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donutsweeper) wrote2024-09-02 11:20 am
donutsweeper) wrote2024-09-02 11:20 am
AO3 Sherlock Holmes Tags Changes and whatnot
SIGH, so a few days ago AO3 synned the Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms tag to the Sherlock (TV). On purpose. They stopped making '& related fandoms' and '- All Media Types' tags around 8 or 9 years ago but apparently actively started to try to do something about the existing ones only in the last year or so.
They synned it to the BBC adaption because it was the most commonly used specific tag and, apparently (based on chatter I've seen from AO3 tag wranglers in various discords) have absolutely no plans on changing that and don't seem to understand that people might have reasons for using the '& Related Fandoms' tags for anything other than getting more eyes on the tag. (And they seem annoyed and put out that people are complaining about it which I am just boggling at since it was a major change so of course people are going to send support messages about it.) I'm not going to send a message nor wade into that mindfield in discords or anything because I hate confrontation and am very very frustrated about it since when I used the tag it was because I was using aspects of one canon (usually the books) in another- i.e. re-imagining how a case from a book (or one that's merely mentioned in a book) would play out in one of the other canons (yes, sometimes Sherlock (TV) but also Without a Clue or The Great Mouse Detective or or or etc) and this way did not flood the book tag with non-book fics.
It's a moronic decision to synn it the way it did and I'm annoyed and removed the tag from nearly all of the works I used it on but oh well, it's done and seems like it won't be undone so there's nothing I can do about it. Anyway, just wanted to pass on the fact it was something AO3 did so if anyone follows me also used the tag they'll know about the change and can decide to retag or remove the tag if they wish.
Anyway, moving on. In honor of Yuletide noms opening the end of the week I crocheted a little hippo (for decades yuletide's irc/discord has had an anonymous beta finding system by people either changing their usernames to have hippo in it or grabbing the bot-induced hippo color+designation so people who need help canon DM the hippo the info and the hippo can ask for it publicly in chat while keeping the actual requestor's info private)
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recthething recs here for ages so have some MDZS/Untamed fic recs and tumblr art recs for Dracula, Macbeth, The Mummy, and Sherlock Holmes.
The Price of Forever by Witch_Nova221 (22k)
Summary Snippet: When Lan Wangji injures a unicorn, he learns the truth about the age-old traditions that his clan and the world have undertaken for generations. With a new friend to protect and the pressure of the world upon him, he knows he must pay a price, the cost of which is high on either side. (love the world building in this one)
Lan Jingyi’s Night Hunt Vlog #29 (Interrupted) by jiah (9k)
Summary: Teenager Lan Jingyi is a vlogger obsessed with the Yiling Patriarch, who's supposed to have died thirteen years ago under mysterious circumstances. Jingyi however is convinced there was a major conspiracy to take down the Yiling Patriarch, involving international secret societies, corrupt cultivator politics, and quite possibly aliens (one of these is true). While shooting a vlog with his friends in an abandoned town rife with resentful energy, they are rescued from fierce corpses by a rogue cultivator named Mo Xuanyu. Lan Wangji, for some unfathomable reason, keeps calling him Wei Ying. Jin Ling is irritated, Sizhui is acting weird, and Ouyang Zizhen keeps asking Hanguang Jun and Senior Mo about their sun signs. Meanwhile, there are traces of dark cultivation in Yi City. Are they getting closer to the truth behind the Yiling Patriarch? Or is there a different demonic cultivator playing cat and mouse with them? (delightful modern-with-cultivation AU take on part of the Yi City arc)
true gold fears no fire by defractum (82k)
Summary: Lan Wangji encounters a mysterious stranger on his rooftop. Alternatively, the Emperor of China has heard rumours of an intruder sneaking into the Forbidden City, a shadow that has eluded the best of his guards. (Alternatively, Wei Ying just really wanted a drink.) (This is a great Royalty AU story with intrigue and mystery that I've been following for close to four years and now that it was completed earlier this week, I can finally rec it)
Crimson leaves by barisan. (4.7k)
Summary: There is a world where Wei Wuxian could not take another word of slander towards a mother whose smile he couldn’t even remember, a father whose embrace he couldn’t recall the warmth of. A world where he could not take another beating, another misplaced punishment, another thoughtless insult. Perhaps he grows tired of fooling himself into thinking that he has a place in Lotus Pier. That he belongs. That he is wanted. Loved. (AU where WWX leaves the Jiang and winds up finding a home. Delightful.)
tumblr art recs:
Dracula
- scratch board scene from Dracula (wonderfully detailed)
Macbeth
- A Shakespearian bredlik poem with accompanying art (this is hilarious)
Merlin
- in a land of myth, and a time of magic... (gorgeous Merlin and Arthur)
The Mummy
- Family sketches featuring Baby Alex! (adorable sketches of The Mummy's cast)
- very proud librarian and a filthy, rude, complete scoundrel <3 (so sweet!)
