]]"''
|[http://www.fearthefin.com Fear The Fin] writer '''mymclife''' [http://www.fearthefin.com/2009/7/29/968318/wbts-greatest-hits-on-the-hotseat#18924491 on the subject of pro athlete slash]}}
Also known as Celebrity Fic, this is basically fanfiction based on the real life of one or more celebrities (as opposed to a strictly fictional canon). Just as how people find fantasies and interpretations within their favorite fictional characters, so, too, do they find them in celebrities. Any and all fanfiction tropes can apply (for example, it could decide to base itself around the [[High School AU|high school days]] of the celebrity, create a [[Relationship Sue]] to vicariously live out a relationship with the person, use them as part of a [[Hurt/Comfort Fic]], etc.). The possibilities are endless and often just disregard the celebrity's history, personality, etc. in order to facilitate the plot (or, often, just the particular fetishes of the author).
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There is some level of controversy surrounding this genre. For some people, the mere existence of Real Person Fics—especially [[Lemon]] fics—is a case of [[Squick]], while others don't see them as wrong as long as the tone is kept respectful. Then there are those for whom anything goes because it's unlikely the "protagonist" will ever read the fic anyway and will do everything from [[Character Derailment]] to [[Gender Bender|Gender Bending]] to unceremoniously killing them off. (That last can sometimes be [[I Do Not Own|legally dangerous]], though.)
[[Fanfiction.net]] does not allow Real Person Fics anymore, but that doesn't stop anyone. Most of them are hiding [http://www.fanfiction.net/misc/X-overs/ here]. [[Archive of Our Own]], for contrast, has its own [https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Real%20Person%20Fiction Real Person Fics tag], as well as categories for [https://archiveofourown.org/media/Celebrities%20*a*%20Real%20People/fandoms Celebrities and real people fandoms] and a separate one for [https://archiveofourown.org/media/Music%20*a*%20Bands/fandoms music and bands].
Compare [[Historical Domain Character]].
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{{examples}}
* Although the fandom seems to have died down a little sadly, there were days when The Goth Detectives (the temporary comedy duo of Russell Brand and Noel Fielding) had a nice big fan-following with lots of slash fics to be found.▼
** That seems to be shrinking in direct proportion to the rise of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' RPS. (Most of it predictably being Julian Barratt/Noel Fielding, though I found a Julian/''Michael'' Fielding fic once.)▼
*** That is of course, to say nothing of [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4052464/1/The_Jazz_Maverick_the_Mod_the_Wardrobe this story], that has the works when it comes to bad fan fiction tropes. Fictional characters coming into contact with their real-life counterparts? Check. Unnecessary [[Wangst]] and total [[Character Derailment]]? We have that. An obligatory Mary Sue self-insert completes the ensemble. The cherry on top of this sundae is a perpetually drunken and crying Noel Fielding becoming tormented over his developing feelings for Vince Noir. [[Screw Yourself]].▼
* There are communities devoted to the pairing of [[Hugh Laurie]] and his long time comedy partner and best friend, [[Stephen Fry]]. To be fair, their real life behavior is not exactly discouraging to the fans...▼
** According to [[Stephen Fry]], during his most recent appearance on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', he was subjected to a reading from one of these fics. It was cut from the broadcast, though. [[And That's Terrible]].▼
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In-universe example: in the [[Mass Effect]] fanfic ''[[Project Gethinator]]'', it's mentioned that {{spoiler|Admiral Daro'Xen}}, who is [[Yandere]] for Shepard in a big way, has written quite a few [[Self-Insert Fic]] Real Person Fics involving herself and Shepard. According to those who know of them, they're quite sick and depraved, second only to [[Noodle Incident|what Prazza did in]] ''[[Noodle Incident|Fornax]]''[[Noodle Incident|'s Forbidden Issue]], and illustrate quite nicely how completely fucked up {{spoiler|Admiral Xen}} is.
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== [[Film]] ==
* [[Sue Mary]] somehow believed that [[Dwayne Johnson]] and [[Stephen Merchant]] were [[As Himself|playing themselves]] in ''[[The Tooth Fairy]]'', leading to her story ''Tooth Fairy 2: [[Red Dragon]] Rising'' using their names for the characters instead of who they portrayed.
