ABO - Alpha/Beta/Omega verse. A fan fiction genre where characters have secondary genders, with some stereotypical personality traits and canine sexual aspects.
Angst - sad and depressive content, e.g. character deaths, reactions to break-ups, depression and pain.
AU - Alternate universe. Taking the characters from their original setting and placing them in a completely different scenario.
Author's note - a note left by the fan fiction writer, often at the start or end of a chapter but sometimes in the middle. It can be asking for reviews, apologising for an absence/slow posting or explaining a plot point.
Bashing - writing a disliked character in a negative way. It can include exaggerating their flaws, making other characters dislike them, making them suffer or killing them.
BrOTP - Brotherly One True Pairing. A fraternal or platonic relationship which is a fan's favourite, or one of their favourites.
Canon - content from the original story the fan fiction is based upon.
Canon pairing - a couple or pairing which exists in the original story.
Characters-read-the-books - a work which involves the canon characters reading their own books. Variants can include characters viewing the films or TV series. This is normally not allowed on fanfiction.net, but might be permissible if the focus is on the characters' reactions instead of quoting large passages of the original story.
Con-crit - constructive criticism. Criticism which is aimed at improving the writing instead of just being negative.
Crackfic - a humorous, slightly mad story which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crack-ship - a humorous pairing which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crossover - a fan fiction which combines two or more different fandoms.
Darkfic - a story with dark themes such as violence and death.
Deathfic - a fan fiction which contains a lot of character deaths or where the main focus is a character death.
Disclaimer - a note at the start of a fan fiction explaining that the writers doesn't claim to own the original story, its characters or any other recognisable material.
Drabble - A very short fan fiction which is only 100 words long. A double drabble is 200 words, a triple drabble is 300 words and so on.
Dub-con - dubious consent. A sex scene where a character has consented but its validity is dubious, e.g. if a character is drunk or high, or under the influence of a spell.
Fanon - content which isn't from the original but has been made up by fans.
Fanon pairing - two characters who aren't a couple in the existing story but are within the fan fiction.
Femslash - a female/female pairing. This can also be called yuri in anime or manga fandoms.
Fix-it - a fan fiction which is intended to "fix" issues with the original story. Most fix-its involve reversing a canon character's death or a canon pairing's separation.
Flaming - aggressive, overly negative reviews which attack the writer or criticise based on the fandom, character or pairing.
Fluff - happy and light-hearted content, often focused on romance or interactions with children.
Gen - a generic fan fiction which doesn't focus on romance.
Gender flipping/Gender bender - A fan fiction writing at least one character as the opposite sex.
Head-canon - content which isn't from the original but doesn't counteract with canon. Examples could include theories about a character's background, their thoughts and motives in a scene, deleted scene type content or theories about what might happen to a surviving character after the story.
Het - a heterosexual male/female pairing.
Lemon - sexual content.
Lime - a less detailed sex scene or foreplay.
Mary Sue - a label for an overly perfectly character with limited flaws, who is often annoying to read about. Marty Stu and Gary Stu are names sometimes given to male Mary Sues.
M-Preg - male pregnancy. Giving a male character/male pairing a child.
Non-con - a rape scene or mentions of rape.
NOTP - Non One True Pairing. A couple which a fan particularly dislikes or despises.
OC - Own Character/Original Character. A character who doesn't exist in the original story but was created for the fan fiction. This can range from supporting background characters or second generation characters to an OC main character.
Oneshot - A one chapter story. A twoshot is a two character story and a threeshot is a three chapter story.
OOC - Out Of Character. A term used to describe when characters are written acting differently from how they'd be in canon.
OTP - One True Pairing. A couple which is a fan's favourite, or one of their favourites.
Parody - a humorous story which is mocking aspects of canon or tropes which are common in the fandom.
Plot bunny - an idea which can be developed into a story or a plot point.
POV - Point Of View. The character currently narrating the story.
PWP - Porn Without Plot/Plot, What Plot. A story which is full of sex scenes with little or no other plot.
RL - Real Life. A term used to explain a writer's job or personal circumstances interfering with their writing, also sometimes used to distinguish between fiction and reality or to describe circumstances affecting the canon story.
R&R - Read & Review. A fan fiction writer asking all readers to also leave a review.
Reader-insert - a story written in the second person, normally with the reader as a love interest for a canon character.
Self-insert - an author writing themselves into the story or making a character heavily based on themselves.
Slash - a gay pairing, particularly a male/male pairing. This can also be called yaoi in anime or manga fandoms.
