Tags
The full list of tags works can be labeled with.
Devils
Mythical & Fantastical Creatures
Devils play a significant role in the fic.
Dhampirs
Mythical & Fantastical Creatures
Synonyms: Half-Vampires
Characters who are the offspring of vampires and humans play a significant role in the fic.
Diabetes Mellitus
Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias
Synonyms: Insulin, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes
The fic depicts characters affected by an endocrine disorder associated with impaired glucose metabolism.
Diagonal Incest
Warnings
The fic depicts a romantic and/or sexual relationship between relatives who are neither siblings nor in a direct parent-child line (for example, uncle/aunt and nephew/niece, or cousins).
Dialects and Regional Speech
Warnings
Synonyms: Hutsul Dialect, Polissian Dialect
The fic uses dialects or regional speech of the characters.
Dialect Speech
Format
Synonyms: Regional Dialect
The fic renders characters' speech in a regional dialect or non-standard variety.
Dialogue-Only (Stylization)
Format
Synonyms: Dialogue fic
The fic is written in an experimental format and consists only of dialogue, with no author's comments, explanations, descriptions, or other accompanying text.
Diary (Stylization)
Format
Synonyms: Keeping a personal diary, Paper journal entries
The fic is styled as a diary kept by one of the characters.
Different Law
Tropes
The fic changes the laws and/or rules of some canonical organization, company, school, or country.
Difficult Childhood
Freeform
Synonyms: Hard childhood
The fic devotes considerable attention to the theme of a difficult childhood.
Difficult Personality
Freeform
The fic focuses significantly on the theme of a difficult personality.
Difficult Relationship with a Partner's Parents
Relationships
The fic focuses on characters who have a difficult relationship with their spouse's or lover's parents.
Difficult Relationship with Children
Relationships
The fic depicts characters who face various challenges and difficulties while raising their children.
Difficult Relationship with Parents
Relationships
Synonyms: Authoritarian Parents, Daddy Issues, Generation Gap, Mommy Issues, Strict Parents
The fic focuses on characters who are in a difficult relationship with their parents.
Dilettantes
Occupations
Synonyms: Amateurs
The fic's plot is centered on characters who engage in some activity without proper knowledge and professional training.
DILF
Kinks (18+)
The fic features middle-aged male characters with a sexually attractive appearance and a pleasant personality, who often have children.
Dinosaurs
Mythical & Fantastical Creatures
Dinosaurs play a significant role in the fic.
Diphallia
Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias
The fic contains scenes in which one of the characters has two penises.
Diplomacy
Freeform
The fic devotes significant attention to the characters' diplomatic activity; the plot touches on peacekeeping missions, negotiations, conferences, and the like.
Dirt Kink
Kinks (18+)
Synonyms: Salirophilia
The fic depicts a character or characters who become sexually aroused by getting the object of their desire dirty or dishevelled, or by watching them in that state.
Dirty Talk
Kinks (18+)
Synonyms: Swearing Kink
The fic contains a character's explicit descriptions of their desires, fantasies, or promises meant to arouse their partner, often using crude or taboo language.
Disability
Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias
Synonyms: Characters with Disabilities
The fic depicts or briefly mentions characters with a congenital or acquired injury as a result of which their physical and/or mental health has undergone substantial changes, and the effects of the injury have led to a full or partial loss of the ability to work.
Disability Kink
Kinks (18+)
Synonyms: Acrotomophilia, Amputee Kink, Missing Limb Kink
The fic depicts one or more fetishes involving sexual interest in partners with significant disabilities.
Disappointment
Freeform
Synonyms: Loss of illusions, Unmet expectations
The fic devotes considerable attention to the theme of disappointment.
Disciplinary Spanking
Warnings
Synonyms: Belt Spanking, Spanking, Switching
The fic contains detailed descriptions of physical force in the form of blows or slaps to the buttocks or other body parts with a hand or other objects, meant to cause physical and emotional distress but not to cause significant harm to health, in the context of maintaining discipline.
Discipline (Behavior)
Freeform
The fic places significant emphasis on the theme of discipline.
Discos
Setting
Discos, their organizers, and visitors play a key role in the fic.
Discrimination
Warnings
Synonyms: Intolerance, Shaming
The fic depicts characters who display hostile, discriminatory, or prejudiced attitudes toward other characters on some basis.
Dispatchers
Occupations
The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of dispatchers and the specifics of their work.
Disregard for Life
Warnings
The fic depicts characters who disregard, devalue, or knowingly sacrifice the lives of other characters.
Dissociation
Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias
Synonyms: Dissociative Episodes, Emotional Detachment
The fic describes characters who experience dissociation: detachment from emotions, body or surroundings.
Dissociative Fugue
Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias
The fic features characters affected by a dissociative mental disorder in which a person suddenly but purposefully relocates to an unfamiliar place, after which they completely forget all information about themselves, including their own name.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias
Synonyms: DID, Multiple Personality Disorder
The fic depicts characters affected by a rare mental disorder in which a character's identity splits, giving the impression that several distinct personalities exist within one body. Not to be confused with the literary trope of a split personality (see the tag 'Split Personality').
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Historical Periods & Events
Synonyms: August Coup 1991, Perestroika
The fic is set during the dissolution of the Soviet Union (1989–1991).
Distance Learning
Setting
Distance learning plays a key role in the fic.
Distinctive Cultures
Geography & Ethnicity
The work portrays a unique social order and cultural traditions.
Distrust
Freeform
The fic focuses significantly on the theme of distrust.
Divers
Occupations
The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of diver characters.
Divine Being to Mortal
Tropes
Synonyms: Divine Being to Human
A character who loses their divine status plays an important role in the fic.
Diving (Springboard and Platform)
Sports
Synonyms: Platform Diving
The fic features competitive divers jumping from springboards and platforms.
Divorce
Relationships
The fic gives an important role to the divorce process, whether already underway or upcoming, and to the relationship between characters heading toward or already in a divorce.
Diwali
Holidays
Synonyms: Deepavali, Festival of Lights
The fic's events take place during the celebration of Diwali, or are closely tied to the holiday itself.
DJs
Occupations
The fic features characters who work as DJs.
Dnipro
Geography & Ethnicity
Synonyms: Dnieper River
The fic is set in the city of Dnipro or along the Dnipro River.
Doctor and Patient
Relationships
The fic features a romantic and/or sexual relationship between a doctor and their patient.
Doctors
Occupations
Synonyms: Physicians, Surgery
The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of doctor characters.
Documents / Reports (Stylization)
Format
Synonyms: Mockumentary, Pseudo-Documentary
The fic is styled as documentary articles, news reports, criminal case files, official reports, and the like.
Doggy Style
Kinks (18+)
Synonyms: All Fours Position, Doggy Style, Kneeling Position
The fic depicts sex in the all-fours position, used for both vaginal and anal intercourse.
Dogs
Freeform
Synonyms: Dog Owners, Puppies
The fic features dogs as significant characters or a notable presence.
Dolia and Nedolia
Mythical & Fantastical Creatures
Synonyms: Dolia, Fate Spirits, Nedolia
The fic features Dolia and Nedolia, personifications of good and bad fate in Ukrainian folk belief.