* There are metric buttloads of Real Person Fic taking place behind the scenes of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. There's a [http://community.livejournal.com/bloomwood_ LJ community] dedicated to the "Orlijah" pairing (Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood).
* It's especially popular to make the very [[Bishonen]] [[Orlando Bloom]] a [[Woobie]] and [[Uke]]. One fic made him a [[Hermaphrodite]]... and had him [[Mister Seahorse|impregnate himself]].
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* RPF '''abounds''' in the ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' fandom. It might help that Eli Roth found the [[Kink Meme]].
** It certainly didn't discourage the fangirls: the RPF kink meme went up the ''very day he found the first kink meme''.
* ''[[The A-Team (film)|The
** For [[The A-Team|the original series]], RPF featuring Dirk Benedict/Dwight Schultz has gotten several prompts and fills. They pretty much fuel it when they do joint interviews these days (when they're in their 60s!) because they love to make gay jokes, especially about each other (and "The Gay Team").
* ''[[The Social Network]]'' has a steadily growing RPF community, with a large portion of its [[Kink Meme]] geared towards it. Because of the nature of the film, there's also some rather interesting layers going on, what with fic about the characters, fic about the actors playing the characters, fic about the real people the characters are based on, and every imaginable combination of crossover therein.
* Following ''[[The Runaways]]'' there are several stories between Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as well as the original people they played
== History ==
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** Elizabeth I with [[Launcher of a Thousand Ships|almost anyone she'd ever met]], including her sister and cousin (both named Mary). Some pairings (though not the [[Les Yay]]) have profic.
** Don't forget [[John Adams]] and [[Thomas Jefferson]]. Those two had plenty of [[Ho Yay]] and [[Foe Yay]].
*** Watching ''[[1776 (musical)|1776]]'' does not help. In fact, it may start causing you to ship the ''rest'' of the Founding Fathers. And when that seemed to finally go down, the musical ''[[Hamilton: An American Musical|Hamilton]]'' came out and revived the shipping interest yet again.
== [[Literature]] ==
* [[Ralph Nader]]'s [[Author Tract]] ''[[Only the Super Rich Can Save Us|"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"]]'' has real celebrities and billionaires saving the world.
* There is a short story on [[Deviant ART]] in which [[H.P. Lovecraft]] meets [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. No, really. It appears our friendly neighborhood [[Cosmic Horror]] writer is [[Even Heroes Have Heroes|quite the]] [[Fan Boy]], too
* This is part of the premise of the Chinese [[Boys Love]] webnovel ''I Ship My Adversary X Me''. An actor who receives constant hate online because of a supposed rivalry with another actor from the company both work for finds out that the only online space where he is treated nicely is in the RPF community who ships him with his rival, so he decides to deliberately amp up "shippy" moments to feed those fans, to the bafflement of said rival actor.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* As if weren't enough slash fic about the main characters of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', their main actors and [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] [[Jensen Ackles]] and Jared Padalecki tend to get this a lot. However, if you actually saw their antics in real life you would probably slash them too.
** And
*** He gets slashed with Jared, too, sometimes. [[
** Richard/Jared, Richard/Misha, Mark P/Misha, Mark
* ''[[Top Gear]]'' slash. A particularly eyebrow-raising example involved Jeremy Clarkson raping Richard Hammond... who then sought comfort in the arms of James May.
** [http://community.livejournal.com/topgearslash/ Have the comm. You will need a Livejournal to join.]
** Could have been worse, Clarkson, Simon Cowell, and [[Gordon Ramsay]] had a [[Mate or Die]] scenario once... and it was all Richard and James's idea.
* ''[[The Daily Show]]''. Which persons? ''All of them.'' This can get very weird when both [[Stephen Colbert]] and [[Alter Ego Acting|the character with the same name]] end up in the same fic. [[Screw Yourself|Which happens more often than you'd think]].
* There's a fairly large fanbase for the actors of ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]'', ESPECIALLY Colin/Bradley. To be fair, if you've seen the DVD extras...
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** Some people ship [[David Tennant]] with [[Catherine Tate]], too.
