You'll be out of place in the middle of your own hometown when you walk down the avenue

[viola_dreamwalk]

After much procrastinating, I'm now on both Dreamwidth (thank you, musesfool!) and AO3. I think this might mean I really am officially back in fandom. Huh

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[virusq]

I like AO3. The tags are a little funky, though. Basically, if you select a fandom, then it will pull up a list of characters and/or pairings that are commonly used in that fandom. If you play with characters in that fandom that aren't commonly used, you'll have to simply type them and start a trend. (This is the case I run into most often.)

As far as topic tags? I'm not entirely sure how they work, so I just keep adding new tags that I feel may apply to the story. IE: AU, spoilers, timeline flags, slash/het, language warnings, etc.

That's ... all I know, though. LOL

[viola_dreamwalk]

There's a lot I really like about AO3 so far too. :) The ability to import fics via URL is frankly just *brilliant*, and a huge timesaver.

The character tags just seemed weirdly incomplete to me -- though like you I tend to like to play with less common/minor characters, so that might be the issue. And as far as the topic tags go... Well, I've been out of fandom for awhile and I'm still not totally reassimilated (and likely won't ever be), so some of the tags made me go, "Wait? Wha? 'Sex pollen?' WTF is that?" ;)

[virusq]

Yeah, some of the tags are really weird, but then the folks that run AO3 seem to be really on top of duplicate categories and pointers, too, so I kind of like it.

Sex Pollen is a Star Trek reference, if I recall correctly. It means something weird gets into the air and causes everyone to jump each other. I see it a lot with kink-meme requests, especially when the requester is looking for really strange pairings.

"The 1967 Star Trek: TOS episode "This Side of Paradise" featured an alien plant whose spores lowered inhibition; under its influence, Spock was able to admit to, and act on, romantic feelings for Leila Kalomi." (link)

[viola_dreamwalk]

That would explain it. I've never been able to get into Star Trek. You learn something new every day, I guess. :)

[lyras]

I think this might mean I really am officially back in fandom.

Excellent. :D

[viola_dreamwalk]

:)