astolat
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| Name: | astolat |
| Alias(es): | shalott, the lady of shalott |
| Type: | archivist, developer, con runner, slasher, vidder, writer |
| Fandoms: | 24, American Idol, AtS, Arcana, Arthurian, Asimov Robots, Batman, Battle of the Planets, James Bond, BtVS, Coldfire, Daredevil, Dead Zone, Dracula: the Series, due South, D&D, Entourage, Forever Knight, Gladiator, Good Omens, Harry Potter, Highlander, House, M.D., Jeeves & Wooster, Justice League, L.A. Confidential, Lawrence of Arabia, Master and Commander, Merlin, Mr & Mrs Smith, PotC, Rome, Sherlock Holmes, Smallville, Spiderman, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, ST:TNG, Supernatural, The Sentinel, Tombstone, To Reign in Hell, Transformers, Wiseguy, X-Men |
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| URL: | intimations |
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astolat is a popular writer and vidder in myriad fandoms since 1994 and has contributed greatly to fannish infrastructure.
In 1998 she developed the Automated Archive software that powered the main archives in due South, Sentinel and Smallville slash fandom. In 2002 she founded Vividcon, the fan convention dedicated to vidding. In 2003 she founded Yuletide, the annual rare-fandoms gift exchange fanfic challenge. In 2007 she proposed and subsequently developed the Archive of Our Own that entered open beta in 2009.
As an author she wrote numerous fandom classics in large media fandoms such as Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, Smallville, Harry Potter and Merlin as well crucial works in smaller fandoms (James Bond, L.A. Confidential, Master and Commander, etc.).
Part of her fannish history can be found at her userpage on Fanlore.
Influential Works
- Queen of Spades (Bond/M)
- The World Turned Upside Down (Master and Commander) Genderfuck. Awesome.
- The Scholomance Series (HP)
- Transcendental (SGA)
- A Beautiful Lifetime Event (SGA)
- Time in a Bottle (SGA)
- Reconcilable Differences (Smallville/DC)
- Old Country (SPN/HP) Sam and Dean go to Hogwarts.
- The Crown of the Summer Court (Merlin). The elves are coming.
Influential Vids
- Bukowski (House, M.D.)
- Zebra (DS)
- Bohemian Like You (SGA)
- Passion HL; early constructed reality vid
- A Day in the Life (with Speranza) (Dead Zone)
- Pon de Replay (Entourage) features a manipped kiss
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