Tags

Dollification

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Immobility Kink (subtype), Living Doll Kink

The fic depicts one or more fetishes involving "transforming" one partner into a doll (for example, through makeup, specific behavior, etc.) and performing actions typical of playing with dolls.

Doll Makers

Occupations

Synonyms: Doll Artist, Doll Designer

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters who create dolls.

Dolls

Freeform

The fic pays significant attention to dolls.

Dolphins

Freeform

The fic gives a key role to dolphins.

Domestic Servants

Occupations

Synonyms: Butlers, Maids, Maidservants, Servants

The fic pays significant attention to domestic servants.

Domestic Violence

Warnings

Synonyms: Beating, Physical Abuse at Home

The fic focuses on events related to domestic violence within a family.

Dominant/Submissive Switching

Kinks (18+)

The fic features a dynamic in which characters are not fixed exclusively in a dominant or submissive role and may switch roles depending on the situation, partner, or prior agreement.

Dominant Omega

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Top Omega

The fic depicts an omega character who prefers a dominant role during sex. It is recommended to use this tag together with the 'Omegaverse' genre tag to make searching easier.

Dominant-Submissive Undertones

Relationships

The fic depicts an unspoken but noticeable dynamic of dominance and submission in the characters' relationship, expressed through behavior, interaction, the distribution of control, and the psychological side of the relationship.

Domovyk / House Spirits

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Brownies

Spirits (the mythological masters and protectors of the home) play a significant role in the fic.

Donbas

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast

The fic is set in Donbas, the eastern region of Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts).

Doomed Relationship

Relationships

Synonyms: Death Within the Relationship, Impossible Love, Love That Cannot Survive the Circumstances, Love That Was Never Meant to Be, Tragic Love

The fic focuses on a relationship between characters that is inevitably headed toward separation or is doomed to unhappiness.

Doping

Sports

Synonyms: Anti-Doping

The fic features doping and anti-doping scandals in sport.

Doppelgangers

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Doubling, Evil Doubles, Good Doubles, Identical Copies

Characters who are not biological twins or clones, yet are outwardly indistinguishable from one another, play a significant role in the fic. They may be of mystical or fantastical origin.

Dormant Abilities

Superpowers

Synonyms: Dormant Magical Abilities

The fic gives significant weight to characters who possess abilities that do not manifest right away.

Dormant Evil

Tropes

Synonyms: Awakened Evil, Sleeping Evil

The fic builds on the trope in which the antagonist is a malevolent force, most often of a chthonic nature, that has shown no activity for a long time.

Dormition of the Theotokos

Holidays

Synonyms: Dormition, Velyka Prechysta

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

Dormitories

Setting

The fic's events center on dormitories, their staff, and residents.

Double Agents

Occupations

The fic features a character who cooperates with two rival factions, organizations or states at the same time. The character may act only in the interests of one side while misleading the other, or may openly supply both sides with the information they want about each other.

Double Date

Relationships

The fic builds its plot around the trope in which two couples go on a date together.

Double Knotting

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Double Lock, Double Tying, Knots

The fic depicts a sexual practice involving one partner being penetrated by two active partners at the same time, reaching orgasm while locked to both active partners via the knots in their genitals that swell during or after orgasm.

Double Penetration

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts the sexual practice involving the simultaneous penetration of one partner by two active partners.

Doubts

Freeform

Synonyms: Inner turmoil

The fic devotes considerable attention to the theme of doubt.

Down Syndrome

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by a genetic condition that manifests in delays in physical and mental development, as well as a number of characteristic physical features.

Drabble

Format

Synonyms: Fanficlet, Vignette

The fic is a complete text of exactly one hundred words (a drabble).

Drabble Collection

Format

The fic is a collection of short vignettes, not necessarily connected by a single plot.

Drab Reality

Setting

The fic's events take place in an everyday, mundane reality, portrayed by the author or perceived by the characters in a bleak, dreary light.

Drag (Subculture)

Subcultures

Synonyms: Drag Kings, Drag Queens

The plot focuses on the life and activities of a character or characters who create personas through cross-dressing in clothing of the opposite gender.

Dragons

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Lindworms

Dragons play a significant role in the fic.

Draugar

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Draugrs

The living dead from Norse mythology play a significant role in the fic.

Dreams (Aspirations)

Freeform

Synonyms: Achievable dreams, Dream, Fulfilled dreams, Shattered dreams, Unattainable dreams

Dreams play a significant role in the fic.

Dreams (Sleep)

Freeform

Synonyms: Daydream, Dream Within a Dream, Dream World, Dreaming

The fic's plot gives an important role to dreams, events occurring in dreams, the connection between dreams and waking life, and the interpretation of dreams.

Dream Worlds

Setting

Synonyms: Dream realm, Dreamscapes, Dreamwalking

The fic's events take place within dreams or a dream world, a realm shaped by the dreamer's mind.

Drifting

Sports

Characters involved in drifting play a significant role in the fic, along with tournaments, training, and competitions related to this motorsport.

Drinking Games

Freeform

Synonyms: Alcohol challenge, Drinking bingo, Drinking game, Drunken games, Pub crawl

The fic devotes significant attention to games and/or challenges involving alcohol consumption.

Drivers / Chauffeurs

Occupations

Synonyms: Truckers

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

Dromomania

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Poriomania, Vagabondage, Wandering

The fic depicts characters affected by an impulsive urge to wander, such as running away from home or roaming.

Drone Operators

Occupations

Synonyms: Drone Pilots, FPV Pilots, UAV Pilots

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of drone operators, UAV pilots and FPV pilots.

Drones

Freeform

Synonyms: Drone show, Unmanned aerial vehicle

The fic gives considerable attention to unmanned aerial vehicles used for civilian or military purposes.

Drowning

Warnings

The fic depicts a character drowning or nearly drowning.

Drug Addiction

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic gives a significant role to the dependence of one or more characters on narcotic substances.

Drug-Facilitated Sex

Warnings

The fic depicts a sexual practice in which one or more of the characters involved in the sexual act use substances such as aphrodisiacs, intoxicants, or drugs.

Drugs

Warnings

The fic gives significant attention to narcotic substances.

Drug Trafficking

Warnings

The fic's plot centers on the life and activities of characters involved in distributing and selling drugs.

Druids

Occupations

Druids play a significant role in the fic.

Drunk Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Sex Under the Influence

The fic depicts sex acts occurring while one, several, or all participants are under the influence of alcohol.

Dry Orgasm

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts an orgasm that is not accompanied by ejaculation.

Dual Timeline

Format

Synonyms: Dual Storyline

A non-chronological narrative format where the story is told in parallel across two different time periods, with chapters or scenes alternating between them.

Duanwu

Holidays

Synonyms: Double Fifth Festival, Dragon Boat Festival

The work's events take place during the celebration of a traditional Chinese holiday marking the start of summer, or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Dubious Consent

Warnings

Synonyms: Coerced Consent, Dubcon, Grey Rape

The fic describes sexual and/or erotic acts performed on one or more characters without either explicit consent or explicit refusal from them.