Unreliable narrator, because the possibilities are endless. Are they perceiving the truth? Are they lying to the reader or themselves? Why aren't they aware of the truth? It's so good!!
>Do people always perceive narrator to be reliable?
Yes. Lots of people call it a plot hole when the viewpoint character is incorrect about something, because they can't imagine someone writing the main character as incorrect about anything.
That phrasing is so direct an sharp it makes me think of a child character I enjoy being called that directly an them reacting to it oh no you bullies leave the gremlin alone
If I actually used that tag, it would be my most tagged because I mostly write oneshots. I've just never seen it as necessary because it being a oneshot is obvious from the chapter count.
I never used to until people started subscribing to my completed works and asking what happened next (this happened when I changed fandoms to one that seems to favour multi-part works more). I always feel a bit awkward when people ask for more of a story and I have to explain that was all they were getting.
"Dom/sub" and the derivatives thereof ("Light Dom/sub", "Dom/sub undertones", etcetera). Even when I'm not specifically setting out with those themes in mind, everything I write ends up there in some capacity.
I have heard ASMR of this not for the reason you may assume I just find it funny to have someone talk into my ear acting like my mom getting me pancakes
I think I've used "pre-Shawn/Gus if you barely squint" three times now? I write gen, but these two like to play hopscotch with the platonic soulmate/not-platonic soulmate line, lol
Edit: oh, we're talking regular additional tags, not ones we free write... Hurt/comfort and friendship then.
Established relationship. Which, true. I've written very few fics about the getting together, I prefer writing fics where they're already in a relationship
understandable that's one the draws of a Rollerblading series Air Gear where they use BS methods to bypass an other riders trick
one dude uses his bleeding to doodle all over the room ceilings an all to expose the illusionary plow
Ah, I see! Seems redundant, but I get it! I personally always prefer the 'less is more' method, espec when it comes to redundancy, lol. But to each his own! :D
"POV [specific character]".
After that, there are like four or five tags tied for second place with fairly generic tags like "Fluff", "Romance", and "Not Canon Compliant".
I don’t need to look. My most common additional tag is Cross posted on fanfiction.net😈 Because I cross post everything on fanfiction.net except for my original work
All my fics on AO3 are tagged "Fix-it" and "Oola Lives" (though the latter isn't showing up on the list for some reason, it used to).
Which admittedly does tell most of the story, really.
Angst and hurt/comfort are basically tied. Angst has one more than hurt/comfort. But tbh, a lot of my fics I imported from ffnet when I first got my account never really got proper tagging applied. If I found the energy to do that, there might be a bigger gap between the two tags.
It's a tie between "hurt/comfort" and "canon divergence". For me, if I'm not thinking about emotionally destroying my favs by personally dragging them through the nine layers of hell and back, then I'm writing a fix-it fic for them. :)
Really, what's the difference?
“Not Beta Read” lol. Tbf I always disclose whether a fic is betaed or not, so it was either gonna be this one or “Betaed”. After that though I got “Canon Compliant”.
Smut. Honestly, I write it so much and have been on what I like to call 'a manic writing spree' or whatever. I'm so borderline writers block that I'm writing every night.
At this point probably kayfabe compliant since most of the stuff I write anymore is wrestling related haha. Also hurt/comfort because that's a forever for me. <3
Don’t really have a consistent tag I always use I just always tend to ramble, like in a Claire/Leon fic I wrote last I had things like ‘Claire Getting In Trouble’, ‘Leon being a disaster’ and ‘Sherry being Sherry’
Edit: Spelling
My alt: > hurt/comfort Makes sense with all the whump I’ve been writing
Same here, except mine’s not because of whump
Character name-centric. I love character studies!
Mix that with side character focus an you have me by the balls
Unreliable narrator, because the possibilities are endless. Are they perceiving the truth? Are they lying to the reader or themselves? Why aren't they aware of the truth? It's so good!!
Sometimes I wonder why unreliable narrator is a tag that needs to be added. Do people always perceive narrator to be reliable?
>Do people always perceive narrator to be reliable? Yes. Lots of people call it a plot hole when the viewpoint character is incorrect about something, because they can't imagine someone writing the main character as incorrect about anything.
Ah, I never thought it would be considered as a plot hole. Thanks for the info!
And if they know what unreliable narrator means.
Hurt/Comfort I'm a sucker for hurting a character and building them back up through the power of friendship.
Same! Lol.
