#actually if anyone does set up a blog recommending fics that don't do izzy dirty i'd be willing to be involved

[laceratedlamiaceae]

At this point I'm afraid to read anything with Izzy in it because of the way he is treated in a lot of fics. I need a tagging option for telling me if the author loves him or hates him because I've found some amazing fics that were immediately ruined when he came in and suddenly it's cool to not give him basic human rights. I dont get it.

Yeah, I've seen the "Author is an Israel Hands apologist" tag but I don't love the "Izzy apologist" term. I've seen some suggestions for "Izzy enjoyer" or "Izzy appreciator" but it doesn't seem like they've really caught on. I usually just check to see if the description and/or tags seem sympathetic to him and disregard it otherwise. I'm sure I've missed out on a few good fics that way but it's better than getting disproportionately mad at someone else's interpretation of him.

On the other side, I've seen a few fics use "Antagonist Israel Hands" (which doesn't actually say much; he's an antagonist in the show itself and I still love him, but it does kind of imply that he's just used as a villain) and I know there's one with the ship tag "Izzy Hands/Me Making Him A Decent Fucking Person" which is a convenient warning for me to stay far away from it. There's also "Author is not an Israel Hands apologist" but that one isn't super common.

In general I just assume any Ed/Stede fic that's tagged for Izzy is going to treat him like the embodiment of all evil, which isn't that much of an issue for me since I'm not into fics with them but I can imagine how annoying that would be for anyone looking for a good blackbonnet fics. Maybe someone could set up a reclist for fics for Izzy enjoyers?