Thisdamnedwierdinternet - I Don't Know What This Is, But It's Fun.

This is a Moving Forward PSA for everyone using AO3. I am witnessing the results of a culture clash and communication failure. Not a lack of communication, but a misunderstanding caused by changes in fandom culture.

Before fic tagging was common, fics weren’t tagged. You had a pairing, if applicable, an author’s note about genre or general content, and if they were feeling charitable, a vague content warning. There are even a few genres of fic where even vaguely tagging literally spoils the plot and impact (such as horror, psyche thriller, in which the likely content is implicit to the genre). As a result, there is a basic category tag that permits this, as a courtesy to “old-fashioned” writers.

“No Archive Warnings Apply” means the fic is PG13 at worst, probably fluff, totally safe.

“Choose Not to Use Archive Warnings” is the polar opposite. It’s a glaring Enter at Your Own Risk billboard. It means: a shitload of warnings apply but I ain’t telling because this story requires shock value. It’s very important to read the author’s notes for those fics because they might be using that older format from above.

But without the context of fandom culture that generated AO3, it’s understandably easy to conflate the two categories, given their similar wording.

I am BEGGING for an open-world game with a functioning train or tram.

Like, you actually have to wait for it in real-time, physically step on, then wait for your stop with the ability to actually explore it and chat with the other riders

No loading screens

And when you aren’t on it, you can look over and see it doing its route without you, picking up and dropping off patrons whether you’re there or not

please i need a video game that captures the joy of free public transit

Exactly my type.

QUICKLY. TELL ME HOW YOU CALL "THIS" TYPE OF CHARACTERS

Fun Fact: if you record someone doing something weird on the train to post online, I am going to fucking break your spine in half <3

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"The draft is evil"

This could either be

A writer complaining about the physical pain that their writing is causing them

An editor explaining to a writer that their work is shit

A leftist political statement from 1969 that is still relevant today

Left Behind

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Nick has learnt so much about himself through Charlie, and he can be totally himself with Charlie, but when Charlie isn't there... is he okay? Who are his closest friends? Does he have anyone he can truly confide in that isn't Charlie? - Alice Oseman