Witchcraft — Tag Meaning
Practices magic in its herb-and-hearth register: spell jars, moon phases, kitchen witchery, covens, and craft passed down grandmother to grandchild. Cozier and more textured than generic spellcasting, the tag attracts stories where magic is domestic labor and quiet rebellion — the witch's cottage at the edge of town is practically its own character.
What to Expect From "Witchcraft" Fics
Practical, ritual-rich magic with strong atmosphere; brews and gardens described as lovingly as any romance.
How to find Witchcraft fics on AO3
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Faking It
by BurnerAccount
A Little Wicked
by Muffin_Paradise
puppy love
by chisomo
The Darkened Path
by LostGalaxie
Petals in the Ice
by CalamityCain
Hellbound
by KwonDawon22
Related Tags
Magic
The broadest arcane tag on the Archive, covering any story where magic features meaningfully — canon magic explored more deeply, new magic introduced, or magic as the texture of an AU. Authors often pair it with specifics, but on its own it signals that the impossible is load-bearing somewhere in the fic.
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Familiars
Pairs magic-users with bonded animal companions — cats with opinions, ravens with errands, creatures whose form says something pointed about their witch. Fanfic's favorite complication makes the familiar a transformed person or a character in disguise, and the witch-familiar bond itself often shadows the romantic one, daemon-style.
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Spells & Enchantments
Focuses on cast magic specifically: incantations, wards, charms on objects, and enchantments laid on people deliberately or otherwise. Where the curses tag implies malice, this one is neutral infrastructure — protective wards as acts of love, enchanted gifts, and the intimacy of letting someone else's magic touch you are all recurring uses.
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Alternate Universe - Magic
Adds magic to a mundane canon or rebuilds the setting around spellcraft — covens, magical academies, hedge witches in modern apartments. Broader than the fantasy tag, it covers any 'what if they could do magic' premise, and authors often give each character a signature discipline that comments on their canon self.
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