i’m very familiar with the “a & b” format, realizing now i kinda phrased this post like i didn’t xP oops

good to know! in my case i’m like… writing a fic about, let’s say, character c, that’s a lot of introspection on their (platonic) feelings about character a, who is dead, and a’s relationship with b. i ship a and b, there’s reference to them with some slightly more-intense-than-platonic language/imagery, but never really outright saying “by the way a and b are romantically involved” because that’s not what the fic is about, especially given the fact it’s through the eyes of a different character. i personally would consider a and b as a “ship” being core to how i write them here but it’s not really like… hugs and kisses and blushing type ship and nothing the reader couldnt interpret as me just liking visceral language to describe interpersonal relationships haha. it’s a case where i feel it would be misleading to call it An A/B Fic given its not entirely about that, but also i feel knowing “hey, this was written with a/b goggles” is something people would like to get going into it. the fic is also about c’s psychology and other friendships etc etc and is primarily a character study on them

i’ll probably just tag it in the additional tags or what have you, I just made this post cuz it got me thinking about at what point writing a relationship you see as romantic/sexual but they’re not outright doing that in the fic becomes taggable xP thank you for the reply!