Spoiler filtering now supports mystery fiction
OpenFiction Team9 April 20264 min read
When we added Sherlock Holmes to OpenFiction, it became clear quickly that mystery fiction has a fundamentally different relationship with spoilers than epic fantasy does - and that the existing filtering system, built for series like Stormlight Archive and Wheel of Time, wasn't quite the right tool for the job. This post explains what we've built, why, and how it works.
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Portraits, a rebuilt reading profile, and cascades that actually make sense
OpenFiction Team6 April 20262 min read
Today's update is a mix of visual and structural work - some of it immediately obvious, some of it quietly fixing things that have been a low-level annoyance since launch.
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Spoiler filtering just got a lot smarter
OpenFiction Team6 April 20262 min read
One of the most common frustrations with character encyclopedias and wiki-style references is that they're essentially unusable if you're not fully caught up. Look up a character you've just met and you'll likely see exactly how their story ends. OpenFiction was built to fix that - and today's update takes it significantly further.
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New ways to explore characters across a series
OpenFiction Team6 April 20262 min read
OpenFiction started as a spoiler-safe character reference. But the more series we add, the more it becomes something else too: a genuinely useful way to explore who's in a series, how they're connected, and where they show up. Today's update adds to that.
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Tolkien's Obsession with Dates (And Why It Matters)
OpenFiction Team26 March 20263 min read
Most authors invent a world and then tell a story set inside it. J.R.R. Tolkien did something rather different. He invented a world and then wrote its history - not just the broad strokes, but the granular, meticulous, almost compulsive detail of exactly when things happened.
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Introducing Spoiler Filtering: Look Up Characters Without Getting Spoiled
OpenFiction Team11 March 20263 min read
We've just shipped the feature that OpenFiction was built around: automatic spoiler filtering on character pages. If you've set up a reading profile, character pages now only show information from books you've finished. No spoiler banners to click through, no "read at your own risk" - just the data that's safe for you. Here's how it works and how to get started.
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