CSS Abuse and HTML Tryhard
My HTML and CSS works are growing, and they're not all in the tutorial series (though honestly, a lot of my regular fics [not in this collection] have snippets of CSS in their notes, outlining and explaining quick little bits of computer magic used for an offhand effect [not being the focus of the work] in some chapter), but I figured that collecting the particularly CSS-heavy or *-related works (tutorials, demos, games, etc.) into one spot might be useful for readers and researchers, so... here they are, all in One Big Happy — ENJOY! 😁
Tutorials, QRLs (Quick Reference Lists), demos, [playable] games.
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Random works
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Acronyms, sōreîtai, Superman and such, sew it now seams by 𝖀𝓷ᶦ𝕔ⓞðə E Ⓜ️🅾️j̵͍̟̝̝̖̮̓ͭͨ̂̐̚ℹ️ (Charles_Rockafellor)
Fandoms: Superman (Comics)
15 Feb 2026
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Riddle me this:
The Riddler has left a set of clues to follow, and Batman is fighting other crime.
There's a hit piece on Superman in today's Daily Planet, by authors unknown. What sort of people could possibly have written it? It's up to you to find and sew together the seaming/seeming clues of this wild goose chase — and to watch out for red herrings!
Of course, if you get tired of syllogistic logic, then you could just... rebus alone! 😉 🤣
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̶̢̡̢̨̨̢̛͓̖͈̥̯̗͉̣͍̤̱̟͚͓̠̱̤̻̝͈̗͉̰͚̣͉̜̻̙͉̜͕̪̠̪̺̹̦̦̞̼̥͈̭̜̘͍̥̪̯̘̳͚̦̩̭͉̬̲̝̲̹̥̞̯͕̠̥̯̖͙͔̺̹̹̠̪͎̰̬̗̣̹̼̞̘̦̲̠̻͎͈͙̀̎̋́̆͒̽̃̀̊͊̿̅̄́̈́̇̆̾̔͂̿̏͛́̽͆̄͒̀͗̐̂́̉̀͗͑̀͋̌͐̓̿͒̈̑̉͒̔͂̄̇̅̍͛̃̑̏͊̾͐̈̽̊̄̐͒̋̃̆́́̆́̇̈͐̈́̑͐̑̅͌͗̈́̓͘̚̕͘͜͝͠͠͠͠͠ Foolproof, and just teh fool to prove it! by 𝖀𝓷ᶦ𝕔ⓞðə E Ⓜ️🅾️j̵͍̟̝̝̖̮̓ͭͨ̂̐̚ℹ️ (Charles_Rockafellor)
Fandoms: April Fools' Day - Fandom, CSS abuse - Fandom
01 Apr 2026
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Just a few gags, gimmicks, and general tomfoolery, some CSS and some textual, all brought together for April Fools' Day (wait: did teh title change?)... enjoy! 😉
(There's even a playable Red Dot [of sorts] for you to chase!)
...just keep an eye out for “Jack”! 🫨
(No, seriously: I say that with humor, but do beware of possible jump-scare .)〽 ♪ ♫
My kung fu
brings m@d 5k1||z to teh yard,
and they're like,
it's stronger than yours....
♫ ♪
— Milkshake
(...or an unreasonable approximation thereof)
Kelis, 2003
NB: With apologies, this isn't optimized for iPhone or Android (slightly better on Android than iPhone, and in either case better sideways in landscape than vertical in portrait); it's essentially functional on them, but not teh same experience as on a computer (a bit weird in Firefox and TOR, but fine in Chrome, MS Edge, and Opera).
Also: Teh lyrics are faux ego; I know just enough to have a little fun; my kung fu is not particularly strong. -
Inside, Outside, Upside-down by 𝖀𝓷ᶦ𝕔ⓞðə E Ⓜ️🅾️j̵͍̟̝̝̖̮̓ͭͨ̂̐̚ℹ️ (Charles_Rockafellor)
Fandoms: AO3 CSS, css - Fandom, HTML - Fandom
23 Mar 2025
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I threw this together overnight (and have tweaked it some since then). Just applying a few little CSS party tricks that I've learned or developed along the way... 😉
My tricks aren't revealed in the narration, but since this is a How To series, you should be able to ferret them out by now — and if not, then take it as your homework challenge! ❤️
Use your 1337 haX0r Wiz zen skillz.
Click for keynote
Best viewed on a COMPUTER browser with a MOUSE, not a 'phone where some effects will be missed or simply not optimized (though there are a couple of surprises that appear on iPhone [not Android] rather than desktop browsers).
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CAUTION, beware of audio from invisible video; see notes.
⚠️Cf. notes in work skin for issues w.r.t. different approaches used in this work.
Series
- Part 9 of How to
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Fonts, and colors, and work skins, oh my! by Charles_Rockafellor, 𝖀𝓷ᶦ𝕔ⓞðə E Ⓜ️🅾️j̵͍̟̝̝̖̮̓ͭͨ̂̐̚ℹ️ (Charles_Rockafellor)
Fandoms: css - Fandom, Work Skins - Fandom
24 Jan 2021
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Explains:
● how to make a work skin;
● how to view fics' work skin rules;
● how to colorize text and circle words and highlight backgrounds (examples in head-note), and change and resize your fonts;
● how to turn all links blue-underscore automatically;
● the CSS code for diacritics to render properly, e.g.: “ầ” & “ồ” (with diacritics not superimposed), or “ị” (with underdot directly beneath, not kerned to the left), without breaking words such as “gầu” or “vịt” (using a monotype font for these letters would create gaps to each side of the ầ or the ị). Head-note has corrected examples;
● Site Skin addenda to block / shrink tags, and block authors / works;
● even a quick way (code included) to simply make a Site Skin so that you can read everything in your font of preference!Full code is included.
I read, appreciate, and reply to all of your comments — they're always welcome!
𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆, 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆! ❤️
Series
- Part 5 of How to
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Chess puzzle extravaganza by Charles_Rockafellor, 𝖀𝓷ᶦ𝕔ⓞðə E Ⓜ️🅾️j̵͍̟̝̝̖̮̓ͭͨ̂̐̚ℹ️ (Charles_Rockafellor) for Mewsmodeus (Mewzebub)
Fandoms: CSS abuse - Fandom, Chess - Fandom
13 Jul 2025
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But does it play chess? While chess is hardly DOOM, there still are some constraints on actually moving things around without JavaScript (though gifbot has some ideas that might render such possible).
Don't panic! 😉
Time for some in situ RNG aikido.
I can't [yet] offer any definite way to actively play chess on AO3, and so, in lieu of such, I offer you 256 preconfigured static-display chess puzzles, one selected randomly per refresh, with random black or white to move, using only HTML and CSS, no offsite JS.
There are also some secret messages from the BBEG upon
:hoveron desktop Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, and TOR [in a WIN 11 environment], or upon:touchon iPhone Safari (Android Chrome... is iffy, because Android : it has both worked and failed for me, so no guarantees). Lemme know how it is on Mac / 'nix!Part CSS extravaganza demo, and part How To for leveraging RNG for stunning results.
Series
- Part 6 of How to