Gunshot Wounds — Tag Meaning
A warning tag for characters shot in the course of the story, from cop and hunter fandoms' occupational hazards to shocking mid-fic escalations. The wound's aftermath — field medicine, hospital vigils — is usually where the tag's real story lives.
What to Expect From "Gunshot Wounds" Fics
Expect firearm violence and its medical aftermath, bedside angst, and pressure applied to wounds both literal and emotional.
How to find Gunshot Wounds fics on AO3
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Gun Violence
A canonical tag flagging firearm violence specifically, applied with particular care in modern-setting works where shootings carry real-world weight. Crime, cop, and superhero fandoms account for much of its use.
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Stabbing
A specific violence warning for knife wounds — back-alley attacks, battlefield blades, and betrayals made literal. Authors tag it for readers who filter on depicted violence types, and because the intimate range of a knife carries its own narrative charge.
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Serious Injuries
A canonical tag escalating from the base Injury tag: wounds that are life-threatening, permanently altering, or require extended recovery. It tells whump readers the stakes are real and tells sensitive readers to steer away.
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Hospitalization
A canonical tag focused on the experience of being admitted: a character as patient, with the loss of autonomy and fear that entails. It is narrower than the Hospitals setting tag and centers the patient's perspective.
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