Thy Fandom Come...

Thy Fans' Will Be Done

[ellynneversweet]

Darcy’s introduction in Pride and Prejudice is really ‘what if you had just had the worst month of your life because your ex-bestie tried to lover boy scam your baby sister out of her share of your dad’s life insurance and your friend dragged you to a shitty party in a dive bar in the neighbourhood where he’d just signed a short term lease, and you decided to let your bad mood show because you were never going to see any of the assholes in this stupid shitty bar EVER again. And your friend ended up making out with a girl he’d just met there while you were stuck talking to her sister who was less cute and then her mother appeared and started trying to matchmake and started saying how if she was twenty years younger she’d clime you like a redwood and ooooh is that a black Amex, guess the next round is on you hahhahahahaha, while her other sister (how many fucking sisters does she have?!) flashed an obviously fake ID at the bar and ordered six vodka-diet red bulls and no one in her family except the less-cute sister even tried to stop her. And you went home and consoled yourself that you would never see any of these people again but then you met them over and over again because they live next door and your friend and the cute sister keep meeting up to make out but not actually date and then. You fall in love with the less-cute sister because it turns out she’s really witty and charismatic but she already knows and remembers and resents the fact that on a day when you were in a shitty mood you called her mid out loud in a dive bar.’

[talats-mane]

I don't think anyone will ever contextualize this point for me in a way that hits so deeply and accurately. Straight to the heart, poor Darcy.

[talats-mane]

This Rug vs Pets 🫣🤣

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[inkvoices]

Adding Faceblind Prince Charming and Cinderella

[inkvoices]

21. The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

22. The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

[lightningladybug]

adding the Doctors Without Borders one

[inkvoices]

I LOVE tumblr storytime, so here’s a bunch more your weekend reading. Enjoy!

24. The Queen with Three Cursed Children

25. Tiny Dragon with one coin hoard

26. Haunted house

27. Shark hero was about to go rogue

28. Grandma lives in the woods comic

29. A Different Aftermath comic

30. Battery (microstory but I love it so much)

31. It’s A Date comic

32. Supervillian kidnaps rival’s kid and they want to stay

33. Narrative Town

34. I have been hired to clean the wizard tower comic

35. Robot Apocalypse

36. The Statues That Do Not Weather

37. Kushiel

38. Tooth Fairy

39. Alien abduction

40. Felonious wish-granting

41. When humans met actual space orcs

42. Space cousins

[dannnnnnnnnnnnex]

WAIT REBLOG THIS VERSION INSTEAD

[esamastation]

i am indulging in alcoholic beverages and feeling the urge to write something short and snappy and silly. Feel free to prompt me stuff.

[talats-mane]

Assassins+ training+ trampolines or Harry Potter + Jurassic Park

[sleepyfaceandsnark]

So there's this website that gives you every song that played in an episode (no matter how short a time it was playing)

It even gives you a description of the scene so you know when/where you heard it

Look!

you guys probably already knew about this but yeahh. I’m just really excited because I was wondering what that song was when Mickey walks into the club

But it’s here for future references

[xthatsclaudia]

I’VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS SONG FOR A WEEK OMFG I LOVE YOU

[prozd]

Holy shit, this is incredible.

[theinturnetexplorer]

Poor Grandma

[drunkcyclonus]

this is seriously the one time I wish a video has sound.

[chibi-masshuu-deactivated202508]

Brilliant.

[pizzaotter]

What the hell is this? :O

[candiikismet]

Me at 1000 years old

[handsupcashx0ut]

What do we say to the God of Death?

Not today.

[starlightandtears]

I haven’t seen this post in YEARS so I forgot what it’s like. I nearly screamed.

[kitten-kin]

[sarahthecoat]

<3

[juniper-tree]

Is the “fluffy one shot” pig doing whip its with those cans?  Cause that feels accurate.

[kitten-kin]

@skyholdherbalist Yup! XD

[valkyrien]

@frozensnares

Then… where do I go? I’m just at home muttering

into the void of an open word document.

[kitten-kin]

@valkyrien Oh but there’s more to this party than sugar and sweets~ ♥︎

Fluff Fest on RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/kitten-kin/works/36582633

Dark Side on RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/kitten-kin/works/36634358

[atlinmerrick]

THE PIG IS EATING PINE TREES IN THE PINING I CAN NOT DEAL.

