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Angst/Angstfic/Angsty: Putting characters through emotionally/physically/mentally pain and making the readers feel for them. AR: Alternate Reality, bringing the characters into another time or place AU: Alternate Universe, the characters are brought to another version of their own universe BDSM: Bondage Dominance, Sado-Masochism. Sex/relationships involving sexual slavery, master/slave relationships, sadism and masochism as foreplay, bondage games, kink and fetish. Will usually involve leather, whips and chains. Beta-Reader: Proof-reader, used to improve the story. They can focus on spelling/grammar and also on plot/characterisation. Bishonen: "pretty boy", (manga/anime) Bishoujo: "pretty girl", Canon: Established fact, what is know about the fandom, the timelines, characters. E.g. Buffy Summers is the Slayer
Dark/Darkfic: Fiction that contains themes that are a lot darker than normal like rape, adult situations, violence, cutting, suicide, etc
Disclaimer: Statement you don't own the characters and the site is non-profit. Usually something like this: I don't own [ ], they belong to [ ], I make no money of this - please son't sue me.
Essays: Articles related to fandom, can be serious or just for fun
Fandom: A term used to encompass the fans, their activities and mostly everything related to whatever they are fans of. Eg., "The Star Wars fandom
Fanfiction (Fanfic): Fiction written by fans using characters/places/scenarios from fandom
Fanon: Accepted fact, not from canon, but used frequently by authors.
Femslash: female/female relationship, also "yuri" or f/f
G: Suitable for General Audiences, safe fore kids.
Het: short for "heterosexual sex/relationships/situations".
Lemon: Fics with explicit sexual content: NC-17
Lime: Fic with sexual content: R
Mailing List: Fans can come together here and post their stories, discussions about fandom, There are ML for fandom (eg Star Wars) or genres (Slash, multiple fandoms)
Manga: Japanese comics
Mary Sue: original female character (OFC). She takes over the fanfic entirely, out-shining even the main players
Marty Stu: original male character (OMC). Also known as Gary Stu or Harry Stu, the male version of Mary Sue.
ML: Mailing List
NC: Warning: non-consensual" (non-con) sexual situation, can include rape
NC-17: rating "No One 17 And Under Admitted". Graphic sex and/or violence.
OFC: Original Female Character
OMC: Original Male Character
PG: rating "Parental Guidance Advised".
PG-13: rating "Parental Guidance Cautioned".
Pre-slash: No (sexual) relationship has formed between the characters, but will in possible later installments, or will imply it will form in the future
PWP: "Porn Without Plot" or "Plot? *What* Plot?"
R: rating "Restricted". sex and/or violence, swearing etc
Self-insertation: Author has written her/himself in the story. Not always Mary Sue, but close.
Shounen ai: warning: "boy love" or a focus on relationships between young boys. Sex hinted at, but not as explicitly as in "yaoi".
Slash/Slashy/Slashyness: Homosexual relationships/sex, can be m/m or f/f
Yaoi: Often used as a term for slash, there are a few differences though.
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