I mostly tag for my own journal, but I do think, "Do I want this coming up when people search a tag?" If the answer is no, I don't use that tag. I frequently don't tag Ward even if I'm talking about him simply because I don't want the headache.
Which can be a shame, because I really like meta, and if the character tag (for any character) must be all positivity, and if people posting in the anti tag are the type to froth at the mouth (not always, but there's a tendency), then where's the nuanced exploration?
While Ward apologists seem to have a particularly enhanced victim complex, fans of villains can be like that in general. It's one thing to complain that people are calling your favorite character a horrible person; it's another if that character is a mass murderer. And I get that sometimes people will try to shame fans of villain characters, or act as if liking a character means approving of all their actions, and that's not cool either, but sometimes there's a lack of self-awareness among fans. I am Natasha in so many situations, even with characters I love, such as Regina.
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Which can be a shame, because I really like meta, and if the character tag (for any character) must be all positivity, and if people posting in the anti tag are the type to froth at the mouth (not always, but there's a tendency), then where's the nuanced exploration?
While Ward apologists seem to have a particularly enhanced victim complex, fans of villains can be like that in general. It's one thing to complain that people are calling your favorite character a horrible person; it's another if that character is a mass murderer. And I get that sometimes people will try to shame fans of villain characters, or act as if liking a character means approving of all their actions, and that's not cool either, but sometimes there's a lack of self-awareness among fans. I am Natasha in so many situations, even with characters I love, such as Regina.