Kinktober — Tag Meaning
The tag for the October challenge in which authors write daily adult works from a list of kink prompts. It is the explicit counterpart to Whumptober in fandom's calendar of endurance writing events.
What to Expect From "Kinktober" Fics
Adult-rated daily fills, each tagged with its specific content. Readers should rely on per-work ratings and tags rather than the event tag alone.
How to find Kinktober fics on AO3
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Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
Meet Me In Dreamland
by sinflower81
Kinktober 2020
by TheOriginalWaifu
Kinktober 2020
by quietfaun
kinktober
by lamon
Lemon's Kinktober 2017
by FullBladderLemons (orphan_account)
Of Bonds Old and New
by holyfudgemonkeys (erraticallyinspired)
Related Tags
Whumptober
The tag for fandom's October challenge of daily whump prompts: thirty-one days of characters injured, captured, rescued, and comforted according to a published prompt list. It has become one of AO3's biggest annual posting events, flooding the archive each fall.
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Smut
Fandom's blunt, cheerful term for explicit sexual content. Tagging Smut tells readers that sex scenes are a significant feature of the fic, not a fade-to-black or brief interlude — though unlike PWP, a smut fic may still have substantial story around the explicit material.
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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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Explicit Sexual Content
A plain-language warning that the fic depicts sex explicitly, often used alongside or instead of Smut by authors who prefer descriptive tagging over fandom slang. It frequently appears on fics where the explicit material is one element of a larger story.
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