This page may contain links to sites that aren't neccessarily appropriate for the kiddies. There are also links to slash-related sites. ("What is slash?")
trek
swamp thing
pals:
!!!
and while we're talkin' 'bout Greg and Tony...
fannish (and/or) fanfic
Actually, I like strangeplaces.net in general; Prana is also fun
(and I don't even like Highlander.)
politico
useful stuff
misc.
Speaking of music...
And if you really want something visual that's, well, pretty damn
abysmal:
Incidentally, Twi and
Ang came from
swansongs.
And even thought I don't belong to ANY of the fandoms represented here,
I keep visiting SaucyBard for
some
reason.
The Q
Page: The best, most comprehensive page on our omnipotent
trickster that you have yet to see. Pictures, links, fanfiction; you
name it, this page has it. Created by the ever-talented Mercutio, it has
now been passed down to Ned.
Alara's Happy
Text-Only
Page: Alara writes a lot of excellent fiction regarding X-Men,
Gatchaman, and of course, Q.
alt.startrek.creative: The
newsgroup where I get the stories for the a.f.q Fiction Archive, when
I'm actually updating, that is. You'll go out of your mind wading
through this place.
alt.startrek.creative.erotica.moderated:
The other place where the a.f.q FicArchive stories come from. It's one
of the coolest newsgroups I've ever been to. I find words like
"community" cheezy, but this place has got it -- sure, flamewars sprout
up, but mostly it's just nice and openminded and supportive. The
mailing
list mirror is
here.
Arcane
Knowledge: Fran's site is basically, well, Swamp Thing
Mecca. She has a complete episode guide, with a lot of linked detailed
episode summaries (Read. The. Picture Captions.). She also has a huge
gallery of screen captures, including an extensive one of Arcane. Yum.
The site also boasts the Swamp Thing FAQ, the Season Two Bible,
selected fanfiction, links, and an overview of the show for the
uncorrupted.
CultTVMan's Swamp Thing
Page: Cult's page has info on the movies, show (as well as the
cast + crew), and the toys! Yes, toys! It's got a great look and he has
some nice, original screen shots of the cast next to their names (and a
very yummy one of a smirking Arcane). It isn't updated a lot, but it's
not really the kind of site that needs to be, so hie thee forth!
swampthing-L: This list needs traffic. It needs it bad. We're
all
very friendly, I promise, so don't be shy! :)
Lost In
Ontario: Dara's a great writer and has a cool, irreverant
newborn homepage.
Something
Blue: DrakCat's enigmatic Nine Inch Nails site. It's
also down for the moment... and I wish it weren't.
...buuut thank gosh we STILL have Drakky's kickass prrsonal site, All This Fuss,
with
quotes + thought a day.
Original Sin: Robin is the coolest imp I know. (And this
site's down, too. Dammit! Well, I'm leaving the link here just
in case this status changes.)
Finest Kind: My
buddy Mel's page. She knows which CDs make which creatures in that
Monster Rancher game.
Winterhawk's
Virtual
Magespace: Rat's awesomely laid out site about her Shadowrun RPG
character, Winterhawk. With a campaign journal, insightful rants,
Shadowrun book reccomendations, overviews of the characters in her
campaign... oh, and: Read. The. Fiction. Now..
Careena.com: Careena shares the other half of my brain.
Spijder's
Weavings:
A talented writer and artist. This is also the home of her zine,
Woven Worlds.
Concoleo's
Page: The page of a
complicated man. Even better if you like The Godfather,
Tommy, and RENT.
Like "The Maxx"? Then visit Headless
Artie's.
Insanity
Pepper
Press: Obscure comix for obscure minds.
AKA, the former
"other obsessions" section. AKA, yummy men. or men I respect. or
both.
The hub of
Boy's Heaven: THe Yaoi Webring. I don't belong to it, seeing as
I, er, have no yaoi content on my site,
but I'm sure that you'll find some pretty pictures +/or fiction
here.
(yaoi = m/m-themed manga/anime + related
fic.)
