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Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

Where are all these fics with Candace in them? lol ;-)

You want self-inserts, look no further than all the God-awful Reader fic that's taking over Ao3.

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

At least X/Reader is much easier to blacklist/skip than always having to start a fic to figure out if a certain character has turned into a self-insert or not.

Re: the question: I second three anon above. I also know nothing about Candace apart from the fact she's his sister and I never read a fic sheer she seemed self-inserty. It's just easy to give her any personality the plot requires.

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

Wait, does ao3 have a blacklist function?!

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

It doesn't but there's a external script for that: http://quietgames.tumblr.com/post/75235075885/how-to-ao3-savior-an-updated-tutorial
(It's really easy to install and veeeeery helpful)

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

You can choose to exclude certain tags in your searches. If you type in a hyphen and then the tag you want to exclude, then it will get rid of all of those fics.

For example "-Reader" Should get rid of a lot of self-insert fics if you're searching through a fandom or tags for fics.

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

Where am I supposed to type that? I've tried both in other tags and search within results and it turns up a "0 works" search result every time.

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

Go to the "search with in results" section and use the minus character then what ever collection of words you don't want to see. Use "" if it's a phrase.

I don't understand how people don't know this. I figured it out as soon as I hoped on AO3 and I've been telling fans much older and wiser than me about it for years now it seems.

*shrugs*

way simpler than a plug in. It's also how I find a lot of the fics I rec since I can get so exact in my search results.

Re: SO....

[(Anonymous)]

You certainly are smart, anon! Yes, irl I'd like to be your friend so you could teach me how to be less dumb and inefficient. I'm sure your irl friends appreciate how selfless you are.