anonymous worm · 10d
(Other ask sent too early mb) I haven't seen anyone saying you should be able to harass authors I agree thats stupid. I thought this discourse was about a courtesy to readers who have a fixed dynamic preference in the same way some readers prefer to not read major character death or any specific kink like watersports or literally any tag. It's just polite to properly tag your fics. I see people on both sides talking about how theyre superior for being a fixed or switch shipper which is dumb both are valid but is it not kind to let people know what they're getting into? Of course no author HAS to but it is polite no? I'm sure if someone takes t/b tags off their fic theyre prepared to lose readers, I just don't understand the reasoning behind purposefully not tagging correctly?? (I understand your removal is more of a spite in response to discourse thing, I mean generally speaking)
i saw someone (who is self-proclaimed anti-harassment btw) quite prevalent in this corner of the fandom say that if an author refuses to be courteous and tag, they should expect their readers to be discourteous in their comment sections. that is just simply “you deserve harassment” in prettier packaging. no one owes anyone else fanfic tags, regardless of how polite tagging is. no one is saying it isn’t polite to tag, that’s common sense. we’re just saying authors are well within their rights not to, and they don’t deserve to be treated like shit and dragged through the mud for it. they also don’t deserve to have every new damn reader they get comment “erm van u tag this specific thing?” that’s a difficult concept for some people to understand though, given how entitled some of these readers are.
also, very few people are ‘not tagging correctly.’ this conversation isn’t about them. it’s about people who don’t tag. however, i support their rights to do that too. am i gonna like it if a fic i’m reading ends up being something different than what was advertised? no. am i gonna harass the author for it? no, i’m gonna close the tab and move on with my day. the proship label is literally “anti-harassment.” why can this not extend to things that make us personally uncomfortable? can we not simply just mind our own business?
