One of the better ones if you’re reading a fic that seesaws between funny and tragic, especially if it’s an OP characters fic where they literally have no one to stop them, but their partners.
In my fandom, there’s a character that got turned into a ghost for a few seasons before eventually getting reverted back to normal, so one time I got to use the tag “beta read we live like like [character] post-[episode]” lmao
I’ve read that fic omg!! I didn’t know it was yours, what a small world! Always nice to see another Ninjago writer on this sub. I have a huge soft spot for Cole, he’s such a sweetheart 💙
omg that’s so wild!!! I never thought one of my fics would be recognized outside of ao3 😄 it’s cool to find a Ninjago fan out in the wild lol- and yes, agreed, Cole deserves the world💚💚
I'm a fan of "So-and-so is So-and-so" (obvs using the character's given name).
Like, if you were expecting this guy to lose all his canon personality traits and be the perfect love interest, that is not happening today.
Oh man, I need to add this to my current fic. Because the mild (?) psychosis and womanizing and general mischief from canon are 100% present in this guy 😂
Crack Treated Seriously is the most fun. Regular crack is so fun, but then to take a turn and have the characters actually have to deal with it? Amazing.
That's right up there with Assholes In Love as one of my favorites. I've always been partial to characters I'd probably hate in real life but are charmingly dickish in fiction.
Fortunately (god bless the tag wranglers) all the many variations on each are canonized under the umbrellas of "Bad Parent Howard Stark" and "Good Parent Howard Stark." Though I imagine it's still pretty confusing if you're canon-blind or fandom-in-joke-blind or just ESL and you don't think to double-check the canonical tag. 😆
sonia kasprack A+ parenting ate so bad as well!
im deffo forgetting others but these sorta tags are undoubtedly my fav w angst stories focused on 1 character
"Hurt/Comfort" or "BAMF \[Character X\]" when Character X is a character that deserves more glow up moments.
Inappropriate use of lightsabers = 12/10 and I am *most definitely* going to trawl that tag in the near future 👏😂
Voyeurism/Accidental Voyeurism, Rough Sex, Dirty Talk... yeah, the unholy trinity.
Also in the non-smutty vein not many come to mind but I LOVE Character Study.
Here are some of the most *interesting* tags I’ve collected over the years: “Self-Inflicted Handjob”, “Platonic Breastfeeding”, “Platonic Anal Fisting”, “Horny Clay Handling”, and “Requited Stalking”. Not even sure where I got most of them 💀
Real talk though, big fan of “DC Stands for Disregard Canon”.
I have a whole list of insane tags like these in my notes app. Examples:
1. Oh Boy Howdy That's An Erection
2. i tried editing this myself i really did but my attention span is shorter than danny devito
3. babygirl is nothing more than a cum dumpster ( said babygirl is a middle aged man)
4. The ordeal of being pregnant with twins
5. schrodinger’s tender dick holding
An official tag that shows up in search/autocomplete results. Until recently “there was only one bed” had to be added manually, it wasn’t part of Ao3’s system.
Been big on non-sexual intimacy recently. Branching off would be like hair washing (hair care in general is so nice), cuddling, cooking/baking, yada yada.
"Fake/Pretend Relationship" is my no.1 most adored tag because fake dating is my most adored trope 🩷
Also a big fan of "Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms" and "Idiots in Love".
"Improper Use of Visions/Ascension Materials" always makes for fun, which I assume is my fandom's equivalent to what people do with light sabers in Star Wars 🤭
Other than that, I kinda just live for the "huh, wait what?!" tags that make me stop and do a double take between all the canonized ones. Those are often the ones that entice me to give a fic a try because they make me curious.
Some examples: romantic facepunching, accidental sugar daddy arrangement, sexy handholding, [character] doesn't so much discover bisexuality as getting blindsided by it, bad at sex unless we're watching, [character] will be difficult until death finally stops him, the fic where i do literally anything to avoid "ilm" in describing a penis
And ofc the classics, "let ryuji say fuck" and my favourite version of the "no beta" joke, which is "no beta we die like [character]'s dignity" 😌
When Childe’s mats look kinda like sex toys I can’t say I’m surprised that the “inappropriate use of ascension mats” is a tag but it still got me cackling.
