Percyness?

Mar. 28th, 2005 03:19 pm
icarus: Snape by mysterious artist (70s Snape by Lizardspots)
[personal profile] icarus
Hullo there?

For all the HP fans on my friendslist, I have a question.

Is there any interest in a Percy Archive? I'd like to take the stories from the Percy Ficathon as a base and create an archive of much-neglected Percyfic. I've had the idea for well over a year now, and it just keeps nattering at me.

What do you think?

On another note, it's [livejournal.com profile] wildernessguru's birthday. He's well on the way to being properly spoiled.

Date: 2005-03-28 11:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] atrata.livejournal.com
YESYESOMGYES.

And let me know if I can help.

Date: 2005-03-29 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Hmm. I'll take that as a yes. *makes mark on clipboard*

I have no idea what needs help right now, but that's largely because [livejournal.com profile] hp_femme is doing all the work. :D (Wait'll you see her up-and-coming Snape/Draco site... whoa.) I'll ask her what she needs.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-28 11:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hermione-like.livejournal.com
There is a definite interest in a Percy archive. I know [livejournal.com profile] alice_and_lain's been talking about setting one up as well, so she might be able to help. :D

Date: 2005-03-28 11:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tekalynn.livejournal.com
Oh, HELL yes. It's a great idea (though a lot of work!). If/when you decide to take submissions, I have a Percy/Crouch ficlet you might like.

Date: 2005-03-29 12:02 am (UTC)
ext_9362: (Default)
From: [identity profile] izzybeth.livejournal.com
ooh yes, excellent idea. i remember wondering about that a few months ago over in [livejournal.com profile] percy_fans.

Date: 2005-03-29 12:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hobbit-feet.livejournal.com
There would definately be interest!

And happy birthday to [livejournal.com profile] wildernessguru

Date: 2005-03-29 12:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] literaryll.livejournal.com
Yes yes would be most interested :D

Date: 2005-03-29 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] cheshyre
How would you plan on combining this with existing fanlistings?

I mean, I've been maintaining a Percy/Malfoy list.

Obviously, I enjoy reading the stuff, so I'm curious.

Date: 2005-03-29 03:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
I've no clue. :D

What would you like to see?

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 02:22 am (UTC)
femmequixotic: (Default)
From: [personal profile] femmequixotic
There better be. I've been playing with some art for the header....

*grins*

Will try to get something to you in the next day or two...

Date: 2005-03-29 02:23 am (UTC)
femmequixotic: (Default)
From: [personal profile] femmequixotic
Oh--and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WG! WE LOVE YOU! *smooches*

Date: 2005-03-29 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Oh hell yeah. This is just a matter of do people want to upload their stories, or do I need to hunt around for Percyfic?

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 09:35 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] rikibeth.livejournal.com
Did you want ones beyond the ficathon stories? I could ask my co-author if she'd let our Velveteen Thestral ones go up, if you want them.

Date: 2005-03-29 09:42 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Yes, I want them, yes yes.

You guys were the inspiration to get An Elegant Man (http://www.icarus.slashcity.net/stories/anelegantman.html) finished at last.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sokka.livejournal.com
Oh how I have -yearned- for the day a pioneering individual would create such an archive <333 I fully support the idea *salute*

Date: 2005-03-29 02:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alice-and-lain.livejournal.com
*dies of laughter* I've been working on one, kinda incognito. I've been using eFiction and trying to tweak it to my specs, since the only other big archiving code is Automated Artchive and that's written with .cgi and I hate .cgi. Although eFiction isn't necessarily that much better as there are a ton of bugs and things that I really don't like about it. But I'm not about to write my own code from scratch, because way too much work.

It's got a crappy design (layout artist I am not) and I think I might have to plunk down money for a domain name (head-boy.net). Plus, the thing might never, ever come into existence because I have a terrible history of abandoning projects before I finish them. But if there were someone else to kick my ass about things...I dunno. Maybe I would finish. I would like to be involved, somehow, even peripherally.

All I know is that it needs to happen. Luna has archives and she's only been around for one book. Percy ought to have at least one, especially considering the surprising number of fans he has.

~Amber

Date: 2005-03-29 03:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Well [livejournal.com profile] hp_femme's a professional designer, so she's taking care of that angle. She'll know how to fix the bugs and whatnot. So that's handled. She does elegant work, design-wise.

