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Fimfiction.Net

Searching Fanfiction.NetFimfiction.Net differs pretty heavily from Fanfiction.Net in that for Fimfiction.Net, there are no categories... everything is in a single list, which can be searched, with tags and keywords, from a sidebar or from a drop-down menu. The set of tags has become more and more extensive over time, and you can exclude or include any one of them.

Fimfiction.Net"s Search Engine style interface allows you to look and filter for stories more easily than Fanfiction.Net. However, QJaffis is still more flexible, and the pages at Fanfiction.Net are rather bloated even by the usual standards of the Internet. Therefore, I found it worthwile to implement the QJaffis way of searching at Fimfiction.Net.

To the right, you see the QJaffis search interface for Fimfiction.Net. There, you can specify the search string, include or exclude (Fimfiction.Net defined) Genres, "Content Types", Characters, and Warnings, pick the wordcount and rating, whether the story has to be completed or not, and even how the results are ordered. I also include an Equestria Girls checkbox. You might note that the include/exclude for characters looks different: Since there are now over 200 listed characters, this alternate drag and drop picker keeps the characters you include/exclude in view.

The filters section is smaller, but in addition to the usual "Main Filter", it also includes another expression filter. This is because Fanficion.Net actually has two separate fanfic summaries/blurbs depending on whether you look at fic searches via the compact view or the more detailed view. I've also added two "Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down" Filters, these should be self-explanatory, but I'll note that since those at Fimfiction.Net are very hostile towards Thumbs Down, you'll probably need to set the Percent Thumbs Up to 85 or even 90, to get good quality writing.

When creating custom filters, most of available types, like WordCountFilter, are just like those described in the Filters section of Doing a Fanfiction.Net Search. There are a few Fimfiction.Net specific filters:


An Archive of Our Own

archiveofourown.orgAn Archive of Our Own seems to be the primary alternative to Fanfiction.Net nowadays, a large multi-fandom archive set up to cater to the authors more than Fanfiction.Net does. Therefore, stories are tagged according to things like sexual orientation and romantic pairing, something that probably would not occur to someone not well versed in fanfiction. Authors can also tag thier stories with special searchable labels.

Although AO3 (as it is known for short) has a search interface, the similarities to Fanfiction.Net (in addition to the fact that seasrch engine was down when I did my testing) prompted me implement it like Fanfiction.Net. The Search Parameters tab (not shown) lets you pick the categories (Fandoms in AO3 parlance). It also includes a tag search, and some basic filters: Rating, Sex Orientation, Warnings, and Completion Status. I'll have note here that the "Sex Orientation" filter does not seem to be completely reliable.

The default filters, as seen to the left, have more options. Aside from the usual main expression, we have built-in filters for Word count, "Kudos" count (like Favs or Thumbs Up), completion, the rating, and sexual orientation. Also, there are simple expression filters which check the author name, the character tags, and finally the extra tags.

When creating custom filters, most of available types, like WordCountFilter, are just like those described in the Filters section of Doing a Fanfiction.Net Search. There are a few AO3 specific filters:


Index : What is QJaffis? · First Things First · Doing a Fanfiction.Net Search · Global Filters · Skeletons · Downloading Fanfics and Updating Them · Fimfiction.Net · An Archive of Our Own