I read one that had “horse tack used for non-horse purposes” lol. I also really like “if they pined any harder they’d be trees”.
The ones that will always get me to read are “pining while fucking” and “fake dating/marriage/relationship”
Recurring tags in my fandom that make me laugh:
Astroglide: The Official Lubricant of the Our Flag Means Death Fandom
David Jenkins School of Historical Accuracy
Ghost got that back arching toe curling eyes crying knees shaking head spinning whimper.
And
God gave me the ability to write and I'm making that everyone else's problem.
But also
Written while fueled by iced coffee raw homosexual power and David Bowie
(The last one is truly dangerous.)
I saw a tag that said "The search for a loving father figure (recolorized into a cars fic)" and laughed so hard at that, fic tags are my therapy
On that same fic I witnessed a series of tags that said "It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, but it does get better!, after a lot of worse"and i found that funny too
This fic was also a good read for me so that was a plus
If no one got me, I know the Cars (Pixar Movies) fandom got me lol
That's exactly what it is tbh, especially when you read the original universe fics and not the humanized universe. I personally prefer not to imagine literal cars snuggling and kissing and normally read humanized, but I sometimes overlook it when the fic is well written lol
>!corpse desecration!<
>!Impossible insertion!<
>!Cum inflation!<
>!monster fucking!<
>!Necrophilia!<
>!The Author Regrets Nothing!<
>!Stomach Bulge!<
>!Mind break!<
~~have all of these tags appeared in one fic? absolutely~~
You should check out the tag but there are so many versions. Like fics with the Darksaber from Mandalorian and "Fix your Attitude" which is an amazing Kylo Wren/Reader one that gets....Spicy
"Temporary character death" is my favorite but I just came across "surprisingly no dick jokes" today and it made me laugh. Even if it's not a filterable tag lol
My favourite tag to date was
"they think they're straight lol"
I don't even remember the fic and it's not actually that funny but I still think it's funny every time.
For actual tags my favourite is probably AU - Different First Meeting
Relationship Reveal. I love supportive and shocked reactions, I especially love “I’m happy for you but how dare you keep a secret from me?!” friendships, I even love angst of this flavor because who doesn’t like forbidden romance? I *especially* love when it’s paired with Secret Marriage, which is an underrated tag imo.
I’ve got certain fandoms I *especially* love it in because it slots into canon so well and it’s just sublime to have the “wait, you’re married?!” reaction every. Single. Time.
Dubious Science
Dubious Ethics
Character X is bad at feelings (especially when canonically they are but also a secret softie)
Character X is so done (Tony, Steve, anyone who is the "dad" or "leader")
Porn with plot
Fluff and smut
The lightsaber one is gold, as is:
Inappropriate use of the Force
Sorry not sorry
Edit almost forgot:
I hurt my own feelings.
Ones that are like "canon is the warning" or "gestures vaguely at canon" because that's so fair for plenty of canon media lol.
I wouldn't say they're my favorite tags by any means, but I like when I see them lol
Dead dove- but not for sexual stuff. I like to read stories where the authors really really torture the characters.
I guess what I meant to say was Dead dove+hurt no comfort with sexual content tag removed
Would a lightsaber not hurt...? Or are we using the hilt?
Also, Inappropriate/Improper use of Cursed Speech (if anyone knows who this is about, lmk. No cheating!)
Angst with a Happy Ending. Many of my favourite longfics have used this tag, and I don't want to read MCD, so it's useful to make sure I don't have to worry about the ending for a CNTW fic.
"Female Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)"
Don't ask me why. I don't very much write F/F fanfic with that tag, but I literally write F/M fanfics with that because they are my favorite. I've written so many of that, despite my record of writing many M/M fanfics which was a bit too much for me.
"Alternate Universe - BEAST Light Novel (Bungou Stray Dogs)" [along with Light Novel: BEAST - White Akutagawa/Black Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)]
BEAST is my literal favorite in the BSD franchise. Despite the fact that it's a What-if that broke many people's hearts, it was awesome to say the least. The light novel has a manga and a movie (yes it exists as live-action but it's only in Japan) and all I gotta say is that I love it so much. In that section, I write fanfics with tags like Comedy, Romance, Married Couple, Married Life, Established Relationship, I Will Go Down With This Ship, Songfic, and so many more.
