Sexual Humor — Tag Meaning
A tone tag for fics whose comedy runs on innuendo, dirty jokes, and sexually charged banter without necessarily containing explicit scenes. It tells readers the humor is bawdy even if the rating stays moderate.
What to Expect From "Sexual Humor" Fics
Expect double entendres, mortifying misunderstandings, and characters who weaponize innuendo in everyday conversation.
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Humor
The umbrella tag for fic that wants to make you laugh, spanning witty banter, situational comedy, farce, and gentle absurdity. Unlike Crack, Humor implies the story still operates within recognizable canon logic — it's funny, not unhinged.
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Banter
Celebrates rapid-fire, affectionate verbal sparring as a feature worth tagging. Fics under this tag lead with dialogue — teasing, wit, comebacks — and it is a signature tag for ships whose canon chemistry runs on quips. For many readers, good banter is the entire reason to open a fic.
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Crack
Fic powered by an absurd premise embraced without apology — characters turned into cats, gods forced to share an apartment, a sentient toaster's perspective on the plot. The name comes from the old joke that the author must have been on something. Logic is optional; commitment to the bit is mandatory.
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Flirting
Tags fic where the flirtation is the show: charged banter, escalating dares, compliments deployed like chess moves. It often marks dynamics where one or both characters are canonically smooth — or where the comedy is that they think they are.
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