Follow-Up Poll: AU versus AR

[kennahijja]

Alright, people - I ran into a definition problem with yesterday's poll. Basically, I used the options Alternate Universe (AU) and Alternate Reality (AR) because those often turn up as categories in archives, but I have no idea what they mean exactly.

Ok, I do know what area they cover - from 'nonmagical AU' to H/D as dragon riders in a fantasy dimension to Harry-in-Slytherin to Sirius/Remus living happily ever after after the war, no Veil. But the difference? Not a clue. So...


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Comments

[kennahijja.livejournal.com]

Did you get a fic on that gunslinger!Snape request??? Because I'd die to read that!

It's really fun how everybody seems to make the same distinctions on the difference between AR/AU (closer to/further away from canon), only that the names differ ;). I'm pretty sure by now I'll never use either without a description in the future ;):

[sor-bet.livejournal.com]

Did you get a fic on that gunslinger!Snape request???

Heh. Not yet; they're still just taking sign-ups, but I'll let you know if I do. Now that I think of it, I'd take just plain art of gunslinger!Snape. :-D

You're probably safe to go with just AU for everything that's not a missing scene or an extrapolation of HBP. Because I suppose you could say ALL fanfic is AU, since it's not canon......my head has imploded now, and it's all your fault.