Fanfiction Terms & Reference
I've divided the items into three categories, Episode abbreviations,
Ship abbreviations and common terms.
The base list from Nichole Anell's - The Way too Extensive List of Roswell terms
and added to by you, the continuing Roswell Fans.
***If anyone has additional information please submit it***
Common Episode Abbreviations
There aren't abbreviations for all the episode titles
I've just listed the commonly used ones below
285S – 285 South
4S - Four Square
4Square - Four Square
AN - Ask Not
ARCC - A Roswell Christmas Carol
BB - Blood Brothers
BD - Blind Date
BIY - Baby It's You
CYN - Cry Your Name
DB - Disturbing Behavior
EOTW - End of the World
HOM - Heart of Mine
HTOHL - How the Other Half Lives
HW - Heat Wave
ID - Independence Day
ITL&ITB - It's Too Late and It's Too Bad
ITW - Into the Woods
JTNY - Journey to New York
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LN - Leaving Normal
MA - Morning After
MITC - Max in the City
MTD - Meet the Dupes
MTTM - Max to the Max
OTM - Off the Menu
RD - River Dog
RTM - Roswell the Miracle
S&B - Skin & Bones
So47 - Summer of '47
SH - Sexual Healing
TH - Toy House
TLV - Tess Lies & Videotape
TL&V - Tess Lies & Videotape
TS&P - To Serve and Protect
TWR - The White Room
VLV - Viva Las Vegas
WAF - We Are Family
WR - White Room
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Common Character & Ship Abbreviations
I've included some common abbreviations for the characters names and relationships in fanfics. Typically hetro couples are written with the guys' name first, but it isn't a hard rule. For example, Max & Liz is usually written M/L.
For Male or Female slash either name can come first.
In Crossovers ships, usually the Roswell character's name is written first, like L/Angel, if they are even abbreviated. A lot of the time they are not abbrevited for clearity.
I didn't list all couple possibilities or characters below, just the most common. As you can see some names are abbreviated several ways, usually depending on who their partner is, and for clarity.
For example, Max & Maria can be written Ma/Ma or Mx/Ma or M/Ma.
Alex - A
Ava - A or Av
Isabel - I
Khivar - Kh or Kv
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Kyle - K or Ky
Liz - L
Lonni - Lo
Maria - M or Ma
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Max - M or Ma or Mx
Michael - M or Mi
Rath - R
Zan - Z
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A/I - Alex/Isabel
A/L - Alex/Liz
A/Ma - Alex/Maria
A/T - Alex/Tess
K/A - Kyle/Ava
K/I - Kyle/Isabel
K/L - Kyle/Liz
K/Ma - Kyle/Maria
K/T - Kyle/Tess
M/K - Max/Kyle
M/L - Max/Liz
M/T - Max/Tess
M/Ma - Max/Maria
M/Mi - Max/Michael
Ma/Ma - Max/Maria
M/M - Michael/Maria
don't confuse it with mm male/male slash)
also M&M
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Mi/I - Michael/Isabel
Mi/L - Michael/Liz
Mi/T - Michael/Tess
Mx/K - Max/Kyle
Mx/Ma - Max/Maria
Mx/Mi - Max/Michael
R/L - Rath/Liz
R/M - Rath/Maria
S/L - Sean/Liz
S/I - Sean/Isabel
Z/L - Zan/Liz
Z/M - Zan/Maria
Z/Mi - Zan/Michael
Z/A - Zan/Ava
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Roswell Fanfic & Fandom Terms
Terms used in Roswell fanfic and the Roswell Fandom, and some terms used in fanfic in general.
Some of these terms are no longer in common use, but I kept them on the list
for history sake, or if someone runs across them in older fics.
