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msbarrows · 2 months

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Argh... so I've been reading in Scum Villain's Self-Saving System (SVSSS) fandom recently. And it's given me a new pet peeve about formatting and TTS. A bunch of the authors in that fandom are using black lens brackets to indicate the 'system' voice, 【like this】, because the original novels do, and, yeah... unfortunately that's not always compatible with TTS (definitely not with google's TTS engine, and testing with various other online TTS engines gives mixed results).

Guess how I know they're called black lens brackets.

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Go on, guess.

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YUP! They get read aloud! Every. Single. Time. They. Appear. Open black lens bracket like this close black lens bracket.

Please resist using the novel's formatting and just use regular square brackets instead! Which do not get read aloud unless there's a space in a bad position, [ like this ]. If you want to be fancy, maybe use <tt>...</tt> formatting or a monospaced font such as courier to make it stand out more as something mechanical.

[Like this]

Which reminds me, another bad formatting choice I've bumped into multiple times (and I can't remember if I've mentioned this one before) is where authors use something <like this> to indicate things like speaking mind-to-mind, or that someone is speaking a foreign language (despite the actual text still being in English). Cool. Neat. Also not TTS compatible, unless you like repeatedly hearing less than and greater than mixed into the text. But guess what - there are already perfectly serviceable ‹single› and «double» angled quotation marks that could be used instead - and since they're recognized as actual quotation marks, they don't get read aloud! Shocking, I know.

Those angled quotation marks could also be another decent option for indication of things like the system voice, obviously.

«Like this»

Thanks to everyone who is already using more TTS-compatible formatting, and to anyone who decides to make some changes to theirs after reading this :)

#Fanfiction #Writing #Formatting #TTS #This has been a rant #Not a terribly serious one #It's just annoying when I go to read something and am just getting into it #And suddenly I'm hearing random punctuation marks #Over and over again #If I was interested enough and have time I might download it on the desktop and run it through editing in calibre to make it TTS compatible #But often I just sigh and skip that fic until I've time for reading visually #Or sometimes just skip it entirely

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im-totally-not-an-alien-2 · 1 year

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Danny covered his nose with his hand. Where ever he landed smelled absolutely foul, like rotten fruit and burning tires mixed with chem lab.

"Remind me to bring a face mask the next time I explore the Infinite Realms." He muttered, before kicking a soda can down the alley he was in and being repulsed by the squelch sound it made when it came into contact with a very questionable looking puddle, "Better yet, a gas mask." He glanced at the puddle again, "Or I could go full Hazmat." Clockwork had told him this world was full of superheros and villians and to steer clear of it, but once he learned there were aliens in this world he couldn't help himself. Danny had always been weak to his curiosity, but he liked to believe he was cautious, and chose to stay in his Phantom for for added protection.

Turning on his heel he exited onto a deserted street lined on one side by a chain-link fence. The sky above him was filled with clouds so ominous and dark that Danny honestly couldn't tell you if it was night or day, all he knew was that it was going to rain soon and hopefully these awful smells would be drowned out by the downpour.

Danny got his wish only minutes later. Thankfully Phantom was unbothered by the cold and could just bask in the rain as it fell apon him. A lesser known fact about ghosts is that thier clothes are made from thier ectoplasm and are part of thier bodies, much like a second layer of skin, so one would be able to feel things on thier clothes as easily as they would with thier bare skin. The level of sensitivity varies with the type of clothing however. All this to say Danny loved the feeling of the rivulets of rainwater traveling down his ghostly hazmat suit.

He was so preoccupied with enjoying the sensation that he didn't notice anything was wrong until he was jolted forward from the weight of someone landing on his back. The person was quick and precise, taking no time at all to have his wrists pinned behind his back and- weirdly enough- thier teeth digging into the material around his neck.

His parents designed the Hazmat suit Danny was wearing not only to deal with dangerous chemicals, but to fight supernatural foes. The area around the neck was reinforced with the intention of protecting against fatal gunshots and decapitations so naturally someone's jaw wasn't going to be enough to break through to his neck.

Danny let out a laugh as the person kept chewing on his neck like a confused puppy. Oh, Danny thought, they've gone feral. It was odd for someone to go feral but it could occur when a person has gone through something traumatic recently or through extreme stress. It made sense since the person ridding piggy back on him was dressed like a superhero. Danny wondered if that was why the person didn't have a scent. Danny learns facepalmed when he remembered that scentblockers existed and not everyone's scent dramatically changed whenever they went out as a hero. The scent change was probably one of the few things that have kept him alive up to this point to be honest.

"So, I guess you're not going to tell me why you're chewing on my neck like the worlds most pathetic vampire, are you?" No one deserves that title more than the fruitloop to be honest. He made a mental note to use that one against Vlad the next time he saw him.

