Question about AO3's Major Character Death tag
This actually goes beyond my current yuletide fic, because this tag has puzzled me for a while.
A fic in which a canon major character features prominently and where they die, should clearly be tagged, because they're a major character in both the canon and the fic. But what happens when major characters in canon are minor ones in a fic, or vice-versa? In which of these situations does one use the "Major Character Death" warning?
1. A fic centered around a minor canon character and their death.
2. A fic in which a canon major character barely appears/doesn't appear, and their death is simply remarked on.
3. A fic centered around a major character's presumed death, in which it isn't revealed if/that they're alive.
I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones I could think of. What would you do / have you done in these situations?
Thanks in advance :)
ETA: Thank you so much for all your replies! It's been really helpful :)
A fic in which a canon major character features prominently and where they die, should clearly be tagged, because they're a major character in both the canon and the fic. But what happens when major characters in canon are minor ones in a fic, or vice-versa? In which of these situations does one use the "Major Character Death" warning?
1. A fic centered around a minor canon character and their death.
2. A fic in which a canon major character barely appears/doesn't appear, and their death is simply remarked on.
3. A fic centered around a major character's presumed death, in which it isn't revealed if/that they're alive.
I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones I could think of. What would you do / have you done in these situations?
Thanks in advance :)
ETA: Thank you so much for all your replies! It's been really helpful :)