Blather About Fanfiction

Well, I shouldn't say "lost" so much as "removed from the collection because the previous archive maintainer was a lazy bum with no Google-fu or tenacity."

Precisely one story is known to me to have been removed by the maintainers of BSMFN. It was "Horizon" by Elwen Skye. The wild hair took me to find it today, and find it I did. It was waiting on ff.net, right there in plain sight.

The reason it was removed was that apparently it had been on a private site, and the email given no longer worked. That was the policy in the early days, to remove stories where the author could not be contacted. Fine and dandy, and I understand. However, I do not believe in losing things once you've already deemed them worthy. Sooo, before I get it linked back to the live site, enjoy an early poem of Haruka and Michiru over this way: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1069738/1/Horizon

I believe this originally dated to about 1999; it's on ASMR that early, at any rate. It could be older. (Not that "older" always means "better," just that it was perhaps more novel at the time than it would be today.)

Indeed, I have been reading/skimming some of the fics at BSMFN that lack categories. Many I'd read once before. Some are not to my taste, but most have stood the test of time. Still 55 to go. *deep breath*

And I have popped Sailor Renegade back online.It's not officially linked and live yet, but soon! I am in talks with a cohort about penning the end (both of us are a bit crazy. At least we've both scribbled some comics before.)

I'm sure my professors would despair that my chosen field of work is in preserving fanworks for a Japanese children's show. *facepalm*

I'm already diving into my next salvage project. Predictably (I suppose) it's recovering some more lost and forgotten work from one of the prolific contributors to the SDKLR -- Astrodonna. It seems the gal wrote a doujinshi back in 1999. I thought to myself, "No way is the majority of this doujinshi still going to be floating around online ten years later." Still, it's Astrodonna and her art is worth the effort, so I checked. Page after page started coming up. I still cannot believe it. More than 100 pages long, and only one page is missing!

I am trying for the last time tonight to turn up any live links to any of the pages this was hosted at or current names of the web host, but it appears it's well and truly dead. The main page is tossing up 404s and nothing similar is coming up in Google, so I'm guessing this is pretty much going to be a "done deal" to get it live again before summer is over.

This is quite possibly the best forgotten jewel I've unearthed yet. You can thank me after you read it.

Anna-chan's site lives once more. Nip on over to Anna's page and take a test drive. Try not to sear your eyes on the pink front page (I'm sorry, that's how she designed it.)

Not from me, this time. Maraviollantes has dedicated himself to preserving an entire gamut of fan-created Sailor Moon games. This includes the NES-type games and the other sorts of ... fun things Moonies used to do online, including Moonie Codes and "You know you watch too much Sailor Moon when..." lists. I can see this site becoming a huge timewaster. Visit the site at sailorvgame.org to see the impressive amount of recovery he has done.

I did have a site I was almost ready to take live, but I've put that one on hold for now as I am missing a huge chunk of the prize content. Instead I decided, since I had a request for it, I would work on Anna-chan's Bishounen Ai no Dark Kingdom. There will be some overlap with SDKLR but there's enough content (including the sequel to "Thorns of Balm,") that I figure I had better make the set complete and add the content.

You can tell it's summer (almost) by my ability to putter around on the websites. I sat down with SDKLR this afternoon and...

-- Put up the Herald Elanor and Jess Stonicus pages under Prolific Contributors. Herald Elanor is, sadly, devoid of content, as she seems to have disappeared off the face of the internet. Any leads on her stories would be appreciated.
-- Added some more contributor artwork. This includes some "extra" Astrodonna pieces I had saved (maybe not from SDKLR) and an entirely new unknown artist section under fanart. At least some of that fanart is about half-identified, but if anyone out there can help confirm this, I'd be appreciative. And give you an e-cookie. I waited on putting them up hoping that, I don't know, a prophetic dream would somehow enlighten me. Didn't happen. I'll take my chances with internet wrath.

So, what's left for SDKLR? Not much. I'm just hoping to fill in the gaps at this point. If it happens, it'll be great, but I'm not holding my breath. About the only thing I haven't done is duplicate the contributor's fanfiction on my site, but as that's available elsewhere it's not a priority right now.

Although I don't think I've said anything to this yet publicly, I want to thank everyone who has emailed me to thank me for hosting both the SDKLR and the Best Sailor Moon Fanfiction sites, and all of the visitors who privately think the same thing. I certainly started the rescue project for selfish reasons, but I am very happy other people are getting their nostalgia kicks along with me. Believe me when I say I know that feeling of excitement and relief when the long-lost site suddenly pops up in a Google search, and there it is, layout and all, waiting as if it hadn't been lost for five or six years. I'm right there sharing it with you.

