Nominations Clarification 3

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Links: Nominations Form | Tagset | Relationship Field Nominations Guidelines | New Mediums Nomination Post

Nomination clarifications are queries and updates about tags we find confusing. The goal of nominations is to create a tagset of unambiguous, easy to understand tags that will be useful to participants and solidly within the scope of the exchange.

Tags are separated by query vs rejection notice, form vs AO3 nomination, and then by fandom. You can respond anonymously to this post or logged in. If you are not the nominator but have relevant fandom knowledge about something, please speak up! If you have questions about nominations not covered in this post, please ask!

Queries

Google Forms nominations

• 80 Days (Video game): WB: Automatons of the world and their differences (80 Days) — This tag is a little vague and, if automatons are sentient robots, maybe a little too close to a group nomination. Also, are you looking for smaller individual differences (for example, between automatons that are the same model, but are used for different functions in the same location) or for bigger differences (for example, between automatons produced in different cultures)?
• Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter - Laurell K. Hamilton: WB: Fandom (Anita Blake) — We understand how your Online Dating and Celebrity Culture tags relate to Anita Blake, on account of vampires being public, but we're a little stumped about fandom as a worldbuilding topic for this canon and light googling hasn't cleared it up. Do some books in the series deal with a fanbase?
• Bridgerton (TV): WB: Societal Changes Due to George III's Marriage to Charlotte (Bridgerton TV) — This appears to be about a real historical event, rather than something actually specific to the canon. Am I mistaken? If not, could we adjust this tag to clarify how you want it to relate to the events/characters/locations/etc of the canon?
• Critical Role - Web Series: Cerrit Agrupnin/Wrayne Agrupnin — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• Critical Role - Web Series: Laerryn Coramar-Seelie/Loquatius Seelie — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• Critical Role - Web Series: Solo: Bolo from Aeor — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• Critical Role - Web Series: Solo: Patia Por'co — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• Critical Role - Web Series: Zerxus Ilerez & Nydas Okiro — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• Critical Role - Web Series: Zerxus Ilerez & Purvan Suul — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• Critical Role - Web Series: Zerxus Ilerez/Evandrin Alterra — We've decide to split Critical Role this year, so we need to know which campaign the nominator wants this tag put in!
• DCU (Comics): WB: Outsider POV on Gotham City (DC Comics) — We don't want to approve a worldbuilding tag that would require a creator to use a certain point of view, so we're looking to rephrase this tag. Something like "WB: Public Opiinon About Gotham in Non-Gotham Places" maybe?
• Divinity: Original Sin (Video Games): WB: Godwoken (Divinity: Original Sin) — This seems to be a group of characters! We would like to accept this as Solo: Godwoken or help the nominator revise this tag so that it focuses on what kind of worldbuilding they want about the Godwoken.
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: WB: What running a faction actually entails (Skyrim) — We love the concept of this WB tag, but want to make sure that what it's asking for is as clear as possible. We would like to accept as something like WB: Logistics Of Running A Fraction, or maybe something about the workload of fraction leaders?
• Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: WB: Whiterun City - what it's like when not limited by the game engine (Skyrim) — We think we know what you mean, but we'd rather WB tags ask for the worldbuilding they want directly. How would the nominator feel about "WB: Whiterun City As Described In Lore/Dialogue"?
• Friends at the Table (Podcast): WB: Zevunzolia (FatT) — Sorry, we're finding it hard to get concrete details about this fandom! Is this a location?
• Jupiter Ascending: WB: Public Reaction to Jupiter refusing to sell Regenex from Earth (Jupiter Ascending) — Worldbuilding tags need to be canonical and we weren't able to confirm this one. Could the nominator confirm that this is a canon event?
• Original Work: Desperate Supervillain Whose Life is in Danger&Superhero He Reluctantly Goes to For Help (OW) — The & sign needs spaces on either side, but adding spaces makes this longer than 100 characters, so we can't accept this nomination in its current form. Could the nominator please come up with a shorter version?
