Canon-Typical Violence — Tag Meaning
A calibration tag meaning the violence matches what the source material already shows — no more brutal than an average episode or chapter of canon. It lets authors of action-fandom fic skip the Graphic Violence warning while still being upfront that fights, battles, or bloodshed occur.
What to Expect From "Canon-Typical Violence" Fics
Action and danger at the intensity you already tolerate from the original work, nothing beyond it.
How to find Canon-Typical Violence 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 "Canon-Typical Violence" works on AO3Popular Fics Tagged "Canon-Typical Violence"
Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
Quackery
by CAPSING
This Dangerous Game
by MissDisoriental
Yesterday's Voices
by LemonadeGarden
Never Conquered, Rarely Came
by thisisthefamilybusiness
Separately to a Wood
by emungere
Ein Riese, der Fliegen Wollte
by Closet_Cleaner
Related Tags
Violence
A general-purpose flag for violent content that exceeds the incidental but may not warrant the archive's Graphic Depictions warning. Authors use it to cover fights, assaults, and brutality, trusting readers to combine it with the fic's rating to judge intensity.
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Action/Adventure
The canonical tag for fic where physical stakes drive the plot — fights, chases, quests, missions. It signals that the author invested in external conflict and set pieces, not just interpersonal drama, and it is often the home of long, ambitious plotty fic.
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Blood and Injury
The canonical AO3 pairing of blood with bodily harm, used when injuries are depicted with some vividness rather than mentioned in passing. It functions as a mid-level warning — more graphic than a scraped knee, less than gore — common in action, whump, and battle fic.
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Case Fic
A fandom-specific structure born in procedural fandoms: the fic is organized around the characters working a case, hunt, or mission, the way an episode would be. The case provides the skeleton while character dynamics and relationships develop in its margins — many beloved long fics are case fic with a romance threaded through.
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