Tags

Corsets

Freeform

The fic gives considerable attention to wearing a corset, whether for fashion, medical reasons, or similar.

Cosplayers

Subcultures

The plot focuses on the life and activities of cosplayer characters.

Cosplay Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Costume Kink

The fic features characters who are aroused by cosplay or dressing up in costumes.

Cossack Characters

Occupations

Synonyms: Zaporozhian Cossacks

Cossackdom (primarily Zaporozhian) plays a significant role in the fic: the characters are Cossacks, live in the Sich or in Cossack communities, and/or serve in the Cossack army.

Cossack Hetmanate

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Cossack Age, Cossack Ukraine, Left-Bank Ukraine

The fic is set in the Cossack Hetmanate (1648–1764), the Ukrainian Cossack state.

Cossacks

Geography & Ethnicity

Ukrainian Cossack culture and history (the Zaporizhian Sich, the Hetmanate) play a significant role in the work; other Cossack hosts (Don, Kuban) are covered separately.

Cossack Settlements

Setting

Synonyms: Cossack camp, Sich, Zaporozhian Host

The fic's events take place in Cossack settlements, farmsteads or fortified camps (sichs) in the steppe and along the Dnipro.

Cotard's Syndrome

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by a rare mental disorder as a result of which they experience the delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, are decomposing, or have lost their blood or internal organs.

Cottagecore

Freeform

Synonyms: Rural Aesthetic, Slow Living

The fic is built around the cottagecore aesthetic of rural coziness and nature.

Coulrophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Fear of Clowns

The fic gives substantial attention to characters affected by a fear of clowns.

Courage

Freeform

Synonyms: Bravery, Heroism, Moral Courage

The fic focuses on bravery and acts of courage.

Couriers

Occupations

Synonyms: Food Delivery

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

Court Intrigue

Tropes

The fic's plot centers on court intrigue.

Court Jesters

Occupations

Characters who serve as court jesters at the court of a monarch or nobility play a significant role in the fic.

Courtly Love

Relationships

The fic depicts a relationship between characters that corresponds to the medieval concept of love, in which the relationship between a lover and his lady resembles that between a vassal and his lord.

Court Mages / Royal Wizards

Occupations

Synonyms: Court Wizards, Royal Advisors

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of court mages and royal advisors who wield magic in service of a ruler.

Court Trials

Setting

The fic's plot centers on court proceedings and their participants.

Covering Up a Murder

Tropes

The theme of covering up a murder plays a significant role in the fic.

Covert Narcissism

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic gives an important role to characters with pronounced traits of vulnerable narcissism: heightened sensitivity to criticism, touchiness, a need for recognition, envy, and a hidden sense of one's own exceptionalism that may coexist with outward modesty or insecurity.

COVID-19 Pandemic

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Coronavirus

The fic's events take place during the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which began in December 2019. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Cowboys

Occupations

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

Coziness

Freeform

Synonyms: Comfort, Homey Atmosphere

The fic devotes significant attention to coziness and warmth.

Creampie

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts ejaculation inside a partner's vagina or anus during sexual contact.

Creative Block

Freeform

Synonyms: Writer's Block

The fic pays significant attention to the theme of a creative slump.

Creative Partnership

Relationships

The fic focuses on relationships (business, friendly, romantic, etc.) between characters who engage in some form of creative pursuit.

Creativity as a Superpower

Tropes

One or more characters in the fic possess supernatural abilities directly tied to a creative pursuit: music, singing, drawing, dance, acting, or other forms of art. Their creativity is able to literally affect people, beings, objects, or the surrounding reality.

Cricket

Sports

Synonyms: Cricketers

The fic features cricket players, clubs and matches.

Crimea

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Crimean Peninsula, Kerch, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yalta

The fic is set in Crimea, the peninsula that is part of Ukraine.

Crimean Khanate

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Girays

The fic is set in the Crimean Khanate (1441–1783).

Crimean Tatars

Geography & Ethnicity

The Crimean Tatars, the indigenous people of Crimea, play a significant role in the work.

Crime Investigation

Tropes

Establishing the circumstances of a crime, incident, mystery, or other event through the search for and analysis of clues, testimony, and other information plays a significant role in the fic.

Criminal Couple

Relationships

Synonyms: Criminal Spouses, Criminals in Love, Criminals' Love, Outlaw Spouses

The fic depicts characters who are in a romantic relationship and commit crimes (most often robberies) together.

Criminals

Occupations

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters who have broken the law for one reason or another.

Criminal Underworld

Setting

Synonyms: Bandits, Consigliere, Crime, Crime families, Crime groups, Criminal Organizations, Criminal syndicates, Drug lords, Fraud, Gang, Gangpae, Gangs, Gangsters, Mafia, Organized crime, Scams, Triads, Yakuza

The fic's plot and events center on the activities of criminal groups, the mafia, gangs, and similar organizations.

Crisis of Faith

Freeform

Characters grappling with inner doubts about their religious beliefs play a significant role in the fic.

Croatia

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Croatia.

Crossdressing

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: Cross-dressing (variant)

The work focuses on characters wearing clothing associated with the opposite sex.

Cross-Fandom Pairing

Relationships

The fic features a romantic and/or sexual relationship between characters who belong to different fandoms.

Cross-Generational Friendship

Relationships

Synonyms: Friendship Between Adults and Children, Friendship Between Teens and Adults, Intergenerational Friendship

The fic focuses on an extremely close, non-sexual relationship between characters with a significant age gap, marked by a very high level of emotional intimacy.

Crossover

Format

Synonyms: Canon swap, Fusion of worlds, Merging of worlds

The fic combines elements from two or more canons at once.

Cruises

Setting

The fic's events take place during a cruise.

Crusades

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the era of the religious military campaigns of the 11th-13th centuries (1095-1291) with later campaigns, with the corresponding setting. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Cryo-Chambers

Freeform

Synonyms: Cryogenic sleep, Cryosleep

The fic gives a significant role to cryo-chambers or similar technology used to put characters into a prolonged sleep, or to try to save them from death by freezing the body.

Cryokinesis

Superpowers

Synonyms: Cold Control, Ice Control

The fic gives significant weight to characters who can control cold.

Cryophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Fear of Cold

The fic depicts characters affected by a fear of cold.

Cryptids

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Abominable Snowmen, Bigfoot, Chupacabra, Cryptozoology, Kraken, Loch Ness Monster, Mothman, Yeti

Creatures whose existence has not been proven by science but for which there are eyewitness accounts or legends play a significant role in the fic.

Cuba

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Cuba.

Cuckolding

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Cuckqueen, Hotwife, Netorare, NTR, Sex Husband, Sex Wife

The fic depicts a consensual sexual practice or situation in which one partner in an established relationship has sexual relations with someone outside it without hiding it from their primary partner, who watches the encounter or is otherwise made aware of it.

Cultivation

Tropes

Synonyms: Wuxia, Xianxia

The fic features characters who cultivate spiritual power to achieve immortality or divinity.

Cults and Sects

Warnings

Synonyms: Cult Leader

The fic features cults, sects and the manipulation of their members.