give you all my heart

I just thought this would be helpful in deciphering why, when you infuse certain words into your sentences, I may unnecessarily perk up.

A Friendly Guide to Words That Any Shipper Can Never Read Like Normal People Do
1. Ship
What it is: A romantic pairing (relationship) between two characters/people that may or may not be real; used in fanfictions (yay fanfics).
What it is not: 


2. (Head)cannon 
What it is: A storyline in fics that ACTUALLY happened.
What it is not:



What makes a ship sink?
When other ships have a cannon.

3. Beard
What it is: A man or a woman used as a cover for a gay person.
What it is not:


4. Coming out (I thought people might know what this essentially means, but I guess not)
What it is: The act of someone publicly declaring his not-straight orientation.
What it is not:


5. Angst
What it is: One of three pillars for fanfics; hideous concoction of depression made up of words.
What it is not: It actually is what it means tho.

6. Fluff
What it is: Second pillar; fics that make you want to sob and die, but in a good way because everything is overflowing with sweetness and happiness and love.
What it is not:


7. Smut
What it is: Third pillar; when stuff happens in fics.
What it is not: 


8. Come (verb/noun)
What it is: Can I not say. Also if you say this word I will get the giggles like the immature schoolgirl I am.
What it is not:



9. Top
What it is: gives.
What it is not:


10. Bottom
What it is: receives.
What it is not:


Yes, many tumblr arguments between Larry shippers revolve around this top/bottom matter.
Huh.

These are basic ones.
I'm just..saying.
Been gnawing at me for about a million years.