fucking sucks when a stupidly overused song actually DOES represent your fav well now its like ah fuck do i admit that and lose all of my credibility forever
The ‘no beta we die like [character]’ originated from this damn photo that went viral on Tumblr in 2016 and changed Ao3 tags and fanfic vernacular forever.
Meaning: it’s a tag used on fics that were not beta read (the author didn’t get someone to read it for them before posting). Betas read fics to check for spelling, grammar, consistently, etc and often edit it.
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Similarly, ’Dead dove’ or ’dead dove do not eat’ is from this scene in Arrested Development.
Meaning: if there’s a warning of something really dark/bad, don’t open/read it and expect something different. Or: 'mind the tags this is dark, don’t read if you don’t like it’.
“Dead dove” also functions as a warning of imminence of those topics.
For instance, if a fic is tagged “cannibalism” it could just mean like. Cannibalism is talked about. Or like offhandedly mentioned.
If it is tagged “cannibalism” and then “dead dove do not eat” THAT means that IN THAT FIC, YOU WILL SEE CHARACTERS FRONT AND CENTER DOING CANNIBALISM. It means whatever the topics are, they will be ACTIVELY HAPPENING in that fic.
It’s like saying “no, seriously, though” and double underlining the tag in red ink. It WILL happen and it WILL be a main feature so you should be aware of that.
fuck it, i never ever do those “reblog for X, this one really works!” posts, but this one doesn’t have any of that BS, this is just straight up wishing us good things; and then the comment doesn’t even say any of that either. Zero claims on this post, all positive vibes
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love
May you end this week feeling ever more certain of a future you’ll love
