so, I've watched the entirety of 9-1-1 including what's been aired of s7. thank you tumblr for alerting me to the existence of this show? I had never heard of it, or the fandom, until the 'Buck is bi now??' shock wave so realising that there are 50k fics on ao3 is a bit like...idk, discovering a whale just swam over your head? that's a sizeable fandom to never have heard of before! anyway, i am enjoying it, and will happily take recs. I don't have a horse in this ship race though I absolutely get the appeal of Buck/Eddie.

in other fandom news, I have found my writing mojo again and so have decided to post the first chapter of my current wip:

til solen står op (2361 words) by nerakrose
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Afdeling Q | Department Q (Movies)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Assad/Carl Mørck, Assad & Carl Mørck
Characters: Carl Mørck, Assad (Afdeling Q), Marcus Jacobsen
Additional Tags: Aftermath of Violence, Police Brutality, All Cops Are Bastards, Whump, Forced Outing, Eventual Happy Ending, Assad Whump, WIP Tags
Summary:

"Der er to tusind klagesager mod politiet hvert år. Vi vinder dem allesammen. Er det fordi vi aldrig begår fejl eller fordi vi beskytter hinanden?"
- Carl Mørck, Journal 64

I currently have 6 chapters and 16k, and less than 24 hours have passed in-fic. I don't know how long this will wind up being because I have plot for *weeks*. as long as it needs to be, I suppose.

I’m not planning to jump twitter ship just yet, and if twitter does go down I’m not looking for an alternative service to replace it with, I’ll just stick to the ones I’ve already got: tumblr, dw, Instagram, Facebook. (And discord I suppose, but I don’t count discord as a social media - it’s a chat service, and it’s ‘closed’. You can’t browse discord to find fun servers to join, you need to be invited, and that happens *outside* discord. It’s a whole rant I won’t get into details here but it bothers me how much I’m seeing “just join discord” as a solution to twitter: it doesn’t work that way.)

I see lots of talk about cohost as the new twitter option and I just wanted to flag this thread (on twitter) from a dreamwidth co-founder about how terrible the TOS is - I was vaguely considering signing up for cohost but when I went to the website was put off by not being able to see any posts at all without an account (same misgiving I had with pillowfort which tbh I’m going to go and delete since I haven’t logged in in what’s likely years at this point), but anyway. uh, not going to sign up for cohost at all anymore. https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1588764577650692096

I received this ask on tumblr and I'm posting the response here because of how long it is:

ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm asked:

Hi! I'm rereading your incredible Little Deaths fic and drinking green tea, in the middle of some very dramatic gloomy weather. Super conducive to soft whispery feelings!

I was wondering if you could talk a bit about the post-war justice system/environment of the fic? I'm from a recently post-war country, and have always thought a lot about who should and shouldn't stand trial after conflict (especially in wars where the general population is heavily affected by fighting from either side). I'd just like to hear your thoughts on well...anything, really! How you came up with this aspect of the story, what your thoughts are on the HP fandom's usual representation of post war justice system, anything!

If you've talked about it somewhere else feel free to just point me there or ignore - I tried to look through the comments but there's so many of them, as there should be, of course ❤️ Thank you again for your writing and these whispery sweet boys!

Hi! I don't know how long this has been sitting in my asks so I'm sorry if you've been waiting awhile.

To start with: thank you for this lovely ask! I’m so incredibly pleased and humbled that this fic has become a comfort read for so many, and is still being read and re-read. ♥

The rest of this post is under a cut because it got REALLY long. It’s also on my DW in a public post here in case it’s easier to read than on tumblr.

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forwards, straight (1472 words) by nerakrose
Fandom: Shetland (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Duncan Hunter/Jimmy Perez
Characters: Duncan Hunter, Jimmy Perez, Cassie Perez
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Yuletide Treat, no internalised homophobia, no homophobia at all actually, kind of slow burn
Summary: Duncan crashes at Jimmy's. Canon divergence from series 3, but also incorporates elements from series 5.



