Tags

Artificially Induced Feelings

Relationships

Synonyms: Forced Love, Love Potions, Love Spells, Love Under Hypnosis, Magically Induced Infatuation

The fic depicts characters who are subjected to an external influence that causes previously absent romantic feelings toward other characters to arise.

Artillerymen

Occupations

Synonyms: Fire Spotters, Gunners

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of artillery crews and fire spotters.

Artisans / Craftspeople

Occupations

Synonyms: Folk Craftsmen, Handicrafts, Weavers, Woodcarvers

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of artisans and craftspeople who make goods by hand, such as weavers, woodcarvers and ceramists.

Artistic Acrobatics and Trampolining

Sports

Synonyms: Trampoline, Tumbling

The fic features acrobats and trampolinists in training and competition.

Artistic Swimming

Sports

Synonyms: Synchronized Swimming

The fic features artistic (synchronised) swimmers and performances.

Artists

Occupations

Synonyms: Plein Air

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

Artists' Models

Occupations

Synonyms: Life Models

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

Asceticism

Freeform

Synonyms: Ascetic Practice, Ascetics

The fic gives significant attention to the theme of asceticism.

Asexual Characters

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: A-Characters, Asexual, Asexual Spectrum, Asexuality, Gray Asexuality, Graysexual Characters

The work features characters who experience very low or no sexual attraction to other people, not due to pathology, illness, or conscious choice.

Asia

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in several Asian countries at once — this tag simplifies browsing works by Asian setting when the plot is not confined to just one of them.

ASMR

Freeform

The fic gives significant weight to the ASMR perception phenomenon, characterized by pleasant, brief tingling sensations at the back of the head and goosebumps, and/or to ASMR artists, YouTubers, and audio bloggers who work in this genre.

Asociality

Freeform

The fic places significant emphasis on reclusive characters who avoid contact with others and struggle to conform to social norms and rules of behavior.

Asphyxiation

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Asphyxiation Kink, Asphyxiation Play, Asphyxiophilia, Breath Control Play, Breath Play, Choking Practice, Erotic Asphyxiation, Erotic Choking, Erotic Drowning, Scarfing

The fic depicts characters practicing various non-lethal forms of choking or breath restriction to heighten sexual arousal and release.

Assembling a Team

Tropes

Synonyms: Ragtag Team

The fic features the formation of a group of misfits or specialists for a shared goal.

Assistants

Occupations

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

Ass to Mouth

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a sexual practice in which a penis, withdrawn from the anus, is immediately inserted into the mouth of the same or another partner.

Asthma

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters with a chronic condition marked by bouts of breathlessness, chest pain, and shortness of breath.

Astral Projection

Superpowers

The fic features characters who are able to leave their physical body.

Astral Worlds

Setting

Synonyms: Astral plane, Immaterial world, Subtle world, The Astral

Astral worlds play a significant role in the fic.

Astrology

Freeform

Synonyms: Horoscope Compatibility, Horoscopes

The fic gives a significant role to the practice of predicting various kinds of information by studying the movement and relative positions of celestial bodies.

Astronauts

Occupations

Synonyms: Cosmonauts

Characters who work as astronauts play a significant role in the fic's plot.

Astronomers

Occupations

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of astronomers and observatory staff.

Astronomy

Freeform

The science of celestial bodies — stars, planets, constellations, and so on — plays a significant role in the fic.

Astrophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Cosmophobia

The fic depicts characters confronting a fear of outer space, cosmic phenomena, astronomical objects, and/or knowledge of the universe.

Astrophysics

Freeform

The fic gives considerable attention to astrophysics.

Atheists

Occupations

Synonyms: Atheism

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of a character who holds atheistic views.

Atlantis

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in the mythical state of Atlantis.

Atmokinesis

Superpowers

Synonyms: Weather Control, Weather Manipulation

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

Attachment

Freeform

The fic devotes significant attention to the theme of attachment.

Attempted Abduction

Warnings

The fic depicts an attempt to deprive a character or characters of their freedom that the perpetrator does not carry through to completion.

Attempted Murder

Warnings

Synonyms: Attempted Poisoning

The fic describes an attempt to kill a character or characters that is not carried through to completion by the perpetrator.

Attempted Rape

Warnings

The fic contains a depiction of attempted rape.

Attention Difficulties

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters who experience difficulty concentrating their attention.

AU: Age Swap

Tropes

Synonyms: AU: Different Age, Deliberate Age Change

The fic builds on the trope in which canonical characters involved 'swap' ages: the oldest becomes the youngest, the youngest becomes the oldest, and so on. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag for easier searching.

AU: All Friends

Tropes

The characters are in friendly relationships, despite being enemies or neutral toward each other in canon. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag for easier searching.

AU: All Human

Tropes

Synonyms: Human!AU

The fic is written for a canon featuring non-human characters, but in this work all those characters are depicted as human by default. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag.

AU: Alternate Abilities

Tropes

Synonyms: Different Abilities

The fic builds on the trope in which characters' powers/abilities differ from their canonical ones.

AU: Different Appearance

Tropes

Synonyms: Different Height

The fic describes a character and/or characters whose appearance differs from the one established in canon.

AU: Different Childhood

Tropes

The fic depicts the characters' childhood as different from how it was shown in canon.

AU: Different Country

Tropes

Synonyms: AU: Nationality

The fic is written for a canon set in a particular country, but in this work the action is moved to a different country. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag for easier searching.

AU: Different Era

Tropes

Synonyms: AU: Another Time, AU: Historical

The fic is written for a canon set in a particular era, but in this work the action is moved to a different era.

AU: Different Marital Status

Tropes

The characters in the fic are depicted in a marital status different from their canonical one: canonically married characters are divorced, canonically single characters are married, and so on. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag for easier searching.

AU: Different Meeting

Tropes

Synonyms: Alternate Meeting

The characters meet each other differently than in canon.

AU: Different Religion

Tropes

The characters' religion differs from their canonical one: canonically Christian characters are atheists or agnostics, Muslims are Christians, and so on. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag for easier searching.

AU: Everyone Is Civilian

Tropes

Synonyms: AU: No Mafia, AU: Ordinary Professions

The fic is written for a fandom whose characters are engaged in non-civilian, often criminal activity, but in this work the characters are civilians. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag for easier searching.

AU: Everyone Is Okay

Tropes

The fic is written for a canon marked by tragic themes, but in this work it depicts a world where those tragedies never happened, and the characters live an ordinary, peaceful life.

AU: Formula 1

Tropes

Works in which characters from the source fandom are transplanted into the Formula 1 setting and act as drivers, team staff, or other participants in the championship world.

AU: Hogwarts

Tropes

Works in which characters from some fandom study at Hogwarts from 'Harry Potter.'

AU: No Apocalypse

Tropes

The fic is written for a canon featuring a post-apocalyptic world or an unfolding apocalypse, but in this work an ordinary universe without a catastrophe is depicted.

AU: No Magic

Tropes

Synonyms: Non-Magic AU

The fic is written for a canon featuring magic or those who use it, but in this work magic does not exist. Recommended to pair with the 'AU' tag.