Desiderius Price

You’re certainly allowed to list new tags/warnings under “other” if you need something more focused. In your [tent] example, I’d likely list it in the laundry list of tags at the top of the story, qualified as CYA, and leave it at that.

Episode #10 is posted.

Rape is a bit more black/white on usage, other tags can have a slippery slope. Even rape, though, if you’re talking sexual assault rather than sex, I could somebody thinking the rape doesn’t apply, especially if they think it’d scare readers unnecessarily (ie, for blood play, they’ve got blood, they’ve got sex, but the blood’s incidental, not really part of the sexual acts).. As to my method, if I’m unsure or the tag is background noise, I’ll list it along with a short annotation why it may apply (ie, Minor1 because kids are running around naked, but there’s no sex) – guess that means I’m tagging the tags?

@BronxWench I tend to overtag my stories, just to be cautious and to avoid the hassle. My comment earlier was speculation as to one reason, another being a thought of “I’ll never write X” as a self-imposed restraint for whatever reason, and they start to stray to cross line of tag-or-not. @Mal This wouldn’t be AFF if we didn’t have the knack for going off topic.

Some tags, like [rape], drastically cut down on readership, so that's one reason (of many) that someone mightbe reluctant to list it.

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Well, some tags are pretty much staples on AFF (ie, oral, HJ, solo) that I was kinda surprised that they were individually listed. Others, like scat, are ones I don’t typically write, but I’ll list as questionable because of some of the crudeness to my writing style, more there as CYA. Tags breed like rabbits. And as I’m one who’ll apply minor1 for kids running around naked, I quickly realized it was impossible to avoid with my setup. So, for instance, the Repair Guy, because that fit, I wrote it as Minor1 (NoSex).

Tags, to some degree, can also be spoilers for the story, especially if they get super refined. (ie, MCD + Drowning) I’ve been experimenting with putting the significant/major/important tags into the summary, and all the tags into the top of the story. So far, I like it, because it’s less intimidating to a reader while also properly warning them and I can also qualify my tags, if appropriate.

You’re more than free to add in new tags…. [vore] from above is a candidate, though that topic was starting to get a bit on the well done side, charred broiled was more like it.

Feds already have my details… Nope, never had brain curry, but I did have chicken curry for dinner.