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Warning and Rating Glossaries

Warning and Rating Glossaries


Warning | Rating

Warning Glossary
Term Meaning
AU Alternate Universe
Angst Includes emotional pain, likely to make you reach for your hankerchiefs
Deathfic Includes a character's death
Depression One of the characters suffers from depression
Fluff Humour, is likely to contain a lot of OOC
Lemon Contains a VERY explicit sexual scene, described in graphic detail
Lime Contains an implicit sexual encounter
NCS Non-Consensual Sex. ie, rape
OC Includes an original character
OOC Out-Of-Character: denotes some characters acting in a manner difficult to reconcile with the Gundam Wing anime itself
PWP Plot, What Plot? Sheer smut, unencumbered by a plot
Sap A lot of tears and OOC as characters act in a 'Love Story' fashion, never mind their real character
Seme The 'top' dominant sexual partner
Shounen ai Boy/boy romantic love
Shojo ai Girl/girl romantic love
Shotacon Sexual relationship between a child or an underage character and an adult
Songfic Using a song's lyrics as a background
Squick Includes some gross concept or disgusting description that makes you go 'ewww!'
TWT Timeline, What Timeline? indicates that the story will not bother with the niceties of sticking to the Gundam Wing timeline (49 episodes plus the OVA 'Endless Waltz', along with the handful of official mangas -the Episode Zero and Blind Target mangas-)
Uke The 'bottom' submissive sexual partner
Violence Not only for generic mission-related stuff, but mostly when it was affecting the char's personally
Yaoi Boy/boy or man/man sexual relationship
Yuri Girl/girl or woman/woman sexual relationship
+ Denotes a romantic relationship only.
x Means a sexual relationship, often explicitly described, but also implied. The seme is to the left of the x sign, the uke to the right. This expresses who is the dominant partner in the relationship in the sexual sense (so in a heterosexual relationship, it would always be male x female). eg, 6x9, 13x6, 6x2 etc...

Rating Glossary
Term Meaning
G General audience, no warnings
PG Some mild language or violence and/or implied sexual content
PG-13 Stronger language, violence and/or implied sexual relationships
R Strong language, violence and/or implied sexual activity
NC-17 Graphic or extremely graphic violence, gore, and/or sex. Not suitable reading for anyone under legal age and some adults! Replaced the old 'X' rating