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Welcome, those of you who have come...

So. What is this "party" that I have mentioned? And what is it for?

Well, Ladies and Gents, it is my One Year Anniversary. My First Birthday.

Today, I celebrate a year of Slash. A year of Puppy Love. A year of The One True Way.

Exactly (or, almost exactly…) a year ago, I was looking through Astronomy Tower, of FA, and I happened to notice some author named “GrimSlasher”. The name meant nothing to me, but as I had been looking at the alphabetical listing, I decided to just see what it was all about. The story posted underneath that name was “Boys’ Own Camping Adventure”, and the Author’s Notes read thus:

“Please note that this is a slash story, so if the idea of Remus and Sirius getting it on disturbs you (in a bad way) you might want to avoid it. Note also that we are not saying that either of the boys is gay: Sirius, to our minds, is a fun-loving bisexual, while Remus is confused. So, really, there is plenty of room in their futures for the assorted Andreas, Jennys, and Lamias.”

After having read through multiple very un-inspiring Remus/OFC and Sirius/OFC romance fics, I thought – hey, why not? Could be interesting…

Famous last words, huh?

The story turned out to be fabulous, and suddenly, something, CLICKED. It finally…made sense. The most sense I had felt since reading the books and thinking: “Hey, Ron and Hermione really like each other. Cool.”

Remus. Sirius. Tent. Love.

After that, I went R/S search-crazy. I looked more through that same website, found Dawnatello’s “Hunger”, and then found her site. And through her site, I stumbled onto another…the treasure find…

Azkaban’s Lair.

And I was officially lost.

That night, feeling inexpressible – and inexcusable! – guilt, I fell asleep with this mantra in my mind: “Ok, I may read a little more, but I will not write slash. I will not write slash. I will not…damn, it’s hot. Jesus.” And I fell asleep with a smile on my face.

Almost immediately, I got sucked into – please, pardon the pun – the pairing, and at first read all the R-rated and NC-17 stories I could find. Hey, that’s what happens when you set me loose. I found quite a few, and quite a few of THOSE were pretty damn good. I discovered Roma, I discovered more GrimSlasher (well, the OTHER story…), I discovered Canis M.

I discovered The One True Way.

Now, understand that this all took place in three days, and I am not shitting you. By the time New Year’s rolled around, I was hooked, and I vividly remember sitting in the back of my parents’ car, on our way to celebrate New Year’s with our friends, and only being able to think about R/S. Not just Remus – though I was completely smitten with the man – and not just Sirius – ditto – but them together, and being just completely…completely gone. IT. MADE. SENSE. And it was so beautiful.

It didn’t take me long to find the SBRL mailing list/Yahoo group after that, but it took me a bit longer to actually join it. I thought: “what if someone I know finds out? Oh, God, what if they see? No, no, no, they can’t!”

I was paranoid and scared. Wimp.

Finally, I joined, and then promptly decided to get a different email address, so that I could save all the messages in the inbox – my usual address was all filled-up – and, thus, Mrs. Ron Weasley came into being. (Yes, by that point, I was already a lurker on the Quill…)

When I first joined, I said that I really loved this pairing, but doubted that I would contribute anything to the list. I couldn’t write, anyway.

A month later, I wrote my first story after re-reading GoF for the second (only!) time. I’ll let you have three guesses as to which line inspired it…

Almost at the same time as I joined the list, a certain story appeared on it that I had been hoping for, but had no idea the actual existence of. After having suffered through the emotional turmoil of “Down From Tree: Actions” and “Consequences”, the Gods spoke, and Arabella had written “Absolution”.

That was actually the very first review I wrote on that list. It was pretty nonsensical… (gushgushgush)

My life was pretty much taken over from then. After I wrote my first – very disappointing – story, Julian (Thwarted) wrote up a Lupercalia challenge. The bunny just sort of…sprouted. Aaaaand…we were off.

And THEN, one night, as I was reading “Hairshirt Confessions”, I suddenly got a very clear picture in my head. I ran to my sketchbook, after not having drawn in MONTHS, and drew my very first Remus and my very first Sirius. Together, half-naked, and in love.

And that’s when it really hit me. I was being inspired. This something was actually inspiring me to DO THINGS. I began writing more, and drawing like a fiend.

And then…people began.

sekhmet2 and I somehow began communicating, and she was just so cool and funny and intelligent, I thought I had finally found “home” in the list. Sound cheesy yet? Oh, just you wait…

All the people that I have ‘met’ – and met! – since have been nothing short of amazing. You know who you are, and I hope you realize just how much I value you all. Having just spoken to

jadis31 on the phone a few hours ago (for two hours straight, no less), I can honestly say that slash has enriched my life. And there are more like-minded people all around who keep cropping up and making my life so much more interesting.

