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7-Step Tutorial on how to filter out Characters and/or Relationships on AO3

We all have that one pairing we love that forever is used as the ex-relationship for the more popular pairing in fandom. Or is forever relegated to the background. We all have that one character we absolutely can’t stand to read fic about.

AO3 has lately done an extensive series on how to get the most out of filtering, here’s a link to the round-up post.

I figured it would be handy if there was a short tutorial on how to filter out characters and/or relationships, so here it is, in 7 easy steps!

Go to the fandom tag of the character tag or relationship tag you want to filter out. That’s the page that lists the works for the fandom.

Click on the pairing or character you want to filter out. The page should again list the works, and have an RSS button in the top right corner.

Hover over the RSS button. Depending on your browser, somewhere on your screen there should be a hover text displaying what the RSS button links to. That link contains a number. Note that number down.

Go to the fandom you’d like to filter fic in.

Apply all filters you’d normally apply (ratings, pairings, warnings etc…)

Enter the following in the Search Within Results field: -filter_ids:264659 but change that number to the number you noted down. Note: NO SPACES

Click Sort and Filter. RESULTS

You can filter out multiple characters and pairings at once. Like this: -filter_ids:264659 -filter_ids:297569 Again, switch the numbers out for those you noted down. No comma’s between the various filters, just a simple space.

Note: You can also use this to filter out fandoms that get crossed over with your fandoms of choice and that you dislike, just skip step 2, and hover over the RSS button of the fandom page instead.

Note: It’s handy to have a list somewhere with things you often like to filter out, but the suggestion box does remember them if you don’t clear out your cache. If you’ve filtered out a tag before, just start typing -, and your previously applied filters should appear!

Feel free to hit me up with any questions you might have.

Good luck, and happy reading!

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quillsandmuses · 7 years

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Christmas-Mycroft aka "Merry Christmas." - "You hate Christmas."

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Mycroft Holmes is The British Government. (And also Sherlock's nanny)

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quillsandmuses · 7 years

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In love with Adlock currently !1!1!

Hell Yeah

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quillsandmuses · 7 years

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I. NEED. THIS.

I’m now craving Mycroft h/c after that episode:

- Mycroft having PTSD over the whole Euros incident and bonding with John over it (with John’s war nightmares)

- Mycroft taking the bullet (but surviving because I’m not ready for that yet…)

- Mycroft is not alright in the cell (maybe Euro’s men beat him up a bit, don’t want Euros to be completely to blame here)

Basically anything with Sherlock being there for his big brother who was there for him too many times.

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quillsandmuses · 7 years

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this.

So Sherrinford is fucking Azkaban?

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quillsandmuses · 7 years

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Is this a game?

Author’s Note: This is my first try at Sherlock BBC fanfiction and I daresay I tried my best. As of right now, I admire Moffat and Gatiss and I pray to them for writing skills. Inspiration taken from Pinterest, I’m only adding in the missing parts of the story. This is set after the Reichenbach Fall (Series 2 Episode 3).

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Mycroft Holmes entered the room of Sherlock Holmes, carefully leaning his umbrella against the wall.

“Good evening, brothermine. I see the lack of visiting me gained you some weight. How’s the weighing scale? Is it broken?”

Mycroft Holmes stared back at his brother, and placed a file on his bed. “This is not the time, Sherlock.”

Sherlock raised an eyebrow. “Normally you’d join in the fun, diet gone wrong?” Sherlock picked up the file with his thin hands, and flipped through briefly.

“Series of murders in London, victims all seemingly random, locations random, all estimated time of deaths in the afternoon, earliest at 1:35 pm, both genders, large age gaps, different job occupations, appearance–” Mycroft stated.

“They were all wearing a blue scarf,” Sherlock cut in, and glanced at his blue scarf hanging behind the door.

Mycroft nodded his head and pressed his lips together.

Sherlock closed the file abruptly and placed it carelessly on his bed, and strode to the other end of the room, pinning a map of London on the wall.

“There, there, there…all the murder locations.” Sherlock drew on all the locations by memory, muttering to himself throughout.

“No, no, I can’t see any pattern…” Sherlock pinched his nose bridge, and hastily picked up the file once more.

