Comment on Updates to "No Fandom" Additional Tags, April 2026

  1. Eli0t Thu 30 Apr 2026 10:21PM UTC

    Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

    "Trans Female Character is now a subtag of Female Characters" Nice!

    But also, I was about to be upset because Trans Male Character isn't subbed under Male Characters, but now Im upset because apparently Male Characters isn't even a canonical tag?

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    1. WingFeet Fri 01 May 2026 03:47AM UTC

      It's not?

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      1. Eli0t Fri 01 May 2026 04:14AM UTC

        Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

        It's not. I figured I would check if trans male character had already been subbed to it and this was just a long overdue change for trans female character, and saw it wasn't. But then I checked the Male Characters tag and it's not canonical at all :(

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        1. WingFeet Fri 01 May 2026 05:05AM UTC

          that's crazy

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        2. CursesFromTheAbstract91 Fri 01 May 2026 08:35AM UTC

          Ayo?

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    3. p0ppys33dmuff1n Fri 01 May 2026 01:09PM UTC

      The "lethal injection" frame of Kagamine Len in Ego Renegade Boy

      I think it makes sense, given AO3 started as a primarily slash archive. There wouldn't be as much use of a Male Characters tag if your characters are male by default.

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      1. Eli0t Fri 01 May 2026 03:14PM UTC

        Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

        I would agree except I did check the usage rate too. "Male Characters" has just under 400 uses. Female Characters, despite being a canonical tag, has less than 3000 uses (excluding subtags). Its largest 2 subtags are Trans Female Character (43k uses), and POV Female Character (17k uses). If you were to do the same with Male Characters, Trans Male Character has 115k uses and POV Male Character has 6k uses.

        People are clearly using the tag despite it not being canonical, and the usage from the rest of the tree if they were set up the same way is on the same level.

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        1. p0ppys33dmuff1n Fri 01 May 2026 05:38PM UTC

          The "lethal injection" frame of Kagamine Len in Ego Renegade Boy

          Oh, yeah I should've checked, oopsie. In that case, I can only think maybe it's not been gotten to yet due to the would-be parent having lower numbers than Female Characters? But I don't know anything about wrangling, so 🤷‍♂️

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          1. Eli0t Fri 01 May 2026 07:55PM UTC

            Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood from the TV show Shadowhunters pressing their foreheads together

            Yeah that's my guess too but I am still offended about the disparity

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      3. Komakikumo Sat 02 May 2026 02:13AM UTC

        AYYYEEE I know that profile anywere- Ego Renegade Boy, my beloved transmale allegory

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        1. JustaLoliToy (RarePairr) Mon 04 May 2026 07:07AM UTC

          Molly Blyndeff feets

          Basedddd

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        2. RarePairr Mon 04 May 2026 07:07AM UTC

          Basedddd

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