Now I really don’t care if anyone I know in RL finds out about my slash stuff – except for family, but that’s personal… I have told Sam, as well as Marie and Theresa. And more people know, anyway. It doesn’t matter anymore, because this is FUN.

And I’m spreading the word. At first, I wanted to keep my Sugar Quill identity separate from my slash one, but even that later went.

zsenya was actually the first person to guess I was me, and the first one I told, too. And now I’m the un-official Princess of Howl Kingdom. Heh. And I have such a FANTASTIC Prince - what more could a Princess ask for? *mwah*

And, now, thanks to all this, I am even crazier than ever. I was talking to my best friend yesterday, and we got onto the subject of the third movie. I started ranting about the casting (THEY CAN’T FUCK IT UP!!!), and I think I scared her – even HER. And this one is not easily scared. (But it’s ok, because she got to bitch about how TTT fucked up Faramir.)

If you were to open up my hardcover American edition of PoA, it would open up to the Shrieking Shack scene. No, I’m not kidding. That’s the first place it started to fall apart in.

If you were to open up any one of my multiple sketchbooks, you would see a lot of semi- and completely naked men. They would all have either light, shaggy hair, or long, black hair.

You know what?

It’s been one hell of a fun year.

And now, I am breaking out the champagne. The really good, expensive kind, meant for very special occasions.

And I want to hear all about everybody else’s stories as to how they discovered slash and the slow – or quick – way that it took over their lives. And if you want to hear a really really good one, just pester Jadis when she comes back to cyberspace – trust me, you want to hear this.

AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, everyone!

Oh, and to top it off, on another suggestion by Roche, there will be some new smut a bit later on, to ring in the New Year a bit early…

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And I for one am VERY glad you're here. I hope you know that. ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

*much sappy perv love*

WHAT are you doing UP, missy?! GET THEE TO BED!

But, oh, it's good to see you here. :)

I'm very glad I'm here, too.

AROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

*much sappy pervy love*

Heheh, what can I say, my friend Phil's party *and* yours was too much of a temptation. :)

*mwah*

hehehe :)

well, c'mon, then, what's your story? ;)

Me? I don't have a story. :) (But if I did, it would involve me reading Wolfie Twins, and then from them finding a link to Canis M and going 'wow! this works! this is great! WHOOOO!')

And now I must retire to bed, dearie. Night night! *love*

Well, see? That was your story! Man, Canis should be so proud of herself. She has converted an army, just like GrimSlasher. ;)

And this army is strong and united, dammit. We rule.

*MWAH*

you know, i never really discovered slash. i invented it.

heh, okay, that sounds really concieted of me, but honestly, when i started writing the story which would one day become Of Linen, i thought that i was the first person who had ever realized that remus and sirius were meant to be together. in fact, i knew not of slash, in any pairing or any fandom, and i only barely knew that fanfiction existed, and i thought it was invarialby terrible because i had only read really crap stuff on ff.n that people i knew forced me to read...

then i discovered -er?- severus/sirius slash, i think? and i figured, well, hell, there must be remus/sirius out there, and there it was. i was already hooked from writing it. but i got hooked on reading, too.

so, yes. i invented slash. ^_^

er, yeah, this is me, by the way.

lol. yeah, i knew that, don't worry.

i invented slash.

then you are much cooler than me. seriously, that's very cool. and guess what? i remember the DAY you put up that first chapter. i remember the beginnings of 'of'. isn't that cool? i kept checking back for more chapters...

oh, the memories...

hee, that's so cool. guess what! the next chapter of Of Silver will be ready in mere minutes, as a special anniversary present to you!

*licks legolas and oscar wilde*

whooo, awesome! i'm feeling special, man. very nice.

and yes, legolas and wilde.

and legolas IN wilde! ;) (did you know THAT?..)

*blinks* uhm. that's either a very innapropriate slashy reference, or you know something i don't know. or both.

Ah, well then. In the wonderful movie "Wilde", Orlando Bloom played a rentboy.

Go see it.

NOW.

aaaahhhhhhh. all becomes clear. yeah, i've seen that, many times. in fact, i stole it from blockbuster. but i was not consciously aware that legolas was orlando bloom, or that the same man was one of oscar's boys. lovely!

and OS is here. (http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=754005&chapter=17) ^_^

you stole it from blockbuster? you're my new hero. i should do that. i want to see jude law's ass, since it was cut from the version on 'bravo'. but i hear it's there. and that it should become a regular feature in every single movie made from now on.

oh, thank you for the lovely dedication! will review soon, promise, i swear...

