Blue Heron Tea Nook

hillsgladehouselibrary is open for all your elsewhere fic needs. Any writing with OC characters that do not interact with the existing serial settings, such as Jacob's Bell or Kennet, is welcome there, provided it meets the content rules.

Post formatting requirements there are similar but slightly different, so make sure to take a look at the rules before sending anything in.

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Fic formatting

Subject line: Work title [chapter number if applicable]

Title: Work title
Rating: General, Teen, Mature
Major Warnings: Graphic violence, body horror, abuse, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexual harassment/assault, or choose not to warn
Genre: Type of fic this is
Summary: Summary to tell readers what the fic is about

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Tag entries in this order

Top level: [!fic], choose between [!fic: oneshot] or [!fic: multichapter] as applicable

Otherverse serial: [.title]

Detail tags: [category: gen, f/f, f/nb, m/f, m/m, m/nb, or polyam] as applicable, [character: firstname lastname] for each major character, [crossover: fandom] as applicable, [series: title] for multichapter works, [rating: general, teen, or mature] as applicable

"Gen" as a category refers to fics that do not feature romantic or sexual relationships, or only show them in background characters. "Polyam" as a category refers to when a character is in multiple romantic or sexual relationships at once. If there are multiple relationships of different types in major characters, repeat the tag as necessary.

For all multichapter posts beyond the first, only tag as [series: title]. Do not apply any other tags.

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Meta formatting

Title: Essay Title
Major Warnings: Graphic violence, body horror, abuse, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexual harassment/assault, or choose not to warn
Summary: Summary to tell readers what this meta is about

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Top level tag: [!meta]

Otherverse serial: [.title]

Detail tags: [character: firstname lastname] for each major character discussed

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Ratings explanation

General Audiences: This content is suitable for anyone.
Teen And Up Audiences: The content may be inappropriate for audiences under 13.
Mature: This is for content with heavy themes.

Major Warnings explanation

The Blue Heron Tea Nook is a tag warning culture, which allows writers to push boundaries while ensuring that readers who wish to avoid such works can do so. Readers are expected to exercise reasonable judgement in what they can and cannot handle. These warnings have been selected because they are both likely to come up in Pale fanfiction, and because they are likely to upset significant numbers of readers when unwarned for.

If no warnings apply, write in "none."

Posters may opt out of listing these warnings by writing "choose not to warn." This means that any number of warnings may apply, but the poster does not wish to specify.

Graphic Violence: Gory, graphic, explicitly described violence. Exactly where to draw the line is your call.
Body Horror: Detailed description of parasitism, disfigurement, mutation, or unsettling bodily configuration meant to cause horror in the reader.
Abuse: Situations where a character is being abused emotionally, physically, or financially by another character with power over them.
Sexism: Gendered harassment or discrimination.
Racism: Harassment or discrimination on the basis of race.
Homophobia: Harassment or discrimination on the basis of sexuality.
Transphobia: Deadnaming, harassment, or violence on the basis of a character being trans.
Sexual Harassment/Assault: Unwanted sexual comments, insinuations, or actions towards a character.

Tagging explanation

Tags are used to ensure works are discoverable even after they are no longer on the front page. Tags beyond the instructions here may not be accepted.

Dreamwidth uses alphabetical order and simulated nesting of tags. ! and . both force tags to the top of alphabetical order, so they are used to ensure that important tags are displayed first on posts and in the tag list.

In multichapter works, entries beyond the first are left untagged except for [series: title] to increase discoverability of the first entry.

Tags on works here may be edited by admin at any time.