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Regarding Donations
I donate to Palestinian fundraisers whenever I can. However money is tight right now and I might not always be able to donate, but will continue to share fundraising posts in the meantime. I'm truly sorry I cannot do more. (That said, if you have an opportunity/ suggestion on how to help in a non-financial way please let me know! Happy to do what I can.)
Alex's Tumblr Tagging System!!!
Hiiii so this is mostly just for myself because I keep forgetting what tags I use on my blog. A living document. Bless <3
FANDOM TAGS
#hq, #kghn: haikyuu and kagehina
#sm, #hrmch: sailor moon and harumichi
#csm: chainsaw man
Other fandoms: can't think of any I rb a lot but should usually be abbreviations of the full title
LGBT/ QUEER TOPICS TAGS
#gay things tag: tag for all things gay
#gendr, #butch: usually has a lot of butch/ masc related content. I usually just use gendr though
#butch4butch: I don't always tag this (usually just goes in the gay things tag) but i sometimes do!
MISC TAGS
#reminders, #<3: wholesome content usually related to the good things in life
#poetry : take a geuss
#art: see above
#tech things: absolutely anything tech or science related. Computer related life hacks. VPNs and online privacy. Cool photos of PCBs. And so on.
#resources: may have some overlap with tech things. Usually just 'good to know' information
#reading: books/ articles that I want to get around to reading
#watchlist: same for videos etc
#wishlist: products I found on here that I want to buy when I have disposable income
I legit just woke up and imma do something that requires I use my brain yay: 9 people you wanna get to know better
Thanks for the tag @matchamabs lmao
1) Top three ships
Ya know ironically, despite the name, I don't do a lot of Canon x Canon ships. But I do have 3 for Punch Out specifically.
Carmen x Don: This one is pretty standard, like it's THE ship man, cmon. Bless pur dorky Spanish couple they deserve it
Hondo x Hugger: these two work both romantically and platonically and they're the absolute best. Like I love them so-
Bull x Soda: I think this was the ship that I was really really sold on. Like Gingerbread and Aradon? Cute but I was never sold on em, but these two fuckers? Hell to the yeah!
2) First ever ship
If it ain't obvious it was Sukiper. This was a combo ship between two characters from trolls cause yeah I was into it when I was younger, like 11 years old. DJ Suki and Cooper were my OTP, I loved em.
3) Last Song
Willow's Theme from Angry Birds Stella POP! Such a nice theme honestly, very tranquil. Also yeah I listen to Video Game OST's
4) Last Movie
Matilda, the 1996 one. It is my absolute fave adaption of a movie, and it just makes me feel so happy when I watch it. Used to watch it heaps as a Kid
5) Currently Reading
Eh, i don't read a lot. I guess it'd be the last thing I read which was Hound of the Baskervilles
6) Currently Watching
Chicago Series (Med, Fire, PD)
7) Currently Consuming
Nothing, had breakfast though, it was Milo and Buttered Toast
8) Currently Craving
Pork with Honey Soy Garlic sauce and Rice. Banger combo man
In the pursuit of giving the participants tools for tagging their works correctly, thus allowing everyone else to curate their experience, I’ve put a non-comprehensive list of tags together that should be used if they apply to your work, during the event (and afterward, if you want).
There are gazillion other things that could be tagged too, but let’s be honest, it’s impossible to tag warnings for every single squick or trigger of every person in the world. So, I collected a list of the most common ones below. Like I said, this barely scratches the surface. It’s just a small guide for themes and things that you should warn about. If there’s anything else you think it needs tagging in your work, do it, please!
As the title says, tags are the best friends of both writers and readers. Use them to warn and/or block the content you write/read. Not only that! They also serve to finding the content you want to consume! You got the power. Use it!
I classify the tags into broad themes or issues, and then give some examples of specific tags within each theme. Those are just a few examples, not a complete list. Use your judgment to add others if your work requires them.
#️⃣ Explicit Language - For stories with excessive use of curse words
Curse words, foul language, profanity, etc.
#️⃣ Sexual Content - For fics where sexual content is explored and described in detail.
NSFW, Smut, kinks (specify which ones), mild/explicit depiction of sex, etc.
#️⃣ Underage: This is NOT for hand holding and sweet pecks on the cheek. It's for detailed depictions of sexual activity by characters under the age of eighteen.
#️⃣ Mental Health Issues: If your work depicts or implies/mentions the characters' mental/emotional struggles.
#️⃣ Violence: For stories that contain all kinds of violence.
Graphic Depiction of Violence, (implied/referenced, psychological) torture, gore, (mention of) weapons, (gun, domestic, canon-typical) violence, murder, etc.
#️⃣ Whump: For works that rely heavily on the hurt, and might or might not have comfort, especially when it's physical. Almost always, it goes hand in hand with violence and/or abuse.
#️⃣ Substances use: For when there's use or abuse of legal or illegal substances.
Mention of drugs/alcohol, recreational drug use, drug/alcohol addition, overdose, etc.
#️⃣ Death: For when the dead of a character is part of your work.
Mention of death, Main character death, side/background character death, Child Death, (implied, notes of) Suicide, Graphic Death, Animal Death, etc.
#️⃣ Type of relationship: Let your readers know what kind of relationship is explored in your work.
Platonic, romantic, x reader, clone shipping, father-daughter relationship, sibling rivalry, friendship, etc.
And the list goes on and on and on…
Now that you have some idea of what to warn about, let me remind you how you should tag your work. Be sure to @ this blog and add the following hashtags:
#tbbaw 2025
the #prompt(s) used
#medium (gifset, fic, podcast, fanart, etc.)
