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My customer service voice is so good I was asked if I was a real person or a robot today

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snowgall
thereisstillalifetolive asked:

Hi there! I was wondering if you could please do a tutorial on how to exclude particular relationships in AO3 searches. (And if you happened to use Clint/Coulson in your example I have a friend who would probably offer her firstborn and possibly the second as well.) Thank you for the ones you've already done as well. :D

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snowgall answered:

This is a great question! And I’m happy to use your suggested example :)

AO3 Work Search Tips: Excluding Specific Relationships

So, your friend wants to find fics that don’t include Clint/Coulson in the pairings. The first thing you can try would be to go to the AO3 Work Search form as usual and simply adding -“Clint Barton/Phil Coulson” (the hyphen means “not”) in the “Any Field” bar like so:

And this should mostly work. If an author doesn’t tag for a ship, however, there’s nothing a search can really do about that.

(Note that because AO3 doesn’t differentiate between primary and secondary ships in a work, many users prefer authors NOT to tag secondary ships in the relationship field so as not to clog the search results. Luckily, doing an “Any Field” search will catch tags even when they’re used outside of the relationships field, but again, only if the author added them). 

There are a few additional details to be mindful of though. Like, why did I use “Clint Barton/Phil Coulson” instead of simply “Clint/Coulson” as you requested?

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duotoned

That is so much easier than what I’ve been doing

#ao3 has an advanced tagging system but no way to pick a main ship
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thecommonchick

i’m such a “look at the sky” “look at the sunset” “look at the moon” stay in the car to listen to the rest of the song typa person

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modwyr

odyssey au where everything is the same but odysseus is replaced by jean ralphio

PENNY P! You just missed the CRAZIEST of crazies. War. Gods. Monsters. Naked - MOM?!?! Betrayal. Fleeing the scene. Trapped on an island. Coming here. Disguising myself as a beggar for a week ‘cause technically I’m homeless

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