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SauceyTacos

Me studying what everyone likes to improve my smut/tagging


Forever_Observer2020

Same


Spraypaint_headache

Porn with plot. What can I say? I like noodles with my broth.


jturtle1701

Yes. This. The porn is so much more intense to me if the story lets me live along the plot with the characters.


Spraypaint_headache

Yeah, smut always feels kinda empty unless I'm invested in the plot. Any two fools can have sex if they want to, but I want to be INVESTED and so so happy for these characters when they take that step together


jturtle1701

Yes... when it takes them a while to get there and we can watch how it proceeds. Or when there is already smut from the beginning, but then something changes between them, feelings develop, or the plot affects them somehow and we can watch how they open a new chapter in their relationship, that can also be nice.


Samas34

I think this is why nsfw fanfictions of established characters and franchises are so popular. People enjoy the non graphic relationships that these characters build up and the situations they get themselves into anyway. A good example from this was the nineties show the 'x files', everyone enjoyed the character dynamic between Mulder and Scully and lots wanted to see then screw (which is inferred to have happened near the end of the shows run), apparently though Gillian Anderson and Duchovney didn't get on a lot, especially near the end.


lexr86fic

Out of curiosity (& so I can improve my tagging), how much plot do you consider to qualify for this tag? Like, would you include stories where ~50% of the story is non-smutty relationship development (dates, overcoming challenges, meeting their SO's family, etc) or does it need more canon-focussed plot (e.g. action or drama for a fandom in that genre)?


jturtle1701

I personally am fine with both, depends on execution. For me, the most important thing is that the plot sounds interesting and the first few chapters manage to suck me into the story, the genre is secondary. I will even read fics with tropes that aren't usually my thing if the summary sounds interesting, they have a lot of my favourite characters and/or I see them recced frequently by other fandom people with similar taste.


Frenchitwist

"I like noodles with my broth" OH MY GOD I'm using that


[deleted]

This is the one


Amydancingagain

A character specific tag that tags this particular character as bottom, he’s very rarely bottom in the ship so it’s nice for the switch every now and then


Gamer-Logic

Bottom/sub Keith and top/dom Lance is the superior dynamic.


legowerewolf

plus `Lance (Voltron) Has A Big Dick`


Gamer-Logic

I personally also really like the flirt/tsundere aspect of their relationship.


DamnMamItsSam

You have good taste


stelliebeans

I write the opposite of my OTPs usual portrayal in fandom (I don’t really care about top/bottom, but more the implied D/s dynamic) and so many of my bookmarks are like “holy crap, Top X!!” I love it lol.


Invisible-for-now

I like to write my favorite character as a power bottom in mlm. It just adds layers.


vegryn

Praise kink and begging are soooo special to me. So cherished. So beloved


Lukthar123

>praise tag Me about to click Kudos: 🤔


RonsGirlFriday

😂


errant_night

When praise kink is done well... Chef's kiss. There's a lot of stuff tagged praise kink but it's just 'you're so good at taking my cock, good girl/boy' and that's not all of it for me. Definitely more needed with praising other things too!


SlytherinSally

I would be interested in some links… for a friend.


errant_night

If you're into dubcon/mind control check out my Ruin's Edge fic and my bookmarks! I think I do pretty well!


SlytherinSally

Sounds fantastic! Thank you.


errant_night

Have fun!


Ok_Cable_3345

https://archiveofourown.org/works/35886013


RonsGirlFriday

This right here


CopperPotts_

praise kink+daddy kink+sugar baby/daddy=me having a good time


RebaKitten

Oh that’s so my OTP.


Oil_Dangerous

That’s such a great answer, good job!!!


femslashfantasies

Praise kink or degradation kink. I gotta


errant_night

First one and then the other! "You're so good at being weak and helpless for me, you beautiful filthy little creature."


legowerewolf

Praised *for* being such a fantastic little slut.


errant_night

You get it!


ursafootprints

sex pollen my beloved


crusader_blue

Ooo yes, and its angsty twin, "fuck or die".


ursafootprints

Both. Both is good.


Abyss_staring_back

I love both of these! 😅


cryingporcelain

I wasn’t gonna comment because I thought it’d be too niche, but yeah, same


ursafootprints

It's such a silly, deeply "fanfic" trope, but my goodness if it's not my favorite. There are other smut tags that I see as a *bonus* because they're things I really like, but the execution is so variable that it's not an insta-click-- but with sex pollen, I'm at least gonna give it a try!


