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Btw - if you want to see if but haven’t gotten around to it, you should go watch it now! It’s continuation is in a precarious state and could use the support.

#other reason: I don't know where to see it

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Im curious.

#I quit Lost when a certain character died #I started because I was curious to see what happened to him #once he was gone I was just 'welp; always said I'd quit when this happened so. Time to quit' #have felt no guilt since

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Reblog for larger sample size. Feel free to indicate in the comments your generation, approximate region of residence, your length of experience with fan fiction, or when/where you first encountered these terms.

#who the actual fuck is saying it has to do with gender of the participants? #no it's rating it's always been rating it needs to GO BACK to being the ratings #lord that moment when you feel like you aged ten years

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About the AO3 "No Guest Comments for a while" warning

If you're not following any of AO3's social media accounts you might be in the dark as to what kind of "spam comments" have engendered this banner at the top of the site:

These spam comments have been posted about a great deal on the AO3 subreddit for the past couple of days. Initially they comprised a bunch of guest (logged out users) bot comments that insulted authors by suggesting they were using AI and not writing their own fics. Some examples, from the subreddit:

But it then escalated to outright graphic porn images and gifs being posted in comments, again by logged out 'Guest' accounts. Obviously, I'm not going to give examples of those, but between these two bot infestations, AO3 has clearly decided to act and has temporarily closed the ability to post comments for users who are not logged in with an AO3 account.

Unfortunately, this means that genuine readers who don't have an AO3 account won't be able to leave comments on fics that they enjoy.

If you are a genuine reader who doesn't yet have an AO3 account, I strongly suggest getting yourself on the waiting list for one. More and more AO3 authors are now locking their fics down to registered users only - either due to these bot comments or concerns about AI scraping their work - which means you're probably missing out on a lot of great stuff.

Hopefully guest commenting will be enabled again at some point soon, but I suggest not waiting until then. Get yourself on that list.

Wait times are going to be longer than usual at the moment, due to the current Wattpad purge [info on Fanlore | Wattpad subreddit thread], but if you're in line, then your invite will come through eventually.

Update: There's now a Megathread about this on the AO3 subreddit.

#ao3 #archive of our own #I have 8 invites #feel free to DM me for one if you need!

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Tried out a fun mod by ganbureika that mashes up the Metian attire vest with Thancred’s gunbreaker coat. Looks quite fetching on him 💖

Here is the mod link (it has a few very nice customizable options):

Mod link

#thancred waters #oh my yes please

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#an adorable witch's hat for baby urianger

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I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:

You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to [email protected] within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.

These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )

#discord #Welp that's on the to do list tonight

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Most Punchable Job Trainer - Ranged + Magic DPS

Merging these two because they don't have many individually and also didn't have many that seemed obviously punchable

#with apologies to Jehantel #but dude you wanted me to KILL grieving goats instead of finding ANY OTHER WAY to handle the situation #but honestly like Lyn said previously #I really want to punch that CNJ miqo'te from the HW BLM quests #I don't even remember his name anymore I shoved him so far out of my mind

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in the tags, your sexual orientation and who you play in smash bros

#bi #and also not true! #I play Joker and Sora #not well mind but

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Four of my darlings from the benchmark! Bri, Will, Artie, and introducing Connor! Please imagine Artie with his glasses, I know he doesn't look right without them and I'm a console player, so I'm a Bit Limited in what I can do. Only change is I turned off something called Gamma Correction (in the display settings tab) so they wouldn't be so washed out.

I am living for how I can see the light through Bri and Will's ears specifically, I did a little flailing when I first ran Bri through the benchmark and I saw it. Just. So little but it means so much.

Gonna give the laptop a bit of time to cool down before I start plugging in the rest of the O'Donnells. Might even show off Cred while I'm at it.

#ffxiv #dawntrail #final fantasy xiv #Warrior of Light: Brigid O'Donnell #Warrior of Light: Arthur O'Donnell #Warrior of Light: Connor O'Donnell #Retainer of Light: William O'Donnell #I'm so pleased they all look so good #hopefully my au ra will be treated kindly #twitter reports some iffy-ness with one of the faces

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...Anyway, I created a Userstyle for the Chrome/Firefox Stylus Extension that reverts the new dashboard to the old format. This took a lot of tweaking and it's not perfect at all, but if anyone wants it I'll be uploading it soonish now!

You need to have Stylus installed. So if you don't have it:

Install the Stylus Firefox Addon or the Chrome Extension (You can install Chrome Extensions on Edge as well)

Once it's installed into Firefox/Chrome/Edge you can proceed with adding this style or any other.

To add the style, follow the instructions:

Go to this link: https://userstyles.world/style/11286/old-tumblr-dashboard-july-2023

Click on "install".

Style will open a tag with it and in the left side you'll have a button that says "install style", click there. (Step-by-step copied from the lovely dorothyoz39 who wrote this in a reply!) If you don't want the sticky header you can remove the labelled script at the top of the css below /* Sticky Header*/

Be sure to check for updates regularly, I'm fixing things as I go! And because everyone keeps asking here's how to support me on Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/pixiel !

To update click the Manage button on Stylus and click the check for update button below then click again to install! If you experience any bugs let me know - feel free to edit it yourself as well! P.S. This userstyle works just fine alongside Xkit & (for now) Dashboard Unfucker!

