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WARNING for those of you on limited access--IMAGE HEAVY!
This isn't the final work of the Bang, which is in progress. This is the report on the process of getting pictures done!
Now it is Done!! YAY!
See also the finished work here, thanks to lady_krysis!http://archiveofourown.org/works/2176650
Also, kisahawklin made ICONS for us!
Go see them here:
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2212656So many great ideas for the Bang, one person wanted to costume for it. This cosplay idea inched itself into my head. I have 1/3 scale jointed dolls. Instead of humans, hey, I have a doll head that needs a scar-face make up *anyway*... Imagine if, at your basic science fiction fantasy cosplay convention, the people in those fannish snapshots were being portrayed by 1/3 scale dolls. Imagine if fans of the Losers were quoting favorite lines from the movie and explaining it to fans who were cosplaying for other movies?
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The Chairman ordered us to seize all evidence related to the Project. We were shocked to find that apparently the Director had spent all of their time creating a how–to book. We now present this strange and evil document to the people of the UNSC.
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How to survive a Most Noble House of Black family reunion by Heartflutters97
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
08 Nov 2015
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A 16 year old Sirius's tips on how to survive a family reunion... without getting stabbed in the thigh with a fork by an offended aunt.
(This is actually more HOW to get stabbed in the thigh by an offended aunt, he's very confrontational.)
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There are some great quick guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide, dividing all of the available tags into the following categories:
1. Text Formatting (in-line HTML)
2. Page Formatting (block HTML)
3. Tables and Lists
4. Links and ImagesEach tag will have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example.
It will also introduce tag attributes, ways to further refine formatting, for a few simple - but widely applicable - cases.
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As of April 2016, The database that stores works on A03 does not allow emoji. If you try to add an emoji it will end your story there. Any words after the emoji? Poof. Gone. This is a known, if poorly advertised, issue with the archive.
There are some workarounds; you can find them in: How to Make iOS Text messages on A03. But here? Here is for ALL THE EMOJI*.
10 chapters of emoji tables, each with the HTML for putting the emoji into your work and the CSS for putting it into your workskin. Copy-Paste baby. Copy-Paste.
*Does not contain the 2016 Unicode release. You'll have to come up with the code for pickle yourselves.
(Note, because this is 10 chapters of emoji tables, here is a link to the Index Tables (chapter 1) to speed up load times and reduce confusion if you have preferences set to "entire work.")
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- Part 11 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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Workflow from Google Docs to Ao3: A Primer by Jenrose
Fandoms: Archive of Our Own, Google Docs - Fandom
11 Jul 2020
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Google docs is fantastic for collaborative work, especially for people who work with beta readers. But getting from there to here can be tricky. Abundant screenshots.
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AO3 Story Organization: Section, Chapter, Story, Series or Collection? by Jenrose
Fandoms: Archive of Our Own
28 Feb 2017
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In every writer's life there comes a point where you have to decide whether to join the forces of order, or chaos. This guide will help you climb into the light. Escape the madness of endless stories, where you keep writing and writing and finish a dozen pieces, but your story never looks finished because each story is a chapter!
Stop frustrating your readers, who want to shower you with kudos for every story you write!
Stop losing readers who don't do crossovers or avoid certain triggers, by separating your works reasonably!
The saga of writing continues...
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Donna Noble is ready and willing to seduce the Doctor. However, the Doctor insists on making things difficult.
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- Part 2 of How To
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How to do Proper English Good and Stuff by AllyRanger
Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS, K-pop, GOT7, BLACKPINK (Band), EXO (Band)
15 Mar 2021
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A guide for the wayward fanfiction author, those without a beta reader or spell/grammar check functionality (or those with an inability to use one), and those for whom English is not their first language*. This guide (ever-updating) will walk you through homonyms, contractions and common errors found in fanfiction and help you to avoid them, kick ass and take names when writing stuff on the internet.
*You're a rockstar if English is your second, third or fourth language and you are writing fanfiction in it! This author loves and salutes you!
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A practical guide to writing bestiality fic.
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How to Come Out to Your Significant Other as an Ancient Eldritch God by VoreDrake
Fandoms: LOVECRAFT H. P. - Works
15 Feb 2020
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A step by step guide on how to ease your partner into you being a God of the Abyss.
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just html things that i've learnt/know. chap 1 is pretty easy formatting, chap 2 is slightly more effort. chap 3 is specifically table of contents (links). no css is used here. i hate css.