“Blue scarf…” Sherlock muttered again. “All with a knife. A Swiss Army knife. Severed external jugular vein…no other signs of struggle.”

“The work of a skilled killer.”

“Why, Mycroft, why a knife? Why not a gun with a silencer?” Sherlock started pacing about. “He could dislike noise. Or think it too swift to kill someone instantly.”

Flipping through the file once more, Sherlock suddenly pointed at one of the victim’s page. He turned the file to face Mycroft, and pointed to the victim’s height. “Or, he could be a she. Marcus Roule, 183 centimetres in height. Slit external jugular vein at an angle. Definitely shorter than 183 centimetres, and judging by the angle, someone at the height of 170 centimetres approximately.”

“All of the murders were by the external jugular vein. Exactly at the external jugular vein. Why not the carotid artery?” Sherlock snapped the file closed, looking up at Mycroft.

“Left handed.”

“All the murders were committed swiftly and not in very isolated places…he or she knew the time taken to bleed to death,” Sherlock started pacing again.

“Someone that studied medicine.”

“Blue scarf, Swiss Army knife, 170 centimetres in height, left-handed, skilled killer, studied medicine.” Sherlock rubbed his temples, digging into his Mind Palace.

Ring! Mycroft answered his phone. “Anthea? Yes, thank you.” He then took the marker from Sherlock and circled another location. “Darcy Evans, aged 25, blue scarf, severed external jugular vein, height 168 centimetres, work of the same killer.”

“Is that it?” Sherlock asked, taking in the information.

“On the ground beside her. Written with her blood. The numbers two, nine, zero, one.”

Sherlock raised an eyebrow, and Mycroft could see the sparkle in his brother’s eyes.

The game was on.

Sherlock rubbed his hands together, murmuring the numbers to himself. “Two nine zero one. Street number, house number, birthdays, serial numbers, credit card numbers…dates. It’s a date, dear brother! January 29!”

January 29. No.

Sherlock rubbed his fingers together, and closed his eyes. “Mycroft, send me all the locations of where the victims were at the time of 1:29 pm on the day of their deaths.”

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“Done,” Sherlock capped his marker and jerked to face Mycroft again.

“Brixton, Fulham, Herringay, all the other locations,” Sherlock pointed at the newly marked map.

“A spiral.”

“Indeed, brother.”

“And they all lead to–”

“221b Baker Street.”

“Sherlock, it’s time to return.”

Sherlock stayed silent and picked up his violin.

Mycroft took his actions as a dismissal, and retrieved his umbrella, leaving the room.

221b Baker Street. Dear God, no.

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Sherlock Holmes walked as discreetly as he could manage down the street, defining cheekbones hidden by his blue scarf, his brown curly locks tamed under a random hat, his tall figure casting a light shadow on the pavement.

Reaching the front door of 221b Baker Street, Sherlock stood in front of it, preparing himself for the inevitable.

Opening the front door, he cautiously stepped in, climbing up the stairs as swiftly and silently as he could. The door of 221b was left slightly ajar, and Sherlock’s hand moved to touch his handgun. Adrenaline slowly coursed through his veins, and his nerves tingled at the challenge ahead. Slowly turning the door knob, the door opened with a creak. Scanning the familiar apartment, Sherlock picked up the differences.

The table was just as messy, but he recognised the signs of movement; one of the chairs was tucked in under the table, dent marks in the carpet indicated that it was not moved for a long time, while the other was left slanted, and the dust on it told Sherlock the chair was sat on frequently before, but recently left untouched.

Sherlocks’s eyes continued scanning the details, until his gaze landed on the drawer he had kept his old gun. Walking towards it, Sherlock slid it open and found the gun in the same position he left it in, but the sliding marks indicated frequent opening.

Sherlock’s heart almost skipped a beat.

His body froze, and he could clearly hear his own breathing.

Something was off.

Straining his ears, he could not hear any noise belonging to 221a Baker Street.

Sherlock Holmes broke free of his frozen stance and ran out of the apartment, shouting his landlady’s name.

“Mrs Hudson! Mrs Hudson!”

Stepping into the apartment of 221a Baker Street, Sherlock’s blood ran cold at the sight greeting him.