*licks you*

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You're one of the wonderful people I've got in contact with thanks to R/S slash, I'll be eternally thankful for that to the very talented ladies hiding behind GrimSlasher (Boys... was my first too *grin*).

*singing to the theme of 'the carpenters' (i think...)*

slash, slash will keep us together...

hehe. aren't those women awesome? they should write more. but they won't. grrrrrr. i was so happy when i found out that they were also part of the 'wolfietwins'. i mean, wow. how cool is that?!

and thank you so much for your kind words. ditto to you. :)

*hugs*

"Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to yoooooou!" Only a year? Darling, I thought it was longer than that! My how time flies when you are having fun.....

Ahhh, let me see--when did I get sucked into that lovely vortex of The One True Way? I was reading "Call of the Wild", and began corresponding regularly with one of the WTs. She found out that I was not easily shocked by explicit sex scenes, so she directed me to both "Boys Own Camping Adventure" and "Love In The Ruins" by the extraordinarily talented GrimSlasher. From there, I read "Unless You Mean It" by Rochelle, and I was hooked for good. No looking back--I began to regularly visit Azkaban's Lair and soon joined the SBRL group.

Needless to say, I was *not* planning on writing *anything*, especially when confronted with the rather prodigious talent on *that* list! Temptation got to me though, and I wrote "Howling Mad" after coming up with the idea from a) a challenge issued on the list that nobody took up and b) a long drive to an early morning dog show in which the choices for occupying my mind (and thus keeping myself from falling asleep and getting splattered across the interstate) consisted of listening to a radio program spouting Hellfire and Damnation To All Sinners or kicking about ideas for a way of responding to the challenge. I wrote the first draft on a legal pad while waiting ringside for the basenjis to be shown, then worked on endless drafts on my computer once i got back home. My beta reader was none other than one of the WolfieTwins/GrimSlasher who was a hard taskmistress and kept at me until it was polished and ready to be revealed to the list. Pressing that "send" button was one of the hardest things I've ever done! :-O

From there, I wrote a few more stories, became friends with a number of people that I admire immensely, both for their artistic talents and for their wonderful personalities, and discovered a passion for reading and writing about Remus/Sirius that is as strong today as it was when I first found it.

I've also had the supreme pleasure of meeting you and Dawnatello in person, having one of your lovely drawings of "Another Chance At Love" in my possession and having two of Mushi's original drawings framed and hanging on the walls of my home.

All in all, I'd say it was one of the most fortunate experiences of my life the day that I discovered R/S slash.

Yay!

Even though I knew most of it, this is still another great 'how I become a slasher' story. You know, the first story of yours that I read was 'Another Chance at Love'. In fact, it was one of the very first ones I ever read! So, it's a classic in my mind. Of *course* I had to illustrate it. :)

And, yeah, 'Unless You Mean It' was also one of the first ones I read... Ah, memories, memories...

I am so glad that you are here. So glad. And that we started talking. And that you turned out to be as amazing as you are. And that we got to meet! It was wonderful, and we *must* do it again sometime. :)

much love,
me

Meeting you that day was so much fun for me as well! Anytime that you are back in Minneapolis, you must let me know so that we can do that again. Perhaps you can even see Arwen again, providing that I don't wring her wretched, evil little neck. And I am so happy that you enjoyed ACAL so much--that has been my favourite story as well.

Happy birthday, Liz :)

I'm glad that you could celebrate this birthday - without slash I never would had met some wonderful people and you are one of them.

Hugs

Aww, thank you, Sabine! Isn't it wonderful how it just brings the right people together? ;) Slash rules.

*hugs*

I actually discovered it on Fiction Alley. Wouldn't you know...

I had no idea where to go in that vast trove of fic, so I decided to look by ship pairing. I think the first one that registered was like Snape/Harry and I was like ewwww (sorry...hehe) but then I saw Remus/Sirius. And I was like....oh. Huh. And. Yes.

The first one I read was I think "Walk on Broken Glass," which was adorable if out of character. And then I kept scrolling through the list, and some amazing soul had posted a link to the Happy Valley Puppy Farm. Lo, I was gone...

From there I found Azkaban, the mailing list, and eventually SQ, and then I found my kingdom. Hee.

