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Hi I'm red, this is my side blog
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redssideblog · 6 days ago
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This is a Moving Forward PSA for everyone using AO3. I am witnessing the results of a culture clash and communication failure. Not a lack of communication, but a misunderstanding caused by changes in fandom culture.
Before fic tagging was common, fics weren’t tagged. You had a pairing, if applicable, an author’s note about genre or general content, and if they were feeling charitable, a vague content warning. There are even a few genres of fic where even vaguely tagging literally spoils the plot and impact (such as horror, psyche thriller, in which the likely content is implicit to the genre). As a result, there is a basic category tag that permits this, as a courtesy to “old-fashioned” writers.
“No Archive Warnings Apply” means the fic is PG13 at worst, probably fluff, totally safe.
“Choose Not to Use Archive Warnings” is the polar opposite. It’s a glaring Enter at Your Own Risk billboard. It means: a shitload of warnings apply but I ain’t telling because this story requires shock value. It’s very important to read the author’s notes for those fics because they might be using that older format from above.
But without the context of fandom culture that generated AO3, it’s understandably easy to conflate the two categories, given their similar wording.
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redssideblog · 26 days ago
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redssideblog · 1 month ago
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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I'm seeing a play tonight so you might get the first essay on this blog soon
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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I MISS PINK HAIR TY EVERYONE 😭😭😭
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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Okayyyyy I'll get started then
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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@pardonmydelays poppy?????? Poppy can you hear me???????
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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Fuck I also need to find a good pfp for this blog
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redssideblog · 2 months ago
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Ooooooo an intro post, who would've thought I'd ever do that lol, anyway I'm red, like it says in the description this is my side blog, my main one is @redwidow616 but I'm gonna try to make this one very different, specifically more "professional".
Things I wanna post here: - the song covers I make - essays about plays I see
I'm making an entirely new blog for this because I want to have all the covers in one place and as someone who took drama in high school and had to learn a lot of theoretical stuff as well, you never get that out of your head so I'll probably write small analyses of the plays I see.
Movie, musical and concert essays are still gonna be on my other blog because I consider those mainly fandom content and like I said I wanna make this blog more "professional/formal" whatever.
Okay it feels weird writing like this on tumblr so I'll come to an end now. Let's see if I'm actually gonna do what I say I will with this blog or not.
Oh wait wait wait, mutuals who might want to know this blog exists now (you don't have to follow it, i promise I won't be mad, this is mainly out of a whim): @pardonmydelays @thepaladinstrait @necngravestcnes @noproof-youjustknow @endofanera-startofanage @anixknowsnothin @dewey-1s-my-sp1r1t-an1mal
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