Nikutai no Yume: Very interesting essays on yaoi; it takes me a
little bit to wrap my mind around her writing style, but she's very good . Of
course, the fact a gorgeous
redhead graced her layout the first time I visited has NO relation at
all to why I like her site. I mean, I hate those.
Uru-chan's
Lair:
lots of VERY nice scans from various doujinshi (fan-drawn manga) (as
well
as fanfiction, Winamp skins, and other fun.
The
YaoiShrine:
It's back! It's got lots of pictures!
Mink's YST/RW Yaoi DJ Gallery + Mink's Ronin Yaoi Cake
Archive:
Doujinshis, doujinshis, doujinshis! (What does YST stand for? I
know that RW is
Ronin Warriors... haha, and you always wondered how those boys
spent time waiting in the belly of the latest giant monster that'd eaten
'em...)
FREDDIE!!!
There are lots and lots of pictures at Queenzone. And don't
forget pics of Roger
-- HummunAH.
Brilliance:
A Jude Law Fansite: He's goh-geous. He's talented. He's Jude.
And they've
got lots of pretty pictures of him.
Shrine
To All Things Slattery: My God, but I want to marry Tony. Anyone
that, during Hoedown, can stuff an entire cloth napkin in his mouth, and
then pull said napkin out of his mouth like a circus clown while singing
unintelligibly around it... and THEN finishing with the phrase, "And
then I cut it off" -- well, that's the man for me.
The Official
Greg Proops Fan Page: I sweat Greg Proops.
Whose
Page Is It Anyway?: Information on Whose Line. (Yes,
I like the British one better. Nice to see Chip Eston back on the
American version, though!)
mmm... slash.
Sacrilege! -
H/W Slash:
Once on a mailing list, I'd heard Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock
Holmes series described as one of the "sweetest, saddest" love
stories. Look at me funny, but I'd have to concur. Stories here range
from gentle to electric.
holmesslash:
Where we discuss, write and dream up this lunacy.
Oblique
Publications: Oh my God, this
now-online, once-print zine has truly gorgeous Holmes/Watson
stories by Jane Mailander and
M. Fae Glasgow in Pćan to
Priapus V: Multum in Parvo, . These women write the slash I've
always wanted
to write. Stories are in .PDF format; you need Adobe Acrobat
Reader to see them.
Mmmm. Placebo
slash.
The fanfic
section of Arcane
Knowledge.
All right, so I already linked to Arcane Knowledge. But can I
link it *enough*?
I mentioned it before, but:
Rat's fiction.
Read it, damn you. Read it now.
Trekiverse (was Archive.nu") collects all the
Star Trek fanfiction from the Alt.Startrek.Creative newsgroups;
the Trekslash Archive
is rebuilding.
Meanwhile, you can find a lot of Picard/Q fic at
Varoneeka's Slash, Mush
and
More.
The Foresmutters Project: The history of slash, one smutty
revelation at a time. Also, DocSci's
Fanfiction Studies.
Fanfic Critics Association:
Refreshingly, finally, a list for discussion and critique fanfic.
Extremely
high traffic.
(If you're still hungry for criticism, Prospect-L's
a discussion/crit. list for Sentinel slash, The_Chinook
is for due South, and The Critical
Edge is of the Highlander variety.)
Cereta's Fanfic
Symposium: Finally, a place where people write ABOUT fanfic!
There are some fascinating pieces here. (Expect a lot on slash. What,
and you
didn't on this page?)
Citizens
Against Bad Slash: Bad slash. It's out there like a Graham in
the night.
This site reviews slash stories, and rants on different slash and
fanfic-related subjects. I used to be quite addicted to their
message boards. Don't agree with everything they have to say...
but there are very few sites willing to critique/review fanfic,
rather than just rec it.
torch has a great slash-related link
page.
And I really like that story with the Gundam Wing five-way.
Guerilla Girls:
Using creative, incisive posters to cry out against the discrimination
of women and minorities in the art world.
EFF: One
of the main
organizations supporting free speech on the 'Net.
Peacefire:
Internet blocking software (such as CyberSitter, CyberPatrol, etc.) has
a lot
of flaws, as well as some rather peculiar notions on what sites are
harmful for children (the National
Organization of
Women's home page? Breast cancer research? GLAAD?). Peacefire has always done a
great job of pointing this stuff out.
