Title: Fanfiction Terms for Idiots
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Authoress note: I thought of doing this because some people don't know what the authors are saying when we say stuff, so here's to the people who don't.
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AU/AT
Main article: Alternative universe (fan fiction)
AU stands for "Alternate Universe". AT stands for Alternate Timeline.
A/N
Author's note, when the author wants to create an aside to explain something.
Gen
General or non-romantic, used as an official subgenre category on many archives, including .
H/C
Stands for Hurt/Comfort, a plot framework in which one character in a particular ship experiences pain (usually emotional) and the other character offers comfort.
IC
Main article: in character
IC is an acronym which stands for in character, and refers to the behavior of (usually canon) characters which seems logical given what is known about them and their previous behavior in canon (see: OOC later in this article).
OC
Main article: Original character
Stands for Original Character, i.e. a character created by the author of the fan fiction, as opposed to one already existing in canon.
OOC
Main article: Out of Character
Stands for Out of Character.
POV
Main article: Point of view
Stands for Point of View
PWP
Stands for Porn Without Plot
R&R
Stands for Read and Review
SI
Main article: Author character
Stands for Self-insert or Self-insertion.
TWT
Stands for Time line? What Time line?
WAFF
Stands for "Warm And Fuzzy Feeling" or "Warm And Fuzzy Feelings"
Lemon and Lime
Explicit sex stories in general, especially in anime fan fiction, are known as lemon, a term which comes from a Japanese slang term meaning "sexy" that itself derives from an early pornographic cartoon series called Cream Lemon. The term lime denotes a story that has sexual themes but is not necessarily explicit.
Fluff
A genre in which the story is devoid of angst and takes on a mood of light-hearted romance[citation needed], see WAFF, above.
Songfic
This is a genre, defined by its distinct format, in which an author takes an existing song and uses the lyrics to generate the theme of his or her story, or to add emphasis to certain aspects of it.
CanonCanon (derived from the term's usage in the Christian religion and popularized in this context by the Baker Street Irregulars) refers to the "official" source material upon which fan fiction can be based.
FandomIn fan fiction communities, especially online, generally fandom refers to people who enjoy a specific story, character, game, etc., and actively interact with others; that is, a group of (however scattered) such individuals who share interest in the same media.
RPFStands for Real person fiction, RPF is fiction written about real people such as actors, politicians, athletes and musicians. Due to the nature of the stories - being about real people as opposed to fictional characters
Alt
Fan fiction stories that are alternative versions of a specific section of canon are called "Alt-[Section of Canon]" stories. For example, an "Alt-HBP" story in Harry Potter fan fiction would be a different version of the sixth book (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, popularly shortened to "HBP").
CrossoverAnother fan fiction subgenre is the crossover story, in which either characters from one story exist in (or are transported to) another pre-existing story's world, or more commonly, characters from two or more stories interact.
Dark"Dark" refers to plots which introduce elements such as death, violence, betrayal or loss into series which generally do not contain these elements, such as Pokémon. "Dark" fan fiction builds upon preexisting emotional attachments that readers have with the characters for dramatic effect.
Movieverse"Movieverse" as a term refers to the film adaptations of books, games, etc.; the term is used both in the context of comparison/contrast between different versions of canon (such as in Jurassic Park, where the storyline of each differ greatly) and to mark stories which are based explicitly and exclusively on the film adaptation
UberficUberfic is a kind of alternative universe fan fiction in which characters or events are portrayed closely to original canon but in a different time period, often featuring the ancestors, descendants or reincarnations of canon characters.
Slash and hetSee also: femslash
See also: yaoi
See also: yuri (term)
Slash fiction is, depending on one's preferred definition: a subgenre of romance fan fiction which exclusively deals in homosexual or male homosexual relationships; a subgenre of Alternate Pairing that addresses a relationship between characters of the same gender, especially males; or the same thing as an Alternate Pairing.
Crack!fic or Acid!ficA form of fan fiction in which characters are put in very random, nonsensical situations, and most often are all OOC. Its name, derived from the drugs, uses the irrationality from the drug high as an example of what to expect in the piece.
Name SmooshingA "name smoosh" is an alternate way to denote the relationship pairing in a fanfic. Whereas the traditional notation is "First character's name / Second character's name"
Femslash (also known as "f/f slash", "femmeslash", and "saffic") is a subgenre of slash fan fiction which focuses on romantic and/or sexual relationships between female fictional characters. Typically, characters featured in femslash are heterosexual in the canon universe; however, similar fan fiction about lesbian
Yaoi (やおい) is a popular term for fictional media that focuses on homosexual male relationships, yet is generally created by and for females.
Yuri (百合?), also known by the wasei-eigo construction Girls Love (ガールズラブ, gāruzu rabu), is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media.