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Oh, it’ll be that newfangled alt.sex.stories over on that usenet I expect. I’ll get my 56k modem out and soon be speeding down the information superhighway! JayDee, never managed to summon a dragon, but did attract a drake with a dropped sandwich by the river.

That is on purpose, to reward authors and encourage them to go back and update older stories to use new site features.

When I say, “The world would work better if women were in charge,” I mean just about anyone but me. Why? First fact: It’s “my job” to make sure that all the lights are off and doors are locked when we go to bed because my husband will zombie walk right past a door that is standing open. Second fact: we go to bed when the sun is still up and wake up after dark so customers of my husband’s store can panic-buy their milk, eggs, and bread at the crack of dawn. This means when I check the back door, I get blinded by sunlight through the kitchen window if I’m up too late. Well, a few minutes ago, I flipped the switch on my way out of the room, but the light only got brighter. I spent probably about a minute and a half squinting at the glowing boob-light, wondering what sort of black magic electrical fuckery I was in for now, and contemplating what a sledgehammer would do to the fugly glass shade. Then…it hit me, just like a sledgehammer. Y’all. I just tried to turn off the sun. With a light switch. And got pissy when flipping the switch just made the room brighter. So, yeah. Just about any woman except me. I would do my level best only to get knocked down by a barrage of blonde moments. I’d attempt to bring about real, needed legal, societal, and economic change. Instead, I’d get hung up on ridiculous things like declaring boob-lights and whining electric cords illegal and enacting laws decreeing that pets are taxable dependents and people can be considered pets if they’re not fully housebroken. The world would burn.

Nothing like a trip to the veterinary ER to make a night interesting… Long story made short, Freyja had an abscess of her left anal gland. How did we know this? She decided to pass blood. While I’m not particularly squeamish, nor prone to the vapors when confronted with blood, this is my baby girl. She is not allowed to bleed, or have pain, or do any of the things that will make me want to strangle a handy god or three. She is an innocent furbaby, and deserves nothing but joy. But this at least was something that can be dealt with, and she is now home, loopy on pain meds and wearing the Inflatable Collar of Great Annoyance. She would like everyone to know that she lives with exceedingly evil humans, but we will be forgiven with sufficient treatos.

Doing some small tweaks. Member profile tabs are now all URL sticky. Are there any other areas that should be URL sticky?

In my 2013 Phineas and Ferb fanfic “Candace’s Perfect Body,” there’s a scene wherein Dr. Doofenshmirtz captures Perry the Platypus by trapping him inside a wool sweater and then using a huge blow dryer on it to make the sweater shrink around him. Tonight, I watched an episode of the recently revived Phineas and Ferb in which Doofenshmirtz traps Perry exactly that way. I’d love to think that the writers got the idea from me, but honestly, they’ve used so many different Perry-traps over the years that this coincidence seems like a statistical inevitability.

Not sure who this mystery writer is, but something tells me they enjoyed getting the chance to write that story. Call it a hunch. 😉

...eh, haven’t had a whole lot of ‘em. One of mine was so unhappy it inspired another writer to write both a oneshot really exploring the misery and a multiparter to give the plucky heroine a more upbeat fate. How’s about you. Favor the happily ever after?

So, getting some running around done, so I don’t have to deal with the chickens and the snow…. Ye gods...you’d think they never saw the stuff before. 🤣

Ah shucks, that kinda thing might chip away at my deep seated self loathing!

You all are making me miss my IBM PC XT, with its blazing fast 8088 CPU, 64k of RAM, and that spanky 10MB hard drive. And talk about operating systems? MS-DOS, baby! (I blew up 2 XTs and an AT before they gave me a PS 2, guaranteed not to faint under pressure.)

And it makes it easier for users to quickly recognise and avoid whatever horrific crime against fiction I’ve committed! Everyone’s a winner :)

Good explanation! Just to add my tip: If users don’t want to link offsite they can load their 250x250 (or smaller) userpic direct as a forum userpic first, and then use the forum userpic link for the archive profile. It’s worked for me for years! It does mean the forum and archive userpic are the same, but I don’t mind using the same on both.

All you need is a link to an image that you like. Go to a site that has an image you like, then right click that image; In the options you should see "Copy Image Link", click that. Now just paste that link into the box, and that should show the image that you want, after you click “save” at the bottom. This is mine for example. -- Remember it has to be small enough to fit the 250 pixel limit, I recommend using preview images or thumbnails, these will usually fit. -- Also be aware, the site doesn't allow a picture of a real person, so no personal photos.

