*tryingreallyhardtostayfriendly* REMINDER
If you give the main character of your fanfic a NAME, it is AN OC. NOT A READER INSERT.
You do not need to use y/n or reader throughout your fic for it to be a canon x reader. Just DO NOT NAME THEM OR GIVE THEM DISTINCT PHYSICAL TRAITS. Unless you tag the reader with those traits because that’s what you want to write for (for example; height!reader, ethnicity!reader, haircolor!reader, etc.) and does not use a name, you should not be used the x reader tag on AO3.
Some of you may not care, but those of us who care about preserving a tagging system that WORKS, and want to actually be able to successfully filter tags, DO CARE. And you should too if you at all care about the fandom spaces you are in. People in fandom actually care about fandom etiquette and understand the harm cross tagging and incorrectly tagging things causes.
And yes, this goes for the opposite as well. Do not tag OC fics as readers (and yes giving reader a name counts). Do not tag a reader fic as an OC fic.

