Chewy whined at this, seeming to slump a bit from the apparent failure to bite him. What was that about? Was this actually a vampire? How would a vampire even react to Dannys ecto-blood combo meal anyway? Would it be like food poisoning? Or would it taste amazing from one undead to another. "I'm not exactly human, are you sure you wanna bite me? I might not taste so good." Danny warned, but the moment he mentioned letting the person bite him they were eager again.

Danny chuckled and unzipped the material only a bit before it was loose enough to move out of the way. The vampires bite came with a sharp pain like he expected but there was no suction. No drinking of blood. Just some weirdo biting Danny on the neck. Huh.

Danny hoped he didn't get rabies from this.

He must have accidentally said that out loud as there was a small laugh from the rooftops above them. There stood another person in a superhero outfit with some really tall dude dressed as a giant bat, and that was when Danny decided to bail. It was one thing to let a maybe vampire bite you in a random street in the middle of the night but more of them? And ones a big scary furry? Hard pass.

Phantom did as Phantoms do and went invisible and intangible, escaping from Biteys jaws and startling the heros. He ignored the distressed whine Munchy let out after loosing their spookyest chew toy and quickly rubbed the scent gland near dannys jaw on the top of thier head as an act of comfort before bolting.

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Danny poked at the bite mark on his neck. Screw rabies, he better not get turned into a werewolf. He didn't need that on top of his ghostly crap. Sam seemed fascinated by the mark, after all, it wasn't every day that Danny got a scar, especially one so obvious. Most injuries heal quickly and leave no trace of him ever being injured in the first place which helped a lot in keeping his secret identity.

Luckily Danny hadn't needed to lie to mom and dad. He truthfully told them about some wierdo jumping off of a nearby rooftop and plunging thier teeth into his neck and that two other people had tried to corner him during this. He assured his mom that he had gotten away quickly but was a little shaken by it and his dad praised him for being brave and managing to escape.

That was nice. But he still had to figure out what was up with this bite...and why he felt so compelled to go back to that city.

Back to that hero.

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Aka an A/B/O au where in Danny's universe all the Alphas are extinct and the betas followed soon after and the DC universe all the Omegas went extinct and betas followed after . Not like a "they finally went extinct in the 1700s after centuries of thier numbers dwindling" thing and became a myth/fairytale (tho I like that too) but a "this might be the missing link between cave men and modern humans" kinda thing.

Its up to you which bat bit Danny and exactly what that means. I love abo aus without smut cause there's so much potential for chaos and I am very much ace.

#dp x dc #fanfiction prompts #prompts #abo #everyone is confused and no one has answers #i would however like some slowburn romance #whichever bat you choose is going to get teased forever for running up to some random meta and biting the crap outta them #i tricked yall into reading an abo prompt didnt i?#i slept little over an hour last night so i woke up choosing violence #its been a very bad day #the store didnt have a lot of the stuff i needed to buy and on the walk home i saw an older kitten that looked kinda like my cat get hit #the car didnt even stop. poor thing got hit by the next car too and i just stared and it started raining like a freaking movie moment #tw: animal death #tw for the tags #so i got new trauma today #gonna make that everyone elses problem #a/b/o dynamics #kinda #just wanted to add the tag incase yall have it filtered

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sherbetstudios · 4 months

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Honey, I’m home! [LFLS animation meme/PMV]

⚠️ blood cw

+ the yt thumbnail

this will also be premiering at the same time this is posted!

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girlreblogger · 9 months

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that was a long kiss

implied after… this a black reader! curls is just to resonate with more ppl. you may have looser curls, tighter curls wtv.

“hi.” your voice was quiet, but you were grinning from ear to ear with your comfy duvet that was littered with small pink flowers all over it scrunched up over your chest. “hii” his deep voice dragged out the word playfully while his lips pulled up into a smile.

he’s laying on his side with an elbow propped up just to stare at your pretty face. He was also wrapped up in the same pink and white bed sheets. when he first saw your bedroom, he hated how much of a contrast it was from him. but now he finds all the “cute” flowery stuff you have endearing.

“hmm.. how are you so handsome?” now you're looking at him with a stern thinking face, reaching a hand out from under the covers to trace the dark thick eyebrows he had, admiring his unnecessarily long lashes and his nice plump lips.

for some reason, you both felt the need to speak quieter to each other tonight. only when necessary, using small phrases and words to listen out for each other's breaths and heartbeats. “mm. I don't know..” his low voice trailed off to notice your own beauty. simply laying in bed with a bed sheet draped over you, wearing your pretty curls, and that beautiful face on display just made you the sexiest woman alive to him. were you really his girlfriend?

