User:Illyandria

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Name/s: Illyandria Salara Valassiah (1999 to 2002)
Savage Enchantress Aurelia (2001 to 2002)
K.H. Ivywater (2007 to 2014)
Vex Verlain (2014 to present)
Fandom/s: Xena: Warrior Princess (Ares/Xena)
Savage Garden RPF (Daz/Dan)
Smallville (Clark/Lex)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy/Spike, Angel/Spike, Giles/Ethan)
Star Wars (Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan)
Harry Potter (Drarry, Snarry)
Sherlock (Johnlock)
Inception (Arthur/Eames)
MDZS & The Untamed (Wangxian)
and so many more...
You can find me at: AO3 Tumblr Dreamwidth Fandom vCard
On Fanlore: My contributions / email me

White, cisgendered lesbian in her thirties who's been in fandom since 1999. (Intersectional) feminist, fangirl, gamer, and highly sensitive introvert.

Pseudonyms & Fannish History

Illyandria Salara Valassiah

Years Active: 1999 to 2002 (Ages 12 to 15)

This was my original online alias. I started watching Xena: Warrior Princess in the middle of the third season. I got online in May of 1999, and the first piece of fan fiction I ever read on the internet was "Uncertain Heart" by Larissa, which was then located at Fireheart's Den. I began writing my own fic in August of 1999, which was first published at The Empress' Homage to Ares, God of War‎‎. Between 1999 and 2002, I wrote 28 Ares/Xena stories (some of which remain unfinished) as well as 6 poems. In 2008, I briefly returned to the fandom to write something better.

Under this alias, I was webmistress to the first large-scale fan fiction archive for the Ares/Xena pairing. Illyandria's Xena and Ares Page was created on October 30, 1999. It was later renamed Sooner Die In Your Arms, and then finally Illyandria's Enchanted Lands. In its heyday, my archive hosted over 500 stories and poems, an active forum (Illyandria's Fan Fic Board), the Ares and Xena Writer's Club (with over 100 members), the Ares and Xena Fan Fiction Awards, graphics, episode guides, lyrics, and more.

The archive was closed without warning on December 4, 2002, due to a childish decision on my part.

A portion of the original archive was restored as AresXena.Net on May 21, 2006 and stayed online for a decade before being closed (with notice) on August 31, 2016.

Savage Enchantress Aurelia

Years Active: 2001 to 2002 (Ages 14 to 15)

This was the alias I used for the Savage Garden fandom, for which I wrote RPF of the Darren Hayes/Daniel Jones variety (this was my very first slash pairing). I also published original slash under this name.

My best friend in this fandom was Pomona the Dream Diva, who reached out to me after reading an entry I wrote in a guestbook. We are still friends to this day.

K.H. Ivywater

Years Active: 2009 to 2014 (Ages 21 to 27)

This was the alias I chose in 2007 while I was at university, but I did not start writing with it until 2009. I wrote for the following fandoms under this name: Pet Shop of Horrors, Yami no Matsuei, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and Harry Potter.

Vex Verlain

Years Active: 2014 to present (Age 27 to present)

My current alias. Major fandoms I have participated in under this name include Inception, The Untamed, Hannibal, and Attack on Titan. In 2023, I finally began participating in fic exchanges, despite being a fan of Yuletide since the early '00s.

I created the Multi-Fandom Postcard Exchange in August 2020.

I ran the MDZS Fans Against Hate charity auction and donation drive in Spring 2021.

I've been an Escapade website volunteer since August 2023.

Additional Fannish Participation

Cons Attended

End OTW Racism

In May 2023, I participated in the initial End OTW Racism initiative, "an effort to call on AO3 and the OTW to fulfill commitments they already made to address harassment and racist abuse on the archive." On May 18, 2023, I published a post on Tumblr titled In response to the reactions I’ve seen to #EndOTWRacism. My thoughts were further summarized as follows:

Yes, it is possible to be anti-censorship, write extremely kinky and fucked up idfic, be a longtime supporter of AO3, and also be anti-racist. Furthermore, your beliefs do not have to perfectly align with a movement—nor every person within that movement—in order for you to support that movement.

The title and summary of the following works were temporarily changed in support of the campaign:

  • "Willful Blindness" [Hannibal (TV)]
  • "This House is a Prison (But Not a Horror Story)" [House on Haunted Hill (1999)]
  • "Postcards to Smallville" [Smallville (TV)]
  • "Are We the Monsters at the Heart of the Labyrinth?" [Inception (2010)]
  • "The Beauty in Our Violence" [Yami no Matsuei | Descendants of Darkness]
  • "Thursday" [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams]
  • "Parallels" [Pet Shop of Horrors (Manga)]
  • "Defining You" [Xena: Warrior Princess (TV)]

Fanlore: New Page Contributions

Xena: Warrior Princess

Savage Garden

Fanlore: Pages to be Added

Xena: Warrior Princess

Savage Garden

Inception

MDZS

Multi-Fandom

Notes to Self

  • Need to expand the Illyandria's Fan Fic Board page (as much as one can with EZBoards no longer showing up on the Wayback Machine).
  • Need to actually fill out the Savage Garden page. Ooof.
  • Something about the Fallout: New Vegas pilgrimage?
  • Add something about personal website days and which fanlistings I ran?
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