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Genre descriptions from The Fanfiction Glossary.

Adventure/Fight Scenes
Adventure/Fight Scenes
A story which focuses on fight scenes.

Angst
Angst
Stories containing significant quantities of introspection with a depressed or otherwise emotionally distraught slant.

AU - Alternate Universe
AU - Alternate Universe
An AU (alternative universe or alternate universe) story involves fan fiction which makes major changes to the canonical storyline or premise, such as killing off the main character, changing characters' motives or alliances or, commonly, changing the setting. Generally, to be considered an alternative universe story, the change must be something that would be extremely unlikely to happen in canon, or must be contradicted by new canon information that was not released when the story was first written.

Babyfic
Babyfic
Fanfic in which the main characters adopt and/or raise children.

BDSM
BDSM
Bondage, Discipline, Domination and Submission, Sadism and Masochism

Challenge
Challenge
A fanfiction that was written in response to a challenge.

Character Study
Character Study
Concentrates on a single character and his or her development through a story arc, or his or her personal struggles. Other characters are usually not present except in very minor roles.

Crossover
Crossover
A fanfic between two or more characters from different fanfiction universes (The Jetsons meet the Flintstones would be a crossover). Sometimes abbreviated as Xover.

Drabble
Drabble
A short fic exactly 100 words long.

Drama
Drama
Stories containing a state, situation, or series of events involving interesting or intense conflict of forces.

First Time
First Time
Stories that portray the first romantic and/or sexual pairing of a couple.

Fluff
Fluff
An overly cute fic that has barely anything to do with sex.

Humor
Humor
Story that has the power to evoke laughter.

Hurt/Comfort
Hurt/Comfort
The Hurt/Comfort formula plot. Usually a premise to make characters have sex.

Incest
Incest
Sex between family members. Often regarded as disturbing or disgusting.

Missing Scene/Epilogue
Missing Scene/Epilogue
When a fic is written during a "missing scene" in the canon, supposedly to "fill us in" to what really happened. Sometimes written as M/s.

Poetry
Poetry
A story only made of peotry.

POV
POV
Point Of View.

PWP - Plot, What Plot?
PWP - Plot, What Plot?
Acronym for Plot? What Plot? A story written as an excuse to put two characters together and have sex. Sometimes means "Porn without plot."

Romance
Romance
Otherwise Called Shipping, a pairing that the writer belives should be romantically involved.

Series
Series
An ongoing collection of stories that follow the adventures of a character or group of characters, usually all written by one author, but sometimes including several authors working together.

Smut
Smut
Porn! But in a light amused "yeah, gimme some of that" sort of way.

Vignette
Vignette
Used in fan fiction to designate a short piece that centers on a character’s experiences, or on a particular moment of a relationship between characters; a short piece about a moment in the character(s) lives.