I spent some time yesterday going over the archive to update some of the linked fanfics that were lost in the death of Geocities. They've all been updated and the archive should be fully functional again.

I also added (by hand) all the category listings for the stories that I had handy. The oldest stories (around 60, maybe?) do not have categories. It will be a bit more involved to catch all of those. Now, the hope is that I can add those categories to the top of the page so you can search for topics in your browser's built-in search function.

I also noted the categories never included villains or Starlights (probably a product of John Hitchens' reading proclivities/lack of info and interest on those characters in the late 1990s) so I hope to eventually tag all those stories appropriately instead of filing under 'Misc.' And then I think the category names actually weren't consistent, SO, you see my dilemma. It will be a long, involved process to get that category listing sorted out.

And on that note, as always, if you have a story listed over there and you have changes or whatnot, just give me a shout. I'm happy to update listings for you, or delist them if you no longer want to be hosted.

Twelve+ years wasn't a bad run for a free service, I suppose.

At any rate, just as a priority to myself, this means:
1. I'll need to upload a few fics to BSMFN archive.
2. I want to finish up SDKLR's Prolific section.
3. I'll be choosing another Geocities site to recreate for my summer project. It will probably be another fic archive (I have one in mind, actually) if it hasn't already been moved elsewhere.

A Dark Kingdom cel gallery at Rubberslug -- ooh la la!
http://kunzite.rubberslug.com/gallery/home.asp

And because everyone needs reminding now and then (especially you new writers)...Overused Fanfic Ideas.
http://www.sempai.org/~tonbo/fanfiction/overused.html

In fanfiction news, I've been patiently tracking down Geocities DK sites for whenever Geocities dies. I haven't figured out what to do quite yet but I do have a LOT of history saved. My goodness. The things we'll lose when Geocities dies is staggering.

With the news Geocities is on its last legs and closing down later this year, I've gone into "fiction rescue mode" again. Pretty much if I've linked to your site here and it's on Geocities, I harvested your content. If I can't find it online after Geocities goes boom, expect it to be hosted on lethesbanks.

We all knew they were out there. Here are a few:

Greenbeans' Guide (aka "The Old Testament")
http://gbeans.tyrlen.org/homepage/tr-guide.html

Helen Szeto's Guide (aka "The New Testament")
http://sailormoonworstofweb.tripod.com/fanfic/aq-cw1.html

Pandora's Writing Guide (slightly more basic, also more humorous)
http://webhome.idirect.com/~pandora1sama/spelchek.html

BSMFN

All stories (except for the one requested to be removed by the author) are now either put online OR linked to the author's website.

I'm now considering BSMFN static unless I get back into reading "new" fanfiction and decide to start adding my own story choices.

I found this one whilst Googling and thought I would share. The original document is at http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/dayanjell/antons/favorites.txt

Hosted on The Best Sailor Moon Fanfiction on the Net:
Sailor Moon: Guardians of the Star by Eric den Biesen
A Tokyo Senshi in Queen Rei's Court by John Biles
Dreamworld (mature) by Lord Chaos
The LunchCounter by Kenjiro Cross (Robert Haynie)
Human Voices by John Hitchens
Ripples by Laura Hudson
Urges by Richard Lawson
Awakening 1 & 2
Obligations
The End of the Beginning
Anniversary (mature) by Tim Nolan
Damaged by Elizabeth Tuckwood
The Four Horsemen
Kiss of the Enemy (mature)
Secrets
Pictures at an Exhibition by Ken Wolfe

Can be found at SDKLR
The Bitter Glass (mature) by Mara Celes

Some You'll (I'll) Have to Google
Bishoujou Senshi Sailor Moon: Eidolon by Adam
Redemption (mature - violence & sexual content) by Aurora Eos Rose
Pressure by Black Lady
Moon Revenge
The Pink and the Blue by LeVar Bouyer
The Stuff That Doesn't Make Sense by Jon Carp
Circles of Time: Bad Guy by Jon Carp and Greenbeans
Rules to Abide By
Senshi Kurai by Jackie Chiang
Anyoku (mature) by Orchyd Constyne
Five Minutes by Chris Davies
Fantasy (mature... ok, more like *very* suggestive) by Lois Fogg
State of Love and Trust (mature - very much a hentai fic) by Sean
Gaffney
Trials and Errors by Sean Gaffney and Jeffrey Hosmer
College Life
Reaching Equilibrium by Greenbeans
College Life Vignette: When Sisters Come Calling by Fred Herriot
Identity Crisis
That Time of the Month by Koneko
Romeo and Minako by Kotetsu
Angry White Male by John Lauder
The Next Cycle by Richard Lawson
Domesticated Demons by Victor Naqvi
Vampire Princess Michiru by Nightbreak
Crimson Sailor Mercury by Sailor Alpha
Cycles by Saun
The Kaioh Family Comes for a Visit by Ilana Tavan
What Evil Lurks by Greg Taylor
Pop-Tart Prediction
As We Were (mature - much worship of the porcelain god) by VO1

Some websites are listed as well:
Tim Nolan
Greenbeans
Ken Wolfe
Chris Davies
Sean Gaffney
Jon Carp
Aurora Eos Rose

You can't stop at just one.