[owlinautumn]

IT GOT BETTER

[alltheusernameiwantistaken]

Where’s the lemon buffet

[kitten-kin]

Third Comic, featuring the citrus-themed juice bar~ @alltheusernameiwantistaken

Available on RedBubble at https://www.redbubble.com/people/kitten-kin/works/37192337.

[whodwantmeasaflatmate]

Mess. Me. Up.

[atlinmerrick]

I can’t. With the mess me up. And the thirst. And. Where is the lie? I love everyone in this bar.

[robertpattisons]

tony stark + evolution

[skylightdreams]

where has this been all my life??

[findinghealthyhappiness]

this is how you get tea to not be bitter. I didn’t like green tea until I learned not to brew it with boiling water.

[dan-panda]

my brother is obsessed with tea and gets really mad and lectures you if you dont brew it right … yikes

[squirrellygirlart]

[lady-feral]

I had no idea.

[transgirlpinup]

Game changer.

[carbonated-water-official]

I needed this

[scarlet-flowers]

[iguanamouth]

Fawkes the Phoenix was based on a harpy eagle, howmcute would a kestrel phoenix be with a peacock tail and train?

this is a Good Opportunity considering i was never a big fan of fawkes’ movie design how about

[akai-no-tsuki]

@insanescriptist and umei

[a-candle-for-sherlock]

Should I watch Russian Holmes?

Oh my goodness, yes. I think their characterization is my favorite outside the actual canon. Their Holmes is slightly insane, and always ready to fight, but also genuinely, deeply kind, and their Watson is the perfect blend of puzzled, vaguely scared, adoring and annoyed. And they hug each other and cry over each other’s feelings, and argue about art, and Watson sketches Holmes and boxes Holmes and plays Holmes’ violin horribly when he misses him. Holmes doesn’t stay away three years and when he comes home Watson and Mrs. Hudson BOTH faint. Basically, it’s glorious.

[the-prince-of-professors]

I VERY STRONGLY AGREE

Plus, there is a lot of humour in Russian Holmes. Lestrade especially is a gem. And Russian Watson is fabulous, he’s like… canon Watson with a twist. I don’t know how to describe it really. He’s just amazing.

[a-candle-for-sherlock]

Basically they’re perfect for each other

[a-candle-for-sherlock]

You know what I think it is about this Watson? Watson as narrator doesn’t emphasize much about himself; he writes himself into the shadows so Holmes shines bright. And most Watsons play their character like that: a reactor, an observer, responding to Holmes’ emotions, supporter not protagonist, though kind and brave. But this Watson is written and played mostly off what’s between the lines: what he must have been like, to be able to do what he did. We see the quiet self-confidence, the love of art and beauty and the interest in learning, the flexibility to make the most of any situation, the deep emotion that surfaces with people he trusts, the physical self-possession that would have been in evidence always, not just when Holmes needed backup. He’s clearly always a soldier, and a writer, as well as a doctor. He’s never passive; you’re always convinced that there’s a lot more going on in his mind than he gives voice to. The acting is masterful.

[jupiterianvampire]

does anyone have a link to Watch it ? I doubt it’s on Netflix

[a-candle-for-sherlock]

It’s on YouTube! Search Lenfilm Holmes.

[the-prince-of-professors]

It might be a bit difficult to find them in the right order so:

First episode

Second episode

Third Fourth Fifth 

Baskerville Part 1 Baskerville Part 2

Treasures of Agra Part 1 Treasures of Agra Part 2

The Twentieth Century Begins Part 1 The Twentieth Century Begins Part 2 

[xxdaybreak]

baby bunnies sleeping in glasses

[warpaintpeggy]

some of my favorite vintage dresses         ↳  green

[ceruleancynic]

these are gorgeous 

aaaaaand at least one of them was dyed with an arsenic compound

one of these days i’m gonna have to write a thing about arsenic dyes

[dandelionofthanatos]

Oh arsenic pigments. So very very very deadly.

If anyone who paints has ever wondered why you can only get “emerald green hue” when most other pricier pigments (like cadmium red and cobalt blue and such) are gettable as hue and in real form? it’s cos the pigment called “emerald green” was a copper acetoarsenite (please let me have spelled that right lololol) and thus…yeah. It isn’t stable, which meant that when it was used as a clothing dye or wallpaper ink (which it was, widely, until about 1900 or so–it was cheap to produce), it eventually made people in close proximity to it rrrrrrrrreal deceased.

