Tags

Mutual Masturbation

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Buddy Masturbation

The fic describes partners masturbating together or stimulating each other by hand.

Mutual Penetration

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a sexual practice involving mutual anal or vaginal penetration using a double-ended dildo, phallus, or similar object. The tag may be paired with "Intersex Characters" or "Sex Toys" for easier search.

Mutual Pining

Tropes

Synonyms: Both Pining

The fic centers on two characters who secretly love each other but neither confesses.

Mutuals

Relationships

The fic focuses on platonic/romantic relationships between characters who mutually follow and read each other on social media. The social networks may be real or invented by the author.

Mutual Understanding

Freeform

The fic focuses significantly on the theme of mutual understanding.

Mystery of Origin

Freeform

Unknown details about a character's or characters' origin play a significant role in the plot.

Mystery Rite

Freeform

A sacred rite dedicated to certain deities and/or holding deep meaning for its participants plays a substantial role in the fic. It is usually held in secret, within a narrow circle of chosen initiates, and often takes the form of a symbolic theatrical performance.

Mystical Pregnancy

Warnings

Synonyms: Immaculate Conception

The fic depicts a pregnancy that arose as a result of magical intervention.

Mystical Protectors

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Guardians, Magical Protectors, Patron Spirits, Protective Spirits, Totem Animals

Mystical protector creatures play a significant role in the fic.

Mythologists

Occupations

Synonyms: Myth Hunters

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters engaged in searching for and researching myths, legends, and fantastic creatures, both well-known and invented by the author.

Myths and Mythology

Freeform

Synonyms: African Mythology, Celtic Mythology, Chinese Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Etruscan Mythology, Fictional Mythology, German Mythology, Indian Mythology, Irish Mythology, Japanese Mythology, Korean Mythology, Roman Mythology

The fic's plot centers on myths and legends, or their reimagining.

Nagas

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Lamias, Serpent People, Snake People

Snake-like beings traditionally depicted as snakes with a human torso and a human head play a significant role in the fic.

Nail Salons

Setting

The fic centers on nail salons, their staff, and clients.

Name Change

Warnings

Synonyms: Changed Name, Pseudonym

The fic depicts characters who have changed their name. This may happen either before the events described in the fic or during them.

Name Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Name Kink

The fic depicts a character or characters who feel strong positive emotion and/or sexual arousal when other characters say their name, and/or when they themselves call a partner by name.

Nannies

Occupations

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters whose duties include looking after other people's children, either briefly or as a permanent job.

Napoleon Complex

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts short-statured characters with an excessively aggressive manner of behavior.

Napoleonic Wars

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the era of the Napoleonic Wars. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Narcissism

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Narcissistic Personality Disorder, NPD, Sense of Self-Importance, Star Syndrome

The fic depicts characters with excessive self-love and an inflated self-esteem that in most cases does not match reality.

Narcolepsy

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Cataplexy

The fic depicts characters with a condition characterized by overwhelming daytime bouts of sleepiness or sudden sleep attacks, along with cataplectic episodes.

Narrative Ghost

Tropes

Synonyms: Haunts the Narrative

A character is physically absent from the plot, but their image, past actions, or influence are constantly felt through mentions, memories, and the deeds of other characters.

Narrative Poem

Format

Synonyms: Novel in verse

The fic is a long verse work with a plot-driven, narrative structure — a novella or novel told in verse.

Narratophilia

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character or characters who become sexually aroused by reading or listening to stories.

National Stereotypes

Tropes

Stereotypes about a particular people or social group — often divorced from reality and/or taken to the point of absurdity — play a significant role in the fic.

Native Americans

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: American Indians, First Nations

The fic features Native American peoples.

Natural Disasters

Warnings

Synonyms: Earthquakes, Floods, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Tsunamis, Volcanic Eruptions, Wildfires

The fic depicts large-scale tragic events of a natural kind, most often resulting in a large number of human casualties.

Natural Enemies

Relationships

The fic depicts characters who are expected to dislike each other because of their biological origin or nature.

Natural Phenomena

Freeform

Synonyms: Falling Leaves, Fog, Northern Lights, Rainbow, Snowfall, Solar Eclipse

The fic pays considerable attention to natural phenomena.

Nature Reserves

Setting

The fic's plot centers on the workings of nature reserves, their inhabitants, staff, and visitors.

Nature Spirits

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Elemental Spirits, Elementals

Spirits of nature and/or the elements (water, fire, earth, forest, etc.) play a significant role in the fic.

Naturism & Nudism

Subcultures

Synonyms: Nudist Beach

The plot focuses on characters who are adherents of a lifestyle characterized by the practice of communal nudity.

Navel Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character's sexual attraction to a partner's navel and/or a range of fetishes involving interaction with the navel area.

Navy

Setting

Synonyms: Marine Corps

The fic focuses on the operations of a navy, real or fictional.

Nazi Germany

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Hitler's Germany, Third Reich

The fic is set in Nazi Germany (1933–1945).

Nazi Occupation of Ukraine

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Ostarbeiter, Reichskommissariat Ukraine

The fic is set during the Nazi occupation of Ukraine in 1941–1944.

Neck Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character's sexual attraction to a partner's neck and/or a range of fetishes involving interaction with a partner's neck.

Necromages

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Necromagic, Necromancers, Necromancy

The plot of the fic centers on the lives and activities of characters who wield a type of magic that draws on the energy of the dead to achieve its goals.

Necrophagy

Warnings

The fic describes the practice of eating dead bodies or their parts, including for ritual, psychotic, or erotic motives.

Necrophilia

Warnings

The fic describes characters who experience sexual attraction to the dead.

Needles and Injections

Warnings

Synonyms: Blood Draw, Syringes

The fic features needles, injections or other puncture procedures.

Neighbors

Relationships

The fic gives a meaningful role to characters who live separately but near one another as neighbors: in adjoining apartments, houses, rooms, hotel rooms, and so on.

Neighbors to Lovers

Relationships

The fic focuses on the development of a relationship between characters who used to be only neighbors.

Neopronouns

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: Nonbinary Pronouns

The fic features characters using non-standard or neopronouns.

Nephilim

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Nephalem

The Nephilim play a significant role in the fic.

Nerds

Subcultures

Synonyms: Bookworms, Swots

The plot focuses on the life and activities of characters who pay excessive attention to studying, intellectual pursuits, and research, often at the expense of their social and personal life.

Nervous Breakdown

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Emotional Breakdown

The fic depicts characters in a state of complete nervous system exhaustion brought on by stress.

Nesting

Tropes

Synonyms: Omegaverse: Nesting

The fic devotes significant attention to a particular type of behavior that accompanies pregnancy or heat.

Netherlands

Geography & Ethnicity

The events of the work take place in the Netherlands.

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Ataxia, Nervous system disorders, Neurological diseases

The fic depicts characters affected by nervous system disorders characterized by impaired function and/or progressive deterioration of part of the nervous system.

Neutralitives

Warnings

Synonyms: Gender-Neutral Language

The fic uses neutralitives (gender-neutral word forms) to refer to someone without tying the reference to pronouns or gender.