• Original Work: Dragon&Princess trying to steal Dragon's Treasure&Knight who doesn't want to rescue princess (OW) — The & sign needs spaces on either side, but adding spaces makes this longer than 100 characters, so we can't accept this nomination in its current form. Could the nominator please come up with a shorter version?
• Original Work: Mad Scientist(F) &Her Beleaguered Lab Assistant &Her Rival, a Witch(F) & The Witch's Familiar (OW) — The & sign needs spaces on either side, but adding spaces makes this longer than 100 characters, so we can't accept this nomination in its current form. Could the nominator please come up with a shorter version? Also, we can't accept tags with commas in them because of the way AO3 works.
• Original Work: Superhero with a day job at a coffee shopSupervillain who's a regular (OW) — Relationship tags need either & or / and this one doesn't have either! Could the nominator tell us what they were thinking?
• Q.E.D. (All Media Types): WB: Case Aftermath (Q.E.D.) — First of all, I can't find the AO3 canonical(s) for this fandom. Is it new to the archive, or am I not looking hard enough? We also want to know if you're certain you need/want All Media Types -- what kind of media types does that cover? Is it just an anime and manga? Finally, about the tag itself: this is a little too vague! What specific worldbuilding are you hoping to see about the case, or cases? For example, are you interested in public opinion, or are you more interested in crime scene clean up, or something else?
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: WB: Dax's role in Bajoran religion as co-discoverer of the wormhole (ST: DS9) — Worldbuilding tags can't be specifically about one character because then they're more like prompts that should be in optional details! Could the nominator help us rework this nomination to a WB tag that focuses on the Bajoran religion's perception/handling of the wormhole and its dsicovery in general?
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: WB: Second-contact missions for events in other series (Lower Decks) — Because this tag requires knowledge of other Star Trek series, we are going to accept it into Crossover Fandom as "WB: Second-contact missions (Lower Decks ensemble) for events in other series (Any Star Trek)" but we are also willing to add a tag like "WB: Second-contact missions after another crew has made first contact (Lower Decks)" to the Lower Decks fandom.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Ahsoka Tano/Rennax Omani (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be two different subfandoms to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Ahsoka Tano/Trace Martez/Rennax Omani (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be at least two different subfandoms between them to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Crosshair/Glitch/Hunter/Tech/Wrecker (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be at least two different subfandoms between them to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Din Djarin/Plo Koon (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be two different subfandoms to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Glitch/Dogma (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be two different subfandoms to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Jordan Smythe/Chase Wilsorr (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be two different subfandoms to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Leia Organa & Creator's Choice of Jedi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) — Do you want Leia from the Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, a book/comic in legends, a videogame, or a non-legends book/comic?
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Luke Skywalker & Creator's Choice of Jedi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) — Do you want Luke from the Original Trilogy, Sequel Trilogy, a TV show, a book/comic in legends, a videogame, or a non-legends book/comic?
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Padme Amidala & Breha Organa & Beru Whitesun Lars (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be at least two different subfandoms between them to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Star Wars - All Media Types: Trace Martez/Rennax Omani (SW AMT) — Star Wars - All Media Types is only for Star Wars Subfandom Crossovers and very broad worldbuilding. This nomination either needs the subfandoms where the characters are from indicated (must be two different subfandoms to stay in this crossover section) or to be moved to a star wars subfandom where they all appear.
• Stargate - All Media Types: John Sheppard & Atlantis (SG AMT) — Is "Atlantis" the canonical location, and if so is that location canonically sentient?