This is why I am really careful at my job with maps that have bright green pigment remaining. Usually greens in that family react badly with the print ink of the map and like…Italy falls out of the page because it was green. But sometimes there is remaining paint and I have to be cautious. (See also: bright orange that might be mercury/cinnabar related, white that might have lead in it…) I’m not in any danger, no more so than I was at any given time at art college, but I do err on the side of caution. Because just SOME PIGMENTS MAN.

Anyway if you wrote a post about arsenic pigments I would read the heck out of it and be very appreciative :D

[warpaintpeggy]

I’ve seen lots of reblogs and gotten several asks saying “these dresses would kill you.” Here ya go.

[tonystarktogo]

#Bitter Sunday Masterpost

Because a lot of you seem to enjoy my bitterness I finally decided to get my act together and create a masterpost for all the bitter ficlets I’ve already written. Remember: Almost all #bitter Sunday posts were written post CACW. They are strongly pro-Tony and almost never Team Cap friendly. Please keep that in mind!

The official #bitter Sunday theme song by @agenderraskel can be found here.

Post CW

Wherein Tony leaves the Avengers and learns to live happily without them

Wherein Team Cap comes back from their exile and struggles to deal with the reality that Tony now has people defending him and watching his back

Wherein a bitter Peter Parker is fucking vicious when defending those he cares about (aka Tony)

Wherein Steve tries to fix things but only makes them worse and Natasha finally has enough

Wherein Tony helps the Barton family–and Clint doesn’t notice (Part 1)

Wherein Tony helps the Barton family–and Clint definitely notices (Part 2)

Wherein Clint begins to reconnect with his family–and Tony is there to stay (Part 3)

Wherein Team Cap meets Petty!Tony who is completely done with their shit

Wherein Tony takes parenting classes–and suddenly knows how to handle the spoiled brats at home

Wherein Clint deals with the CW fallout the way he deals with everything else–by running away

Wherein Tony is done with the Avengers and things change

Wherein Tony has a daughter who gets even with the Traitor-vengers (Victory Stark 1)

Wherein Tony’s daughter is passive-fucking-aggressive (Victory Stark 2)

Wherein Peter fucks up and Tony is tired of Steve’s behaviour

Wherein Sam is forced to acknowledge that CW was only ever about Bucky

Wherein the newest mutant on the team is unapologetically Team Tony

Wherein the public firmly Team Tony (Passive aggressiveness 1)

Wherein Tony slowly gets used to the public being firmly Team Tony (Passive aggressiveness 2)

Wherein passive-aggressive T-shirts are a new hit (Passive aggressiveness 3)

Wherein Team Cap deals with the public being firmly Team Tony (Passive aggressiveness 4)

Wherein Tony never calls Steve

Wherein Tony is the Villains’ Favourite and the villains find out about Siberia

Wherein Tony meets a fan who really doesn’t like Steve and Clint

Wherein Team Cap disapprove of Peter–but Tony and Peter are fine anyway

Wherein Tony doesn’t like to be handed things

Wherein Team Cap is unhappy with the state of the compound and Tony is d o n e

Wherein Tony works with Team Cap but nothing is forgiven or forgotten

Wherein Team Cap pretends nothing happened–and Tony doesn’t

Wherein Steve begins to get an inkling of just how badly he fucked up

Wherein Tony gets (more than) even with Wanda

Wherein Tony and Clint meet again, at the end of everything

Wherein Tony reads Steve’s letter

Post AoU

Wherein Tony is done with Wanda’s attitude

Wherein Wanda gets a much needed wake-up call and it’s still too little too late

Post Avengers

Wherein SHIELD steals Tony’s old weapon designs

MIT era

Wherein Tony graduates and Howard doesn’t come

Wherein Mama Rhodes is protective of Tony

[vallisagarwaen]

Watch out people, tumblr is fucking with dashboards again

   Last year we introduced Safe Mode, which filters sensitive content in your dashboard and search results so you have control over what you see and what you don’t. And now that it’s been out for a while, we want to make sure everyone has the chance to try it out.                    

   Over the next couple weeks, you might see some things in your dashboard getting filtered. If you like it that way, that’s great. If you don’t, no problem. You can go back by turning off Safe Mode [there’s a link here in the original mail] any time.

There is no information, NOWHERE, what will be filtered.

There is no information HOW we should even notice things getting filtered.

Also, NOT EVERY TUMBLR USER GETS THIS MAIL. SHARE IT FOR THOSE WHO DON’T.

[inevitably-johnlocked]

UGH I got this email a couple days ago and I just screamed “TUMBLR REALLY?!?”