Mrs Hudson was held at knifepoint by no one other than someone Sherlock could call his only friend. His best friend.

John Hamish Watson smiled at Sherlock’s shocked expression, while Mrs Hudson gasped out with fear and shock mixed in her voice. “Sh-Sherlock!”

“I wasn’t wrong. I knew you were alive.” John cocked his head to the side, eyes staring into Sherlock’s blue ones.

“John. John.” Sherlock slowly raised a hand up, his baritone voice resounding in the apartment.

“I cried for you, Sherlock. I spoke with you on the rooftop of St. Bartholomew’s. I pleaded for you to stop. And you said it was all a magic trick. I saw you fall.”

Sherlock could feel his heart racing.

“I saw your corpse bleeding on the ground. I took your non-existent pulse.” John’s arm held Mrs Hudson tighter, and the blade of his Swiss Army knife pricked the dry skin of her neck.

“John, I know. Please put that down, John-” Sherlock kept his voice still, and his face blank.

“It was all a trick, was it not? It is all a magic trick, I knew, Sherlock. I knew, that’s why I stopped thinking of ways to join you, I stopped contemplating between the rope, the gun, the car, the bridge, the roof. I started thinking of how to let the great detective Sherlock Holmes appear.”

Blood started trickling down the crinkled skin of Mrs Hudson’s neck, and John looked crazier than ever.

“What’s a better way than creating a case for the Great Detective to solve?”

Sherlock took a deep breath, and hesitantly took out the handgun. “John, you don’t have to do this. I’m back, John, and I am truly sorry-”

“What, Sherlock? Truly sorry for the anguish and sorrow you had caused me? Sorry for what? I WATCHED YOU FALL, SHERLOCK!”

Sherlock’s palms started to sweat, and he slowly aimed the barrel of his handgun at John’s forehead. “John, it’s my fault, everything is my fault, let Mrs Hudson go. She has nothing to do with this.”

“Nothing to do with this? ANYONE related to you in any way has something to do with this. Say goodbye, Sherlock.” John’s eyes reflected the mania in his mind, and with a swift move, he sliced Mrs Hudson’s external jugular vein.

A whimper escaped from her lips, and her eyes screamed for help.

Mrs. Hudson crumpled onto the floor, but Sherlock could not move his eyes to look at his landlady.

Sherlock immediately pressed the trigger, but the bullet, perhaps sentient and feeling his hesitance and dread at opening fire, went through John’s shoulder instead of his forehead.

A grin appeared on John’s face, while blood started spluttering out of the wound.

“Welcome back, Sherlock.”

That’s when Sherlock stopped playing the game.

And his world went black.

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“How is Mrs Hudson?”

“She’s fine, and she swore that she would never ever listen to what the British Government say again.”

“The wound on your shoulder?”

“It was a clean shot, he hesitated.” The man raised his eyebrows. “Did it work?”

“Are you doubting me, Dr. Watson?”

“Should I?”

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A/N: Completed one-shot. If responses are supporting of a follow-up, I may continue this story, but as of now, this will be compete. I apologise for any grammatical errors, etc. as I am not great at English. Please comment, as they literally feed my muse!

I post my fanfictions on https://m.fanfiction.net/u/6818843/

#fanfiction #sherlock #what is this piece of shit writing I'm sorry

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tips zzz

Hey writers!

First lines

Character names + descriptions

Plot twists

Titles

Scenarios

Images

Random inspiration

they’re all the same website but i figured i’d just link all of them so you can go to whichever you need (:

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Tone/Attitude Words

accusatory: charging of wrong doing

apathetic: indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

awe: solemn wonder

bitter: exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

cynical: questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people

condescension; condescending: a feeling of superiority

callous: unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others

contemplative: studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

critical: finding fault

choleric: hot-tempered, easily angered

contemptuous: showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect

caustic: intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

conventional: lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

disdainful: scornful

didactic: author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

derisive: ridiculing, mocking

earnest: intense, a sincere state of mind

erudite: learned, polished, scholarly

fanciful: using the imagination

forthright: directly frank without hesitation

gloomy: darkness, sadness, rejection

haughty: proud and vain to the point of arrogance

indignant: marked by anger aroused by injustice

intimate: very familiar

judgmental: authoritative and often having critical opinions

jovial: happy

lyrical: expressing a poet’s inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like

