Generic Setting

This is a location in badfic not from canon and not developed in-fic. For instance, if a Lord of the Rings Mary-Sue came from some village in the middle of nowhere and the village is never mentioned again, that is a Generic Location. Or, if the Mary Sue narrator describes her friends in great detail and infodumps a month's worth of occurrences, yet cannot be arsed to say where she is, she is in a Generic Location. Fanon Death Eater meetings are often held in poorly-lit Generic Locations. Also, Mary Sues frequently spring upon the canon characters in Generic Locations, so any Agents trying to use Generic Locations as shortcuts should be forewarned that those who go into Generic Locations without Sue-protection gear rarely escape un-dominated.

Generic Setting
A sub-type of "Generic Locations" is the Generic Setting of a Location. For instance, the Great Hall of Hogwarts is usually used for feasts; hence, its Generic Setting in fics is "Feast". In another example, the Generic Setting of Rivendell is Council of Elrond time, so any appearance of Rivendell in a fic over a few days before the Council of Elrond will cause Rivendell to shift (although only the Agents would notice) and possibly leave a few befuddled elven, human, or dwarven generics wandering around, looking for the Council. It should be noted that Generic Settings can sometimes be naturally dangerous; for instance, the Generic Setting of Severus Snape's bed always contains a Sue or Stu (possibly more than one, if the author pushes things).