Hello, all you lovely people! I'm back with another rant! Thank you so much for the awesome support - it's really fun writing all this for you guys. (And I'm just going to say it now - I did not know anything about FanFiction when I first joined and I always wished that someone would give me the proper definitions. I had to learn certain terms the hard way. O.O)

Now, I'm not going to lie - there might be some confusing, teenager-y concepts here, but there aren't any swears and the teenager-y/mature moment only lasts for a second, so...hopefully, I won't receive any messages about how I ruined someone's innocence. O.O

With that said, proceed with caution and enjoy!


Rant Three. FanFiction Terminology (Part One…?)

"FanFiction terminology!" Ahsoka Tano trilled into the camera and to show her excitement, she bounced on top of her bed and beamed. "This is one of my favorite things to rant about!" She let out a loud, excited laugh and crossed her legs. "Grab some popcorn and grab a few friends, 'cause I'm going to be telling you people about FanFiction."

She placed her hands over her lap. "Now, chances are that when you log onto FanFiction and scroll through the stories, you're probably going to go through hundreds of stories with summaries and words like, AU or OC or SYOT or PWP. Now, some of these terms are good, while others are bad. Sometimes, you're going to be talking to someone on FanFiction and they're gonna be like, "oh, my Force, what's your headcanon?" or "do you think Luxoka should be canon?" And you, my friend, are going to be sitting there and wondering how the heck to answer those questions."

Ahsoka cringed and shook her head. "But don't worry, my friend, I'm here to save the day! And your FanFiction reputation!" She pumped her fist in the air. "Now, the first basic thing you're going to know about in FanFiction is the word canon, because people will be sprouting that word everywhere." Ahsoka said matter-of-factly. "And no, I'm not talking about that big weapon that shoots out big, black balls from the pirate movies – I'm talking about c-a-n-o-n."

"Basically, canon stuff is stuff from the fandom that is officially accepted by the writers of the particular book/show/game/movie/whatever-your-fandom-is. For example, for all of you Potterheads out there – the Harry Potter/Ginny Weasly pairing will always be canon because JK Rowling said so in the books. I'm sorry, Draco/Harry fans." Ahsoka tsked sympathetically, shaking her head. "But don't worry – that doesn't mean you still can't ship those two guys – go look at Pairings and Ships for the reasons why!"

"Moving on," Ahsoka continued, "there's such things known as one-shots and drabbles. You'll see these guys just about everywhere. To keep it short, one-shots are just stories that are completed in one chapter." Ahsoka nodded, eyes wide. "No joke – forget all of those things your English teacher told you during the school year – there are such things as stories with one chapter, and these one-shots are usually abbreviated by the letters OS. One-shots can actually be about anything – it can be humorous, angsty, whatever."

"Drabbles, on the other hand, are stories that contain at least one hundred words, though, then again, who the heck counts those words, anyways?" Ahsoka snorted and then froze. "Actually, don't answer that – these drabbles are just made to make the readers feel tingly, happy-go-lucky things called feels. (You'll be getting them soon, if you're a real fangirl/fanboy.)"

Ahsoka folded her hands and bounced to her feet. "There's also another abbreviation that people like to use – AU, which stands for Alternate Universe, and we'll be discussing that much more later on. You didn't really think I'll leave the AU section by itself, did you?" She winked. "But just to put it in short, in most AU stories, there's nothing really in common with the actual canon story except for the characters. You can do anything in AU stories which is, again, why I'm not going to explain everything about it just yet because we have so many more things to cover."

"A/Ns!" Ahsoka shouted suddenly, bouncing off her bed and startling Anakin in the process. (Who, again, was holding the camera for Ahsoka.)

"A/Ns are short for Author's Notes, and most of the time, these things are put before and/or after the actual written chapter – now, there's a few tricky rules about A/Ns." Ahsoka said, leaning against the wall. "Most of the time, the A/Ns are never serious – it's usually created to apologize for a particularly long wait before uploading a chapter or just a silly little rant about how hard life is and/or et cetera. However, there's certain things that a writer should never, ever, ever do whilst writing an A/N. Ready?"

Ahsoka held out a hand and started to tick off her words, "Don't put your A/N in the middle of the chapter – most people look at that action as a sign of being unprofessional and frankly, you don't want to look unprofessional in front of your readers. You also don't want to make your A/N longer than the actual story/chapter, because, again, it's going to make you look unprofessional."

