1 | A '''Lime''' is a {{Fanfic}} in which characters engage in limited sexual activity, without it being portrayed explicitly. Basically, the fanfic equivalent of soft-core porn. The term is less common than it once was, though by no means extinct. |
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3 | Can be used as either a noun or an adjective: "It's a Lime story" and "It's a Lime" are functionally equivalent. The boundary between Lime and {{Lemon}} is not fixed: a reader unaccustomed to sex scenes may see a fic as a {{Lemon}} when a more experienced reader would consider it a Lime. But the rule of thumb seems to be that Lime can generally be expected to keep scenes of explicit intercourse entirely off-screen. |
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5 | The term was originally specific to the {{anime}} fanfiction community, although by the early-middle 2000s it had spread to other fandoms alongside the term {{lemon}}. Its origin is obscure: most likely, it was formed by analogy to "Lemon." At one time there was an entire [[http://ppc.wikia.com/wiki/Citrus_Scale "Citrus Scale"]] with various fruit code names (Citrus --> Orange --> Lime --> Lemon --> Grapefruit). |
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7 | Compare {{Lemon}}, PornWithoutPlot, {{Ecchi}}. See also SlashFic, Rule34. |
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10 | [[index]] |
11 | * ''Fanfic/AmbienceAFleetSymphony'' |
12 | * ''Fanfic/KancolleAlt'': Chapters 49 and 52, which border on Lemon |
13 | * ''Fanfic/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemenTempestRewrite'' |
14 | * ''Fanfic/LoveAtFirstSightHarryPotter'' |
15 | * ''Fanfic/AManOfTasteAndBreeding'': Somewhere between Lime and Lemon, according to its page. |
16 | * ''FanFic/MorticiaCaraMia'' |
17 | * ''FanFic/MorticiaIsPregnant'' |
18 | * ''Fanfic/MustLoveNedFlanders'' |
19 | * ''Fanfic/TheOneILoveIs'': Tagged as such on the [[FanficRecs/NeonGenesisEvangelionShipping Neon Genesis Evangelion Fanfic Recommendation page]]. |
20 | * ''Fanfic/OtherHalvesAndOtherTales'' |
21 | * ''Fanfic/TheReturn'' |
22 | * ''Fanfic/WellMatched'' |
23 | * ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'': Most of the story is clean, but chapter 16 has a sexual scene. |
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