My little menace man going absolutely berserk for a bottle cap
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welcome to ‘no note bungus’. reblog and you will feel a sense of accomplishment and goodwill wash over you
MASS EFFECT 2: LEGENDARY EDITION (2021) dev. BioWare -> Legion – Reaper IFF
Reminders for new ao3 users (in no particular order):
- filter your searches like you would on a library website or in an online catalogue
- don’t post placeholders, fic searches, or recommendations as fics. DON’T! It’s against ao3 TOS
- there is no algorithm. ao3 sorts by date posted/updated unless you filter with specific search criteria
- ao3 is a non profit. that means it doesn’t sell ads to make money — it only survives on donations. this is why it can show you so many fics without ever flashing an ad or pop up at you!
- report fics that break TOS when you see them (I.e., placeholder fics, searches) to help other users navigate better
- the tag “dead dove, do not eat” doesn’t equate to gore/awfulness automatically. it is a complementary tag that enhances current tags. E.g., if the fic is tagged “gore” and “dead dove, do not eat” the author really wants you to mind the gore tag
- most fandoms have a variation of “no beta, we die like (x character)” and they all link back to the “No beta” tag
- publishing a new fic sometimes means it won’t show up in the fandom/pairing tag for a few minutes
- subscribers receive update emails at different times, depending on when you update/publish your fic. there’s no good way to predict when an e-mail will be sent — it can be in 30 seconds, or two hours later
- some fics are restricted by authors to those with ao3 accounts only. if you see a blue lock in the upper right corner, that fic is only visible to logged in ao3 users
- you can block commenters now! this didn’t use to be a thing
- updating a fic just to stay at the top of the pairing tag/fandom tag is a dick move. unless you’re legitimately editing or adding chapters, this just annoys readers and fellow authors, and people will skip over your fic
- make sure that you tag your ships correctly, both romantic and platonic. Putting an “&” between a pair of names means that the ship is platonic. Putting a “/” between the characters means its romantic. For example: “Greg & Steve” = platonic. “Greg/Steve” = romantic. They are NOT interchangable.
- if your fic includes original character/s or reader insert or y/n or etc, then TAG THOSE IN THE CHARACTER TAGS. Not just in the relationship tags!! They are characters in the story, so include them in the character tags. Failing to do so means people who want to find fics with those tags won’t be able to, and people who want to exclude fics with those tags won’t be able to.
- NEVER EVER EVER ADD A LINK TO A PATREON OR KO-FEE ACCOUNT OR ETC. Ao3’s entire legal protection hinges on the fact that no one is making money from fics. If you start commissioning fics or linking to a monetary platform, you are in breach of the Ao3 terms, risking legal action, and risking ao3 as a whole. There are loads of authors/companies who WILL sue if they think you’re making money off their intellectual property.
- seconding what OP said about Dead Dove Do Not Eat. It doesn’t automatically mean “gore”; it just means “heed the tags.” It means “Hey yeah when I tagged this as [thing] I was NOT fucking around, ok? Only read this fic if you’re OK with reading [thing].”
additions from someone who has posted way too much on this site please listen to me:
- there are no best times to post but generally sunday and monday are a good zone for traffic
- you must double check and make sure the publication date matches the day a chapter is posted or it won’t show up on the first page of updates. sometimes you have to physically edit the posting date multiple times for this to be fixed.
- on that note: artificially editing your publication date so your fic shows up at the top when you haven’t added a chapter is the dickest of moves and will make you a pariah. do not do this. yes everyone will notice.
- editing existing chapters doesn’t count as updating a fic and won’t change the publication date.
- ao3 usually adds weird spaces after italics if you copy and paste in your writing pre-formatted. it doesn’t add these until after you’ve saved a draft or posted so you have to re-edit.
- check the “add space after paragraph” option in your word precessor of choice to avoid having to delete an extra space between all your paragraphs on ao3.
- when you add a second chapter to a one chapter fic, your original start/end authors notes will now be appended onto the notes of every chapter unless you move them to the now extant first chapter notes sections. this is confusing, but you’ll see what i mean.
- to post on anon: add your fic to the anonymous (anonymous) collection. it’ll take up to fifteen to minutes to show in the tag once posted. it’ll show up (to you) as AUTHOR NAME: fic title. no one else sees it this way. it will never show up on your own dashboard unless you go to your stats page. if you ever de-anon, all your subs will get an email about it as if it were just posted.
- if you update multiple fics at once, ao3 will group the updates into one email.
- to transfer a fic to a new ao3 account: make a new account, make the new account a co-author, remove the old account as co-author.
- you cannot mention money changing hands for fic on ao3, ever. don’t say commissions. say a fic was requested if you must say anything. your fic can get taken down for this.
- reply to comments or never complain about engagement in fandom.
- per that: EVERY TIME YOU EDIT A COMMENT, THE AUTHOR GETS A NEW COPY OF YOUR COMMENT IN THEIR EMAIL. we can see all the edits. be aware.
- tagging is both a warning and an enticement, do so accordingly. you really don’t need to tag things that fall outside that unless you want to.
- on that note: please don’t do the “short fics for 300 different fandoms in one fic” thing. no one wants to scroll past that. i mean you can but it just makes it harder for people to find the thing you’ve written that they want to read.