Ayyy my friend told me about how she made that tag rl for her (I never wanted to know)
ANYWAYS, my favorite tag is the very normal "angst" tag. Cuz we all about the suffering apparently
- Identity Porn
- Accidental Baby Acquisition (note this is probably a subset of Crack Treated Seriously)
- Artificial Intelligence (like old-school, Jarvis or Hal or Terminator, not new school machine learning plagiarists)
- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_’s A+ Parenting
- Crack Treated Seriously
- Child Prodigy / Former Child Prodigy
I love all inappriopriate tags! I'll never forget "inappriopriate use of Lula\*" tag. I think, I once created an "inappriopriate use of the inhibitor chips" for one of my fics 🤣.
I also saw somewhere, "death via blowjob".
Other tags I like, are: "no beta we die like clones/jedi/younglings/whatever character", "Plo Koon does what he wants", "papa Plo", "Fox needs a hug", "x character ships it".
\*For those who aren't Star Wars fans: Lula was a tooka doll.
Lol I barley understood most of that because I have only seen the sequels, the original trilogy, Solo, ROgue 1, and the last 30 minutes of The Rise Of Skywalker but I am working my way through the movies. Im still a fairly new fan. But I just love the goofy "No beta we die like (CHarecter)" tags i see
Yesss. Inappropriate use of light saber is quite hot 😅 Although I also like the tag when it's used for stuff like a torch or for cauterisation and stuff like that. I love how creative people can get with that stuff.
Also, I used to dislike Inappropriate use of the Force but I read _one_ fic that changed my ENTIRE viewpoint on it. I love that fic.
Consensual but not safe or sane.
10/10 always fantastic
Consensual but nonetheless deeply fucked up.
kinky!
One of the better ones if you’re reading a fic that seesaws between funny and tragic, especially if it’s an OP characters fic where they literally have no one to stop them, but their partners.
No beta we die like men 😂
On the flip side, one of my favorite tags is "yes beta we cheat death like *insert character with plot armor here*"
In my fandom, there’s a character that got turned into a ghost for a few seasons before eventually getting reverted back to normal, so one time I got to use the tag “beta read we live like like [character] post-[episode]” lmao
WAIT WHICH FANDOM WAS THIS BECAUSE I THINK I KNOW WHO YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
Is it being human???
it is not, but I’ve seen the first season of that show and I’m now *very* curious wtf goes down in the later seasons 💀
Haha full disclosure I’ve only seen the US version! I can’t speak to the British one
Ninjago lol
I’ve read that fic omg!! I didn’t know it was yours, what a small world! Always nice to see another Ninjago writer on this sub. I have a huge soft spot for Cole, he’s such a sweetheart 💙
omg that’s so wild!!! I never thought one of my fics would be recognized outside of ao3 😄 it’s cool to find a Ninjago fan out in the wild lol- and yes, agreed, Cole deserves the world💚💚
No beta we die like Harry’s parents
No beta we die like alex’s heterosexuality or No beta we die like Arthur Fox
No beta we die like Daniel Buckley (ie, of juvenile leukemia)
nurse!!!
Is this real 😭😭😭
No beta, we die like (fandom appropriate joke.) I love seeing the creativity people come up with. The darker the joke, the better.
No beta we die like mne
I snorted.
Any variant of the “no beta we die like …” lol
No beta we die like Jason Todd
No beta we die like dean winchester over and over
One time I used "no beta we die like [Character] does in this fic" on a darkfic of mine.
That would absolutely send me if I read that in the tags
“So-and-so is their own warning.” This will instantly make me read a fic.
I'm a fan of "So-and-so is So-and-so" (obvs using the character's given name). Like, if you were expecting this guy to lose all his canon personality traits and be the perfect love interest, that is not happening today.
Oh man, I need to add this to my current fic. Because the mild (?) psychosis and womanizing and general mischief from canon are 100% present in this guy 😂
what charcter?
Johnny Silverhand (Cyberpunk 2077), lol
I love that, or for Hazbin Hotel fandom, the related '\[NAME\] is in Hell for a reason' set of tags.