Ahsoka blinked and slapped a hand to her forehead. "Basically, readers and writers alike are very picky and it's so annoying." She groaned.

"Other abbreviations include OOC, MPREG, OC, PWP, TWT, and WAFF." Ahsoka slapped her hands together. "Do any of you guys know what these mean? Neither do I! But after some time on FanFiction dot net, I was able to gather some information on each and every definition of these funny terms."

"OOC basically stands for Out-of-Character." Ahsoka said in a very official tone. "And by Out-of-Character, I mean totally and utterly out-of-character, like drunk and/or high out-of-character. For example, for those of you people who watch Star Trek, it'd be odd to see Spock acting all human-y and weepy all the time, right? Because we all know that Spock is a kriffing Vulcan, and though he's half-human, he still doesn't show a lot of human emotions. Therefore, if you see a writer constantly writing up weepy, pathetic Spock, then we all know that that writer needs to watch some more Star Trek."

Ahsoka held up her hands. "But hey, sometimes you're allowed to write some OOC! Some people like OOC, usually for humorous, satirical fics." She added. "Moving on to MPREG." Ahsoka took a deep breath. "MPREG is usually found in slash stories, but I've read some stories with het pairings and MPREG appear in them…"

Ahsoka clasped her hands together. "MPREG stands for Male Pregnancy. Yes, you heard that right. I personally don't know how males are able to get pregnant, but the best thing to do in these situations is to forget about everything you ever learned in Health Class and just read it if you want to." She lifted her hands. "I'm not hating on any MPREG stories – really, I'm not. Again, I find the concept a bit confusing but hey, if you like to read MPREG and think it's perfectly fine, then I'm not gonna stop you! You can read or write whatever you want!"

Ahsoka puffed out a breath and went on, "OC – well, OCs are a very tricky topic to talk about, mainly because a lot of writers have them. An OC is any original character that a FanFiction writer makes, and most of the time, they turn out to be all-powerful or attractive or…basically an unrealistic figure. Not all writers make their OCs all-powerful beings, but it certainly does appear to be common."

"PWP…ah, how can I put this lightly?" Ahsoka murmured, shaking her head. "Um…it stands for Poorly Written Porn, as in just a big, fat lemon without any plot. Most of the time, these lemons are written because the writer was simply bored or sexually frustrated or both." Ahsoka groaned. "If you're a writer and you like to write PWP, fine, go write it, but I suggest that if you're younger than sixteen years old, steer clear of that sort of stuff! I've said it before, and I'll say it again – don't lose your innocence to FanFiction! That's one of the worst ways to go!"

Ahsoka sighed and went on, "WAFF is alright for all ages to read, though! WAFF stands for Warm and Fluffy/Fuzzy Feelings, which is just fluff. Just all the fluff – fluff everywhere! You, my friend, will be surrounded by just sweet, cute, adorable stories about cuddling and hand-holding and rainbows and feels that it's gonna hurt and make your heart perform triple flips and all of that." She waved her hands in the air. "But I'm not gonna lie – WAFF stories are always awesome to read, especially when you're having a bad day. See? That's what I meant about fluff being one of the best things that FanFiction had to offer."

Ahsoka slapped her hands together. "Now, though I can just go on and on and on about more FanFiction terminology, I'll have to bring this little vid to a close, because if I go on, I'll probably bore you to death with my not-so-funny words and et cetera."

She grinned and flashed a thumbs-up. "So, there'll be a part two! Goodbye, everyone!"

The camera turned off and Anakin lifted an Obi-Wan-Kenobi-worthy eyebrow. "How do you know all this stuff?" He asked incredulously, placing the camera on Ahsoka's bed.

Ahsoka smiled guiltily and started to walk out the door. "Don't you ever wonder what I'm doing when I skip out on lessons?" She asked cheerfully over her shoulder.


A/N - I'm thinking of just dedicating an entire chapter about Original Characters. XD And yes, I will be dedicating another chapter about the AU universe, because frankly, there's not enough AU Star Wars stories. *sighs*

I'll be releasing a Part Two of FanFiction Terminology, 'cause let's be honest - there are way too many terms here. XD

As always, please review, give constructive criticism (regarding any mistakes in my writing, please...not the actual content...?) and no flames!