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AO3 Tagging Inspiration.

Mainly a reference for me bc I always blank when it comes to tags. Sharing in case it helps anyone else, but not intended to be prescriptive. Further references:

Ao3’s Rating System Explanation

Difference Between "A/B" and "A&B"

Fanwork Ao3 Accepts Beyond Fanfic

How tagging a pairing in the “Relationship” field vs in “Additional Tags” changes search results

List of Writing Genres

Trope Examples

Most Popular Tags on Ao3

How to Find the Most Popular Tags in Your Fandom

Like, I thought the worst I would get as an answer would be "yeah, the legacy formats are still pretty common, maybe even more than A4", not the "I wasn't aware of A4 until last year" thing I'm seeing in other answers O_O

And yeah, A4 is just the convenient day-to-day size, but you have also A3 (two A4 next to each other), A2 (two A3 next to each other), etc... pretty convenient, very metric, easy to remember, etc.

Because the A series DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IN METRIC EITHER.

A4, the most common paper format in the world, is 29.7x21cm.

As you can see, that's pretty bonkers.

But the thing is that that's the exact proportion you need to be able to divide it in halves that keep the exact same proportion than the original sheet, while keeping A0 with an area of 1 sq meter (while still having the exact same proportion than every other A-size!).

So if the sound of that leaves your mouth tasting of tar, here's what you want to do:

In the url bar, type in about:config

It'll give you a big scary warning page that you might poke holes in your browser. Good. You want to do that. Click continue.

One by one, you're going to need to put each of these into the search bar in the page, not up top:

browser.ml.enable browser.ml.chat.enabled extensions.ml.enabled browser.ml.linkPreview.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.enabled browser.tabs.groups.smart.userEnabled

Each of these are gonna have a lil toggle icon on the right hand side that looks like a funky double-ended arrow. Click that and the value next to it should change to false. It all auto saves as you go. Some of these might already be set to false by default and that's peachy.

So…. Anyone still up for golden eyed six foot tall priestess??

This is the earliest prosthetic eye ever recorded, and the surgery was a success. It appears that it was held in with thread and was worn regularly, with signs of infection in the eye socket showing that it had possibly been worn too much without cleaning.

The whole eye was not gold, instead mostly being made of bitumen with the golden lines inscribed into it in a pattern that some archeologists suggest may be an imitation of the sun, the 8 radial outward lines being sun rays, to represent light. There are also hints of white pigment on the surface, indicating that once part of the eye may have been mimicking the sclera (white bit of the eye).

Some suggest that her eye elevated her status, and based on the responses of everyone here, that’s easily possible.

Bonus, the eye itself (which resided in the left eye socket):

When I gave birth they kept bringing me cups of very sweet tea until I drank one

I’ve something to say and I’m

nervous about it

“Cup of tea?” Welcoming a guest. “Tea?” I find this situation awkward. “Spot of tea?” A foreign guest has activated Hyper-English, Mary Poppins mode. “Pot of tea?” Trying to impress in-laws. “I’ll make some tea.” There has been complete devastation.

“Ooh, that’s lovely.” / “That hits the spot.” - Good cup of tea

“It’s passable,” - Best tea they’ve ever had in their life

“It’s really nice,” - You’ve somehow fucked it up, they won’t ask for another