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How to get away with Magical Murder: a practical Handbook by EristheVengeful
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
15 Jun 2020
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Well, it's rather what the title says, creative ways to conceal a murder in the HP universe, and several reasons why you might want to commit (or rather to have your characters commit) a murder. You are welcome to use any of these measly ideas in your own works, though they might not be very creative!
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Mute / Block an Author (how to filter works from certain writers from your search results) by tomayto_tomahto
Fandoms: No Fandom
27 Mar 2021
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A short and easy tutorial on how to permanently exclude works from certain authors from your search results via site skin.
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Details for adding the KuroFai Olympic 2021 Banners by peaceful_fury
Fandoms: Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle
15 Aug 2021
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This year we would like to participants to add the KuroFai Olympics Banner for their team to the fic. This is in part to show the fic was part of the event and in part to show off the wonderful art done by ValdrickV.
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Guide for using CSS and HTML to create work skins and site skins on Ao3
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Easy Tag Counting Until a Counter Exists (in Desktop Browsers) by Deuterosis
Fandoms: No Fandom
03 Sep 2021
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In the news announcement for the tag limit, some users have suggested ways to determine your current amount of used tags on the fly. I realized another method, but comments have since closed. Therefore, I'm posting it as meta and hope this will be of use!
(Now includes the Fandom on tag/author pages... OW....)
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La Norme C ou 'adaptation des principes de la ponctuation à mes besoins' by Ashizian
Fandoms: No Fandom
14 Sep 2021
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La Norme C (pour 'Contrariante') vise à codifier certains principes de ponctuation, dans l'objectif de les adapter à mes préférences personnelles. Tout de suite, j'entends : « hérétique, au bûcher ! » Alors on va se calmer : ce n'est pas exceptionnel compte tenu que, contrairement à la grammaire, notre ponctuation est plutôt flexible. Sachez qu'écrire, c'est comme construire. Oui, tout repose sur la physique, mais vous obtenez une énorme liberté architecturale dès lors que vos matériaux sont adaptés.
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- Français
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- 1,462
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- 3/3
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An unauthorized guide to finding, recovering, and playing the now-lost versions of the games that were deactivated with the loss of Flash Player
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A fairly comprehensive guide on how to link, how to embed images, how to format text, how to do quotes, how to make headers, how to make lists, and a whole bunch of other cool things you can do with HTML on AO3.
Ever had trouble getting an Author's Note or Summary to work the way you want it to? Then I wrote this guide for you.
Enjoy!
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AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza
Fandom: Deadpool (Comics), Deadpool - All Media Types, No Fandom, Undertale (Video Game)
22 Aug 2018
- Words:
- 60,825
- Works:
- 18
- Bookmarks:
- 2,440
Bookmarked by Remember_The_Lion_Shits_Carrots
30 Aug 2022
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Skiiiiiiiiiiinnnnn
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Permablocking Specific Tags - Site Skin by Eli0t
Fandoms: Fandom - Fandom, AO3, No Fandom
22 Aug 2022
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It finally exists. You can block any tag you want forever! You no longer need 3rd party extensions for this!
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- Part 1 of AO3 Skins
- Part 1 of :has() selector
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 869
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 1
- Comments:
- 90
- Kudos:
- 135
- Bookmarks:
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Bookmarked by October_Rain
25 Aug 2022
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permanently block tags!!! yay!!!
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How to set up a bookmarklet that applies a saved set of filters to any works or bookmarks listing page on AO3
(Bookmarklets are a bit fiddly on mobile, but very much doable—and functional. Since I've done all the coding already, you can just follow the instructions without worrying about that. ;D)
GitHub version (more technical) || Tumblr version (with screenshots for Chrome on Android)
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Azdaema's AO3 Messaging Skins by Azdaema, Azdaema Codes (Azdaema)
Fandom: AO3 fandom, No Fandom
20 Apr 2021
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There's some really interesting social subtext in characters' choice of messaging app. It depends on their cultural background, their generation, and the context.
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- 36
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iMessage as it looks in iOS 7 to present.
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- Part 1 of Azdaema's AO3 Messaging Skins
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Mystery Work
Part of COTD Testing Private Works
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza
Fandom: Deadpool (Comics), Deadpool - All Media Types, No Fandom, Undertale (Video Game)
22 Aug 2018
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- 18
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- 2,440
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Embedding tutorial
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A work skin for mimicking Discord messages. Works on both mobile and desktop, with the creator's style enabled or disabled. Code is linked in the fic notes.
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- Part 2 of work skins
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Documentation/Examples for the CSS workskin and HTML code for a Wikipedia article inspired layout to use in your mixed media works.
Created with help from Nautilusopus and DarthTofu.
