HPFanficTalk.com
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| Name: | HPFanficTalk.com |
| Date(s): | Forums: June 2016 – present. Archive: 31 October 2016 – present. |
| Archivist: | abhorsen., toomanycurls, Alopex, crowsb4bros |
| Founder: | |
| Type: | fanfiction |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter, Multifandom |
| URL: | http://www.HPFanficTalk.com |
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HPFanficTalk.com (HPFT) is a multifandom fic archive and forum with a focus on Harry Potter. The forums opened in June 2016 and the archive followed in October 2016. In the words of co-founder abhorsen.: "[The forum is] Harry Potter-themed (including a year-long house cup), but we talk about other fandoms, too, and the archive is multi-fandom/OF. We have a strong culture of support for other writers and feedback here, including a story help section, challenges, and reviewing events, so if you're a writer, you've come to the right place."[1]
It was created in response to the shutdown of the Harrypotterfanfiction.com forums in 2016. The archive is hosted on the efiction software, with a moderated queue. It has rules for allowed content. There is no quality requirement.
Website Culture
Archive Restrictions
The HPFT archive runs on a moderated queue system, which means all stories must be reviewed by a moderator before being posted. As of January 2018, there is no restriction on how many chapters may be added to the queue at one time.[2] This is not to police quality, but to ensure that fics are appropriately rated and have the necessary warnings. The ratings system is as follows:
A: Stories rated A should contain content appropriate for all readers, including children - i.e., they should require no reader advisories.
T: Stories rated T should contain content appropriate for teen readers and up. They may include limited swearing, sexual content, violence, and allusions to potentially sensitive material (including eating disorders, self-harm, and abuse) with some restrictions and appropriate reader advisories.
M: Stories rated M should contain content appropriate for mature readers. They may include significant violence, detailed sexual content, extensive profanity, and references to potentially sensitive material (including eating disorders, self-harm, and abuse) with some restrictions and appropriate reader advisories.[3]
There is a requirement that description of sexual activity may only make up 25% of the wordcount of a chapter. Additionally, some things are banned on the archive, including:[3]
- Bestiality
- Sexual content featuring characters under the age of 16
- Pedophilia
- Non-canonical incest
- The glorification of suicide, self-harm, eating disorders, abuse and substance abuse.
- RPF[4]
Due to copyright disputes, fanfics from these sources are banned on HPFT:[4]
- Anne Rice
- Archie Comics
- Dennis L. McKiernan
- Irene Radford
- J.R. Ward
- Laurell K. Hamilton
- Nora Roberts
- P.N. Elrod
- Raymond Feist
- Robin Hobb
- Robin McKinley
- Terry Goodkind
- Disney
Houses
The forums of HPFT are organised into the four Harry Potter Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Members can nominate which house they wish to be in; there is no sorting system. They each have their own common room (subforum) accessible only by staff and house members, house activities and distinct cultures, often attributable to the general characteristics of the Hogwarts houses in canon but not always.
Events
Annual Awards
Each year HPFT has site-wide awards called the FROGS (Fanfiction Recognition for Outstanding & Ground-Breaking Story). The award categories are voted on by the members and change from year, with some remaining constant. Past award categories include:
- Most Versatile Author
- Best Reviewer
- Best One-Shot
- Best Novel
- Best Angst
- Best Dark/Horror
- Best Description
- Best Dialogue
- Best Family/Friendship
- Best Humor
- Best LGBTQA+
- Best Depiction of Mental Illness/Disability
- Best Rare Pair
- Best Romance
- Best Original Character
- Best Major Character
- Best Minor Character
- Best Original Fiction
- Best Non-Harry Potter Fanfiction
- Best Harry Potter Marauders Era
- Best Harry Potter Rebuilding Era
- Best Harry Potter Next-Gen Era
The recipients of the FROGS awards can be found here.
Each forum house also has their own in-house annual awards: the Pride of Gryffindors for Gryffindor, the Golden Chalices for Hufflepuff, the Nargles for Ravenclaw and the My Father Will Hear About These Awards for Slytherin.