3 Musketeers - Liz, Maria and Alex
AA - can stand for All Aliens like another way to say CC, can also stand for Alien Abyss - the section of fanfiction at RF.
actorfic - fic about the actors, as opposed to the characters they play. Most sites don't allow these anymore due to legal issues
AE - Author edited
ALL - usually used in a fanfic heading (CC ALL) and means the fanfic features storylines about all convnetional couples
alt ending - an alternate ending to an episode
Alternate Universe - aka AU - a fic that takes place in an alternative universe that differs from the show in some way (e.g. Max never healed Liz, the humans and aliens are reversed, the entire story is set in a fairy tale, Michael was adopted, there are no aliens, etc.)
angst - antonym for foof, a dark story about a character's emotional suffering (adjective is angsty)
AN or A/N - see Author's note
AU - see Alternate Universe
Author Note - a note left by the author, usually explaining something in the fic or giving a reason why the fic is delayed
backstory - a prequel story that takes place before the pilot, either on Earth or on the alien's home planet with the orig aliens before they died
badfic - just what it sounds like, a fic that (intentionally or unintentionally) is just plain bad
BDSM - bondage, discipline, sadomasochism, stuff that may ick you
Before it all began fics - fics that are set on Earth in the lifetime of the Roswell main characters, but before Liz's shooting
Beta - proof-reading by someone else (the one who does this is a Beta-reader; a proof-read story is Beta'd)
Bob - Max's Jeep
bondage - yeah, get your mind out of the gutter - it is also a completely harmless term for bonding between two characters (e.g. Maria/Liz friendship)
bump - a short post to move a thread to the top of the list, and make it active. Usually used to ask a fanfic author for an update on the story. Supposedly it is an acronym for 'bring up my post'.
CC - see for Conventional Couple
canon - the text of the show as seen on TV, and what we know about the characters and situations unseen - also see fanon
category - the type of story (AU, CC, UC, xover, etc), the main couple or couples in the fic, and any special info the reader needs to understand (POV, tag, futurefic, etc)
Cement - the term that Future Max first uses to mean making love. The dreamers adopted it and used it on the Max and Liz cherishing threads.
ch or chpt - abbreviation for chapter
challenge - a story based on someone else's open idea, they sort of "challenge" other authors to write, say, an AU fic where the characters are all mermaids -)
child-fic - a story focusing on the characters when they were children
comp - abbreviation for companion
Companion - a story that continues or accompanies another story, or is related to another story. Example - a set of stories from different characters' POV on the same subject
Conventional couples - conventional couples are romantic pairings between Max/Liz, Michael/Maria, Alex/Isabel, Amy/Jim , Kyle/Tess (and sometimes Isabel/Jessie)
No other pairings are considered conventional even though they may have existed on the show
CC has come to mean a fic has Conventional Couples and the Fic is canon, or at least starts out mostly canon. CC Fics may be canon or AU, but if AU is not stated in the description, the fic would be expected to be canon.
credits - acknowledgement of text used from other sources, such as song lyrics, show dialogue, quotes from poems, etc
crossover - two shows, movies, or other fictional works combined together in a story, using characters, places and/or situations from both. (e.g. Roswell/Buffy or Roswell/X-Men) Sometimes romantic pairings are UC and combine characters from both shows, and sometimes the pairings stay CC.
deathfic - fic involving a main character's death
Destiny Book - the book that Tess got from the library and gave to Max that shows their “destiny” together
disclaimer - legal statement giving credit for the characters, songs, storylines, etc used in a fanfic. Disclaimers are required on most fanfic sites when posting a fanfic.
DOT - Death of Tess, short stories about Tess dying written by Tess haters
D/s - stands for Dominance/submission (see "hardcore")
Dupes - The Aliens duplicates
dupefic - fanfic about any or all the dupes of Roswell fame - Zan, Rath, Lonnie, Ava
Dupes - The Aliens duplicates
Edsedo - Another Name for Nasedo
Elle - a nickname for Max's season three Chevelle
epilogue - a brief part or chapter that takes place after the last chapter, usually used to wrap up the story
eplg - short for epilogue
Fan Fiction - aka fanfiction, fanfic, fic - stories written by fans based on characters and plots from movies, television series or books
fanon - it is a combination of the words fan and canon, and describes things that NEVER happened on the show, that were made up by fans, and have become so popular in the fandom, that they are almost like canon. For example, Liz smelling like strawberries, Maria calling everyone 'chica', Isabel being an ice princess all the time, Max becoming a doctor or teacher, etc.
It can also refer to things that were never seen on the show but were hinted about or mentioned.
