#tag your shit correctly

[itsyaboicase]

Yah know, im completely done with unrelated porn in the tags i like. Im here to look at pictures of nepeta being a chaos gremlin and cute davekat art. Im reporting all the incorrectly tagged porn accounts, cuz fuck you.

#homestuck #davekat #nepeta leijon #fuck the pornbots #tag your shit correctly #dont shit on me for liking davekat #ive been a reader and fan since 2013 i have earned the right to enjoy my ships in fucking peace

[cheeky-cheese]

every time a DSMP fic on ao3 is tagged as QSMP an angel dies

#like why are you tagging dsmp and qsmp when its just about dsmp characters #what are you doing ;-; #qsmp #ao3 #tag your shit correctly

[masked-alien-lesbian]

Why is the Nadia Satrinava tags full of everyone but Nadia??? Why can't you fuckers tag your posts correctly?

#asra alzanar #asra #lucio morgasson #Lucio #muriel #Julien #Men lovers #God damn #not choices #the arcana #Tag your shit correctly #Attention seeking whores #Tw for swearing #Swearing #Julian #the arcana julian #the arcana asra

[thegreatluka-69]

AO3 PEOPLE, WHO WRITE SMUT. PLEASE. TAG IT CORRECTLY. IM BEGGING. I WANT TO READ FLUFF AND ANGST IN PEACE, I HAVE SMUT FILTERED OUT FOR A REASONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN /lh /nm

#crying #please #its all i ask #ao3 #ao3 smut anti #tag your shit correctly #ao3 writer

[mirnsey]

Me: reading a writing i really like that seems to have a good plot, and the writing its self is giving me own ideas of how to write

Writing: *suddenly has a kink or something it never entailed to or put in some sort of tags*

Me:

#tag your shit correctly #it’s not that hard #literally just do that #just do it #it’s really easy #just write a couple words to make sure people are reading what they want to #please #for the literally love of god #not that hard #writing #writing tagged incorrectly #tagged incorrectly #things tagged incorrectly makes me so infuriated

[maddihattersworld]

i hate when i follow a blog bc they’re theme is cute and they post cute stuff just to find out that they also post nsfw or self harming content :/

#tag your shit correctly #gurocore does not equal cutecore #or kawaiicore #don’t tag vent shit with sanrio #or hello kitty #i don’t wanna see it

[talesfrom-theupsidedown]

This showed up in the Dacre Montgomery tag and I just… 🙄😵‍💫

This is why I hate it when people INCORRECTLY TAG. Their tag brought this shit to MY DASH. Sadly they’re in the harringrove fam and perhaps some of you follow them. Perhaps you agree with their opinion, and that’s fine. I disagree and added my comment below.

Also just looked at their profile and they are 14 years old. Sigh. Hopefully they will learn some tag etiquette eventually. If they get spicy about my comment, I’ll block and move on with my life. 🤷🏻‍♀️

#fandom wank #comment is from my main blog btw #cause I HAVE TO #@ staff 👀👀👀 #nikki rambles #TAG YOUR SHIT CORRECTLY #stop clogging up the tags with nonsense #maybe they think they can be ~tumblr famous~ this way #it’s not a think #do you think there’s an algorithm here too?? #aw hun #there is not #tumblr etiquette

[yennysaysthings]

ngl why cant some dark content creators use the tw tags correctly. like i dont wanna look through the x reader tag to see a dad!character x child!reader 😭

please use regular tw tags (tw incest or wtv) and not some special ones like “tw.incest” like i dont need anymore tags to block 😭😭

#not the first time i’ve seen this happen before either #like i could be scrolling around snd suddenly see an incest fic 😭 #please tag your shit correctly !! #hsr smut #genshin impact x reader #genshin x reader #honkai star rail x reader #hsr x reader #honkai star rail smut #aventurine smut #aventurine x reader

[intotheelliwoods]

AH for real! Hell theres friends I know who are scared to even post their cool stuff to begin with- its so sad that a community was created where a good chunk of the artists are too scared to even make their work public :( (or even announce a patreon for it)

Ha it also took more guts than I would like to admit to make that last post, but hey look! FMA meme redraw!

I have no worries of hate though, after all I am just posting for myself and my friends! Whom would love to help me fight my battles o7

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Yeah ofc!! <3 Dont expect any hate or judgement from me alright??

#asks #also I see some people in tags going “yeah as long as its not [this specific thing] then its ok!” #no #nono #no the post definitely includes [that specific thing] regardless of your personal experiences and triggers #it includes everything #no I dont care how 'problematic' #its only 'problematic' if its not tagged correctly #(those tags were on gems earlier post ^) #also also #to those worried “OH NO ELL IS GOING TO RB TCEST AT ANY MOMENT” no im not. #shipping isnt my thing #all that shit isnt my thing but thats alright I can and will ignore it

[redysetdare]

"don't like then don't read/look"

Y'see I would love to do that but you don't tag your shit correctly so we seem to be at an impasse.

