Tags

Gun Play

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Firearm Kink, Gun Kink, Pistol Kink

In the fic, a firearm serves as an object of fetish or is used during flirting, foreplay, or sex.

Gwisin

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Kumiho

The fic focuses on supernatural creatures of Korean mythology.

Gyaru

Subcultures

A Japanese subculture that originated in the 1990s. Gyaru are characterized by hair bleached blonde, bright clothing, accessories, makeup and manicures, and the use of self-tanner.

Gymnastics

Sports

Synonyms: Artistic gymnastics, Gymnasts, Rhythmic gymnastics

The fic centers on characters involved in gymnastics, including training, performances, championships, and so on.

Gyms

Setting

Synonyms: Fitness, Gym AU

Gyms, their staff, and clients play a key role in the fic.

Gynesexuals

Orientation, Sex & Gender

The work describes characters who are attracted to people whose appearance and/or behavior is predominantly feminine, regardless of those people's gender and orientation.

Hackers

Occupations

Synonyms: Black Hat, Crackers, Intruders, White Hat

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of hacker characters.

Hacktivists and Hacker Culture

Subcultures

Synonyms: Cyber activists, Hacktivists, White hats

The fic centers on hacker culture and hacktivist groups, with online communities, code and digital activism.

Haidamakas / Opryshky

Occupations

Synonyms: Carpathian Outlaws, Koliivshchyna

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of haidamakas and opryshky, historical Ukrainian rebels and outlaws.

Hairdressers / Barbers

Occupations

Synonyms: Barbershop Staff, Hair Stylists

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of hairdressers, hair stylists and barbers.

Hair Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Hair Color Kink, Hairstyle Kink, Long Hair Kink, Short Hair Kink, Trichophilia

The fic depicts one or more fetishes involving a partner's hair: erotic play with locks of hair, wrapping hair around a fist, using it as improvised reins, braiding, styling, or using hair for bondage.

Hair Pulling

Kinks (18+)

The fic features hair pulling during sex or foreplay.

Hair Salon / Barbershop

Setting

Synonyms: Barbers, Hairdressers

The fic centers on hair salons and barbershops, along with their staff and clients.

Half-Bloods

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Bred Hybrids, Half-Breeds, Hybrids, Tribrids

Characters who are the result of crossbreeding between members of different species or races play a significant role in the fic.

Half-Demons

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Tieflings

Characters who are the result of crossbreeding between demons and members of other species and races play a significant role in the fic.

Half-Dragons

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Draconids

Characters who are the result of crossbreeding between dragons and members of other species and races play a significant role in the fic.

Half-Elves

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Half-Elf

The fic features half-elves, born of elves and humans or other races.

Halflings

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Hobbits

Halflings play a significant role in the fic.

Halloween

Holidays

Synonyms: All Hallows' Eve

The work's events take place during the celebration of Halloween, or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Hallucinations / Illusions

Freeform

Synonyms: Auditory Hallucinations, Fractured Reality, Group Hallucinations, Illusion, Illusion of Reality, Illusory Life, Imaginary World, Phantom in One's Head, Tulpas, Voices in One's Head

The fic depicts characters affected by hallucinations or illusions.

Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: HPPD, Long-term perception disorder

The fic depicts characters affected by a disorder characterized by persistent sensory perception disturbances, most often visual, resembling disturbances caused by hallucinogen use.

Hanahaki Disease

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Blooming, Chounohana, Flower Disease, Hanahaki Byou

The fic's plot centers on a fictional illness that causes a character, due to unrequited love, to begin coughing up flower petals, flowers, or blossoms.

Hanami

Holidays

The work's events take place during Hanami, the Japanese tradition of flower viewing.

Handball

Sports

Characters who play handball play a significant role in the fic, along with related clubs, training, championships, and so on.

Handcuff Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Handcuffs, Restraints (Type)

The fic depicts one or more fetishes involving the use of handcuffs.

Handjob

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Hand Job, HJ

The fic describes manual stimulation of a partner's penis with the hand.

Hand Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Hand Fetish, Long Fingers Kink

The fic depicts a range of fetishes involving a sexual attraction to hands or to specific actions performed by the hands that would otherwise be considered non-sexual.

Hand Stimulation

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Dutch Rudder

The fic depicts the sexual practice in which a character stimulates their partner's or partners' erogenous zones, genitals, or anus with their fingers.

Han Dynasty

Historical Periods & Events

The fic is set in the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD).

Hangover

Warnings

Synonyms: Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

The fic pays significant attention to alcohol intoxication resulting from excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Hanukkah

Holidays

The work's events take place during the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Happy Ending

Warnings

Synonyms: Good Ending

The fic is guaranteed to have a good outcome.

Harassment

Warnings

Synonyms: Coercion into Sex, Unwanted Advances

The fic depicts characters committing unwanted and typically repeated acts of a sexual nature toward other characters.

Harem

Relationships

Synonyms: Harem House

The fic centers on a single character who is the romantic and/or sexual interest of several other characters at once. It is unrelated to harems as a social, religious, or historical institution.

Harems

Setting

The world the characters inhabit presupposes the existence of a harem, as well as concubines of some form, as a social norm. Not to be confused with the literary trope known as the "harem genre."

Harpies

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Creatures from ancient Greek mythology, half-woman and half-bird play a significant role in the fic.

Harvest Festival (Obzhynky)

Holidays

Synonyms: Dozhynky, Harvest Wreath

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Harvest Festival (Obzhynky), or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Hate at First Sight

Relationships

Synonyms: Dislike at First Sight, Strangers to Enemies

The fic gives significant weight to a relationship between characters who feel negative emotions toward each other from their very first meeting, often without objective reason.

Hate Crimes

Warnings

Synonyms: Hate Violence

The fic depicts violence or crimes committed because of the victim's identity.

Hate Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Angry Sex, Enemies Having Sex

The fic describes sex between characters driven by anger, rivalry or mutual hostility.

Hatred

Freeform

Synonyms: Mutual Hatred

The fic devotes significant attention to hatred.

Hatred of Children

Warnings

Synonyms: Aversion to Children, Childhate, Medea Complex, Misopedia

The fic depicts characters who feel hatred toward children.

Hayivky (Spring Songs)

Holidays

Synonyms: Hahilky, Spring Rituals, Vesnianky

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Hayivky (Spring Songs), or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Haystack Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Hayloft Sex

The fic describes sex in a haystack, hayloft or barn.

Headcanons

Format

Synonyms: Head Canon, Headcanon List

The fic is a collection of headcanons: personal fan interpretations of characters or canon.

Healers

Occupations

Synonyms: Folk Healers, Healing Magic

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of healer characters.

Healing

Freeform

Synonyms: Addiction treatment, Fighting addiction, Quitting alcohol, Quitting bad habits, Quitting drugs, Recovering addicts, Recovery after rape

The fic focuses on characters who have suffered from addiction, psychological or physical trauma, and are living through its aftermath, with a guaranteed positive outcome.

Healing Powers

Superpowers

Synonyms: Healing Touch, Life Energy Transfer

The fic features characters who can heal others with supernatural abilities.

Healthy Coping Mechanisms

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Healthy Coping Strategies

The fic depicts characters who deal with their psychological problems in non-destructive ways.

Healthy Relationship

Relationships

Synonyms: Interdependence, Mutual Feelings, Mutual Love

The fic depicts characters in a relationship comfortable for all parties, marked by an absence of toxicity, equality, mutual respect, and peaceful conflict resolution.