Glossary
This glossary defines general Gundam Wing and fanfiction terms that you
might encounter on this site
| / | A slash (/) between character names usually refers to a romantic relationship between those characters (i.e. Heero/Duo) |
| + | A plus (+) between character names refers to a non sexual relationship between those characters |
| x | A x between character names refers to a sexual relationship between those characters |
| 1 | Heero Yuy |
| 2 | Duo Maxwell |
| 3 | Trowa Barton |
| 4 | Quatre Rebarba Winner |
| 5 | Chang Wufei |
| 6 | Zechs Merquise |
| 9 | Lucrezia Noin |
| 11 | Lady Une |
| 13 | Treize Khushrenada |
| Angst | Refers to emotional suffering of the character |
| AU | Alternate Universe, AU fictions are set in a place slightly different from the original story setting |
| Beta, Beta-reading | Refers to editing and commenting somebody else's work |
| Bishounen | "Beautiful young man" -- refers to any male so inhumanly handsome that he's pretty, as often seen in popular anime |
| Canon | Refers to events and plotlines that really happened in the actual story or anime series |
| Chibi | Japanese for "small person or kid", usually refers to very young,very cute characters |
| Citrus | A story with very strong erotic tone |
| Crossover | A story that combines two different fandoms |
| Deathfic | A story in which one or more characters die |
| Doujinshi | A non-mainstream manga mostly based on a existing series |
| F/F f/f | Refers to a romantic relationship between 2 females |
| Feedback | Refers to comments made by readers regarding a story |
| Flame | Refers to viscous and insulting feedback, usually frowned upon |
| Fluff | Cute and lighthearted story, usually short and sweet |
| Fluff Angst | A story that starts out dark and angsty with a cute and happy ending |
| Fusion | A kind of crossover in which the character(s) of one fandom replace the character(s) of another |
| GWLBWLB | Girls who love boys who love boys, or in other words female slash fans |
| Het | Short for heterosexual refers to relationships between characters of opposite gender |
| Hentai | Japanese for "perverse", refers usually to somewhat kinky stories |
| Kawaii | Japanese for "cute" |
| Lemon | A NC-17 rated explicit sex scene |
| Lemonade | A cute and fluffy lemon |
| Lime | Tasteful seduction, R rated sex scene |
| Manga | Japanese comic books |
| M/M m/m | Refers to a romantic relationship between 2 males |
| Muggle | Non magical folk (Harry Potter) |
| MWPP | Story about Moony, Wormtail, Padfood and Prongs (Harry Potter) |
| OC | Original Character -- A character created by the fanfiction author |
| OOC | Out Of Character --A character behaving different from his or her personality established in the original story or series |
| OT | Of Topic |
| POV | Point of View -- A story told in first-person from a characters point of view |
| PWP | Plot What Plot? -- A story without an actually plotline |
| SAP | A sweet and fluffy story |
| Self-insertion | A story in which the author includes himself/herself as a character |
| Shoujo-ai | A sweet romance between two females |
| Shonen-ai | A sweet romance between two males |
| Slash | A story with same sex relationship(s) |
| Songfic | A short story revolving around the lyrics of a song |
| TBC | To be continued |
| Vignette | A short story revolving around a brief period of time ora single subject |
| WAFF | Warm And Fuzzy Feeling -- A cute and sappy fic or scene |
| WIP | Work In Progress |
| Yaoi | Romantic relationship between males |
| Yuri | Romantic relationship between females |