#how to post images to ao3

[umblrspectrum]

"smaller mass" you say

[sunnymainecoonx]

I know damn well I misunderstood the assignment but we roll, I'll understand it some day

It's killer and dust btw. If you couldn't tell. Which you probably couldn't.. forgor to say but shhh 🤫 Killers having a convo with himself..

..I kinda wanna change my url but idk to what

[hinge]

Hinge presents an anthology of love stories almost never told. Read more on https://no-ordinary-love.co

[kevjeanday]

My gift for @hauntedgfs in this year’s @aftgexchange

Andreil for the prompt raven!Neil. Hope you like it!

Full piece [NSFW] is up on Twitter and AO3 :)

[horsemotifs]

lord almighty they are doing crazy things to this guy's cervix on ao3

[abyssalshriek]

If you write on AO3 (Archive of Our Own), edit your comment settings NOW (There is a way to edit all works at once. I will explain that shortly). By default, only registered accounts can comment on your works, but if you have allowed Guest comments, you must disable guest comments. If the following problem starts coming from registered users, it may become necessary to disable ALL comments.

Another wave of AO3 comment spam bots are hitting, except this time they are commenting with disturbing images. From what I've seen, they seem AI generated, but that doesn't change that they are commenting with the intent to show what can be deeply upsetting pictures. This imagery CAN BE GORE. While I haven't seen any cases of registered accounts spamming these images, I have heard reports of bot comments from registered accounts recently, so be aware there is a chance even Registered comments MIGHT be effected.

How to edit all works at once:

1) Go to your AO3 Dashboard. Click the option near the top labeled "Edit Works"

2) On the next page, in this order, select "All" then "Edit Works"

3) Scroll to the bottom of the next page and select either "Only registered users can comment" or "No one can comment". After this, select Update All Works.

So long as you don't click any other options in the list of possible edits, then nothing else will change on your fics.

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Please, everyone, stay safe out there and take care of yourselves! If you get a comment of disturbing imagery from a REGISTERED account after making these changes, let me know and I will edit this post to recommend turning off all comments, not just guest ones.

Have a nice day!

[thousandth-island]

I tried recreating one of the most important images of our time

and erm also i postit a new fic on ao3… erm 💕💕doing my yuri duty for all you shivrye yuri warriors out there :)

[hawnks]

[holland-vosijk-antari]

I've been thinking about how white london probably has different kinds of physical affection to red and grey, I can't imagine hugging being common among people who are casual friends like it is in a lot of places here (I'm talking from the pov of someone from an area not too far away from real london so i get that this isnt the case everywhere lol) hugging requires a certain trust that the person you are hugging is doing anything nefarious with their hands - like stabbing you in the back for instance... so i like to think that in white london where trust is about as thin on the ground as magic, hugging is a massive declaration of trust in which you may as well tell the other you love them.

on an additional note it makes me wonder about what affections would be commonplace, would a kiss on the cheek be a more common greeting to someone you care for? would people give a short bow as a greeting towards an acquaintance? (both things very common in many places in this world too so not exactly strange?) or are people simply all-or-nothing with their affections, giving all their affection to one or two people who have their absolute trust and not showing any at all otherwise?

when it comes to greeting a stranger i was taught in my martial arts classes to introduce myself with both hands visible and to shake hands with both of my hands as a sign of respect within the culture so i wonder if that kind of action would be common in makt - dont hide your hands when trying to gain someones trust or they will think you are hiding something...

[kenttyy]

Read a really good Loscsr fic so I drew something

[kasper-tag]

✨Here's Chapter 4!✨

Title: The Start of Something

Pairing: Malec

Rating: Mature

No archive warnings apply

Word Count: 8.8k

Summary:

When the New Accords require a nephilim and a downworlder to marry to solidify the new alliance, Alec Lightwood is volunteered against his will. He has barely even heard the name Magnus Bane before meeting the man he is about to marry for the first time at the altar. Sparks fly, tensions arise, and secrets are revealed as they get to know each other. This is a story about political duty, taking chances, lots of flirting, and finding love in a completely unexpected person.

🔗 https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/61671988/chapters/162863185

[someonedefinitely]

me when my love (ao3) finally comes back from war (those previous downs) just to be drafted back again (error 503):

[iliveoffofanfics]

This one's a bit of a throwback...

See, back in my Wattpad days (i'm still there, just not exclusively now) I found a lot of very nice, very fab fics that I loved very much. Usally marvel fics, usually Spider-Man (MCU) related, usually wrong number fics.

I found this fab character known as Evelyn Parker, created by @illegally-blind-and-deaf. This character bounced around a couple fics in a couple writing communities she frequented in, and I happened to stumble upon her! So I made some epic fanart, 3 years ago in 2022.

...ok, to tell you a secret, I did edit this ever-so-slightly from the art i made back then. The boots are a lighter color, and more importantly, I FINALLY FIXED THE MASK!

See, way back then, I read in her description of Evie that she had a mask over half her face. I proceeded to mask the wrong half. And it haunted me ever since (jkjk lol). So I saw a grand opportunity to fix this today since this art will see the light of day again in @kaslynspeaks (an old friend of hers) fic, It Was Only Supposed to be an Online Class :3. You'll probably see a link on that fic here. Hi. It's me. I made the art :p

Here's the homemade suit too (still with the mask error, cause screw it we're making it lore, not a mistake)

Behold, some old sketches too :D

[gelatinous-globster]

New fic is up on AO3!