Also can refer to things we never saw on the show that seemed to have happened between scenes or between episodes, like some fans believe that Isabel lengthened Maria's hair in season 1 because it was very short and then very long.
FF - see "futurefic" not to be confused with lower case ff
ff - see "femslash" not to be confused with upper case FF
femslash - romantic or erotic story about two female characters
feedback - comments and reviews left on fanfic by readers, usually positive
-fic - can be used at the end of a name to show the story is mainly about a certain character or time - example Max-fic, Zan-fic, Kyle-fic. Also can be used to describe the type of fic - for example futurefic, pastlife fic, songfic, angstyfic, fluff-fic, etc
ficlet - a short fic
filk - well-known songs, with lyrics altered to fit the show
flame - aka flames, flaming - negative, argumentative, abusive or bashing
feedback. Flaming is banned on most boards
fluff - see foof
foof - harmless, happy, humorous stories (esp. CC ones), love and bonding between characters (adjective is foofy)
forward - aka preface, prologue - a brief part or chapter that takes place before the first chapter, usually used as a sort of teaser for the story
fwd - short for forward
futurefic - or future fiction is a fanfic that takes place in the future
Future Max - episode End of the World – season 2 - Max from 14 years in the future who can to stop Liz from sleeping with present day Max thereby cementing their relationship and making Tess go away (He couldn't have left well enough alone?)
gen - short for general, usually denotes a non-adult rating
Genie - an early name for Maria's Jetta. Comes from Maria singing "Genie in a Bottle" while driving.
H-Squad - nickname for the humans who know about the aliens - h-squad = human squad
hardcore - involves something readers may find, like, really incredibly offensive (e.g. rape, incest, necrophilia)
het - short for heterosexual (as in het UC, het smut, het foof)
Holo-mom - The holographic image of Max and Isabel's mother as seen in Destiny
Ice Princess/Queen - Isabel's fan-created nickname
JK - Jason Katims
lost scene - see "missing scene"
Lurk or Lurkers - people who read fanfic or other postings without signing-in to stay anonymous
mm - male-male slash
Make-out mobile - (aka the SS Randy) another name for Max's Convertible in Season 3
Mary Sue - a character invented by the author, the connotation is that this is a disguised or overly glorified version of the author him - or herself
Maxcedo - another name for Nasedo when he was posing as Max
MIAA - Max is an Irredeemable Alien Ass - how many fans felt about Max after witnessing his jerky behavior toward everyone at the end of sesaon 2, especially Liz, and the fact that he slept with Tess. Many Dreamers felt Max could never be redeemed after that. He was an ass and didn't deserve Liz.
missing scene - a fic about something that may have happened during an episode or between episodes, but wasn't shown onscreen
Momogram - see Holo-mom
multi - usually refers to multiple shows combined together in a crossover fanfic, (eg. multi xover Buffy/Roswell/Charmed)
N/A - abbreviation for No Aliens, meaning the story has no aliens in it. Usually paired with AU N/A (Alternative Universe No Aliens)
NM4 - New Mexico Four (aka Pod Squad)
NY4 - New York Four (aka the Dupes)
next generation or next gen or new gen - futurefic about the children of Roswellians
Niko - nickname for Nicholas
non-con - contains non-consensual sex, rape (see "hardcore")
OC - see original character
OMB - used instead of OMG ("oh my God")... it either stands for "Oh My Bob" or "Oh My Buddha" (I've heard both)
Original Character - a character not in the series, that is created by the writer
pastlife - a story that takes place before the Pilot, usually on the alien's home planet with the orig aliens before they died. Stories that take place on Earth, set before the Pilot are usually called prequels or backstories.