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How to make a News Website Article skin on Ao3 by ElectricAlice
Fandoms: Archive of Our Own, Fandom - Fandom
26 Dec 2019
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Live example and tutorial for a news article extract that include website header, fake social media buttons, title and author of the article.
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- Part 1 of CSS code scripts for Ao3
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The Fanfic Author's Guide to Metatext by Eiiri
Fandoms: Fanwork Research & Reference Guides - Fandom, Writing Guides - Fandom
29 Apr 2021
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A handbook for fanfiction writers on Ao3 regarding effective use of meta text, including good tagging practices.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 12,855
- Chapters:
- 14/14
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 190
- Kudos:
- 351
- Bookmarks:
- 252
- Hits:
- 4812
Bookmarked by Nightcandle
08 Nov 2021
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The Fanfic Author's Guide to Metatext by Eiiri
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Staring into the Tag Vortex: AO3 tagging demystified by JustSomeAo3Tips
Fandoms: AO3 Tags
19 Apr 2021
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[CW: Tag Vortex may stare back.]
Tagging! How many tags does your story need? How can you tell which ones will be useful? As a reader, how can you use them to find what you want, what you really really want? When you keysmash in the forest, does it make a sound?
AO3's beautiful and ridiculously wrangled tags do more than most people expect. Behold the mysteries, rejoice in the synonyms, and optimize your search results. Welcome to the tag vortex.
- Language:
- English
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- 3,105
- Chapters:
- 3/3
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 10
- Kudos:
- 79
- Bookmarks:
- 42
- Hits:
- 993
Bookmarked by Nightcandle
07 Nov 2021
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Staring into the Tag Vortex: AO3 tagging demystified by JustSomeAo3Tips
------------------Very useful. Concise and easy to understand.
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How to: Block fanfics/tags/users & Hide too-long tag fields by vanetta
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)
12 May 2021
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Have you ever had to scroll past a fanfic with too many tags, especially on mobile where it takes forever? A fic that updates daily and has tagged over 20 fandoms that you cannot escape seeing?
Well, here's how to block a fic on AO3, or how to block stories with certain tags or even the way to block specific users whose stories you don't want to see! You will not need to download anything nor create a specific bookmark on your browser.
Ch.1
-Block fanfics.
-Limit the amount of visible relationship/freeform tags with a scrollbar.
Ch.2
-General troubleshooting if you blocked a story but it still appears. A list of common mistakes you could have made and their fixes.
Ch.3
-Limit the amount of visible fandom tags. (Like in chapter 1, except for fandom tags instead of relationship/freeform tags)
Ch.4
-Block AO3 users so you won't see any of their stories when browsing AO3.
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-Block tags with AO3 savior - A step-by step guide with detailed explanations, images and examples.Series
- Part 1 of Reference Guides
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 5,188
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 515
- Kudos:
- 1778
- Bookmarks:
- 1551
- Hits:
- 47878
Bookmarked by Nightcandle
07 Nov 2021
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How to: Block fanfics/tags/users & Hide too-long tag fields by vanetta
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Mystery Work
Part of COTD Testing Private Works
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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Workflow from Google Docs to Ao3: A Primer by Jenrose
Fandoms: Archive of Our Own, Google Docs - Fandom
11 Jul 2020
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Google docs is fantastic for collaborative work, especially for people who work with beta readers. But getting from there to here can be tricky. Abundant screenshots.
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Why Do Non-Canon Ships Become So Popular? (And Why Should Writers Rethink When They Do?) by sarehptar
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron: Legendary Defender, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
27 Dec 2018
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A vaguely academic examination of the phenomena behind fandom shipping and why certain non-canon ships become exceedingly popular, far overshadowing the popularity of canon ships. This essay touches on common mistakes writers make with female characters and romantic subplots, and suggests a explanation for the enduring popularity of so many m/m ships which have no chance at all of becoming canon. Examples are drawn from Avatar the Last Air Bender, Voltron Legendary Defender (god help me), and My Hero Academia.
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- Part 3 of Echodrops' Meta and Fandom Analyses
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Live example and tutorial on how to include a Yelp product review in your work.
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- Part 2 of AO3 Work Skins
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How to Make Deadpool's Thinking Boxes on AO3 by La_Temperanza
Fandoms: No Fandom, Deadpool (Comics), Deadpool - All Media Types
20 Jul 2015
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This is a live example of my AO3 skin that allows the author to recreate the look of Deadpool's thinking boxes in their fic. To learn more about it, you can find the tutorial here.
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- Part 2 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic social media in an AO3 work, specifically Twitter, Reddit, and LiveJournal.