I quibble at codependency because I'm a pedant and we keep not using the term correctly (it has a very specific meaning around enabling that is not applicable to the bulk of the times it is used anywhere these days). (And, really, if you're reading in that fandom and you can't figure out that two people who've been on the run from shady government agencies for basically the duration of their respective late childhood and teen years and well into young adulthood, in fact, have an unhealthy and overly-dependent on each other kind of relationship as a result, you probably do not deserve a tag for it.)
(I have issues. I own them.)
I, *cough* am familiar with most of the actual canonical tags because that's how I filter for shit I want to read (AHAHAHAHAHA, BOY HOWDY DO I EVER). Those were more the specific, "hmm, how, exactly, do I want to file these consent issues?" sorts of questions, which is going to boil down to a judgement call that I am totally letting Cass make for me.
Like, basically, by the time I'm done writing something, I'm so numb to the actual content of said story that I find myself saying (to give a specific, pre-AO3 example), "So, this isn't that explicit, so I was thinking PG13?" only to be told, basically, "WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? THIS IS AN NC-17 STORY IF I HAVE EVER READ ONE, HE IS FUCKING A CAR FOR FUCK'S SAKE."
Which is actually exactly why I have beta readers.
hee.
If you ever find something that you think SHOULD be a canonical, please let me know.
Hey, is, to give an example of things being sought out by people I know, say, metal arm fisting a canonical?
It is not. HOWEVER, it appears to meet Ro3 (Rule of 3. Most tags won't be canonized until they are used on 3 different works by different authors), so I will add it to the list.
Can I petition you to do a wholesale dump of any tag with the variant of "My feeels, I show you them" or "I don't even"?
It is not. HOWEVER, it appears to meet Ro3 (Rule of 3. Most tags won't be canonized until they are used on 3 different works by different authors), so I will add it to the list.
EXCELLENT.
Not, you know, that someone sold me on a series this week by saying, "and then you get to the third or fourth story, and it gets really explicit, we're talking metal arm fisting." or anything.
Can I petition you to do a wholesale dump of any tag with the variant of "My feeels, I show you them" or "I don't even"?
Why? They're harmless, and generally tongue in cheek, and the wranglers who've weighed in on it that I've seen have said they don't make their lives harder (which was an argument against anyone ever using them made for a while a while back).
Plus, if you don't like them, you can just ignore the things that use them, so they serve a function for you.
I am lolling so hard.
Of course you are.
Fisting. High on the list of things that are generally a don't want or care, but with a handful of exceptions, because metal arm.
