History Website / Everything2

* LongTitle: A good portion of nodes have entire sentences for titles. This is most common when other users create a nodeshell and leave it up in an attempt to see who can fill it. Other times, this is done for stylistic reasons (such as utilizing "the American Sentence"[[note]] A form of poetry that is simply one sentence with 17 syllables.[[/note]]

* ShapeshifterModeLock: The horror story [[http://everything2.com/user/grundoon/writeups/We+don%2527t+make+good+wives?author=grundoon We don't make good wives]] explains why one should never [[BalefulPolymorph do this]] to a [[ScaledUp shapeshifting snake woman]], no matter how much of a CuteMonsterGirl you think she is.

Each page of [=Everything2=] is called a "node". A node is just a title -- a topic for discussion or elucidation. Attached to the node are "writeups" -- written descriptions, essays, anecdotes, fiction or poetry on the subject of the node.

%%** Not so much in looks, but in personality: [[https://everything2.com/title/I+tried+to+laugh+but+my+photocells+were+cold+from+the+night I tried to laugh, but my photocells were cold from the night]].

%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: [[https://everything2.com/node/category/Vampire+Fiction+on+E2 Has a category]]
%%** [[http://everything2.com/user/Rivenstaff/writeups/I+will+stitch+your+heart+together+with+filthy+twine+and+sex?author=Rivenstaff I will stitch your heart together with filthy twine and sex]].
%%** [[http://everything2.com/title/Interview+With+The+Vampire#tentative Interview with a vampire]]
%%** [[http://everything2.com/title/Some+vampires+actually+get+pissed+when+you+tell+them+to+Have+A+Nice+Day Some vampires actually get pissed when you tell them to have a nice day.]]

%%** Not so much in looks, but in personality. [[http://everything2.com/user/kwef/writeups/I+tried+to+laugh+but+my+photocells+were+cold+from+the+night?author=kwef I tried to laugh, but my photocells were cold from the night]].

%%* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: **[[http://everything2.com/title/You%2527re+not+alone+%2528fiction%2529 You are not alone]].

%%* MagicFromTechnology: Played straight in [[http://everything2.com/title/How%2520the%2520scientists%2520discovered%2520magic "How the scientists discovered magic"]]; Inverted in [[http://everything2.com/title/How%2520mages%2520discovered%2520the%2520scientific%2520method "How mages discovered the scientific method"]]
%%* MagicalRealism: Many stories.
%%** [[http://everything2.com/user/Ignis/writeups/How+to+spot+a+powerful+mage?author=Ignis How to spot a powerful mage]].

%%* OurAngelsAreDifferent: [[https://everything2.com/node/category/Religious+Fiction+on+E2 A reocurring element in the religious fiction category]]. Specific examples include:
%%** Played for humor in [[http://everything2.com/user/256/writeups/%2522It+could+use+a+space+ship%252C%2522+said+the+angel?author=256 It could use a spaceship, said the angel]].
%%** Played for [[ReligiousHorror horror]] in [[http://everything2.com/user/Jet-Poop/writeups/Requiem+Aeternam?author=Jet-Poop Requiem Aeternam]].

%%* WalkingTheEarth: [[http://everything2.net/title/Follow+the+Sun "Follow the Sun"]]

%%* RobotGirl: [[http://everything2.com/title/And%253F And]]? Combines it with BitterSweetEnding and hints of WhatMeasureIsANonHuman.

%%* ConnectTheDeaths: "[[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1726536 secret city map with pins set at the places their eyes had met]]"

%%* ParodiesForDummies: [[http://everything2.com/title/The%2520Teach%2520Yourself%2520to%2520be%2520a%2520Dummy%2520in%252024%2520Hours%2520Bible "The Teach Yourself to be a Dummy in 24 Hours Bible"]]
%%* PlantPerson: [[http://everything2.com/user/Apollyon/writeups/The+meadow%252C+dark+and+moist.?author=Apollyon The Meadow, Dark and Moist]] combines it with InvoluntaryShapeshifting and BodyHorror.
%%** Another story, [[http://everything2.com/user/Pandeism+Fish/writeups/Wereshrub?author=Pandeism%20Fish Wereshrub]], is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

%%* StableTimeLoop [[http://everything2.com/title/Longest+science+fiction+story+ever The longest science fiction story ever]].

%%* UndeadChild: [[http://everything2.com/title/Bag+of+Crushed+Child "Bag of Crushed Child"]]

%%* PokeInTheThirdEye

%%* AbandonedHospital: [[http://everything2.com/title/The+Blacke+Asylum "The Blacke Asylum"]]

%%* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: [[http://everything2.com/title/I+lost+my+uvula+in+the+war "I lost my uvula in the war]]

%%* FreakLabAccident: "[[http://everything2.com/title/What%2520happens%2520if%2520somebody%2520messes%2520up%2520in%2520lab What happens if somebody messes up in lab]]"

%%* GangstaStyle: [[http://everything2.com/title/Shooting%2520people%2520with%2520your%2520gun%2520at%2520a%2520-90%2520degree%2520transformation "Shooting people with your gun at a -90 degree transformation"]]

%%* KissOfDeath: [[http://everything2.com/title/Being%2520licked%2520to%2520death%2520by%2520kittens "Being licked to death by kittens"]]