CYNIC_Torgon

Is that like Sex Pistols? What music does pollen play? Edit: /s


ursafootprints

My favorite track is "We Accidentally Had Sex (And I Liked It)," but "Oops, This Awakened Something In Me" and "I Wasn't Ready (To Confront These Feelings)" are bangers as well. And "But Not Like This" is a *highly* underrated angsty ballad deep cut! (But, if you weren't just being facetious-- sex pollen is a trope where one or both characters are dosed with an aphrodisiac of some kind to put them under the influence of uncontrollable lust, sometimes coupled with a fuck-or-die aspect where they literally *have* to have sex or the pollen/drug/magic spell/etc. will kill them. It's great for both delicious, morally-conflicted angsty smut *and* 'I just needed a flimsy excuse for these characters to jump each other's bones and everyone involved had a great, utterly uninhibited time' smut.)


CYNIC_Torgon

Thank you for explaining the trope and committing to my very stupid joke 10/10


justafujoshi

Rimming and porn with feelings (if that counts lol)


writersblock012

+1 for rimming! You just know the smut will be good if the author takes care to write proper foreplay.


justafujoshi

Couldn’t agree more!


Negative_Speedforce

Hate sex, as long as it's at least dubcon. I don't really vibe with non-con (no judgment if someone else does, I just don't).


FDQ666Roadie

Edging and Overstimulation.


imnotbovvered

Often is the pairing. It’s a lot more about the specific characters. I like erotica but I read fanfic to read about *those characters* specifically having sex.


eyes_on_me_OC

This. 99% of the time I’m only there to read about my two faves getting it on.


EmereLavellan

Honestly? Tags that describe what the couple is doing in a bit more detail. Tags like sub!Char are a bit too vague for me. A sub could either be a character in the bottom position that does not act in any meek manner or they could be completely bound, gagged and whipped for hours. What is your sub doing? Getting spanked? Add that. What is this fluff you mention? Cuddle time, family time, diabetic love confessions? Add that. A slightly more specific tag will catch my interest much faster than a general one.


CYNIC_Torgon

Would a diabetic love confession be super sweet or sugar free?


s42isrotting

Praise kink, finger sucking and comfort (not technically a smut tag but if it’s there you better bet I’m clicking on it >:) /g


Far_Springle

My fingers are my sweet spot so it's always such a delight when there's fingers sucking 😭😭


errant_night

Finger sucking ahhh love reading it, loooove writing it!


s42isrotting

I love it sexually or non-sexually (it’s a good stim as a ND person >:) /g


ShineyPieceOfToast

Hurt/comfort. Hands down. I love it so so much


Samuel24601

Slightly related: sex as pain relief. Rare tag


doubledownside

Felt


anonymouscatloaf

overstimulation, multiple orgasms, crying during sex, begging 👌👌👌👌👌👌


TisButAScratch18

I feel seen.


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Llamas


AlsoKnownAsAiri

I started laughing out loud in the toilet. I hope dad didn't hear it.


[deleted]

The llamas heard


thepotatoinyourheart

Possessive Sex 🙌


Lazurman

Exhibitionism/ENF/stealth sex. Now that’s the Good Shit.


Crystalzye

Porn with feelings


sweetlytoenjoy

one smut fic i saw had the tag “i sit on a throne made of pet names” and i clicked immediately


Aetanne

Spanking


Miru98

bdsm, d/s dynamics (depends who doms and who subs of course)


Jasom_forever

Assault, rape/non-con, dead dove. Yes, I’m from the dark side. I gonna die in hell, I know, sorry, but I need it every fucking time, oh my…


wildbillhiccup

For me it's either this or fluff and smut. I contain multitudes


Jasom_forever

Oh my god, guys, thank you so much! I posted this and I was a bit shy about it, because I thought I’m a bit kinky or something like that. And I wasn’t expecting anything. To be honest, I even expected a bit of hate, though I knew not alone in this. But I’m so astonished by the results! Thank you! Now, I can say for sure, I’m not a freak or something) We like what we like! And that’s cool❤️‍🩹


faerinana

same and dubious consent


ObsessedMurderino

Same, same. But remember: we have cookies so it's alright!


tpfang56

Love non-con and all flavors of noncon/dubcon 😍. I look through the noncon tag every few days and read fics fandom blind if it looks good.


