Tags

Hoarding Disorder

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Hoarding, Plyushkin syndrome, Syllogomania

The fic depicts characters affected by compulsive behavior involving collecting and keeping unused items.

Hobbies

Freeform

A character's or characters' hobby plays a significant role in the fic.

Hockey

Sports

Synonyms: Hockey players

The fic centers on characters who play hockey, including clubs, training, championships, and so on.

Hogwarts

Fandom-Specific Tags fanfiction only

Synonyms: Hogwarts School, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

The fic's events center on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, its staff, and students (Harry Potter).

Hogwarts Era

Fandom-Specific Tags fanfiction only

The fic is set during the characters' years as Hogwarts students, from first through seventh year (Harry Potter).

Holi

Holidays

Synonyms: Festival of Colors, Rangwali

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

Holiday Decorations

Freeform

Synonyms: Decorating the Home, Holiday Decor

Decorating a home or other space for a holiday plays a significant role in the fic.

Holiday Romance

Relationships

The fic focuses on a romantic or sexual relationship between vacationers at a resort.

Holocaust

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Babyn Yar, Righteous Among the Nations, Shoah

The fic is set during the Holocaust, including the persecution and extermination of Jews, Roma and others under the Nazi regime.

Holodomor

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Famine-Genocide of 1932–1933, Great Famine of 1932-33, Holodomor Genocide, Ukrainian Famine

The fic's events take place during the Holodomor (1932-1933), the man-made famine that killed millions in Ukraine under Soviet policy. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Holodomor Remembrance Day

Holidays

Synonyms: Candle of Remembrance, Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Famines

The fic's events take place on Holodomor Remembrance Day, when Ukrainians light candles for the victims of the Holodomor — the genocide of the Ukrainian people committed by the Soviet regime through the man-made famine of 1932–1933 — or are closely tied to it.

Holy Roman Empire

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place in the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806; from 1512, the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation), a supranational union of Italian, German, Balkan, Frankish, and West Slavic states and peoples.

Holy Trinity (Zeleni Sviata)

Holidays

Synonyms: Green Holidays, Green Sunday, Pentecost

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Holy Trinity (Zeleni Sviata), or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Holy Week

Holidays

Synonyms: Good Friday, Maundy Thursday, Passion Week

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

Homeless People

Occupations

Synonyms: Tramps, Vagrants

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

Home Renovation

Freeform

The process of renovating a home plays a significant role in the fic.

Homeschooling

Setting

The fic centers on education given and received at home rather than at a school, for one or more characters — most often children and/or teenagers — provided by one or more of their relatives.

Homesickness

Freeform

Synonyms: Longing for the Homeland, Missing Home

The fic focuses on longing for one's home, homeland or familiar places.

Homicidophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Fear of Committing Violence, Fear of Harming Others

The fic depicts characters afflicted by a compulsive, intrusive fear of harming others (committing violence, murder, etc.).

Homophobia

Warnings

Synonyms: Biphobia, Homophobic Slurs, Lesbophobia, Orientation-Based Discrimination

The fic depicts characters displaying hostile or discriminatory attitudes toward homosexual and/or bisexual characters, expressing hatred toward them, or denying their existence.

Homunculi

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Human-like beings produced artificially by methods based on medieval alchemy play a significant role in the fic.

Honesty

Freeform

Synonyms: Honest Person

The fic gives substantial attention to the theme of honesty.

Honeymoon

Relationships

The fic gives an important place to the newlyweds' honeymoon trip.

Hong Kong

Geography & Ethnicity

The action of the work unfolds in Hong Kong.

Honor and Dignity

Freeform

Synonyms: Code of Honor, Dignity, Self-Respect

The fic focuses on honor, dignity and a character's code of conduct.

Hookah Lounges

Setting

The fic centers on hookah lounges, their staff, and patrons.

Hope

Freeform

Synonyms: Belief in success

The fic devotes significant attention to the theme of hope.

Hormone Therapy

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: HRT

The fic features gender-affirming hormone therapy as part of a character's transition.

Horn Kink

Kinks (18+)

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

Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Mythical characters who herald the end of the world play a significant role in the fic.

Horses

Freeform

Horses play a significant role in the fic.

Hospitals

Setting

Synonyms: Ambulance service, Clinics, Daily life of medics, Field hospitals, First-aid station, Hospitalization, Infirmaries, Intensive care, Medical interventions, Medical procedures, Medical station, Medical unit, Medicine, Paramedic-midwife station, Surgeries

The fic's plot centers on the workings of medical institutions, whether real or fictional, and on their patients and staff.

Hostages

Occupations

Characters who have been taken hostage play a significant role in the fic.

Hostage Taking

Warnings

Synonyms: Hostage Situation

The fic depicts people seized and held hostage to force demands.

Hotels

Setting

Synonyms: Hostels, Motels

The fic's plot centers on the workings of hotels, their guests, and staff.

Hotel Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Love Hotel Sex

The fic describes sex taking place in a hotel room or hotel facilities.

Hot Springs

Setting

Synonyms: Onsen

The fic's events take place at hot springs.

House Arrest

Warnings

Characters under house arrest play a significant role in the fic.

Houseplants

Freeform

Synonyms: Indoor Gardening

Houseplants play a significant role in the fic.

Housewives / Househusbands

Occupations

Synonyms: Homemakers, Stay-at-Home Parents

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of stay-at-home spouses and homemakers.

Huldras

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Hulders

Characters from Norwegian folklore who are young female enchantresses with a cow's tail play a significant role in the fic.

Human Among Non-Humans

Tropes

The fic features a lone human living among monsters, gods or other species.

Humanitarian Aid and Volunteering

Freeform

Synonyms: Aid Delivery, Fundraising, Volunteer Work

The fic features volunteering and delivering aid to those in need.

Humanization

Warnings

Synonyms: Gijinka, Human AU

The depiction of living creatures, inanimate objects, robots, emotions, and any abstract concepts in human form.

Humans

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Earthlings, Human Races, Humankind

Representatives of humanity play a significant role in the fic.

Human Trafficking

Warnings

Synonyms: Modern Slavery

The fic depicts the recruitment, transport or sale of people for exploitation.

Humiliation

Warnings

The fic contains detailed descriptions of the physical or psychological humiliation of characters.

Humiliation Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a sexual practice or practices in which arousal comes from feeling humiliated, or from watching and/or provoking a feeling of humiliation in a partner.

Humility

Freeform

The fic focuses significant attention on the theme of humility.

Humor

Freeform

Synonyms: Comedy, Funny Situations, Jokes

The fic is built on humor and comedic situations.