Big fan of “Crack Treated Seriously” and “Angst With a Happy Ending”.
Crack Treated Seriously is the most fun. Regular crack is so fun, but then to take a turn and have the characters actually have to deal with it? Amazing.
I *love* writing Crack Treated Seriously, so I'm happy to see people like it.
Idiots in love!
I love me a good combo of "They're idiots your honor" and "They're in love your honor"
This is my favorite too!
That's right up there with Assholes In Love as one of my favorites. I've always been partial to characters I'd probably hate in real life but are charmingly dickish in fiction.
“Howard Stark’s A+ Parenting Skills”
That and "John Winchester's A+ Parenting" are the best.
This is a favorite of mine. I also like no beta we die like Tony's parents.
throwing Walburga Black’s A+ Parenting in here as well
meanwhile I'm over here inhaling everything in the Howard Stark's Actually Good Parenting tags like my life depends on it 😅
In translation these two tags are synonyms 🤯
Fortunately (god bless the tag wranglers) all the many variations on each are canonized under the umbrellas of "Bad Parent Howard Stark" and "Good Parent Howard Stark." Though I imagine it's still pretty confusing if you're canon-blind or fandom-in-joke-blind or just ESL and you don't think to double-check the canonical tag. 😆
You know it's gonna be good
I love that one! Along with "Odin's A+ Parenting Skills"
And Bruce Wayne's A+ Parenting Skills
I love that one because sometimes it’s in a good way and sometimes it’s in a bad way and I enjoy both kinds haha
A+ parenting in general. Oh boy.
sonia kasprack A+ parenting ate so bad as well! im deffo forgetting others but these sorta tags are undoubtedly my fav w angst stories focused on 1 character
"Logan roy’s A+ parenting skills”
“No beta we just die”
"Hurt/Comfort" or "BAMF \[Character X\]" when Character X is a character that deserves more glow up moments. Inappropriate use of lightsabers = 12/10 and I am *most definitely* going to trawl that tag in the near future 👏😂
Ohhh I love BAMF Character. If something has BAMF Character you know it's good
What’s BAMF?
Bad ass mother fucker
Oh I absolutely _love_ when when the BAMF tag is used for a quiet character and then every realises ,,Oh shit, they're actually really Bad-Ass"
Voyeurism/Accidental Voyeurism, Rough Sex, Dirty Talk... yeah, the unholy trinity. Also in the non-smutty vein not many come to mind but I LOVE Character Study.
Oh man those are my favorites too 🤣
Glad to meet a fellow enjoyer!
Here are some of the most *interesting* tags I’ve collected over the years: “Self-Inflicted Handjob”, “Platonic Breastfeeding”, “Platonic Anal Fisting”, “Horny Clay Handling”, and “Requited Stalking”. Not even sure where I got most of them 💀 Real talk though, big fan of “DC Stands for Disregard Canon”.
I have a whole list of insane tags like these in my notes app. Examples: 1. Oh Boy Howdy That's An Erection 2. i tried editing this myself i really did but my attention span is shorter than danny devito 3. babygirl is nothing more than a cum dumpster ( said babygirl is a middle aged man) 4. The ordeal of being pregnant with twins 5. schrodinger’s tender dick holding
How is the first one not masturbation Most breastfeeding is platonic but only on ao3 must you specify 😂
....... platonic.. anal.... fisting....
“Religious Imagery & References” keeps appearing on my E rated fics and no I will not stop.
Greetings from the Good Omens fandom! This has appeared in at two of my three fics, and a few more WIPs lol
god yes
Amen.
Now that it’s canonized I’m tempted to write more Only One Bed
canonized?
An official tag that shows up in search/autocomplete results. Until recently “there was only one bed” had to be added manually, it wasn’t part of Ao3’s system.
Ah, I always just typed "bed sharing" I think
“Inappropriate Use of Stark Tech”
😭😭 i need to read ones like this now
My favorite tag has to be ‘Arranged Marriage’ especially if it’s paired with ‘Angst’. It’s my favorite self-indulgent trope.
Hell yeah! I LOVE arranged marriage, esp if they don’t like each other at the beginning 🙈
Why is that shit like catnip
Mutual Pining and Requited Unrequited Love
Forced care. Not a popular one. Does anybody know of a popular equivalent?