Songfic - a story which quotes lyrics from a song. This is not allowed on fanfiction.net. The term can also occasionally be used to describe a story which was inspired by a song.
Soulmate AU - a fan fiction genre where soulmates exist and can be identified by various means such as matching birthmarks or having each others' names or first words to each other written on their skin.
Squee - an fan exclaiming that they find something extremely cute or delightful.
Squick - content which readers might find nauseating, e.g. mentions of bodily functions or extreme underage sex.
UST - Unresolved Sexual Tension. Sexual tension between characters who haven't become a couple yet or are a couple but haven't slept together yet.
Angst - sad and depressive content, e.g. character deaths, reactions to break-ups, depression and pain.
AU - Alternate universe. Taking the characters from their original setting and placing them in a completely different scenario.
Author's note - a note left by the fan fiction writer, often at the start or end of a chapter but sometimes in the middle. It can be asking for reviews, apologising for an absence/slow posting or explaining a plot point.
Bashing - writing a disliked character in a negative way. It can include exaggerating their flaws, making other characters dislike them, making them suffer or killing them.
BrOTP - Brotherly One True Pairing. A fraternal or platonic relationship which is a fan's favourite, or one of their favourites.
Canon - content from the original story the fan fiction is based upon.
Canon pairing - a couple or pairing which exists in the original story.
Characters-read-the-books - a work which involves the canon characters reading their own books. Variants can include characters viewing the films or TV series. This is normally not allowed on fanfiction.net, but might be permissible if the focus is on the characters' reactions instead of quoting large passages of the original story.
Con-crit - constructive criticism. Criticism which is aimed at improving the writing instead of just being negative.
Crackfic - a humorous, slightly mad story which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crack-ship - a humorous pairing which isn't mean to be taken seriously.
Crossover - a fan fiction which combines two or more different fandoms.
Darkfic - a story with dark themes such as violence and death.
Deathfic - a fan fiction which contains a lot of character deaths or where the main focus is a character death.
Disclaimer - a note at the start of a fan fiction explaining that the writers doesn't claim to own the original story, its characters or any other recognisable material.
Drabble - A very short fan fiction which is only 100 words long. A double drabble is 200 words, a triple drabble is 300 words and so on.
Dub-con - dubious consent. A sex scene where a character has consented but its validity is dubious, e.g. if a character is drunk or high, or under the influence of a spell.
Fanon - content which isn't from the original but has been made up by fans.
Fanon pairing - two characters who aren't a couple in the existing story but are within the fan fiction.
Femslash - a female/female pairing. This can also be called yuri in anime or manga fandoms.
Fix-it - a fan fiction which is intended to "fix" issues with the original story. Most fix-its involve reversing a canon character's death or a canon pairing's separation.
Flaming - aggressive, overly negative reviews which attack the writer or criticise based on the fandom, character or pairing.
Fluff - happy and light-hearted content, often focused on romance or interactions with children.
Gen - a generic fan fiction which doesn't focus on romance.
Gender flipping/Gender bender - A fan fiction writing at least one character as the opposite sex.
Head-canon - content which isn't from the original but doesn't counteract with canon. Examples could include theories about a character's background, their thoughts and motives in a scene, deleted scene type content or theories about what might happen to a surviving character after the story.
Het - a heterosexual male/female pairing.
Lemon - sexual content.
Lime - a less detailed sex scene or foreplay.
Mary Sue - a label for an overly perfectly character with limited flaws, who is often annoying to read about. Marty Stu and Gary Stu are names sometimes given to male Mary Sues.
M-Preg - male pregnancy. Giving a male character/male pairing a child.
Non-con - a rape scene or mentions of rape.
NOTP - Non One True Pairing. A couple which a fan particularly dislikes or despises.
OC - Own Character/Original Character. A character who doesn't exist in the original story but was created for the fan fiction. This can range from supporting background characters or second generation characters to an OC main character.
Oneshot - A one chapter story. A twoshot is a two character story and a threeshot is a three chapter story.
OOC - Out Of Character. A term used to describe when characters are written acting differently from how they'd be in canon.
OTP - One True Pairing. A couple which is a fan's favourite, or one of their favourites.
Parody - a humorous story which is mocking aspects of canon or tropes which are common in the fandom.
Plot bunny - an idea which can be developed into a story or a plot point.
POV - Point Of View. The character currently narrating the story.
PWP - Porn Without Plot/Plot, What Plot. A story which is full of sex scenes with little or no other plot.
