prokopetz:

Tiers of fanfic accessibility:

1. Written for general audiences

2. Presumes familiarity with the source material’s major characters and the broad outlines of its premise

3. Presumes familiarity with the events of individual episodes/chapters of the source material

4. Presumes familiarity with a particular fandom AU

5. Presumes familiarity with a specific headcanon, joke or meme known only to those who’ve been following the author’s blog since 2012