A Little PSA For People Who Use AO3

A little PSA for people who use AO3…

Gen refers to fic that is not focused on romance. If your fic is not a romance fic, please give it this tag.

Other refers to fic that is focused on romance, but is not specifically male/female, male/male, or female/female (like an OT3 (ship involving 3 people), a ship involving characters that are not male or female, etc). IT IS NOT FOR PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS FOR ROMANTIC ONES. please for the love of all that is holy do not tag your family-relationship-centered fics as “other” you are going to give people a HEART ATTACK.

“Character/Character” is for romantic pairs. “Character & Character” is for platonic relationships like friendship, family, etc. Please do not tag family-centered or adult-and-minor-centered platonic character relationships as character/character for the love of all that is holy

The E rating is for smut and literally nothing else (unless you have other unusual reasons to rate it E–I’ve seen people apply it to non-smut fics as a deterrent to keep minors away from it, but keep in mind it’ll make it so people who are trying to avoid smut will not find your fic). Your fic that has a lot of graphic violence but no sexual content does not need an E rating.

The M rating is for fics that would basically be rated R if they were movies, and may contain graphic violence, some sexual content, and generally more serious subject matter than you would typically show a teenager. However, if your fic is almost entirely smut, please just give it an E rating.

Also, when you post a fic, you WILL want to give it a rating, or else AO3 will assume you’re probably posting smut and will warn everybody who clicks on your fic that it may contain adult content. If you don’t want that on your fic that contains no adult content at all, please just give it the proper rating instead of not rating it at all.

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Gee wouldn’t it be neat…

if there was a directory where we could find Latine/Latinx businesses that we can support rather than dump money into big businesses that don’t have the best interests in our communities and actually frequently hurt us?

Something like… SHOP LATINX?!

stan gets migraines and he gets episodes where all he can do is lay on the cold, wooden floor to try and stop the room from spinning and the throbbing in his head.

he gets episodes where he cant leave his house, hell, he only leaves his room if he has to. and the losers feel so bad for him. they want to help but they have no idea how.

bev brings him a warm mug of broth to sip on when he cant keep any food down. ben makes him a playlist of soothing white noise sounds to help quiet the pounding in his head. eddie places a cold compress to his head, to dull the throbbing and makes sure he takes his medications. bill makes sure that hes comfortable, that hes not too hot or too cold, helps him find a way to deal with the hot flashes he gets. mike helps him move around, get to the bathroom to brush his teeth or shower or go downstairs to eat something. richie keeps him company when hes bored. its the one time richie is actually quiet, though that doesnt stop him from telling bad jokes and using shitty voices

stan always thanks them, tries to find a way to repay them but the losers dont need anything, reassuring him that hes their friends and thats what friends do

The Losers Club as Text Posts

[Everyone is standing around the broken coffee maker]

Stan: So. Who broke it? I’m not mad, I just wanna know.

Bill: …I did. I broke it.

Stan: No. No you didn’t. Richie?

Richie: Don’t look at me. Look at Ben.

Ben: What?! I didn’t break it.

Richie: Huh, that’s weird. How’d you even know it was broken?

Ben: Because it’s sitting right in front of us and it’s broken.

Richie: Suspicious.

Ben: No it’s not!

Mike: If it matters, probably not, but Eddie was the last one to use it.

Eddie: Liar! I don’t even drink that crap!

Mike: Oh really? Then what were you doing by the coffee cart earlier?

Eddie: I use the wooden stirrers to push back my cuticles. Everyone knows that Mike!

Bill: Okay let’s not fight. I broke it. Let me pay for it Stan.

Stan: No! Who broke it!?

Ben: Stan…Beverly’s been awfully quiet.

Beverly: REALLY?![Everyone starts arguing]

Stan: [being interviewed] I broke it. I burned my hand so I punched it. I predict 10 minutes from now they’ll be at each other’s throats with warpaint on their faces and a pig head on a stick. Good. It was getting a little chummy around here.

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