What do the little icons mean?
There are two sets of icons used to indicate fics. The colored square in front of the title indicates the kind of fic, and the icons shown after the title indicate other notable features. Red dots stand for stories, or at least prose. Blue dots stand for poetry, or at least verse. Green dots are filks or parodies — new words for old songs/poems/libretti. Yellow dots are scriptfics, stories written in dialogue format like the script of a play. The red X is used to label a crossover — a story in which the characters or situations from two separate and distinct works appear. A lightning bolt indicates a slash story — one which depicts a same-sex romantic and/or sexual relationship. A black dot denotes an adult story, which can mean graphic sex or violence, mature themes, or an excessive amount of cussing. It is up to you or your parents whether you read these stories or not; the icons are there so you know what you’re getting into if you do.
