Poisoning — Tag Meaning
Introduces toxin as plot: assassination attempts, slow doses discovered late, antidote races, and the particular horror of harm that arrives in a teacup. Fanfic favors the configurations that generate devotion — the taste-tester, the character who takes the poisoned cup meant for someone else, the bedside chemistry of an antidote arriving with seconds to spare.
What to Expect From "Poisoning" Fics
Toxic jeopardy and antidote countdowns; expect the poisoner reveal to restructure somebody's trust permanently.
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white noiz
by honeybakedtea
Critical Endpoint Effect
by Spurious_Result
Hemlock
by SheerWillpower
Peach Jasmine Tea
by Ferairia123
Masks
by Violet_has_a_Pen
Lily of the Valley
by FatAssMirage
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Truth Serum
Doses a character with compelled honesty — veritaserum, sodium pentothal, an alien flower, a witch with opinions — and aims them at everyone they've been lying to, especially themselves. The trope is a confession-extraction machine: feelings, secrets, and unflattering opinions all come out, and the comedy or tragedy depends on who's in the room when they do.
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Injury
A straightforward content tag flagging that a character gets physically hurt. It covers everything from sprained ankles to battlefield wounds, and authors typically add it for reader awareness even when the injury is brief, since some readers seek out injury fic and others avoid it.
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Hallucinations
Makes a character's senses unreliable — fever, poison, magic, grief, or psychological strain conjuring what isn't there. Fanfic's recurring figures include the hallucinated dead (guilt with a face), the hallucinated beloved (longing with one), and the slow horror of not knowing which version of the room is real; comfort arrives via whoever anchors them.
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Near Death Experiences
Flags a brush with death — a character flatlines, nearly drowns, or survives something that should have killed them. Writers love the tag for the emotional fallout it licenses: confessions at the bedside, survivors' guilt, and relationships jolted forward by almost losing someone.
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