can ao3 have an option to hide tags? so we don’t get the “book of tags that fills a whole screen” problem? please?
"Hide additional tags (you can still choose to show them) When this option is enabled, additional tags on works will be hidden by default. You can click 'Show Additional Tags' to display the tags for any individual work. You must have JavaScript enabled to use this option." it's in the preferences section under display, if you have an ao3 account. still shows the character tags though
That'll be useful for some of the tagspams. Though the 'tag every character that breathes in the entire series' and 'tag 40 different fandoms' problems remain. :(
yeah, there’s at least one author i have blocked on my ao3 savior because they have a fic with over 30 fandoms tagged (eta: and they update it all the time) and it makes my blood boil a little whenever i have to scroll past it so it’s really just best all around if ao3 savior quietly hides it for me unfortunately this does not help when i’m on mobile :(
did i say over 30? turns out that was a gross underestimate. the one i was thinking of actually has over 120. (though there's def other fics with dozens of fandoms that grind my gears too.) "moleman's epic rap battles" can eat my ass. (though apparently it was last updated in november so maybe i can rest now.)
molwman's epic rap battles is everywhere even in the political rpf sections, according to the tags on it :P
i think i've seen that one! is it the one where the fandom tags alone take up like a whole screenful of space? ETA: it is
Do...do they not realize that they could just put the transcript in the description and NOT on AO3? Or hell, even just post ‘em on Tumblr?
ao3's tagging system makes supermegacrossovers really annoying on ffn they weren't as much of an issue 'cause - even though some fans who wanted to read them might've missed out on them - they were confined to one section and weren't tagged with every vaguely relevant character
not sure if narration is in-character or just bad writing ("By the way, Asgard was great, and Thor was a good guide. The royal palace was totally ginormous." ok, yes, this does sound like something Tony Stark would say, but that's a narrative description. this story is written in third person and nothing so far has indicated that the narration is meant to be his thoughts.)
update: ... ok, you can indeed use "sentence" as a verb, but it doesn't just mean "speak." i think this fic is officially Bad you guys
No, no, see, there's a period. He said he'd prefer being dead, and then turned around and put someone in jail for twenty years for jaywalking. Obviously.
Most of my more sophisticated verb-related grammar knowledge is from Japanese so it doesn’t necessarily apply cleanly to English. But “sentence” seems like it ought to be a transitive verb, meaning it either requires a direct object or the passive tense. Intransitive would be the term for a verb that can’t take a direct object. Intransitive, maybe: fumed. “She fumed.” Not, “She fumed the jaywalker,” or, “The jaywalker was fumed.” (You can add a preposition such as “at” to be more specific about the circumstances under which she fumed, but she still isn’t fuming anyone or anything, it’s a self-contained action.) Transitive, perhaps: sentenced. “She sentenced the jaywalker,” or, “The jaywalker was sentenced.” Not, “She sentenced.” (Even with the adverb “harshly” it sounds strange because it’s not a self-contained action and there’s not even an implied receiving party.)
I think I've seen sentenced used without a direct object, but very rarely. "The new judge sentenced harshly" to mean they gave out harsh sentences, for instance, but it's not something I see a whole lot.
I appreciate people trying new things with language, honestly, but 98% of the time it falls ridiculously flat. I think one of the best examples of "nonstandard but incredibly evocative language use" comes from Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief. Unfortunately I don't have any examples right off the top of my head but I vividly remember being enthralled by how he chose to use words. It's incredibly difficult to do and I think most times it's not successful.