Ao3 tagset nominations

• Jane Unlimited - Kristin Cashore: WB: Jane's umbrellas (Jane Unlimited) — This nomination appears to only apply to one character (Jane). Is this correct, or does "Jane's umbrellas" mean something besides the obivous?
• Star Wars (Marvel Comics): All tags — Is this fandom one that should be merged with Star Wars: Legends Comics, or does it refer to non-legends comics?

Rejected Tags

Google Forms nominations

• Crossover Fandom: Archer & Pike & Kirk & Harriman & Garrett & Picard (Star Trek TV) — This nomination needs the Star Trek series where each character is from indicated (must be at least two different fandoms/subfandoms between them). We also usually require full names for all characters, unless an exception is deemed appropriate. Please help us find a version of this tag that follows the nominations guidelines and is under 100 characters.
• Crossover Fandom: Archer & Pike & Kirk & Picard & Sisko & Janeway & Burnham (Star Trek TV) — This nomination needs the Star Trek series where each character is from indicated (must be at least two different fandoms/subfandoms between them). We also usually require full names for all characters, unless an exception is deemed appropriate. Please help us find a version of this tag that follows the nominations guidelines and is under 100 characters.
• Dragon Quest XI: Camus | Eric & Creator's Choice of Canon Character (Dragon Quest XI — "& Other(s)" isn't phrasing we're accepting in tags for this exchange. We have accepted as "Camus | Eric & Creator's Choice of Canon Character"
• Jem & The Holograms (Comics): Any queer character (J&tH Comics) — There's really no easy way for us to check which characters in any given canon are queer, nor is there any way to be sure that the characters we decide are queer when researching are 100% for sure the character(s) that the fandoim in general or requester in specific agree are queer. Therefore, we cannot accept this tag.
• WB: Headspace and its attachment to Sunny's mental wellness (OMORI): WB: Headspace (OMORI) — Worldbuilding tags need apply to more than one character and cannot function as prompts for themes or plots. We will accept this tag into the tagset as "WB: Headspace" and the second half of the tag can be included in optional details as a prompt.
• Original Work: Mad Scientist(F) &Her Beleaguered Lab Assistant &Her Rival, a Witch(F) & The Witch's Familiar (OW) — The & sign needs spaces on either side, but adding spaces makes this longer than 100 characters, so we can't accept this nomination in its current form. Could the nominator please come up with a shorter version? Also, we can't accept tags with commas in them because of the way AO3 works.
• Q.E.D. (All Media Types): WB: Implied Actions Sou has Taken (Q.E.D.) — Worldbuilding tags need to apply to more than one character. We would be willing to put in a Solo: Touma Sou tag for you so that you can request this kind of thing as a prompt in your optional details!
• Q.E.D. (All Media Types): WB: Sou's Math (Q.E.D.) — Worldbuilding tags need to apply to more than one character. We would be willing to put in a Solo: Touma Sou tag for you so that you can request this kind of thing as a prompt in your optional details!
• Star Trek: Lower Decks: Original Self-Insert Character & Creator's Choice of Cerritos Crew (Lower Decks) — We can't accept a tag that would require a creator to make a self-insertion work. Nothing against self-inserts, they're loads of fun, but exchanges aren't really the right place for it. Sorry! If the nominator would like us to accept as "Original Character" only, we can do that.
• The Mummy (Movies 1999-2008): WB: Medjai Culture, History, and Religion (The Mummy) — We can't have commas in tags on AO3! We'll accept this as WB: Medjai Culture/History/Religion (The Mummy)

Ao3 tagset nominations

• Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling: Solo: Hogwarts (HP - JKR) — This has been accepted as "WB: Hogwarts (HP - JKR)" but you are welcome to prompt for sentient Hogwarts.

Comments

[shadaras]

WB: Zevunzolia (FatT)
Yes, it's a location!

a relatively easy citation (see the transcript of that episode for a lot more about Zevunzolia)
Wrights of the Seventh Sun: A secret society dedicated to the construction of Zevunzolia, whatever the cost. Their motivations are many: Some believe that the Devils ought to have continued climbing whent hey escaped hell, that this was not the paradise earned. Others believe that Zevunzolia is telos of telos, the end-cause of all end-causes, and thus will inevitably bring itself into being. And given that, to do anything but aid it is to risk exclusion from it, or worse.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you, we'll accept!

[flowersforgraves]

Not the nominator, but for the Friends at the Table nom, yes, Zevunzolia is a location. It's a semi-theoretical city (a character goes there and objects can move between it and the canon setting, but it doesn't exist in the main canon universe yet) 1that transcends multiple realities.

Edit: also not the nominator, but for the Stargate nom, Atlantis is not canonically sentient (though that fanon is supported by some subtext in canon)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you, both of these are great info!

[sheliak]

Star Wars (Marvel Comics): not the nominator, but both Pash Devane and Chelli Lona Aphra are unique to the current line of canon/non-Legends Star Wars comics published by Marvel.


Again not the nominator, but what question did you mean to ask about this nomination?

