Shipping, fandoms.. Part 1

I think I already explained the world of shipping, fanfiction and fandoms in one of my posts but I might as well repeat it again since the next post is fully going to be related to those things.
A fandom - a community that is completely devoted to a particular tv show, movie, book/series, comic..
Example: Harry Potter, Glee, Homestuck..
Fanfiction - An original story inspired by an already existing story/serie/movie (fandom). The writer isn't obligated to use any characters from the original fandom, he can make up his own (OCs) or even just write about the scenery or.. whatever he/she's into, really.
Another name for fanfiction is also fanfic or fic.
OC - Stands for Original Character aka a character completely made up by the writer.
OOC - Out Of Character behaviour. If you see this in the summary/description of a fanfic, it means the characters in the fanfic don't act the way they would act in the original fandom.
AU - The fic is happening in an Alternate Universe.
Smut/lemon - The content of fanfics labelled lemon or smut is purely sexual. And when I say sexual, I mean full blown 5 page essay on endless lovemaking (usually pretty damn hardcore).
Example: Draco and Hermione hate each other's guts, but then suddenly Hermione feels strangely attracted to the guy who called her a mudblood for the last 6 years and he feels the same way. They kiss, they grope and they fuck. Over and over again.. Brilliant, right? I usually dislike these kinds of fics because they are not even close to realistic, which bothers me. But yeah occasionally, I don't mind it.
Example2: Snape confessing his love for Hermione in the first 100 words of the fic, using slang words and then continuing to fuck her brains out (thankfully not literally). Don't ask me how I know that..
Shipping - Randomly taking previously created characters (or mixing them with OCs) and imagining them in a relationship (hence the relationSHIP --> shipping). The relationship doesn't have to be necessarily romantic/sexual, but I'll be honest with you and tell you that platonic ships are pretty damn rare. People who ship ships call themselves shippers. (Shippers ship ships... Hah!)
Another name for a ship is also pairing. By combining the names of the two characters that you are shipping, you get their ship name. For example: Draco + Harry = Drarry
OTP - One True Pairing aka your favourite ship among all other ships. Ship you ship the hardest. Following the announcement of your OTP is usually this saying : ' I will go down with this ship. ' meaning, I will never stop shipping it.
Example - My OTP in Grey's Anatomy Fandom is Callizona (Callie/Arizona) which I've already talked about. Talk about perfection..
Slash - A ship which involves two male characters, romantically/sexually linked together. Another word also used is yaoi, mostly regarding anime. I love reading slash!
Example: Klaine aka Kurt/Blaine from Glee. Another one of my hardcore ships... :3
Femmeslash - A ship that involves two female characters, romantically/sexually linked together. Another word also used is yuri, mostly regarding anime. I love reading femmeslash!
Example: Brittana aka Santana/Brittany from Glee. Cute couple :3
Cannon ships - Original ships from the fandom.
Example: Harry/Ginny aka Hinny in Harry Potter or Ron/Hermione aka Romione.
One shot - A term used when the writer wants to emphasis the fact there will be only one chapter in that particular fanfic. So, a short body of text basically.
Multi-Chapter Story - I don't have to explain this one, right?
Sub/dom - Stands for Submissive and Dominant. Basically, relationships in which one person is the dominant, strong, capable person and the other submissive, sensitive and occasionally less-capable.
Most likely, the dom is the masculine and sub is the feminine role in the relationship.
In my opinion, ridiculous. I dislike those kinds of relationship but whatever floats your boat..

There are many, many more! Seriously, I've been in this world for a year or two now and I still have to google unfamiliar terms every now and then.. xD

I had to split this post into two. Since I might have written over 2000 words.. accidentally.. and I'm not even done yet!


If you want to check out my own fanfiction that I have written go to: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3879939/WeirdAndAwesome
I beg of you, don't read Let the games begin. It's a Drarry fic but I abandoned it.. simply because I lost interest in it but also because it. is. horrible. So please, if you'd like to read a short and sweet one-shot of James and Lily, click on The hidden passageway or if you're looking for a slightly higher quality Drarry go to New Beginnings. I only have 3 fics posted for now.. but many more in preparation! Bear with me. The main one I'm working on right now is a Snupin fic. Ten pages written, Remus hasn't even showed up yet. I feel this could be one of those.. lengthy ones! :3

Have a great day everyone! ;)