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[babydraco]

When people include in the tags, every.single.canon, character who appears, even if they're only in the story for one scene. Because it means that when you search for that character in the general pool of tags, you end up with all these stories that aren't about them. Which is fine if the character is going to be playing a strong supportive role anyway, but don't list everyone you can think of who appears and make me slog through a fic full of people I don't care about to get to the one line that person has.

Jefferson often gets relegated to playing the Sassy Friend of Rumple/Mr. Gold and Belle. And that's okay, because he IS their friend and Rumbelle IS officially canon (I like them well enough anyway but the existence of their romantic relationship is not up for debate). Jefferson ships them so much. So so much. But it has a sort of Third Wheel aspect to it.

unless they're having the rare threesome. So often, Rumbelle fics will list Jefferson right after the main pairing, which makes all these Rumbelle fics show up in the Jefferson tag.

But anyway, you shouldn't have to list every single person who might appear in the fic if they're not going to contribute something significant.

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[coneyislandbaby]

That is SO ANNOYING!

The tagging thing that is.

Well also those who argue about Rumbelle not being canon.

I think it started with people wanting to be warned about the very appearance of a character. I saw it a lot with Karofsky in Glee fandom for some reason - which made no sense when he was just there to me, I understand if he was bullying maybe but he was just mentioned in some stories, like as playing a pass in a football game mentioned, so I was like... wtf?. Anyway, yes.

[babydraco]

I think they're sweet, even though they're not my obsessive ship, but even if I didn't like them, it's still a real thing.


Yeah, it definitely has something to do with being afraid that readers will get upset if they're forced to acknowledge the presence of any part of canon they personally dislike. So a writer might put "Mentions of Karofsky" to warn away haters, and then some huge Karofsky fan is searching in his tag and this twenty five chapter multi ship epic with a plot they could care less about keeps popping up just because he has one line in it.

LOL.

[coneyislandbaby]

I haven't been keeping up, but yes, it's a real, canonical ship.

Then again, a lot of Regina fans seem to not think she raped Graham, either...

I think it does. It's quite ridiculous and yes. That.