Tags

Martial arts

Sports

Synonyms: Aikido, Combat sports, Hand-to-hand combat, Judo, Karate, Kung fu, Mixed martial arts, Taekwondo

The fic features various martial arts and self-defense systems of different origins.

Mary Sue / Marty Stu

Tropes

Synonyms: Gary Stu, Sue-fic

The fic centers on an archetypal, often original character written so firmly into the spotlight that the world and other characters exist mainly to flatter them and advance their story. A Mary Sue or Marty Stu typically bends the rules of their world around them, with the author favoring the character's qualities and actions over canon consistency or other characters' established traits.

Masculist Themes and Motifs

Freeform

The fic gives considerable attention to masculism in its various forms and manifestations.

Mask Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character's sexual attraction to partners wearing masks and/or a range of fetishes involving the use of various masks during sexual activity.

Masnytsia

Holidays

Synonyms: Kolodii

A Ukrainian pre-Lent folk holiday with festivities marking the end of winter and the start of spring, the "kolodka" (log-dragging) custom — a teasing punishment of unmarried villagers — and ritual dishes, notably varenyky (dumplings) and pancakes.

Masquerades / Balls

Setting

Synonyms: Costume party

The fic's plot centers on preparing for a ball or masquerade, the event itself, or its participants.

Massacres

Warnings

Synonyms: Mass Grave, Slaughter

The fic depicts the killing of many defenseless people.

Massage

Freeform

Synonyms: Massage Therapists

The fic gives significant attention to the theme of massage.

Mass Shooting

Warnings

The fic depicts a shooting in which several people are attacked at once.

Master/Slave Dynamic

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: M/s, Owner/Property

The fic features a consensual power exchange modeled on ownership, with one partner as master and the other as slave.

Master Classes

Occupations

Synonyms: Workshops

Master classes, trainings, intensives, workshops and the like play a substantial role in the fic.

Masturbation

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Onanism, Self-Pleasure

The fic depicts the sexual practice in which a character stimulates their own genitals or erogenous zones.

Matchmaking

Relationships

Synonyms: Help With Love, Matchmakers

The fic focuses on a third party or parties trying, or attempting, to bring characters together to build a romantic or sexual relationship.

Mate or Die

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Forced by Aliens, Fuck or Die

The fic depicts a dire situation that forces characters into sexual relations in order to save their own lives or the life of one of them.

Maternity Wards

Setting

Synonyms: Delivery rooms, Neonatal ward

The fic's events take place in maternity wards and delivery rooms, around birth and newborn care.

Mathematicians

Occupations

Synonyms: Cryptographers

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

Mating Bite

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Bonding Bite, Claiming Bite

The fic features a bite that seals or marks a mating bond, usually in omegaverse or werewolf settings.

Matriarchy

Setting

The fic depicts a social order in which women hold absolute power and resources and are the dominant sex.

Matrophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters experiencing an excessive fear of their own mother, which can manifest in various forms.

Mature-Age Characters

Freeform

Synonyms: Adult Characters, Middle Age

Characters of mature age play a significant role in the fic.

Mauritania

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Islamic Republic of Mauritania

The events of the work take place in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Mavkas

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Forest Maidens, Navky

Mavkas play a significant role in the fic — female forest spirits of Ukrainian folklore, often depicted as beautiful young women tied to the woods, the souls of the untimely dead, or guardians of nature (as in Lesya Ukrainka's "The Forest Song").

Mechanophilia / Technophilia

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Attraction to Trains, Cyberphilia, Mechaphilia, Plug and Play, Sex with Androids, Sex with Cyborgs, Sex with Robots, Sticky Sexual Interfacing, Technosexuality

The fic depicts a range of fetishes involving sexual attraction to cars, machinery, or metal objects, or a sexual practice in which gratification is achieved through sexual interaction with technical devices, components, or parts, including stimulating these elements in their owners (cyborgs, androids, robots, living technology, etc.).

Mecha Pilots

Occupations

Synonyms: Giant Robot Pilots, Mech Pilots

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters who operate fantastic machines. As a rule, mechs look like large or giant robots that move on legs.

