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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.
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.
rpf = real people fanfiction. I'm curious because I just learned that a couple bands and actors I'm into have rpf written about them but I'm kind of really put off by the idea of reading it. What do you say - would or wouldn't it be okay? Archived post. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Share. Sort by: Best.
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.
The RPF tag is for Real People, aka the actors of fictional characters or IRL events. in this case, since Freen and Becky are not themselves in this fic, and your fic uses fictional characters that they play, so you should not be tagging your fic as RPF.
I would guess that it's because (1) It's usually written by fans, who are often writing other kinds of fanfic (2) It's non-commercial (in many respects) and (3) It follows various fanfic conventions that we see in FPF whether that's format, archiving, tropes, and so on.
Real person fiction or real people fiction (RPF) is a genre of writing similar to fan fiction, but featuring celebrities or other real people. [1]