Becca-oneechan's DK Archive http://www.pacifier.com/~rebeccar/DKmain.html

Lady Jadeite's Dream http://ladyjadeite.homestead.com/home.html

Zoisite's Cherry Blossom Fanfic Page http://www.angelfire.com/ri/zoisite/index.html

Forbidden Desires http://www.geocities.com/cairnsynz/jednef1.html

Memoirs in Jade http://www.geocities.com/jeddyteddy/home1.html

More fun stuff to come after another late night binge of Googling, I'm sure.

This's Nothing!

Sardonyx is best remembered for her quirky writing style in the DK portion of fandom. I was lucky enough to find all her writings, and am now hosting them on my site. The site may look a little different from what you last remember, but I promise the content is the same.

http://gradient.tripod.com/

+Gradient is one of the better SM writers to be discovered, and I was pleasantly surprised to find the site was still alive. You won't go wrong with any of them. Most fics are set around the S timeline; Saturn is a favorite topic.

With a lot of patience and perseverance, I have uncovered the majority of the work from the SDKLR. I am hosting Soylent Green's fics here. Her fanart is coming soon as well.

As you may recall, she had a fairly large selection of high quality submitted fanfics as well. Those were rescued earlier and can be found here, at another DK old-timer's site. I think I've rescued a few more than this from oblivion, so I'll add those when/if I get the time and inclination.

All this has been done sans permission from the artist formerly known as Soylent Green, so as much as it pains me (given that I've been dying for some SDKLR since geocities ate the site in 2003/2004,) if she comes knocking I will remove it. With a lot of teeth-gnashing. And wailing. And some wally-wallys, too.

SMRC Award Winning Fics: http://awards.smfanfiction.net/index.php
A subsite of SMFanfiction.net: http://smfanfiction.net/

SailormoonFanfiction.com: http://www.sailormoonfiction.com/
Contains the (Satan recommended) story "Fire" by Lois Fogg

Sailor Moon Fanfic.com: http://www.sailormoonfanfic.com/

The Best Sailor Moon Fanfiction.net: http://www.lethesbanks.com/BestFanfiction/alphabet.htm
I rescued what I could of this archive from Archive.org, and it is hosted on my webspace now. If you have problems with it, contact me.

TVTropes Recommended Fics: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/SailorMoon
Face it -- tropers know their stuff, and they know when something's fresh and new. These will not be your "standard" fanfic pieces. (DK fans, "Rubies in Zoisite" is on this list as of this writing. Somebody nominate some Soylent Green stuff now, eh? ^_^)

I got into this crazy fanfiction and fanart stuff through Sailor Moon's Dark Kingdom. In honor of that, take some links. I'm leaving it the actual URL in case you need to hunt these down in Archive.org at some point in the future. More to be added if and when I find them.

Stayka's Dark Kingdom: http://www.dark-kingdom.de/

Nephrite and Naru's Sanctuary: http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/nephandnaru/index.html

In Metallia's Name: http://chinilpa.tripod.com/metallia/

LJ com Shitennou: http://community.livejournal.com/shitennou/

Dies, Nox, et Omnia: http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/threads/DiesNoxEtOmnia/

King of Illusion: http://www.geocities.com/jadeite_no_miko/home.html

Kunzite and Zoisite's Haven: http://www.soulcatcher.org/dark_kingdom/frame.html

Peppermint Storm: http://shitennou.path-of-thorns.net/

Submitted fics saved from Soylent Green's SDKLR (not Soylent's fics, sadly): http://www.soulcatcher.org/dark_kingdom/fics_archive/dk_fics_saved.htm

My Only Love: Dark Kingdom Fic Library: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/6490/dk.html

FF.net Kunzite/Zoisite Community: http://www.fanfiction.net/community/Dark_Kingdom_FanFics_featuring_Kunzite_and_Zoisite/35560/

E. Liddell's Library: http://meejit.envy.nu/thelibrary/

Russian sites:

Dark Kingdom: http://darkkingdom.ru/

Tata's Art: http://www.zoisite.darkkingdom.ru/

Just testing out the new place...

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Well, things look nice 'round these parts, and it never hurts to have a backup journal. I suspect I'll be keeping this as a fic-log. So I suspect. We shall see.