Media

Occupations

Synonyms: Mass Media, Press

The activities of print or electronic media play a significant role in the fic.

Medical Anesthesia

Freeform

Synonyms: General Anesthesia, Intraoperative Awareness

The fic gives significant attention to anesthesia during medical procedures.

Medical Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Enema Kink, Enemas, Medical Fetish, Stethoscopes, Syringe Kink

The fic focuses on a character or characters who become sexually aroused by medical or pseudo-medical procedures, the image of a doctor, or specific items associated with medicine, such as rubber gloves or the cold touch of instruments.

Medical Use of Narcotics

Warnings

The fic mentions the use of narcotic substances for medical purposes, most often as a powerful anesthetic.

Medication

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Pills, Remedies, Sedatives, Sleeping Pills

The fic gives significant attention to characters taking medication.

Medication Dependence

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Dependence Syndrome

The fic depicts characters dependent on medications, most often painkillers or psychotropic substances.

Meet-Cute

Tropes

Synonyms: Cute Meeting

The fic opens with a charming, awkward or comic first meeting that sparks a romance.

Meeting the Parents

Relationships

The fic gives significant attention to characters introducing their significant others to their parents.

Megacities

Setting

Synonyms: Big cities, Cities

The fic's plot unfolds in a city of enormous scale with a population in the millions.

Megacorporations

Setting

Synonyms: Corporate Republic, Corporate Wars

Megacorporations — organized commercial structures that stand above the state and stop at nothing in pursuit of superprofits — play a significant role in the fic.

Megalomania

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Delusions of Grandeur

The fic depicts a character or characters affected by a disorder that manifests as an extreme overestimation of their own importance.

Megalophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts a fear of objects that are very large in size.

Meiji Era

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place in Japan during the reign of Emperor Meiji, from October 1868 to July 1912. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Melancholy

Freeform

Synonyms: Bittersweet sadness

The fic devotes significant attention to the theme of melancholy.

Melee Weapons

Warnings

Synonyms: Sword Fights

The fic gives significant attention to melee (edged or blunt) weapons.

Memories

Freeform

Synonyms: Childhood Memories, Memoirs, Memories of the Past, Past-Life Awareness, Retrospective

Characters' memories play a major role in the fic.

Memory Control

Warnings

The fic significantly features the ability to edit memory using mystical means, scientific and technological advances, and/or superpowers.

Memory Loss

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Amnesia, Anterograde Amnesia, Anteroretrograde Amnesia, Congrade Amnesia, Erased Memories, Fixation Amnesia, Korsakoff Syndrome, Memory Blackouts, Memory Recovery, Memory Wipe, Partial Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Temporarily Inaccessible Memory

The fic's plot centers on a character or characters who have lost their memory.

Memory Manipulation

Superpowers

Synonyms: Memory Alteration, Memory Erasure

The fic features characters who can erase, alter or implant memories.

Menstruation

Warnings

Synonyms: Period

The fic gives considerable attention to menstruation and everything associated with it.

Mental Disorders

Warnings

The fic focuses on characters affected by mental disorders.

Mental Health Themes

Freeform

Synonyms: Mental health issues, Stigmatization of mental illness

The fic devotes considerable attention to mental health issues, society's attitude toward characters with mental illness, and discussions of discrimination against and protection of such characters' rights.

Mental Prison

Tropes

Synonyms: Prison of the Mind

The fic places significant weight on the trope in which a character or characters are locked inside their own mind while remaining physically free.

Mentions of Addiction

Warnings

Synonyms: Mentions of Alcoholism, Mentions of Bad Habits, Mentions of Drug Dependency, Mentions of Substance Abuse

The fic contains brief, non-detailed mentions of a compulsive need for certain actions for short-term gratification, usually in spite of the adverse consequences of those actions.

Mentions of Alcohol

Warnings

The fic briefly mentions instances of alcohol consumption.

Mentions of Animal Death

Warnings

Synonyms: Non-Graphic Animal Death

The fic briefly mentions the deaths of animals, without a detailed description.