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the latter is automatically handled by a list server<br />
under the assumption that anyone posting to the list<br />
knows in advance that their posted work will be<br />
logged for future access. A third as-yet-rare type <strong>of</strong><br />
archive allows writers to archive their own work (ie.<br />
www.fanfiction.net).<br />
archive (v.)<br />
To save a story, essay, <strong>com</strong>ment, etc. in an<br />
archive.<br />
general<br />
Originally created by Buffy archivist Anya to present<br />
her archive updates in an amusing fashion, this is<br />
one clever way to keep an <strong>of</strong>f-topic post on-topic.<br />
archive fic Basically, the author writes him/herself into a short Buffy<br />
fic interacting with a character(s). Usually used to<br />
get information out to a mailing list. Also known in<br />
<strong>com</strong>ic-fanfic circles as a feedback fic.<br />
archivist<br />
Any person <strong>who</strong> owns/manages an online<br />
repository <strong>of</strong> information, either on a website or in a<br />
public FTP. In fandom's case, this usually refers general<br />
specifically to someone <strong>who</strong> archives fanfic and/or<br />
fanart.<br />
ATG See Any Two Guys. unknown<br />
AU, A/U See alternate universe.<br />
Star Trek,<br />
general<br />
Shorthand for "Angelus" -- as opposed to "A" for<br />
Aus, A(us) "Angel." Noted here because it's not an immediately Buffy, Angel<br />
Aura Of<br />
Smooth<br />
avatar<br />
Babe Of The<br />
Week<br />
babyfic<br />
badfic<br />
apparent acronym.<br />
An imaginary energy field said to exist around<br />
blatant Mary Sues or other self-insertions. It's the<br />
only explanation for how the canon characters<br />
suddenly turn into gullible shadows <strong>of</strong> their normal<br />
selves around 'em.<br />
A character which represents the person that<br />
created him/her -- a fictional version <strong>of</strong> the real<br />
person, so to speak. Most writers have several<br />
"me" characters but only one true avatar.<br />
B<br />
According to Kat: "You know how Our Hunky Hero<br />
always seems to meet, each episode, a beautiful<br />
(feisty) woman <strong>who</strong> ends up going out with him<br />
and/or exchanging kisses with him, and/or going to<br />
bed with him before the end <strong>of</strong> the episode -- and is<br />
then never seen or heard from again? She's the<br />
Babe Of The Week." Usually abbreviated to BOTW.<br />
Fanfic in which the main characters adopt and/or<br />
raise children. Usually refers to a subgenre <strong>of</strong><br />
Mulder Scully Married (MSM) fanfic.<br />
MST3K<br />
gaming,<br />
general<br />
Sentinel,<br />
others<br />
X-Files<br />
To quote (edited) from the source itself:<br />
1) Fiction that is intentionally bad, written to<br />
entertain and amuse, and also educate, by pointing<br />
Buffy<br />
out <strong>com</strong>mon errors made by inexperienced writers.<br />
2) Fiction that is unintentionally bad; the author<br />
thinks it's good. Often those <strong>who</strong> know the<br />
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