#text #at some point yall gotta start doing the work to allow ppl to avoid your shit #you can say 'dead dove do not eat' all u want but if u dont properly tag it #then how will the person know its a dead dove #blacklists only work if you tag ur posts and work correctly

[stiffyck]

You know how you can mute anonymous people on tumblr? Wish that was an option on ao3

#im so pissed rn #like yes thank you for not tagging this fic properly. thank you for making me see/scroll past something i have FILTERED for a reason #that would have been such a quick fucking mute and block from me but since the person is anonymous i cant do thay #stiff talk #stiff angy #dear lord people TAG YOUR SHIT CORRECTLY

[leopardmuffinxo]

with Baldur’s Gate 3 being less than a month from launch, this is a reminder that i tag spoilers as #bg3 spoilers and #baldur’s gate 3 spoilers, so please feel free to blacklist them if you don’t want anything spoiled for you. i already have people talking about things being spoiled in recent posts, but they were tagged as such. not everything i post will be spoilers, but i do my best to tag those that are.

#random text post #reminder #this doesn't hide them from your feed #but gives you the option to show it with a warning that it's a blacklisted tag #so you can pick and choose if you want to ignore it or view it #please don't complain in the tags that something was spoiled for you #just blacklist the appropriate tags #also tag your shit correctly so you don't ruin things for others

[squuote]

I think people should be allowed to share their distaste for certain headcanons n such without people making posts about how they’re ‘gatekeeping’. for as much as I’m a ‘do what you want’ kinda dude, I do think that includes allowing people to express why they don’t enjoy something. like most people are pretty civil bout it until you antagonize them by pointing and saying they’re ‘policing’ spaces.

#crow thoughts #sorry fandom stuff is like. kinda stressing me out a bit #and it’s kinda making me nervous to post opinions on things. #additionally I think people need to hear out minorities when it comes to things and not antagonize them #additionally if they aren’t going up to people and saying rude shit or actively posting rude shit in the tags #what does it matter if they don’t enjoy your headcanon? #like I’ve already seen four different posts all talking about fandom negativity and it’s like. just block them. #additionally maybe also don’t put those posts in the main tags? especially if the other person just posted it to their blog :-| #im not explaining this correctly. I just don’t have good experience with people who point and claim negativity #especially in the context of actual criticism about character design preferences and the treatment of certain designs #like you cannot deny that people treat fat designs very differently from skinny designs #ur not a bad dude for having a skinny design but you gotta allow people to discuss and critique things #idk I’m just tired as fuck seeing people in the main tags make longass posts about an opinion from a handful of people- #-who only posted it to their blog and not directly in the tags yknow? #if I get too anxious I’ll delete this but for now I’ll post this

[autisticrosewilson]

Just saw someone get pissy because "people in Gotham would have PTSD from Red Hood killing their family members just for being criminals".

Are you fucking stupid? I'm not joking do you have a brain eating parasite lodged in your skull?

When he's written correctly he's explicitly only targeting the people at the top. The crime lords, people who lace their drugs, traffickers, rogues. He isn't just breaking the necks of random crooks. We're talking about a kid who grew up stealing to survive, whose father died doing crimes to provide for them.

To call Jason being compassionate for small scale criminals and not a trigger happy psycho "fanon" or a "headcanon" puts your literacy into question at best and makes you look like an asshole at worst, especially when you put it in the main tag and don't bother to put it in the "Anti Jason Todd" or "Jason Todd critical" or "Jason Todd salt" or even "Jason Todd bashing". See that collection of easily blockable tags so I don't have to see your utter fucking nonsense on my dash?

They also said they don't think Jason cares about crime prevention at all and was just an angsty teen rebelling. Like tell me you didn't even fucking read Under the Red Hood without telling me.

#dc #jason todd #Vague posting on top of blocking because this actually really pissed me off #Either gain media literacy or tag your shit right #to be fair OP did tag it correctly #but the dip shit who reblogged it from them didn't #so I still ended up seeing it #people keep reducing Jason to seeking Bruce's attention and it's actually starting to make me tweek because it ignores every other aspect #of his character and as a narrative device to point out the faults in Bruce's morals #if you guys could quit choking on Bruce's dick long enough to use your brain that would be lovely

[broken-synchronicity]

Something that came up recently in discord with @/shuuenmei and @/klonoadreams and friends

And it has occurred to a lot of us older writers, especially now with the prominent use of the AO3 tagging system, is that younger writers seem to have trouble grasping the difference between the kinds of 'insert' fanfics.

So, as someone who has written all the variations there off, I've decided to try and write a reference sheet for what the differences between an OC-insert, a Self-insert, and a Reader-insert.

The OC-Insert

"I have created a character and will put them in a situation."

Everyone has an OC or a dozen, whether or not you've done anything with them. It's a right of passage of sorts for young artists and writers to create their cringe angsty OP character for their favorite show/game. We've ALL done it, it's how we learn how to make better characters for later projects, or practice new ideas.

