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AN	Author's Notes - notes put at the beginning or end of a story in order to explain certain parts or aspects of it.
Angst	Generally an introspective piece, quite often sad, though may have a happy ending.
AU	Alternative Universe / Alternate Universe - a story set in a Universe which differs from the canon one, the degree of difference varying from fic to fic.
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B/D	Bondage/Discipline
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CG	Computer Generated art - often the artist has drawn the outline onto paper and coloured it using an art program - Adobe, Paint Shop Pro etc.
Citrus	A story involving kissing, cuddling and perhaps heavy petting but no nudity and no sex
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Dark fic	A general term that usually denotes angst and may include rape or some other violence
Death-fic	A fic involving the death of a major character
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Ecchi	A milder form of hentai (see below), generally not used to denote anything in fanart or fanfiction.
Epic	A very long multiparter story, involving a great many characters and situations, often following them for a long period of time.
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fanpic / fanart	A fan-picture - a picture that is drawn by a fan, based upon a mainstream series/book/cartoon
FAQ	Frequently asked Questions
fic	Fanfiction - a story written by a fan, based upon a mainstream series/book/cartoon
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Gen	General fanfiction i.e. a story that has no romantic situations.
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Hentai	Literally 'pervert' in Japanese, it is used as a term to indicate explicit nudity in fanart.
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IC	In Character
illo	illustration - a pic that is intended as an illustration to a fic
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Lemon	A story involving sex
Lime	A story involving kissing, cuddling and perhaps heavy petting but no nudity and no sex
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Mary Sue	Perfect female character - pretty, strong, clever… etc. If used incorrectly, can be intensely annoying. May also have a "mysterious" past, be a relative(long lost or otherwise)/new love interest/person who gets other people together or a variation thereof. Generally the story revolves around this individual, not around the more canon characters.
Marty Sue	Perfect male character - handsome, strong, clever… etc. If used incorrectly, can be intensely annoying. May also have a "mysterious" past, be a relative(long lost or otherwise)/new love interest/person who gets other people together or a variation thereof. Generally the story revolves around this individual, not around the more canon characters.
Mulitparter	A story with many parts, the chapters generally being of medium length
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NC	Non-Consensual sex
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OC	Original Character
Oneshot	A story with a single chapter or part, generally of medium length.
OOC	Out of Character - this is where one or more of the characters is written with a different personality from canon.
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pic	Picture
PWP	Plot? What Plot also known as Porn Without Plot - this means that the story has little plot and is about sex and only about sex. It is generally a oneshot as well.
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S/M	Sadism/Masochism
Seme	Yaoi term denoting the character on the top in sexual situations - the dominant partner.
Series	Another word for a mutliparter. Can also be a set of stories that can be read separately without requiring the reading of the others, but which are interlinked, either in theme or by some other means - an example of this is my series 'Past Echoes.'
Shota	Sex with (male) children. Sometimes used in reference to teenagers but other than that, really young kids - sometimes in cases where the child is too young but still enjoys the sexual pleasure for some odd reason.
Shoujo ai	Anime term for female/female pairing, no sex
Shounen ai	Anime term for male/male pairing, no sex
Stand-alone	A story that can read as part of a series but which also makes sense if read outside the series.
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TWT	Timeline? What Timeline?
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Uke	Yaoi term denoting the character on the bottom in sexual situations - the receptive/submissive partner
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Yaoi	Anime term for male/male pairing, generally involving sex
Yuri	Anime term for female/female pairing, generally involving sex
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My thanks go out to Rei Anami for help with the definitions and abbreviations - the clarification was supremely helpful.

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