‘damn did I get lucky.’

after you scanned his face his eye met yours “c’mere.” he grabbed your hand that was rubbing the side of his face oh so gently to pull you onto him. one of his hands cupped the side of your face while the other was on the opposite side of your neck. there was a brief moment of eye contact before his flickered closed and he was kissing your lips.

his were so soft and smooth that you couldn't help but melt a little. feeling his hands press onto your skin the more passionate the kiss got had you back into the puddle of goo that was getting you back in the same position you we're in earlier. boy was that a long kiss.

✿ geto! jean. nanami. choso. toji. grimmjow. renji. eren. zoro. gojo. worick. and wtv other character you like!

#x black reader #x black reader fluff #black reader #x black fem reader #aot x black reader #anime x black!reader #black fanfiction #black writers #jjk x black reader #I love how the “before you read” seems so random until you actually read.

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frownyalfred · 6 months

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anti shipping DNIs and lists in fics are so wild. it’s like going to an ice cream store and ordering strawberry and while the worker hands it to you they start going off about how gross chocolate is and how much they hate it.

“Hi could I have a little superbat—”

“DRACO/HARRY IS DISGUSTING!”

“…..uh, okay. can I….can I just have some superbat please?”

#ao3 #archive of our own #this clicked in my head this week after backing out of several fics like this #like good for you babe #but it’s hurting your story being so angry about random shit all the time #fic #fanfic #fanfiction #reading #writing #anti shipping discussion

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ladydisasterinthemaking · 1 year

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A rant and a discovery.

The idea of Damian and Danny being twins didn’t seem that novel to me, and I chalked it up to reading too much ‘found family’ or ‘long lost relative’ fanfics. But then I went to fanfiction.net, and stumbled upon a very familiar username. The user name seemed really, really familiar for some reason. I clicked on their profile then clicked on a Danny Phantom x Batman crossover of theirs... And would you look at that — It’s a one-shot about Danny and Damian being twins, and I suddenly remembered reading this years ago! THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO. REPEATEDLY. Holy cannoli. The fic: Green Flecks by DreamersMyth27

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stargazingcarol · 3 months

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So I don't normally see a lot of people talk about this. I've mostly seen @max--phillips about it a bunch of times (and I agree every single time). Small fonts are very hard to read for people with bad eyesight. And everytime an author writes a fic in the small font is a big turn off for me. I've only read one(1) fic like that years ago and it was awful. I kept squinting my eyes lol. That's my opinion!!!!!!! So I'm here asking you Tumblr readers: would u read it? Yes? No? Maybe? Why not? Why yes? Why maybe?

#lola makes polls #tumblr poll #tumblr polls #fanfic poll #fanfiction poll #readers poll #fanfiction #fanfic #tumblr #i think i made a poll like this once but it was different?!?!? i barely remember #daily life with lola #reading #Tumblr fanfic #random poll #random polls #3k #reblog

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kryptonian-bat-thing · 3 months

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my friends: wow, you write so well!! how'd you learn how to do that?

me, who reads a lot of and occasionally writes fanfiction when nobody's looking: uhh yes

#confessions #fanfic #fanfiction #this is about superbat #superbat #i read those like they're the news lol #thoughts #random thoughts #writing #writing skills

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arendellepeach · 8 months

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jere i dare you to post the whole karaoke video

#do it #be a good boy and do it #(i need to stop reading fanfiction)#OOOORR at least the 3 second clip with original sound #i wanna know what they were singing #imagine walking to a random karaoke bar in vantaa and seeing THAT #käärijä #bojan cvjetićanin

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rafasbiscuits · 1 year

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There is just something so incredibly beautiful about the story of Charles and Erik. Cherik

Like how they went from strangers into the best of friends in just a few days. How Erik is so closed off and cold to everyone but he was okay by the actions of Charles accessing his mind, Erik was okay showing his vulnerabilities to Charles.

How they both have different perspectives on things, they both grew up differently yet they are proof of "opposites attract" .Charles loving homo sapiens, wants the mutants to be at peace with the humans and Erik the opposite. Both of them have such strong opinions, so tempestuous, and when Erik became a villain. Charles saw the good in Erik and defended him. No matter what. Even when Erik's actions are too cruel sometimes, Charles will always find something, a reason to forgive Erik.

When everyone turned their backs on Erik and wants to kill him. Charles went neutral, like his mind was colliding with each other, contradicting. Charles always wanted harmonies between the two races(species?), mutants and humans but when it comes to Erik. Erik who had killed humans, hated them and despised them.

It seems like Charles just forgot everything he wanted, all his focus turns to Erik.

