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[hauntedbythenarrative]

[septon-barth]

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[alvivaarts]

AO3 is Removing 'All Media Types' without Public Input or Announcement. What Can We Do?

What's Happening?

For those who don't yet know: AO3 and the Tag Wranglers have begun to slowly remove the 'All Media Types' tag for older fandoms. Aka, removing the 'umbrella' tag for many franchises, and forcing franchises to be split by media, or to be shoved under one umbrella that does not accurately reflect the types of fics or source medias they come from. This has been slowly occurring with no official announcement, under the pretense that things will be 'easier' to manage, or that some users claimed that the 'All Media Types' tag was confusing. This has begun in secrecy, without genuine input from the userbase, and without any public announcement. (As of 9/5/2024 9:30 AM PST) Many of us are pretty confident in AO3 staff's decisions, but the fact that this decision is not only incredibly impactful, but made without public input, has deeply violated the condition of the site as an archive... an archive of OUR own.

Current seen issues and active risks:

Removal of 'All Media Types' automatically makes fics from different sources in the same franchise a 'crossover', forcing users to consider non-crossover fics 'crossovers'. So, any fanfic that spans or implements elements from multiple pieces of media in a franchise are now considered a 'crossover', despite being from the same franchise and not a crossover.

Removal of 'All Media Types' forces users to manually search for the fics and ships they want one by one through each fandom tag in a related franchise. (Imagine looking through all the separate DC or MARVEL movies one by one).

The 'include crossovers' and 'exclude crossovers' filters are now useless, and removing genuine crossovers (crossovers between franchises) must be done manually through the filter system, which can take upwards of half an hour, if not longer, with the amount of one-off genuine crossovers that exist.

Slightly smaller franchises are being shoved under the umbrella of a single, super popular fandom. (See, Sherlock Holmes. All Sherlock Holmes media has been relegated to the tag 'Sherlock TV', which confuses users, as the tag now includes not only BBC Sherlock, which is the umbrella tag, but any works based off of Arthur Conan Doyle's original works, the 2009 Sherlock Holmes films, and the 16+ Sherlock Holmes adaptations and international TV shows... none of which are BBC Sherlock.)

Anime and manga fandoms (especially smaller ones) are being automatically split by media type, without regard to the fact that many anime and manga adaptations are very similar, and/or authors tend to often implement elements from both anime and manga.

As far as we are aware, no one is going to be correcting any improper sorting resulting from this.

Accounts that are no longer active/accessible, memorial accounts, and orphaned fics and no longer be corrected by their original authors and are at risk of being misplaced into incorrect fandom tags. Unfortunately, no one can fix this but the tag wranglers, who were supposedly removing 'All Media Types' in the first place to prevent MORE work. Counter intuitive, isn't it?

Already, fandoms are being improperly split, others being improperly merged, and still more being far more confusingly sorted. This deeply damages AO3's integrity as an ARCHIVE.

What Can I Do?

As soon as it's back up again, make sure to stop by the Contact Support page! There, you're able to let them know exactly how you feel about this, and what fandoms your fear will be impacted by these changes. Many already have been.

In the meantime, make sure to contact AO3 on Twitter (or X): ao3org (AO3's general twitter page), ao3_wranglers (AO3's tag wrangler page), and OTW_news (the parent host of AO3).

There is also tumblr: ao3org (AO3's tumblr page) and transformativeworks (OTW's tumblr page).

And finally, the Organization for Transformative Works contact page.

If you are aware of any additional medias, please add them below to ensure that AO3 thoroughly understands the negative impact of this decision, especially the violation of trust resulting from making such a massive choice without impact. Be sure to share this information elsewhere, repost, share the links, and make a stink. Furthermore, if you are able, letting AO3 know that you are no longer comfortable financially supporting them in the future.

Be sure to also repost and list any fandoms you have personally noticed have been impacted by this change!

Already Impacted Fandoms:

MARVEL, MCU, Marvel Comics, Avengers, and related tags

Any Sherlock Holmes based Media

A Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon)

World of Warcraft

Assassin's Creed

Monogatari

BanG Dream!

Jujutsu Kaisen

Disney (all media, now: Disney Theatrical Animated Universe)

DC and DC Comics

AND MANY, MANY MORE!

[inviperita]

jonsa as textposts (part 3)

[lislemons]

asoiaf characters as posts that remind me of them part 23

[the-maddened-hatter]

Having to mentally do the "achk achk!" sound you make at a dog getting too close to stealing some ham every time I think about going into Game of Thrones tags because I'm trying really hard not to spoil this 12 year old franchise for myself now that I'm finally watching it

[azems-familiar]

this is a pinned post i guess

Welcome to my blog!

My name is Liadan or Lee, but I'll respond to various shortenings of the urls I've had over the years, so don't feel fussed to change how you think of me in your head if that's the case. I'm in my mid-20s and have been on this hellsite since 2016. I use either they/them or xe/xem pronouns and am a trans, bigender, ace butch, happily engaged to my qpp @ipreferfiction. I am proship, anti-censorship, and not afraid to use the block button if you start causing me problems.

