| G - Recommended for all audiences. Contains nothing bad. This is preferably the category for children. | PG. - Parental supervision required for younger viewers. Contains some slight language or violence |
PG. 13 - Not recommended for under 13. Parents strongly cautioned. Contains more violence and foul language |
R - Not recommend for under 17. Parents strongly cautioned. Contains bad language, violence, some mature themes, and/or gore. | NC17 - Not recommended for under 17. Contains sexual themes not suitable for people under 17 | |
| X - Extreme sexual themes. More graphic than NC17 | Spoilers - Some fanfiction may contain spoilers to maybe and actual movie, video game, etc. So if you haven't seen or heard it yet, then you wouldn't want to be spoiled by the fanfic. | Yaoi - Male/Male relationships, usually containing sex. | Shounen-ai - Male/male relationship, usually not containing in sex. | Yuri - Female/female relationships, usually containing sex. | |
| Shojuo-Ai - Female/female relationships, usually not containing in sex. | Lemon - Fanfiction containing sex, nuff said. |
Citris- Fanfiction that's not as bad as lemons |
General - Basic fic that contains little-to-none of the rest |
Romance - Is based around a relationship in some way | |
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Angst - Contains character suffering (i.e. death in the family) |
Drama - Contains dramatic story line or scenes | AU - Alternate Universe |
Action/Adventure - Contains action and/or adventure. |
Martial Arts - Martial art, karate, etc. |
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Horror - Contains scary stuff. |
Comedy/Humor - Funny stuff, usually parodies and such. |
Poetry - Exactly what it says. Poems, haiku's, etc |
