BronxWench

If you use Safari as your browser, I’m told it adjusted for the site itself, without needing the skin updated. That wasn’t true for other mobile users, however, and we got regular requests to make the site more mobile-friendly. I honestly couldn’t tell you how it was before on mobile devices, because I don’t read on my phone at all. The screen’s too small, and for me, as an Android user, I see vast expanses of empty brown background and lines and lines of menu before I get to anything I want to see. I haven’t even tried with a tablet, although I do use my tablet as a Kindle. The Kindle format works for me, but I don’t imagine I’d like AFF any better on a screen which is still too small to display it the way I prefer it, which is the desktop/laptop view. Do I personally miss the left side menuing? Hells, yes. Are we getting it back? Nope.

We have that here: Merlin (BBC)

If you look at the menu bar on the top of the home page, there is a clickable link marked Archives. The subdomains are listed under that menu option, in alphabetic order. The chapter list is at the top of the story page, and is now a dropdown list.

I am logged out every time I close my browser or navigate between my profile page and the home page. I have to log in on both pages in order to stay logged in if I navigate to a subdomain from either page.

Nope, I was just putting it in the format for our tech admin.

So: Subdomain: Television Category: Fortitude Do you have a story for it? Yes

It’s not just you. I’m logged out every time I close my browser as well.

I’m glad you’re able to get in again! I know it’s been frustrating, but the goal is to make it easier for mobile users while not totally making those of us who prefer desktops/laptops pull out our hair in sheer vexation.

I know I need to log in at the main page, and then open my profile view and log in there as well. That seems to stop me getting logged out every time I change page views.I suspect (but not a coder so this is a guess) it has to do with the profile page view still having left hand menus as well as the top menu bar. I just tried logging in with Chrome on my Android based phone. I will say up front that I have an old (and faithful) Samsung Galaxy SIII, and I was able to log into AFF and read a story. At first, I thought I wasn’t logged in, but I just had to scroll down to actually see anything. (Damned tiny screens...) Are you able to access the login fields at all?

The author is Alpharius_B-I-G, and it appears the story was removed from the archive for ToS infractions some time ago. The author currently has no posted work here, but does have contact information on the profile.

And again for Masking Intentions: From CloverReef on February 01, 2017 Something about the way you describe these masks. It colours the scenes in my head in a fusion of steampunk and woodland fantasy. The masks come alive on the page/screen. I love the little mentions of them adjusting to light or amplifying sight and smell. And I especially love their elaborate-yet-concise descriptions. This chapter came with a sexual tension that was subtle, yet bold. It was subtle in that the mentions were few and far between. There was nothing gratuitous. And it was bold in there was no puzzling over hints required. I could distinctly feel Kdis' attraction, and I believed it right from the first moment he saw the youth's face. During the bath scene, even when their discussion was nowhere near the topic, that attraction seemed ever-present, hovering like steam. I really enjoyed these chapters. I'll try to get to 4 tomorrow! Thank you! The masks are all actually characters in their own right, when I am being honest with myself. There are only certain people who are masked, and masks become both symbols of rank and authority as well as tools. And yes, I see them as part steampunk, part fantastical Carnivale creations. I do have a Pinterest board where I collect inspirations for this world, things that catch my eye and feel important. I am deeply pleased the sexual tension came through. Kdis knows his place, has had it quite literally beaten into him by the Stag, but the sprog is something unique to his experience. The Court, especially those of royal blood, don’t have those same social barriers he’s had to abide by, and he’s wary. Poor thing. He should be wary. But thank you again, and I’m delighted you’re enjoying this story!