I don't have sideblogs so all content I find interesting or relevant will be here on this blog. Ask to tag if there's something you'd like to filter out - I can't guarantee I'll remember it, but I do my best. All politics go under #politics. Big current events will usually go under #current events if I remember. I try to tag fandoms but that doesn't always particularly work. My personal textpost tag is #ramblings. For things I create, look under #my edits (screenshots/virtual photography), #my writing (snippets and whatnot), and #my fic (full-length fic posts or links). My ask tag is #asked and answered; my tag game tag is #things i'm tagged in; any ask games I reblog will be tagged with #ask me thiiings. Ultimately, this is my own personal space; I will do my best to adjust for other people's comfort but I won't completely put myself into a box for it.

If we're mutuals, I will politely ask you to tag posts with bug pictures/etc in them with #bug - I have a bug phobia and while I do my best to curate on my own, sometimes i still get images on my dash and that's definitely not the most enjoyable thing.

My current main fandom is a mix of TES and ffxiv, but there will be occasional posting about star wars (especially swtor and kotor), dragon age (especially with the new game coming out), mass effect, and other various things I find interesting. I have ocs in most of the above fandoms, and tag them all as #oc: [name here]! Just in case you'd like to go looking for them.

There will be Lalafell/Non-Lalafell shipping on this blog. If that bothers you, unfollow me/block me/hit the back arrow now. I will not tolerate harassment for it. This is your only warning.

FFXIV OC Directory

Links will be added here as I write actual posts for these guys! First name is their current incarnation as of the Seventh Astral Era, second is their original, Unsundered, ancient self. Any in-between reincarnations will be in bulleted lists beneath the main headings.

Lelesu Lesu // Seleukos (MAIN)

G'lyhhia Heleh (Third Astral Era)

Seika Valeriant // Psyche

M'neila // Nemesis

Asteria

Surya // Satyaloka

TES OC Directory

Same as the above, I'll add in links if/when I write bios for these guys.

Alia Silmane: Half-Nord, half-Bosmer Eternal Champion and semi-secret lover of Emperor Uriel Septim. Twin sister to Ria Silmane. Jagar Tharn's apprentice. Later joins the Blades. [lore pending]

Sirisare / Nerevar: an Altmer born on a certain day to uncertain parents. Nerevarine. Spares Dagoth Ur and goes into hiding with the Urshilaku for a couple centuries, only to reemerge during the skyrim timeline.

Sorona Vausier: Breton. A battlemage with the Imperial Legion before her imprisonment and subsequent induction into the Blades. Hero of Kvatch and Champion of Cyrodiil who breaks time to save Martin's life, and later marries him.

Ualli [surname pending]: an Ashlander from the Zainab clan who flees his home rather than go through with his arranged marriage. Inducted into the Dark Brotherhood a few years after arriving in Cyrodiil, where he falls in love with Lucien and struggles to contain his sadistic side. Becomes Sheogorath.

Alessia Septim: the half-Altmer teenage heir to the Imperial throne and sole survivor of the Thalmor's takeover, escorted into Skyrim to go into hiding until she can act. She disagrees with this course of action and runs away, catapulting her into the forefront of Skyrim's history. Adopted by Nerevar.

Hrafn [surname pending]: A Nord teenager raised in the Dark Brotherhood who one day slays a dragon and discovers their soul isn't what they thought. Taken in by Ulfric as a figurehead/puppet after the destruction of the Skyrim Sanctuary and propped up as a contender for the throne. In love with Alessia, and resents her.

Diirthru Hlaalu: an old Dunmer who has been a member of the Blades since before the Tribunal was cast down, whose long experience has led to him being promoted to Grandmaster. Tasked with keeping Alessia alive and safe. Mostly has a headache.

Fic Directory

I use various pseuds on AO3 to separate by fandom. That said...

FFXIV fics:

your boldness stands alone among the wreck (series): Catch-all series for everything related to Lelesu's and Corrain's shared universe. Childhood friends Helios and Seleukos rise to prominence in their society, building a home for themselves, only to watch it all come crashing down during worldwide calamity. Lelesu and Corrain, both chosen by Hydaelyn, struggle to navigate the life of a hero among personal griefs, world-ending threats, far too many politics, thirteen-thousand-year-old pasts returning to haunt them...and the trials and tribulations of crushes.

in the shadow of the sun (series): Broken by grief inflicted during the Final Days and tempered to Zodiark besides, Azem - an Unsundered Ascian - discovers the fragmented soul of their lost best friend in Corrain, the Warrior of Light. Unable to stay away from him, Azem slowly learns how to live again among the loss, and how to look to the future instead of stay mired in a nostalgia- and pain-tinted view of the past that never truly existed.

