diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index 0ac557ee3..2e7ef8714 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -369,6 +369,53 @@ class DText
     s
   end
 
+  def self.from_html(text, &block)
+    html = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(text)
+
+    dtext = html.children.map do |element|
+      block.call(element) if block.present?
+
+      case element.name
+      when "text"
+        element.content
+      when "br"
+        "\n"
+      when "p"
+        from_html(element.inner_html, &block) + "\n\n"
+      when "blockquote"
+        "[quote]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/quote]" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "small", "sub"
+        "[tn]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/tn]" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "b", "strong"
+        "[b]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/b]" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "i", "em"
+        "[i]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/i]" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "u"
+        "[u]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/u]" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "s", "strike"
+        "[s]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/s]" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "li"
+        "* #{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}" if element.inner_html.present?
+      when "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6"
+        hN = element.name
+        title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block)
+        "#{hN}. #{title}\n"
+      when "a"
+        title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block)
+        url = element["href"]
+        %("#{title}":[#{url}]) if title.present? && url.present?
+      when "img"
+        element.attributes["title"] || element.attributes["alt"] || ""
+      when "comment"
+        # ignored
+      else
+        from_html(element.inner_html, &block)
+      end
+    end.join
+
+    dtext
+  end
+
   # extract the first paragraph `needle` occurs in.
   def self.excerpt(dtext, needle)
     dtext = dtext.gsub(/\r\n|\r|\n/, "\n")
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
index 2e9ea50b0..27e7f10f1 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/deviant_art.rb
@@ -36,47 +36,11 @@ module Sources
       end
 
       def self.to_dtext(text)
-        html = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(text)
-
-        dtext = html.children.map do |element|
-          case element.name
-          when "text"
-            element.content
-          when "br"
-            "\n"
-          when "blockquote"
-            "[quote]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/quote]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "small", "sub"
-            "[tn]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/tn]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "b"
-            "[b]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/b]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "i"
-            "[i]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/i]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "u"
-            "[u]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/u]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "strike"
-            "[s]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/s]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "li"
-            "* #{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6"
-            hN = element.name
-            title = to_dtext(element.inner_html)
-            "#{hN}. #{title}\n"
-          when "a"
-            title = to_dtext(element.inner_html)
-            url = element.attributes["href"].value
-            url = url.gsub(%r!\Ahttps?://www\.deviantart\.com/users/outgoing\?!i, "")
-            %("#{title}":[#{url}]) if title.present?
-          when "img"
-            element.attributes["title"] || element.attributes["alt"] || ""
-          when "comment"
-            # ignored
-          else
-            to_dtext(element.inner_html)
+        DText.from_html(text) do |element|
+          if element.name == "a" && element["href"].present?
+            element["href"] = element["href"].gsub(%r!\Ahttps?://www\.deviantart\.com/users/outgoing\?!i, "")
           end
-        end.join
-
-        dtext
+        end
       end
 
     protected
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/nijie.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/nijie.rb
index 71de9869d..53e32d21e 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/nijie.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/nijie.rb
@@ -50,26 +50,9 @@ module Sources
 
     protected
 
-      # XXX: duplicated from strategies/deviant_art.rb.
       def self.to_dtext(text)
-        html = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(text)
-
-        dtext = html.children.map do |element|
-          case element.name
-          when "text"
-            element.content
-          when "strong"
-            "[b]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/b]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "i"
-            "[i]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/i]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          when "s"
-            "[s]#{to_dtext(element.inner_html)}[/s]" if element.inner_html.present?
-          else
-            to_dtext(element.inner_html)
-          end
-        end.join
-
-        dtext
+        text = text.gsub(/\r\n|\r/, "<br>")
+        DText.from_html(text).strip
       end
 
       def get_commentary_from_page(page)
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/pawoo.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/pawoo.rb
index 1605332e0..6c27eea80 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/pawoo.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/pawoo.rb
@@ -55,32 +55,13 @@ module Sources::Strategies
     end
 
     def dtext_artist_commentary_desc
-      to_dtext(artist_commentary_desc)
-    end
-
-    def to_dtext(text)
-      html = Nokogiri::HTML.fragment(text)
-
-      dtext = html.children.map do |element|
-        case element.name
-        when "text"
-          element.content
-        when "p"
-          to_dtext(element.inner_html) + "\n\n"
-        when "a"
+      DText.from_html(artist_commentary_desc) do |element|
+        if element.name == "a"
           # don't include links to the toot itself.
           media_urls = api_response.json["media_attachments"].map { |attr| attr["text_url"] }
-          next if element.attribute("href").value.in?(media_urls)
-
-          title = to_dtext(element.inner_html)
-          url = element.attributes["href"].value
-          %("#{title}":[#{url}])
-        else
-          to_dtext(element.inner_html)
+          element["href"] = nil if element["href"].in?(media_urls)
         end
-      end.join.strip
-
-      dtext
+      end.strip
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/sources/nijie_test.rb b/test/unit/sources/nijie_test.rb
index 39dafb344..6e1528116 100644
--- a/test/unit/sources/nijie_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/sources/nijie_test.rb
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ module Sources
 
       should "get the dtext-ified commentary" do
         desc = <<-EOS.strip_heredoc.chomp
-          foo [b]bold[/b] [i]italics[/i] [s]strike[/s] red\r
-          \r
+          foo [b]bold[/b] [i]italics[/i] [s]strike[/s] red
+
           http://nijie.info/view.php?id=218944
         EOS