- if you are really bad at summaries just think of it as a movie tag line and don’t say you’re bad at summaries. don’t neg your own fic.
- re all the questions i saw in replies: fic searches are people looking for specific fics. i don’t know what the fuck a placeholder fic is but these aren’t fanworks and you can’t post them. you can’t post discord links or rp requests or complaints about fandom. you can post fanart and meta essays. that’s allowed.
- “Read by Author” tag is not a tag to say that you proofread the fic. It is specifically for podfic, saying that the fic is read outloud by the author
- Remember the Block and Mute feature. Block means that someone cannot interact with your works. Mute, however, means you will not see the person’s works in the search. If you don’t want to see fics by a specific author, mute them.
- Basic html works in comments. If you want to add an image, use <img src=“URL”> with the image url replacing URL. Keep the quotation marks.
- Comments are not for critique. Unless the author specifically asks for critique, you are a jerk if you start pointing out everything you dislike. It doesn’t matter how vile you think the content is. If you don’t like it, just back out without saying anything.
- If you do not want a work attached to your account at all, you can Orphan it. When you Orphan a fic, you can no longer edit it or delete it. This cannot be undone. If you just want to be anonymous, use the Anonymous feature described above.
- If you wish to make a collection of fic that includes all of the fic you have read, consider making a collection of your bookmarks instead. Not every author wants their work to be in a million collections, but you don’t have to ask permission to make a collection of bookmarks.
- The “Inspired By” option is great if you draw inspiration from another author’s fic. And it helps give credit to other amazing fanfic writers.
- Fic can be downloaded in many different ways. If you want to download a fic and use it like an ebook, go for the EPUB version. But all versions have their merits.
- No fanfic author in existence is going to be upset that you made fanart.
Remember kids, Nazis don't deserve their kneecaps.
Also if any of these are incorrect pls lemme know
i didnt see anyone saying any of this is wrong in the notes so im gonna reblog-
additional helpful resource:
this is the anti-defamation league’s hate symbol database. it’s massive and includes details about what symbols mean and where you might see them.
i’m a tattoo artist and use this all the time when i see a symbol i don’t recognize—better safe than sorry. it’s saved me from working with white supremacists a few times.
I'm glad to see the arrow cross (last one( there! It originates from Hungary and was used by the nazi party here, but it was banned after WWII. It barely shows up in guides/warnings like this and idk if they still use it but better safe than sorry.
i said wat i said
Also nudity is not inherently sexual OR evil, y’all really need to learn to unpack that Christianity shit that’s been so enmeshed in our (Western) culture.
I’m always really moved by sex-repulsed people who are still able to be allies to extrasexual people. I deeply appreciate yall.
You (a male) was made uncomfortable by women defining women as female? The misogyny is staggering.
Oh, bless your transphobic heart. I'm not made uncomfortable by anyone defining anyone as anything. I'm saddened by anyone adding to the pain and grief and suffering of this world, and I feel that transphobic definitions of gender, forcing people born female to identify as female, forcing people born male to identify as male, forcing intersex people to identify as whatever their families or doctors decide to impose on them, just adds heartbreak to an already difficult world.
imagine saddening Neil fucking Gaiman. if that transphobe had any magical qualities before they sure don't now, that's like killing the big deer from princess mononoke. get de-sanctified idiot.
Tumblr says this was posted Tumblr 2 hours ago. The post itself says “The International Astronomical Union just created about 50 signs..”
These 47 new signs were created back in 2017. I know it doesn’t sound like it, but that was 6 years ago. Since then, they’ve come even further in their project! In April 2021, the IAU published an additional 86 brand new signs for astronomical terms!
you guys just say sentences
I mean it is sorta counter cultural to admit you're a swifty on tumblr these days
no it isn’t. hope this helps
Do NOT keep this hidden in the tags
It's crazy going from mostly hanging out with lgbt people to a tableful of cishets bc they'll find out a bi guy dates men and women and they'll spend 3 hours trying to wrap their heads around it. And I have to be like sorry but how have yall survived this long.
Captain: and he said he's bi and has hooked up with men!
FA: wait but wasn't he really into (flight attendant who's a woman)??
Me: well if he's bi then he's into men and women
FO: but he hooks up with men?
Me: yes that's what bisexual means
Captain: It's just really confusing
Me: it's really not
FA: but he's not--like he's not...
Me: he's bi. He likes both.
Captain: this is just something I don't know a lot about
FO: yeah it's really confusing
Me:
honestly though im so sick of every transmasc design + headcanon being short haired and top surgeried like. where did everyones love for long haired men and men's tits go all of a sudden. and where'd everyones love go for the gnc too when it comes to trans headcanons like does every transmasc design have to be in pants and a plain t-shirt. what about us transmascs who play with fashion and still enjoy pink and skirts and dresses. can you all draw any other kind of trans experience the no-op baddies are starving weve been feeding on those boobed vash the stampede drawings for months and we're running out
been seeing a lot of this lately and all i gotta say is what the fuck
also blank template because i put entirely too much effort into blending that fucking gull in nicely for it to be a one-off meme
Ooh! I got one:
yeah reblog this version yall
Did I do it right?
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Audio please 🔉
armedandgayngerous
this video is extremely high-tier comedy
