Tags

Lunar New Year

Holidays

Synonyms: Chinese New Year, Yuanxiao Festival (Lantern Festival)

The work's events take place during the celebration of the Chinese holiday of Lunar New Year, or are closely tied to the holiday itself. Observed in China and other East Asian countries.

Lung Diseases

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by diseases involving impaired normal lung function.

Lviv

Geography & Ethnicity

The fic is set in Lviv.

Lyric Poetry

Format

The fic belongs to lyric poetry — a genre in which the poet expresses personal feelings, attitudes, or mood through emotional expression, marked by sensitivity, tenderness, and a subtle emotional quality.

Mabon

Holidays

Synonyms: Autumn Equinox, Second Harvest

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

Madness

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Hereditary Madness, Insanity, Loss of Reason, Mentally Ill Characters, Mind Breakdown

The fic depicts characters afflicted with potentially incurable severe mental disorders, whose behavior or thinking falls outside accepted social norms.

Mad Scientists

Tropes

Archetypal eccentric scientist characters play a significant role in the fic.

Magic

Freeform

Synonyms: Black Magic, Enchantment, Incantations, Sorcery, White Magic, Witchcraft

Magic plays a significant role in the fic's plot.

Magical Bond

Tropes

The fic describes characters who are united by a special bond of magical origin.

Magical Catastrophe

Warnings

A large-scale event caused by a distortion of magic, an anomaly, the failure of an ancient ritual, or interference with the fundamental fabric of existence.

Magical Marriage

Tropes

Synonyms: Marriage Magic

The fic describes characters who enter into marriage through magical rituals.

Magical Oaths

Tropes

The fic devotes significant attention to magical oaths.

Magical Pests

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Magical beings or creatures with destructive or unpleasant abilities that cause harm to living beings, the environment or other magical objects.

Magical Power Transfer

Superpowers

The transfer of magical abilities from one character to another plays a significant role in the fic.

Magical Schools

Setting

Synonyms: Magic academies, Magic lessons, Schools of magic, Schools of sorcery

The fic's events center on magical or mystical schools, their staff, and students.

Magic Ban

Tropes

Synonyms: Outlawed Magic

The fic describes a world in which magic is forbidden.

Magic Restoration

Superpowers

Characters who restore their magical abilities by one means or another play a significant role in the fic. Their powers may return partially or fully.

Magic Revealed

Tropes

The fic builds on the trope in which a character or characters possess magic and keep it secret from others. The central focus is the revelation of the character's hidden magical powers (whether intentional or accidental): their emotional turmoil, others' reactions, and the inevitable consequences.

Magic shops

Setting

Synonyms: Enchanted weapons, Magic potions, Magical item, Sorcery

The fic's plot centers on places that sell, repair, or make magical items to order (potions, artifacts, etc.).

Magnificent Bastard

Tropes

Synonyms: Charismatic Villain, Charming Villain

Villainous but charismatic characters play a significant role in the fic.

Mahou Shoujo

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Magical Girls

The fic focuses on stereotypical modern ideas of magical girls, including familiars, weapons, henshin and so on.

Main Character Syndrome

Tropes

A fic in which the hero perceives themselves as the central character in some important event or story.

Major Character Death

Warnings

Synonyms: Deathfic, Protagonist Death

One or more major characters will die in the fic.

Makeover

Freeform

Characters who drastically change their style and/or appearance play a significant role in the fic.

Makeup Artists / Stage Makeup Artists

Occupations

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of makeup artists and/or stage makeup artists.

Makeup Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Cosmetics Kink

The fic features characters who become sexually aroused by applying makeup and/or by having makeup on their own face and/or another character's face.

Make-Up Sex

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts characters who try to restore their relationship and/or emotional connection after a conflict through sex.

Malanka

Holidays

Synonyms: Shchedryi Vechir

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

Malaysia

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Malaysia.

Male Breastfeeding

Warnings

Synonyms: Male Lactation

The fic depicts a male character feeding an infant, a small child, or another being with his own breast milk.

Male Dom

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: BDSM (Type), Dominant Male, Dominants, Male!Dom

The fic depicts a sexual dynamic in which a male character takes the dominant role over his sexual partner.

Male Friendship

Relationships

The fic focuses on a close, non-sexual relationship between male characters marked by a high degree of emotional intimacy.

Male Pregnancy

Warnings

Synonyms: Mpreg

The fic focuses on the theme of male pregnancy and everything related to it.

Manic Syndrome

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters who, for one reason or another, have developed manic syndrome.

Manipulation

Warnings

Synonyms: Love Bombing, Psychological Manipulation

The fic describes a type of social influence that involves an attempt to change the perception or behavior of others through hidden, deceptive, or coercive tactics.

Man-Made Disasters

Warnings

Synonyms: Industrial Accidents, Plane Crashes, Shipwrecks

The fic depicts major accidents at technical facilities that result in mass casualties and/or environmental disasters.

Mannequins

Freeform

The fic gives substantial attention to mannequins.

Mansions / Residences

Setting

Synonyms: Country residences, Estates

The fic's events take place in a mansion or residence.

Maori

Geography & Ethnicity

The fic features the Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand.

Mara

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Nightmare Spirit

The fic features the mara, a spirit of Ukrainian folklore that causes nightmares and sleep paralysis.

Marathon and Long-Distance Running

Sports

Synonyms: Marathon, Ultramarathon

The fic features marathon and long-distance runners and their races.

Marauders Era

Fandom-Specific Tags fanfiction only

The fic is set in the 1970s, during the school years of the Marauders and the parents' generation (Harry Potter).

Mardi Gras

Holidays

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

Marginalized People

Occupations

Synonyms: Hooligans, Lumpen, Rowdies

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters from the lower criminal strata who lead an antisocial way of life.

Marketplaces

Setting

Synonyms: Bazaars, Farmers' markets, Open-air markets

The fic's events take place at markets and bazaars, among vendors, bargaining and crowds.

Marriage Agencies

Setting

The fic's plot centers on the workings of marriage agencies, their staff, and clients.

Marriage Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Marriage Fetish

The fic depicts a character or characters who passionately want to get married, and/or a range of fetishes tied to marriage and married life.

Marriage of Convenience

Relationships

Synonyms: Fake Bride, Political Marriage, Wedding of Convenience

The fic focuses on characters who marry without feeling romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction to each other, often for personal gain or to solve some problem.

Marriage Proposal

Tropes

Synonyms: Engagement

The fic's plot centers on a character or characters awaiting a marriage proposal, wanting to propose to their partner or partners, preparing for the event, and/or the event itself.

Married Couple

Relationships

The fic centers on characters who are already married and their married life.