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[ SECRET POST #6987 ]

⌈ Secret Post #6987 ⌋

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I can't fathom this not-tagging mindset because you tag for things that are in the fic, right? Character names, canon point, common phobias, character death, etc. None of those are sexual, but you still tag it.

Also yes just because it isn't during a sex scene doesn't mean it's not a kink. It's still a kink. But even if the writer doesn't want to admit it, they still gotta tag it because it's relevant to the fic.

DA

Age regression simply be a plot, though. Some character gets cursed and wakes up 12 years old, nothing romantic or sexual happens, then they find a way to cure the character. It's a generic old plot, nothing kinky about it?

DA
That is de-aging. Age regression is when an adult in an adult body "regresses" to the mental age of a child or infant. This usually includes diapers, pacifiers, babytalk etc.

... so if they get cursed with amnesia and mentally regress to 12 in the same body and still nothing romantic or sexual happens, how does that make it kink?

The way it is being written. And I have only seen it being written with toddler or infant mind regression. But there is a very specific style and points every fic like this hits and trust me, it is absolutely a kink. You should look some up! Could be an interesting night for you.

I'm not arguing that people don't do diaper and infant kink. Trust me, I've seen it, doesn't really do anything for me.

I'm saying age regression isn't always kink, and talking about it like it's always kink is not accurate. That's all.

DA

Okay, but people are talking about not tagging for the kink.

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da but the secret doesn't read that way. it mentions characters with pacifiers and diapers which i assume doesn't mean what you're talking about here. the secret maker is talking about untagged diaper kink and weird infantilization shit which is never not a kink and always needs to be tagged.

Yeah, that's the weird part about the secret which people are pointing out. Diaper kink and ABDL stuff is absolutely a kink, and should be tagged. But the age regression trope is not always that?

idk man, point me to one age regression fic that isn't like that. not de-aging, that is a different ball game.

Sorry, I'm not going to spend the time to look for specific fic links for this thread, but off the top of my head I can remember reading ones that are like, an adult gets memory loss and regresses to their teen years, or before big events in their life, and they had nothing to do with diapers or kink

Maybe to find the non-kink ones, you have to look for +amnesia or memory loss? Because most of them involved that kind of thing. But the characters definitely thought they were teens and had no memory of being an adult

nayrt and yeah, I definitely remember seeing lots of fics like that (and actual de-aging fics) in various fandoms over the years. The basic premise was always just "[Character] is now suddenly physically/mentally a child, what will the rest of the cast do??" and nine times out of ten it was written for humor value, absolutely nothing kinky or sexual involved.

I get what you're saying, I guess that wouldn't be a kink, but it still needs to be tagged. Especially if it's the plot! If someone's looking for a memloss or regression for angst and plot, they'd want it tagged so they can find that sweet, sweet angst fic.

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i think maybe the secret maker wasn't sure what terminology to use and settled on age regression when they meant infantilization/diaper kink.

Nope. Age regression is the one. It can all be overlap and confusing if you are not into it or haven't encountered it.

It's etiquette in fic to also tag for tropes and major plot elements, though.

Cool? I said nothing about tags, only that it's not always a kink.

I can see it just being a plot point if a character is hit by a spell (or a car, or encounters some trauma remembering their mom dying in front of them) and thinks they're eight, or something. I get that not being sexual and just a thing that happens.

But I would tag that for what it is.

Yeah, exactly. Tag that too, sure. The only thing I'm saying is it's not always kink.

AYRT

You responded to a comment saying that such things should be tagged, which makes it come across as if you're talking about tagging such things.

"Also yes just because it isn't during a sex scene doesn't mean it's not a kink. It's still a kink. But even if the writer doesn't want to admit it, they still gotta tag it because it's relevant to the fic."

That was the part where it was like hmmm I think their squicks are driving their logic. Sometimes it simply isn't a kink.

Tag your tropes too, though, sure, because tropes being tagged is good. :)

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Yeah, you tag that shit. If it's a relavant/non-canon addition, you tag it. Plot is obviously included. (and that is a kink because why else would you write about diaper-men unless that interested you?)

Low quality bait.

DA

How is that comment bait, but not half the other ones in the thread?

If you come into a thread hours after people have clarified nobody is saying to not tag, and that the trope can involve things other than the kink with examples of how, then decide to assume everyone posting is into "diaper men" without reading any of it...? The quality is very low lol

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