Tags

Osteokinesis

Superpowers

Characters who can control their own and/or other characters' bones play a significant role in the fic.

Other Planets

Setting

Synonyms: Exoplanets, Mars, Moving to another planet, Planets of the Solar System, The Moon

The fic's events take place on other planets.

Other Wizarding Schools

Fandom-Specific Tags fanfiction only

Synonyms: Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, Ilvermorny

The fic's events center on wizarding schools other than Hogwarts, such as Beauxbatons, Durmstrang, or Ilvermorny (Harry Potter).

Ottoman Empire

Historical Periods & Events

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

Outcasts

Occupations

Synonyms: Exile, Losers, Outsiders, Pariahs

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of characters who have been banished from society for one reason or another.

Outdoor Games

Freeform

Synonyms: Children's Games, Cossacks and Robbers, Hide and Seek, Street Games

The fic devotes significant attention to active outdoor games.

Outing

Orientation, Sex & Gender

The work describes the process of disclosing, publicly revealing information about a person's sexual orientation or gender identity without their consent. The opposite of coming out.

Outlaw

Warnings

The fic depicts a character or characters declared outlaws for some reason.

Outside-Observer POV

Format

Synonyms: Bystander fic, Observer of someone else's relationship, Outsider POV

The fic is narrated by a character who views the situation being described — such as a pairing's relationship or a particular canon event — "from the outside." This is most often used to highlight how unusual the main characters' lives look next to the narrator's own, or to explore how a character without full information about what's happening will interpret the situation.

Overcoming Insecurities

Freeform

Synonyms: Fighting Oneself, Overcoming Fears

The plot centers on a character overcoming their insecurities.

Overpowered Character

Tropes

Synonyms: Cheating, OP

The fic features characters possessing unparalleled abilities in one strictly defined area.

Overstimulation

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Erotic Hyperstimulation, Overstimulation

The fic depicts a sexual practice involving stimulation of the erogenous zones and/or genitals pushed to the borderline between pleasure and serious discomfort or noticeable pain.

Oviposition

Warnings

Synonyms: Egg Clutch, Egg Laying, Eggpreg

The fic depicts the practice of egg-laying, often by one character into another, occurring naturally or with the aid of special implements; the practice may be either erotic or non-erotic in nature.

Ownership Kink

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Claiming Kink, Possessive Kink

The fic features characters who are aroused by the idea of belonging to a partner or claiming a partner as theirs.

Pacifists

Occupations

Synonyms: Antimilitarism, Pacifism

The fic's plot is centered on the way of life and activities of a character or characters whose moral principles forbid committing violence.

Packs

Relationships

The fic focuses on the life and activities of a pack.

Padel

Sports

Synonyms: Padel tennis

A significant role in the fic is given to characters who play padel, along with related tournaments, training, matches, championships, and so on.

Pain

Freeform

Synonyms: Low / High Pain Tolerance, Migraine

The fic places significant focus on pain.

Pakistan

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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

Paladins

Occupations

Characters who are knights of the highest class, often possessing magical abilities, play a significant role in the fic.

Paleness Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts a character or characters who are drawn to partners with pale skin, whether the paleness is natural, magical in origin, or the result of cosmetic procedures.

Palm Reading

Freeform

The fic gives considerable attention to fortune-telling by reading the lines and shape of the palm.

Palm Sunday (Verbna Nedilia)

Holidays

Synonyms: Entry into Jerusalem, Willow Sunday

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Palm Sunday (Verbna Nedilia), or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Pan Characters

Orientation, Sex & Gender

Synonyms: Panromantic Characters, Pansexuality, Pansexuals

The plot features characters who experience sexual or romantic attraction to other characters regardless of biological sex and gender identity.

Panel Apartment Blocks

Setting

Synonyms: Apartment blocks, Courtyards, Khrushchevka, Stairwells

The fic's events take place in apartment blocks and residential districts, among neighbours, courtyards and stairwells.

Panic Attacks

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters experiencing episodes of unexplainable severe anxiety, accompanied by groundless fear combined with various physiological symptoms.

Panic Disorder

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by a mental disorder characterized by the spontaneous occurrence of panic attacks, from a few times a year to several times a day, and the anticipation of their occurrence.

Pantyhose Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts one or more fetishes involving interacting with or wearing pantyhose.

Parable

Format

Synonyms: Moral Tale

The fic is a parable: a brief instructive story with a hidden meaning.

Paragliding

Sports

Synonyms: Hang Gliding

The fic features paragliders and hang-gliding pilots.

Parallel Worlds

Tropes

Synonyms: Alternate Realities, Multiverse

Parallel worlds play a significant role in the fic.

Paralympic Games

Sports

Synonyms: Para Sports, Paralympians

The fic centres on the Paralympic Games and their athletes.

Paralysis

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Hemiplegia, Paraplegia, Paresis

The fic depicts characters affected by illnesses or injuries of the musculoskeletal or nervous system that result in the loss of mobility of individual limbs or of the body as a whole.

Paranoia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

Synonyms: Paranoiacs

The fic depicts characters affected by psychosis characterized by the gradual development of seemingly logical delusional ideas.

Paranoid Personality Disorder

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts characters affected by a personality disorder characterized by excessive sensitivity to frustration, suspiciousness, a tendency to bear grudges, constant dissatisfaction with others, and a tendency to take everything personally.

Parasites

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

A life form that parasitizes other living beings in one way or another plays a significant role in the fic.

Parcel Pickup Points

Setting

The fic's plot centers on the workings of online order pickup points, their staff, and visitors.

Parental Feelings

Relationships

Synonyms: Maternal Feelings, Paternal Feelings

The fic focuses on a relationship that can be characterized as a parent-child relationship, even when the characters are not actually related that way.

Parenthood

Freeform

Synonyms: Parenting

The fic focuses on being a parent and the joys and difficulties of raising children.

Parentification

Warnings

The fic gives a significant role to the psychological process whereby a child or teenager is forced to take on roles and areas of responsibility that normally belong to parents or other adult family members.

Parkinson's Disease

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic features characters with Parkinson's disease.

Parkour

Subcultures

Synonyms: Freerunning, Parkour Practitioners, Traceurs

The plot focuses on the life and activities of characters who practice the art of efficient movement and obstacle traversal using jumping elements, typically in urban settings.

Parks / Recreation Areas

Setting

Parks and recreation areas play a key role in the fic.

Partial First-Person Narration

Format

The fic is narrated mostly in the third person, but includes first-person internal monologues or diary entries.

Partial OOC

Warnings

Synonyms: Minor OOC, Slight OOC

The characters in the fic behave somewhat differently from how one would expect based on their portrayal in canon.

Parties

Setting

The fic's events take place during a party celebration or are closely tied to one.

Partisans

Occupations

Synonyms: Maquis

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

Partners

Relationships

Synonyms: Paired Work

The fic depicts the relationship between characters who perform some duty (most often professional) as a pair.

Partners to Friends to Lovers

Relationships

The fic focuses on characters whose relationship begins as a partnership but develops into friendship, and then into a romantic and/or sexual one.

Partners to Lovers

Relationships

Synonyms: Strangers to Partners to Lovers

The fic focuses on characters whose relationship begins as a partnership but develops into a romantic and/or sexual one.