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[[Fanfic]] communities will often have tags specific to their fandoms that they use to describe tropes that occur with some regularity (Slytherin![[Harry Potter|Harry]], Future![[Heroes (TV series)|Hiro]], or Vamp![[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Willow]], for example).
▲It can identify a specific version of a character or work when it had been done by different people and/or in different media since [[Depending on the Writer|those can vary wildly from the source material]]. Sometimes this uses the name of the specific author or simply the form of the work ([[Fullmetal Alchemist|Manga!Pride, Anime!Greed]], [[The Phantom of the Opera|Leroux!Erik, or Movie!Phantom]])
Likewise, the title of a given [[Fanfic]] 'verse, or an abbreviation thereof, can also be used to indicate the version of a character from that setting, particularly when there have been major changes to them: [[Undocumented Features|UF]]![[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena]], [[Sailor Moon Expanded|SME]]![[Sailor Moon|Jadeite]]. ▼
▲Likewise, the title of a given [[Fanfic]] 'verse, or an abbreviation thereof, can also be used to indicate the version of a character from that setting, particularly when there have been major changes to them: [[Undocumented Features|UF]]![[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena]], [[Sailor Moon Expanded|SME]]![[Sailor Moon|Jadeite]]
Because this kind of tagging is ad hoc and in no way formalized, it's common to see unusual and/or idiosyncratic tags that indicate some truly wild variants, such as Cyborg![[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Xander]] or [[Book of Amber|Amberite]]![[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]].▼
▲Because this kind of tagging is ad hoc and in no way formalized, it's common to see unusual and/or idiosyncratic tags that indicate some truly wild variants, such as Cyborg![[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Xander]] or [[Book of Amber|Amberite]]![[Xena: Warrior Princess|Xena]].
And when many of these conditions are in play for a given character, particularly complex combinations can start to resemble bang paths from the ancient [[wikipedia:UUCP|UUCP]] protocol.
The practice is starting to seep out from fanfiction, though, and can also be used when talking about similar things in the source material, such as, for example, Future!Hiro, Vamp!Willow, or Brainwashed!Undead!Starscream (''[[Transformers Energon|Energon]]''!Starscream for short). It's also used in a more tongue-in-cheek manner to categorize examples of the [[Mary Sue]] in a quick, concise form.
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