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Choose the new SFTH gifs!

You know how it goes: I choose another SFTH video and I turn it into gifs that you shall enjoy for the next few weeks.

For the people who have sent in requests, I'm working on them, I promise! It's been a crazy few weeks, but I'm back and those will be the first ones I make! Thank you for your patience!

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Now that we have some more canon ao3 tags, here's a revised ao3 tagging guide from tumblr user youling-the-ghost (or insertkoolnamehere on ao3)!

(quick note: this one is going to focus on things specific to the sfth fandom so it's not going to touch up on the general stuff like warnings and rating, but feel free to check out this post for a more general guide :])

(another quick note: all of the tagging conventions that I mention here are how canon sfth tags have historically been formatted, but there's always a chance that a new tag has a different way of formatting.)

Fandoms

You're most likely going to need two types of tags: the general Shoot from the Hip - Fandom tag and the longforms/sketches (if applicable).

If you need to tag a longform, you should format it like this:

[longform name] - Shoot From The Hip Sketch (e.g. The Unrelenting Aubergine - Shoot From The Hip Sketch)

This is especially relevant if you're the first person to write for a longform (I was the first person to write for Wild Wet & Worrisome, for example).

Here's an example of how I tagged my ditch fic just for reference:

Even though the Shoot From The Hip - Fandom tag redirects to the British Comedy RPF tag, it's still good to tag your fics as such just so there's a tag that encompasses all sfth tags.

Note: We can also try and get a Shoot From The Hip - All Media Types tag going as sort of our own sfth fandom tag, but I'm not certain that the ao3 team would be willing to make it canon. This might be something worth emailing the ao3 team about.

Characters

Character tags are pretty straightforward. Every character should be formatted like this:

[character name] (longform which the character originates from) (e.g. Titch (The Unrelenting Aubergine))

Again, this especially applies if you're the first person to write a fic about a character.

For characters with canon last names, the full name is usually listed without the longform at the end like this:

But there are some exceptions, such as Jemima Steven:

(my guess is that Jemima's surname canonically changes from Steven to Jeffrey so this is just easier)

Relationships

Relationship tags are also pretty straightforward. They should be formatted like this:

character 1 (longform 1)/character 2 (longform 2)

However, here are some things to note:

The characters should be sorted alphabetically (i.e. the character whose name is first alphabetically is listed as the first person in the relationship tag)

If two characters are from the same fandom, the longform only needs to be put in the end. e.g. Derek/Titch (The Unrelenting Aubergine)

/ indicates a romantic relationship while & indicates a platonic relationship. Remember that they're not interchangeable.

There also aren't many existing canon relationship tags in the sfth fandom, so chances are you'll have to write out the whole tag yourself instead of just searching up an existing canon tag.

Tags to Avoid

You shouldn't use these fandom tags because they have weird redirecting issues and could result in your fic being incorrectly tagged:

Shoot from the Hip Universe - it redirects to the D&D campaign

Shoot from the Hip Sketch - it redirects to The Unrelenting Aubergine

Shoot from the Hip fandom (without the hyphen) - it redirects to Beetroots & Murder

Shoot from the Hip Improv - it redirects to Beetroots & Murder

The ao3 team might be able to sort these problems out, but for the time being these tags probably should be off-limits just to avoid mistagging your fics.

Lastly, here is a document that compiles all of the existing canon sfth tags that you can use as a reference. I'll try my best to update it as frequently as I can, but feel free to DM me if I missed any :]

My DM's are always open if you need help with navigating ao3 (it can be difficult I know, I've been there) and I really hope this post helped!!

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more sfth textposts!! :D

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"I'm a real boy but I'm still no good at it" 😭😭😭 what if I sobbed

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some parts of the grape depression I related to lol :)

this one hit hard lol :’)

i too am weak and simple in the body 😔

As a trans guy, Pinocchio insisting he was a real boy was SO real

im also not good at being real

My muscles are also tiny and I have depression too :D love to be represented 😌

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THE GRAPE DEPRESSION

Once again the boys at Shoot From The Hip have created another masterpiece.

Not for the first time, Tom Mayo steals the show as yet another sweet and endangered child, frail of limb but innocent and good at hugs

The Don Vincenzio (AJ keeps making up foreign names and the others keep getting them wrong lol, see The Phantom Begruvia) may or may not be connected to the Sicilian Mafia. We know he has enemies, because they kidnapped his son once upon a time

The Don missing his own son and wanting another "my heart is starving" and being heartless until he gets his son back

Maria being an interesting counterpoint to this because she is also willing to go to great lengths for the sake of protecting her family (and getting back to how things were before; both she and the Don want to go back to their own happy family past)

AJ seemed to be having a lot of fun playing the Messed-Up Wooden Boy Thing, so that's nice for him

Geppetto being a father desperate to save his children made me feel Emotions...especially when he offered to give up his soul rather than kill Pinocchio...when he cried over Pinocchio's wooden remains...

Tom making his dying outstretched hand turn to a little wooden treelike thing was a nice touch. I expected nothing less of my beloved. Not to mention the bit where he came back from the dead and said "I have Seen the Great Beyond!! A great beast waits in the dark for us all!! :)" Lovecraftian but without the racism. All hail our unproblematic king.

That last spooky bit, working with all the other Spooky Bits, the inhuman wooden man-boy, the sister willing to murder to keep her family alive, the Don threatening his tenants unless they give him a son, and yet the Spookiness is balanced by Love; they work together like apples and caramel. A perfect story for this autumn time of year.

All my favorite SFTH plays balance humor with serious Dramatic Feelings. I think the Grief and Love and Drama make the humor more meaningful and more unexpected. The guys aren't afraid to make the characters genuinely care about each other. (And honestly the stories they come up with are Pretty Darn Good even when you ignore the humor part. Funny how people make better stories when they're not trying to fit the standards of What's Marketable or What's Clever and Cool.)

In conclusion, your honor, I love Tom so much

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hi apparently my latest brainrot is two side characters who barely interact so here you go bon appetite :D

flash + movement warning

audio credit: “I wanna feel calm” by bears in trees

video credit: shoot from the hip (@shootimpro) improvised play #22 - The Milkman

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such a mood tbh

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Shark Culling Laws Poster

Designed by Matteo Musci

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I like your shoelaces

thank’s i stole them from the president while he was distracted by sentient cubes killing shirtless gays on horses with swords

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this was so funny gosh

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pls sir could you just spare a smidge of your gender please a mere morsel I beg of you

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Esmeralda (again) 🥀🦇🫀

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Drawing sfth fanart in front of people is great cause if they don’t know sfth then they just think you’re doodling random things, if they DO know sfth, well that hasn’t happened to me yet- but it would 100% be positive

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reminder that my request are ALWAYS open!!

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meme dump!!! <3