Pod Squad - Max, Michael, Isabel, and sometimes Tess
Podsters - another name for the Pod Squad
post-ep or post epi - same as tag
Post-fic - same a tag
POV - character Point Of View, usually written in first person from a certain character's POV, or a story focusing on one character's thoughts and feelings
pref - short for preface
preface - aka forward, prologue - a brief part or chapter that takes place before the first chapter, usually used as a sort of teaser for the story
prequel - also sometimes called a backstory, a story that takes place before the Pilot. Usually is only used for the stories on Earth. Stories that are from the aliens' planet are usually called 'pastlife'
prlg - short for prologue
prologue - aka forward, preface - a brief part or chapter that takes place before the first chapter, usually used as a sort of teaser for the story
promo- - can be used in front of any character, promoMax, promoIsabel. It was used to describe something that happened in a promo clip for Roswell that never aired. For example in the promo for 'HTOHL' promoMax tried to call Isabel after Grant took her and said her couldn't get a hold of her - but the scene didn't run in the show. So fans said that only promoMax was concerned Isabel disappeared.
Psychokiller - person who likes angsty fanfics with rape, violence and death
pt - abbreviation for part
PWP - either stands for Plot? What Plot? or Porn Without Plot - either way it means the same thing
R4 - Roswell Four (aka Pod Squad)
RD - River Dog
Rating - the rating of the story, like the rating of a television show or movie. We used to use G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, but the movie rating association, the MPAA, threatened to sue if we didn't stop using their ratings. So in 2005 we switched to more general ratings Child, YTeen, Teen, Mature, Adult
Role playing game - aka role play, RPG - a type of fanfic where people are assigned characters and each writes their own part or parts. Usually there is a general direction given for the story.
Ros-author/Ros-writer - an author who writes Roswell Fanfiction
Rosfic - abbreviation for Roswell Fanfiction
Ros-canon - aka canon - the text of the show as seen on TV, and what we know about the characters and situations unseen - also see fanon
Ros-ology - the study of Roswell, and obsessing over all the details and theories about the show. (invented by RoswellOracle)
Ros-ologists - people who are obsessed with studying and discussing all the details and theories about the show. (invented by RoswellOracle)
Roswell High - The name of the book series by Melinda Metz that the show is based on. Also what the show is called in Europe.
round robin - a fic continued by various authors. Usually one author writes one scene or chapter, and then it is continued by the next author.
Royal Four - Another name for all the aliens, Max, Michael, Tess & Isabel
RPG - see role playing game
RPS - a subgenre of actorfic - stands for Real Person Slash. These are not allowed on most sites for legal reasons
S1 - Roswell Season 1
S2 - Roswell Season 2
S3 - Roswell Season 3
Sea1 - Roswell Season 1
Sea2 - Roswell Season 2
Sea3 - Roswell Season 3
seq - abbreviation for sequel
sequel - a story that continues a previous story
series - a group of interconnected fics
slash - romantic or erotic stories involving characters of the same sex. Typically same sex relationships between two females is called femslash, and relationships with two males is called slash, but slash is also used as a general term to describe all same sex relationships
smut - adult story mainly about sex
songfic - a fic interspersed with song lyrics
Spoilers - advance rumors and news about plot developments on the show. Not everyone wants to know about them, hence the need to be discreet when discussing them. Since the series is no longer being made, spoilers aren't an issue anymore.
Spoiler-fic - a fic based on spoilers about the show.
SS Randy - (aka the make-out mobile) another name for Max's Convertible in Season 3
Summary - this has mostly turned into a setup for the fic and not a true summary
tag - a fic that takes place directly after a particular episode
TPTB - The Powers That Be (the WB, Fox, Katims, UPN, etc.)
TPTS - The Powers That Suck (the WB, Fox, Katims, etc.)
Twincest - sex between twins - ick
UC - see for Unconventional Couple
Unconventional couple - any romantic pairing not between Max/Liz, Michael/Maria, Isabel/Alex or Kyle/Tess, Valenti/Amy or Isabel/Jesse
ust - stands for Unresolved Sexual Tension, in het or slash
W/A or WA - abbreviation for With Aliens, meaning the story has aliens in it. Usually paired with AU W/A (Alternative Universe With Aliens)
Wincest - In crossover stories with the TV show Supernatural, means the story contains sex between the Winchester brothers - ick
W/O or WoA or Wo/A - abbreviation for Without Aliens, meaning the story has no aliens in it. Usually paired with AU W/O, AU WoA, AU Wo/A (Alternative Universe Without Aliens)
XO - see crossover
x-over - see crossover
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