Charles told Logan, that Erik is a dangerous man. He should be stopped, but all along, Charles just wanted Erik to be by his side. Charles didn't have the heart to actually stop Erik himself, which is why he told Logan about it, knowing Logan's personality, perhaps Erik can be stopped by Logan, without Charles. But only Charles is as strong as Erik. Only Charles can actually stop Erik entirely, Charles knew Erik's weakness yet he didn't dare to attack him. Erik is the same, Erik will destroy anything and anyone that goes against his path, the path of making mutants the true leaders instead of the humans, even the mutants. But not Charles. Erik let go of Charles. Erik couldn't destroy Charles. Erik mocked Charles, degraded him, but never hurt him. Erik regretted deeply about the time where the metal of the bullet went to Charles's back and made him unable to walk. Erik would never hurt him, never again. Erik knew Charles couldn't hurt Erik too.

And when Erik went to jail, Charles visited his supposed-to-be enemy. To play chess with him, just like the good old days. Charles just wanted Erik to be with him, and Erik wanted the man too, so why would he stop Charles from visiting him? Erik probably looked forward to their meetings.

And that scene on that one older X Men movie, where Charles "died" and by the end of the movie, Erik played chess by himself. Nothing can convince me that Erik just lost hope then, because all his doings...he just wanted Charles's attention, he just wanted Charles. He just wanted the man that knew him best, his first actual friend, the friend that visited him in prison, that always saw the good in him, by his side. And then he was gone, he felt somewhat empty. Playing chess alone, reminiscing all the moments they had together.

"All those years wasted fighting each other, Charles. To have a precious few of them back"

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yumiayumu · 1 month

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the only time i’ve watched anime again and now frieren, apothecary diaries, a sign of affection & 7th time loop are all ending this week. solid season but what am i supposed to do after????

#random ramblings #i’ve previously read the mangas and i’ve finished the lignt novels as well #there’s no more material for me except for fanfiction 😭#it’s been a long time since i’ve watched an anime never mind finishing it #these were such great comforts when i decided to step back from everything last january #sousou no frieren #the apothecary diaries #a sign of affection #7th time loop

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sapphicisland · 2 months

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You ever love a non cannon ship so much you don't want it to be cannon because you know the writers and the homophobes would ruin it? Don't get me wrong I understand the harm that queer baiting has done to the community at large. But I think we should be allowed to have random ships that only exist because we think these two characters look good together without caring whether they get together or not.

#this is me with #wenclair #I don't want them to be cannon #I just want them to spend them together #and have a shit ton of homoerotic tension #so I can be delusional and watch edits and read my silly little fanfictions #because if we're being honest non cannon ships have the best fanfic #the sapphic community at large should start putting random characters together and building huge ships around them #the way the do for mlm ships #that way our non cannon ships won't just be producers queerbaiting

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ecoamerica · 19 days

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lauronk · 28 days

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random recs on a tuesday

i have been so focused on writing fic lately that i haven't been READING it so i gave myself a couple hours to try to scratch some off my list and it was such a good choice on my part because they were all SO GOOD

life is pretty cruel for a touchy feely fool by @bumblepony (how do you manage to get so much emotion in a ficlet i want to SOB and also i need this entire world written kthanks)

how deep they lie by @ameerawrites (*muffled sobbing into a pillow*)

if tomorrow never comes also by @bumblepony (i'm biased bc she wrote this one for meeeee and also it was a reread because it's so wonderful)

sunny side of heaven by @chronicallyonlinewriter (literally no words for this one 😭🦋)

where you last placed your heart by itainthardtrying (needed so badly to catch up on this one; could scream about it forever and ever lemme tell you)

chicken soup for the apocalypse soul by @barlowstreet (sickfics my beloved, so amazing)

#i may make this a semi-regular thing #i still have so many fics to read and catch up on #i have a literal list running in my planner #if everyone could chill out on the publishing for a sec #give a girl a chance to read all the wonderfulness #i love this fandom #no shortage of amazing talent #the last of us fanfiction #tlou fanfiction #the last of us #joel and ellie #tlou fic recs #random recs on a Tuesday

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television-overload · 3 months

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my favorite fics are the ones that are so soft and slow and quiet and tender that I get sucked in, entranced, and then something triggers my heart to go **wooosh** and I freeze for a second, *sniffle*, and continue reading through the slight sheen of tears

#fanfiction #fanfic readers #ao3 #fanfic authors #reading #random #msr #tiva

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hecckyeah · 3 months

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So This Crazy Thing Happened at the Terra Bella Mountain Lodge

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The Bradfords were hoping for a nice, peaceful week off relaxing in the mountains to celebrate their anniversary. The Peralta-Santiago family just wanted a vacation somewhere new, with a view. It should have been a nice and simple week, filled with dips in the jaccuzi and rounds of ping-pong in the rec room. But nothing is ever simple when our two favorite sleuthing couples from opposite ends of the country cross paths. Trouble ensues in the lodge, and everyone must work together, and quickly, before everything goes horribly wrong . . .

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Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Fandoms: Crossover - The Rookie / Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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iceeericeee · 4 months

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#poll #reading #fanfic #fanfiction #book #books #question #would you rather #random #random stuff

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