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RPF. RPF is an acronym for Real Person Fiction (or Real People Fiction). This includes all fanworks about real people, such as celebrities and historical figures. Fandom categories that are likely to contain RPF on the Archive of Our Own (AO3) include Celebrities & Real People as well as Music & Bands.
Most RPF is on AO3 and much of it is under lock and key so the subjects would really have to look for it to find it. For you, I would say that if you find it uncomfortable then absolutely don’t read it.
For me, RPF is for people who are still alive, or dead in the last 50 years. Everything before is historical fiction (especially if it's about WW1 or WW2), and unless I dig very deep in the person's past, I wouldn't call that a biopic.
When tagging on the Archive of Our Own (AO3), the RPF tags should be used for works that don't take place in or involve characters from the fictional universe. What this means is that if your work is about Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, the correct fandom tag is Supernatural RPF, not Supernatural, which is the tag for the fictional universe.
Navigating RPF on AO3: What You Need to Know • RPF on AO3 • Discover the ins and outs of posting Real Person Fiction on AO3, including tips on how to handle ...
RPF is characters — or OC’s, as you put it (rightfully so) — based off people writers and readers love. Anyone who is healthily engaging with RPF fan works knows the difference between the real person and the character and can uphold respectful boundaries while still engaging in such interests, and if they can’t, they aren’t mature ...
So, what does any of that have to do with RPF/RPS (for simplicity's sake I'm just going to call it all RPF)? Let me start by suggesting there are actually various strains of RPF and that they don't actually go together, even though they get lumped under the same umbrella.
