Thanksgiving — Tag Meaning
Gathers the cast around an American Thanksgiving table — biological family with all its landmines, or the found-family Friendsgiving that fandom prefers, where everyone brings a dish and nobody brings judgment. Turkey disasters and the fake-dating-for-the-relatives scenario are seasonal staples.
What to Expect From "Thanksgiving" Fics
Food-centered ensemble warmth or family-dinner tension, frequently both in the same fic; gratitude gets articulated eventually.
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Browse "Thanksgiving" works on AO3Related Tags
Holidays
The general celebration tag covering any holiday setting, used when a fic spans several festivities or when the specific occasion doesn't have its own tag worth reaching for. Holiday fic as a genre trades on heightened emotion: travel, family obligation, traditions kept or broken, and the loneliness or belonging the calendar enforces.
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Meet the Family
Stages the high-stakes introduction of a partner to parents, siblings, or the found family whose approval matters more. Fanfic versions add genre spice — meeting the family means meeting the pack, the crew, the team of superheroes — and the protective shovel-talk from a best friend is a ritual the tag practically guarantees.
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Cooking
The broader kitchen tag: characters cooking for, with, or at each other — family recipes carrying history, one character feeding everyone as their love language, disasters that end in takeout and laughter. Food preparation in fic is rarely about food; it's about who gets fed and why.
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Fake/Pretend Relationship
The canonical tag for one of fandom's most beloved engines: characters pretend to date — for a mission, a wedding, a visa, a nosy family — and the performance becomes real. Every staged kiss and practiced anecdote doubles as genuine intimacy the characters refuse to acknowledge.
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