Script Format — Tag Meaning
A canonical tag for works written as screenplays or stage scripts, with dialogue, stage directions, and scene headings instead of prose. Authors use it for parody episodes, imagined finales, and fandoms whose canons are themselves scripted media.
What to Expect From "Script Format" Fics
Reading a script, not a story; visual and tonal cues come through directions. Fake-episode fics are the classic use.
How to find Script Format fics on AO3
On AO3, click any tag to see every work that uses it, then refine with the "Filters" sidebar — combine it with your fandom or ship, set a rating, or exclude tags you don't want. See our AO3 filtering guide for the full walkthrough.
Browse "Script Format" works on AO3Related Tags
Meta
A canonical tag with two lives: nonfiction fandom analysis posted as a work, and fiction that breaks the fourth wall or knows it is a story. AO3 hosts essays under this tag alongside fics where characters discover their own fandom.
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Humor
The umbrella tag for fic that wants to make you laugh, spanning witty banter, situational comedy, farce, and gentle absurdity. Unlike Crack, Humor implies the story still operates within recognizable canon logic — it's funny, not unhinged.
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Poetry
A canonical tag for fan-made verse, from sonnets in a character's voice to free-verse meditations on canon events. AO3's format-agnostic design lets poetry stand as works alongside prose, and dedicated exchanges keep the form alive.
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Crack
Fic powered by an absurd premise embraced without apology — characters turned into cats, gods forced to share an apartment, a sentient toaster's perspective on the plot. The name comes from the old joke that the author must have been on something. Logic is optional; commitment to the bit is mandatory.
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