** And while ''[[Doctor Who]]'' RPS is typically limited to new Who actors, there is floating around on the internet Patrick Troughton/Frazer Hines slash.
** Then there's [http://sam-storyteller.livejournal.com/129218.html this] story, written in response to David Tennant's shocked reaction when he was exposed to ''Doctor Who'' slash fic on a British chat show. This RPF story suggests his costars from ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Torchwood]]'', and ''[[Kuteratyre/Harry Potter]]'' all teased him by showing him that oh, there was SO much more than that. (The story is SFW, and is a delight.)
*** Actually, Tennant had a rather brilliant comeback himself after hearing the slash fic sample: they'd accidentally found [[Crowning Moment of Funny|John Barrowman's blog]] instead.
** [[Matt Smith]]/[[Karen Gillan]] shippage seems to be thriving thanks to their RL chemistry.
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* Lily Loveless and Kathryn Prescott exhibited so much chemistry as the (canon) ''[[Skins]]'' pairing of Naomi and Emily that LilyKat fic is increasingly popular. Helped by the fact that they're more than willing to [[Ship Tease]] about it in promo videos and such (Kat moreso than Lily, which matches the show), and that Lily is ''clearly'' a Naomily shipper.
* [[William Shatner]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]] practically [[Ho Yay|ship themselves]]. It might even be [[Ship Tease|deliberate]] on Shatner's part. They've taken to setting up dinner dates over Twitter. There are not words sufficient to describe the [[squee]]splosion on Livejournal when that happened...
* [[Aaron Sorkin]] has figured in several ''[[The West Wing]]'' parody-fics, mostly in ones devoted to making fun of [[Ending Aversion|what happened to the series]] after he left. And there's a Murder On The Orient Express parody with Sorkin as
* ''[[iCarly]]'': Nathan Kress/Miranda Cosgrove (known as Niranda or Mathan) fic has recently become as popular as fic for their on-show couple ship Freddie/Carly. They have also developed a [[Memetic Mutation]] for Miranda's current boyfriend, Nat Wolf, who is repeatedly referred to as "The Goober". He also suffers a high amounts (almost to a self referential/toungue in cheek level) of [[Die for Our Ship]].
** Jennette/Miranda is somewhat popular too.
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*** Same goes for [[Chris Colfer]] and [[Darren Criss]], with added fanboying over one another. Darren does absolutely nothing to discourage it, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLVZ9NR7CHg other cast members] have gotten in on the act as well. Fics often as not involve either Ashley Fink, Lea Michele or Ryan Murphy scheming to set them up, or filming of romantic Kurt/Blaine scenes going awry. And never in the history of RPF has another pairing been so painfully susceptible to fandom in-jokes.
** Really, you can pick any two ''Glee'' actors and ''somebody'' out there probably writes fic about it.
* In a rather hilarious scene in the [[Korean Drama]] ''[[You Are Beautiful]]'', a member of a boyband reads horribly melodramatic RPF of himself slashed with his bandmates... and enjoys it.
* It sometimes seems like the people who write fanfic about the soldiers from ''[[Band of Brothers (TV series)|Band of Brothers]]'' are blissfully unaware that those men really exist (or did... most of them have since passed on). The shipping involved can really become an exercise in the bizarre if you know anything about their [[Real Life]] relationships.
* Back when ColbertNation.com was made to look like a fansite for ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' as opposed to the official site, among the "fan-submitted" contents was an intentionally [[So Bad It's Good]] [[Stephen Colbert]] x Bill O'Reilly fic. The original page is gone, but the contents have been preserved [https://web.archive.org/web/20120826024018/http://wikiality.wikia.com/Colbert_Nation/Shorts_Weather here].
* Check any section of a popular [[Disney Channel]] show or movie (As ones ''[[High School Musical]]'' and the ones starring [[Miley Cyrus|Miley]], [[Selena Gomez|Selena]], [[Demi Lovato|Demi]] or the [[Jonas Brothers]]) on Fanfiction.net and you'll find them without much effort
* ''[[Big Time Rush]]'', as the main characters are [[The Danza|named after themselves]], there's a lot of slashing going on with the four boys. Of course, issues with characterization might just mean that the fic in question just got their last names wrong, but mostly, [[RP Fs]] are written for setting, as their onscreen relationships are quite similar to their offscreen one.