Debating on whether I should point out the difference in meaning & spelling of “incest” vs “insect”… two different genres IMO (though I suppose an adventurous author could meld them together). Perhaps they’re after Shelob and offspring?

Numbers…. for several mine (I generally record in the mornings): Dale’s Game – Jan 1st @ 3704. 20th @ 3711. 28th @ 3791 Repair Guy – Jan 1st @ 5087. 20th @ 5099. 28th @ 5238. Jefferey – Jan 1st @ 19218. 20th @ 19261. 28th @ 19514. Thus, many dozens/hundreds. So if it’s genuine on the increase, that’s good. If it was, for whatever reason, being under-counted before, and that’s fixed, that’s good. My worry was it being bogus due to a glitch as I know how code can go.

There isn’t unfortunately, I can see general site wide traffic as well as new registrations. As far as google is concerned, the age verify pretty much stops it in its tracks. The improved archive search is much more reliable as people can search/filter by content tags on their own meaning more people actually find the content they are looking for.

There are many having issues at the moment. We are aware, and there are things that a user has to do in order for everything to work correctly. First thing, before you proceed. DO NOT use anonymous browsing for this part. You can go back to it afterwards. Be sure to do this from the main page: https://www.adult-fanfiction.org No matter WHICH browser, you must clear cache and cookies for ALL TIME. After doing the clear, close and restart your browser. Finally, you need to force refresh. (Press Ctrl+F5) That should fix the issues. You should be able to proceed once you do that. If you’re getting an error about activation, go to the register link and select the drop down option of “resend activation”. Remember, major software changes generally do require this sort of action. If, after all this, you’re still experiencing issues with the age verification, in Chrome/Edge, press F12 to access the console. You’ll see the exact error being generated. Let us know what it is. If you are experiencing bugs, please post them to the bug tracker. What we will need from you are specific steps you took to get the error, and screen shots if you are able. This will help in getting everything fixed, if there are bugs. DG

Checking in on all the rest of y’all in the range of Snowmageddon 2026. (Basically, the southern half of the US, northeast downward, half the Midwest, etc.) Everyone doing okay out there? It’s freezing here in southwest Missouri with snow on the ground, but our neighborhood hasn’t lost power...yet. Tomorrow is supposed to be round two of this nonsense. Cold’s vehicle doesn’t handle cold well, so he’s bundling up like he’s bound for the arctic and walking to work. Heiferlump, meanwhile, is determined to crawl inside my skin to sap all the warmth from my corpse, and let me tell you, that cat has cold toes. Those toes are also equipped with unfailing nipple-seeking stomping hardware, and I have the bruises to prove it. Naturally, I’ve held her up to the window circle-of-life style a few times so she can cuss out starlings on the feeder. Everybody, stay warm out there!

Totally sellable, comes with a lifetime supply of heating!

Easy to do, and hopefully was an easy fix! Unlike that time I added an extra space to some code and, long story short, there’s a piece of land nobody can walk on for millions of years until the background radiation drops.

Dunno, I’ve have some good writing sprints while in a foul mood.

Given the current tech market, might be the way we’re all heading.

Use gopher?

If you can’t get it by FTP, is it even worth getting?

God we all missed you here, JayDee. It really must be said. 😄

I imagine there are people who would be into chanting and incantations. Not to mention demons and dragons for some fun. I believe there are a couple stories on here which write about that.

I’ve been out of fanfic so long I don’t even know what the other website is anymore It were livejournal, long ago…

@InBrightestDay No apologies needed for not mentioning the others, silly.

I actually wanted to say a bit more here, not just to apologize for speaking up here before seeing if clearing the browsing history would help (I knew it fixed an issue with the age verification button, but arbitrarily assumed this problem was completely different), but also to say something I think goes unsaid a lot. I know @DemonGoddess and folks like @manta2g do a lot of work behind the scenes and may be stretched very thing, since donations can be scarce. I just wanted to say that I appreciate everything you all do, especially when something happens with the site and I’m suddenly anxious about what to do, as happened just now. I’ve never really interacted directly with either of you, but since I know that sysadmin can be a stressful job and can feel very unappreciated, I just wanted you to know that I don’t take you for granted, and that what you do for the site and for the people here means a lot to me.

