Imprisonment — Tag Meaning
A canonical tag for confinement with an institutional or judicial cast: dungeons, cells, prison sentences just or unjust. Fantasy fandoms use it for throne-room politics gone wrong; modern ones for incarceration stories.
What to Expect From "Imprisonment" Fics
A character behind bars, with the story exploring guilt, injustice, survival inside, or life after release. Harsher prison content is tagged additionally.
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Browse "Imprisonment" works on AO3Popular Fics Tagged "Imprisonment"
Real examples from AO3's most-kudosed works:
Jambound
by Anonymous
Companion
by Chaniis
the bird, the egg, the cage
by rnelody
limerence
by entropyally
Stormkissed
by ILikeBadBoys
[T] Czara Cieni [Goblet of Shadows]
by jimintango
Related Tags
Prison
A canonical setting tag for works substantially set in prisons, from gritty incarceration drama to prison AUs that relocate an entire cast inside the walls. It signals setting more than specific content, with harsher elements tagged separately.
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Captivity
Dwells in the state of being held — cells, towers, enemy compounds, gilded cages — at longer duration and closer psychological range than kidnapping's plot mechanics. Shared captivity is a forced-proximity crucible for two prisoners; solitary captivity becomes an endurance study; and captor-captive dynamics, where present, push the fic toward its darkest settings.
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Kidnapping
A plot tag for abduction and captivity storylines — a character is taken, and the fic follows their ordeal, the rescue effort, or both. It pairs naturally with whump and hurt/comfort, since captivity creates both suffering and the dramatic reunion that follows.
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