*lies down in a puddle of feelings*

fanlore posted: Introducing... the Fanlore Bingo Challenge!

Fanlore is proud to present a brand new, two-week editing challenge: the Fanlore Bingo Challenge!

The Fanlore Bingo Challenge is a new two-week editing challenge taking place from Sunday, June 2 to Sunday, June 16 2019. As the name implies, the challenge centers around completing various different types of editing tasks on a 9-square bingo card.

To open the challenge up to both new and experienced Fanlore editors, there are two levels of bingo cards to complete: Beginner level and Expert level. There are shiny badges (pictured right) to be won for getting Bingo! and Blackout! on each card - as well as an ultimate Total Blackout! for completing all 9 tasks across both cards.

Head on over to the Bingo Challenge Help Page on Fanlore to find out more and learn how to take part. Feel free to leave any questions or comments about taking part in the challenge on this post.

Happy editing!

Day 6

Challenge: Add some fanon details to any character page in your fandom. ✔

(I added some fanon tropes to both Remus' page and Sirius' page.)

Bonus: Create a brand new character page in your fandom. ☐

I'm tired :'D I'd love to actually create pages for the three tropes I added and put in some basic info and example fanworks, but ANOTHER DAY. maybe somebody else will do it. (I hope somebody else will do it.)

I'm wondering if maybe I should try to put 'edit fanlore pages' into my monthly or weekly calendar of things to do? Because so much work needs to be done and I don't mind doing it, or at least creating the base for it so that other people don't have to deal with the hurdle of getting started. (e.g. creating pages for other people to add content, which is what I did a year ago with a lot of HP fest pages on fanlore. I haven't checked to see if other people have added to them, but I hope so...) idk, I just feel like fanlore is a fantastic resource, but it's only as good as people make it.

Day 4

Challenge: For International Fanworks Day, add your favourite classic works to the Fandom Classic page. ✔

(I added four, two from YOI and two from HP (both R/S).)

Bonus: Make that work into a new page on Fanlore, and write all about it! ✔

(I created a page for From Almaty, With Love and added some basic information + fanart links.)


I also did some minor edits on the R/S page and am thinking about doing some more edits later...not today, but that page is a mess and is all kinds of out of date.

This challenge takes place from February 12-18 with editing challenges for each day. (Click banner for more information.)

I'm a big fan of fanlore and keeping it current, so I'm on board! Starting today because by the time I heard about it last night I was on my way to bed.

Day 1
Challenge: Create a Fanlore account! ✔ (I already had an account)

Bonus: Write a bit about yourself on your user page! ✔ (I linked to my people page and also updated it while at it)

Day 2
Challenge: Add some example ships to any fandom page.

Bonus: Add some meta or links to fan communities as well!

It turned out all the fandom pages I wanted to add ships to were up to date in that regard, as were the links to the fan communities. I don't know much about meta so may have a think on that. HOWEVER. I updated the Captive Prince page with the two most recently released short stories + added a section and a link for the One Kingdom charity zine. I also added the current H/D Big Bang to the list of H/D fests & exchanges on the page for HP fests & exchanges. I'm going to count that, so: ✔

THE CHALLENGE IS ALSO ON TUMBLR, AND CAN BE REBLOGGED HERE.

There's been some posts going around about how to properly use the relationship tags on tumblr (specifically how to tag for background ships so they don't clog up searches) which has led me to start editing the tags on my ao3 fics (not done). I get annoyed searching for ships and finding only 300 fics where they're a background couple, so fixing my own complicity in the problem is a start. but, I've also been thinking about tagging in general, and...tagging in specific:

How do you tag for things that aren't explicit in the fic? Do you tag for it? What is the expectation when you see (certain?) tags on fics?