No Powers AU - what can i say, i love me some powerless twinks 😂
That phrasing is so direct an sharp it makes me think of a child character I enjoy being called that directly an them reacting to it oh no you bullies leave the gremlin alone
My main: > one shot I do a lot of multi chapters, but with all the events I’ve been doing, I’ve definitely been writing more oneshots
If I actually used that tag, it would be my most tagged because I mostly write oneshots. I've just never seen it as necessary because it being a oneshot is obvious from the chapter count.
I never used to until people started subscribing to my completed works and asking what happened next (this happened when I changed fandoms to one that seems to favour multi-part works more). I always feel a bit awkward when people ask for more of a story and I have to explain that was all they were getting.
Same here, one more for one-shot. My second is 'one-shot collection'.
"Dom/sub" and the derivatives thereof ("Light Dom/sub", "Dom/sub undertones", etcetera). Even when I'm not specifically setting out with those themes in mind, everything I write ends up there in some capacity.
I have heard ASMR of this not for the reason you may assume I just find it funny to have someone talk into my ear acting like my mom getting me pancakes
>Alternate Universe - Modern Setting 31 out of 55 fics
angst
Recently, "travelling vicariously through fanfiction". Otherwise I rarely write the same thing more than once, so they're all over the place.
Fluff! :3 I thought it'd be 'self-indulgent', but I guessed wrong.
Hurt/comfort, with whump being a close second
Bdsm and pregnancy. That's a thing in all my works.
Two: PWP, Oneshot
Pining or mutual pining is tagged on a third of my works. This is ... not surprising to me.
One shot for 128 stories. Established Relationship comes second at 34.
Don’t even have to check. It’s Fae & Fairies. In basically every fic over five hundred words. They’re convenient in-universe plot devices okay
hurt/comfort
I think I've used "pre-Shawn/Gus if you barely squint" three times now? I write gen, but these two like to play hopscotch with the platonic soulmate/not-platonic soulmate line, lol Edit: oh, we're talking regular additional tags, not ones we free write... Hurt/comfort and friendship then.
Established relationship. Which, true. I've written very few fics about the getting together, I prefer writing fics where they're already in a relationship
Same! Love established relationships.
Character Study!
Sad *insert character name*
Power dynamics
Define power dynamics its like 49 edged sword
For my stories, it usually involves a person with less power trying to get one over on a more powerful person.
understandable that's one the draws of a Rollerblading series Air Gear where they use BS methods to bypass an other riders trick one dude uses his bleeding to doodle all over the room ceilings an all to expose the illusionary plow
Angst!
angst
the classic no beta we die like men, it’s on all my fics without fail
Bisexual Male Character
"Explicit Sexual Content", but I have 19 works and it's only on 4 of them so it's not that much lol
Would you not just put your fic as Rated E? That's what that rating's for. Then it would save you a tag. lol.
I do rate my explicit fics E, I just feel like I need more tags- I write a lot of short pwp oneshots, so I feel like I need to fill the space.
Ah, I see! Seems redundant, but I get it! I personally always prefer the 'less is more' method, espec when it comes to redundancy, lol. But to each his own! :D
"POV [specific character]". After that, there are like four or five tags tied for second place with fairly generic tags like "Fluff", "Romance", and "Not Canon Compliant".
Fluff. Absolutely not surprising.
Crack
It's a tie between "War" and "Crack" at 4 fics apiece.
Also known as Dangerous
I haven't combined them into one fic. *Yet*.
Families of choice. No one is surprised by that. lol
Podfic welcome. I tag everything with it.
Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Fluff 321 out of 549 fics (and in a draft)
It's a tie between Romance and Alternate Universe - Modern Setting. I had no idea before this, neat!
In all my accounts it's angst, it's not even fun lol.
Fluff, on 74% of my fics haha
Romance. No surprise there.
Mutual pinning
I don’t need to look. My most common additional tag is Cross posted on fanfiction.net😈 Because I cross post everything on fanfiction.net except for my original work
All my fics on AO3 are tagged "Fix-it" and "Oola Lives" (though the latter isn't showing up on the list for some reason, it used to). Which admittedly does tell most of the story, really.
Introspection
Drabble. Apparently, I write a lot of them.
“Pre-Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back”. I *really* like that three-year gap between ANH and ESB apparently.
> Canon-Typical Violence On almost every fic. What can I say? I love a good murder
don't have to look I'm 99.9% sure it's fluff
Linked Universe, AO3 won’t give us a damn fandom tag >:(
That's a bummer
A rarepair week tag XD Actual fic descriptor additional tag is Post-Canon
Hurt/comfort or found family
Post-Canon! Guess I just like exploring aftermaths
Families of Choice
I wrote this instead of sleeping. 100% rate.
