Tags

Sailing

Sports

Synonyms: Regatta, Yachting

The fic features sailing, regattas and yachting.

Sailors

Occupations

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters who work in maritime transport.

Saints

Occupations

Synonyms: Divine Messenger, Martyrdom, Martyrs, Prophets, Righteous Ones

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of religious characters distinguished by holiness, piety, righteousness and steadfastness in professing their faith.

Sales Clerks

Occupations

Synonyms: Cashiers

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

Salivaphilia

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Saliva Kink

The fic depicts a character or characters who become sexually aroused by saliva.

Same-Sex Partnerships

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: Civil Partnership

The fic features same-sex marriage or civil partnerships and the legal struggle around them.

Samhain

Holidays

Synonyms: Celtic New Year, Witches' New Year

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

Sami

Geography & Ethnicity

The fic features the Sami, the indigenous people of northern Fennoscandia.

Samurai

Occupations

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

Sanatoriums

Setting

Synonyms: Resorts, Spa Resorts

Sanatoriums, their staff, and guests play a key role in the fic.

Santa's Helpers

Occupations

Synonyms: Christmas Elves, Santa's Assistants

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of Santa Claus's helpers.

Sapient Animals

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Talking Animals

Animals endowed with intelligence equal to or exceeding that of humans play a significant role in the fic.

Sappers / Bomb Disposal Specialists

Occupations

Synonyms: Deminers, EOD Specialists, Mine Clearance Teams

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of sappers, deminers and explosive ordnance disposal specialists.

Sapphic Characters

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: WLW

The fic features women and non-binary people attracted to women.

Sarcasm

Freeform

The fic focuses significantly on the theme of sarcasm.

Satyrs

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Fauns

Humanoid creatures with goat-like features (horns, hooves, fur, and sometimes ears and tails) play a significant role in the fic.

Saving a Life

Tropes

Characters who save other characters in a life-threatening situation play a significant role in the fic.

Saving the World

Tropes

Saving the world plays a significant role in the fic.

Savior Syndrome

Freeform

Synonyms: Hero Complex

Savior syndrome is a phenomenon in which a person takes it upon themselves to solve everyone's problems, even ones they were not asked to solve.

Savoy

Geography & Ethnicity

The action takes place in the territory of the former State of Savoy (Savoy itself, Piedmont, Nice, and Aosta).

Scale Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic centers on a character or characters who feel attraction to partners partially or fully covered in scales.

Scandinavia

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

The events of the work take place in Scandinavia. Traditionally, Scandinavia is taken to include Sweden, Norway, and Denmark; Iceland and Finland are usually assigned to the broader concept of the Nordic countries (Norden).

Scarification

Freeform

The fic gives substantial attention to characters who undergo scarification and/or the process of creating decorative scars.

Scar Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a range of erotic fetishes related to scars.

Scars

Freeform

Synonyms: The story behind the scars

The fic devotes considerable attention to characters with scars, their backstory, and/or significance.

Scat Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Coprophagia, Coprophilia, Fecophilia

The fic depicts a range of sexual practices and/or fetishes in which sexual pleasure is tied to feces.

Scene Kids

Subcultures

Synonyms: Scenesters

The fic centers on the scene subculture, with colorful hair, tight jeans, emo-pop music and online fandom culture.

Scents

Freeform

Synonyms: Pheromones

The fic places significant focus on scents, their significance, and/or their effect on characters.

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Catatonic Schizophrenia, Delusional Disorder, Hebephrenic Schizophrenia, Paranoid Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, Schizophrenia, Schizotypal Disorder

The fic depicts characters affected by disorders that generally share a number of clinical features similar to schizophrenia.

School Break

Freeform

The fic takes place during a school or student seasonal break.

Schoolchildren

Occupations

Synonyms: Classmates, Failing Students, Fifth Graders, Parallel Classes, Top Students

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

School Festivals

Setting

Synonyms: Bunkasai, School concert, Sports Day, Talent show

The fic's events take place at school festivals, cultural days, concerts and sports days.

School Hierarchy

Warnings

Synonyms: School Elite

The fic significantly features a formal or informal division of students into de facto classes (castes) that influences their behavior and relationships with one another.

School Romance

Relationships

Synonyms: Romance at School

The fic focuses on a romantic and/or sexual relationship set within an educational institution.

School Teachers

Occupations

Synonyms: Homeroom Teachers, Principals

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of schoolteachers, class tutors and school staff.

School Trips

Setting

Synonyms: School excursion, School excursions

The fic's action takes place during a school trip or is closely tied to one.

Science

Freeform

Synonyms: Sciences, Scientific theory

The fic focuses significantly on science.

Scientific Research Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character's sexual arousal from topics related to science and scientific research.

Scientists

Occupations

Synonyms: Ordinary Science Experiments, Research Scientists, Researchers, Scientific Research

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters who work in science.

Sci-Fi Weapons

Warnings

The fic gives great attention to high-technology weapons: laser cannons, plasma rifles, blasters, and so on.

Scissoring

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a sex position between women in which both partners' clitorises are directly stimulated against each other.

Scoleciphobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts a fear of worms and all worm-like creatures, including caterpillars.

Scopophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

A fear of meeting others' eyes, a fear of being looked at. In mild cases, scopophobia manifests as averting one's gaze during conversation and a habit of lowering the head; when a person needs to look at someone, they feel mild discomfort. In severe cases, where eye contact genuinely becomes a diagnosable phobia, people will cover their faces with their hands during conversation.

Scotland

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Glasgow

The events of the work take place in Scotland.

Scouting

Occupations

The fic pays substantial attention to the worldwide Scout movement or to characters who are scouts (Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts).

SCP Objects

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: SCP Foundation

Anomalies that pose a threat to humanity and that a special Foundation hunts down around the world, attempting to capture, contain and classify them play a significant role in the fic.

Script (Stylization)

Format

Synonyms: Screenplay, Simplified Script

The fic's events are told in screenplay style, most often with a parodic character.

Scuba Diving

Sports

Characters who are divers play a significant role in the fic, along with training, lessons, and the dives themselves.

Sculptors

Occupations

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

Scythians

Geography & Ethnicity

The Scythians, an ancient people of the Eurasian steppe, play a significant role in the work.