Both the above series are cowritten with @sunderedazem, and Corrain and Helios belong to him.

All Star Wars fics can be found here

MDZS/The Untamed

The Elder Scrolls fics:

alea iacta est (series): The tale of Sorona Vausier, Hero of Kvatch and Champion of Cyrodiil, as she navigates the crushing weight of Fate and tries to save her Empire...and then her Emperor. A story of love, loss, and loyalty, and of becoming.

[more to come]

[sirrgawaine]

b / she/her / 21 / literature student

this blog contains arthuriana, folklore, writing, medlit, and mythology.

about the blog

this is mostly an arthuriana blog. i am especially interested in gawaine, lancelot, ragnelle and mordred. and i am super normal about the text sir gawain and the green knight … ;) current wip is a folk horror, magical fantasy arthurian retelling, fusing the stories and images like the vulgate, sir gawain and the green knight, the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle, perilous cemetery, excalibur 1981, the grail quest, mordred: a tragedy, cornish folklore, and medieval fantasy.

about the blogger

hi! i’m B, a 21 year old english literature undergrad student with a focus on middle english literature. i also write, draw and edit. i am a cisqueer adult and my pronouns are she/her, but i don't mind if you use any others for me. this blog is strictly no terfs or bigots of any kind. i will liberally block. if you have been softblocked and refollow i will hard block.

i post mostly arthuriana, though i do dabble with other fantasy worlds, and occasionally folk horror. you will find these under 'misc.[—]. if you don’t want to see certain tags, themes or interests of mine, feel free to filter them, and they are listed in navigation below. i do my best to post fair content warnings, though please be aware that due to the general nature of arthuriana and my interests there is often gore, blood and death untagged. i allow minors to follow me but you must block #nsfw please.

you are welcome to send an ask to me about anything. i am happy to engage in opposing viewpoints as long as there is nothing offensive about your opinion. areas i can provide detailed answers in are literary analysis, or my own personal thoughts on a character. i’ll do my best to help with any questions. if i cant, ill direct you to a place better for you.

to send me an ask, just simply: behead the green knight.

tag navigation

my creations -- #my art // #my writing // #my weaves // #my edits

gawain tag — [ch.gawain — {specific}]. ‘txt’ is text posts. ‘art’ is people’s wonderful creations. ‘visuals’ is the man himself. ‘aes’ is his trajectory and plot in my work. ‘stories’ is literature associated with him.

lancelot tag — [chlancelot — {specific}]. same as above.

characters — ch. all characters — if you need to find anyone they will be #ch.[name]

themes — th. madness, mortality, magic, etc

art — i.art-classic and modern / ii.art-contemporary and digital

textposts — b.txt - from myself / txt - from others / ww - webweaves

genre — g. g.medlit / g.folklore / g.horror / g.myth / g.retellings / g.academic

worldbuilding — for realms within my works and imagination —p. p.avalon / p.camelot / p.wild hunts

worldbuilding — for realms that exist and are also included in my works and imagination — maps — maps — cornwall / maps — tintagel

relationships — lv. lv.gawaine/ragnelle / lv.a/g/l (art, guin, lance) /lv.tristan/iseult / lv.gawaine/bertilaks / lv.lancelot/elaine

terrible, inextricable, fate bound people — bindings — bindings — lancelot and gawaine / bindings — mordred and percival / bindings — lancelot and arthur / bindings — merlin and morgan / bindings — balin and balan / bindings — mordred and arthur

other mediums — i.film / ii.literature / iii.poetry / iv.photography

i also talk about lord of the rings, game of thrones, and other fantasy series under ‘misc.’

[hauntedbythenarrative]

Alicent shitposting pt. 38

[cristodelabuenamuerte]

textpost dirigido a mis 4 seguidores pero no irónicamente a veces me chateo mucho de esta red social ql que tiene a game of thrones en trending mientras venezuela se esta quemando

[inviperita]

jonsa as textposts (part 4)

[lislemons]

asoiaf characters as posts that remind me of them part 22

[poisonousrain222]

𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐈. she/her. twenty. september virgo. in love with emotionally unavailable men.

masterlist | my textposts | moodboards <3

partly 18+ content !

fandoms: avatar, star wars, call of duty, the boys, a song of ice and fire/game of thrones

— 𝐓𝐀𝐆 𝐒𝐘𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐌

𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬 art, shitposts, etc.

𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐬 my favorite fanfictions/headcanons

𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 my inbox

𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢 𝐲𝐚𝐩𝐬 personal thoughts

[dancingwithbloomingsuns]

{{Arya as she mentally takes Sandor off her List}}

Arya: The Hound is my enemy.

Arya: But The Hound is his own worst enemy.

Arya: And The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Arya: So The Hound is my friend.

[kings-are-falling]

Jamie: Wait you like me? For my personality????

Brienne: Yeah I was surprised too.

[samaraclegane]

boy i can't wait for gendry to be a proud ass boyfriend of his murder gf