Fanfiction, according to Oxford Languages, is fiction set in an already-existing universe from a book, television series, or film, written by an unauthorized author for fun. ![]() This trope can often be paired with others, such as enemies to lovers, will they won’t they, or childhood friends to adult lovers. People enjoy reading this type of Fanfiction, or fic, because it is more realistic than a rushed story in which two characters fall in love instantly. According to It’s Not Just Fiction, a slow burn fanfiction is a story in which the author keeps the love interests apart and lets them slowly inch toward each other, giving the relationship time to develop, sometimes so slowly the reader becomes frustrated! Slow burn fiction is popular on websites like or Archive of Our Own, colloquially known to is community members as AO3. According to Premium Beat, in filmmaking, slow burn is a filmmaking style where plot, action, and scenes develop slowly toward a boiling point. In television shows, this may mean it can take multiple seasons for two characters to realize their feelings for one another. In these, the romance builds slowly over time, rather than happening quickly. Slow burn is also a common way to describe romantic plots, whether in television shows, or in fanfiction. Slow burn can also be used more generally, to describe anything that happens or develops slowly. With these insults, it does not register with the insulted right away, and they may not even realize they were insulted until hours later. ![]() Urban Dictionary states that it can also be used to describe an insult that doesn’t sink in right away. ![]() It can also refer to a fire that is slow and steady to burn out, rather than going up in flames all at once. This idiom relates to boiling water, in that it will slowly burn up until it bubbles over. Slow burn is an idiom that, according to the American English Dictionary, means a gradual buildup or increasing feeling of a show of anger toward a boiling point, in opposition to an immediate outburst.
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