My main tag-related gripe is when the tags take up more space on the page than the fic itself.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Calli - May 14, 2014 10:53:23 am PDT #8926 of 10434
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
§ ita § - May 14, 2014 10:58:58 am PDT #8927 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't know about other shows, but SPN has so few surnames that it's all Gabriel (Supernatural), Michael (Supernatural), ... that can double the tag length. It's offputting when it's longer than the summary, but until angels adopt patronyms, we're stuck.
I am amused by the gyrations to not call them Milton (fallen angel Anna's birth surname, but do we even know if Anna was her angel name?), or Novak, the name of Castiel's host. Third most popular is Shurley (often spelt Shirley--I'll let Cas pass, but not this--grrr), after the prophet Chuck Shurley. Then we have Godson, Angeles, Krushnik, Collins, and other surnames of the actors which I *hate*.
P.M. Marc - May 14, 2014 12:38:09 pm PDT #8928 of 10434
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Yeah, the disambiguation can really add up. Thankfully, right now, I mostly just get Sam Wilson (Marvel).
(The listed fandoms, though, those add up in the MCU. Boy howdy.)
DebetEsse - May 14, 2014 12:39:14 pm PDT #8929 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Oh, gods. The SPN people have so much trouble and constant need to coordinate with Abrahamic Religions. It's a whole pile of potential wank that I am glad I am well away from. You don't even want to know about the "Angels are dicks" canonical.
I wrangle Game of Thrones and people keep tagging characters with the family names they have in the story, which is distinctly unhelpful. Because you may mean Arya Stark as a bastard when you use "Arya Snow," but that doesn't mean that the next person who uses it won't have created an original character with that name.
§ ita § - May 14, 2014 12:52:41 pm PDT #8930 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
You don't even want to know about the "Angels are dicks" canonical.
Well, Kripke started it!
I'd love to wrangle SPN tags. Where do I apply?
DebetEsse - May 14, 2014 12:58:00 pm PDT #8931 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Every once in a while, Ao3 puts out a call for wrangler volunteers, usually looking for specific fandoms, but once you're in, you can volunteer for additional faondoms when a need arises (which is how I got on GoT/ASoIaF)
§ ita § - May 16, 2014 5:26:23 am PDT #8932 of 10434
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Where do they put out the calls? On their pages? I've never noticed one, and cleaning up tags--well, they're about the only things I'm tidy about. I love tagging.
they made there way to the street where dean hauled a cab
Sometimes I'm really tempted to draw some of these misspellings. If only it weren't so massively rude. Maybe drawer-art.
DebetEsse - May 16, 2014 6:44:23 am PDT #8933 of 10434
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Possibly the OTW mailing list. I'm not sure.
Amy - May 19, 2014 4:45:10 pm PDT #8934 of 10434
Because books.
My new favorite fanfic line:
Small beads of blood perturbed from Sam’s cock
I don't have any idea what the author was trying to say -- protruded? -- and I don't care.
SuziQ - May 19, 2014 4:48:45 pm PDT #8935 of 10434
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Now I'm perturbed. I think. I'm not protruding.