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ANC
angst
angstfic
anime
anime music
video
Annoying
Original
Female
Character
antific
Any Two
Guys
Anywhere But
Here
AOFC
APA
archive (n.)
"Annoying New Character" -- an author-created
character who (obviously) annoys the hell out of
readers. Often, but not always, a Mary Sue.
Refers to the emotional wounds suffered and/or
borne by a character, especially if they spend
pages moaning about their miserable life in great
anime/mang
a
general
detail. Can add intensity to a story or turn it into one
big long pityparty. Warning: angst can be addictive!
A tale, generally a vignette and often first-person,
which ruminates on the heavy emotional
general
repercussions of a character's ruined relationships,
life, month, day, hairstyle, etc. 'Ware suicide.
Short form of "animeshon," the Japanese phonetic
spelling of "animation." While technically it refers to
all animation, anime fans reserve "cartoon" for
Western fare. The old term Japanimation is
considered offensive, both racially and as a lame
pun. See manga for the difference between the two
mediums.
A fan-production wherein scenes from a favorite
show are spliced together to an appropriate song.
Considered a creative outlet as much as fanfic or
fanart. Often abbreviated to AMV.
anime/mang
a
anime/mang
a
Any Original Female Character who's, well, irritating
as all hell. Usually a Mary Sue. Often abbreviated general
to AOFC.
A story in which an author abuses and/or kills off
the cast of a show, book, or story he/she dislikes.
Rather childish, but sometimes funny.
A poorly-written slash story which is so generic that
if you changed the names and a few minor details,
the main characters could be mistaken for any two
men pulled off the street. Usually abbreviated to
ATG
A type of story told in second-person form (ie. "He
walks over and takes your hand...") These tend to
be sexual in nature and are generally regarded as
pretty bloody horrible. Usually abbreviated to ABH.
The acronym for Annoying Original Female
Character.
Amateur Press (or Publication) Association (or
Alliance) -- an old-fashioned way of distributing fanrelated
materials in which contributors submitted
pages to an editor who photocopied and mailed out
the collated result. Some APAs featured fanfic,
though it was not originally called that. APAs still
exist and are sometimes mentioned in connection
with fanfic.
MST3K
unknown
Star Wars
general
old fandom
A collection of fanfic available on a website or
automatically logged for a mailing list. The former is
general
handled done by an archivist, either of their own
work or that of others, with express permissions;
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