RL - Real Life. A term used to explain a writer's job or personal circumstances interfering with their writing, also sometimes used to distinguish between fiction and reality or to describe circumstances affecting the canon story.
R&R - Read & Review. A fan fiction writer asking all readers to also leave a review.
Reader-insert - a story written in the second person, normally with the reader as a love interest for a canon character.
Self-insert - an author writing themselves into the story or making a character heavily based on themselves.
Slash - a gay pairing, particularly a male/male pairing. This can also be called yaoi in anime or manga fandoms.
Songfic - a story which quotes lyrics from a song. This is not allowed on fanfiction.net. The term can also occasionally be used to describe a story which was inspired by a song.
Soulmate AU - a fan fiction genre where soulmates exist and can be identified by various means such as matching birthmarks or having each others' names or first words to each other written on their skin.
Squee - an fan exclaiming that they find something extremely cute or delightful.
Squick - content which readers might find nauseating, e.g. mentions of bodily functions or extreme underage sex.
UST - Unresolved Sexual Tension. Sexual tension between characters who haven't become a couple yet or are a couple but haven't slept together yet.
“You’re going to regret this” Rebekah said trembling. “That’s my necklace. I lost it, back in the twenties. On the night I met your brother” Klaus never said she couldn’t tell Damon.
“You’re lying” Damon replied supercilious.
“Am I, now?” Rebekah said slowly as she stepped closer to Damon. “Stefan knew how to experience all the perks of being a vampire. We had so much fun together, while you were probably sulking over your dear Katherine”
“And you’re telling me this, because?” Damon wondered.
“Stefan and I have a past, a present and if you back off and don’t pull of stunts like you just did, then we might have a future” Rebekah answered threatening.
“But pulling stunts is so fun” Damon replied.
“You don’t want be on my bad side, Damon” Rebekah threatened. Suddenly she gasped, her eyes bulged and her face turned dark grey.
“No” a female voice said. “But I do”
Rebekah fell down and Katherine appeared.
“You’re lying” Damon replied supercilious.
“Am I, now?” Rebekah said slowly as she stepped closer to Damon. “Stefan knew how to experience all the perks of being a vampire. We had so much fun together, while you were probably sulking over your dear Katherine”
“And you’re telling me this, because?” Damon wondered.
“Stefan and I have a past, a present and if you back off and don’t pull of stunts like you just did, then we might have a future” Rebekah answered threatening.
“But pulling stunts is so fun” Damon replied.
“You don’t want be on my bad side, Damon” Rebekah threatened. Suddenly she gasped, her eyes bulged and her face turned dark grey.
“No” a female voice said. “But I do”
Rebekah fell down and Katherine appeared.
The Hospital
The door of the examination room slammed open and doctor Fell looked up. “Would you mind waiting outside, please?”she said annoyed.
Tyler ignored her and walked straight to the bed.
“How are you feeling?” he asked worried.
“I’m okay” Veronica said. “Doctor Fell gave me a miracle drug. I’m as good as new”
Meredith shot her a warning glance.
“How did you know where I was?” Veronica wondered.
“Rachel told me” Tyler explained. “She told me Rebekah attacked you”
Veronica shook her head. “Actually it was Stefan” she said.
“Why would Stefan want to hurt you?” Tyler asked skeptic. “He doesn’t even know you”
“Neither does Rebekah” Veronica shrugged. “They know. They know that we’re going to try and take them down. We’re going to have to move fast”
“No, what you need to do is stay away from Rebekah” Tyler said. “I mean it, Ronnie, she’s dangerous”
“So am I” Veronica said sharp.
The door of the examination room slammed open and doctor Fell looked up. “Would you mind waiting outside, please?”she said annoyed.
Tyler ignored her and walked straight to the bed.
“How are you feeling?” he asked worried.
“I’m okay” Veronica said. “Doctor Fell gave me a miracle drug. I’m as good as new”
Meredith shot her a warning glance.
“How did you know where I was?” Veronica wondered.
“Rachel told me” Tyler explained. “She told me Rebekah attacked you”
Veronica shook her head. “Actually it was Stefan” she said.
“Why would Stefan want to hurt you?” Tyler asked skeptic. “He doesn’t even know you”
“Neither does Rebekah” Veronica shrugged. “They know. They know that we’re going to try and take them down. We’re going to have to move fast”
“No, what you need to do is stay away from Rebekah” Tyler said. “I mean it, Ronnie, she’s dangerous”
“So am I” Veronica said sharp.