The Wheel of Time (TV): WB: The Aes Sedai & Warder bond (WoT TV) —

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thanks! I'll leave the comics as they are then.

(I have no idea I think we marked it to google later and forgot to unclick query)

[saiditallbefore]

I used Star Wars (Marvel Comics) to refer to comics that are canon in the current continuity (unlike Legends) and specifically the ones published by Marvel.

I used the tag for the 2016 run of Dr Aphra and the standalone Star Wars Annual #2.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thanks! I'll leave those as they are then.

[withinadream]

I'm the Bridgerton nommer! In the universe of Bridgerton, Regency England has basically achieved racial equality because George III married a Black woman, Queen Charlotte (the historical marriage is actual history, Queen Charlotte's race is a Bridgerton thing). I was hoping for works exploring how these subsequent changes in racial politics in England came about. I was trying to leave it broad, but if you think it's confusing even with canon knowledge I am happy to have it rephrased!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Ohhhh, see, I googled Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte, but the "Queen Charlotte was a real historical figure!" articles did not reveal this key difference to me, whoops. We will accept as-is!

[violet_pencil]

I am not the nominator but all of the Critical Role - Web Series tags are from one of the Exandria Unlimited mini-campaigns called "Calamity." So I don't know how you'd want to punctuate it but something like "Critical Role: Exandria Unlimited - Calamity" or "Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited: Calamity" would work.

[kartaylir]

Also not the nominator, but yeah, they're all Calamity tags. Calamity itself is already in the tagset under "Exandria Unlimited: Calamity (Webseries)" so I'd presume those tags would go under there.

The Evandrin Alterra/Zerxus Illerez, Laerryn Coramar-Seelie/Loquatius Seelie, and Zerxus Ilerez & Nydas Okiro tags are also in the tagset under that Calmity heading already.

[(Anonymous)]

I am not the nominator, but in Bridgerton Queen Charlotte is Black and her marriage to George III caused an alternate timeline where people of colour are more accepted in British society than in the real life 1800s.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

nominator here for "WB: Godwoken (Divinity: Original Sin)" - i was thinking of godwoken as a characteristic and had trouble extrapolating/elaborating - i was thinking a similar feel as "marked by the outsider (dishonored)"

maybe "WB: Selection Process for Godwoken" referring to the process for which a god selects their champion, who are thereby referred to as "Godwoken" would be better?

if not, the solo tag can also work!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

"WB: Selection Process for Godwoken" works for us, thank you! It will be in the tagset with the next batch load.

Love Between Fairy and Devil Noms

[tavina]

Hi! so horribly sorry, the Dong Fang Qingcang/Xiao Lanhua | Xi Yun (LBFaD) tag should actually be Dongfang Qingcang/Xiao Lanhua | Xi Yun (LBFaD)!

Re: Love Between Fairy and Devil Noms

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

You posted this before I could even query but it's take me this long to dig back down to this nomination and fix it. Thanks!!

[muccamukk]

In Jane, Unlimited, Jane makes umbrellas as a hobby, and gives them to people. They're deeply significant in terms of the structure of the story, and different timelines affect what umbrellas she makes and what happens to them.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! We've decided to accept.

DCU WB & Stargate

[blueyeti]

Nominator here. WB: Public Opinion About Gotham in Non-Gotham Places sounds like a excellent alternative, thank you. Or even 'WB: Public Opinion About Gotham' would work.

Not the nominator.
For John Sheppard & Atlantis, Atlantis is the canonical location, but is not canonically sentient, but commonly fanon'd as an AI/other entity. I guess a WB alternative to that pairing might be 'WB: characters relationship with/exploration of the city of Altantis'??

Re: DCU WB & Stargate

[(Anonymous)]

Also not the John Sheppard & Atlantis nominator, but in this case, I think it depends on how you define sentient. Sheppard canonically has a very strong version of the ancient gene, and the city reacts to that and communicates with him in ways it does not with others. He definitely has a relationship with the city, although it's not what would typically be considered an AI.

[zvi]

Nominator for Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter - Laurell K. Hamilton: WB: Fandom (Anita Blake)

This was probably more of a prompt than a worldbuilding tag, you can reject it

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you!