It's based off of this comic and is 1.3k, Globby pov ^^

@drama-glob @enbydemirainbowbigfoot

[liaisun]

all this talk abt neils bush <3 i present u neils happytrail. i forgot i drew this a while back (for girls au ofc). enjoy my silly doodles

[who-is-ashhhh]

More of me rambling about my AU

!!!SLIGHT SPOILERS FOR BOOK 3+4!!!

So in my Tales From The Grocery Store AU, Jack, despite being a magnet for the other worldly/ paranormal/ every weird thing that exists, and the fact that many of those things are actively trying to kill him. And the reason why they never succeed is because of a gift that Sabine gave him when they were young.

So y'know that spiral symbol that is used between Jack and Sabine when they were kids? I think that at some point in their childhood, Sabine made a necklace with the spiral on a rock as a charm.

Anyways, so as it's heavily implied that Sabine and her parents aren't human. I think that Sabine used whatever abilities she has and made that spiral a kind of protection seal (sort of like a pentacle) to protects the wearer to a certain degree against that not of our realm.

Ever since he got it, he wears this necklace pretty much everyday, 24/7, even if its not visble you can assume he is wearing it . The rock itself has been chipped, he has had to replace the cord countless times, but weirdly enough the spiral has never come off despite have been drawn on in sharpie.

Wearing it makes him feel safe, hes not sure why, but it does. He doesnt question it, he has more important things to worry about.

Anyways!!! That's just some more info about my AU, I need to sleep lmao

[reinanova]

so you're new to ao3

and want to learn how to find and filter fics. then boy oh boy is this post for you

(this is going to be a Long post so I'm adding a read more break now)

but where to begin? i personally like to search by fandom or by ship. there are two ways to go about this:

search the fandom, then click on the first link for the fandom you find:

2. click on fandoms in the upper left corner and find your fandom in the giant list of fandoms

(Same concept applies for searching for a specific ship)

Great! now you're in the search results of all the works in that fandom! I'm now going to introduce you to your new favorite button: Filters

When you click on the filters button, the filters menu pops up. There are two main ways to filter works: including tags and excluding tags.

the Include Filter

before we begin: keep in mind that ao3 shows you the most popular tags under each filter. if what you're looking for isn't listed, you can use the search boxes under each filter category to find what you want

Ratings and Warnings

If you want to read a fic with a specific rating or a specific warning, this is where you select that. I personally prefer to use the exclude filter to filter out the ratings/warnings I don't want, but that's up to you. (Notice how you can only pick one rating: if you want to only read one rating, this is great for you. if you want to read anything except a certain rating, that's when exclude is your friend)

Categories and Fandoms

This is great if you want to read a specific slash or a crossover with a specific fandom. (I personally don't use these filters)

Characters and Relationships

this is the good stuff. here is where you can pick the relationship(s) you want to see. If you select more than one, you will only see results that include all of the selected options. The relationships filter is my favorite include filter--utilize it!!

Additional Tags and Other tags to include

want to read fluff? hurt/comfort? this is where you go. If the tag you're looking for isn't on the list under Additional Tags, you can search for the tag you want. ao3 will start to suggest tags, so you can select what you want from that list.

we have now reached my favorite part of the ao3 filtering system:

the Exclude Filter

ao3 operates on a don't like, don't read principle. the exclude filters exist for a reason: USE THEM!!!! i love the exclude filters and use them for every single search

Ratings, Warnings, Categories, and Fandoms

This seems pretty self-explanatory. Let's say you don't want to read fics that are not rated and fics that are tagged as major character death, but every other rating or warning is fair game. Boom, you've excluded them from the search results.

Characters and Relationships

Don't want to read a fic with a certain character or ship? You can get rid of all of them from the search results. For example, if you don't want to read any /Reader fics, you can filter those out here

Additional Tags and Other tags to exclude

Anything else you don't want to read about? maybe it's something that is a trigger for you, or something you just aren't into. Maybe there are specific relationships not listed under the relationship filter that you want to exclude. you can exclude those tags here. The exclude tag search feature is great for this.

More Options

there are some more ways to filter fics, including crossover status, completion status, word count, date updated, and language. Let's say you don't want any crossovers and you want to read a work in progress. you would select Exclude crossovers and Works in progress only here.

One last thing before you hit sort and filter!

You can sort the results by a variety of different features, like date updated, hits, and kudos. Be careful tho--sometimes some of the best fics you'll read will be the ones that don't have the same number of hits and kudos as the "popular fics" so don't judge a fic by it's numbers

That's it!! Now you're ready to sort and filter the results to your heart's content! This button is at the top and bottom of the filter tab for your convenience :)

Based on the filtering, your new search results will appear. Now you can read what you want and ignore the rest!

In summary:

Including: will show you only the results that have ALL of the included tags

Excluding: will show you results that have NONE of the excluded tags

Don't like, don't read! ao3 is an archive, not an algorithm--you have to search out the content you want yourself. hit the back tab if you don't like the fic you're reading

Remember to leave comments and kudos to make an author's day!!