MetaFic

An attribute is a plot element within a story. Basically, what types of things happen in your story? Here are some brief descriptions for each attribute:

• Action: Basically, action sequences. Fight scenes, broom chases, Quidditch matches, dramatic rescues, that sort of thing.
• Adventure: A journey with steps and stages along the way. Harry’s retrieving Ginny from the Chamber was an action-sequence, but it wasn’t long enough to be adventure. The trio’s journey in DH was an adventure.
• Angst: Anxiety or depression experienced by the characters.
• Death: People die in the story, on the page. You can refer to a death without it being an integral part of the plot.
• Fluff: Light-hearted interaction that generally leave the reader feeling positive and happy.
• Humor: Elements that are funny.
• Mild Sexual Situations: Intimate content described in physical terms, suitable for readers aged 13 to 17.
• Romance: Romantic content between two characters. It is possible for a story which is dramatic or comedic or tragic in general to still contain elements of romance. If there is any focus on a couple in the story, use the Romance tag.
• Sexual Situations: Intimate content suitable for ages 17 and up. Explicit sexual content (aka porn of any kind or degree) is forbidden on Metafic.
• Time Travel: Time travel is used as a plot element. When combined with various points of canon-divergence, this attribute can denote “time travel retellings”.
• Violence: Magical or non-magical battles, ferret-bashing, and rampant destruction of property are all violence. Events referred to but not actually occurring ‘on the page’ do not warrant the violence attribute.