#AO3 Tags

[dear-ao3]

https://archiveofourown.org/works/56400346/chapters/143461558#workskin

[thatonebirdwrites]

i feel called out...

which ao3 tag are you?

[lexosaurus]

So I am making AO3 tags for my latest Danny Phantom fic and—

Literally CACKLING. How dare the Supernatural fandom continue to be funniest fandom on the internet

[achillesuwu]

Your daily reminder to use « Merlin/Arthur Pendragon » despite the fact that it seems to have less fic, it currently look like it has « 7049 », and not « Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) » (33619) when searching for fic because Merlin/Arthur Pendragon include « Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) » but « Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) » exclude older fic that used « Merlin/Arthur Pendragon »

Example :

Here is the number of fic if you filter using Merlin/Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) aka 33,619 fic

And here is the number of fic you get if you filter by using Merlin/Arthur Pendragon aka 38,899 fic

It also happen for tag such as bottom arthur pendragon, you get more fic if you filter by using bottom arthur instead.

824 fic for bottom Arthur (with the Merlin fandom filter) vs 717 fic with the bottom Arthur Pendragon (Merlin)

Btw it isn’t the case for Merlin since bottom Merlin is a « Tags with the same meaning » of Bottom Merlin (Merlin)

Also I just noticed but this mean that there is actually MORE (tagged) bottom Arthur fic lmao

[willdarknessdivideblog]

Your daily Scorbus post💫

artist: alexdar_

[combatantwriter]

Calling myself out here. If you've been reading my fics, they're all a minimum of 10k words, and the one that's complete is 15k. So one-shots? Never heard of her. Don't know her.

“can i have a [short, light oneshot]?”

“a [100,000 words long story]?”

[itsaperson10]

No like it’s really getting to me…what does the U.S. government want with my ghostsoap bdsm fics, like you trying to implement some new tactics in the military ?

[unhinged-ao3-tags]

Rating: 9/13 red flags that we will happily ignore, because our blorbos being together in any way is good enough

[dyingroses]

The Apothecary Diaries + AO3 tags

[my-castles-crumbling]

Here’s a link to a TikTok that explains this better than I did lol

hey I love your work!! you seem like such a gorgeous, thoughtful person.

I had a question, and you seem trustworthy—Cas have you seen the new ao3 privacy policy? the one with another checkbox? what’s that about? I’m a little scared especially with recent events and the actual documentation seems a little vague. what do you think? I live in the states

I have, and I come armed with research!

For those of you who don't know, the new policy states:

By checking this box, you consent to the processing of your personal data in the United States and other jurisdictions in connection with our provision of AO3 and its related services to you. You acknowledge that the data privacy laws of such jurisdictions may differ from those provided in your jurisdiction. For more information about how your personal data will be processed, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

To translate, this means you are consenting to your personal information (IE: e-mail address and IP address) being shared according to US privacy laws, not the laws of whatever country you live in or happen to currently be reading from. This is because AO3 is US-based.

This sounds scary.

However, if you delve deeper into AO3 privacy policies, it says:

We may share Personal Information if we:

are legally compelled to do so;

have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on the OTW; or

are cooperating with law enforcement authorities.

We will cooperate with all investigations conducted by law enforcement authorities within the United States when legally required to do so. Cooperation with law enforcement authorities from other countries and cooperation when it is not legally required are at our sole discretion. Our discretion looks favorably on freedom and justice, and unfavorably on oppression and violence.

Basically this means they'll share your info if they're told to by law enforcement, which has ALWAYS been a law. This isn't a change. I think they just added this to say "Hey, remember if you live outside the US, just know that we as a website have to comply with US-based laws because we live here, and things suck here right now!"

The last part of their statement is also really telling. The creators of ao3 believe in free expression and are not trying to get you in trouble or censor your work. You're not going to get in trouble for posting/reading gay fanfics. It's not illegal to do so. (If that changes, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it).

I think the most important thing now is to advocate for the necessity of websites like ao3, because some people don't like websites like that. I think this shows that there will be probably more opponents to websites like this in the future. But I don't think the FBI is going to come and knock on the doors of everyone who reads bedtime stories on ao3.

Honestly, Ao3 is more transparent about this info than most people. all websites can share any personal info you put in if legally compelled to do so.

[raiidsol]

internalized homophobia/period-typical homophobia readers when the internalized homophobia/period-typical homophobia hits

[dear-ao3]

[buddieseuphoria]

Oh

Oh...

[becuzmdsaidineededpersonality]

[ao3-crack]

(x)

[willdarknessdivideblog]

Back with another Scorbus fic🐍

artist: upthehillart