#what a way to start my morning also i literally dreamed about this wtf 😂😭

[flowercrowngods]

fandom etiquette on ao3: tagging every relationship relevant to the story and potentially explaining “endgame x/y” in the additional tags

people: this isn’t [ship] fanfic. please remove the tag. people search through the tag to find fanfic of them.

me: ??? but??? they’re a huge part of the story, their relationship drives the main conflict, they literally almost get married, i— ???? *explains long and hard why i won’t remove the tag and how it is relevant to the story*

people: i don't care what happens in your fanfic because i don't care about your ships. ao3 fandom etiquette says you don't tag the ship if it's not a fanfic about them. as important as you think they are to your fanfic, to your plot, to your ships, ultimately the fanfic isn't about them, and it has no place in the ship's tag. you don't need additional tags to clarify anything, nor do you need to tag it as a friendship, you simply need to not tag it as [ship]. it is that simple to be respectful and mindful of other people's fandom spaces. don't invade other people's space because you feel like it, be nice to people.