Jo Mathieson

Add Magic To Taste aesthetics 19/20: In Like Flynn by Jo Mathieson @jmathieson-fic

So, Ao3 has made a lot of changes lately that allowed us to hide specific fics and works by specific authors.

There still no way to hide works with specific tags (that doesn’t mean there won’t be in the future, but I have no idea if that is in the plans or not) unless you use the filters in your search. But while you can bookmark a search with all the filters, there’s no way to carry these filters in separate searches and you have to write it every time.

Unfortunately CSS doesn’t have a way either to hide those fics either, at most it can hide the single tag, which we don’t want to do because at that point everything becomes so much worse, as you don’t even have the tag as a warning.

I have an option:

It hides the tags so I do not have to read them and it warns me that this is definitely a work I don’t want to read.

Because those black black boxes are very visible in a wall of tags.

(you can use white if you are using darkmode btw)

It can:

be used in conjunction with all the other hiding skins you have, you can either copy/paste it in the bottom or make a new skin and add the other one as a parent.

be used for dark mode, you just change the ‘black’ in white in the text

You can also do something midway, if you don’t need to obliterate the tag, just highligh it.

There’s no way to see what it is once you click on it though! (you either copy and paste the tag somewhere or read the address bar)

you can also do a mix of those, blacken out some tags and highligh others

The code is very simple and straightforward:

a.tag[href*=“word”] {

background-color: black;

color: black;

}

You change the “word” in the first line in whatever tag you want to hide, but be careful of these things:

It is case sensitive. so “skin” won’t catch “Skin”, if there’s something that you aggressively don’t want to see you’ll need to copy/paste the code for all the instances.

it will search even part of the word. so “tick” will catch “ticket” “ticking” “tickling” “ticks” (if you see that there’s a specific word that keeps getting stuck in the filter you can add the same code AFTER, and change the colors in something that’s readable, so like, the background-color: white)

you can hide as many tags as you want, just copy/paste the code again and again and change the “word” to what you want to hide next

It refers to the url, not the name of the tag, so this part here in the address bar:

which means if you need to use more than one word you can’t use the space but you’ll need to use %20 instead.

example:

a.tag[href*=“two%20words”] {

background-color: black;

color: black;

}

To change the colors

the two lines of code:

this one changes the background: “background-color: black;”

while this other one changes the text: “color: black;”

You can change ‘black’ in whatever color you prefer using a hex color code (just google ‘color picker’) or one of the html names for colors (so, white, grey, red will all work fine). for example: “background-color: #e6a4ea;” will give the example in the image above, the pink highlighted one.

Always remember the semicolon at the end of the line!

As I said, you can use both.

Obviously not on the same tags but you can use the black one on tags, and the highlight on others. for example:

a.tag[href*=“angst”] {

background-color: black;

color: black;

}

a.tag[href*=“fluff”] {

background-color: #e6a4ea;

color: black;

}

So, you can use the black thing for really hard limits that you NEVER want to touch and the highlighted ones for tags you might want to have a warning in advance most of the time.

oh! cool! thank you @greenarmadilloette​ I didn’t know that!!

Copying pasting the comment in the image:

1. Any book you want

2. Don’t read books you don’t want to read

3. That’s it

The Masquerade Commences on January 31st, 2022

Welcome to Duck Prints Press LLC’s newest project: a pair of anthologies which share the same theme, but feature different kinds of relationships. For these anthologies, we seek pitches for stories featuring masquerades - the more unusual, the better!

She Wears the Midnight Crown and He Bears the Cape of Stars will each be collections of eighteen 6,000-word stories. She Wears the Midnight Crown will feature wlw relationships; He Bears the Cape of Stars will feature mlm relationships. Genderqueerness and polyamory welcome! Where do you come in? You tell us! We want to know how you think those relationships unfold at an unusual or trope-subverting masquerade.

For these projects, we’re seeking 20 fanfiction authors who have not published their work with the Press before and who are interested in making the transition to publishing their original work! (The 16 remaining spots are reserved for authors who have previously worked with us.) New applicants must have published fanfiction, and must want to write an original story, aligned with our theme, of up to 6,000 words in length, at a minimum pay of 1 cent US per word - and with a maximum earning potential of up to 8 cents per word, depending on how our crowd funding goes. And, in case you didn’t know…our first crowd-sourced project, Add Magic to Taste? Successfully funded and earned enough to pay authors the maximum. This is a great opportunity for fanfiction writers who aspire to transition to writing professionally to get some experience, build a resume, and see their work in print!