[zvi]

Nominator for Jupiter Ascending: WB: Public Reaction to Jupiter refusing to sell Regenex from Earth (Jupiter Ascending)

I'm confused about your confusion? The climax of the movie is about Jupiter stopping the Earth regenex harvest and deciding to continue to live on Earth.

I didn't mean Earth public, I meant interstellar public, if that clears things up.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you for the answer! Unfortunately we haven't had the opportunity to consume every canon in the tagset (there's about 1000!) and when we googled the tag it wasn't clear if it was canon. In cases like that we assume the nominator will know and it goes to queries. Since it's a canon event we'll approve the tag as is!

[zvi]

Nominator for Jem & The Holograms (Comics): Any queer character (J&tH Comics)

There are 3 characters with storylines explicitly involving Same Sex Dating or coming out as trans, and one more identified on the wiki as same sex dating. Can I nominate those characters individually?

Canon storylines about being queer
Solo: Kimber Benton
Solo: Mary "Stormer" Phillips
Solo: Leah "Blaze" Dwyer

Identified in the wiki as queer
Solo: Constance "Clash" Montgomery

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Yes, we're happy to accept all of these! They'll be in the tagset next time we batch load from the sheet.

[firewins]

Hi nominator here (so sorry I forgot to disambiguate my Star Wars all media types nominations!)

Ahsoka Tano/Rennax Omani should be Ahsoka Tano(SW:TCW)/Rennax Omani(SW: Legends Comics): Ahsoka is from the clone wars and Rennax is from a legends comic

Ahsoka Tano/Trace Martez/Rennax Omani Should be Ahsoka Tano(SW:TCW)/Trace Martez(SW:TCW)/Rennax Omani(SW: Legends Comics): Ahsoka and Trace are both from the clone wars while Rennax is from a legends comic

Crosshair/Glitch/Hunter/Tech/Wrecker Should be Crosshair(SW:TBB)/Glitch(SW: Legends Comics)/Hunter(SW:TBB)/Tech(SW:TBB)/Wrecker(SW:TBB): Crosshair, Hunter, Tech, and Wrecker are all from The Bad Batch while Glitch is from a Legends Comic

Din Djarin/Plo Koon should be Din Djarin(The Mandalorian)/Plo Koon(SW:TCW): Din is from The Mandalorian while Plo is from The Clone Wars

Glitch/Dogma should be Glitch(SW: Legends Comics)/Dogma(SW:TCW): Glitch is from a Legends Comic and Dogma is from The Clone Wars

Trace Martez/Rennax Omani should be Trace Martez(SW:TCW)/Rennax Omani(SW: Legends Comics): Trace is from The Clone Wars and Rennax is from a Legends Comic

Each of the tags I Nominated includes at least two characters from separate star wars canons that have not ever appeared together :D

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've got them fixed on the sheet and they'll be added to the tagset in the next tag load :)

[whimsicalmeerkat]

Hello! There are Men's Hockey RPF noms currently sitting under Hockey RPF in the tagset, and having more knife-footed gremlins from which to choose in a single fandom is preferred. Thank you!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! It looks like there's a lot of overlap so we've merged both of those into Hockey RPF!

[(Anonymous)]

I've spotted two fandoms that should be merged.

龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza
龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)

The second one is the canon fandom tag.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you! I've merged these

[(Anonymous)]

As the Solo: Hogwarts nominator, I have to admit I find this decision a bit frustrating, because requesting WB: Hogwarts with prompts for 'sentient Hogwarts' does not, in fact, guarantee the same degree of matching as requesting the former tag!

It also makes me wonder where you would draw the line - would Solo: Crookshanks have been accepted? What about Solo: Giant Squid or Solo: Whomping Willow or Solo: Flying Ford Anglia or Solo: Room of Requirement?

(Also, based on the SGA rejection, I gather that e.g. Albus Dumbledore & Hogwarts would have been rejected, as well, as your criteria for
accepting relationships apparently include the canonical potential for reciprocation...which strikes me as weird, both from a transformative works POV and from a how people human one? Not that I had any plans to nominate that, specifically, but I guess I just don't see why it's a problem...)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Fic In A Box is primarily a character and relationship matching exchange, with additional worldbuilding tags to allow for matching on subjects that don't require any particular characters or relationships. Unfortunately, this means that matching on an AU where certain objects or locations are sentient isn't the sort of matching Fic In A Box is attempting to facilitate.