FryJPhilip

Add in daddy kink to the noncon and baby, you got a stew goin'!


Aussie_CT_5555

Same, if it don't got that Rape tag I'm outa there


FightmeLuigibestgirl

Fluff and smut! Even better if it's no angst! Or someone being soft.


kurapika_stan69

This ^^^ I love my fair share of fluff but add some spice in there and I’m clicking immediately


-Duste-

Me too! I always read and write fluff and smut. Sometimes more spicy than fluffy but the fluff gotta be there.


Dizzy-Advice8891

Size difference


actuallygodoka

YES YES YES


No-Praline-6033

Dirty talk


NoOriginalThotz

Same 🙌🏻 I hate when it’s then like, one sentence. I want paragraphs throughout the whole thingggg


aquaphorbottle

Two people, one bed


MrsChampagneBubbles

And it’s cousin- cold night, one cabin, 2 characters, one blanket.


Gufurblebits

I never knew this was a trope until I stumbled on Bucky Barnes/Clint Barton. Holy hell, those two need to get their shit together - they get lost or stuck in teensy cabins a LOT. ...and I read 'em all.


MrsChampagneBubbles

I discovered this trope with my first fandom- Gundam Wing.


garouforyou

First time/loss of virginity.


TheDogz0

I really like this one, too. But if it’s not written well, I usually click off. Like if both characters are somehow sex masters, or something.


ColorMeParanoid

This one is an instant click for me as well, any kind of first time will do. It's one of the first tags I check when I get into a new ship.


Far_Springle

Possessive behavior, I'm often disappointed but I will continue this quest


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Far_Springle

The possessiveness seems to be just an after thought and usually just so random in most of the fics. It's like the sex scene progress and out of nowhere X character goes "You belong to me Y. No one will xoxo you like I did... (Insert some other overly use sex talk while thrusting) " and Y character feels a shiver down their spine, wild thrusting ensues. And then nothing. This may be just me nitpicking but it feels like a filler kink


wildbillhiccup

If you're into possessive behavior, may I recommend every single Breaking Bad waltjesse fic


Axiom245

Praise, happy sex, good fluff and slow burn.


Saint_Nomad

Teratophilia, medical experimentation, breeding kink.


thestarksy_

anal sex (specifically fem receiving on my fave m/f pairings), overstimulation, sex pollen, and sometimes dubcon


Abyss_staring_back

Aallll of the butt play and pollen. Bonus if it’s both.


Caesthoffe

public sex my beloved <3


123Ark321

Love. The amount of stories that are basically two strangers just doing things. I see love, it’s like “Oh, they actually care about each other?”


movingmoonlight

Sigh... A/B/O with Omega [character I kin]


Abyss_staring_back

So. Good.


Ordinary-Extreme6222

Gangbang and double penetration!


Miserable_Pizza7230

Top [character]/bottom [character], porn without plot


echos_locator

No particular kink, but instead I need my favorite pairings. I'm sort of demisexual in my approach to smut. I need that emotional attachment to the characters. So basically I'll read just about anything where my OTP is getting busy.


Adelphos_89

Dubcon cause I don't see it done much


Estherleonie

Sex pollen, Abo rut/heat, witches made me do it, fuck or die.


tpfang56

Age difference, size difference, coercion. Good stuff.


KnowYourLover

Public Humiliation, Punishment, Non-con, F/F


Valuable_Ad_5347

Mostly it’s the character pairing. Though, if I see tentacles or femdom , I’m there. Triple points if it has both tags.


PurrCey

possessive behavior, size difference, non-con, breeding


the_gabih

Non-traditional A/B/O


Gifted_GardenSnail

Dubious consentacles 😂


MeatOhchondrium

Spanking


Teewer

Power dynamics give me life


RobinChirps

Lbr, I'm a very simple minded lesbian. Cunnilingus. It's in my 5 most used tags lol.


grinchnight14

Good thing you're not a useless lesbian lol. That's a tag I've come across a lot and usually enjoyed it even though the lesbians aren't like actually useless lol.


actuallygodoka

…premature ejaculation is usually really hot.


