[ SECRET POST #3260 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3260 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Garden of Time]


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03.
[Fargo, Karl x Sonny]


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04.
[Elementary]


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05.
[Top Chef]


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06.
[The Pacific/HBO War]


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07.
[Penn Jillette]


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08.
[Final Fantasy X]


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09.
[Shadow of Mordor]


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10.
[Judging Amy]


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11.
[The Lion Guard]


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12.
(Borderlands)


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13.
[Anziz Ansari, Master of None]


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14.
[Pokemon]


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15.
[Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3/Pokémon Conquest/Japanese history]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 067 secrets from Secret Submission Post #466.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Question

[(Anonymous)]

So I have a story about A talking to his family about history/law/some deep stuff. In the story I have B and C as well. They show up right at the beginning and right at the end, and A only looks at them but doesn't interact with them. It's heavily implied that A likes B and possibly C. It's also implied that B/C is a thing. But I also allude to C/D canonical relationship still going on.

How should I tag this? The story isn't about A/B/C necessarily but it's kind of an underlying theme. But I would also welcome it being read as A&B&C unrequited friendship.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

Tag for being about A. Let the reader draw their own inferences about the rest, there is no need to spell out the rest and you'll be cockteasing the people who are looking for fic where that is the text and not subtext.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

I mean, if it's obvious enough for people to notice A's feelings, you could tag it as unrequited A/B/C, if you think people would want to avoid the pairing.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

Ask yourself first though: Is it really a story about A/B/C do you just hope some readers might want to read it that way? Ask yourself that honestly.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, that's what I mean. If if has definite evidence of ~feelings~ or whatever, it should probably be tagged. If it's subtext that most everyone will miss, then not so much.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

OP here

How would I tag it in this case? Unrequited A/B/C, Background B/C?

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

Sounds like anything apart from A is just bonus material for a reader with the right frame of mind. I'd leave it off the tags entirely.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, this.

Re: Question

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I mean, aside from the people who want minimalist tags (who honestly sound like they wouldn't be into the fic, anyway?) being thorough tends to work in a writer's favor on ao3. Someone is going to be looking for exactly what you've got. Why not make it easy for them to find it?