Shockfic

Shockfic or Shock Fic is a trope of fanfiction in which writers publish stories deliberately meant to disturb, horrify or squick the reader. 
Shockfics are often called "infamous fics," which has led to some fandoms adopting the term Infamous Fic as the genre of the stories. See for example these uses in Phan fandom: 
In theory shockfic differs from unintentional badfic because it is often actually adequately written and plotted, and its negative effects on the reader is deliberate: it is a sort of more violent/gory crackfic. 
However, as always in fic, there is not guarantee of quality, and sometimes shockfic and badfic intersect, to the disappointment of the trope's afficionados:
==Common Features==
Shockfic is often nicknamed or actually titled using a descriptive "The ___ Fic" format, giving prominence to the main disturbing element of the story.Although no conclusive evidence can be brought, this editor speculates that the "The ___ Fic" naming trend actually originated from Bandom fic "Milk," posted around 2012, becoming known as "The Milk Fic" even though it was not titled that way. 
It often centers on characters having an unusual sexual kink (such as an unusual prop insertion) and enacting it upon/with a more-or-less willing participant. It might feature elements such as bdsm, non-con or dub-con, bestiality, horror and torture. It is usually appropriately tagged and features warnings. 
It seems particularly prevalent in RPF slash fandoms, and for a certain subset of fans, mentioning a particular shock fic to the celebrities in question seems to be more acceptable than other fourth wall breaks. One may wonder if some shock fics are not in fact written with the express goal of being so outrageous that they will eventually be noticed by the celebrity and mentioned by them on social media. 
==Examples==
In alphabetical order of fandoms:
===All Time Low===
See Infamous Fics list by alltimefanfction. 
* The Balloon Fic, by anonymous[Posted to its own Tumblr in 2013 (?) (Accessed May 4, 2016)
* cream fic, by anonymous[Posted to its own Tumblr in 2013 (?) (Accessed May 4, 2016)
===Attack On Titan===
* the mayo rimming fic by sweggscellentthe mayo rimming fic, posted to AO3 March 21, 2014. (Accessed May 3, 2016)
=== Danganronpa ===
* Candy (Russian Конфета, Romanized Konfeta) by надеждасексуал (Romanized nadezhdasexual) - A SaiOuma fic that is currently deleted, but caused a huge controversy in Russian-speaking fandom back in 2020, when the author posted it with PG-13 rating and the "Fluff" tag, but the work actually contained explicit gore.
===Dragon Ball===
* The Other Story by BEAN DADDY – Deals with abortion in a disgustingly creepy and insensitive way for kicks.
===Fall Out Boy===
*The Lung Fic
=== The Fixies ===
* Fix me, Nolik (russian Почини меня, Нолик, romanized Pochini menya, Nolik) - This fic describes Nolik raping Tom Thomas to death.
===Gravity Falls===
*Dipper Goes To Taco Bell - A fic in which Dipper discovers a mysterious Taco Bell in the middle of the forest. Dipper experiences sudden diarrhea after ordering his taco, but becomes sexually aroused by his own feces and proceeds to masturbate vigorously before biting off a piece of his penis and subsequently bleeding to death. Dipper's corpse is discovered by Mabel, who proceeds to have sex with his corpse before being killed by a Taco Bell employee. The Taco Bell Employee then turns the twins' corpses into tacos. The fic has subsequently been removed from Fanfiction.Net for violating the sites' Terms of Service.
===Hanson===
* Kittens Are Either With Us Or Against Us by Jayde – A fic in which Taylor is a serial killer.
===The Lord of The Rings===
Celebrian by Stark. A fic in which Celebrían (slightly misspelled throughout the fic as "Celebrian"), the wife of Elrond, gets Stockholm Syndromed by the goblin king after a series of extremely disturbing and sexually explicit acts are forced upon her. This is widely known as the very worst fanfic in the Tolkien fandom.
===One Direction===
* The Worm Fic by bezljuvabiWorm Kink Fic 1/3, posted to Tumblr 2014 (?), accessed May 3, 2016. – A Larry Stylinson noncon fic featuring Harry as a kidnapper/rapist, Louis as the victim, and a giant worm named Rufus. See the worm kink Tumblr tag for reactions.
See posted this list of infamous Larry fics by compiled larrieslibrary on Tumblr. 
===Phan===
* The Skin Fic by weirdficgirl (now deleted)Mentioned in various posts such as Tumblr user Phanfic's Infamous Fics post, accessed May 3, 2016. – The fic centers around Dan peeling off Phil's sunburnt skin and eating it. The Skin Fic is the most famous shockfic of Phan fandom, having been mentioned several times by Dan & Phil themselves, most notably with a dramatic reading of the first few lines in their Dan and Phil vs. Tumblr video.Posted July 11, 2013 by danisnotonfire, accessed May 3, 2016.
* The Chair Fic by strykeropticChair fic, posted to Tumblr Oct 20, 2012. – As described on Urban Dictionary: The chair fic is mentally scarring for even hardcore phan shippers. In the chair fic, Phil is basically possessed by a chair, and forced to do horrible things to Dan, involving things like physical abuse, snakes, ants, boiling oil, ect. IF YOU HAVENT ALREADY READ IT, DONT EVER READ IT! SAVE YOURSELF THE TRAUUMAAAAAthe chair fic, defined by Idk I just like llamas, Oct 4, 2013, accessed May 3, 2016.
* The Hat Fic by kittycat496 – The hat fic was the first fanfiction I ever read. Imagine my surprise when what my friend described as a 'heartbreaking, moving story' turned out to be probably one of the most disturbing things I've read. I'll never look at small fluffy animals the same way again..." - a poor, highly concerned Phanboy.
See The Infamous Fic Links list compiled by i-fucked-the-burrito[Posted to Tumblr in 2013 (?), accessed May 4, 2016 and the Phan page Shockfic section for more examples.
===Panic! at the Disco===
* "Milk", best known as the Milk Fic, by druscilla-wayMilk (repost), posted by druscilla_way on Livejournal, 2013-06-21. (Accessed May 3, 2016) – Perhaps the most infamous of shock fics, despite the fact that it was not intended to be one. "Milk" is a Panic! at the Disco Brendon/Ryan story in which Brendon gives Ryan a milk enema. Often plagiarised, it is (in)famous for having been acknowledged numerous times by celebrities in various fandoms.Brendon Urie sings about the Milk Fic, YouTube repost of Brendon's Vine singing "My Milk Fic brings all the girls to the Net, and they're like, it's making me wet" (etc) to the tune of Kelis's Milkshake. Video posted by Ettie Valens, 2013-06-21. (Accessed May 3, 2016)THE NOT-MILK CHALLENGE, YouTube video by AmazingPhil, posted Feb 15, 2015 (accessed May 3, 2016), in which Dan mentions "recreating the Milk Fic" to a horrified Phil during a dairy-free alternatives testing game.Gerard Way April 26, 2016 tweets about the Milk fic , , , See Milk Fic for more detail.
===Pokémon===
* The Pokemon Story by David Garrett – In which a trainer rapes his Gardevoir literally to death and then dies himself.
===Sherlock===
* We are salmon in the stream, after years at sea by apiphile – A body horror and deathfic in which alien!Sherlock slowly and graphically kills John by using him for parasitic reproduction. Originally posted on AO3 as a Sherlock Holmes/John Watson fic on Valentine's Day in 2012 with tags such as "fluff", "romance," and "love" and no warning about the disturbing content or character death. The author admitted in the comments that he was trolling out of "boredom and [a desire to see] what would happen" and would "[tag] it properly when valentine's day [was] over" (which he did).Comment thread on the fic (log-in required)
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