I'm good about seeing things through, generally. Not good at ass-kicking, haven't the patience for it: this is for fun, you either get the job done or you don't. *shrugs*

My attention for this archive would be sporadic so I was planning a kind of "catch and release" - self-uploading, in the same place as the Percy Fic-A-Thon, or at least using that as the front page. That way I can use the Fic-A-Thon stories since it's still the same site. I think I can use them. I'll probably have to ask. *scratches head*

Eventually I'd like to do some attention-getting for the site with another Percy Fic-A-Thon (this time with general challenges rather than a swap). That wouldn't be until the summer of course.

This is actually happening. Now, whether the site will just sit there dead in the water, or will people actually use it... that's really the question.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 03:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lingzer0.livejournal.com
Yes. Very much so.

(via d_s)

Date: 2005-03-29 04:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Wow. The [livejournal.com profile] daily_snitch is fast, isn't it?

Yeah, this is looking real positive. I think people will actually use it.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 03:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abigail89.livejournal.com
Oh, yeah. That would be cool. I have a couple of Percy fics on my harddrive. Somewhere.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the Guru!

Date: 2005-03-29 04:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Great. I want them.

And [livejournal.com profile] wildernessguru grins at the birthday wishes.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 04:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abigail89.livejournal.com
Keep us posted on the progress of the archives. My two Percy fics are long-beta'ed and ready. And they aren't posted anywhere now that the SmuttyClassroom is gone. I have another one started, so maybe I can be convinced to haul it out and finish it. It was shaping up pretty nicely when I abandoned it.

Hope y'all have a lovely birthday time tonight.

Date: 2005-03-29 03:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitsune.livejournal.com
Yes please! The Percyfest site was the turning point for me becoming a Percy fan... it's all your fault!

Date: 2005-03-29 03:37 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-03-29 03:37 am (UTC)
settiai: (Default)
From: [personal profile] settiai
I was actually considering buying a domain for a Percy archive, so you can definitely count my vote as a "yes." If you do decide to create one, I'll be glad to help in any way that I can.

Date: 2005-03-29 04:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Cool! I have no idea how anyone can help. What do you have in mind? My idea was something nice-looking but low-key, not even a dedicated domain name. I was gonna use the Percy Fic-A-Thon page http://www.home.earthlink.net/~percyfest

I'm open for ideas. My time for this is going to be pretty sporadic.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 04:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] quidditchgrrl.livejournal.com
I would say Yes! to a Percy archive - all the other "dedicated" sites are long-dead.

Here via Daily Snitch, btw. :)

Date: 2005-03-29 07:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orange-bastard.livejournal.com
Yes please! I adore your Percy fanfic! Plan to do some drawings...just need to get done with this damn algebra class

Date: 2005-03-29 08:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] timberwolfoz.livejournal.com
Is there any interest in a Percy Archive?

*does Odie impression*

*smooch*

Date: 2005-03-29 10:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tboy.livejournal.com
HAPPY BIRTHDAY [livejournal.com profile] wildernessguru

Hope it's faaaabulous *g*.

Date: 2005-03-29 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kaz814.livejournal.com
Got here via [livejournal.com profile] daily_snitch.

I think the idea of a Percy archive is a fabulous one! :) And if you're looking for more fics, I had a Percy Gets the Girl (or Guy) challenge that was taken up by a bunch of people. You can find the fics here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/kaz814/116936.html) if you want to email the authors for permission.

:)

Date: 2005-03-29 08:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Wonderful, thank you.

Icarus

Date: 2005-03-29 07:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shadowpryde.livejournal.com
Over here from the [livejournal.com profile] daily_snitch and I'm here to give a hell yeah! I'm a closet Percy follower and I have the fic-a-thon bookmarked to treat myself to something special every once in awhile, so it would be even cooler to expand upon that for a Percy fanfiction archive.

-Draconis Leona-

Date: 2005-03-29 07:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scary-sushi.livejournal.com
Yes! Yes! Yes! :D

Date: 2005-03-29 08:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layat.livejournal.com
Percy's the only of the lot that I can stand. Please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please

Date: 2005-03-29 09:32 pm (UTC)
ext_3319: Goth girl outfit (Default)
From: [identity profile] rikibeth.livejournal.com
Oh, yes, PLEASE, Percy archive! There cannot be enough Percy-love.

Date: 2005-03-30 12:49 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-03-30 02:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gail-b.livejournal.com
YES!!!!

Date: 2005-03-30 07:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tabigarasu.livejournal.com
Here from d_s. and yes, please! I'd love to see a central site for percy-fic collection

Date: 2005-03-30 08:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] icarusancalion.livejournal.com
Looks like from the responses we might get more than one. :)

Icarus

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