Ive noticed several different abbreviations used through the archive. What do they mean?
OC stands for Original Character. Obviously, this character is created by the author and is not recognizable as a past character on the show. Original characters can be some of the most interesting in stories provided they are done right. AU stands for “Alternate Universe”.AT stands forAlternate Timeline. AnAU/AT story is one that makes major changes to the canonical storyline or premise, such as killing off a major character, changing characters’ motives or alliances, annulling major events or changing the setting – for example taking the adolescent characters of a series and placing them in high school, even though there is no high school setting in the series canon, would be an “AU” story. A/N Author’s note, when the author wants to create an aside to explain something. Gen General or non-romantic, used as an official subgenre category on many archives, including fanfiction.net. There is some controversy about what qualifies as a “gen fic”, but usually it denotes a story in which an
