LJC
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Name: | Tara O'Shea |
Alias(es): | Taraljc, LJC, ljconstantine |
Type: | archivist, fan writer, meta, moderator, vidder |
Fandoms: | Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, Angel the Series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Doctor Who, Due South, Earth 2, Firefly, Forever Knight, Gargoyles, Gosford Park, Highlander, Jake 2.0, Jekyll, Jem, La Femme Nikita, Lois & Clark, Max Headroom, Odyssey 5, Pirates of the Caribbean, Quantum Leap, Robin of Sherwood, Smallville, Spooks/MI5, Star Trek: Voyager, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Middleman, The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, VR.5, The X-Files |
Communities: | ASC, PTCollective, PTFever |
Other: | Grimoire, Wonder Woman Fan Fiction Archive, Tall Tales https://loony-archivist.com/ http://ljconstantine.com/ http://taraljc.blogspot.com https://fringe-element.net/ |
URL: | ljc at Blurty ljc at Dreamwidth FringeElement at Instagram taraljc at LiveJournal tara_oshea at Mastodon taraljc at Tumblr tara_oshea at Twitter |
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LJC has been active in media fandom since 1988, first as a convention attendee, then as a media fanzine contributor, artist, editor, and publisher.
She came online in September 1992 and became a mailing list admin, moderator, writer, artist, and website maintainer. And began participating on convention staff in 1995 with Earth 2 fandom, and is currently on staff of two Doctor Who conventions in North America. Also was a columnist at FanFiction.Net from 1999 to 2003.
Although began as a writer and artist in fandom, she is best known as a webdesigner and archivist.
Major Fandoms
- Robin of Sherwood (1990-1997) as writer, artist, editor, publisher (print fanzines)
- Forever Knight (1992-1995) as writer, artist, editor, publisher (print fanzines)
- Highlander (1992-1994) as writer, artist, editor, publisher (print fanzines)
- Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (1992-1995) as FAQ maintainer, mailing list admin RANGER-L
- Lois & Clark (1993-1997) as mailing list admin LOISCLA
- Due South (1994-1997) as mailing list admin DSOUTH-L
- Gargoyles (1994-1997) as writer
- Earth 2 (1995-1996) as writer, constaff (New Pacificon 1995)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2002) as writer, archivist
- La Femme Nikita (1997-1999) as writer, website maintainer, constaff (Close Quarters Standby 1, Close Quarters Standby 2)
- Angel the Series (1999-2001) as writer, website maintainer, mailing list admin
- The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (2001) as writer, website maintainer, mailing list admin
- Smallville (2001-2004) as writer, archivist, website maintainer
- Firefly (2002-2003) as writer, archivist, website maintainer
- Jake 2.0 (2003-2004) as writer, archivist, website maintainer
- Odyssey 5 (2003-2004 ) as writer, archivist, website maintainer
- Jem (2004-2008) as writer, archivist, website maintainer, constaff JemCon 2007: Showtime In Chicago
- Doctor Who (2005-Present) as writer, archivist, website maintainer, constaff (Chicago TARDIS, Gallifrey One)
- Gosford Park (2007-Present) as writer, archivist, website maintainer
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008-Present) as writer, archivist, website maintainer
- The Middleman (2008-Present) as website co-editor
Notable Works
- The Butler's Tale (Gargoyles)
- Choices (Earth 2)
- The Steep and Thorny Way (Star Trek: Voyager)
- Triangle Built for Two (The New Adventures of Wonder Woman)
- Glorious (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- The Sixth Hour (Smallville)
- More (Smallville)
- Svaha (Smallville)
- That Old Yeh Shen Story (Firefly)
- Lex Talionis (Firefly)
- Geek of Steel (Jake 2.0)
- Status Quo (Jake 2.0)
- How Stormer Got Her Groove Back (Jem)
- Ivory and Horn (Doctor Who)
- To Make In Hell For Us a Heaven (Doctor Who)
- And Seas May Lie Between (Gosford Park)
- Rock Stars (Gosford Park)
- Temporal Mechanics (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
- Respice, Adspice, Prospice (Ultraviolet)
- Demons (X-Files)
- Eight Days (Angel)
Archives/Fansites Founded
- The Adventures Of The Galaxy Rangers Guide (Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers)
- LJC's Due South Page (Due South)
- LJC's Gargoyles Primer (Gargoyles)
- The Puck's Playground (Gargoyles)
- The Official P/T Collective Archive] (Star Trek: Voyager)
- Lower Decks (Star Trek: Voyager)
- LJC's Small But Significant Neverwhere Site (Neverwhere)
- LJC's LFN Site (La Femme Nikita)
- Angel Fan Fiction Resources (Angel the Series)
- Sundown (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series)
- LJC's Doyle Site (Angel the Series)
- Glenn Quinn.Com
- Grimoire (Angel the Series)
- Afterlife (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series)
- Lemonade (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series)
- Rhymes With Lungs (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series)
- LJC's Iron Giant Tribute Site (The Iron Giant)
- Wonder Woman Fan Fiction Archive (The New Adventures of Wonder Woman)
- Allison-Mack.Com
- The Reporters (Smallville)
- Meanwhile (Smallville)
- Wild Coyote (Smallville)
- Goth!Lana (Smallville)
- Girl Friday (Smallville)
- Chandler's Field (Smallville)
- Batgirl Beyond (Birds of Prey)
- Where No Man Has Gone Before (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- Yellow Brick Road (Borderland)
- Shiny (Firefly)
- you're pretty... pretty (Firefly)
- Serenity Valley (Firefly)
- 21st Century Fox (Jake 2.0)
- Sexy Geek (Jake 2.0)
- J2.0 Fans (Jake 2.0)
- Geek Love (Jake 2.0)
- JMD (Jake 2.0)
- Odyssey 5 (Odyssey 5)
- I Like Your Style (Jem)
- Perfect Blue (Jem)
- Showtime (Jem)
- Truly Outrageous Jem Primer (Jem)
- Better With Two (Doctor Who)
- Torchwood Archives (Torchwood)
- Master & Mistress (Doctor Who)
- Depot 37 (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
- Land Of Might-Have-Been (Gosford Park)
Hosted/Maintained
- Queen C Scribes (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel the Series)
- Early Edition Fan Fiction Archive (Early Edition)
- Smallville Fan Fiction Resources (Smallville)
- Mauve And Dangerous (Doctor Who)
Fanzines & Challenges
Meta Written
Once Upon a Time Series
All were first posted on Fanfiction.net between November 1999 and February 3, 2003 as part of LJC's regular column there called "Once Upon a Time." They were later posted to ljc's own website.
- Profic vs. Fanfic: Is it really just a question of quality? Or of filters?
- That River in Egypt: When is fix it fan fiction just not enough?
- Tips for writing better fan fiction
- Enough alphabet soup!
- A 'zine! A 'zine! My kindom for a 'zine!
- When is a Mary Sue not a Mary Sue?
- My Heart Will Not Go On, Thanks... The problem with songfic
- Canon Fodder: Ah, the joys of writing for a 'living' series...
- If you can't say anything nice... come sit over here by me.
- Why research doesn't suck
- Whomp Upside The Head IV: Return Of The Big Stick
- AU's, and You! When is an alternate universe not an alternate universe
- Mall Rats: What fragmentation in fandom means to you...
- Reality By Consensus: The difference between canon and fanon
- The Rain In Spain Is In My Ass a Pain: Dialect do's and don'ts
Other
- Sharing a Fanfic Universe http://web.archive.org/web/20010421020806/http://gargoyles-fans.org/grimorum/chapter2.html