* There is [http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Granada/90550/ an entire community] on FF.N for crossover fics between the canon of [[Sherlock Holmes]] and the real-life cast of [[Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|the Granada series.]] [[Jeremy Brett]] naturally gets the most focus for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is that more is known about him than either of his [[The Watson|Watsons]], David Burke or Edward Hardwicke. However, all three actors interact with their allegedly-fictional counterparts in these crossovers. (Note that not ''all'' the stories in the community are true crossovers - some are simply based on Granada's [[Fan Verse|'verse]].)
* In 2020 there was an incident between [[wikipedia:Boycott against Xiao Zhan Incident|fans of Chinese actor Xiao Zhan]] (famous for his role as the protagonist of the TV series ''[[The Untamed]]'') and [[Archive of Our Own]], when fan protests over finding gay RPF that they considered insulting towards the actor resulted in the website being [[Banned in China]], followed by outraged fans attacking and boycotting the actor over social networks.
== [[Music]] ==
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** [[The Plot Reaper|Both kinds, probably]], if [[Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls|most Fan Fic writers weren't tweens]].
** Japanese and Korean boybands acknowledge and encourage the slashing to a ridiculously high degree. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWEfliT3aik This painfully awkward interview with Jaejoong and Yunho] of [[Dong Bang Shin Ki|TVXQ]] illustrates the trend to a T. Their ridiculous stage gay is almost a market in and of itself.
** Not just among fans, but among haters. There was actually a filk from the late 90s called "Which [[Backstreet Boys|Backstreet Boy]] is Gay?" {{spoiler|The last line is "Guess what? They're all gay."}}
** In [[Archive of Our Own]], at some point the majority of fics in the ''Music & Bands'' category were from [[One Direction]], only to be surpassed by [[BTS (band)|BTS]].
* When fanfic writers for [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]] worked more modern Boy Bands into their fics, things got ugly; even, or maybe especially, those who were tweens thought Boy Bands were necessarily evil. There is one Beatles fic, "Angelic Sins," that attempts to make the group 98 Degrees villains. (This one also has [[Metallica]] as a friendly presence despite their kidnapping John Lennon—this was completed before the Napster scandal and ''St. Anger.'')
* There are numerous fanfics of the various members of [[My Chemical Romance]], usually involving the band members becoming teachers in the fan's school or something along the lines.
* Quizilla (before it was overrun by bad anime fics and relaunched to many a user's agony) was particularly infamous for "bandfics" that were wish fulfillment for extremely horny girls, starring characters from any band that featured a moderately attractive male, from Simple Plan to All Time Low and
** Also, bandslash. [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. Tends to be significantly better written than the Sue!fic but significantly less concerned with reality.
* Essentially the basis of Pete Wentz's entire career. Both within his own band, [[Fall Out Boy]], and between all of the bands on his label. He loves to [[Shipper on Deck|encourage fans to pair him]] with lead singer Patrick Stump, nuzzling his shoulder during performances, and has had the following (joking) remarks to say about Patrick on the band's official website Q&A [http://www.falloutboyrock.com\]{{Dead link}}:
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** Oh, it gets better. There's an entire Livejournal community devoted to Patrick Wolf fanfics. Yep.
* Perhaps due to an unfortunate combination of [[Bishonen]] and [[I Was Quite a Looker]], there does exist [[Peter Gabriel]]-era [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] [[Slash Fic]], usually pairing him with [[Tony Banks]], but sometimes [[Phil Collins]] gets a turn as well.
* [[Tokio Hotel]] gets this, like from here [
* Hard to imagine why this page went so long without [[Aerosmith]] being mentioned. Most [[Slash Fic]] about them is Joe Perry/Steven Tyler, but if you can dream up an Aerocouple, fic for it probably exists. Some of these couples work better than others.
* [[Radiohead]]. ''Radiohead''.
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** Don't even go ''into'' the [[Mary Sue]] self-inserts (all the long-lost McMahon children, the Lita-Sues, the random "cousins").
