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Some stuff that I wish I knew when I first started FanFiction

1. Canon- From the book, of the book, completely in line with the facts stated in the book. Often pairings. (Example: !!!!PEETA AND KATNISS!!!!)

2. Non-canon- When it is not from the book. (Example: Clove/Cato)

3. Slash- Guy with guy stories. (Example: Cato/Peeta)

4. Femeslash- Girl with girl stories. (Example: Clove/Glimmer)

5. Smut- M stuff, particularly what Fanfiction.net so tastefully refers to as 'Adult themes'.

6. Lemon- Really M stuff. Even worse than smut.

7. Flames- Mean reviews. When you trash a fic.

8. OC- Original Character. When you make up your own character, i.e. not a canon character.

9. OOC- Out Of Character- When a canon character is not accurate. (Example: When President Snow runs around singing "Nobody's Perfect" and hands out unicorn stickers to first graders.)

10. IC- The opposite of OOC. stands for In Character. When a cannon character is written accurately. This is something all fanfiction authors should strive for in their stories, and a strong compliment in a review.

11. AU- Alternate Universe- When the story is set in a different universe.

12. Fluff- Sweet romantic moments. No action/adventure or anything.

13. OTP- (I have never heard of this one) Apparently, this means One True Pairing. I assume this means that it's the one pairing you enjoy and stand by.

14. Ship- A pairing/couple. Comes from relationship. Heh heh. Nudges you Get it? Get it?

15. One-shot; Two-shot; Three-shot- One chapter, two chapters, three chapters. One-shot is the most common of these.

16. Songfic- A fic including, or based upon, a song.

19. A/N- (Or A.N. or AN or any other variation on this theme.) Author's Note. Self-explanatory.

20. AH- All Human. All characters are human. This is not commonly seen.

21. POV- Point of View.

22. R&R- Read and review!

23. Lime- Like Lemon, but not as bad.

24. Drabble- A fic that is from 50-500 words in length. Technicly a fic that is under 100 words but that is quite rare.

25. CC- Constructive Critisism. Really helpful reviews are full of this stuff.

Blossom:

Bubbles:

Buttercup:

Brick:

Boomer:

Butch: