A collection of Xan's ramblings

If you don't already know you have issues doing so, squat down real quick. Bend your knees all the way and touch the floor. Just make sure you can do it. Okay? For me? And then stand up all the way and make sure you can balance on one foot.

If there was ever a tumblr post worth sending to your mom, it's this one.

Take the deepest breath you can and feel out your limits. It is more than likely not what you expect.

It is absolutely immoral, completely counterproductive to the goal of learning things, and turns out incredibly subpar work.

tf did they put in these tonics

A fandom is like a community garden; the plants and trees are fanworks, the paths and benches are structures like ao3 and kinkmemes and themed weeks or months. Comments, and kudos? Those are fertiliser. You don’t necessarily see them at work, but they make the trees grow stronger and the flowers bloom brighter. When you comment on a fic or piece of fanart, you are nourishing our shared garden and helping to make the soil fertile for future works.

I want commenters to feel proud of that contribution. Whether you turn up with a wheelbarrow of the stuff to tip on your favourite flowerbed or just drop a heart emoji in the donations box, you are helping to make the soil richer, the garden more beautiful.

And you know what? Sometimes you need to just sit in the garden without feeling obliged to do anything to maintain it. That’s okay. It’s your garden too! As an author, I don’t want people coming to my stories with a sense of obligation; I want them to be able to enjoy them and be restored by them. If they don’t have the energy to comment right now, that’s okay.

But a comment isn’t the price of an entry ticket to someone else’s garden; it’s an investment in your garden, in your community. You won’t always see it bear fruit, won’t always know what part of the whole it helped grow. But you can know what you put in, and feel proud of being part of the team nourishing and maintaining this wonderful space we all share.

Are you a younger reader, or maybe a sex-repulsed asexual? Or maybe you're just not into all the really sexual sort of fanfictions. I have a CSS code you can add to your Site Skins on AO3! Simply copy this into the CSS box and you will find your browsing undisturbed by Explicit, Mature, and even the Not Rated, and Chose Not to Warn fanfictions (which can be untagged entirely!)

.blurb:has(span.rating-explicit) { display: none !important; } .blurb:has(span.rating-mature) { display: none !important; } .blurb:has(span.rating-notrated) { display: none !important; } .blurb:has(a[href*="/tags/Choose%20Not%20To%20Use%20Archive%20Warnings/works" i]):before { content: "Restricted Work"; color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #860111; } .blurb:has(a[href*="/tags/Choose%20Not%20To%20Use%20Archive%20Warnings/works" i]) > * { display: none !important; } .blurb:has(a[href*="/tags/Rape*s*Non-Con/works" i]):before { content: "Restricted Work"; color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #860111; } .blurb:has(a[href*="/tags/Rape*s*Non-Con/works" i]) > * { display: none !important; } .blurb:has(a[href*="/tags/Underage%20Sex/works" i]):before { content: "Restricted Work"; color: #ffffff !important; background-color: #860111; } .blurb:has(a[href*="/tags/Underage%20Sex/works" i]) > * { display: none !important; }

Flag Enabling:

Here is how to enable the flags on chrome if you are before version 105:

1: Go to chrome://flags/ 2: search Experimental Web Platform features 3: enable it

And for firefox 1: Go to about:config 2: accept the instability risk warning 3: search for layout.css.has-selector.enabled 4: enable it