The Firefighters « Result #1 on May 9, 2008, 5:42pm »
...Due to some off-line requests from non-Arsonists, I decided to create the FirePit. Here is where anyone who dislikes the idea of flaming [Firefighters] can rant about how someone ruined their life by flaming one of their stories, or something like that...
But, to those who post- Beware of hot coals!
Disclaimer:www.fanficsthatdontsuck.proboards80.com also called //[Arsonists United]\\ reserves the right to flame anyone for any reason, or no reason at all. Anyone who takes offense to any statements made on this site needs to get a grip and learn to take what life throws at you.
Fireplace Rules. « Result #2 on May 9, 2008, 5:21pm »
Here are the Fireplace Rules:
1. No posting direct links. You may give the link of the homepage/authors' profile, but do not post the link to the story itself. 2. No posting Spam, Chain Posts, or other things that do not relate to the current topic. 3. No randomly coming on and asking questions. That is what the FAQ section is for. 4. You may post quotes/examples of the story, but please don't copy/paste the whole story. Try to pick the worst paragraph or two, if possible, and put that on.
Fanfiction Lingo « Result #3 on Apr 23, 2008, 7:26pm »
Most people have FAQ's about Fanfiction Lingo, which most people tend to find annoying. Here, you can find all the lingo I/other people can think of.
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A/N- Author's note. Normally placed at the end or beginning of a story, and are used to explain something outside of the story, but still having to do with the plot.
Anti-Sues- Mary Sues that tend to go in the opposite direction, becoming overly-flawed characters.
AR/AU- Alternate Reality, Alternate Universe respectively. When the story uses the same Characters, but is twisted in some way.
AT- Alternate Timeline, most often used by lazy writers that don't wish to give a reason for the cannon of only one or 2 episodes/books, but still want to have events that happened after said episode/book.
Beta-Reader/BETA, Beta- A proofreader for a fanficion, normally another user on the fanfiction site.
Canon- Where the story makes sense, in relationship to the show/book up to the present edition/episode.
Crossovers- Also called X-over's, when characters from one book/show interact with other characters from other shows/books. See Spin-Overs.
FemSlash- A fanfiction consisting of two or three females in a lesbian -type relationship.
Flamers/Flames - Peoples who write critiques or reviews simply to get under the authors' skin, or simply because they like to make fun of other writers.
Mary-Sue- See SI.
Net-Talk- Also called Computer Lingo or Text Talk [Txt Tlk], this consists of an abundance of abbreviations- TTLY [Talk to You Later], BRB [Be Right Back]- lowercase letters [abcd] , and certain special characters [*&$%@#...><+=] strung together with letters/numbers in order to form words. This is sometimes seen along with emoticons. [ ]
OC- Original Character. Often, authors will create another character outside of cannon in order to give the cannon characters more of a plot, or someone to relate to. See Anti-Sue, Mary-Sue.
OOC- Out of Cannon, see AT, AR/AU.
POV- Point of View. The character who is telling the story, if any at all.
R&R [r&r]- Read and review. Normally, the author wants the reader to critique the story so far when he/she is done reading that chapter.
Shipping- Relationships between 2 or 3 characters of a fan fiction. can be seen as HannahxDanny, HxD, or HanDan. See: FemSlash, Slash, Yaoui , Yuri.
SI- also called a Mary-Sue. This is a self-insert character where the author, obviously doesn't wish to kill themselves- even if only in a story- and make their character invincible, with no weakness, and will often kill the real main character in order to keep their character alive.
Slash- Story where there are two male characters have a relationship, be it sexual or simply an almost-more-than-friends relationships.
Song fic- A fanfiction that has original song/poem with not much else in the lue of dialog or description.
Spin-Overs- When characters from one book/show interact with characters from a spin-off. For example, a Doctor Who/Torchwood crossover. See Crossover,Spin-Off.
Spin-Off- A show inspired by, and often produced by the same people who created the original show.
Troll- Typically used as an insult, used to mean a newbie or just general bad writer who had absolutely horrible writing ability.
Yaoi- Typically used in Anime/Manga Fanfiction , a fanfiction that involves male homesexual pairings.
Yuri- Typically used in Anime/Manga Fanfiction, a fanfiction that involves female lesbian parings.
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That's all I can find for now. If I can find any others, they'll be up shortly.
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