Kink Meme — Tag Meaning
A canonical tag for works originating on kink memes: anonymous prompt-and-fill communities, historically on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth, that despite the name hosted requests of every rating. Many fics now on AO3 began as anonymous meme fills later claimed by their authors.
What to Expect From "Kink Meme" Fics
A fill for a community prompt, frequently but not always adult; the rating and warnings on the AO3 posting govern. A piece of fandom infrastructure history in tag form.
How to find Kink Meme fics on AO3
On AO3, click any tag to see every work that uses it, then refine with the "Filters" sidebar — combine it with your fandom or ship, set a rating, or exclude tags you don't want. See our AO3 filtering guide for the full walkthrough.
Browse "Kink Meme" works on AO3Popular Fics Tagged "Kink Meme"
Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
(Sacred) In the Ordinary
by idyll
And All This Devotion, I Never Knew At All
by vixleonard
Kink Meme Collection
by hollycomb
The Mating Habits Of Snails
by Shimegami
Heartlines.
by lornrocks
You've Got Mail!
by Loethlin
Related Tags
Prompt Fill
A canonical tag emphasizing the act of filling a specific request, the vocabulary of kink memes and prompt communities where 'fill' is the technical term for a completed response. It signals the work answers someone's particular ask.
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Prompt Fic
A canonical tag for stories generated from prompts of any provenance: memes, challenges, friends' requests, generator tools. It marks writing as response, a mode fandom has refined into its own craft.
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Challenge Response
A canonical tag, inherited from older archive culture, for works answering a formal community challenge: a theme, constraint, or prompt set issued for participants. It is the umbrella over the named events that have their own tags.
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