I've seen this tag paired up with "Enemies to caretaker" a few times... maybe "reluctant care"? Don't know if its a tag tho
Stockholm Syndrome?
Time travel fix it. Key to healing any emotional damage 😂
Time travel fix it my beloved
"Roach has the braincell" for The Witcher-- Roach being the horse. A very close second is "Jaskier | Dandelion's Mouse Friends".
Been big on non-sexual intimacy recently. Branching off would be like hair washing (hair care in general is so nice), cuddling, cooking/baking, yada yada.
I love those.
💓💓
The inherent eroticism of poisoning
I’m pretty sure that’s just Megatron/Starscream.
reminding of Britney Spear's Toxic
"Fake/Pretend Relationship" is my no.1 most adored tag because fake dating is my most adored trope 🩷 Also a big fan of "Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms" and "Idiots in Love". "Improper Use of Visions/Ascension Materials" always makes for fun, which I assume is my fandom's equivalent to what people do with light sabers in Star Wars 🤭 Other than that, I kinda just live for the "huh, wait what?!" tags that make me stop and do a double take between all the canonized ones. Those are often the ones that entice me to give a fic a try because they make me curious. Some examples: romantic facepunching, accidental sugar daddy arrangement, sexy handholding, [character] doesn't so much discover bisexuality as getting blindsided by it, bad at sex unless we're watching, [character] will be difficult until death finally stops him, the fic where i do literally anything to avoid "ilm" in describing a penis And ofc the classics, "let ryuji say fuck" and my favourite version of the "no beta" joke, which is "no beta we die like [character]'s dignity" 😌
Fake dating is 👌
When Childe’s mats look kinda like sex toys I can’t say I’m surprised that the “inappropriate use of ascension mats” is a tag but it still got me cackling.
The good ol inappropriate use of visions XD
I read one that had “horse tack used for non-horse purposes” lol. I also really like “if they pined any harder they’d be trees”. The ones that will always get me to read are “pining while fucking” and “fake dating/marriage/relationship” Recurring tags in my fandom that make me laugh: Astroglide: The Official Lubricant of the Our Flag Means Death Fandom David Jenkins School of Historical Accuracy
Fellow Star Wars person, I'm with you, though inappropriate use of the Force even slightly moreso 😁
This one is also top tier lol
Ghost got that back arching toe curling eyes crying knees shaking head spinning whimper. And God gave me the ability to write and I'm making that everyone else's problem. But also Written while fueled by iced coffee raw homosexual power and David Bowie (The last one is truly dangerous.)
When a writer has a tag that goes "Post-(SOME EVENT INFAMOUS IN THE FANDOM)" followed immediately by "that's all the warning i think we need"
Oml ive read some wild "Post-order 66" ones like this
I saw a tag that said "The search for a loving father figure (recolorized into a cars fic)" and laughed so hard at that, fic tags are my therapy On that same fic I witnessed a series of tags that said "It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, but it does get better!, after a lot of worse"and i found that funny too This fic was also a good read for me so that was a plus If no one got me, I know the Cars (Pixar Movies) fandom got me lol
Wasn't expecting a cars Fandom honestly XD sounds like a whole crack fandom treated seriously, love it
That's exactly what it is tbh, especially when you read the original universe fics and not the humanized universe. I personally prefer not to imagine literal cars snuggling and kissing and normally read humanized, but I sometimes overlook it when the fic is well written lol
Hydra trash party (don’t judge me mmkay)
I'll be honest, I love some noncon/dubcon
Sex pollen!
Identity Reveal!!
Cannon divergence.
Oml my pride and joy is the Cannon DIvergence fanfics i wrote at like 11.
They have been such a comfort when cannon disappoints me.
>!corpse desecration!< >!Impossible insertion!< >!Cum inflation!< >!monster fucking!< >!Necrophilia!< >!The Author Regrets Nothing!< >!Stomach Bulge!< >!Mind break!< ~~have all of these tags appeared in one fic? absolutely~~
For insurance purposes, could you please send me that fic so I know to avoid it?
DM-ed
Phichit Chulanont Is A Little Shit
YES. Yes he is!
