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Lemon did probably fall out of use (more or less) because it was no longer needed, but it’s not heavily on AO3 because it was always an anime fandom thing, and AO3 has always leaned towards Western fandoms. The old-ass weebs were not attracted initially, and old-ass archives of anime fic have not been imported at the same rate old slash ones have. The anime fans who have finally started using AO3 may be new enough and in new enough fandoms that they never used the term.
Go on FFN, and you’ll see things like this, last updated one hour ago:
The girls are sent in to rescue the son of a powerful CEO who is needed for an important meeting to bring peace. But when they find this powerful and important Son their lives are changed forever. Remastered version of the Original New Spy. Lemons, Harem, Crossover harem, Pregnancy. Lots of Action and improved writing. Enjoy.
‘Hurt/comfort’ I saw all the time in the 90s and ever since. I don’t recall when I started seeing ‘whump’. Stargate: SG1? It never seemed as widespread to me, but it appears to be a whole community on Tumblr? (So from my perspective, it was always less common, and the size of AO3 and variety of fans there are just making that obvious rather than it becoming way less popular than it was.)
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