hi ari, thank you for the compliment and this fun question!! I have a few that stand out
1. hope it goes for eternity (the hyunibini I like it fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/68751756)
I was thinking about the idea of a situationship where changbin wants more and hyunjin doesn't, or as it turns out, thinks he doesn't. it was a really fun and challenging experience to write hyunjin pov. I was really nervous about getting him "right" because there are so many fantastic authors who write amazing hyunjin pov and he's a bit of an intimidating guy lol. so I did struggle a bit but I'm really happy with how it all came together. I did make myself cry writing this which is always a bit thrilling.

1. From the Cutting Room Floor: RachaLog Chan's Bodyswap Week (ensemble chanlix body swap fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/77642881) Writing this fic felt kind of old school. I feel like we don't see as many body swap fics these days but they used to be super popular in the fandoms I was in in the mid 2000s. pulling from that era was fun. It was also a challenge to write each member pov! I've done a few fics now with multiple pov but this was my first doing every member AND I had to balance what was happening in the foreground with what Chan was doing running around in the background. I also just think it was a fun and silly concept, and I like that it pulled some outsider pov traits to the chanlix of it all, because outsider pov is one of my favourite tropes and I think kpop especially is RIFE with possibilities for it. Okay I hereby degree everyone should write more outsider pov. I've gotten distracted. It was also a bit of a personal challenge, as it was for a big bang fest and even though there are a lot of opinions on big bang length writing 20k was a challenge for me :) there was a bit going on in the bg of that fest so having a fic I'm really proud of come out of it means even more to me!!

Okay this is long but one more

1. unspool (2min!! jealousy!! messy friendship feelings https://archiveofourown.org/works/85239181) This fic is so personal and heavily inspired by my own life and what it means to get into a romantic relationship with someone who already has a super intimate and close relationship albeit one that's platonic. I worked really hard at making sure no one came off as "the bad guy" just complex, flawed people. I'm really proud of it.

Thanks for asking!! I hope you found this interesting

I don't have anything against tagging and I don't think anything I've said or done supports that claim. I'd be curious to hear what your definition of "proper" tagging is, though. And I think that is perhaps what you picked up on when I speak about tagging, rather than any inherent problem with tagging itself.

So what is proper tagging then? To me, it comes down to what is the purpose of tags? Tags function to a) allow people to find what they're looking for, and b) allow people to exclude what they are NOT looking for. Tagging fandom and pairing are standard now, but there's a lot more you can tag. Setting, theme, various sex acts. If I write a fic with anal sex should it be tagged "anal sex"? Should every sex act be tagged? Some would say yes, some would say only when necessary, but what is necessary? In some fandoms it's the norm to tag top and bottom, and this tends to be the one that gets people most up in arms, it's not something that's universally done across fandoms.

AO3 only requires that the four major warnings (MCD, underage, rape, graphic descriptions of violence) be tagged, and even then authors can choose not to warn. So in one sense, as long as you've indicated which if any major warnings apply, or have chosen not to warn, then you've tagged properly. The rest comes down to fandom practice and convention which is something that, despite what a lot of people claim, varies widely.

I think the question a lot of people who feel strongly about tagging ask is, "well, why not do it?" And I think a lot of people who don't feel strongly will simply do that. Personally, I have no real desire to tag top/bottom but sometimes I do because that's what the fandom generally prefers. That said, there are plenty of reasons why an author might not tag for that, anything from spoilers to preference. An author may not want their fic to come up in searches! They just might not feel like it, and all that is fine. There are so many fics out there that ARE tagged to your specifications that you can just stick to those and ignore the ones that aren't.

I think that really hits on what I find frustrating about all kinds of tagging discourse. Firstly, it's mostly revisionist about fandom practices, but secondly it reeks of reader entitlement. There are so many fics that are tagged. Excessively tagged, even. Read the ones that have the tags you want, avoid the rest. It would be that easy. But you act like you're entitled to dictate how authors act and tag their own fucking fics. Just read the ones that are tagged! That is just as easy.

Btw I know this wasn't asked in good faith but I enjoy talking about this kind of thing, which is why I've chosen to answer.