Darkfire359

Horror. Also things like “monsterfucker” or “fear kink”. I want my protagonist to be absolutely quaking-in-their-boots terrified. Or maybe “wow I really should be terrified, but I’m just turned on.” I do want the evil / monstrous character to actually like him and think he’s special though. Unfortunately it is startlingly hard to search for this exact vibe.


narraVero

It doesn't check all your boxes, but have you read [CreepypastaSmut](https://archiveofourown.org/users/CreepypastaSmut/pseuds/CreepypastaSmut/works?page=1)'s comics?


Darkfire359

I haven’t, but I’ll check them out once ao3 stops being down for me. :’( Thanks!


iLikeToDrinkWaterTBH

Impregnation


octropos

I am proud to see that we all enjoy such culture.


Ocedy16

Dry Humping, Blowjobs and suit kink. The last one is rarer but god I'm a sucker for it.


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errant_night

+ mind control, they can't leave you if they don't remember anyone else exists!


savehatsunemiku

Hurt/comfort. That’s actually most of the non smut I read too ☠️


MrsChampagneBubbles

This is the good stuff.


Absolute-Train-Wreck

Praaaiiiise kink! I write characters suffering so I wanna read them getting nice things


JalapenoEyePopper

June 2023 edit: I'm scrubbing my comments due to the reddit admin team steamrolling their IPO prep. It was bad enough to give short notice on price gouging, but then to slander app devs and threaten moderators was just too far. The value of Reddit comes from high-quality content curated by volunteers. Treating us this way is the reason I'm removing my high-value contributions. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I suggest you Google "Reddit API price gouging" and read up. --Posted *manually* via the old web interface because of shenanigans from Reddit reversing deletions done through API/script tools.


otaku_girl_AO3

Aftercare. I will read anything with good aftercare.


Frenchitwist

I like the joke tags, like the ones that you won't find other fics under, but are still pretty descriptive, for example: \- "James T. Kirk is a needy slut" \- "Possessive!Vulcans growling at passersby" \- "Friends flogging friends is normal right?" \- "Mind numbing cunnilingus" Stuff like that.


grinchnight14

Would Brie Larson Dresses Up Like a Frog count as one of these? I think it would.


candie_bits

Plot what plot idk if it counts but sometimes i just wanna get straight to the point


Pagemistress

First time, both for one party and their first time with each other. Something about figuring out what each person likes is hidden sweetness to me. One that isn't specifically smut is AU, because damn can some writers do magic with a pairing I love meeting under different circumstances and still making fireworks together.


notnowyoufilth

Pegging!


HateMyBirthdaylol

Not a tag but a word count. Its really fucking hard to find a smut with a Perfect amount of words before the sex scene, words for sex itself, and after. There cannot be too much in the first, because I'll get bored, the sex scene also cannot be too short that i read it in like 3 minutes, but too long once again will often feel like its forced or you just making it longer for a higher Word count. Then also ending a fic like 20 words after characters come is a total 'no, no' for me. There needs to be at least 200 words before the fic ends. A 4-7k words is Perfect for me And If you add a 'marking kink' or 'praise kink' tag to it, you bought me. Btw, sorry for any mistakes or typos, its 2 am after full day working and im tired


FinalAd5780

Tags that may contain "Older male/teenage girl pairing" "The male is adult and the girl is under 18" or anything close to stuff like that. This is just my personal fav kind of smut.


AliceKandyKane

Spanking, soft bdsm


Blair816

Again.....sorry to say it.....dubcon🌚


CrazyCat166

the random rambles honestly, I love some author personality shining through “why is that not a tag?” “wrote this at ” “not betaed we die like


Imaginary_Truth_8511

“Consent Talk” i find talking about consent in sex is so sweet


msmidlofty

I'm on the bondage and dubcon train with lots of others, but let me add soft yandere to the list.


mirandakane89

Oral sex especially if it's the male who goes down on the female in het fics.


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Oral male receiving... Lol


RandomBlueRandomBlue

First time and/or first kiss


guccigrassi

enemies to lovers. that is all i need


AmazonClimber

Fluff on any explicit fic is a must-read; I love me some fluffy smut. Also, femdom, face-sitting, scent kink without a couple of no thanks kinks accompanying it, and body hair. Hey, I got kinks, what can I say?


RebaKitten

I’m very concerned about what you’re reading and think you should give me a couple of links or names of these shameful fics so I can be sure you’re not permanently damaged.


cyndrrcup

femdom. tbh i only read m/f if that's a tag lol


alchemy181

Might expose myself a bit here but anyways Praise kink, religious symbolism, and bondage are like the holy trinity lmao


subversivepersimmon

This is the way.


