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Les Misérables - All Media Types (27)
Benjamin January Mysteries - Barbara Hambly (13)
Baldur's Gate (Video Games) (12)
Society of Gentlemen - K. J. Charles (12)
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner (10)
Band Sinister - K. J. Charles (10)
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Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare (1)
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They Can't Take That Away from Me - George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin (Song) (1)
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in our bedroom after the war by within_a_dream for gala_apples

Fandoms: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
16 Dec 2025
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Auggie and Chuck make it home, but now they and Stella will have to figure out what comes next

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A Sailor and a Scoundrel by within_a_dream for embraidery

Fandoms: Bridgerton (TV), One Piece (Live Action TV 2023)
04 Oct 2025
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A strange young woman is hired as a maid in the Bridgerton household. Eloise makes a friend.

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Weorþscipe by within_a_dream for Nary

Fandoms: The Doomsday Books - K. J. Charles
15 Sep 2025
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Odo and Laura entertain inappropriate thoughts about the Mithraic altar

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Hardware Upgrade by within_a_dream for Semjaza

Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
31 Aug 2025
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Waking up strapped to a table was never a good sign.

Tlacey gets her hands on Murderbot and gives it an upgrade.

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teeth and lungs by within_a_dream for winchestered_again

Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
30 Aug 2025
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At first, living with the Kendalls is so much better than living at home.
At first.

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AO3 Workskin for Forum Thread【EXPANSION PACK】 by AMereDream

Fandoms: No Fandom
09 Mar 2023
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An expansion to the existing forum skin by fencesit.

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06 Jun 2023
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AO3 Workskin for Forum Thread by fencesit

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17 Oct 2020
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This is a simple workskin that mimics a basic forum thread!

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How to Mimic Social Media in an AO3 Work by aerynevenstar

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12 Aug 2018
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This is a tutorial/live example on how to mimic social media in an AO3 work, specifically Twitter, Reddit, and LiveJournal.

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04 May 2022
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Discord (Dark Theme) Work Skin Guide/Preview by Heterochromia_Mars

Fandoms: No Fandom
20 Sep 2017
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a work skin that mimics the program Discord (for chatfics or fics that feature use of it!)
made this skin over a couple days; it won't look good on mobile or with creator's style disabled but the html is pretty easy to customise!
(Note: some folks in the comments have been kind enough to share some fixes for a few of the problems!)
If you use it, crediting and linking back here so other people can find it is appreciated :)
EDIT: I haven't updated this in quite some time so I'm giving blanket permission for people to share their own fixed and improved versions of the code! Just link back here so people can find some help for how to use it. happy writing!

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24 Oct 2020
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AO3 Work Skins/Tutorials by CodenameCarrot, La_Temperanza

Fandom Deadpool (Comics), Deadpool - All Media Types, No Fandom, Undertale (Video Game)
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