Sherlock Holmes
- Granada Television Presents: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (excellent Jeremy Brett Holmes)
- Watson lighting Holmes' cigarette (this is so gentle yet romantic)
They synned it to the BBC adaption because it was the most commonly used specific tag and, apparently (based on chatter I've seen from AO3 tag wranglers in various discords) have absolutely no plans on changing that and don't seem to understand that people might have reasons for using the '& Related Fandoms' tags for anything other than getting more eyes on the tag. (And they seem annoyed and put out that people are complaining about it which I am just boggling at since it was a major change so of course people are going to send support messages about it.) I'm not going to send a message nor wade into that mindfield in discords or anything because I hate confrontation and am very very frustrated about it since when I used the tag it was because I was using aspects of one canon (usually the books) in another- i.e. re-imagining how a case from a book (or one that's merely mentioned in a book) would play out in one of the other canons (yes, sometimes Sherlock (TV) but also Without a Clue or The Great Mouse Detective or or or etc) and this way did not flood the book tag with non-book fics.
It's a moronic decision to synn it the way it did and I'm annoyed and removed the tag from nearly all of the works I used it on but oh well, it's done and seems like it won't be undone so there's nothing I can do about it. Anyway, just wanted to pass on the fact it was something AO3 did so if anyone follows me also used the tag they'll know about the change and can decide to retag or remove the tag if they wish.
Anyway, moving on. In honor of Yuletide noms opening the end of the week I crocheted a little hippo (for decades yuletide's irc/discord has had an anonymous beta finding system by people either changing their usernames to have hippo in it or grabbing the bot-induced hippo color+designation so people who need help canon DM the hippo the info and the hippo can ask for it publicly in chat while keeping the actual requestor's info private)
I've also forgotten to crosspost
recthething recs here for ages so have some MDZS/Untamed fic recs and tumblr art recs for Dracula, Macbeth, The Mummy, and Sherlock Holmes. The Price of Forever by Witch_Nova221 (22k)
Summary Snippet: When Lan Wangji injures a unicorn, he learns the truth about the age-old traditions that his clan and the world have undertaken for generations. With a new friend to protect and the pressure of the world upon him, he knows he must pay a price, the cost of which is high on either side. (love the world building in this one)
Lan Jingyi’s Night Hunt Vlog #29 (Interrupted) by jiah (9k)
Summary: Teenager Lan Jingyi is a vlogger obsessed with the Yiling Patriarch, who's supposed to have died thirteen years ago under mysterious circumstances. Jingyi however is convinced there was a major conspiracy to take down the Yiling Patriarch, involving international secret societies, corrupt cultivator politics, and quite possibly aliens (one of these is true). While shooting a vlog with his friends in an abandoned town rife with resentful energy, they are rescued from fierce corpses by a rogue cultivator named Mo Xuanyu. Lan Wangji, for some unfathomable reason, keeps calling him Wei Ying. Jin Ling is irritated, Sizhui is acting weird, and Ouyang Zizhen keeps asking Hanguang Jun and Senior Mo about their sun signs. Meanwhile, there are traces of dark cultivation in Yi City. Are they getting closer to the truth behind the Yiling Patriarch? Or is there a different demonic cultivator playing cat and mouse with them? (delightful modern-with-cultivation AU take on part of the Yi City arc)
true gold fears no fire by defractum (82k)
Summary: Lan Wangji encounters a mysterious stranger on his rooftop. Alternatively, the Emperor of China has heard rumours of an intruder sneaking into the Forbidden City, a shadow that has eluded the best of his guards. (Alternatively, Wei Ying just really wanted a drink.) (This is a great Royalty AU story with intrigue and mystery that I've been following for close to four years and now that it was completed earlier this week, I can finally rec it)
Crimson leaves by barisan. (4.7k)
Summary: There is a world where Wei Wuxian could not take another word of slander towards a mother whose smile he couldn’t even remember, a father whose embrace he couldn’t recall the warmth of. A world where he could not take another beating, another misplaced punishment, another thoughtless insult. Perhaps he grows tired of fooling himself into thinking that he has a place in Lotus Pier. That he belongs. That he is wanted. Loved. (AU where WWX leaves the Jiang and winds up finding a home. Delightful.)
tumblr art recs:
Dracula
- scratch board scene from Dracula (wonderfully detailed)
Macbeth
- A Shakespearian bredlik poem with accompanying art (this is hilarious)
Merlin
- in a land of myth, and a time of magic... (gorgeous Merlin and Arthur)
The Mummy
- Family sketches featuring Baby Alex! (adorable sketches of The Mummy's cast)
- very proud librarian and a filthy, rude, complete scoundrel <3 (so sweet!)
Sherlock Holmes
- Granada Television Presents: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (excellent Jeremy Brett Holmes)
- Watson lighting Holmes' cigarette (this is so gentle yet romantic)
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I've been using it to filter! It's been so useful! And now it's gone. But it being gone is one thing; synning it in this way is WORSE. It's so ... I can't even. AAAARGH.
The little hippo is so cute! ♥
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And yeah, my thoughts exactly on the tag synning. I loved the tag because there are just so many Holmes fandoms and pastiches and the '& related fandoms tag' was great for easily finding canons other than the big ones I might peruse randomly but also to discover I'd never have heard of or had thought to look for. Now it's totally useless. :(
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