rereading posts on my own blog being like yup so good i was so right wow good job me so glad i wrote this!
my only regrets
* not figuring out how to screenshot on viki on desktop sooner so i have fewer analysis/squee posts about fu shou in secret of three kingsoms than i would like
* not blogging (esp liveblogging) a lot more this entire past decade so id have detailed reactions to the like hundreds (thousands?) of books i read over that time period. the highs/lows fade over time and often get overshadowed by feelings on the ending/political developments afterwards/friends' opinions. that snapshot is important - both in preserving the media highs and preserving a memory of a certain self! (to be clear, the evolving feelings after a work ends are important too, but it's sad to only have that)
So I'm gonna make a little post here regarding Japanese Animal Crossing tags, names, and abbreviations!
It's mostly to help people who may be unfamiliar with it to find the right tags and such to use for the game they're posting!
For example, to help people avoid tagging/labelling an ACNL post with ACNH-related tags!
I'm by no means an expert, but these are things I've learned over time. I'll put a read-more cut to save some dashboard space for people who don't care to read this.
To begin, the Japanese title for Animal Crossing is どうぶつの森 (Doubutsu no Mori), which translates to "Animal Forest". Pretty common knowledge all things considered, but it's important to the rest of the post.
This title is commonly shortened to どう森 (doumori), and from what I've gathered, is typically used as a catch-all for AC content when used as a tag.
Now let's get into some specifics, using the three most commonly referred to in fairly recent years:
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS
The Japanese title for the game, あつまれどうぶつの森 (Atsumare Doubutsu no Mori) means Animal Forest: Gather. This title, abbreviated in english as ACNH, is shortened to あつ森 in Japanese. This means that when you see #あつ森 (atsumori), this tag is typically specifically indicating that the game being tagged is New Horizons.
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF
Not exactly the most recent example, but it's important to mention in regards to the explanation. The Japanese title for New Leaf is とびだせどうぶつの森 (Tobidase Doubutsu no Mori), meaning Animal Forest: Jump Out. This one is abbreviated in english as ACNL, of course. In Japanese, the name is shortened to とび森, naturally meaning #とび森 (tobimori) is the tag commonly used for New Leaf.
ANIMAL CROSSING: POCKET CAMP
Being a little more straightforward, the Japanese title for Pocket Camp is just どうぶつの森ポケットキャンプ (Doubutsu no Mori Poketto Kyanpu), simply meaning Animal Forest: Pocket Camp. In english, the abbreviation is ACPC. The shortened term for this one in Japanese is ポケ森, meaning that #ポケ森 (pokemori) is the tag most often used for Pocket Camp.
You'll commonly see Japanese AC accounts with usernames that indicate which game they typically post!
And of course there's always some mixing of tags, as there is on most social media platforms, but as a general rule, no matter what language you're posting in, it's usually best to use the tags and labels that are actually associated with the game you're posting.
Question: Do you care if people reblog your fics? I never do because I don't have anything to add or know what to say and reblogging without comment is kinda pointless right?
I’m suspicious that there is something Going On, and I don’t really want to get dragged into Drama, but I also feel like I want to answer this question.
A) Yes I do care if people reblog my fics. Reblogging something is a way to say “I like this thing and I want to share it with other people.” It tells me, the author, “this made me happy” and that feels encouraging. That feels like “I should write more of this thing.”
Likes are fine, but they don’t have the same impact, because you’re not saying “I think this is worth other people seeing it. I enjoyed it and I think my followers will too.” Also because I know I often use my likes for something I’m interested in but don’t have time for at the moment, but I want to go back to it later, so to me likes don’t even necessarily say “I read this thing.”
B) I think commenting or tagging is really helpful, especially if there was a particular part or thing about a fic that made you like it so much. Or tell me how it made you feel. Give me a running tally of how many times it made you cry. Heck, one of my favorite things is measuring the quality of my fics by the Degree of Keysmashing from devoted readers (like Joz for example, who keysmashed a lot on SOAWM and I LOVED every minute of it).
One of the things that actual comments does do is help me know more specifically what you thought I did well, or how you felt, or WHY you chose to reblog, besides “I like it.” If I know you’re reblogging because you like a something or reblogging that fic for its specific premise, as opposed to the character or fandom in general, I am more likely to do more of that because I write for enjoyment, but part of that enjoyment comes from making other people feel things.
I would rather you reblog without comment or tagging than not reblog at all. Please don’t let not knowing what to say stop you from interacting with fics, or with authors (if you like a lot of someone’s writing, send them a little note and let them know. It fills a heart with joy, trust me).
Man I sometimes worry I'm accidentally representing myself and my viewpoints poorly and I come off as judgy about harder kinks which is a tad bit ridiculous, but yknow, anxiety 😬
Because what I tend to write is romanticised, fluffy, schmoopy schlock where everything usually turns out okay and the focus is largely on healing and comfort through BDSM channels and trying to do it well. What I read runs the gamut from similar stuff to Dead Dove Do Not Eat.
I guess it's like how I fell into the "handwringing over safewords" problem when I was younger, and ended up deciding to lean in and make it an IC issue— it's not me, it's Jason who's handwringing, yep, totally intentional and not at all me taking advantage of the fact that publishing on Ao3 allows me to revise earlier works and go back and fix Past Me's wellmeaning over-earnestness.
Which causes its own problems, too, because I'm still not totally sure how to tag things or which things people might want warned for or if I should be discarding the idea of "warning" for kinks entirely and treat them as advertisements instead
And then I overcompensate and by the time something comes up that warrants a stronger warning, I feel like I've already diluted the meaning and it kind of defeats the purpose if people are used to my warnings being for things that aren't all that heavy 🥴
Tagging multichapters with dozens of kinks is Hard, weh