matter-of-fact: accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional

mocking: treating with contempt or ridicule

morose: gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent

malicious: purposely hurtful

objective: an unbiased view-able to leave personal judgments aside

optimistic: hopeful, cheerful

obsequious: polite and obedient in order to gain something

patronizing: air of condescension

pessimistic: seeing the worst side of things; no hope

quizzical: odd, eccentric, amusing

ribald: offensive in speech or gesture

reverent: treating a subject with honor and respect

ridiculing: slightly contemptuous banter; making fun of

reflective: illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions

sarcastic: sneering, caustic

sardonic: scornfully and bitterly sarcastic

satiric: ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach

sincere: without deceit or pretense; genuine

solemn: deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection

sanguineous: arduous, bloodthirsty, brutal, murderous AND optimistic, cheerful

whimsical: odd, strange, fantastic; fun

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writing tips

Synonyms for the Word Said

Said Synonyms- Reporting

Added:to enhance an argument

Advised: to warn, to offer help

Announced: to declare formally and or publicly

Asserted: to state positively but having no proof

Called: to capture attention by increased volume

Commented: to explain, interpret, or criticize - to make a remark

Complained: to express dislike or disagreement

Congratulated: to give wishes; to acknowledge an action or deed

Continued: to further or add to an earlier point

Declared: to make known clearly and openly

Informed: to give information, to make known; declare

Lied: to not speak truthfully

Observed: to mention casually

Offered:to suggest; to state

Mentioned: to state briefly; to bring up in conversation

Protested: to formally or openly disagree

Quoted: to repeat words of others; to cite a source

Recalled:to remember or bring up

Related: to make connection; to say allegorically

Remarked: to make a brief, casual statement of an opinion

Remembered: to recall

Reminded: to remember; to mention so as not to forget

Repeated: to say again; to restate

Replied: to answer; to say in response

Reported: to give a formal statement; to give an account of

Reassured: to give additional comfort, support, or evidence

Revealed: to make known; to publish

Stated: to say or paraphrase from official documents

Taunted: to cruelly tease in a mocking or insulting manner

Teased: to annoy or pester; vex

Tempted: to cause to consider (usually) something bad

Said Synonyms- Explaining

Addressed: to speak directly to sme, respond or answer

Answered: to respond to a question

Asserted:to add or offer additional information

Assured:to soothe, comfort, calm

Broke In: to interrupt, supplying additional information

Cautioned: to warn or advise; strongly suggest

Claimed: to assert or maintain; to state as fact

Concluded: to finish or draw to a close; to understand

Confided: to let in on a secret; to disclose

Described:to give additional information

Explained: to make or offer an explanation

Finished: to conclude or complete

Quipped: to say ironically or unemotionally

Implied: to suggest, hint, or say without saying

Noted: to make mention; to acknowledge

Promised: to give word or make a vow

Puzzled: to say with doubt or ambiguity

Reckoned: to add or submit; to figure or believe

Rejoined: to answer an objection

Replied: to answer a question or comment

Responded: to reply or answer a question or comment

Retorted: to reply to criticism in a sharp, witty way

Returned: to answer an objection; to reply to a criticism or charge

Speculated: to guess using information available

Surmised: to conclude or deduce

Said Synonyms- Arguing

Accused: to charge, slander

Agreed: to concur, to be in harmony

Argued: defend position, disagree or dispute

Chided: to scold mildly; to goad into action

Commanded: lead; overwhelm opposition

Contended: to argue, dispute, disagree

Countered: to dispute, question

Convinced: persuaded; remove all doubt, win over

Disagreed: to be at odds; to not agree

Emphasized: to stress

Exclaimed: to speak suddenly, loudly with surprise

Interjected: to add or assert; to interrupt

Interrupted: to cut off or disrupt; to interject out of turn

Maintained: to assert, to support by argument, to affirm

Objected: to disagree; be in oppostion to

Pleaded: to implore or beg; to speak desperately

Proclaimed: to announce officially; support publicly