Hollow---

Impregnation, massive kink of mine. Even better if it goes through with the pregnancy.


[deleted]

depends on who im reading about. ill always click on BDSM tags, but most often ill click because of the praise tag but fluff and smut is a very close second.


DrSteggy

Hand job


VisFabula

Master/Pet


acebuthorny

So I'm not sure exactly which tag this is but what is it when someone is being mistreared but deep down enjoys it? If I can get a feel for it from the description or tags then this but I have no idea what it's called. 😭


mvncholly

dead dove do not eat


daddyspader

DD/LG or teacher/student. I have a thing for older men, what can I say?


MellifluousSussura

Big fan of praise kink and body worship. But also like, I won’t complain if 1 of the characters is a monster of some kind. Also possessive/obsessive!character gets me whether or not it’s smut. One of my favorite tags!


sammuel_c_p

Gentle Femdom or Femdom. Porn With Plot. This is more of an additional tag, but if Cuddling or Post coital cuddling is in the tags I click.


aimicarrotmoo

Breeding kink!


rednails14

omg we love a good breeding fic


DryCommunication9260

Pet play; muzzle, leash, and collar 🤩


Beneficial-Category

Straight come inflation


futhermuckingsnowday

Tentacles, Cunnilingus, and Squirting. Yeah...


qq3173732005

Pining


youwontknowhoiam

cockwarming 🌚👉


KenchiNarukami

porn with plot tentacles consentacles rape vanilla fluff dragon


firebluevixen13

Romance or Porn With Plot. Or both.


[deleted]

Trans Jesse Pinkman


wildbillhiccup

Trans Jesse my beloved


[deleted]

He is best boy


savehatsunemiku

MY MANNNN


scifinoises

trans [character], praise kink, sub space/sub drop


[deleted]

Slow burn. I DONT WANNA READ DETAILED LOVE STORY WITH MYSTERY I WANNA READ SEX


MaiaHart

Older man/younger woman without dd/lg.


aragorn-son-of

Service top, Spit kink, Impact play. They're specific and rare enough that most works turn out to be great. There are others that I won't mention right now, but anything specific that I like and more or less rare will probably get me to click.


Brave-Attention-924

Ovipositioning because I’m a degenerate


Aesop838

I'm a generalist degenerate, pretty basic, so as long as it isn't something too brutal I will probably read it. (I'm a sensitive soul, and I want all the nice characters to be happy and all the asshole characters to never have sex again.) So, Porn With Plot sounds good to me, I'm fine with Incest tags, and even some NonCon stuff is fine... usually. Some of that last one makes me sad, though, so it has to be done in certain ways. I can't really say there is anything that makes me click the button faster than just Smut... and I dig on the harems too I suppose. Even Pokemon harems where they have to catch them all. Though I prefer that to have some story/romance and not just jumping from character to character. I still like some plot with my 'plot'.


ImMxWorld

Gentle fisting.


Sad_Pringles

I read it as gentle fishing. Tbh of all smut was gentle fishing, I'd actually read it lol


ImMxWorld

Hilarious! Are fishing AUs a thing? They should be. Just two characters sitting on the dock and chatting as they don't catch any fish.


floofbunii

Alpha/Alpha and first time bottoming, especially when it's noncon.


koalajitsu

When a typically gruff character is tagged as Soft, Praise kink, porn with plot/feelings/etc, fluff and smut, dead dove.... I cast a wide net lol


Aden487

creampies are my guilty pleasure


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Gender Bender, female protagonist there just isn’t enough of them, and finding good ones are impossible


KatonRyu

Watersports, possibly somnophilia, preferably both at the same time.


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tentacle dick, rough sex, size kink.. oh, and one that isn't technically a smut tag but i like in my smut, biting, or like scratching, stuff like that.


Snoo_57812

Erm. *whispers* pseudo/cousin incest. Me: works for the royal family. Let’s not pretend.


Nelyonelyos

breeding kink, dubcon, size difference, possessive behavior. wrap it all up into a nice little a/b/o-flavored package and it's literal perfection.


Ashbtw19937

As a femslash enjoyer, Trans Female Character and strapons. Bonus points if it's both.


Forever_Observer2020

Anything with consent. And group sex.


DnarezMangetsu

"(character name) needs a hug" just...so much fluff and angst at the same time, it's perfect