Tagging Woes · 10:04pm Feb 19th, 2014
Is there a traditional way to indicate "Mysteries" on fimfic? I am about three paragraphs into a story which is sort of a slow mystery about a librarian working in Canterlot and my only impulse on how to tag it is something like "Adventure/Slice of Life" which is actually contradictory. It doesn't seem anywhere close to dark enough to get a Dark tag and it's not like I'm killing anyone at the end so I don't really think the sad or tragedy tag fit either. (there is like one remotely "sad" scene in the whole thing, and it ends happily--bittersweet as worst). While it's set up is sort of slice of life, I feel like it's disingenuous to call it that given the overarching mystery and magical elements, but also not right to call it adventure since most of it is just sitting around in a library helping library patrons.
I'd kill for a drama tag right about now.
Here's the bit where I would like to be able to just insert the image but I hotlinking used to be considered rude and all, so...
The Fimfic tags debate is an old, old, never-to-be-resolved story, sadly. One day a fanfiction website will allow youtube/tumblr-style custom tagging and all will be well, but until then we must make do with Slice of Tragedy.
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The funny thing is that the decoy tagging for this is LITERALLY Slice of Tragedy right now. Thankfully I write slowly enough that I can have a few days to ponder.
Haha. Very Funny Fed.
1854508 WHICH IS WHY WE NEED CUSTOM TAGS
Slice of Tragedy is a great genre =(