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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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- 902
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just html things that i've learnt/know. chap 1 is pretty easy, chap 2 is slightly more effort. chap 3 is specifically table of contents (links). no css is used here. i hate css.
kind of redundant i guess? you could probably get a lot more information from other people who know more about this than me. ig this is mostly just for myself :]
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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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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.
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A tutorial for creating and formatting spreadsheets in AO3, using CSS and HTML.
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic email windows on AO3 without the need to use images.
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- Part 12 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.
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Hooray! You've made a podfic! But now, how do you share it? Posting to tumblr, youtube, or a fandom-specific community are all decent options. But chances are, if the fic you recorded is from AO3, you'll reach the largest and most receptive audience by also posting to AO3.
The archive welcomes all types of fanwork, but is structured and built primarily for written works. Posting podfic can be confusing or complicated if you're unfamiliar with it. This guide will cover both the basic mechanics of posting podfic to AO3, as well as the typical conventions used by the podfic community to help your audio be found by people who want to listen.
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to make large images fit on mobile browsers but remain normal size on desktop browsers.
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- Part 18 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to make large images fit on mobile browsers but remain normal size on desktop browsers.
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- Part 18 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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How to Size Images on AO3 by Informative_Dandy
Fandoms: media - Fandom, Meta - Fandom, All - Fandom
22 Jan 2019
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Learn how to edit the HTML of your image files so they automatically size themselves to fit any screen (both mobile and desktop). It's super EASY!
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The Nice and Accurate Guide to Footnotes by Vigs for fish_from_murderland
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
11 Aug 2019
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If you're writing fanfiction for Good Omens, you may find yourself wanting to include footnotes.
But html can be confusing. What can you do?
Read this guide to find out!
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to make large images fit on mobile browsers but remain normal size on desktop browsers.
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- Part 18 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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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
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- 18
- Bookmarks:
- 1896
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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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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:
- 1896
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Embedding tutorial
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What it says on the tin.
A mock-up of instagram direct messages without having to use screenshots.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 601
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 8
- Kudos:
- 61
- Bookmarks:
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02 Nov 2019
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How to Make an Instagram DM Mockup by xslytherclawx
A mock-up of instagram direct messages without having to use screenshots.
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Embedding tutorial
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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.