HIM

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Name(s):	HIM
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Date(s):	1991–1993, 1995-2017 (band)
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HIM is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1991 as His Infernal Majesty. Their first album was released in 1997, and their most successful album was released in 2005. Members have included Ville Valo, Mikko "Mige" Paananen, Sami "Juippi" Jokilehto, Juha Tarvonen, Mikko "Linde" Lindström, Oskari "Oki" Kymäläinen, Antto Melasniemi, Juhana "Pätkä" Rantala, Mika "Gas Lipstick" Karppinen, Jussi-Mikko "Juska" Salminen, Janne "Burton" Puurtinen, and Jukka "Kosmo" Kröger. See Wikipedia for more.

HIM was a popular fandom for fanfic in the mid 2000s.

Fandom

The most popular pairing is Bam Margera/Ville Valo aka Vam.

Fanworks

Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples.

Communities and Archives

• Fanfiction.net - As of June 2, 2002, ff.net had 35 HIM fics (RPF was later banned).
• fandomination.net - As of July 17, 2007, HIM had 421 fics.
• Archive of Our Own - 170 works as of 2023.

LiveJournal:

• himcommunity, ^{Archived version} - created 23 March 2003
• himfanfics, ^{Archived version} - slash and het - created 22 April 2003
• valo_daily, ^{Archived version} - created 6 December 2003
• __vam, ^{Archived version} - Bam Margera/Ville Valo - created 17 March 2004
• vmbm, ^{Archived version} - Bam Margera/Ville Valo - created 8 January 2005
• ville_mige_land, ^{Archived version} - Ville Valo/Mikko Paananen - created 26 April 2005
• vam_ficsearch, ^{Archived version} - fic finding - created 15 October 2006
• vamble, ^{Archived version} - Vam drabbles - created 4 October 2010