[devoursjohnlock]

“We heard you hated safe mode, so we’re going to automatically switch it on for you sometime in the next couple of weeks and not tell you. You can totally switch it off, though. Just as soon as you figure out that we’ve switched it on.”

Thanks, tumblr.

[love-in-mind-palace]

Wow

[lesbiansitara-moved-deactivated]

I wish that ao3 had an option to filter warnings (and tbh certain authors) out like I will never ever want to read it and just seeing it puts me off so much that often I end up closing my browser because that content upsets me so much lmao

[darcylindbergh]

There is a way to do this but I can’t recall how to do it. it’s something you type into the box for “other filters” or something, I don’t remember. who knows?? It’s not a great option, and I don’t know if you can sort out authors that way, but it’s better than nothing if someone can reblog this with how to do it!

[fordeductions-blog]

Alrighty friends! It takes some specificity, but you can do this. Let me show you how!

So I started with going to the Sherlock (TV) section of Ao3. On the right we find this lovely section! ((I know I’m going over things you already probably know, but I figure this post may go to new Ao3 users, so bear with me.))

Underneath this, I chose sort by Kudos, because that’s a quick way to find most popular fics, for the sake of this demonstration. 

With those filters on, we end up with this being our first two results: 

As you can see, we have Nature and Nurture by earlgreytea68, and The Internet Is Not Just For Porn by cyerus. So what if I am utterly sick of seeing earlgreytea68 on my list? Let’s pretend I’ve read all their fics, or that I just don’t like her, or whatever. I want this author out. I go to this section on the right: 

In “Search within results” I type earlgreytea68 into the bar, with a minus sign in front. This gives me the following page, upon hitting the sort and filter button:

There goes earlgreytea68! But now I’ve decided that Crack is just not my thing, I’m sick of that, too, for heaven’s sake, I want something reasonable in my gay slash fanfiction about detectives that solve crimes about glowing dogs and irish megalomaniacs. Heaven forbid this get ridiculous.

Well, then I add this to my search:

Which gets rid of everything with that tag. My results are now:

Performance in a Leading Role is now my first result!

You can do this as many times as you want; the biggest problem I have is trying to filter out multi-worded tags. For example, “Secret Relationship” is hard to filter. Better to go with authors you dislike or with words like “DubCon”. 

I hope this helps! Also remember that googling site:archiveofourown.org and then adding search terms will mean google searches Ao3 for you, and sometimes that works far better. 

Good luck!

[darcylindbergh]

An excellent in-depth guide! Thank you!!

[eyesofmedusa]

omg changed my whole ao3 rarepair game

[stucky-ficrecs]

An excellent guide to filtering on AO3!

You can filter out phrases by enclosing them in quotes. For example, if ABO and Hydra Trash Party are not your things, try:

-“alpha/beta/omega dynamics” -”hydra trash party”

[possibly-an-obsession]

I have more advice!

Say, you’re in your random fandom- I went with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, since I’ve been reading Iron Man stuff recently. Tony Stark is awesome.

But anyway, you’re on the page, and you see that there are 174,774 works! That is way too many for a casual afternoon’s browsing.

And you see that the first one is Peter Parker/Tony Stark and that is not your jam. It doesn’t work for you, or it squicks you, whatever. Wouldn’t life be easier if you could browse without seeing that pairing (or whatever pairing you don’t like)? You can!

First, click on that pairing tag(You may want to open this in another tab, actually.):

and it’ll take you to the page for that pairing tag. Click this button:

and then look at the address bar! The actual page is unimportant. Copy the numbers located here:

and go back to the original search page! Down on the side, in the same place you can get rid of other tags, type -relationship_ids:”the number you just copied”

Then hit ‘sort and filter’ annnd… magic!

The fics with that pairing are gone! You can also do multiple pairings, get rid of any tags you don’t like, and sort it by date or length or kudos, or whatever.

Enjoy.

[irenkaferalkitty]

I’d just like to add that these sorts of search modifiers ALSO WORK IN GOOGLE AND MOST RESEARCH DATABASES. The more you know.

[granadahvlmes]

Reblog to save a life.

[a-forger-and-a-point-man]

this is so helpful!! thank you! i’m just laughing so much that our friend @earlgreytea68 was used as the example hahahaha

[manic-intent]

Or if you use Chrome there’s AO3 Saviour. 

[suiqune]

Also relevant: http://ao3rdr.com/ which is not a script

[heartsdesire456]

Wow I didn’t know any of this. I just have AO3 Savior, lmao.