** To be fair, Professional wrestling writers themselves are just as bad on most of those fronts.
== Recorded and Stand Up Comedy ==
▲* Although the fandom seems to have died down a little sadly, there were days when The Goth Detectives (the temporary comedy duo of Russell Brand and Noel Fielding) had a nice big fan-following with lots of slash fics to be found.
▲** That seems to be shrinking in direct proportion to the rise of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' RPS. (Most of it predictably being Julian Barratt/Noel Fielding, though I found a Julian/''Michael'' Fielding fic once.)
▲*** That is of course, to say nothing of [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4052464/1/The_Jazz_Maverick_the_Mod_the_Wardrobe this story], that has the works when it comes to bad fan fiction tropes. Fictional characters coming into contact with their real-life counterparts? Check. Unnecessary [[Wangst]] and total [[Character Derailment]]? We have that. An obligatory Mary Sue self-insert completes the ensemble. The cherry on top of this sundae is a perpetually drunken and crying Noel Fielding becoming tormented over his developing feelings for Vince Noir. [[Screw Yourself]].
▲* There are communities devoted to the pairing of [[Hugh Laurie]] and his long time comedy partner and best friend, [[Stephen Fry]]. To be fair, their real life behavior is not exactly discouraging to the fans...
▲** According to [[Stephen Fry]], during his most recent appearance on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'', he was subjected to a reading from one of these fics. It was cut from the broadcast, though. [[And That's Terrible]].
== Sports ==
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* Shipping [[Andrew Hussie]] and [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Hidekaz Himaruya]] became a thing that happens in mid-2011; it might be tongue-in-cheek given it's been stated to arise from both being [[Trolling Creator]]s, but [[Poe's Law|who can really know with these things]]? Hussie himself came across a [[Tumblr]] blog dedicated to "[[Portmanteau Couple Name|Hussieruya]]" and [http://twitter.com/#!/andrewhussie/status/111290799857213440 was mildly amused].
** [http://www.formspring.me/mspadventures/q/220484618011319778 Hussie weighs in on this trope in general.]{{Dead link}}
* [[In-Universe]] ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has a ''thriving industry of'' "[[Dime Novel|Penny Sparklies]]", often of steamy varieties. Featuring any and all Heterodynes (Heterodyne Shows are more about [[Shrouded in Myth|quickly growing mythology]], but three years didn't pass since the existence and looks of a new Heterodyne heir became public knowledge, and there's ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150603 The Lightning Loves of Lady Heterodyne — Volume Twelve]''), Trelawney Thorpe "Spark of the Realm", Iron Sheik (''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040206 Trelawney Thorpe, Spark of the Realm — in the Seraglio of the Iron Sheik]''), though he is also featured in Heterodyne stories (having [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030905 actually participated] in some of the Boys' adventures)…
== [[Web Original]] ==
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** It's also a little complicated because of the question who is really a ''character''? Sure [[Ask That Guy With The Glasses|Ask That Guy]] is, [[The Nostalgia Critic|the Critic]] is. [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] is, same with [[The Nostalgia Chick|the Chick.]] But what about [[What The Fuck Is Wrong With You?|Nash]]? [[Marz Gurl]]? [[Jew Wario]]? It's like a sliding scale of [[Alter Ego Acting]] and the line isn't always clear when you go further down.
* [[Literotica]] calls these "Celebrity" fics, and has an entire section devoted to them.
* Three words: [[Justin Bieber]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20180922000827/http://www.justinbieberfanfiction.com/ fanfiction].
* Youtube-celebrities [http://www.youtube.com/user/charlieissocoollike Charlie McDonnel] and [http://www.youtube.com/user/nerimon Alex Day] were quite [[Squick]]ed to discover that [[Oh Crap, There Are Fanfics of Us|people had been writing slash of them]]. Charlie made a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6cTConAZBo reaction video] as well.
** Actually, most of them think it's pretty funny. [http://www.youtube.com/user/charlieskies?blend=1&ob=5 Charlieskies] has even written his own stuff. [[No Fourth Wall|Breaking the Fourth Wall]], much?
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