Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, or read dove for short, is a tag often used on the popular fanfiction site Archive of our own (Ao3) to mark stories that have sensitive or disturbing content listed in the other tags.
"That story has Dead Dove: Do Not Eat tagged. I'd rather not be scarred for life, so I'll leave it alone"
by CrowTheWatcher May 23, 2022
Get the Dead Dove: Do Not Eat mug.A fanfic tag that warns you to take the other tags seriously. For example, if one tag says 'non-con', expect non-con. Don't think, 'ah, it's probably just dub-con.' If the tags say 'organ harvesting', expect literal organ harvesting. Don't take it as a joke or exaggeration. You were warned.
Very commonly misunderstood as a general warning of bad things to come, because it's so often used beside more serious tags, when really it's a specific warning not to take the other tags lightly.
(Originally comes from the TV show Arrested Development, referencing a scene in which the character Michael Bluth finds a bag in the fridge that says DEAD DOVE, DO NOT EAT. He opens the bag anyway, before wincing, and saying, 'well, I don't know what I expected..')
Very commonly misunderstood as a general warning of bad things to come, because it's so often used beside more serious tags, when really it's a specific warning not to take the other tags lightly.
(Originally comes from the TV show Arrested Development, referencing a scene in which the character Michael Bluth finds a bag in the fridge that says DEAD DOVE, DO NOT EAT. He opens the bag anyway, before wincing, and saying, 'well, I don't know what I expected..')
by squaresquire June 9, 2023
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Dead dove: Do not eat is a tag (or label) put on fandiction works on Archive of Our Own (AO3) to tell the reader that the content contains sensitive or graphic topics.
1: Hey, wanna read this fanfic together?
2: It’s tagged with Dead dove: Do not eat, are you sure you wanna read this?
1: Ooh.. maybe not..
2: It’s tagged with Dead dove: Do not eat, are you sure you wanna read this?
1: Ooh.. maybe not..
by Spookycould July 20, 2022
Get the Dead dove: Do not eat mug.Person A: Hey dude, sup?
Person B: YOUR MOM IS UP!
Person A: Dude, that's not funny, my mom's dead.
Person B now either believes you, is confused/apologetic, or smart enough to prove the ultimate response to this; Yeah? I really like that.
Person B: YOUR MOM IS UP!
Person A: Dude, that's not funny, my mom's dead.
Person B now either believes you, is confused/apologetic, or smart enough to prove the ultimate response to this; Yeah? I really like that.
by Ninja-wizard-pimp-ghetto-lowtax-maddox-internet. September 12, 2008
Get the dude, that's not funny, my mom's dead mug.person 1: holy shit this character just jumped off a cliff why would the author write this
person 2: was it tagged with Dead Dove: Do Not Eat?
person 1: yeah
person 2: thats your fault bud they warned you
person 2: was it tagged with Dead Dove: Do Not Eat?
person 1: yeah
person 2: thats your fault bud they warned you
by robynn_ January 25, 2025
Get the Dead Dove: Do Not Eat mug.A fanfiction tag equivalent to “what you see is what you get” for dark, sometimes explicit content. It means that whatever you see in the tags, whether that be cannibalism or torture, is what you’re going to read.
Person A: “I read this fic tagged with Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, thinking it was gonna be gore, but it was so much grosser!”
Person B: “yeah, it’s a real pet peeve when authors tag that with no context.”
Person B: “yeah, it’s a real pet peeve when authors tag that with no context.”
by Fanfiction Terminology January 9, 2026
Get the Dead Dove: Do Not Eat mug.An inside joke within the Danny Phantom tumblr community. "It's not gay if he's dead" is a joke about people who want to fuck the ghosts. I don't know the origins of it lol
DP fan: "and then i was like, It's not gay if he's dead!"
Their hostage: "please let me go i haven't seen the sun in months"
Their hostage: "please let me go i haven't seen the sun in months"
by nymphadora1404 February 16, 2024
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