Please return us to a world where Notp and squick are used for a ship you don’t like instead of just making up a load of bullshit about how immoral it is or w/e lol
a short selection of concepts and phrases that used to be commonplace in fandom and we’d really benefit from making that a thing again:
NOTP: the opposite of an OTP (One True Pairing). It is a ship a fan strongly dislikes. The word is a portmanteau of ‘no’ and ‘OTP’ and thus is not a contraction of any particular phrase.
Squick: anything that is a deep-seated, visceral turn-off. Squicks may be shared by many fans or be specific to one; one person’s kink may be another person’s squick.
YKINMKATO, or kink-tomato: Your Kink Is Not My Kink, And That’s Okay: used to indicate support for fannish diversity and to distinguish between disapproval or kink shaming and simply having different taste.
DLDR: Don’t Like, Don’t Read: a phrase used to warn against complaints about an aspect of fic or meta. A “live and let live” philosophy of fandom, which places the responsability for avoiding content one doesn’t want to see on the side of the fanwork consumer, rather that on the creator’s.
SALS: Ship And Let Ship: similar to the above specifically about shipping tastes.
YMMV: Your Mileage May Vary: a phrase used to acknowledge that any given individual’s personal opinion on the topic at hand may differ due to their own tastes, standards, values, experiences, etc.
As the OP points out, all of these crucially imply no moral judgment of what they’re designing.
(definitions lifted more or less wholesale from fanlore’s relevant pages)
Tone indicators are shorthand for words used to convey tone, which the Cambridge Dictionary defines as "a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts".
Tone can do so much to change the meaning and implications of a sentence.
The intended use of tone indicators is in text, and they are prevalent on social media where miscommunication is rife, and posts and messages are often misinterpreted.
Tone can be especially difficult to parse for neurodivergent people. This is not to say that neurotypical people never misunderstand tone through text, or even face-to-face, because they do — but that neurodivergent people may experience and interpret tone differently.
They are simply paralinguistic signifiers used at the ends of statements to help readers fill in the blanks.
They can also be called written shorthand for the poster’s (OP's) intent and emotion.
It's entirely too easy to use them, simply use them after, or even before, the sentence that you wish to clarify.
"Can you explain this for me? /gen"
I'm going to make a masterlist of all the tone indicators I've seen so far, adding some that aren't in popular usage, some I personally use with my friends, some that I believe should exist, under the cut.
In some cases, I've seen multiple versions of the tone indicator, in which case I've put the more popular one first (at least by what I've seen).
Tone Indicators I've Seen Popularly Used
/j: joking
"i'll have to deactivate my account now /j"
/hj: half-joking
"we should definitely date /hj"
/s, /sarc, /sarcasm: sarcasm
"i absolutely love being sad /s"
/srs: serious
"i'm just so very tired /srs"
/nsrs: not serious
"my leg's hurting a little bit but i'm okay /nsrs"
/g: genuine statement
"i'm thankful that you're talking to me right now /g"
/lh: light-hearted
"isn't is spelled 'unnecessary'? /lh"
/nm: not really mad or upset
"i think you got that fact wrong /nm"
/pos, /pc: positive connotation
"the movie's back on for tomorrow! /pos"
/neg, /nc: negative connotation
"i have work tomorrow /neg"
/ly, /l: lyrics
"she's a, she's a lady, and i am just a boy /ly"
/p: platonic
"i just want to hug you /p"
/gen: genuine question
"are you okay with me talking right now? /gen"
/t: teasing
"it seems your sense of humour is horrible /t"
Tone Indicators I Haven't Seen Popularly, but I Have Seen, and Also Sometimes Use
/ref: reference
"it's like none pizza with left beef /ref"
/nbh: nobody here, for vague mentioning
"i'm just so angry at someone /nbh"
/r: romantic
"i really want to cuddle with you right now /r"
/sx, /x: sexual intent
(Used for sexual innuendos, or similar hinting)
/nsx, /nx: non-sexual intent
(Used to clarify the lack of any such sexual intent in a statement)
/m: metaphorical
"i was just swept away by a wave /m"
/li: literal
"the fish was as big as my torso /li"
/ij: inside joke
"it's a whale on dry land /ij"
/rh, /rt: rhetorical
"who even cares? /rh"
/hyp: hyperbole (exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally)
"i've told her ten thousand times to stop playing that song /hyp"
/c: copypasta (a block of text which is copied and pasted across the Internet by individuals through online forums and social networking websites)
/f: fake
"i saw this post yesterday /f", which could be accompanied by an edited or modified post
/th: threat
"i will get you to read that book /th"
/cb: clickbait
"this website saved my life! /cb"
Tone Indicators I Use With My Friends, or Believe Should Be Mainstream
/a: affectionate
"you're a bitch /a"
/q: quote
"get up, get up, there are worlds to conquer /q"
/nf: not forced
"do you want to go out with me today? /nf"
/pa: passive-aggressive
"looks like someone has been talking to someone else behind my back /pa"
/npa: not passive-aggressive
"i think someone has stolen my pen /npa"
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