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p0ppys33dmuff1n Fri 01 May 2026 01:09PM UTC

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
  
  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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2. 1. p0ppys33dmuff1n Fri 01 May 2026 05:38PM UTC
    
    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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  2. 1. Eli0t Fri 01 May 2026 07:55PM UTC
      
      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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4. 1. JustaLoliToy (RarePairr) Mon 04 May 2026 07:07AM UTC
    
    Basedddd
    
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  2. RarePairr Mon 04 May 2026 07:07AM UTC
    
    Basedddd
    
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