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did you actually match all the fonts/colors for the different websites or am i mandala-effect-ing myself?

either way this is insanely good please continue

thank you!

Yep, I'm matching every website as closely as I can! Most big sites use proprietary fonts, so I find something that's likely to work on most browsers that looks close enough (thank you Wikipedia list of Core Fonts on the Web). Having a similar font goes a long way to making it look like the real thing

CNN is easy

I had to make a huge compromise with The Onion. I decided the tallness of the font was more iconic than the serif style.

The workskin is more like a dozen different ones in one very big trenchcoat (it has uh, 305 selectors and counting. More than 1000 properties). I'm learning as I go, so it's probably not as efficient as it could be.

From chapter 3 of our social media fic

in which we explore the ramifications of that court scene. Made some art for this one, though it's purposefully not much

Excerpts from Chapter 2 of our PHM social media fic, From the Library of the Petrova History Collection. I'm quite proud of the CSS/HTML formatting I designed for this one. I can do it from scratch now!

From the Library of the Petrova History Commission

My cowriter and I are working on a social media fic with an unusual framing... It's in-universe hosted on the lovechild of the Internet Archive and the Library of Congress, because internet history is worth preserving too. It's the modern form of a museum displaying old letters.

It's been so much fun figuring out CSS/HTML formatting to get everything working on Ao3, and I'm really excited to share the rest soon!I even went through all the effort of keeping it compatible with Reversi so that dark-mode lovers don't have to get flashbanged:

It's even slightly interactive, to feel like you're really scrolling through a government website trying to get what you need for a research project. I love research a lot... dunno if that actually appeals to anyone else.

References for my Yiga!Link au fic, Sickle and Chain!

I'll probably update this post a few more times over the course of writing the fic, putting the spoiler-y stuff under the cut from here.

As an exercise of conveying characterisation more through body language and shape rather than clothes or colours, I drew some of the Yiga characters :)

Chapter 12 spoilers: (not very spoilery but still)

a doodle inspired by a comment on my ongoing fic

(+demonstration of how to embed an image on ao3 because I was asked)

(all characters are /rp) While it doesn’t really matter to the story, Dream’s mysterious motivation is an important part of his characterization.

The vault was initially described as intended for someone capable that he can’t kill.

No one in particular: It’s not unlikely that the prison was made just to be intimidating. Anyone that Dream decided was annoying could go in there for a week and be let out again. A system like this is ideal for the “big happy family” goal, as it discourages working against him with some immediate and unpleasant consequences.

Dream himself: This is true in a meta sense, since this is what cc!Dream was planning. I don’t think Dream is that much of a masochist though. He was very concerned about the security of the prison, which would be very inconvenient to himself. Dream is a decent planner, but he’s not Moriarty - what could he possibly think he’d get out of it? Why wouldn’t he want to enjoy his success?

Sam: A good bit of irony, but doesn’t make much sense beyond that. Sam is resourceful and could be a threat, but he didn’t have much in the way of an agenda at the time. Dream’s allies are a limited resource.

Tommy: The prison was commissioned about a week after Tommy burned down George’s house. You can say he only loosely fits the description of “capable” - despite being a skilled fighter, he always encourages people to underestimate him, preferring to stash his belongings and wear cheap armour.

Dream directly said to Tommy that the prison was not planned for him, but he had changed his mind. It is possible that Dream was lying to try and manipulate Tommy into believing his imprisonment would be due to his own mistakes, aiming to further destroy his morale. To make him think that if he just surrendered, Tommy would still have his freedom. This theory is in line with Sam’s accusations against Dream.

Technoblade: At the time the prison was commissioned, Dream and Techno were not allies. It possible that Dream was apprehensive about what Techno could do, but later realized that he and Techno have common goals and set that concern aside (for the time being). This narrative is also reasoning for Phil, who could be leverage against Techno, especially since Phil only has one canon life.

Skeppy: the Skeppy cage would only be able to contain him for so long.

Tubbo: Potential leverage against Tommy and New L’manberg. Dream doesn’t respect him all that much though, and probably wouldn’t have any issue with killing him.

Wilbur: While dead at the time the prison was commissioned, Dream did have the revival book in his possession. He may have been planning to revive Wilbur and hold him in the prison for negotiations.

Quackity: Not that likely, but definitely not impossible. Quackity does have a dangerous charisma and very little interest in Dream’s ideals. Also, irony.

Ranboo: Since Ranboo hadn’t done much at this point, this theory is dependent on whatever his backstory is.

Fundy: Dream clarified on the same day he commissioned the prison that they are not engaged in the SMP, which is convenient timing...  and that’s about it.

Everyone else: The other server members haven’t done much to aggravate Dream, so it seems unlikely that he’d single any of these people out.

The Egg: If you could move the egg, the prison would be a good place to put it.

Drista: If you could contain her, that might be useful, but she can just punch through any block.