Tags

Wandering Singers

Occupations

Synonyms: Bards, Minstrels, Troubadours

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of wandering singers.

War

Setting

Synonyms: Clan warfare, Guerrilla warfare, Military action, Occupation, Preparing for war, Sabotage, Total war, War fiction, War of attrition

The fic's events take place on the eve of, or during, an armed conflict.

War Against the Rouran Khaganate

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the war between Ancient China and the Rouran Khaganate, with corresponding setting details. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

War Correspondents

Occupations

Synonyms: Combat Journalists, Fixers, Frontline Reporters

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of war correspondents, combat journalists and frontline media crews.

War Crimes

Warnings

The plot of the fic deals with servicemen who use unjustified violence against civilians or prisoners of war, practice genocide, or use means and methods of warfare prohibited by international agreements.

Warehouse / Factory

Setting

The fic is set in logistics centers, storage facilities, and production premises.

War in Afghanistan (2001-2014)

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the armed conflict in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, with corresponding setting details. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

War of the Worlds

Tropes

The story's foundation is the trope in which a confrontation takes place between different worlds. The worlds may either coexist within a single reality or be hidden, parallel, and so on.

Warring States Period (China)

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Zhanguo

The fic is set in the Warring States period of China (475–221 BC).

Warrior Heroine

Tropes

Synonyms: Strong Heroine, Warrior Maiden

The fic's plot is built around a heroine who has a strong character, is skilled in martial arts, and fights extensively throughout the story.

Wars of the Roses

Historical Periods & Events

The events take place during the war in England for the throne in 1455-1485, a series of armed dynastic conflicts between factions of the English nobility, between the supporters of two branches of the Plantagenet dynasty, the Lancasters and the Yorks, for power.

Wartime Romance

Tropes

Synonyms: Letters from the Front, War Romance

The fic centers on a romance that develops during war, with separation and the threat of death.

Wastelands

Setting

Synonyms: Abandoned land

The fic's events take place in a desolate land, once inhabited but abandoned for some reason.

Watching Porn

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts characters watching pornographic films.

Water Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Aquaphilia

The fic depicts characters who become sexually aroused by the sight of water and/or by contact with it.

Water Parks

Setting

The fic centers on water parks, their staff, and visitors.

Water Polo

Sports

Synonyms: Water Polo Players

The fic features water polo players, clubs and matches.

Watersports

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Bladder Stimulation, Golden Shower, Omorashi, Pissing, Urolagnia, Urophilia

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

Weakness Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a range of fetishes involving sexual attraction to a sexual partner's weakness, or attraction to particular actions by a partner that make them appear weak, or weaker than the person who holds this kink.

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Warnings

Synonyms: Nuclear Weapons

The fic gives substantial attention to weapons of mass destruction.

Weather

Freeform

Synonyms: Rain, Thunderstorm

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

Webcam Models

Occupations

Synonyms: Cam Boys, Cam Girls, Web Cam, Webcam

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

Web Serial

Format

Synonyms: Serialized Fiction, Weekly Updates

The fic is published in regular installments as an ongoing serial.

Wedding

Relationships

Synonyms: Church Wedding, Engagement, Marriage, Polygamous Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage

The fic gives an important place in the plot to the wedding ceremony, its preparation, and so on.

Wedding Planners

Occupations

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters whose professional activity is organizing wedding events.

Weightlifting and Powerlifting

Sports

Synonyms: Powerlifting, Strongman, Weightlifting

The fic features weightlifters and powerlifters, their training and competitions.

Weimar Republic

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Weimar Germany

The fic is set in the Weimar Republic (1918–1933).

Wendigo

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Windigo

Cannibal spirits from the mythology of the Algonquian peoples of North America that symbolize insatiable hunger play a significant role in the fic.

Werewolves

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Ailuranthropes, Animorphs, Lycans, Perevertni, Therianthropes, Vovkulakas, Werebats, Werebears, Werecats, Werehyenas, Wererats, Weretoads

Werewolves play a significant role in the fic.

West Germany

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Federal Republic of Germany (FRG)

The fic's events take place in the territory of the former Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990). The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

West Ukrainian People's Republic

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Sich Riflemen, Ukrainian Galician Army, ZUNR

The fic is set in the West Ukrainian People's Republic (1918–1919) in Galicia.

Wet Clothes Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Wetlook Fetish

The fic depicts characters who become sexually aroused by the sight of wet clothing on themselves or on their partner.

Wheelchair Users

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Crutches, Mobility Aids

The fic features characters who use wheelchairs.

White Day

Holidays

The work's events take place during the celebration of White Day, or are closely tied to the holiday itself. Observed March 14, a month after St. Valentine's Day.

White Lady

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

The fic features the White Lady, a ghost of a noblewoman bound to a castle in Ukrainian legend.

White Morality

Warnings

The actions of the characters described in the fic and their moral character are portrayed as unambiguously positive from a moral standpoint; the story has no antagonists.

Wiccans and Neopagans

Subcultures

Synonyms: Modern witches

The fic centers on Wiccans, modern witches and neopagans, with rituals, covens and the wheel of the year.

Widowhood

Freeform

Synonyms: Death of a husband, Death of a wife, Widowers, Widows

The fic gives significant attention to characters who have lost their spouses.

Wiki / Encyclopedia Entry (Stylization)

Format

Synonyms: Lore Document, Reference Article

The fic is stylized as an encyclopedia or wiki article.

Wild Animals

Freeform

Synonyms: Predators, Wild cats

Wild animals play a significant role in the fic.

Wilderness Survival

Tropes

Synonyms: Shipwreck, Stranded

The fic features characters stranded in the wild who must survive.

Wild West

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Old West

The fic's events take place during the era of the American Old West, with the corresponding setting. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Will-o'-the-Wisps

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Marsh Lights

Will-o'-the-wisps play a significant role in the fic.

Window Sex

Kinks (18+)

The fic describes sex against or in front of a window, with a risk of being seen.

Windsurfing and Kitesurfing

Sports

The fic features windsurfers and kitesurfers.

Winged Beings

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: AU: Bird People, Avians, Birdlike Beings, Winged Characters, Winged People, Wingfic, Wings AU

Characters with pronounced features characteristic of birds or other winged animals play a significant role in the fic. They may be anthropomorphic creatures or humans with animal body parts (feathers, wings, beaks, etc.).

Wing Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Plumaphilia, Wing Kink

The fic focuses on a character or characters who are attracted to partners who have wings, with particular attention paid to the wings themselves.

Winter Atmosphere

Setting

The fic gives substantial attention to winter and/or to creating the atmosphere characteristic of it.

Winter Olympic Games

Sports

Synonyms: Winter Sports

The fic centres on the Winter Olympic Games and their athletes.

Winter Solstice

Holidays

Synonyms: Yule

The work's events take place during the midwinter holiday (or the winter solstice), or are closely tied to the holiday period itself.