Prompt Fill — Tag Meaning
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.
What to Expect From "Prompt Fill" Fics
A story written to spec for a requester, with the original prompt quoted. Multiple authors sometimes fill the same prompt differently.
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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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Kink Meme
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.
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A freeform tag for fics written from prompts received or found on Tumblr, where ask-box requests and prompt lists drive a huge share of short-form fanfic. The original prompt is usually quoted in the summary or notes.
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A freeform tag for stories written as presents, complementing AO3's built-in gift feature that formally dedicates a work to another user. Birthday fics, thank-you fics, and cheer-up fics for friends all wear it.
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