Happy anniversary, dear. May there be years of canine goodness to come! AROOOOO!

mwah

I actually discovered it on Fiction Alley. Wouldn't you know...

So did I! KEWL.

And I was like....oh. Huh. And. Yes.

Heh. Nice.

From there I found Azkaban, the mailing list, and eventually SQ, and then I found my kingdom. Hee.

Ahhhh, the wonderful Howl Kingdom. Isn't it a lovely place? *So* glad you found SQ. So glad. :)

*MWAH*

What a wonderful party! I knew bits of this, but it's wonderful to see the whole story set out in glorious black and white.

My story is undoubtedly going to sound like a testimony from Slashers Anonymous.

I knew about HP pretty well since it was first published but I never thought of it in a slashy way. I had been searching for stories about my two favourite characters — usually finding them with dull, dull OFCs who for some reason never, ever engaged my interest, let alone convinced me, and who usually just got my back up. (Of course, my jealousy might just have been a factor, as much as author self-insertion...)

Then I came across what I think must have been the first R/S slash ever written, right after PoA: Gillian Middleton's lovely Full Moon... The hunt was on to find more, and I discovered the Lair... Nezad... Treemonisha... GrimSlasher... Canis, to whom I sent such a long, gushing email that she let me be her beta. That was fun (and I'm still looking forward to it starting up again...).

Ah, nostalgia.

I was never going to write anything, of course. But then nobody had written a first-time fic (one of my favourite types) like I wanted to read it — fumbling and embarrassing and getting things wrong... Like R & S, it took me ages, but I got there in the end.

Roche

Of course, my jealousy might just have been a factor, as much as author self-insertion...

Hehehehe... Yeah, I used to say that if I couldn't have them, no one else could - therefore, they HAD to be together. Of course, that's a lame reason, but yeah, Remus...oh, Remus.

I read "Full Moon" a while ago, but I don't think it was my first. However, you're right - it MUST have been the first R/S slash ever written, and I think that's very cool. The origins... It was very sweet. I think I'll read it at some point...

That was fun (and I'm still looking forward to it starting up again...).

Oh, man, I think we all are! I know a certain Prince is...

I was never going to write anything, of course.

Gah! Don't say these things to me! That's a scary thought, that is. I'm so glad you changed your mind - the first time I read "Set on Fire" (and I'm talking about the first two times, actually, since I read it, and immediately reread it), I could hardly form coherent sentences in my head. I can't imagine not having that story to re-read whenever I'm down. It's such a lovely boost. And it was so perfect. The image of Remus looking at Sirius through his hair is one of the sexiest images ever, and that part has rarely failed to give me shivers... mmmmmm...

And I'm very glad that you're still writing. (nudge, nudge, wink, wink.)

:)

Happy anniversary, Liz. :)

Long live the One True Way! :)

And there was something in the post you made that had my eyes widening and going "Yes! Yes, that's it!" Where is it? Ahhh... ;) The bit about reading the fic and then it clicking like the Ron and Hermione thing. Yes. That. *grin*

Yeah... that fits... *wry grin*

Needless to say, I read PoA very different the next time I picked it up because there was subtext there that I noticed and didn't know that I'd noticed.

*snicker* *silly face* :)

Needless to say, I read PoA very different the next time I picked it up because there was subtext there that I noticed and didn't know that I'd noticed.

Isn't it fun to reread PoA with R/S in mind? It works so well...

And you are so adorable. I'm very glad you're back - I was worried!

*silly face back at you* :)

And what an anniversary it is, too! The day that shaped a woman.

I remember my first slash... Full Moon (http://www.slashcity.org/~nezad/FullMoon.htm) by Gillian Middleton - I had NO idea such things existed. But after I read it, I was like... "Yes! This makes sense! Of course they love each other!" Although I still insist that my copy of PoA contains the alternate text "hugged him like a lover" and that's where I realized their love.

Anyway, I hope you have a lovely day...

And what an anniversary it is, too! The day that shaped a woman.

akjksdjfksjdfkajdksaldasjdkldjflksdf... Oh, you CRAX me up...

But after I read it, I was like... "Yes! This makes sense! Of course they love each other!"

See, we're smart like that. We know what worx and what doesn't. R/S shippers are *smart*, dammit. We know the truth.

I'm still waiting for that copy to arrive on my doorstep, by the way. I think it's being delayed by those pesky non-shippers who don't want to face the truth and just admit that we're right. Tsk-tsk-tsk.

(Do I sound like a Nazi yet?..)

Thank you, and I hope you have a lovely day, as well. :)

AROOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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