Graphic Description of Corpses — Tag Meaning
A canonical tag, common in crime and horror fandoms, warning that dead bodies are described in forensic or gruesome detail. Procedural fandoms whose canons open on corpses made this a standard disclosure.
What to Expect From "Graphic Description of Corpses" Fics
Crime-scene or aftermath imagery rendered specifically, beyond the mere fact of a death. Squeamish readers can exclude it while still reading murder mysteries.
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Murder
A canonical tag for unlawful killing within the work, whether the fic follows the killer, the investigators, or the bereaved. Crime fandoms use it descriptively; others use it to warn that a death is violent and intentional.
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Gore
Warns of explicit, graphic depictions of blood, wounds, viscera, or bodily destruction. Authors use it alongside or beyond the archive's violence warning when the visceral detail itself is significant — common in horror fic and dark character studies.
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Death
A broad canonical tag for works where death, as event or theme, is central, sometimes literally so in fics that personify it. It is less specific than the character-death family and often marks meditative or philosophical treatments of mortality.
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Serial Killers
A canonical tag native to crime and thriller fandoms, covering works where a serial murderer is antagonist, subject, or, in darker corners, protagonist. Certain fandoms built around such characters use it as a basic descriptive tag.
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