Tags

Rich People

Occupations

Synonyms: Billionaires, Millionaires

The fic's plot is centered on the life and activities of a character or characters possessing significant wealth.

Rich to Poor

Tropes

Synonyms: Disinherited, Fall from Grace

The fic follows a character who loses wealth or status and must adapt.

Riding

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Cock Riding, Cowgirl Position, Reverse Missionary Position, Rider Position (Male), Woman on Top

The fic depicts the sexual practice in which the receiving partner positions themselves "on top," riding their partner's or partners' penis or dildo.

Rimming

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Anilingus, Anus Licking

The fic depicts the sexual practice in which the anus is stimulated with the mouth, including the lips, tongue, or teeth, to cause sexual arousal or deliver sexual satisfaction.

Risk

Freeform

The fic focuses significant attention on the theme of risk.

Risk of Getting Caught Kink

Kinks (18+)

The fic depicts characters who are sexually aroused by the possibility that their intimate activity might be discovered by others.

Rituals

Freeform

Synonyms: Ceremonies, Demon Summoning, Offering a Sacrifice, Rites, Sacraments, Sacrifices, Summoned Heroes, Summonings

The fic devotes significant attention to ceremonial rites or the performance of rituals, most often of a religious or mystical nature.

Ritual Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Ceremonial Sex, Pagan Sex

The fic depicts magical and/or religious rituals that include sexual practices.

Rivalry

Relationships

Synonyms: Competition, Eternal Rivals

The fic depicts characters bound by a relationship built on competition, striving to outdo, defeat, or surpass their rival at something.

Rivals to Lovers

Relationships

Synonyms: Competitors to Lovers

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

Rivers / Lakes

Setting

Rivers and lakes, along with the people and various creatures associated with these bodies of water, play a key role in the fic.

Rivetheads

Subcultures

Synonyms: Industrial Scene

The plot focuses on the life and activities of characters who are fans of various styles of industrial music.

Road Trip

Tropes

Synonyms: Road Movie

The fic follows characters on a journey by road, usually by car.

Robberies

Warnings

Synonyms: Looting

Robberies play a significant role in the fic.

Robophobia

Illnesses, Disorders & Phobias

The fic depicts a fear of animatronics, robots, and similar beings.

Robotics

Occupations

The fic pays particular attention to characters who study robotics and/or are connected in some way with this science.

Robots

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Automatons, Mecha, Mechs

The plot of the fic centers on the lives and activities of robot characters or robot-like beings.

Robot Uprising

Tropes

Synonyms: Machine Mutiny

The fic places significant weight on artificial intelligence that has become the dominant sapient life form on the planet and has seized control of civilization or the planet, most often by means of computers and robots.

Rockabilly and Greasers

Subcultures

Synonyms: Greasers, Rockabilly

The fic centers on rockabilly and greaser subculture, with 1950s style, pompadours, hot rods and rock'n'roll.

Rockers

Subcultures

The plot focuses on the life and activities of a character or characters associated with the rocker subculture.

Rodeo

Sports

The fic pays great attention to the traditional sport of American cowboys involving horses and bulls.

Roleplay Log

Format

Synonyms: RP Fic

The fic is an edited log of a roleplay or text RPG session.

Roller derby

Sports

Characters who are roller derby players play a significant role in the fic, along with clubs, training, championships, and so on.

Roller skating

Sports

Characters passionate about roller skating in its various styles play a significant role in the fic — slalom, freestyle skating, roller dance, speed skating, urban skating, and downhill.

Romania

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Transylvania, Wallachia

The events of the work take place in Romania.

Romani People

Geography & Ethnicity

The Romani people play a significant role in the work.

Romantic Friendship

Relationships

The fic focuses on an extremely close but clearly non-sexual relationship between friends, expressed through a degree of physical intimacy often atypical of modern Western societies (holding hands, hugging and kissing, massages, sleeping together, and so on).

