I'm not sure about the other reccers, but I pretty much always opt to add tags after the fact because then I can pick them from a list rather than risk making a typo and/or dropping a comma on the tag line of the post itself (which actually happens quite often -- every couple of months I have to go through and fix a handful of tags where something went wrong). That said, I'll make an effort to put in the fandom tag before posting recs in the future and I'll pass the suggestion on to the other reccers as well.

(Though, I have to admit that I'm a bit confused: wouldn't both the tag and the body of the rec both be in the e-mail? Because if the fandom isn't listed in the rec itself, that is something I definitely need to know about so I can bring it to the attention of the individual reccer.)

Thanks for the suggestion!

Hi, I did all the tagging (except for Jane's recs) until recently, but because individual rec'er post their own recs, I could only tag them after the fact. Now the individual rec'ers tag their own stories (THANK YOU, GUYS!), so theoretically, tags can be added at posting.

I personally don't tag when I post because I'd end up making a lot of mistakes, but I will try to tag at least the fandom from now on. *If I keep on forgetting, just give me a shout*

The vast majority of the fics I read are popular pairings. For one, there's usually a reason why the pairings are popular:) Plus, I read so much that if I limited myself to rare pairings I would have long since run out of fic.

That said, I do enjoy rare pairings fics, mainly *because* authors who write rare pairings often put more time and effort into character development and making the pairing believable. Though there are definitely some exceptions (Chuck authors, I'm looking at you).

Amen. I actually started Epic Recs after a particularly frustrating day of combing through rec comms, none of which actually included *length* in any of the information they offered. Plus, I see vastly more recs for short stories than long out there; I don't know if it's because other reccers honestly prefer really short fic or if it's because it's much easier to invest five minutes to rec a tiny fic than five hours to rec an epic. At any rate, I feel your pain:)

I can't speak for the other reccers, but I'm making an active effort to read more gen and het (I've always been up for femmeslash, but finding long femmeslash is like finding a needle in a field of haystacks). Thus you should see more of both soon.

(And I agree re: pregnancy; I warn for it myself.)

I'm a huge fan of strong women and rare pairings. If nothing else, you should see more of the former in my recs (I'm actively searching!) though I find the latter to be pretty hit or miss (mainly because, while I like rare pairings, I only like rare pairings if I like both of the characters involved and often the pairing is rare because one or the other character is too hateful to want to read. Which leads to dark fic. Or short short stories. Or both. Is it Friday yet?)

I suck at giving example but taking Harry Potter as a starting point: any story with Voldemort in the pairing. Any story with Dumbledore in the pairing (I don't like Dumbledore bashing, but I also don't really like Dumbledore). Any pairing featuring the twins, Bellatrix, the Dursleys, etc.

But with Draco and Snape there are hints of possible good mixed in with all of the bad, which appeals to writers who like bad boys:) The twins and Dumbledore, on the other hand, are both portrayed as good characters who mostly behave in dislikeable ways (people who have suffered through practical jokes usually don't find practical jokers very amusing) and thus are not terribly appealing (at least for me).

I have to admit, Luna has never done much for me. Then again, by the time I stopped reading in book six, none of the characters really did much for me:)