Tags

Duels

Freeform

The fic depicts an armed contest strictly governed by a special code, fought to satisfy one duelist's wish to answer an insult to their honor.

Duma

Format

Synonyms: Kobzar Epic

The fic is a duma: a Ukrainian epic song-recitation about heroes and history.

Dungeons and Gates

Tropes

Synonyms: Dungeon Crawling, Hunters and Gates

The fic features a world with dungeons, gates or monster portals and hunters who clear them.

Duplication

Superpowers

Synonyms: Self-Cloning, Shadow Clones

The fic features characters who can create copies of themselves.

Duty

Freeform

Synonyms: Civic Duty, Obligation

The fic pays significant attention to the theme of duty (to family, society, and so on).

Dwarves

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Dvergar

The fic features dwarves, short, sturdy miners and smiths of fantasy and Norse mythology.

Dyscalculia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

A disorder manifesting as an inability to learn and understand arithmetic operations, as well as an inability to work with digits and numbers.

Dysfunctional Families

Relationships

Synonyms: Troubled Families, Unloved Children

The fic focuses on relationships within a family that fails to function properly in one or more areas of life.

Dyslexia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by a selective impairment in the ability to acquire reading and writing skills while their general capacity for learning remains intact.

Dyspraxia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Motor coordination disorder

The fic depicts characters affected by a neurological disorder characterized by impaired coordination of physical movements due to inaccurate transmission of signals from the brain to the body.

Dystopia

Setting

Synonyms: Dystopian society, Surveillance state

The fic's events take place in a dystopian society marked by oppression, surveillance and decay.

Ear Kink

Kinks (18+)

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

East Asia

Geography & Ethnicity

The fic is set in East Asia.

East Coast

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia

The events of the work take place in the coastal states of the eastern United States.

Easter

Holidays

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

Easter Egg Painting (Pysanky)

Holidays

Synonyms: Easter Eggs, Krashanka, Pysanka

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Easter Egg Painting (Pysanky), or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Eastern Europe

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Central and Eastern Europe

The fic is set in Eastern Europe.

Eastern Front of World War II

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Battle of Kyiv 1941, Eastern Front, German-Soviet War

The fic is set on the Eastern Front of World War II.

East Germany

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Cottbus, Districts of the GDR, Dresden, East Berlin, Erfurt, Frankfurt (Oder), Gera, German Democratic Republic, Halle, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Neubrandenburg, Potsdam, Schwerin, Suhl

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

Eating Disorders

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Food Addiction, Food Aversion, Obesophobia, Psychogenic Overeating, Psychogenic Vomiting, Sugar Addiction, Undereating

The fic depicts characters affected by a range of behavioral syndromes associated with disturbances in eating.

Ecologists / Biologists

Occupations

The fic is centered on the life and activities of characters who study the natural world, biological systems and environmental protection.

Economic Crisis

Setting

The fic's action takes place in a world or society experiencing severe economic hardship.

Economists

Occupations

Synonyms: Financial Analysts

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of economists and financial analysts.

Edo Period

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Tokugawa Period

The fic's events take place in Japan during the rule of the Tokugawa clan, from 1603 to 1868. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Educational Institutions

Setting

Synonyms: Art schools, Coeducation, Elementary school, Elite schools, Gymnasiums, High school, Lyceums, Private schools, Schools, Technical schools, Vocational schools

The fic's events center on educational institutions, their staff, and students.

Educators

Occupations

Synonyms: Academic Advisors, Teachers

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

Edwardian Era

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the reign of Edward VII, from 1901 to 1910, with corresponding setting details. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

E-Girls and E-Boys

Subcultures

Synonyms: E-boy, E-girl, Soft girls, VSCO girls

The fic centers on e-girl and e-boy internet subculture, with distinctive makeup, TikTok trends and online aesthetics.

Egoism

Freeform

The fic pays significant attention to the theme of egoism.

Egypt

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Cairo

The fic is set in modern Egypt.

Egyptian Gods

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

The fic focuses on characters who are gods or divine beings in the mythology of Ancient Egypt.

Eid al-Adha

Holidays

Synonyms: Feast of the Sacrifice

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

Eid al-Fitr and Ramadan

Holidays

Synonyms: Eid al-Fitr, Ramadan, Uraza Bayram

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Eid al-Fitr and Ramadan, or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Eidetic Memory

Freeform

Synonyms: Photographic Memory

Characters with eidetic memory play a significant role in the fic.

Eighth-Grader Syndrome

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Chuunibyou

The fic features early-adolescent characters who succumb to a form of delusions of grandeur, overestimating themselves and their significance in the world (for example, believing they possess special hidden abilities or knowledge that could threaten world order, and so on).

EIQ (Everyone Is Queer)

Tropes

Synonyms: Everyone Is Bi, Everyone Is Gay, Everyone Is Lesbian

The fic builds on the trope in which all or most of the characters involved default to being part of the LGBTQ+ community and are in romantic or sexual relationships with one another.

Elderly Characters

Freeform

Synonyms: Long-Lived People, Old People, Problems of Old Age

The fic gives significant weight to characters of elderly or advanced age.

Electrokinesis

Superpowers

Synonyms: Electricity Manipulation

Characters who can control electricity play a significant role in the fic.

Electrostimulation

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a range of sexual practices involving the application of electric current to one or both partners.

Elemental Control

Superpowers

Synonyms: Five Elements, Four Elements, Water / Fire / Air / Earth, Water / Wood / Fire / Earth / Metal

The fic gives significant weight to characters who possess abilities tied to the basic elements of nature.

Elements of Indian Culture

Geography & Ethnicity

Elements of Indian culture are present in the work.

Elements of Slavic Culture

Geography & Ethnicity

Elements of Slavic peoples' culture play a significant role in the work: traditions, customs, everyday life, holidays, folklore, art, clothing, cuisine, and other cultural features.

Elements of Ukrainian Culture

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Ukrainian Traditions

The fic prominently features elements of Ukrainian culture: traditions, customs, holidays, folklore, art, clothing, cuisine, language.

Elevator

Setting

Synonyms: The Elevator Game

The fic's events take place in an elevator.

Eliza Effect

Tropes

The Eliza effect plays a significant role in the fic — a character attributes human understanding, emotions, intentions, or empathy to a computer program or artificial intelligence that the system does not actually experience.

Elves

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Alfar, Light Elves

Elves play a significant role in the fic.

Embroiderers

Occupations

Synonyms: Folk Crafts, Needlework, Vyshyvanka Makers

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of embroiderers and artisans of traditional vyshyvanka and ornament techniques.

Emetophilia

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Vomerophilia, Vomit Kink

The fic depicts a range of sexual practices and/or fetishes in which sexual pleasure is linked to the urge to vomit or to vomit itself.

Emo

Subcultures

The plot focuses on the life and activities of a character or characters associated with the emo subculture.

Emotional Deprivation

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by emotional deprivation, which consists of insufficient or completely absent emotional contact with other people. Over time, this condition may lead to a range of psychological problems.