Bitch Magazine: Pop
culture... mixed with
feminism... mmmmm... Or, in their own words, "Feminist Response To
Pop Culture."
Sequential Tart:
A webzine about women and the comic book industry.
mouth
organ: A site
dealing with sex, gender, and culture, and how all three intertwine. I
miss their old format, since I found their articles clever and
insightful, but if you have a shorter attention span, you may like the
new design. The articles are all archived, too, thankfully.
Boycott F*ndom.com! Don't visit their site!
Why?
They say they own the word "fandom", that's why. In the words of Robin, "It's like trying to trademark
the word
'potato'." How did this
lunacy
start? Click here. Again: DON'T GO TO THE
WEBSITE. Trust me. Cool layout, but it's not like the site's the best
thing since
the invention of mini-marshmallows. If you're still burning up with
curiosity,
here's a screencap. Just don't give them traffic.
Aight?
I'm not trying to hurt the fansites hosted by F.com... but until
F.com
gets over itself, I don't see a way not to. Since F.com also owns the
Another
Universe chain, as well as Cinescape and Creation
Conventions, it
might be a good idea to boycott them as well.
BBedit
Lite 4.6: An invaluble tool for a Mac-usin' archivist like
myself. This (freeware) text editor features search & replace,
line-wrap, and -- get this -- a prefix/suffix tool. That kicks a macro's
ass any day of the week in my book.
TransWeb Transparent-GIF Service: Type in the URL of your .gif,
click on
the color you want transparent-ized, save and re-upload your .gif, and
voila!
Fetch
3.0: I have divided my life into two eras: Before Fetch (B.F.)
and After Fetch (A.F.). I know some people hate the thing, but with AOL
ftp-service the way it is and GeoCities filemanager an unreliable thing
at best on my browser, this little puppy has been a godsend. It's an FTP
client -- if you write your own HTML, you can just upload it all up with
this little program. It's $25 shareware.
The International Lyrics Server: Does this site offer any sort
of help with website creation? NO! But it's just so damn cool. Type in
lyrics to a song you like and find out the artist and title, hopefully!
You need Java to view the lyrics, though.
Sophie B. Hawkins:
Official page.
Sodium
Fire: Another great Sophie site.
Queenzone:
Fanclub site. Lots of pictures. Actual confirmed news. Not as
fond of
the links page, though.
Alex
Smirnov's Queen
Page: Lotsa, lotsa nice pictures, and a ranked links page.
The Queen
Network: One of the first really great pages I found concerning
Queen;
great album reviews, and the splash image is damn spiffy.
MerQury: A Queen/Freddie
Mercury tribute band. DAMN, but this guy can sing. Are the sound files
back up yet?
The
Musical World Of Rocky Horror: Sound files. Lyrics. Anthony
Stewart Head singing a dance mix of "Sweet Transvestite". Oh, and "The
Time Warp" in Norwegian .
A page about "The
Eye Of Argon". Actually, it's not visual at all, but it IS the worst
fantasy story ever written. Click on a copy. Gather round your friends.
See who can read the longest without busting up in laughter, she replied
bustily?
love.less.as:
Twi's site; her writing, her art.
lovesetfire:
Ang's homepage. She slashes Duran Duran (well, might I add), so
there's probably some law somewhere against me not liking her.
(journal!)
Dark Side of The Net:
For all your Gothic needs.
Sluggy Freelance: You
have to
love an online comic strip that has a killer bunny with a grudge against
Santa.
Boy Meets Boy: The
thing
about Boy Meets Boy is that, well... Harley and
Farr The RedHeaded ElfSlut share the same
archetype. That archetype would be: Loveable Pierced Horny Manga-lookin'
Bi/Gay Guy. (I don't know, maybe K. Sandra and I were born under the same
sign or something.) So reading it is a little odd, but the comic's just
so
damn adorable and funny that I can't stop myself. (Did I mention I have
this
same problem when reading any Gundam Wing fanfiction involving
Duo
Maxwell?)
got crotch? (it's about
david bowie)
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