Start time: 9 pm CST on 1/18. Projected end time is 6 pm CST on 1/19 Manta2g has been working her coding fingers for us, to update the archive to support PHP 8.x and other things that sorely needed to be updated. Members: Updated members dashboard Members have an account and can log in Email system fixed to prevent email providers from bouncing emails Activation and password reset bug fixed Resend activation option available on login screen (This may be needed if having problems logging in) Notifications system (if enabled in profile) Authors receive new review notifications (fixed) stories in the current reading list send notifications when a new chapter is added (New) Authors can now report & hide malicious reviews Authors can now see who has recommended them Authors can see who is currently reading their stories Authors can see who has recommended their stories Authors can add AFF forum links to review replies and story discussion. Authors can now set stories to only be visible to other members (required to be logged in to read) Members can now report stories directly from the archive for TOS violations. New story manager & editor Users: New archive level search engine New archive level advanced search engine Stories can now be filtered by tags Users are people who use the site without an account. Cleaner interface Robust authors/members search Updated TOS, Content Guidelines, & Privacy Policy Content Tags for AI usage Updated contact form Advertisers: New advertising system. self serve detailed statistics Something to keep in mind, once these changes roll out, you’ll need to manually clear your cache and cookies, or the pages won’t draw correctly. Beta Feel free to poke around!

@InBrightestDay FYI, I just reviewed “Meaningful Gifts.”

Ah well, I have to actually finish it first. But Julpups had a dream, a dream to see Willow getting cocked more times than Davy Crockett’s rifle, and left with a face like a painter’s radio, and in possession of an exceptionally well-travelled hershey highway, (admittedly, the challenge was not expressed in quite those terms, Julups being a somewhat higher-class individual than me), and it is now my hope to actually succeed in finishing what I started! That all babbled, if you’re a Buffy fan and like the sound of the idea, you could probably take the challenge and do a better and quicker job than me. It looks like the subdomain’s been a bit quiet of late, so I am sure any new contributions would be good ones. Although when the new series happens it’ll hopefully get busier. I haven’t really been to check it out myself for years, I only just got back into fanfiction mindsets recently.

Happy Birthday!!!!!

I’ve activated the account for you. Give it a try with the instructions posted above, and it should work.

I’m curious what you mean by general increase. Hundreds of new views? Thousands? How much is lots of new registrations? If you can’t say, that’s fine but you’ve got me curious.

Twas wondering, of course. Rational me likes to know explanations; maybe the way the hits are recorded has changed too? (ie story views vs chapter views)? I mean, yes, while an increased count is *nice*; I know that with numbers, it’s good to have reason behind it.

And this is why I don’t code, no matter how much AI is trying to convince me that it’s a good idea.

Depends on the story. My very first two long form fics didn’t have happily ever after, but they were somewhat happy.

One time I got into a really fowl mood and wrote that Naruto turned into a chicken story. I tried. They stopped me, shook their heads, said “Write what you know.”

That won’t work well for your writing. Or maybe you could write about happy things?

I had assumed that speaking the incantation would summon dragons & demons… it’ll remain unspoken & unwritten here.

I understand. I knew Manta was involved heavily in site-related matters, and you’ve always been around as well, whether you were formally working here or just struggling to survive your job (I’ve been there). My apologies for not also mentioning Bronx and @Melrick Thank you. I don’t know everyone here, and I don’t always talk, but this is also how I feel about this site. thank you for all that you’ve done for the site, and as with all the others, even if I don’t really say too much, please know how grateful I am for all of it. ❤️

I think all of us on staff feel the same way about the site. It’s a home online for us all, and we all want to make this site a haven for our members. We all have each other’s backs, and honestly, I can’t imagine not being a part of AFF. And that goes for all our members, too. I’ve gotten to know some of you, and I thoroughly enjoy feeling like I can make friends here like all of you.

I also did this just now, so that might have played a part. Sorry for being a bit behind everyone else. 😅

Try doing a forced reload CTRL+F5, sometimes it takes a bit of force for changes to show up.

You shouldn’t have to apologize for anything! You’re doing great work, nobody was sitting here expecting it all to be 100% through straight away I am sure Thanks for all the effort and work!

One year… might’ve been my first. I did a Halloween story, and decided to continue it with a sequel for the holiday story.

I’m going to have to leave myself a note, as this user is claiming that their main profile is locked. It’s more like they didn’t activate into the new system after the password changes, or were not inputting the password allowing for case sensitivity.

The bug preventing new forum registrations has been fixed.