Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
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.”
Dead Dove: Do Not Eat by Fanfiction Terminology January 9, 2026
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