For Masking Intentions: From CloverReef on January 31, 2017 (Chapter one) You are quite the wordsmith. Your vocabulary shines in the descriptions especially. The thing is, with some writers who use a lot of big/unusual/rare words, it comes off as awkward and boastful. Like they're trying to prove something. But with you, these words seem to come so naturally to you that their use doesn't give me pause. Not even for a second. They give your musical style a fascinating elegance that lends itself well to the genre. Kdis (how would you pronounce that?) is an interesting character. This prologue teases with hints of information about him. Enough to keep me, as the reader, sated in this introduction to him, yet not so much that I would become too familiar. It's a delicate balance that you handled expertly. I'm curious to see how his personality will come out in the coming chapters. The character that really piqued my interest here, though, is the stag. He was mysterious, prudent and violent all wrapped up in one neatly horned package. The kinda character that can make the reader flinch. It's unclear so far if he will take an important role throughout the story, so I hope I see him again. And just because your writing is so fucking amazing, I couldn't help but copy your review tactics and include a line that struck me. "Correct." The Stag backhanded the sprog with casual violence, watching the delicate spatter of crimson blossom against the sun-glazed sandstone. "And now you are dead. The wording of the action (and the supporting action) is so direct and concise that it doesn't only pack a powerful punch, but it does it with a violent beauty as well. Oh, my goodness, you have no idea how much I needed this review. Thank you! Kdis (which I pronounce “diss”) is a particular favorite of mine as far as characters go. He snuck up on me in a flash fic for the AFF Dribs, Drabs and Doggy Tales prompts, and then stuck around until I started to write more. It’s a harsh world, where survival takes more than skill. Sometimes, it’s pure damned luck, like being a handy thief at the right moment. And the Stag as one of the Crown is a fearful character indeed. I do think prudent is a good adjective for him, and most assuredly violent. The hand that trains assassins… But I am so glad you like this story! I’m sad to admit it’s been languishing a bit, but I am partway through the next chapter, and I do miss writing this one. Let’s hope I find my muse again!

Thank you. I’ll look into this and document it at once.

AO3 has a comment feature which allows authors and readers to discuss the story chapter by chapter. If you’re going to post and read on AO3, it makes sense to discuss it there, no? It’s not an unusual request. FFN won’t allow any links to anything not part of FFN. We’re not quite that draconian in the forum, although we ask that you don’t link to offsite stories anywhere in the archive.

It might be last pass trying to use characters which are invalid in our fields. But I’m glad it’s been solved!

I’ve been remiss in starting this here, but anyway… Review replies for The Lost and the Hidden City: From The_CL on October 14, 2016 Okay, finally got around to reviewing this. Sorry it took so long. I have to admit, I don't know these two elves but with the two of you writing, I have to say, I don't care! So far so good and I'm sure this is going to just get better and better. On to the next chapter. CL Hi, CL! It took me a while to reply, so… I’m glad you’re enjoying! It’s nicely fluffy, which is a change for Pip and me. But I think it will be fun, with enough drama to keep it from being cloying. From ANON - wanderingaddict on January 27, 2017 BW I was talking to shadowknight and then decided to look you up and HOLY COW how is there only ONE review for this nuggety, sweet-chocolatey treasure of goodness?? Hi other author, Pippy, I say the same thing to you as well. I've only just read the first chapter here but this sates a deep, thirsty need for the Tolkien world I always wanted but never actually had. Thank you both! Hi, waddict! I am so glad you did look me up, not that I’ve been hugely prolific online, but you know. It’s always something. But pip and I were talking about maybe writing a collab, and here we are. And it’s amazingly fun to write, so I’m really happy that you’re enjoying it (because to tell you the truth, I’d write it even if I was the only reader, but it’s nice to have readers). We wanted a pairing that wasn’t one of the usual match-ups, and there they were… Gildor Inglorion and Glorfindel. Just practically gift-wrapped for us… From ANON - wanderingaddict on January 27, 2017 alrighty, up through chapter 5: gotta say I'm terribly amused by the two of them just wiling away a few decades doing nothing but boinking each other. personally I was pretending a few weeks had gone past between each chapter and, since elves move so damn slowly, they were taking their sweeeeeeeeet long time just eating, sleeping, sexing, then doing it again. haha lulz I really can't underscore enough how much I like having gay elves in LotR. hopefully in a concrit term, I'd say that it'd have been nice to get a little bit more of an intro into Gildor before running with him. it wasn't until chapter 3 that I thought to look him up because I'd conflated him as Glorfindel in BOTH places in my memory and so had just assumed he was an OC! Glorfindel had some nice nods to his accomplishments and unique status btw if some more of that had been woven in for Gildor it'd have just let me get a better handle on who he was right at the start. doesn't distract from my enjoyment as-is however! I gotta say chapter 5 and I am iiiiiitchin' to see Gildor just straight up murder Glorfindel's ass with whatever he has to. Glorfindel is so dom, such a grabby tease - it gets to me! I gotta see the tables turned! Go for it Gildor I'm rooting for you! tear that big warrior-elf ass apart! I bet he could take A LOT. There isn’t a huge trove of canon about Gildor, honestly, so that was one of the reasons we went for him. Glorfindel is obviously much better known—slayer of balrogs, returned from the Halls of the Dead, and all that. So we wanted someone who we could play with and not trip over too much canon. Gildor was perfect—a Noldo, one of the Exiles who followed Fëanor out of Valinor to Middle Earth. He’d have been a contemporary of Glorfindel, before Glorfindel’s fall, and the plot bunnies went mad. And keep reading (I know you have!) because Gildor is not quite as passive as he seems at first. A little bedazzled by Glorfindel, to be sure, but certainly not to the point of becoming a cipher, to be sure! (And read lots of pip’s stuff. Some of it can be dark, but gods, she is an amazing writer!)

