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Fan Fiction generals, Terms, Genres and Types: A to Z

To start and locate you in the fan fiction world I have to tell you about the terminology used on them, whether for ratings, definitions, content or just parts of the disclaimer that sometimes seems confusing. This has been taken from several sites. If you have any other definition that does not appears here, please share it with us.

Angst: fiction related mostly to emotional pain. The pain and feelings of the character are a vital part of the plot, vague or strong shades of masochism could be found.

AU or A/U: or Alternate Universe, most known too as science fiction fanfics, that refer to a parallel world, or a world or universe different from the ‘normal one’.

B&D, B/D, bd: Bondage and Domination - mind and control games, sometimes with humiliation involved.

Beta: editing a fan fiction adding and correcting the proper punctuation and grammar.

Beta reader: Fan fic editor.

Canon: Refers to facts established by the original fiction.

Crossover: Fiction that has a mix of two or more shows, movies etc…

Drabble: A story of exactly 100 words.

F/F: female/female

Femslash: Fanfic depicting a f/f relationship.

Gen : Refers to fanfic which is not slash, ie, which depicts either no sex or het sex only.

H/C: Hurt/Comfort. Fanfic in which reaction to a character's pain is a central plot element (similar to the Angst) but one character tending to another's pain, often leading to sex.

Het: fic featuring or fictional situations depicting two people of different genders romantically and/or sexually involved.

HHJJ: Happy happy joy joy.

M/M : male/male

Mary Sue: usually is known as the ‘improved version of the perfect girl’ who makes it all okay, who is always fine and always has to find the solution for everything. Has money and the perfect life.

Multiple or multi: multiple partners (m/m/f, f/f/f, m/m/m/m...)

NC-17: adults only (explicit sex)

PWP : Plot, what plot? A sex story as it name says… Without plot, just smut.

Pre-slash: Prelude to a slash story. Usually they're stories where the characters are still discovering or accepting their feelings for each other.

R: rated R (non-explicit sex)

rape story: Fic in which a character is raped. Usually implies an h/c plot.

S&M, S/M, sm - Sadism and Masochism
Involves actual pain and humiliation.

Slash: fic featuring two (or more) people of the same gender romantically and/or sexually involved.

UST: Unresolved Sexual Tension. Canonical or fanfictional sexual chemistry between two characters who are not at the time in a sexual relationship.

Vignette: Very short story.

WIP: Work In Progress. A story that is still being written by the author at time of posting, almost all fics in forums are WIP.





End of da 1st column... Whatcha think? :unsure:

very good adry

it has a lot of interesting information. very clear and useful.

i'm not planing on writting any fic, but i think all writers will find this of great help. and readers too, of course :P

wooohooo! i can't wait till the next one!

I can't help wondering what does 'gen' have to do with that!! :P

Anyways, thanks Add!
I never got many of those clear before! :blush:

Thanks for that Adri, always useful to know! :)

Jaime

I agree, it's creative and informative. Have you ever thought working for a dictonary company?

Lizzie

Thanks Adri!
It's seems a very useful tool to me!

:bow:

*Feels happy and jumps around on her bedroom*

Thank you!! LOL!! never thought you'd get this colums with such love and I feel loved LOL!!

Lizz... No I never thought abour woring there but I may, I mean, it is a huge possibility!!! Thank you!!

Okay, next... I won't tell you, i'll work on it and will be posted soon. I'm happy all your doubts and questions had been cleared about the terms we use over here.

:laugh:

Luvs


Adrienne

yeah, i didn't know what half of the stuff here meant.

and i felt stupid asking... :meh: but now it's all good!

Very very good Adri,
Can be very helpfull indeed.

:huh: wow these are alot of terms