QAF Fiction Writers' Guide

[kinwad]

I thought it was time to dust this baby off from 2011 and repost. Even with betas, it can be intimidating to get up the courage to post a fic and can be challenging to hunt for info, Maybe this will help a little bit.

(Original post from 2011 and comments here: http://kinwad.livejournal.com/215460.html)

A Hopefully Helpful Writer's Guide to QAF

YES                                                    NO

KINNETIK                                          Kinnetic

VANGARD                                        Vanguard

MIKEY                                               Mickey

LINDSAY**                                      Lindsey

GUS (just Gus)                                   Not short for any other name

NOVOTNY                                       Novotney

BRITIN                                              Brighton, Briton

MELANIE MARCUS                         Melanie Markus

TED SCHMIDT**                              Ted Shmidt, Schmit                 
JUSTIN TAYLOR                               Justin Tayler

EMMETT HONEYCUTT                  Emett, Emmet, Honeycut

ETHAN                                               Ethen

CLAIRE                                              Clare

PITTSBURGH                                   Pittsburg

Brian’s address:   
6 FULLER STREET                         6 Tremont Street

*Re: Lindsay-There are two different documented spellings of her nickname:

Linz              -- Shown on the pic below:



Lindz           --Used on the Showtime site when the series first aired in a series of "faux" emails to/from Brian
                       for character background info, I suppose.

*Re: Ted-     Only Brian calls Ted "Theodore."Correct spelling of all characters here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262985/fullcredits#cast

male       = blond/brunet
female    = blonde/brunette

Justin is a blond.  Lindsay is a blonde.
Brian is a brunet. Mel is a brunette.

Canon (not "cannon") - events that happened on air in the show. Also applies to individual character traits

Fanon  - Any event, background, or personal trait that has become a "fandom myth" concerning the show, a commonality written so often in fanfic that after a while,  it’s considered canon, but it’s not.

FANDOM ACRONYMS/ABBREVIATIONS (shamelessly “borrowed” from pendulumchanges on IJ):

WIP          -   Work In Progress
AU            -   Alternate Universe
AR            -   Alternate Reality
IC              -   In Character
OOC         -    Out Of Character
PWP         -    Porn Without Plot; Plot? What Plot? Or depending on what you're reading, "Porn with Plot"
H/C           -    Hurt/Comfort
POV          -    Point Of View
AN or A/N-    Author's Note
OC            -    Original Character

QAF          -    Queer As Folk (duh)
PIFA         -     Pittsburgh Institute of Fine Art
MoMA      -     The Museum of Modern Art (located in NYC)
BJ              -    Blowjob
B/J             -    Brian/Justin
KOB          -    King Of Babylon
PLAW       -    Positive Life Affirming Way
WASP       -    White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
UST           -    Unresolved Sexual Tension
PTSD         -    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
GLC           -    Gay and Lesbian Center (aka "The Center")