PSA FOR FENCE FANFIC WRITERS (SPECIFICALLY THOSE ON AO3):
FOR THE LOVE OF G O D TAG YOUR FICS
I LOVE ALL OF YOU AND I LOVE THESE FICS BUT SO MANY OF THESE AREN'T TAGGED
This applies to all types of tags
Which characters are in it?
There are 254 fence fics on ao3, and I've seen toi many where the only tag is the relationship, which and I'm sorry, but that is not enough.
What type of fic tags are more prevalent but still not enough.
But the WORST, I dint know what it is but why on earth arent you tagging what characters are in it?? I could kind of get it if the fic revolves only around the two characters but some of yall have the whole ass team and tag none of them, not even the characters in the pairing.
Idk if theres just some silent agreement in this fandom to not tag things for a certain reason, but some of my favourite fics I cant search up be it when searching through the fence fics or in my bookmarks because they aren't tagged.
Hell, theres a fic i like and I cannot find it anywhere, I scrolled through every page and read all the descriptions to see if I could find it but no. Not there. The things is though I cant tell if it got deleted, or if it is still there but because of the description i thought it wasnt it and I scrolled past it (or if it never even existed to begin with and I just thought it did.)
I love all of you fantastic writers and I want to be able to read your fics, but I can't keep combing through every.single.page.every.single.time just to find the particular type of fic I feel like reading at the moment.
So please, for the love of everything wonderful: tag which characters are in your fics, tag what type of fic it is, angst, fluff, etc. Dont just tag the pairing then peace out.