#trigger warnings, if applies. (see list above)
#prompt(s) used
#nsfw (only for NSFW content)
#any other relevant tags go here
More recommendations:
Please, don’t, I repeat, DO NOT put “tw” if front or at the end of your warning tag. Why, you ask? Because using just the word or phrase is much simpler for readers to block the thing. It’s because of the way the blocking feature works on Tumblr that blocks only the exact wording and not all the tags containing X or Y or Z word (it sucks, I know. I agree!). Let’s use PTSD as an example. I’ve seen #ptsd, #tw ptsd, #ptsd tw, #tw; ptsd, #tw:ptsd and more. So, you see the problem, right? Instead of just PTSD as a tag, people need to block every iteration of the tag that other people come up with, and that happens with every other single tag. Let keep it simple. That will be easier for everyone.
Tumblr veterans know this, but you should neither censor your tags, replacing letters with numbers or symbols. That takes out the very function of the tag, which is mainly to allow people to avoid topics they don’t like for whatever reason. Nothing of su¡cid3 or unalive, please! This is not TikTok or Insta; here on Tumblr, we tag using the actual words like human beings that we are.
Use Keep Reading break to hide NSFW, violence, substance use and/or dark themes, and tag it properly.
For any piece where the creator pairs the reader with a canon character, please use the tag #x reader alone, without canon characters or modifier for the reader. If you want to include also the specific tag of the character x reader, you can add it. That’s fine. An alternative is specifying what kind of reader is in the post text. Because since the combinations of canon characters and several types of reader is virtually endless, it’s easier for anyone who don’t enjoy reading fics in second-person POV to filter out these fics if writers use a wide-spectrum, nonspecific tag for it. It’s the same problem as with the warning tags.
Likewise, writers who do a piece pairing clones romantically, please tag your work as #clone shipping, so people can block the tag if those works aren't their cup of tea for whatever reason.
Gifmakers, if applies, please tag your gifsets #flashing gif or #flashing lights to warn photosensitive folks about it.
Use #dead dove do not eat for when you go hardcore, very dark, and/or graphic in the themes of your work AND also have tagged everything you're presenting in it, to indicate simply that this fic is clearly labelled and fully warned for, so if you open it, you know what you are getting into. If you heed the tags, then there will be no surprises.
I understand why some writers are wary of tagging some things, fearing spoiling the story among other reasons, but it's better sinning of over tagging than missing a delicate issue that could disturb a large portion of your audience.
But if you're still insisting of not tagging some things, please use Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings if you add your work to the collection on Ao3. As it says on the site's warning help (x): "Use this if you don't want to warn for anything. You may also choose this option if you don't know what you should warn for; if you don't like warning for certain topics or warnings in general; if you want to avoid some spoilers, but not others; etc.". It's a wordy way to say to your readers: "Read at your own risk because there could be unpleasant surprises".
Also, you can add the tag TBBAW 2025 while posting on the Ao3 Collection, if you want. This is mandatory.
And last, but not least, readers, please curate your own experience. Be sure to block the tags AND post content for the things you find disturbing or could trigger you. Take control of what you interact with.
Two more suggestions, even if they're not exactly tagging related: The first one, let’s make art more accessible to disabled folks, so it’d be nice that fan artists (including artists, gifmakers and graphic manipulators) included image descriptions to their works. You can add those both on the web and the app. Just click on the 3 dots that appear in the bottom right corner once you have uploaded your image/gif, then click on Update image description (on the web) or Add Alt text (on the app), and write your description. Also, there's the option to put it directly in the body of your post.
The second one is also using Keep Reading break to shorten the length of your post if it's too long. It's annoying having to scroll down what feels like forever when you're not interested in said post. Also, you can add the tag #long post, if you want.
This turned out to be longer than I expected, so I'll leave it here. If you got suggestions or questions, please contact me through the ask box or DM.
Thanks for tagging me, @tisiphonewolfe -been ages since I've been able to do one of these!
So I have three ongoing WIPs:
1) Stolen Treasure - complete at 83k this dark vampire romance is at the editing stage and I'm getting the pre-order ready just now!
2) Oh, So Red - my queer werewolf Red Riding Hood novella, I am so so loving this one! Lily-Anne for life, she's so good and ever so vicious.
3) Monster smut - this time it's Studies in Slime and Night Time Visitor! These are shorts that I have been playing around with and will be released later this month. I do so always love my monsters 💖
Tagging @thatwritererinoriordan and @darker-dreams as I love both their stuff
Greetings and salutations, everyone. I am Cuddlymuffintop, a half-human/half-blob Vtuber who comes into the virtual world through the wonders of human slapstick.
This is my reference sheet down by Aly Illustrate as well as the updated stream schedule layout for this week.
If you wish to check out my other social media sites, here they are:
Twitch
Twitter
Youtube
Youtube Stream Archive
Ko-Fi
Vtubie
Throne Wishlist
TikTok
Discord Server (18+ only please)
Here are also the tags I will be using for my Tumblr. If you have anything related to the following tags, you're more than welcome to use them. That way, I can see them.
#cuddlymuffintop - anything related to me as a vtuber
#cuddlymuffinart - Cuddlymuffintop SFW fanart
#cuddlyasks - answered asks
#cuddlyclips - stream clips from either Twitch or Youtube
#cuddlyhuman - any IRL pictures
#delectables - delicious food reblogs!
#cuddlychuckles - Things that make Cuddlymuffintop laugh
#cuddlyshits - memes and other hysterical posts involving Cuddlymuffintop