In no longer easy on the eyes, I wrote Sirius as asexual but never tagged for it because it never came up in conversation within the fic. I'd say it's obvious though - or at least to me he reads as a very obviously asexual person, and even if I never used the word in-fic, the essence of it is understood (Remus says at one point that he didn't think Sirius was interested in relationships at all because he never dated). when that fic ended up on this pride themed reclist*, I was surprised that it was listed under bisexual and not asexual - I never tagged Remus as bisexual nor did I state that within the fic, although he is as obviously bisexual as Sirius is asexual.

So now I wonder, do I tag Sirius as asexual in order to make my intent explicit, or would that potentially be a cop-out? The whole Dumbledore Is Gay discourse all over again, essentially?

Another fic of mine, an old Albus/Scorpius fic (wherein Scorpius ascertains his sexuality) is tagged asexual spectrum, demisexuality, sexual identity, and sexual confusion (in addition to other things) and - spoiler - after cycling through a number of labels Scorpius ends up labelling himself as a late bloomer. I have gotten a LOT of negative comments on this one (not only on ao3) from people who felt cheated because "it gives the impression of featuring an asexual character when it doesn't".

And so I wonder, should I remove the asexual spectrum tag despite the fact Scorpius labels himself as asexual at one stage in the fic? Is the way I've tagged the fic signalling something other than I think it is? Do people expect asexual endgame when in reality it's more accurately demisexuality? (and also, this fic is old and doesn't handle the topic nearly as well as it could've - I'd do things differently today - but on the other hand it does reflect my personal experience with going through labels so it's not like it's unrealistic. I have been thinking about taking it down because I'm so tired of the negative comments, but I also don't want to do that because, you know what, fics don't and shouldn't adhere to an unwritten sjw approved checklist. Ever so rarely I do get a comment from somebody who saw themselves in it. Is that not worth the hassle?)

I'm currently writing an Emil/Michele (yoi) fic, in which Michele is asexual. I didn't plan it, it just happened that way, but like with no longer easy on the eyes, it never gets explicitly stated. Michele never says the words "I'm asexual", he just behaves in a way that very clearly (to me at least) signals lack of sexual attraction. (Emil is the opposite, he's very clearly attracted.)

Do I tag that? If I post that fic with the tag asexual Michele crispino, will readers expect the word within the fic? Will they get disappointed and accuse me of acebaiting if I do?
And the other side of the coin: if I don't tag it, will people miss it? Will no one notice that he's asexual? Does not tagging asexuality when it's on the page, even if not explicitly stated to be there, contribute to the lack of asexual visibility?

I'm honestly not sure what to do. On one hand I can completely understand the need for visibility and representation and by extension the need to have things stated clearly - the whole Let Characters Say Bisexual On TV discourse (not to mention the appalling lack of ace rep) - but on the other hand I don't always feel like it needs to be said. I'm not bringing it up in the Emil/Michele fic because it would create this weird pause in the flow of the fic. It's not a relevant topic of conversation for them. It doesn't suit Michele's characterisation to a) bring it up b) to think of it in the first place. If I did, it would feel like I'm just crossing off a checklist.

asexuality mentioned in-text, woke points achieved ✓

And yet, if I don't tag for it, it seems it will go absolutely unnoticed? I'd like to trust people to have critical reading skills, but the truth is that even when they do, when it comes to asexuality in particular many people lack the knowledge necessary to decode a character as asexual. We have shorthands and codes for gay and lesbian readings (even if that's also not a given, even when it's explicit; see: Harold They Are Lesbians) but we don't have a backlog of literature and media with ace rep on which to base a pattern recognition programme to help recognise What's Obvious To The Rest Of Us.

So I'm back to square one. How do I best tag (or not tag) my fics? How do I decode what's the general expectation for a given tag, such as asexuality ? How do I avoid the worst pitfalls of ao3 tagging ?


* for clarity's sake, this is absolutely not a complaint about the reclist! I'm always stoked when my stuff gets recced.

if you follow my tumblr you probably know it's mainly me flailing about cap2

but sometimes i do cool stuff too, like this post about fanfic titles (and why we never see them irl)

there's more discussion if you click through the notes, but tbh it could do with more? i'd like more input anyway. :D