Gundam Wing Addiction: Ratings, Warnings and Pairings

Gundam Wing Addiction: Ratings, Warnings and Pairings
Ratings: based on the American movie rating system, G/None 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
Warnings: shonen ai boy/boy romantic love shojo ai girl/girl romantic love yaoi boy/boy or man/man sexual relationship yuri girl/girl or woman/woman sexual relationship lime contains an explicit sexual encounter lemon contains a VERY explicit sexual scene, described in graphic detail fluff humour, is likely to contain a lot of OOC (see below) OOC Out-Of-Character: denotes some characters acting in a manner difficult to reconcile with the Gundam Wing anime itself AU Alternate Universe PWP Plot, What Plot? Sheer smut, unencumbered by a plot NCS Non-Consensual Sex. ie, rape OC includes an original character songfic using a song's lyrics as a background deathfic includes a character's death angst includes emotional pain, likely to make you reach for your hankerchiefs sap a lot of tears and OOC as characters act in a 'Love Story' fashion, never mind their real character squick includes some gross concept or disgusting description that makes you go 'ewww!' shotacon sexual relationship between a child or an underage character and an adult (perfect illustration of the squick concept detailed above)) 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-)
Pairings: + denotes a romantic relationship only. Though a sexual relationship might be implied, it is not described in detail. The order of the pairing is therefore irrelevant. eg, 1+2, 5+S or 11+13... Note: a '+' denotes a romantic relationship implicit or overt, not a simple friendship, even a deep one! x means a sexual relationship, often explicitly described. 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, 4x3 etc...
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Ratings: based on the American movie rating system,

G/None: 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

Warnings:

shonen ai: boy/boy romantic love
shojo ai: girl/girl romantic love
yaoi: boy/boy or man/man sexual relationship
yuri: girl/girl or woman/woman sexual relationship
lime: contains an explicit sexual encounter
lemon: contains a VERY explicit sexual scene, described in graphic detail
fluff: humour, is likely to contain a lot of OOC (see below)
OOC: Out-Of-Character: denotes some characters acting in a manner difficult to reconcile with the Gundam Wing anime itself
AU: Alternate Universe
PWP: Plot, What Plot? Sheer smut, unencumbered by a plot
NCS: Non-Consensual Sex. ie, rape
OC: includes an original character
songfic: using a song's lyrics as a background
deathfic: includes a character's death
angst: includes emotional pain, likely to make you reach for your hankerchiefs
sap: a lot of tears and OOC as characters act in a 'Love Story' fashion, never mind their real character
squick: includes some gross concept or disgusting description that makes you go 'ewww!'
shotacon: sexual relationship between a child or an underage character and an adult (perfect illustration of the squick concept detailed above))
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-)

Pairings:

+ denotes a romantic relationship only. Though a sexual relationship might be implied, it is not described in detail. The order of the pairing is therefore irrelevant. eg, 1+2, 5+S or 11+13... Note: a '+' denotes a romantic relationship implicit or overt, not a simple friendship, even a deep one!
x means a sexual relationship, often explicitly described. 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, 4x3 etc...

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