Tags

Monks

Occupations

Synonyms: Monasticism

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

Monologue

Format

The fic features a character's speech that stands apart from dialogue with other characters and expects no direct response — speech addressed to listeners or to oneself.

Monster Fucking

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Demonophilia, Monster Kink, Non-Human Anatomy Kink, Teratophilia

The fic depicts a range of fetishes involving sexual attraction to monsters, creatures, or other beings with strongly non-human traits.

Monster Hunters

Occupations

Synonyms: Demon Hunters, Fairy Hunters, Ghost Hunters, Vampire Hunters, Werewolf Hunters

Monster hunters play a significant role in the fic.

Monsters

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Bloodthirsty Creatures, Kaiju, Monstrosities

Fantastical, often repulsive creatures of enormous size and/or extraordinary structure play a significant role in the fic.

Montenegro

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Montenegro.

Mood Piece

Format

The fic focuses on conveying atmosphere and a particular mood, without giving much attention to plot or character development.

Moral Dilemmas

Freeform

Synonyms: Role conflict

The fic portrays characters forced to choose between two options, where either choice entails violating some moral principle.

Moral Injury

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Moral Distress

The fic describes characters who suffer moral injury: deep guilt and shame after actions or events violating their moral code.

Moresome

Relationships

Synonyms: Fivesome, Foursome, OT4, OT5

The fic depicts a romantic and/or sexual relationship involving four or more characters at once.

Morgues and Funeral Homes

Setting

Synonyms: Funeral parlors, Mortuary

The fic's events take place in morgues, funeral homes or crematoria, among their staff and the dead.

Morning Sex

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts sexual acts taking place in the morning.

Morocco

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in Morocco.

Mortal to Divine Being

Tropes

Synonyms: Celestial Beings, Human to Divine Being

A character who attains divine status plays an important role in the fic.

Mother's Day

Holidays

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

Mother and Daughter

Relationships

The fic centers on the relationship between a mother and her daughter.

Mother and Son

Relationships

The fic centers on the relationship between a mother and her son.

Motorcycle racing

Sports

Synonyms: Motorcycle races, Motorcyclists

The fic centers on characters involved in motorcycle riding and racing, including tournaments, training, matches, championships, and so on.

Motorsport

Sports

Synonyms: Auto racing, Racers, Racing

The fic centers on the lives and careers of race car driver characters, including in such motorsport disciplines as Formula 1 and drifting.

Mountaineering

Sports

Synonyms: Mountain climbing, Mountaineers, Rock climbers, Rock climbing

The fic focuses significant attention on mountaineering and mountaineers, their lives and pursuits.

Mountain Hut / Polonyna

Setting

Synonyms: Highland pastures, Mountain refuge

The fic's events take place on highland pastures (polonynas) and in mountain huts, among shepherds and hikers.

Mountains

Setting

Synonyms: Cliffs, Precipices

The fic's events take place in the mountains.

Movie Theaters

Setting

Trips to the movies, movie theaters themselves, their staff, and visitors play a key role in the fic.

Moving In Together

Relationships

Synonyms: Cohabiting Couple

The fic focuses on a couple moving in together and sharing a home.

MPDG (Manic Pixie Dream Girl)

Tropes

The fic describes the archetype of a heroine endowed with an eccentric personality, meant to change the work's main character. She typically has an unconventional appearance, atypical hobbies, and so on. Her appearance often serves as the story's inciting incident, and the dramatic development of the hero's and the MPDG's relationship becomes its climax.

Muay Thai

Sports

Synonyms: Thai Boxing

The fic features Muay Thai fighters, gyms and tournaments.

Mughal Empire

Historical Periods & Events

The fic is set in the Mughal Empire (1526–1857).

Multi-Crossover

Format

The fic draws on elements from ten or more canons, or makes heavy use of hypertextuality — borrowings, references, and quotes that create a (often comic) sense of recognition.

Multiple Endings

Warnings

Synonyms: Alternative Endings, Branching Plot, Two Endings

The fic contains more than one ending.

Multiple Orgasms

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character or characters experiencing more than one orgasm within a short period of time.

Multiple Penetration

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Triple Penetration

The fic depicts a sexual practice involving the penetration of one partner by three or more active partners at the same time.

Multiple-POV Narrative

Format

Synonyms: Changing narrators, Multi-perspective narrative, Multiple viewpoints, Multiple-character POV, Multiple-narrator POV, One story, multiple angles, Shifting protagonist

The fic is narrated from the perspective of several characters.

Multiple Sclerosis

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic features characters with multiple sclerosis.

Mummies

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Characters who are living, reanimated mummies play a significant role in the fic.

Munchausen Syndrome

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by a factitious disorder in which they exaggeratedly feign or artificially induce symptoms of illness in themselves in order to undergo medical examination, treatment, and the like.

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Polle syndrome

The fic depicts parents or guardians affected by a factitious disorder in which they deliberately cause or fabricate painful conditions in a child or vulnerable adult (such as a person with a disability) in order to seek medical attention.

Murder

Warnings

Synonyms: Contract Killing, Honor Killing, Infanticide, Mass Murder, Poisoning, School Shooting

The fic describes one or more attempts on a character's or characters' life that result in their death.

Murderous Couple

Relationships

Synonyms: Murderous Spouses, Psychopaths in Love

The fic depicts characters who are in a romantic relationship and commit crimes (most often murders) together.

Muscle Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic centers on a character or characters who feel sexual attraction to partners with a strong, muscular build, not necessarily surpassing their own, or to their well-developed muscle groups.

Muscular Characters

Freeform

Synonyms: Apollo's Body, Gym Bros

The fic pays considerable attention to characters with well-developed muscles, an athletic build, and a sporty physique.

Muses

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

The ancient Greek goddesses who are patrons of the arts and sciences play a significant role in the fic.

Museums / Galleries

Setting

Museums and galleries, their staff and visitors, play a central role in the fic.

Museum Workers

Occupations

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

Music

Freeform

The fic focuses significantly on music, with the characters not necessarily being musicians or connected to art in any way.

Musical Instruments

Freeform

Synonyms: Bandura, Guitar, Piano, Violin

The fic gives attention to playing musical instruments.

Musicians

Occupations

Synonyms: Band AU, Guitarists, Musical Bands, Pianists, Recording Studios, Singers, Singing, Tour, Violinists

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

Music Managers

Occupations

Synonyms: Artist Staff, Idol Manager

The fic pays particular attention to characters who work as music managers and are responsible for promoting an artist, singer, idol, etc.

Music Schools

Setting

Music schools, music colleges, or conservatories, along with their staff and students, play a key role in the fic.

Mutants

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Mutations

Mutant characters play a significant role in the fic.

Muteness

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Aphonia, Forced Silence, Loss of Voice, Mutism, Temporary Muteness

The fic depicts characters with a partial or complete impairment of the ability to speak. Muteness may be either permanent or temporary.