Don’t know if this has been discussed before but I really hate it when people tag characters in their fics when they’re not main characters to that story, like they just get a mention. My fandom is so clogged with my fave character getting tagged for minor appearances that I literally have no way to find fics actually about that character.

ao3commentoftheday:

As a general rule:

Relationships: tag the main ship(s). Use / if the ship is romantic or sexual in nature, use & if the ship is platonic or non-romantic

Characters: tag the central characters for this fic

Additional tags: this is where you can tag ships or characters that are mentioned in the fic but are tangential/minor

This is another one of those things that doesn’t get talked about very much and so not everyone knows. In fact, I’m not 100% sure I’m right here so please correct me if I’m wrong 🙂

GOD YES. PLEASE PLEASE DO THIS AUTHORS. in my fandom, it’s always f/f ship tags that are absolutely FLOODED with everything but f/f and it’s awful