Romanticization

Warnings

Synonyms: Romanticization of the Antagonist, Romanticization of Violence

The fic portrays phenomena that are clearly negative in a romanticized way.

Roofers

Subcultures

Synonyms: Roofing (subculture)

The plot focuses on the life and activities of characters who are adherents of a modern urban subculture centered on visiting the rooftops of various buildings and structures.

Rooftops

Setting

Synonyms: Attics, Roof, Rooftop terraces

The fic's events take place on rooftops, among skyline views, attics and rooftop hangouts.

Roommates

Relationships

Synonyms: Flatmates, Roommates to Lovers

The fic centers on characters who share a flat, house or dorm room.

Rosh Hashanah

Holidays

Synonyms: Jewish New Year

The fic's events take place during the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, or are closely tied to the holiday itself.

Rough Sex

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Hard Sex, Rushed Sex, Scratching, Sex After a Fight, Sex Instead of a Fight, Sex Without Lubricant, Wild Sex

The fic depicts characters risking non-lethal injury during sex scenes due to rough handling by their partner or each other.

Route 66

Freeform

Synonyms: Highway 66, The Mother Road, The Road of Roads

The fic gives a significant role to Route 66 in the United States.

Rowing

Sports

Characters involved in competitive rowing or canoe/kayak paddling play a significant role in the fic — rowing clubs, training on the water and in the gym, regattas, championships, pair and single races, race-course tactics, oars, boats, buoys, and so on.

RST

Warnings

Synonyms: Resolved Sexual Tension

The fic's plot centers on characters who feel strong sexual attraction to each other but, for some reason, refuse to act on their desires, until after a long time they finally decide to take action. The opposite of UST.

RTFM

Format

Synonyms: Instructions, Read the Manual, User Manual

The fic is an instructional guide meant to give authors practical help with fandom terminology and conventions, as well as technical aspects of posting, such as formatting and headers.

Rugby

Sports

The fic centers on characters passionate about this contact team sport.

Ruined Orgasm

Kinks (18+)

The fic describes an orgasm deliberately interrupted at the last moment so that it brings little pleasure.

Ruins

Setting

Synonyms: Destroyed cities, Rubble, Ruined buildings

The fic's events take place among ruins of buildings or cities destroyed by war, disaster or time.

Rumors / Gossip

Freeform

The fic gives considerable attention to the theme of rumors and/or gossip.

Runaway Wedding

Tropes

Synonyms: Runaway Bride, Runaway Groom, Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace

The fic builds on the trope in which a wedding ceremony is disrupted — whether by one of its participants or by an outsider.

Runes

Freeform

The fic gives significant attention to runes.

Running Away from Home

Freeform

Synonyms: Runaway

The fic gives considerable attention to the theme of running away from home.

Rusalka Week

Holidays

Synonyms: Green Yuletide, Hryana Week, Klechalnyi Chetver, Semik

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

Rusalky (Folk Beliefs)

Mythical & Fantastical Creatures

Synonyms: Drowned Maidens, Rusalka

The fic features rusalky, spirits of drowned maidens from Slavic folk belief who lure people near water.

Russia

Geography & Ethnicity

Synonyms: Moscow, Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg

The events of the work take place in Russia.

Russo-Japanese War

Historical Periods & Events

The fic's events take place during the armed conflict between Russia and Japan in 1904-1905, with corresponding setting details. The story may align with real-world history or diverge from it.

Russo-Ukrainian War (since 2014)

Historical Periods & Events

Synonyms: Anti-Terrorist Operation, Joint Forces Operation, Occupation of Crimea, War in Donbas

The fic is set during the Russo-Ukrainian war, launched by Russia in 2014 with the occupation of Crimea and the war in Donbas.

Sadism / Masochism

Kinks (18+)

Synonyms: Algolagnia, Masochism, Pain Kink, Pain Play, Pleasure from Pain, S&M, Sadism, Sadomasochism

The fic depicts sexual practices in which sexual satisfaction is achieved through inflicting physical pain, suffering, and/or humiliation, whether giving or receiving it.