#tagging system

trigger warning: rape mentioned

the non-con in “rape/non-con” tag stands non-consensual.

whereas the dub-con tag stands for dubious consent.

rape/non-con tag is one of archive warnings, alongside creator chose not to use archive warnings, no archive warnings apply, graphic depictions of violence, major character death and underage sex.

whereas dub-con tag is an additional tag.

what counts as non-con:

outright rape, sexual assault, a character fighting/struggling, a character being forced into having sex/getting intimate with the other character, a character being drugged, a character being unconscious, a character being restrained/tied up, a character not wanting the sex, a character not being able to say no, a character not having other choice but to agree to have sex/get intimate with the other character, “fuck or die” situation, etc.

what counts as dub-con:

when the consent is not explicitly given but is dubious, when a character is coerced into having sex/being intimate with the other character, when a character is too intoxicated to give full consent, when a character is under the impression that the character they’re getting intimate with is someone else, when the character later enjoys the intimacy they were previously forced or coerced into having with the other character, etc.

obviously, dub-con is non-con in real life. but when it comes to fiction and fanfiction, the two are not the same, and one of the reasons they are not the same, besides the reasons stated above, is so that a potential reader can either search for or filter out what they want, be it non-con or dub-con.

A ruin-exploring, artifact-collecting game, where you're basically trying to write your thesis, but first need to decide what it should be about.

Every item in the game is meticulously tagged - location, purpose, material, culture of origin, time period, etc. You need to form a collection strong enough to support your thesis, which means finding related artifacts. But there are a LOT of items! And the type of relationships you choose to focus on is completely up to you.

Items will have lines collecting them to obviously related items already in your collection when you study them. Items from the same location, or of the same material. You need to get a LOT of that type of connection to support a whole thesis! But as you collect more stuff, novel connections will form.

You pick up an artifact, and suddenly realize that you have a bunch of stuff related to textile manufacturing, and maybe you could do something with that?

This pottery fragment helps you realize that there's something interesting about how pottery evolved through time at this location

You're at a new location, and realize that these particular artifacts MUST have originated at a previous site!

You collect enough fragmentary text that you start seeing possible translations if you put them close to each other

These novel connections are stronger, and you don't need as many of them to produce a good topic. They're also more likely to lead to even more specific, stronger connections!

Manually organizing your collection can also inspire new insights. Connections you're focusing on become brighter and more obvious, and eventually items that might match a collection start being highlighted as you explore. Items with a lot of tags you ignore fade into the background.

Eventually, your collection is strong enough, your topic is obvious, and it's time to leave the field. Success!

Carol Zhang, a second year Masters of Digital Arts and Humanities student at the University of British Columbia Okanagan is doing research on Archive of Our Own under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Cinnamon. This research is specifically examining how users interact with the archive’s tagging system and how their wider Internet usage could impact that. Part of this research is the survey - available on this link - for which Zhang is looking for participants.

The survey is anonymous and it takes 10-15 minutes to fill out. It will be available on the above link until January 20th. Participants must be at least 18 years old. More information about how the responses will be stored can be found in the consent form and if you have any further questions, you can contact Carol Zhang at the email address [email protected].

The results of the research will be available through the university’s thesis archive, cIRcle.

timeline:

pre-s1

s1

post s1

s2

post s2

s3

post s3

s4

post s4

s5

post epilogue

setting:

alternate universe

canon compliant

canon divergent

post canon

genre:

angst

hurt/comfort

fluff

smut

length:

Under 5k

5 - 10k

10 - 20k

20 - 50k

50 - 100k

100k+

completion:

complete

work in progress

chapters:

multi-chapter

oneshot

rating:

G

T

M

E

warnings:

canon typical violence

more than canon typical violence

minor character death

major character death

drugs and alcohol

sex

pregnancy

pregnancy loss

no happy ending

People who are new (newer?), I want to remind you. This isn't TikTok. This isn't YouTube.

DON'T CENSOR what you want to say. Don't write "Sui" or "suic1de" or "s3lf harm" or any other "variation" of what you want to say.

My name is Basil, but you can also call me any variation of my url. I prefer it/its but he/him and neopronouns are also great. She or they make me wanna claw out my eyes so please avoid that.

I'm a headmate in an OSDD-1 system, the other headmates are Ace (he/him out loud, pup/pupself in writing) and Vig (she/it/any). Ace has his own blog, Vig just types in purple if she wants to say something. We also have a fragment. I'm the host so you'll be seeing the most of me. Hello.

I'm alterhuman with many different kintypes, hearttypes, ect., but the main ones are:

black cat

shadow creature thingy (hence the name)

bat cladotherian

selkiekin

OCflicker

shapeshifterhearted

I would also consider myself fictionkin but I'm less comfortable talking about that.

I'm like 99% sure I'm autistic but I'm not diagnosed cause wait lines are stupid as fuck. I'm genderfluid (specifically abrogender), transmasc, xenogender, demiromantic, polyromantic, objectum, and asexual.

My interests are Gravity Falls, Hamilton, Elevator Hitch, S-01-ver Bullet, Heartstopper, and Percy Jackson.

Musicwise I like Will Wood, Ani DiFranco, Sleep Token, Tally Hall, and the Beatles.

Side blogs:

@basil-reblogs-stuff for my reblogs

@basil-being-afamilial what it says on the tin

@am-bad-at-writing for my stupid OCs

@mayhem-cry-mayday-n-oncomng-doom for Ace

Also I have a tagging system now I guess??

the creature refuses to sleep - things I thought of during a time I couldn't post n wrote down for later

DNI: anti endogenic systems, shipcourse heavy, anti alterhuman, anti LGBTQ+, thinks aspec and/or intersex shouldn't be part of the queer community, anti "contradictory" labels, anti xenogenders, harasses people, MAGA/trump supporters, transmedicalists, radfem, pro contact for harmful paraphilias, (pro) radqueer, transrace, transabled

can anyone please give me directions? i struggled for like fifteen minutes last night and eventually just decided to fuck it😭

#3w3 #fwf —> fics that ignore the finale

Fics that rewrite the finale —> #ourownfinale

#forTerry —> specifically fics that strive to meet some aspect of Terry Pratchett‘s style, incorporate his other work etc. (Which is just something I hope/expect to see with how the finale butchered Terry‘s themes)