[ SECRET POST #6849 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6849 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm fine either way, but isn't the point of tagging Trans that the character is not canonically Trans?

[(Anonymous)]

Arguably the point of tagging slash is that the character is not canonically queer, but we still have het tags... dunno why fandom has moved away from tags simply being neutral content markers but we have

[(Anonymous)]

I think we can lay that one at the feet of the "fandom = activism" crowd

[(Anonymous)]

I rarely see either slash or het as separate tags these days though. Sure, AO3 has categories for that but separate tags are rare. Mainly because it's usually obvious from the ship tag what it's going to be if you know the characters.

[(Anonymous)]

Right, tags exist as a way for authors to set expectations. If the canon itself creates the expectation, then there's no need to tag for it (for example, I wouldn't tag a Star Wars fic with "space opera").

There's no need to tag a canonically cis character as cis, because everyone already knows that they are.

[(Anonymous)]

omg thank you for putting words to the feeling I had. I didn't know how to express it, but that's it.

It's not that life or reality or whatever defaults to cis or het or whatever, it's that the canon itself has clearly shown what the characters are, so that any fic doing alternate takes has to be tagged with said alterations. That's it that's all there is.

[(Anonymous)]

"Need" is not the point of tags though. Nobody "needs" to tag Kirk/Spock as M/M, everybody knows Kirk and Spock are both canonically male and can assume the fic is slash from the pairing listed. However it's possible to search them by M/M on AO3 for example, for convenience if you just want "Star Trek" + "M/M". If you want Spock/Uhura you know they are canonically M/F but adding the tag doesn't hurt.

Tags are a neutral organization system for content marking. If you want Trigun + M/M + cis/cis it'd be cool to have something that filters it for you.

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