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In spirit of the holidays/holiday cheer,

I started working on a list of fics that are ROFL-worthy. Then I realized I tend to read depressing fics -__-;;V However… here are a few fics that are bound to draw out laughter ^^

As always, I’d love to hear recs from you via reblogs/comments/e-mails. ;)

• Sister, Dear by romelee

Super funny and spunky, Sister, Dear’s cast of characters never fails to make me laugh. Every character has interesting quirks and ties to the story’s plot — from the principle Mr. Wo Man to gaming obsessed lead, Jooeun.

• Shinhwa Chronicles* by crystal blue

As with all crack fics, this fic will make more sense/be more enjoyable for fans than non-fans. I urge you to read on nonetheless, if you’d like to giggle over the ridiculousness of Junjin’s fish named Fluffy (as a victim of an angry Jung Pilgyo Shin Hyesung), gangster lessons from Eric, and so on. hehe I can’t say more or else I’ll ruin the fun, but this is a suuuper fun read.

• Don’t Touch My Corn by farorange

I’ve already recommended this fic so I won’t say much more than romcom guilty pleasure at its purest. ^^v

• The Waiting Room* by aramis

Fun, meta-toting oneshot. You’ll find characters prepping up for their turn to shine in the waiting room xp

• SMJ— Story Time* & Mipilasica by melonbar92

Always trust in funny friendship/team-bonding sketches in melonbar’s fics. I love how some of her funniest characters are also the “darkest,” cynical ones in their groups of friends. 

*can also be found in the library

General Update: AKA How’ve you guys been?

Hey writing and reading enthusiasts,

How’ve you guys been? Time Vault’s been quiet as of late because I had some familial things to take care of — and because I wanted to take a break to reassess what I wanted to do next on Time Vault.

I’m still in a miniature hibernation mode (in terms of operating Time Vault) but I just wanted to say hello and that I hope you’re all doing well. Take care in this cold weather if you’re experiencing the winter season ^^

- fancracked

P.S. I’ve taken to journal-writing again just to reflect and collect my thoughts in total. I’ve found that it’s helped to get my creative juices flowing too, so for anyone who’s experiencing writer’s block, try doing that~ It’s not the same thing as a “free write” kk. 

Also I’ve been in the mood to read/revisit the fantasy genre (as well as Wuxia hehe) so if anyone has any recommendations, please send them my way ^^ (Books/fics/dramas/etc.)

(Source: timevault.wordpress.com)

Happy 10th Year Anniversary to the Writers’ Asylum

I can’t imagine what my fic experience would be like without the WA. It’s always been a place brimming of talent from passionate writers, readers, and fangirls ^^

— My memories of the WA start with its CGI days, though there were older WAs on angelfire/etc. I’ve gathered a few snapshots and headers from over time. This is an incomplete snapshot collection since the WA has moved around from different sites, and since I didn’t think to save caps through time… but I thought today would be a good day to share some WA memories ^^

See more under the cut or on wordpress.

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frostedsnow's kpop history part 1: fan art

top-tempo asked: had no idea you had a tumblr~ [hugs phim]. I should ask a question since this is the ask box. What I've been wondering is... en noire, the sofa... I remember all of those sites! [i feel old] Are they all closed down or are the links still working (I don't even remember the urls) because I'd love to revisit them if they are. I doubt it tho. It's been so long! TT_TT

Hey Julie! I apologize if you wanted me to keep this PM private, but I decided to answer it publicly in case others were interested in venturing into the old archives as well. — A lot of the screen caps and FFL fics/fics in the library were taken with the help of the Internet Wayback Machine. 

When you go to the main page, you’ll see a search box where you can type/c&p a URL to a site you’d like to visit. After entering a URL, you’ll get to a portal that has multiple years listed (for all the years that were archived). Click on any date/year to see what’s been archived from that time. **Not all links work, but it’s best to keep digging through files/reference links if you want to find something specifically. I’ve recovered things I thought I’d never see again so you never know ^^;;;

Some links to help start you off:

FFL

The Sofa 

en noire

WA

Soompi fanfix

Solid07

in*dreams

**A lot of these sites had multiple URLs but these are/were their main ones —> You can find old/new links of FFL boards on some of their pages ^^ 

Hope that helps (:

— Side note: Read Julie’s fan on the street interview here.

"Fan fiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don’t do it for money. That’s not what it’s about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They’re fans, but they’re not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language."

Around the turn of the century, Geocities had tens of millions of “homesteaders” as the digital tennants were called and was bought by Yahoo! for three and a half billion dollars. Ten years later in 2009, as other metaphors of the internet (such as the social network) had taken over, and the homesteaders had left their properties vacant after migrating toFacebook, Geocities was shutdown and deleted. In an heroic effort to preserve 10 years of collaborative work by 35 million people, the Archive Team made a backup of the site just before it shut down. The resulting 650 Gigabyte bittorrent file is the digital Pompeii that is the subject of an interactive excavation that allows you to wander through an episode of recent online history.

The Deleted City is a digital archaeology of the world wide web as it exploded into the 21st century. At that time the web was often described as an enormous digital library that you could visit or contribute to by building a homepage. The early citizens of the net (or netizens) took their netizenship serious, and built homepages about themselves and subjects they were experts in. These pioneers found their brave new world at Geocities, a free webhosting provider that was modelled after a city and where you could get a free “piece of land” to build your digital home in a certain neighbourhood based on the subject of your homepage. Heartland was – as a neigbourhood for all things rural – by far the largest, but there were neighbourhoods for fashion, arts and far east related topics to name just a few.

— Richard Vijgen/the Archive Team

This is technically not about fics, but I thought it’d be of interest to any old timers who used Geocities for their fics/fan sites.

(Source: deletedcity.net)

• fancracked: Do you have any lessons learned based on what you’ve learned/gone through over the years?
• kou: It’s really easy to start a story and to stop updating a story. Whenever an author says that they’re on hiatus, it really means that they want to write it but they can’t. The characters run away from the story or the story runs away from the characters and that insanity is what confuddles the writing. They contradict to the point that the characters are no longer enmeshed in the story or the story becomes too big or something and the characters just aren’t ready for that. That conflict is what I’ve come to understand. I think that’s a big thing. Another thing is, there is always something to read. Don’t restrict yourself to the usual authors and the usual story lines. You’re cheating yourself out of a whole history and spectrum of wonderful writing. As a writer, try not to judge other writers without trying to understand their intentions and their point of view.