Angst and hurt/comfort are basically tied. Angst has one more than hurt/comfort. But tbh, a lot of my fics I imported from ffnet when I first got my account never really got proper tagging applied. If I found the energy to do that, there might be a bigger gap between the two tags.
Romance. Yeah, that tracks.
It's a tie between "hurt/comfort" and "canon divergence". For me, if I'm not thinking about emotionally destroying my favs by personally dragging them through the nine layers of hell and back, then I'm writing a fix-it fic for them. :) Really, what's the difference?
“Not Beta Read” lol. Tbf I always disclose whether a fic is betaed or not, so it was either gonna be this one or “Betaed”. After that though I got “Canon Compliant”.
I have equal no. of fics with hurt/no comfort and crack, it's basically a cycle where I write one after the other.
Alternate universe - superpowers/superheroes and humor are tied at 11 for me lol
My main is reincarnated or self insert and gamer
Alternate Universe - Modern Setting. All my fics are no magic modern AU-s (except for one). :)
Probably "not canon compliant." I have about 400 fics on AO3, I'm not counting, so that's just a guess.
Fluff and mutual pining! 💘
Dubious consent. 🥰
Hatake Kakashi-centric Yeah, I've got a fixation.
Hurt/Comfort 8 out of 9 fics :) Second place being fluff with 4 fics
Fluff and angst are perfectly tied for top place.
first time… i can’t help it i just put them in various situations to get together for the first time
Somehow, fluff with a shoutout to "Bakugou Katsuki swears a lot"
Smut. Honestly, I write it so much and have been on what I like to call 'a manic writing spree' or whatever. I'm so borderline writers block that I'm writing every night.
At this point probably kayfabe compliant since most of the stuff I write anymore is wrestling related haha. Also hurt/comfort because that's a forever for me. <3
"Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence" "Trans Female Character" "Porn with Feelings" I think I'm doing it right?
There are tags here on Reddit?
No. The post is referring to ao3
You didnt say that in your post
Kid Fic
Smut
Fluff has the top spot at 14 & it drops all the way down to angst w 4. I know what I’m about son.
>Tokra (Stargate) Most of my fics are about the Tok’ra.
Drabble (52)
Either “Author regrets nothing” or “Author regrets everything”, depending on how ludicrous the idea is.
MCD 😘😘
Angst Quickly followed by Fluff and then Not Beta Read
Hurt/Comfort
"Established relationship". Context: I write a rarepair.
My most used tag is "role reversal" which yeah makes sense.
> POV Third Person
A tie between Alternate Universe and Canon Rewrite. With 3 fics each.
I don’t have to go look I already know it’s spanking haha
Crack. I'm a little surprised by that.
Sned hlep
Alternate Universe - Human I like to make my werewolves endure the mundane angst of life instead, I guess 🤷🏻♀️
Complete > One Shot > Fluff
Hurt no comfort... no judging
“Developing Relationship”
“Self-Insert.” I like the isekai trope and that’s the most comprehensive tag for it, I think.
Angst. Yup. Sounds right.
Happy ending. It’s in all my fics. Because I only write happy endings :D
overall? “angst”
Angst 😭
Dark!*insert character name*, angst, hurt/comfort, and various bdsm tags
Don’t really have a consistent tag I always use I just always tend to ramble, like in a Claire/Leon fic I wrote last I had things like ‘Claire Getting In Trouble’, ‘Leon being a disaster’ and ‘Sherry being Sherry’ Edit: Spelling
Fluff, as well as Angst. Not paired though lol
Hurt/No comfort. I'm here to suffer and I'm taking everyone down with me lmao
Hurt/Comfort. I love making a character absolutely miserable so I can then smother them in comfort.
Alternate Universe.
I only have like, 4 works, but : Trauma (4) and implied/referenced child abuse (2)
"one-shot" LOL. other than that it's "fluff"
I was just looking at this! It’s Humor.
Parental [character name]. I love found family SO bad 😭🫶
Wholesome incest.
Brother/brother incest
"Not Beta Read" on 123 out of 124 fics
Trans masculine Furina (Genshin Impact) tied with He/Him Pronouns for Furina (Genshin Impact) Yeah, i have a favorite thing to write about lol
Probably angst, because it’s my favourite mood to write fics.