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Independence Day of Ukraine

Holidays

Synonyms: August 24, Independence Day

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

India

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal

The events of the work take place in India.

Indifference

Freeform

The fic places significant emphasis on the theme of indifference.

Indigenous Peoples

Geography & Ethnicity

Indigenous peoples play a significant role in the work.

Indirect Killing

Warnings

The fic depicts killings committed by a character indirectly.

Indirect Kiss

Tropes

The fic places significant weight on a hint of a kiss: a situation where lovers drink from the same glass, share food, smoke a cigarette together, and so on.

Individual vs. System

Tropes

Synonyms: Man vs. System

The fic builds on the trope in which the main character or a group of characters tries to change or destroy an established system of the world.

Indonesia

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Indonesia.

Industrial Espionage

Warnings

The fic depicts unfair competition involving the unlawful acquisition, use, or disclosure of information constituting a commercial, official, or other legally protected secret, for the purpose of gaining an advantage in business activity or material benefit.

Industrial facilities

Setting

Synonyms: Factories, Manufactories, Plants, Production department, Workshops

The fic takes place on the grounds of factories, workshops, manufactories, or plants.

Industrialization

Freeform

The fic gives a significant role to the process of rapid socioeconomic transition from a traditional stage of development to an industrial one, with industrial production coming to dominate the economy.

Infatuation

Relationships

Synonyms: Crush, Fleeting Infatuation, Limerence, Romantic Attachment

The fic depicts characters experiencing strong attraction or infatuation toward other characters.

Infertility

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Female Infertility, Male Infertility

The fic depicts characters unable to conceive a child.

Infidelity

Relationships

Synonyms: Adultery, Affair Partners, Emotional Affair, Partner betrayal

The fic depicts characters who, while in an established relationship, become romantically involved with someone else.

Infidelity Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Homewrecker Kink, Homewreckers

The fic depicts characters who are aroused by the thought or act of seducing — and/or having sex with — a character who is already in a committed relationship.

Infiltration

Tropes

Synonyms: Behind Enemy Lines, Deep Cover

The fic features a character who infiltrates an organization or enemy territory.

Information Business

Occupations

Synonyms: Info Business

The fic's plot is centered on the info business sphere, its workers and consumers of its services.

Inheritance

Freeform

Inheritance plays a significant role in the fic.

Innkeepers / Tavern Keepers

Occupations

Synonyms: Inn Owners, Tavern Owners

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of innkeepers, tavern owners and their staff.

Inquisition

Occupations

Synonyms: Auto-da-fé, Spanish Inquisition

The fic's events focus on the activities of institutions and organizations designed to combat heresy.

Insectoids / Arachnoids

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Arachnids, Arachnomorphs, Insectomorphs

Characters with pronounced features and physical traits of insects, arachnids and other arthropods play a significant role in the fic.

Insectophilia / Arachnophilia

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Attraction to Insects, Attraction to Spiders, Formicophilia, Insect Kink, Spider Kink

The fic depicts characters who feel emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to insects, spiders, or other arthropods, or to beings with such traits.

Insects

Freeform

Insects play a significant role in the fic.

Insomnia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Chronic Insomnia, Sleeplessness

The fic describes characters suffering from insomnia and chronic sleeplessness.

Instincts

Tropes

Pronounced instinctive reactions of characters, linked to reproduction, mate choice, territoriality, hierarchy, protection, or other biological drives, play a significant role in the fic.

Intellectual Disability

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters suffering from a group of conditions caused by a congenital or early-acquired underdevelopment of the psyche with pronounced intellectual deficiency.

Intelligence Agents

Occupations

Synonyms: Intelligence Service, Reconnaissance

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of intelligence agent (scout) characters.

Intelligence Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Literacy Kink, Sapiophilia, Sapiosexuality

The fic depicts characters who become sexually aroused by intelligent partners, intellectual conversation, and the like.

Interactive Fic

Format

Synonyms: Ask format, Choose Your Own Adventure, Gamebook, Interactivity, Prompts from readers, Prompts from the author, Reader's choice

The fic calls for readers to actively take part in shaping it — suggesting how events should unfold, choosing between options the author offers, and so on.

Intercrural Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Intrafemoral Sex

The fic depicts the non-penetrative sexual practice in which one partner's penis moves between the other partner's thighs.

Interest clubs

Setting

Synonyms: Fight club

The fic's plot centers on the activities of interest clubs and their members.

Interethnic Relationship

Relationships

Synonyms: Cross-Cultural Relationship, International Relationship, Interracial Kink, Interracial Relationship

The fic focuses on a romantic or sexual relationship between characters belonging to different races, ethnic groups, and/or cultures.

Intergenerational Incest

Warnings

The fic depicts romantic and/or sexual relationships between relatives of different generations.

Intergenerational Trauma

Freeform

Synonyms: Generational Trauma, Historical Trauma, Inherited Trauma

The fic explores trauma passed down through generations of a family or people.

Internal Dialogue

Format

The fic depicts a character's continuous inner communication with themselves — an intrapersonal self-dialogue. It is a form of thought in which different parts of the personality, or 'inner interlocutors,' exchange remarks.

Internalized Homophobia

Warnings

Synonyms: Internalized Biphobia, Internalized Lesbophobia

The fic depicts homosexual and/or bisexual characters experiencing fear or disgust toward homosexuality and/or bisexuality, or fear of their own sexual identity.

Internalized Sexism

Warnings

Synonyms: Internalized Misandry, Internalized Misogyny

The fic depicts characters who behave in ways that unconsciously support and reproduce stereotypes about their own sex and/or gender, often accepting them as the default truth.

Internalized Transphobia

Warnings

The fic depicts transgender characters who feel fear and/or disgust toward being transgender, fear and/or disgust toward their own gender identity, and the like.

Internally Displaced Persons

Freeform

Synonyms: Displaced People, Evacuees, IDPs

The fic features people who had to leave their homes within their own country.

International Women's Day

Holidays

Synonyms: March 8, Women's Day

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

Internet

Freeform

Synonyms: Anonymous chats, Dating sites, Facebook, Instagram, Odnoklassniki, Online communication, Social media, TikTok, Twitter, World Wide Web, YouTube

The fic devotes considerable attention to the Internet and everything connected with it.

Internet Addiction

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts an addiction to online communication, in particular to social media, chats, and multiplayer games.

Interns

Occupations

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

Interrogations

Warnings

The fic contains descriptions of interrogations.

Interrupted Sex

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a sexual act that gets interrupted partway through for one reason or another.

Intersex Characters

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: Hermaphrodites, Intersexuality

The work features characters with sex characteristics that do not fit typical definitions of male or female bodies, or that combine both.

Interspecies Friendship

Relationships

The fic focuses on an extremely close, non-sexual relationship with a high level of emotional intimacy between sentient beings of different species.

Interspecies Relationship

Relationships

Synonyms: Human and Monster Romance, Human/Non-Human Relationship, Interspecies Romance

The fic centers on a romantic or sexual relationship between members of different species (human and non-human, etc.).

Interview (Stylization)

Format

Synonyms: Character Interview, Interview Form

The fic is partly or entirely styled as an interview (print, television, etc.).

Interwar Period

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place between World War I and World War II, from 1918 to 1939, with corresponding setting details. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.