Ah, yikes. Hopefully our tech admin or coder will be able to correct me if I’m wrong, but this might be an Apple-specific glitch. We updated the site skin to make it more mobile friendly, but apparently Safari forces a site to display as mobile-friendly, which is why you never had a problem before the update. When we updated the site, it buggered it all up for anyone using Safari, and I’m assuming Chrome as well, since you haven’t been able to get in with Chrome. Android users aren’t experiencing this, as far as I’ve heard. This was as of yesterday, so I might be wrong, but it’s my best guess. Bear with us, we’re working on figuring it out if it’s still the issue.

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The it’s not MBP.

Depends on what you do with it.

And now all I can hear in my twisted little mind is Snagglepuss, saying, “Exit, stage left.”

Think of the “Summers Sexfest” as an event. If it were to need an apostrophe and an appended “s” to denote possession, or reference to the event, it would correctly be placed at the end of the event title: Summers Sexfest’s location, for example. So, if the possession is on the part of Snyder, then “Snyder’s Summers Sexfest” is correct.

::nods vigorously:: It’s ALWAYS the plot bunnies.

There is a wickedly dark book out, by an author who goes only by 19, called Schadenfreude. It is brutal, bleak, and without anything even closely resembling a happy ending, but it is perhaps one of the most chilling glimpses into the mentality of the doctors in the camps during the Third Reich. I will, eventually, read it a second time, but I need just a little more time before I’m quite ready for that one again. You’ve got the same brilliant ambiguity already showing in your characterization of Waeckerle as 19 did with his antagonist, Dr. Ahren Kaltherzig. As dreadful as Kaltherzig is, one cannot purely hate him, nor does he ever become a cliche. I feel it in my bones; your Waeckerle will be just as difficult to pin down, and that’s extraordinary.

For The Brownstone: Thank you! I’m very glad the brownstone itself was as much a character as my ill-fated protagonist. I suppose when you think about it, there have always been places which take on a life of their own, really, and New York is full of them. We’re proud of our haunted places, too. But there’s also the way life in a city as big as New York can be so anonymous, to the point where obsession can be mistaken for determination, and madness makes one fit in just that much better. The city changes the people it draws in, although we natives are already under its spell. But thank you again, and I’m glad you enjoyed it!