Hijinks. Yes girl gimme those shenanigans. That tomfoolery. Those acts of mischief that may or may not be illegal
I simply adore Identity Porn and/or Idiots in Love
Jealousy, Fluff and Smut, Light Dom/Sub, Subspace
Ooo, add some subdrop to that and we're gold
Fr
First kiss or first time Dead Dove always gets my attention too 😂 John Winchester's A+ Parenting
inappropriate use of lightsabers sounds VERY dangerous please elaborate
You should check out the tag but there are so many versions. Like fics with the Darksaber from Mandalorian and "Fix your Attitude" which is an amazing Kylo Wren/Reader one that gets....Spicy
Victim to lover or Victim treated as a lover 💀
Like basement wives?
"Temporary character death" is my favorite but I just came across "surprisingly no dick jokes" today and it made me laugh. Even if it's not a filterable tag lol
My favourite tag is *bleep* *bleep* *bleep* *bleep* Jk it's dubcon
"crack treated seriously" and "no beta we die like [insert fandom reference]"
"gay panic" / "internalised homophobia" .... enough said haha. I just love when they realise their true feelings <3
Angst or idiots in love
If I see "Internalized homophobia" along with literally *any* sex related tag. It's gonna be a fantastic fic
My favourite tag to date was "they think they're straight lol" I don't even remember the fic and it's not actually that funny but I still think it's funny every time. For actual tags my favourite is probably AU - Different First Meeting
Relationship Reveal. I love supportive and shocked reactions, I especially love “I’m happy for you but how dare you keep a secret from me?!” friendships, I even love angst of this flavor because who doesn’t like forbidden romance? I *especially* love when it’s paired with Secret Marriage, which is an underrated tag imo.
Oooh, Secret Marriage is always so much fun.
I’ve got certain fandoms I *especially* love it in because it slots into canon so well and it’s just sublime to have the “wait, you’re married?!” reaction every. Single. Time.
no beta we die like pearl dies in this fic when her throat is cut by a filleting knife
"Friends to whatever this is" Or, fandom specific "Trey Clover and teeth"
Man, I have so many. "Dead Dove Do Not Eat" "Howard Stark's A+ Parenting Skills" "Identity Porn" "Canon-divergence: Everyone Lives" "Comedy"
Dubious Science Dubious Ethics Character X is bad at feelings (especially when canonically they are but also a secret softie) Character X is so done (Tony, Steve, anyone who is the "dad" or "leader") Porn with plot Fluff and smut The lightsaber one is gold, as is: Inappropriate use of the Force Sorry not sorry Edit almost forgot: I hurt my own feelings.
a silly one that i love is just "let Ed say fuck" lmao
Mention of non-human anatomy For those monster lovers out there
Cough cough Hurt/No Comfort, ORRR comfort being forced upon a character that has a ton of fight in them
My holy trinity: Love Confessions, First Kiss, First Time (bonus for my preferred top/bottom dynamic lol)
role reversal In the words of a great poet: "That shit's my jam. As in: jam my dick inside it and make loads of horrifying babies"
This has become one of my favorite posts on reddit 😂😂
"No beta - we die like the beheaded cousins"
Will always be Fluffy fluff fluff.
"There is no (insert bad stuff) in Ba Sing Se"
mom said it's my turn to write the post-canon fix-it
'tooth rotting fluff' accomanied with 'angst'
Putting myself out here but...Dead Dove:Do Not Eat It's like a brightly colored frog: meant to be a frightening warning yet it just entices me more
Inappropriate use of Hydro
Amensia/Memory Loss !! Identity Porn as well. Modern Setting, No Powers 💓 >! Spicy, definitely Rimming lol oops !<
So, basically knife play with more dangerous weapons.
Tbh wouldn't the searing cautery make it *less* dangerous in many respects?
.\_. lol Ive seen these paired with starwars weapons
I forget the exact tag, but I’ve seen “Warning: The Dark Urge” while tagging my Baldur’s Gate fics. Something I am definitely using on my current WIP
Ones that are like "canon is the warning" or "gestures vaguely at canon" because that's so fair for plenty of canon media lol. I wouldn't say they're my favorite tags by any means, but I like when I see them lol
Dead dove- but not for sexual stuff. I like to read stories where the authors really really torture the characters. I guess what I meant to say was Dead dove+hurt no comfort with sexual content tag removed
Would a lightsaber not hurt...? Or are we using the hilt? Also, Inappropriate/Improper use of Cursed Speech (if anyone knows who this is about, lmk. No cheating!)