This post is not a call for story submissions. Like a fandom zine, we’re asking prospective authors to submit writing samples and brief story pitches. We’ll select authors based on these samples and pitches. You must write and post fanfiction to apply to these anthologies, but all stories in She Wears the Midnight Crown and He Bears the Cape of Stars will be 100% original!

Want to be one of the selected authors? Now is your chance! Learn more about this project:

Rules and Guidelines for Interested Writer-Applicants

Frequently Asked Questions

Schedule

…and more!

Applications open right now, December 15th, 2021, and will remain open until December 31st, 2021 - or until we get 150 qualified applicants, so don’t wait until the last minute! Review the rules, ask us any questions you have, prepare your submission story and story pitch, and then…

APPLY NOW!

I'm asexual. I'm 99% certain I am, anyway. But I've also noticed A Lot of changes since I came out and again throughout my transition.

My first therapist warned me about getting fixed in an identity and the need to be able to let go of them when they no longer work. He was right.

Carry On is an obvious choice if you are a big fan of *certain* magical school chosen one stories but really want something new. Its gay, it subverts tropes, it's fun.

The OG! Wizard of Earthsea is really the grandfather of the wizard-school idea. Ursula K LeGuin is one of the best fantasy writers of the last century. Start here and follow the series as it grows and evolves.

Equal Rites- how could I not recommend a Discworld book? Many Discworld books take place in the Unseen University, but this is the first, and Esk is an amazing protagonist.

Lobizona- girls are witches, boys are werewolves...except that this girl is a werewolf too. Very fun world building, and a great example of bringing latinx influence into this well worn fantasy trope.

The Lightning Thief- ok, its summer camp for demigods, not school for magicians. But the vibes are going to feel very familiar for fans of he who shall not be named, the series only gets better as it goes, and the fandom rocks.

More of a “manual for magic” than a magic school, but an awesome start to a wonderful series which has a vibrant fandom!

you don’t have to tell people anything you don’t want to tell them. it’s not rude or disrespectful to be private about things. you don’t owe anyone that information, so how could it be wrong to withhold it?

queer but don’t want to come out? don’t!

have a trauma disorder but don’t want to tell people what your trauma was? don’t!

disabled but don’t want to talk about it? that’s right, simply do not!

practice telling people to go away when they ask invasive questions.

the responses I’ve been using in particular are “that’s between me and my therapist/doctor”, and “why does it matter to you?”

you don’t need a “reason” to want to keep things to yourself. you don’t need to tell someone your entire history so that they can label you as “valid”.

Picard:

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,

But the fire is so delightful.

And since we’ve no place to go,

Make it so! Make it so! Make it so!

Now, it doesn’t show signs of stopping,

And I’ve brought some tea earl grey hot.

The lights are turned way down low,

Make it so! Make it so! Make it so!

When we finally kiss goodnight,

Riker: How I’ll hate going out in the storm!

Picard: But, if you

Wesley: really?

Picard: Shut up, Wesley!

All the way home I’ll be

Beverly: warm.

Deanna: Oh, the fire is

Beverly: slowly dying,

And my dear,

Worf: we’re still goodbye-ing.

Geordi: But, as long as you

Data: love me so,

Geordi: Make it so!

Data: Make it so!

Baby It's Cold Outside by zappedbysnow

Summary:

Clint and Phil having a good time in the underworld while it's cold above ground. :D

Rating: Mature

hi, you. yeah im talking to you. You like my stuff from time to time and reblog once and a while, and I always recognize you in my notes. we’ve never talked, maybe you dont like to say much or you’re nervous or something. it’s okay, whatever it is. 

I see you. you mean a lot to me. sometimes when I’m having a hard day, I’ll notice your name once again in my notifs and it makes me smile. im not kidding.

I don’t care if you’re a “ghost” follower or you send me asks all the time. i see you and I love you so much, genuinely and truly. you are really important to me.