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Okay Hazbin Hotel fanfic creators.... We have to talk.

Please for the LOVE of all that is good Learn to Tag! 😭

I know tagging can be hard to learn. Im still learning about tags in this app (btw let me know if I need to add tags to this post or any of my posts)

This is a Big pet peeve of mine that I can ussually ignore but I have never seen it as bad as this Fandom.

Here is the thing team. Just because the couple appears in a few lines in your 7 chapter story doesnt mean you need to main-tag the relationship. This is particularly bad for the Charlie/Vaggie tag.

There are additional tags you can use instead such as "background <insert couple>" or "established <insert couple>"

The primary relationship tags are typically only used for relationships that are predominately part of the story or have a direct impact. Just because charlie appears doesnt mean her relationship tag needs to appear.

Also if you intend to break a couple up in like the first 5 paragraphs just tag it "past <insert couple>" or "<insert couple> breakup"

I just went in to the Charlie/Vaggie AO3 tag and nearly the whole first page is everything BUT charlie/vaggie fics.

Like I get it as a cannon couple if you are writing say an Adam/Lucifer fic or a Huskerdust fic then Charlie/Vaggie will probably be a couple in this fic but you dont have to tag them as a main ship unless their relationship impacts the story. Tag them in additional tags instead.

Its great you want to tag so people are aware but the thing is if everyone tags everything using tags to filter becomes Useless.

Im also pretty sure this isnt the only tag that is crowded with over-tagging.

Here are some resources if you have questions about tagging

And this one is users referencing common tagging methods and common rules most writers apply.

One thing no one ever talks about in fandom is the pain of finding out one of your favorite ao3 authors is a total jerk. Writing a fic inspired by theirs while linking and giving credit, only for them to leave a comment insulting you and calling you weird for making a fic of their fic. Using the names they gave to unnamed canon characters (a common practice called fandom name sharing) and linking and giving credit, only for them to leave a comment calling you a plagiarist for stealing the names and threatening to send their fans after you. Finding out they have a history of doing stuff like this, and finding it practically impossible to separate your enjoyment of their work from your incredibly negative experiences with the author. Trying your best to avoid their fics as a result even though they wrote at least half of the fics of your favorite ship. True pain. Never meet your heroes kids.

God about Crowley and Aziraphale:

"enemies to lovers this" "friends to lovers that" "slowburn that"

YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED?? more fanfictions with the "POV Outsider" tag, thank you.

^ zuko & azula's dynamic summed up perfectly and you can't change my mind

me every time i think my upload schedule is going to be consistent again

i did my very first "no beta we die like" tag and i feel that this was a very appropriate tag choice for an atla fanfic.

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I'm an avid fanfiction reader. I can maybe possibly live without it, I have a minor panic when AO3 is down. But I have to know guys

What in the fuck.

Who reads this? What inspired the author to write it. Is there more??? Are there one shots, a series even? Other countries?

I would like to submit a formal complaint: Ao3 writters the tags "hurt no comfort" and "hurt/comfort" don't go on the same fic.

The tags "no happy ending" and "eventually happy ending" do not go on the flame fic. They are contradictions.

Please stop

I just want to enjoy fics without doing math from the tags trying to figure out what all the contradicting tags mean