15 Bookmarks by lumosinthelibrary (lumosatnight)
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Rosé Pine Site Skin by BlackBatCat
Fandoms: Site Skins - Fandom, AO3, Archive of Our Own
29 Aug 2025
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A chic, streamlined site skin based on the Rosé Pine palette.
"All natural pine, faux fur and a bit of soho vibes for the classy minimalist."
✿ UPDATED - 10/16/25 ✿
This skin has received a major update—please review the instructions carefully as many changes have been made! Thanks to ZerafinaCSS's refactoring of the neos skin using AO3's new variable system, we now have streamlined, cleaner code along with various fixes and color adjustments. If you were using this skin before 9/24/25, you'll need to perform a complete reinstall by following the instructions below.
NOTE: When updating, make sure to update all of the skins!
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Lacuna (DVD-style Commentary) by coloredink
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
28 May 2012
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John has amnesia; Sherlock takes advantage. Now with author commentary on the process of writing this story.
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- Words:
- 121,523
- Works:
- 28
- Bookmarks:
- 867
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not like other girls: fleur/tonks (ship manifesto) by leftsidedown
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
03 Aug 2023
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Some character meta highlighting their similarities and contrasts, an overview of common ship themes and tropes, and fic recs.
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AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza
Fandom: Deadpool (Comics), Deadpool - All Media Types, No Fandom, Undertale (Video Game)
02 Aug 2025
- Words:
- 87,711
- Works:
- 19
- Bookmarks:
- 4,221
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Gender is More Than Clothes: Writing Trans and Non-binary Characters by A_LoveUnlaced
Fandoms: No Fandom
09 Dec 2021
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1. Don't be afraid to write us. We don't bite (unless you're into that).
2. We are more than shapeshifters, robots, and Janets.
3. Trans people can be great murderers, but they're probably not murderers because they're trans.A resource for cisgender authors to write trans and non-binary characters.
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If you already write smut, this guide is not for you.
And why yes, I do teach sex ed sometimes. You’re going to wonder.
So, you want to write smut. But you don’t feel smutty. Maybe you’ve never personally felt smutty. Maybe the smut words won’t happen. Maybe it’s performance anxiety. Maybe it’s meds. Maybe it’s stress. Maybe it’s WORDS about SEX on the INTERNET, and you CANNOT.
But your story needs smut, and that’s valid. Maybe your plot hinges on it. Maybe you just want to reward your characters with some nice, juicy orgasms. Maybe you want the explicit rating because you know people like explicit content, and you want to learn a new skill as a writer. All valid.
So, we like to outline our stories. Can we outline the sex scenes? Yeah, kinda!
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There is a big difference between a trans man exploring his identity/sexuality through fanfiction, and a cis writer misrepresenting what it means to be FTM. If you're a cis writer with the best of intentions, I hope these guidelines and resources will assist you in improving your treatment of trans men.
Chapter 1: Writing Guide, FTM Anatomy.
Chapter 2: Gallery of Trans Men.
Chapter 3: FTM Media Recommendations.
Chapter 4: Racism in Trans Headcanons.This guide was originally posted on my old account, which has since been deleted due to transphobic comments, including threats of violence. I have posted it again anyway, because I take this matter very seriously. Do not repost, copy, or in any way plagiarise this guide. But please feel free to share a link to it, so that cis authors can improve the way that they depict trans men. I have tagged characters which are discussed in the guide, and are therefore relevant. If you encounter this guide while browsing those tags, that's why.
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- Part 4 of Original FTM Works
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by QuinnAnderson for kali_asleep
Fandoms: Original Work
05 Sep 2013
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A comprehensive guide to writing both queer and het erotic fiction, written by published novelist Quinn Anderson. Includes lists of sexy words, references, and some general writing tips. Please feel free to use without credit.
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Alphas, Betas, Omegas: A Primer by norabombay
Fandoms: Sherlock (TV), Supernatural, Supernatural RPF, X-Men: First Class (2011) - Fandom, The Avengers (2012), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms, Teen Wolf (TV), Thor (Movies), Hannibal (TV)
22 Sep 2015
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A brief primer on the concept of Alpha/Beta/Omega Universes: Also known as that trope suddenly showing up in your fandom that doesn't make any sense.
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There are some great quick-and-dirty guides to HTML on A03. This is not one of them - it is a comprehensive guide
It's now 2025, a decade later. A03 supports some new HTML and and we're all walking around reading fic on supercomputers that fit in a jean pocket. It was time update this and take a crack at finishing it. (Links and Images are in, the new Audio and Video tags are not.)
The previous three chapters have been divided into smaller concepts. Each tag continues to have - at a minimum - a link to the w3schools page about it (so you can learn more), a code example, and the result of the code example. Most tags have their attributes, things like [src] or [title], listed and examples of how using the attributes modify the tags.
There's a chapter on Bad Ideas, including how some of the archive's default CSS is available to you to format your work (users can't turn that off by hiding a workskin!)
Oh. And I added a bunny army. You could learn how to add one too.
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- Part 19 of AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials
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A guide to podficcing—for newbies, by a newbie.
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- Part 1 of Podfic Meta
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Shipping Stats by toastystats (destinationtoast)
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, Elementary (TV), Fandom - Fandom, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), Game of Thrones (TV), Hamilton - Miranda, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Les Misérables - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Once Upon a Time (TV), Queen (Band), Riverdale (TV 2017), Shadowhunters (TV), Sherlock (TV), Sherlock Holmes (Downey films), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Supernatural, The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, Voltron: Legendary Defender, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
23 Feb 2025
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This series includes:
* lists of the biggest ships on AO3 and for F/F specifically
* analyses of specific shipping-related or sexuality-related tags & themes like polyamory and asexuality
* comparisons of different shipping categories differ (e.g., how do ratings or tropes compare for F/F, M/M, and F/M?)
* comparisons of shipping on different platforms/archives
* some "wait why is there so much M/M on AO3?" meta -- you can witness me learning about the history of AO3 and becoming better informed about fandom platforms and shipping over the course of this series. :) You should also check out my work on Gender representation in movies and movie fandoms if that topic interests you -- there's a particularly relevant chapter on shipping
* deep dives into shipping in particular fandoms (especially Sherlock, which was my primary fandom when I started doing these analyses)
* fandoms dominated by a particular ship
* tutorials on gathering shipping stats
* ...and more! (anything else I've done that's related to shipping or sexuality should be here)- Words:
- 39,980
- Works:
- 24
- Bookmarks:
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This is a 7000 words meta post on my headcanon for trans!Narcissa. It's divided over 8 bullet points, including a brief overview of what I imagine queerness in pureblood society to be treated as, the Black family dynamics in general and the importance of first sons and Heirs, and Narcissa's general position within the family and later within the Malfoy family and in raising Draco.