[(Anonymous)]

Q.E.D. (All Media Types)

So I did all the noms and maybe this is a better way to clarify:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D._(manga)

This might be new to the archive since the fanbase differs significantly from the usual ao3 demographics. There is a manga--actually two manga series, Q.E.D. and Q.E.D. iff, with certain major editorial differences--and a live action, but no anime to my knowledge. (The live action is primarily faithful to canon.) The original manga is 50 volumes, and iff is still being published but there were about 20 iff volumes last I checked (English Wiki is a few years behind). There's also canon cross-overs with C.M.B. (which shares a universe and is by the same author). C.M.B. is a companion work, but it's a (completed) series in it's own right of 45 volumes. Q.E.D. + Q.E.D. iff is basically the same manga volume count as Naruto (and counting). I don't care much if the live action is counted, but I do want Q.E.D. iff stuff included!

WB: Case Aftermath (Q.E.D.)
The different cases are so different from one another (and the early cases are quite different than iff cases) that it's hard to say that anything applies across all of them. There isn't always a crime scene, even. I suppose "WB: Side Character Reactions to a Case" could be more specific?

WB: Implied Actions Sou has Taken (Q.E.D.) and WB: Sou's Math (Q.E.D.)
These do both affect multiple characters. Sou takes these implied actions because of something done to Kana, usually something done to Kana shown in the panels, not backstory. That's canonically shown, multiple other (minor one-off or reoccurring characters) notice and some of them even comment on this to Kana. Kana is the one who doesn't notice for most of the series. Maybe this would be clearer as something like "WB: Actions Sou has taken for Kana"? Though it's repeatedly mentioned as an observation by multiple other characters Sou wouldn't be doing well, pretty much most of what he does in canon if Kana wasn't there (thus, also, Kana is always there in canon, she isn't a very frequent side character, they're duo-leads). Also, there is a pretty big difference in the way the implications get treated/included in Q.E.D. versus Q.E.D. iff. Would "WB: Implied Actions Sou Takes for Kana" be acceptable instead?
Sou's math is actually a recurring aspect to the manga--his math is the basis for multiple cases, if that helps compare it to something like Detective Conan. It's also part of Eva's Sabotage (that's not a single-person affecting tag either, that affects Eva, Loki, Sou, and numerous other background characters originally, then Kana and some of the background characters who show up when the issue is brought back up and then side-bar appears in a few cases). Sou's Math is hard to explain, since it's something that's more relevant to certain cases than others. Usually, we'll get the characters discussing/explaining it (mostly Loki, not Sou himself) for a page or two and then it moves back to the case at hand. There's been like two cases where it's more front and center.

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you for the in-depth reply!

We will accept the fandom tag as Q.E.D. - All Media Types since it sounds like you're sure that that's what you want. (Sometimes people don't realize they can nominate more specific tags, so we like to check!)

WB: Case Aftermath (Q.E.D.)

Unfortunately although "WB: Side Character Reactions to a Case" is more specific, it's still not quite right for a worldbuilding tag in Fic In A Box. Worldbuilding is the process of asking why a fictional worlds is the way it is, or how parts of it work/fit together. Worldbuilding tags in Fic In A Box are a way for nominators to request worldbuilding about specific, concrete parts of canon that don't require any particular characters or relationships — right now, both of these case tags are more like prompts for missing canon scenes or episode codas, which are outside of the scope of worldbuilding tags for this exchange.

An acceptable worldbuilding tag about this topic would point to things you want answered about how the cases work, such as how the criminal justice system works (assuming the cases are criminal investigation) or exploring public opinion about the cases (assuming the general public would know about them). Case aftermaths and minor character reactions to canon events are best left as prompts in your optional details.

Other tags

Please see above for an explanation about the function of worldbuilding in this exchange! Unfortunately, these tags still don't qualify as worldbuilding tags. If it works for your canon, we would accept a worldbuilding tag related to the role of mathematics in this world's criminal justice system, but I'm not totally sure how to phrase that for you.

