User:Michelle - Fanlore

User:Michelle

Name/s: Michelle
Fandom/s: The Lord of the Rings Buffy Angel the Series
You can find me at: http://michelle.fancrone.net
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Fandom Biography

I'm an archivist, avid reader, occasional author and website junkie who tends to stay with a fandom far longer than is strictly healthy. For this reason I haven't gone through many fandoms - I've only been really active in Buffy, Angel the Series and Lord of the Rings, but I'm certainly a fan of many things. Current interests include Supernatural, Highlander, Merlin (BBC), Heroes or Blood Ties.

I first discovered fandom in the late 1990's and while things that long ago are a bit blurry, I'll still try to come up with the most important dates.

1999

  • By doing a search on Altavista I suddenly realize that I'm not the only Buffy fan in the whole wide world. I'm very relieved. I become a member of the largest German Buffy mailinglist until the list fades out of existence after the shows was cancelled after seven seasons.

2001

  • The Buffy spinoff Angel the Series starts to air in Germany. Together with a friend, we decide to celebrate the occasion with a fansite. With time, it turns into one of the largest German Angel the Series sites around, with a friendly community, volunteers and quickly growing content.

2004

  • I've read quite a bit of fanfiction featuring either Buffy/Angel or Buffy/Spike. By 2004 I've already seen Lord of the Rings and liked the movie, but I hadn't checked out the fandom. A good friend provided me with a list of recommended fiction and I was instantly hooked. I fell in love with the concept first brought up by the Mellon Chronicles - that Aragorn and Legolas knew each other before the quest and had to survive all kinds of crazy adventures, usually entailing some torture and Hurt/Comfort.
  • Nearly at the same time I sink my teeth into slash, both FPS and RPS. For that reason, I get an account on Livejournal, because a large portion of fic is flocked.
  • In fall 2004, I attend my first Convention ever, Ringcon in Bonn, Germany, together with a few people from the mailing list that accompanies the Mellon Chronicles.
  • Angel the Series is cancelled after five seasons. The website does not see any further updates and goes into archive-mode.

2005

  • Because I read a lot on Fanfiction.net I get an account.
  • Owners of Aragorn Angst is born in reaction to the fact that fandom seems to be full of people adoring Legolas. The mailinglist is created at least partly as a joke, but ends up being a small, but very active list, of which I become co-moderator.
  • I take over Naice a Nilme from the original owner, Aragornwriter, and turn the handcoded site into an EFiction archive. It's a home for angst and drama stories centering around Aragorn and/or Legolas.
  • Teitho, which was first hosted at the website of the Mellon Chronicles moves to its new desitantion. It is first moderated by Aragornwriter, later by Alina and me.
  • My own pet project Borderland is born, an archive for Lord of the Rings crossover and modern day stories.
  • In fall, I once again attend RingCon, this time in Fulda, Germany.
  • After much prodding, I write my first fanfic.

2006

  • I sign up at Mirrormere to publish my slash.
  • Once again, I'm at RingCon.

2007

  • I get an account at Skyehawke, which will soon turn into my main account for archiving fiction.

2008

2009

Memberships

This list is not complete, I only added sites/groups where I'm at least somewhat active.