Proposed: to set forth a design or plan

Reasoned: to state calmly and with logic

Sassed: to speak back to authority figure; rebel

Screamed: to use high pitch loud voice

Threatened: to say in menacing manner

Warned: to make aware in advance of harm, danger, or evil

Yelled: to shout or use loud voice; scream

Said Synonyms- Suggesting

Chimed In:to add (usually) unwanted advice

Coaxed: to convince against someone’s will; change mind

Dared:challenge, question

Hinted: implies suggestion

Implied: similar to suggest - indicates a definite idea

Insinuated: to convey sth unpleasant in a sly, sneaky way

Intimidated: to say without saying, stresses delicacy of situation

Pondered: to consider; to weigh all options

Suggested: to propose as a possibility, to imply

Urged: To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort

Said Synonyms- Questioning

Asked: to question or solicit

Begged: to ask in a humble manner earnestly

Blurted: to interrupt or interject, to ask all together

Bugged: to ask repetitively; difficult or unwanted questions

Demanded:to ask for urgently and boldly

Guessed: to infer; to ask without evidence

Hypothesized: to guess, infer

Implored: to ask with fervor, implying desperation or distress

Inquired: to ask, seek information

Insisted: to demand strongly, to declare firmly

Pleaded: to answer a legal charge, to lovingly implore

Questioned: to ask, doubt, or dispute

Requested: to ask (sometimes) formally

Wondered: to say with puzzlement or doubt

Worried: to cause to feel anxious, distressed, or troubled

Said Synonyms- Acknowledging

Acknowledge: reluctant disclosure of something perhaps a secret

Admitted: reluctance to disclose or concede facts

Affirmed: implies deep conviction, little chance of contradiction

Alleged: to assert or declare, especially without proof

Approved: to consent or agree

Avowed: boldly declaring, often in the face of opposition

Boasted: to take pride in, brag or overstate

Bragged: to boast or overstate; be prideful

Conceded:similar to acknowledge and admit

Confessed: an admission of a weakness, failure, omission, or guilt

Corrected: to instruct more correctly; remove misconception

Denied: not accepted; unused, refused

Disclosed: to reveal something previously concealed

Divulged: to reveal sth that should have remained secret

Fretted: to needlessly worry about small details

Greeted: to acknowledge presence; salute, salutation

Imitated: to copy, mimic or simulate

Jested: to make fun of, tease

Marveled: to speak with wonderment or amazement

Nodded: to move head up and down in agreement

Praised: to speak of with honor; to speak highly of someone

to speak of with honor; to speak highly of someone

Revealed: to make known that which had been secret or hidden

Uttered: to articulate; pronounce or speak

Volunteered: to give or offer to give voluntarily

Said Synonyms- Sounds & Misc

Babbled: to speak incoherently; gibberish, like baby talk

Bubbled: to speak lively and expressively; with joy

Chatted: to speak informally as to a friend

Chortled:to chuckle gleefully; short laugh of joy

Chorused: to speak simultaneously, together

Chuckled: short, soft laugh; usually to one’s self

Coughed: short, strong expulsion of air from lungs

Decided: finished, set

Echoed:repeated sound

Gasped: heavy breath after scare or physical exertion

Giggled: short, high-pitched laugh from fear or nervousness

Growled: rough, threatening manner

Gulped: to speak taking in large amounts of air as if drinking

Gurgled: to speak with fluid in the throat

Hissed: to speak in evil threatening manner

Hollered:to shout usually to someone at a distance

Lisped:to speak unclearly substituting sounds especially ‘th’

Panted: to speak as if out of breath

Piped:to speak suddenly and loudly

Quavered: to speak emotionally with faltering voice

Shrilled: high pitched shriek

Sighed: to speak with difficulty as if bored

Snickered: to say derisively with a laugh

Sniffed: to say as if about to cry

Snorted: to say with contempt and a short burst of breath

Sobbed: to cry uncontrollably

Sputtered: to speak with difficulty perhaps from impediment

Stammered: repeating words and sounds while missing others

Stuttered: to repeat certain sounds multiple times

Vowed: to promise solemnly; pledge

Wept: to cry softly, quietly

Whimpered: to cry or sob with soft intermittent sounds; whine

Whine: to complain or protest in a childish fashion

Credit to http://www.synonyms-antonyms.com/synonyms-for-said.html

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