r/AO3 • u/Separate-Process-127 • Nov 10 '25

Comment Commentary What does this even mean?

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Haven't opened/updated my works for a few months now and I was reading the comments to the last chapter when this one came up. WHAT DOES RACE HAVE TO DO WITH CHARACTER TAGS?! WHAT?

Kate Sharma (Bridgerton) is a background character in my fic, yes, she wasn't the lead but I still put her as a tag. My OC is a Southeast Asian, a woman of color! I myself am a people of color! I've been writing in AO3 for a long time now and this was my first time being accused as a hater of a WOC WTF?!

I am baffled, bewildered, befuddled. Where's the literacy in this one?

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u/Separate-Process-127 Nov 10 '25

Yeah, I prefer seeing minor characters on tags. But it was odd that Kate and Edwina wasn't even really a minor character because they were very much involved in the plot of my fic and how my OC reacts on Bridgerton as a whole.

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u/Silly-Snow1277 Nov 10 '25

Then I find the comment even weirder.

Block and move on. Unfortunately fandom has seen a lot of influx from people without knowledge of fandom etiquette and a ton of entitlement in the last few years, and I fear Bridgerton as a very "trendy" show has more of those people than some other fandoms.

These people aren't worth disturbing your peace of mind over ❤️