Dante's Cove
| Fandom | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Dante's Cove |
| Abbreviation(s): | |
| Creator: | Mike Costanza |
| Date(s): | October 7, 2005 – December 21, 2007 |
| Medium: | Television series |
| Country of Origin: | USA |
| External Links: | Dante's Cove at Wikipedia |
| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Dante's Cove is a supernatural soap opera that aired on the LGBT-oriented TV network here! from 2005 to 2007. It is generally considered very bad but very entertaining.
Dante's Cove ran for three seasons with twelve total episodes. A fourth season was announce but never produced.[1] The later here! series The Lair (2007–2009) takes place in the same universe.
Stephen Amell, now best known as Oliver Queen on The CW's Arrow, appears as Adam in the first season but was recast in seasons two and three.
The first Pacificon in 2008 was known as "Bitchin' Party", a reference to Dante's Cove, and its events included a group viewing of the pilot. Escapade 2009 featured a panel on Dante's Cove and The Lair, discussing: "Does one work and the other not? Is one taking itself too seriously? What are they going to do next, other than the crackiest thing possible?"
Footage from the series is sometimes used as an external source in vids for other fandoms. For example, SDWolfpup's Due South constructed reality vid "That's All" uses a Dante's Cove clip that becomes RayK and RayV's clasping hands.
Example Fanworks
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fanfiction
Vids
- Sugar Pie Honey Bunch by suzvoy (October 2006) — Used as the fandom's introductory vid at strangefandom.[2] Download only; rated R.
- Bad Boy by SDWolfpup (August 2008) — Premiered at Vividcon 2008 Club Vivid. Download only; includes NC-17 footage.
Fansites and Communities
- Dante's Cove Fan Fiction, Episode Reviews, Music Videos, Wallpapers and Links by Kassidy Rae and fantomas
- dantes_cove, the biggest Dante's Cove community on LiveJournal, founded in October 2005. Content is locked to members and membership is by approval only.
- dantescovecanon at LiveJournal, a canon resource community
- dantescove_art at LiveJournal, for fanart, graphics, and vids
- Dante’s Cove Fanfiction Fests at LiveJournal (2006–2008)
Links and Resources
- Dante's Cove at Archive of Our Own
- Dante's Cove at FanFiction.Net
- Dante's Cove tag at Tumblr
- A Guide to Dante’s Cove on LiveJournal by spikedluv for newbieguide (December 2006)
- Main List of links at dantes_cove (January 2008)
References
- ^ here! Networks Announces the Return of “Dante's Cove”, 08 April 2009. (Archived 01 May 2009 by the Wayback Machine.)
- ^ jarrow at strangefandom. Round 1 Strangers: Dante's Cove. Posted 03 August 2007.