Tags

MILF

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: MILFs

The fic features middle-aged female characters who are sexually attractive and have a pleasant personality, often with children of their own.

Military

Occupations

Synonyms: Soldiers

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of a character or characters connected with the army.

Military Chaplains

Occupations

Synonyms: Chaplaincy, Spiritual Care for Soldiers

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of military chaplains who serve the spiritual needs of soldiers.

Military Educational Institutions

Setting

Synonyms: Military Schools

Institutions of military professional training, their students, instructors, and/or staff play a key role in the fic.

Military Families

Occupations

Synonyms: Families of Servicemembers, Soldiers' Wives

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of the spouses, parents and children of soldiers who wait for them and cope with their service.

Military Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Military Kink

The fic depicts a character or characters who feel sexual attraction to military service members.

Military Occupation

Warnings

Synonyms: Foreign Occupation

The fic depicts a territory under foreign military occupation and the life of its inhabitants.

Military towns

Setting

Synonyms: Garrison town

Military towns play a central role in the fic.

Mimes

Occupations

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

Mimicry

Superpowers

Characters who can change their appearance by mimicking other living creatures play a significant role in the fic.

Mind Control

Superpowers

Synonyms: Brainwashing, Control Over People, Mental Control, Mental Suggestion, Mind Domination, Thought Suggestion

The fic depicts attempts to alter a character's thinking or behavior, or to influence their emotions or decision-making.

Mind Copying

Tropes

The fic describes the possibility of copying a consciousness (brain, mind) into another body or onto another medium, biological or artificial.

Mind Palace

Freeform

Synonyms: Memory palace, Method of loci

The fic places significant emphasis on a method for developing memory through visualization: building a mental space in one's imagination that can hold a vast amount of information.

Miners

Occupations

The narrative pays significant attention to the activities of miners.

Mines

Setting

Synonyms: Coal mines, Miners' towns, Quarries

The fic's events take place in mines and quarries, among miners, with underground tunnels and hard physical labour.

Ming Dynasty

Historical Periods & Events

The fic is set in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Mini-Fic Collection

Format

The fic is a collection of mini-length fanfics, not necessarily connected by a single plot.

Minimalism

Format

Synonyms: Brevity, Laconic Narrative

The fic is written in a minimalist style, marked above all by economy of expressive means. The author avoids lyrical digressions and subjectivity, steering clear of unnecessary detail.

Minor Character Death

Warnings

Synonyms: Background Character Death, Death of Minor Characters

One or more minor characters will die in the fic.

Minor Original Characters

Warnings

Synonyms: Minor OFC, Minor OMC

The fic features original secondary characters created by the author and inserted into the canon's world, who play a minor role.

Minotaurs

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Anthropomorphic creatures with bovine features (horns, hooves, tails, a head) play a significant role in the fic.

Mirrors

Freeform

The fic pays significant attention to mirrors.

Mirror Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Catoptronophilia, Mirror Kink, Reflection Kink

The fic depicts sexual acts taking place directly in front of a mirror, or positioned so that the partner(s) can watch their own reflection.

Misanthropy

Warnings

Synonyms: Hatred of Humanity

The fic gives a significant role to characters who display general hatred, dislike, or distrust of the human species, human behavior, or human nature.

Misgendering

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: Deadnaming

The fic features a character being addressed or described with the wrong gender.

Misophilia

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Sweat Smell Kink, Worn Clothes Kink

The fic depicts a range of sexual practices and/or fetishes in which sexual pleasure is tied to body odors traditionally considered indecent (sweat, an unwashed body, etc.), as well as to worn clothing that carries those scents.

Misophonia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic features characters with misophonia, strong emotional reactions to specific sounds.

Missing Persons

Tropes

Synonyms: Disappearance, Search

The fic devotes significant attention to characters who have gone missing.

Missing Scene

Format

Synonyms: Episode Tag

The fic fills in a scene absent from canon or an earlier work.

Missionary Position

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a sexual practice in which partners face each other, with the receiving partner lying underneath.

Mistake Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a range of fetishes involving characters who frequently make mistakes and feel shame, awkwardness, or embarrassment because of it, thereby arousing the protagonist or protagonists.

Mistaken Identity

Tropes

Synonyms: Mistaken for Someone Else

The fic builds on the trope in which a character is mistaken for someone else. This may be the character's own intention or happen by accident.

Mistakes

Freeform

Synonyms: Fixing mistakes, Mistakes made

The fic focuses significantly on the theme of mistakes.

Misunderstandings

Freeform

Synonyms: Mix-ups

Misunderstandings between characters play an important role in the fic.

Mixed Media

Format

Synonyms: Multimedia

The fic combines several formats such as letters, chats and prose.

MMA

Sports

Synonyms: UFC

The fic features mixed martial arts fighters, gyms and promotions.

Mnemophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Fear of Memories, Fear of the Past

The fic depicts characters afraid of their own memories. This is usually accompanied by attempts to avoid anything that might remind them of the past.

Mobilization

Tropes

Synonyms: Volunteering for the Army

The fic features characters being called up or volunteering for military service and the impact on families.

Modeling Industry

Setting

The fic's plot centers on the modeling industry, its clients, and workers.

Models

Occupations

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

Modern Day

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: 21st Century, Modern AU

The fic's events take place in the modern world. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Mods

Subcultures

Synonyms: Modernists, Scooterists

The fic centers on mod subculture, with sharp suits, scooters, soul and ska music of 1960s Britain.

Moldova

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Moldavia

The events of the work take place in Moldova.

Mole Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character or characters who are drawn to partners with moles.

Molfars

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Carpathian Sorcerers, Molfar

The fic features the molfar, a Hutsul wise man or sorcerer of the Carpathians.

Molting

Freeform

The fic pays special attention to the shedding and renewal of skin, fur, feathers, or scales in animals or characters with animal traits.

Mommy Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Mummy Kink

The fic focuses on a romantic or sexual role-play relationship between characters of consenting age, in which one plays a symbolic 'mother' role toward the other.

Monasteries

Setting

Monasteries and their inhabitants play a significant role in the fic's plot.

Mongol Empire

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the era of the Mongol Empire, with corresponding setting details. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Mongolia

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Mongolia.