[(Anonymous)]

I am the Cubicles and Careers nominator.

Sorry I messed up the relationship nom, it should be:
Wizard & Orc & Knight & Elf & Cleric (Cubicles and Careers)
or could be abbreviated if needed. Thanks!

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Fixed!

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, it is I who fucked up the OW nominations 😞

Alternates:

Desperate Supervillain With Life in Danger & Superhero They Reluctantly Go to For Help (OW)

Mad Scientist & Her Beleaguered Assistant & Scientists's Witch Rival & Witch's Familiar (OW)

Dragon & Princess trying to steal Dragon's Treasure & Knight reluctant to rescue princess (OW)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you, we will get these in for you in the next batch load!

[scintilla10]

Some duplicates for your tagset clean-up:

Ghosts (TV 2019)
Alison Cooper & Kitty (Ghosts TV)
Alison & Kitty (Ghosts TV 2019)
Kitty & Mary (Ghosts TV)
Kitty & Mary (Ghosts TV 2019)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV)
Christine Chapel/Erica Ortegas (ST: SNW)
Erica Ortegas/Christine Chapel (ST: SNW)

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Fixed!

[lirin_lirilla]

Hi, I'm the Jane Unlimited nominator.

Jane is the only person who makes umbrellas (though there are actually many slightly different Janes since the story turns out to be set in a multiverse) but other characters interact with the umbrellas—only while LD42 Jane is around in the story because it's from her POV, but there's no reason they wouldn't be interacting with the umbrellas when she's not around. (All of this is just to the best of my recollection; I can't find my copy to double-check at the moment.)

In other words "Jane's" in the "WB: Jane's umbrellas" tag is in the sense of creator, not owner, but if that's still too character-centric then perhaps just a general "WB: Umbrellas" tag instead?

Added complication though: LD42 Jane makes umbrellas and so do some other Janes, but UD17 Jane makes lampshades and presumably there's other Janes who make similar not-actually-umbrella objects. I would kind of consider those to also fit under the, er, umbrella of the "WB: Jane's umbrellas" tag but probably not a plain "WB: Umbrellas" tag, so perhaps something like "WB: Umbrellas and Similar Objects" would be best?

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Given this context we're happy to accept "WB: Jane's Umbrellas"! You're right that that should be more than general enough. If you'd like a tag for the other umbrella-like non-umbrella objects, we'd be happy to put something like that in for you, too.

[annathecrow]

Hi, I nominated Leia Organa & Creator's Choice of Jedi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Luke Skywalker & Creator's Choice of Jedi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). I'd like any version of them! Can I rephrase the tags as Leia Organa (Star Wars - All Media Types) & Creator's Choice of Jedi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Luke Skywalker (Star Wars - All Media Types) & Creator's Choice of Jedi (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)?

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Unfortunately since there are so many versions of Luke and Leia I really do need to insist that you narrow it down some. You might be absolutely up for post-game Luke from The Force Unleashed or something, but I don't want someone picking up the tag just thinking of Luke from the movies and suddenly getting what seems like an massive unrequested AU only to find out they did indeed request it. It also isn't fair to anyone who offers to assume that their obscure favorite version wouldn't be fair game for someone who opted into any version.

As you can see here there are a bit over 200 properties included in SW AMT on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Star%20Wars%20-%20All%20Media%20Types

I would be okay with you having a tag that doesn't match up with how we've split things in the tagset (like "Cinematic Canon" or something if you'd like any canon movie version) and you can do multiple versions of the tags if you'd like, but I really need a specific source or I can't accept the tags as they are.

[ekevka]

I'm the 80 days nominator and the automatons don't look like a group - they vary by nations, attitude towards them varies, ways of making one also vary as far as a stranger can tell
Also the majority are non-sentient, apparently, apart from some examples (the lion in East Asia, the ship of the queen of Madagascar, some others)
So, in general I'd love something about those bigger differences, like why the Austrians built an automaton army that is commanded by a flute while automatons soldiers are generally forbidden

[fic_in_a_box_mod]

Thank you for replying! We will accept as-is.