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since: 04-30-05, id: 804742, Profile Updated: 05-16-10
country: UK
Author has written 16 stories for Beyblade, and Avatar: Last Airbender.

Fanfiction Dictionary for Newbies

AU - alternate universe. This basically means that it can't relate to the TV series in ayway .eg highschool fics and vampire fics about stories that aren't already about highschool or vamptires etc (ie not Twilight :P)
Boy love - gay-ness
Bromance - straight best buddy relationships between blokes
Canon - Refers to what actually happens in the original series / book / cartoon etc
Crackfic - something that is very funny but would never happen in canon eg Sherlock Holmes and Watson being turned into penguins
Crack pairing - a romance that would never happen and makes no sense at all (maybe gay or straight) eg Harry / Nearly-Headless-Nick
Discontinued - story is unfinished and will no longer be updated
Drabble - very short fanfiction - usually less than 200 words
ff - lesbian romace
fm - straight romance
Fluff - cute moments in any relationship (between friends, family, lovers etc)
Femslash - lesbian romance
Flames
- reviews are generally offensive and negative that offer no helpful critism
Gary stu - overly perfect male characater. Not really as common as mary-sues.
Gen - fanfiction where romance is not mentioned or is only in the background.
Girl love - lesbian-ness
Hentai - cartoon p0rn
IC - in character
Incest - really does mean incest. Anything ending in -cest means incest e.g twincest (between twins) , zucest (between Zuko and Azula in Avatar)
Lemon - explicit sex
Lime - not-so-explicit sex
Mary-sue - overly perfect female characters that are generally very unpopular with fans. Each category has a different kind of mary-sue e.g. a beyblade mary-sue will come from that abbey and has a bad past and is a splitting image of Kai.
mm - gay romance
Mpreg - male pregnancy
Noncon / Non-con - Non consensual activity ie rape
OC- orignal character (an authors creation)
OOC - out of character
One-shot - a fanfiction that's only 1 chapter long
PM - private message
POV - point of veiw
R + R - read and review
Shoujo ai (sp?) - girl love (lesbian fluff)
Shounen ai - boy love (gay fluff)
Slash - gay or lesbian romance
Smut - sex
Yaoi - gay p0rn
Yuri - lesbian p0rn

If this helped you and you want to help out the innocent newcomers to fanfiction, copy and paste this to your profile and add the name to this list: storm-of-insanity (and drop me a PM if you do so I know the word is spreading XD)

I hope this helps. (If you spot any mistakes in the definitions leave me a PM.) PS, most of these topics were read by mistake, fanfiction can be evil if you don't know the lingo! Thanks to MommyRogers for telling me what Lemon and Lime meant.

My obsessesion with fanfiction has been quenched for now and sadly Avatar: The Last Airbender is somewhat dead to me. But I guess the 3 years of solid obsession with cartoon characters cough Zuko cough had to come to an end. The chances that I write again are slim but that doesn't mean I can't tell well written fics to utter rubbish. I still think fanfiction has actually help me grow a lot. My writing style definitly matured and I have a much deeper appreciation for character development.

Currently Sherlock Holmes is my no. 1 addiction and oLabyrintho has very kindly written a story for me (non-slash of course XD) Chaos and Bedbugs. We were discussing / poking fun at all the fics where Holmes and Watson share a bed and decided that a non-slash version of it had to be done. It's funny and clever at the same time but I would expect no less from such a talented writter :)

C2

If anyone's interested, I have a C2 dedicated to friendship and family stories for Avatar: The Last Airbender of all lengths and characters but no romance. All of the ratings are below M and there's no mention of rape, incest, slash, Mpreg or lemon. If you'd like to join my staff to track down all these well written pieces. Drop me a PM.

