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Helpful Hints to Enjoying this Site
You may be asking yourself what kind of work is involved to enjoy this site. The answer is none. This section is only here to help you understand a little more about the stories we write as well as some information that we thought might be important for new readers.

What is a fanfiction?
That is the question you might ask yourself if you are a first time visitor to this page. At the very basic definition, fanfiction (or fanfic) are stories created lovingly by fans of the original story or show they are writing about. Fanfiction is in no way official and it is absolutely NEVER done for profit.

There are a couple things to keep in mind when reading fanfiction. Fanfiction is NOT real. It never really happened in the cannon or official story that the fanfic author is writting about. When reading a fanfiction, remember to keep an open mind. Elements of a fanfiction may challenge or question the facts that you thought you knew about the anime or manga. They might even help you see it in another light. Sometimes fan fics can be off the wall and strange, taking turns that make no sense. We avoid this tactic. We are trying for a believeable effect, something when read, people might say: 'you know, that could have happened'.

Ratings for Second Light Fanfics
While we can't give an official rating, we would catagorize our stories at around a PG rating. This consists of slight adult language, violence, mild nudity (transformations and stuff like that), and mild adult content. If you have read/watched the Japanese version of Pretty Soldier Sailormoon, it's pretty much in that category. The stories are suitable for most audiences.

Names, Definitions, and Other Stuff
While we have tried to keep the list of Japanese terms and phrases to a minimum, it is inevitable that there will be some since fanfictions at this site are based on a Japanese story. For instance, to properly show the relationships between characters, we have used honorifics in our dialogue. We have compiled a list of words, phrases, and other such things that might be confusing.

WORDS TO KNOW IOTMS Definitions, EOE Definitions, FM Definitions
PEOPLE TO KNOW Tour's Character Profiles, Tour's Guide for Dubbies
OTHERS TO KNOW For honorifics and their meanings please click here.

 

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The Second Light © 1997-2003. This website [formerly haruka & michiru's fanfic center] is owned and operated by Gina Biggs & A.N.Ferguson. All website designs, artwork, new characters, and stories were created and are owned by the two of us. Pretty Soldier Sailormoon is copyright of Takeuchi Naoko-sensei, TOEI animation, and other companies. This site and its stories are non-profit and are only for free entertainment purposes.