In writing, the OC-insert fanfic will often have hallmarks of:

Wish fulfillment often in the form of a fix-it of some form, expansion of Canon, or the proposition of a Canon divergence idea (especially in the case of the OC being related to a Canon Character)

The OC having very little to no (known) traits shared with the author, and is often heavily described or even given a character reference sheet

The OC often is already a part of the world they're made for with taylor made powers or skills, or, in the case of a particular kind of wish fulfillment often seen in younger writers, an OP OC meant to allow the author to do what they want

However, the OC is often still limited in knowledge of events as with the rest of the characters, even if they might find out faster than in canon

Often written in the Third Person (he/she/it/they), occasionally in First Person, and almost never in Second Person

The OC-insert is the creation of a character to allow the author to present their idea. OCs are often ways to practice writing traits or scenes a writer isn't used to writing with a character they know 100% about in a world they mostly know.

Think D&D, you make a character and make them react to situations they are presented with. This is the OC-insert.

The Self-insert

"I am putting myself in a situation."

The Self-insert happens nearly as frequently as the OC-insert, if not more. It is the Author placing themself, or in the case of the SIOC, a very close apprximation of themself, into the show/game of their liking.

The hallmarks of a Self-insert fic include:

Also often wish fulfillment, but in the form of escapism and occasionally power fantasies. Often fix-its when in regards to canon story.

The Author proxy usually enters the world from our own via any sort of means. Reincarnation after death, magic, making deals with deities/demons, anything.

The proxy usually has most of the knowledge of the world they are entering, or on the rare occasion, very little to none. There is often no in between.

The proxy may or may not gain skills or power native to the world. In the case of SIOC, the proxy may already have some minor helpful skills. The proxy can become OP, but doesn't often start like that.

Self-inserts are often more realistic looks into the world they are inserted into, expanding on many issues and hidden scenes that might have occurred in canon

Most often written in First Person (I, Me, My), occasionally in other povs. I personally write Kal in Second Person as a stylistic choice.

The Self-insert is for the Author, to show how they personally would have reacted, or helped, or gone about something. It is a catharsis for some authors in some ways, a way to deal with emotions or situations that they can't IRL.

Think games with player inserts, particularly RPGs with branching paths, or old Pick your Adventure type stories where you pick an answer at the end of the part and then go to the corresponding page of that answer. These are how you, the author, are reacting and choosing.

Most fanfics that follow the story for games/shows like Twst are one of the above two; LiT, for instance, is an SIOC.

The Reader-Insert

"I am putting you, the reader, in a situation."

Reader-inserts are all over, but they most frequent in places where there is a high level of Fandom interaction, like here on Tumblr. Reader-inserts are generally very short, and often only about how canon characters react to presented situation. These are your "x reader" blogs and tags.

Reader-inserts often have hallmarks of:

Almost always prompt based wish fulfillment of the highest order. 98% of all reader-inserts are simply for readers to love on a character of their choosing without consequence

Most have no basis in canon, or only have canon as a setting and are very minorly reactionary to Canon events

There are very, very few reader insert fics that are well written to follow along with a Canon story, and even then, the "reader" character will gain definite traits and can break immersion and even eventually be considered an OC

The "reader" will almost never be described unless it's part of the prompt to help with immersion, and may occasionally be referred to by a nickname of some kind, but otherwise will have a blank space ("____") or (Y/N) to show where your own name may be placed, or any other traits in some case.

It is also often headcanon central, with a lot of authors' ideas as to how a Canon Character will react to a given prompt.

Almost always written in Second Person (You), very, very rarely anything else.

Reader-inserts are often.... poor quality, as stated, because they are wish fulfillment and do not often undergo any rigorous editing like a story based fic. But they can be used to practice how an author can write their idea of a particular character or a specific (often romantic) scenario.

Think otome games and imagine blogs here on tumblr. Most of the time, it's less you, the player reacting and them the characters reacting to your choices.

None of the above things are bad to write. Hell, I was a mod for an imagine blog for years, and it did indeed help with how I write. They all have ways to help a writer grow, but they are all very different forms of fics. You can't look at a self-insert and call it a reader-insert because it's not you, the reader being inserted, it's the Author. It's not an OCxCharacter story if it's the reader who's supposed to fill in the details.

So PLEASE, for the love of god, tag your fics correctly.

#writing tips #writing #insert fics #how to tag your fics correctly #sync being random #PLEASE P L E A S E TAG YOUR SHIT CORRECTLY #I HATE FINDING READER INSERTS IN THE OC TAGS WHEN THERE ISN'T A SINGLE OC

[tagedeszorns]

Why can't people tag their shit properly?

If I see that fuckin' Naruto Sharrowkyn-art once more, I'll throw up.

And that would be very unfortunate, because it was such a nice pizza with gorgonzola and figs and I won't have something like that for a long time now.

Please safe my pizza, tag your stuff so my blocked tags can catch it! (yes, I have his name spelled correctly in my blocked tags. I even added some common misspellings of it to be on the safe side)

#Warhammer #Fanart #tag your stuff correctly to save a fan #Really #I'm not overly complicated to please but I get a rash if I see that shit another time