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1. Brewed with Love reviews
A final drink of Ginseng is shared between uncle and nephew as well as a few rarely spoken feelings.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,334 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 1-5-08 - Zuko & Iroh - Complete
2. Not Part of the Plan reviews
Zuko hadn't planned on trying to explain himself to the Avatar, bound on the dirt, with a sword pressed against his throat trying to explain himself. And he definitely had not planned on the Avatar's lemur and flying bison to be his saviors.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,967 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 12-13-07 - Zuko & Aang
3. Truce at Twilight reviews
A truce had to be formed between Aang and Zuko eventually. But that didn't mean they had to like each other.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,259 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-14-07 - Aang & Zuko - Complete
4. There Eyes Watered reviews
Iroh and Zuko Drabble From spilt tea to smashed dreams: what made Iroh and Zuko's eyes water…
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 250 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 1-3-07 - Zuko & Iroh - Complete
5. The Sourpuss reviews
Friendship Fic Toph didn't like Zuko's omnipresent, depressing demeanor. If Toph didn't like something, she'd change it. And she knew a sparring match and a pep talk would do just the trick.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,473 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 12-15-06 - Toph & Zuko - Complete
6. The World is Too Many reviews
The stillness before battle is unbearable but everyone has their own way of dealing with it. However, the pressure of the world can be too much to bear. Aang talks to Zuko to see how the young prince deals with the quiet dread.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 713 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 11-12-06 - Aang & Zuko - Complete
7. Gentle as a Kitten reviews
General Iroh, Dragon of the West and hero of the Fire Nation lays eyes for the first time on his six year old, short tempered, spitfire of a nephew, Prince Zuko. Iroh has won legendary battles but can he handle the cruel task of babysitting?
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Humor/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,958 - Reviews: 25 - Published: 11-5-06 - Iroh & Zuko - Complete
8. Boys don't Cry reviews
With Iroh deceased and the Avatar twenty feet away, Zuko needs to make a choice, to fight against his father with the Avatar or fight against the Avatar with his father. Of course there's still the option, none of the above.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,135 - Reviews: 19 - Published: 10-24-06 - Zuko & Iroh - Complete
9. Love Is reviews
200 word drabble on what love is on a daily basis between Iroh and Zuko.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 258 - Reviews: 25 - Published: 10-5-06 - Zuko & Iroh - Complete
10. No Regrets reviews
Ozai's POV. Zuko has been captured and now waits at his father's feet for sentencing. A oneshot on how Ozai feels about the man he once called 'son'.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: T - English - Angst/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,531 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 9-23-06 - Zuko - Complete
11. Two Flames reviews
Iroh and Zuko stumble into Jeong Jeong's camp and the two fugitives show the deserter that fire isn't as bad as it seems.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,113 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 9-16-06 - Iroh & Zuko - Complete
12. The Stranger » reviews
When Zuko comes to Lee's village, he reminds Lee of ShenShu, Lee's older brother. Friendships are formed and broken as Lee forgets who Zuko is as he discovers what he is.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 6 - Words: 9,199 - Reviews: 37 - Updated: 9-11-06 - Published: 7-31-06 - Lee & Zuko
13. No one Knows reviews
A disgraced prince and an honored monk stand at different ends of the city whilst the same thoughts cross their minds: 'Why doesn't anyone understand them.'
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,426 - Reviews: 11 - Published: 8-12-06 - Aang & Zuko - Complete
14. Amber Stare reviews
Jet is on the hunt for freedom fighters. So far he hasn't been able to recruit any but then he sees a scarred young man who might just fit the bill.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,199 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 8-7-06 - Jet & Zuko - Complete
15. Still Here reviews
After three weeks of floating in the middle of nowhere Zuko and Iroh finally arrive on land but are attacked. Zuko is forced to open his eyes and see how important his uncle is to him and that the world is not a friendly place to fire benders.
Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,247 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 4-17-06 - Zuko & Iroh - Complete
16. The Song of a Falling Pheonix » reviews
They say a pheonix always rises from the ashes. They say good will always pervail. They say that where there's darkness there's always light but they say a lot of things. Are they always true? set in first series black dranzer bit.
Beyblade - Rated: K+ - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 16 - Words: 6,388 - Reviews: 60 - Updated: 9-6-05 - Published: 5-22-05 - Kai H.
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