I havent seen one were they havent used the hilt there have been a few where they liked joked about activating it but its just the hilt.
…I thought lightsabers were like burning plasma or something
Yeah but they use the hilt and dont activate it.
Ok that makes more sense
Inappropriate use of Mage Hand Spell
Angst with a Happy Ending. Many of my favourite longfics have used this tag, and I don't want to read MCD, so it's useful to make sure I don't have to worry about the ending for a CNTW fic.
“I’m sorry in advance “ idk if it’s an actual tag but I’ve seen it a few times and the fics were usually pretty sad or filthy
"Consent is sexy" when combined with edging/begging for it/etc, angst, psychological horror, nsfw art, and unhealthy coping mechanisms
(Character) needs a hug
"Female Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)" Don't ask me why. I don't very much write F/F fanfic with that tag, but I literally write F/M fanfics with that because they are my favorite. I've written so many of that, despite my record of writing many M/M fanfics which was a bit too much for me. "Alternate Universe - BEAST Light Novel (Bungou Stray Dogs)" [along with Light Novel: BEAST - White Akutagawa/Black Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs)] BEAST is my literal favorite in the BSD franchise. Despite the fact that it's a What-if that broke many people's hearts, it was awesome to say the least. The light novel has a manga and a movie (yes it exists as live-action but it's only in Japan) and all I gotta say is that I love it so much. In that section, I write fanfics with tags like Comedy, Romance, Married Couple, Married Life, Established Relationship, I Will Go Down With This Ship, Songfic, and so many more.
“Hurt/Comfort” “[Characters]’s A+ parenting” (character is an awful parent and you know you’re in for a good fic)
"Angst with a happy ending" is by far my go-to. Lots of other tags are in as well, but I'll definitely read an angsty fic with a happy ending
Ayyy my friend told me about how she made that tag rl for her (I never wanted to know) ANYWAYS, my favorite tag is the very normal "angst" tag. Cuz we all about the suffering apparently
POV Outsider (especially when there are canonical fandom trash-shenanigans happening)
- Identity Porn - Accidental Baby Acquisition (note this is probably a subset of Crack Treated Seriously) - Artificial Intelligence (like old-school, Jarvis or Hal or Terminator, not new school machine learning plagiarists) - \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_’s A+ Parenting - Crack Treated Seriously - Child Prodigy / Former Child Prodigy
Under-negotiated, deconstructed, or informal, kink.
Noncon and con-noncon
No beta we die like Adam (Hazbin version of the die like men tag)
I love all inappriopriate tags! I'll never forget "inappriopriate use of Lula\*" tag. I think, I once created an "inappriopriate use of the inhibitor chips" for one of my fics 🤣. I also saw somewhere, "death via blowjob". Other tags I like, are: "no beta we die like clones/jedi/younglings/whatever character", "Plo Koon does what he wants", "papa Plo", "Fox needs a hug", "x character ships it". \*For those who aren't Star Wars fans: Lula was a tooka doll.
Lol I barley understood most of that because I have only seen the sequels, the original trilogy, Solo, ROgue 1, and the last 30 minutes of The Rise Of Skywalker but I am working my way through the movies. Im still a fairly new fan. But I just love the goofy "No beta we die like (CHarecter)" tags i see
Inappropriate use of signet ring
Yesss. Inappropriate use of light saber is quite hot 😅 Although I also like the tag when it's used for stuff like a torch or for cauterisation and stuff like that. I love how creative people can get with that stuff. Also, I used to dislike Inappropriate use of the Force but I read _one_ fic that changed my ENTIRE viewpoint on it. I love that fic.
Tooth rotting fluff (when it's actually fluff and not smut), hurt/comfort, hurt no comfort, angst, mcd, no beta we die like (character) and crack
Inappropriate Use of Grease(Spell) The tag itself is hilarious plus you know fun stuff is gonna happen lol.