Check under the cut for the changelog and known issues!

NEW UPDATE: 05/03/24, 21:50pm BST v10.6

v9.6: Moved the Following | For you | Your Tags to below the create a post panel. Fixed the Accounts Menu! + Bugfixes V10.3: Patio compatibility. Added a way to hide the Patio button & "patio feedback?" button, just search for patio in the code and follow the instructions! v10.6: April fools Booper Fix

If anyone wants to help test out a new feature (Post width, dashboard positioning, etc) it would be super helpful! Read more about it here and shoot me a message!

THE CREATOR OF THIS USERSTYLE SUPPORTS THEIR TRANS SISTERS. WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!

Thank you dragongirlsnout for all your work on Dashboard Unfucker it was amazing working towards the same goal of fixing this website with you!

----- Known issues:

The search bar moves out of place on bigger monitors when not using the sticky header. You can adjust its position yourself under "/*Moves the search bar*/" by changing the "Left" numbers. I can't think of a way around that just yet without adjusting it yourself!

Search bar doesn't appear on some pages (like viewing a post), this is because Tumblr removed the search bar on those pages completely. Unfixable!

Only two columns in Masonry view. Unfixable, I can't figure out how to add another column in smaller screens. Tumblr creates columns based on monitor size, if I try adding another column (because it doesn't exist) it just perpetually loads on screen.

Tumblr has ONCE AGAIN CHANGED THE ACCOUNTS MENU. The menus are now shorter and have less information on them. This is unfortunately permanent. I do not see any way to fix this. Unfixable.

Solved issues: (Update)

Menus need to be manually closed SOLVED! in V.4 and updated in V.5! The menu & icon WILL scroll with you if you have removed the sticky header CSS, however, clicking anywhere on screen will make the Menu disappear still. DISCLAIMER: If you remove any of the header icons with Ublock the Account or Settings icon will disappear off screen or overlap with other icons. This is just cosmetic and the menus will still close - see option 4 for a solution to this problem!

Masonry view in searches is now fixed!

Removed Xkits new text for xkit users (update)

Added a new guide to make moving the Settings and Accounts buttons easier if you remove icons with Ublock. Example: /*If there are none icons on the right (of the settings icon), right: 120px;*/ Now you don't have to fiddle around moving the icons yourself, you can just choose the number value that works for you! Ctrl-F Search for Accounts Icon or Settings Icon in the code to find this!

Resized Messenger Chat Box!

NEW UPDATE 16/08/23, 23:55 BST v6.5: Figured out how to reorganise the icons in the header. Let me know if you have any problems with it and make sure to update your Userstyle! Some icons are hidden with Display: Block; you can hide more icons with this method!

Solved issues p2

Brought back SOME of the icons for Tumblrs latest update - Unfortunately, this does not bring back user icons for Reblogged posts! Make sure to yell at Tumblr for removing the icons as well as the horrible dashboard update here! v7.5 Fixed icons for all posts and put them back where they came from!

v6.9.6.9 (I promise this is the last funny number): Fuck Off Buggy The Clown Update + All languages support for the old header design!

v7.0: Fixed the search bar for tumblrs new collections feature, so it looks like the original search bar!

v8.0: Fixed masonry view icons, hidden the reblog icon on dashboard icons, fixed icons in blog viewport

V8.1: Fixed issue with icons not working on soft-refresh & with endless scrolling disabled - be sure to complain to staff!

v9.3: Changed a few things with the search feature, I also made the posts less round.

#welp dashboard unfucker just broke #here's the alternative folks

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so.

i guess fanfiction wasn’t a phase….

#I was eleven I think (middle school anyway) #so twenty seven years ago #and the fandom can only be termed as '90s toonami' #since the first series I wrote was a massive Sailor Moon; Dragonball Z; Ronin Warriors; and I *think* Gundam Wing cross over #never could do anything by halves even back then

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recently saw ppl discuss whether they put their medicines in a kitchen cabinet or a bathroom cabinet and i was shocked by the fact that many ppl said kitchen cabinet. so now i need you to reblog this and say where you keep yours

#we kept ours in the kitchen #I leave them in my bedroom these days #bathroom is actually a really bad place to keep most if not all medications #the heat and humidity is bad for them #(not sure how big a difference it makes in the US South but. yeah)

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Drawing Warianger was my Christmas present to myself.

#urianger augurelt #oh fuck oh fuck #that's not fair! #why is he so hot?!

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Fic Line Guessing Game

A -- go to my AO3/FF.net/Wattpad and pick out a line or three from one of my stories. Must be a full line, please -- no sentence fragments or speech tags or other such nonsense. B -- I will respond with which story of mine I think it's from. C -- A drabble (type-thing) to anyone who stumps me.

#oh this sounds fun #memery #let's do this!

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#saint young men #happy easter!

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Hanging out with old friends and doing some steampunk star trek cosplay... as ya do

eShakti dress, turban from Amazon, Glasses VooGlam, corset is from the way back machine (I can't remember), bag is from etsy. Everything else is vintage.

At Wild Wild West Con 2024.

#Was anyone else gonna tell me that Gail Carriger #author of Parasol Protectorate #has a tumblr and does star trek steampunk cosplay #or was I just supposed to ect ect #everyone looks AMAZING