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Till during the self-flagellation lesson ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Rammstein in Making of Pussy: favorite funny moments

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ICYMI I'm hosting a special Writers With Drinks in Seattle on Thurs 8/14 focusing on superstars of queer SFF. Featuring Becky Chambers, Andrea Hairston, Darcie Little Badger, Cecilia Tan, Annalee Newitz and me. Book sales by Charlie's Queer Books!

You don't need a Worldcon membership to attend, but Worldcon peeps are welcome of course. This is a ticketed event, so please get your tickets in advance — tickets available at townhallseattle.org.

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Die Magdalene-Keibel-Kombo - Du hast mich angeschmiert

Am Montag sagtest du zu mir: "Komm heut' Abend fünf vor Vier. Glaub' mir, es wird wunderbar!" Als ich kam, warst du nicht da.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

Am Dienstag, sollt' ich nicht vergessen, da lädst du mich ein zum Essen. Ich fastete ein ganzes Jahr, als ich kam, warst du nicht da.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

Am Mittwoch, sollt' ich nicht vergessen, geh'n wir beide Blaubeeren essen. "Glaub' mir, es wird wunderbar!" Als ich kam, warst du nicht da.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

"Komm, wir gehen in den Park!" Sagst du mir am Donnerstag. Jetzt geht es mal wirklich klar! Als ich kam, warst du nicht da.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

Am Sonnabend linderst du die Qual, sagst, du küsst mich vierzig Mal. Diesmal klappt es garantiert - du kamst nicht, ich bin frustriert.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

Schluss mit dieser Milch in Tüten, Sonntag geh'n wir Kühe hüten! Diesmal geht es wirklich klar - als ich kam, warst du nicht da.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

Dass du stirbst, hast du gewimmert. Ich hab' dir 'nen Sarg gezimmert. Schlepp' ihn zu dir die Treppe rauf, doch du machst die Türe auf.

Oh, du hast mich angeführt, oh du hast mich angeschmiert, oh ich bin ein armer Bursche, der bald den Verstand verliert. (x2)

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So rude that you can’t say “okay, I’m done thinking about that” and then actually stop thinking about it

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Rammstein: Making of Keine Lust — (5/?)

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through the spillways of your soul ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

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I know tag wranglers do a lot of work connecting tags etc. Is there anything authors can do to make their jobs easier for them like trying to mostly use canonical tags or not making tag comments?

Thanks!

This is a great question, and I'll do my best to answer it but I do hope that some wranglers add on in the notes! I'm also just going to preface this with the fact that you should still tag however you like to tag. This list isn't meant to be a checklist or anything. It's just info I've picked up over the years and you can take or leave each piece as you see fit.

Okay, so the first thing that most non-wranglers should know is that wranglers see tags separately from the fic. They get a big bin full of tags to sort through and match up in the system, but they'll only see your fic and the other tags you've added to it if they decide to go look.

That's important to know because sometimes a user will tag something like [character] is so sexy and then also tag by which I mean they're a huge dork. The wranlger won't see that second tag and won't know that they're connected so your sarcastic tag will end up synned (matched up to) sexy!Character or whatever the canonical is, as if that was the meaning you were going for.

Another good thing to know is that tags can only be synned if they only have 1 idea in them. So if you tag, say, [character] is gay and autistic then the wrangler can't actually syn that to either [character] is gay or character is autistic because it only half-fits either tag. To have them synned in the database, you would need to tag those two ideas separately.

You might have already seen the post I made referencing the fact that you don't have to tag multiple versions of the same idea (unless you want to for the aesthetic) because the synning that wranglers do makes sure that tagging one idea allows users to filter for all versions of that idea. But in case you didn't know that, now you do!

Wranglers are often members of the fandoms they wrangle, but they aren't always. Sometimes they'll take on a fandom that doesn't otherwise have a wrangler because they like to do research or because they like small fandoms or for many other reasons. But that means that if you're tagging your OCs by name, you should add (OC) to the end so that they know it's not a canon character that they aren't familiar with. This is double true in huge fandoms like Star Wars where there are millions of canon characters and just as many OCs.

Wranglers don't "seed" tags in fandoms. For a tag to exist, users need to create it. The rule of thumb is at least 3 fics from 3 separate authors, but that's very much the minimum and in fast-moving or huge fandoms the bar is probably higher. Also, for brand new fandoms, it's entirely possible that they won't know you exist until you tell them. Back in January I was the first person to write in a brand new fandom so I knew I had to start the tags, and I waited until there were 25 or so works by 15 or so creators before I emailed Support because I know I have to be patient - but I'm still impatient by nature lol.

Another thing to know is that tags are kind of like proton packs - they can't cross the streams. If you put a tag in the Character field by mistake, wranglers can't move it to the Additionals. This can also work in your favour, though, because if you have a minor character or minor relationship that you want to tag because there's some kind of fandom drama happening and people want to be able to avoid them, you can tag them in the Additional Tags so that people can know they're in there, but the people who like that character or ship can still filter the Character and Relationship tags without seeing a bunch of works that don't really focus on them.

This got super long, so I'll end with your question about tag comments. I know people worry that it makes extra work for tag wranglers if you get all chatty in your fic tags but I've been reassured by more than one wrangler over the course of several years now that it's no extra work. They just shovel those tags into the gaping maw of the Unfilterable Beast - which is the same thing they do with those tags that have multiple concepts in them. If it can't be synned, then that's where they go.

(keep tagging that way, though, if you like to because that's how new concepts get created and eventually canonized)

Alright, I that's all I can think of off the top of my head, and the list was actually longer than I thought! Wranglers: please do add on with other things you wish users knew, and please correct me if anything has changed since the last time I delved into this topic!

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"Lost" concerts of past years

07.05.1994 – Specialized Kolochose Station, Tegau, Germany

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I'm starting Mann gegen Mann content.

🦋🦋🦋🦋

Full picture on my Bluesky: fallyler

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🕶️ The Ghouls of They Live [2/?] 🕶️

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More of Beavis and Butt-Head in Silent Hill

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you deserved an apology. i’m sorry you’ll never get it from them.

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The last medication you took is now your wizard name, are you happy with it?

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Hello people! That day has come! Yes that day where I decided to undertake my own madness, madness because me and writing do not get along, but hey! I will not give up! I present to you with great pleasure this new little series that has been sailing in my brain for a while! I hope you like it! :3

Willkommen in Rammstein

Remember all of this is purely a work of fiction