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- On April 1, 1997, Dee Dreslough recieved a cease and desist letter from Anne McCaffrey for her site, Dee's Dragonrider Art Gallery.
- On April 1, 2002, the mailing list captain_schiz was created. [1]
- Road Hazards, a self published BandFic anthology containing Bon Jovi slash, was published on April 1, 2006 by RockFic. [2]
Recent days: March 31 – March 30 – March 29
April 2
- On April 2, 2006, Digimon Savers anime premiers in Japan.
Recent days: April 1 – March 31 – March 30
- Idria Barone Knecht's "Madman Across the Water" was archived on April 3, 1995. It was one of the earliest Mulder or Scully death stories.
Recent days: April 2 – April 1 – March 31
- The Tenchi Muyo Fan Fiction Archive moved to muyo.simplenet.com on April 4, 1998.
- The domain for .moon - the living fandom was registered on April 4, 2006. [3]
- On April 4, 2005, the LiveJournal community xenafanfic was founded. [4]
- On September 2, 2006 Alain, a Belgian member of The Acorn Café, had contact with Disney Benelux to inquire about an European release of the Rescue Rangers DVD sets. After some lobbying, he received a positive answer. Germany, the United Kingdom, France and most large European countries saw the DVD set released on February 17, 2007. Smaller countries like Belgium and The Netherlands had to wait until April 4, 2007. European Rescue Rangers DVDs wil be sold individually, not per 3 DVDs.
Recent days: April 3 – April 2 – April 1
- On April 5, 2000, spazio_1999, a mailing list, was created for Italian fans of Space: 1999 to communicate with each other and to post fan fiction.
- On April 5, 2004, dwicons, a Doctor Who LiveJournal icons community was created.
- On April 5, 2006, Diane Marchant passed away.
- On April 5, 2006, The Libertines LiveJournal community dptband was created. [5]
Recent days: April 4 – April 3 – April 2
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Recent days: April 5 – April 4 – April 3
- On April 7, 2000, the Bindlestitch, a Due South slash oriented mailing list was created. (Marythefan: [6])
- On April 7, 2002, Neil Gaiman discussed what fan fiction is in his on-line journal. He has been relatively tolerant of fan fiction written in his universe.
- On April 7, 2003, the mailing list lj_detour was founded. [7]
Recent days: April 6 – April 5 – April 4
- rec.arts.anime.creative replaced rec.arts.anime.stories in March 1996 according to the FAQ for rec.arts.anime.creative but new Usenet groups post indicates that the group was approved on April 8, 1996.
- On April 8, 2005, the x_edit community was created on LiveJournal. The community was founded to help pair fan fiction writers up with beta readers. (mofic: [8])
Recent days: April 7 – April 6 – April 5
- On April 9, 2006, Fandom_discuss was created on JournalFen. [9]
- On April 9, 2006, the LiveJournal community sn_flashback was created. [10]
Recent days: April 8 – April 7 – April 6
- On April 10, 2001, the mailing list SkinneroticaUpdate was created. [11]
- On April 10, 2003, the mailing list SimonCowellFanfic was created for people to post fan fiction related to Simon Cowell. [12]
- On April 10, 2005, the Laurell K. Hamilton mailing list TheHollowHills was created. [13]
- On April 10, 2006, Narcissus in Chains plagiarised agtkrycek, Angelrhose, beellegee, Black_Rose_Fallen, Chaos Dragon, Kalika, Lisa_Evelyns, Marasmine, Melanie Eden, Miguellawolf, bleedtoblue, Narcissus Unchained on Pomme de Sang, Raintiger, SatiricalPhilosophy, PDS, saturdays_angel and WishUponAStar. The fandoms involved were Anita Blake, Prison Break, and Supernatural. [14] [15]
Recent days: April 9 – April 8 – April 7
- On April 11, 1999, the mailing list -CharmedFanfiction- was created for the posting of Charmed fan fiction. [16]
- On April 11, 2000, the ParadigmOfUncertainty mailing list was founded. This list, which has 15,321 members as of June 2005, was dedicated to fan fiction by Lori Summers, Penny Linsenmayer and Carole Estes and Cassandra Claire. This list saw its volume peak around October of 2000.
Recent days: April 10 – April 9 – April 8
- On April 12, 2000, the mailing list Hermoine_and_Harry_Potter was created. [17]
- On April 12, 2003, idolslash, one of the most influential American Idol fan fiction communities, was founded on LiveJournal. ([18], tisharrasofine on AIM)
- monaboyd, a LiveJournal community dedicated to Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan Lord of the Rings real person fic, was created on April 12, 2003. [19]
- On April 12, 2005, the LiveJournal community harrydraco_recs was created. [20]
- On April 12, 2006, the LiveJournal community spn_spoilers was created. [21]
- On April 12, 2006, the Your Tax Dollars At Work LiveJournal community was created. [22]
Recent days: April 11 – April 10 – April 9
- On April 13, 1999, the mailing list mskslash was created. [23]
- On April 13, 2002, While my wife and I were separated... by Carmabaeji - Lively Aria was published on FanFiction.Net. [24] It was the first 24 story published on the site.
- mcrslashfics, a My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community, was founded on April 13, 2005.
Recent days: April 12 – April 11 – April 10
- On April 14, 1999, the mailing list CharmedFanFiction was created. [25]
- On April 14, 2000, The Three Little Pigs: a Tale of the 10th Kingdom by Valerie Kaye was published on FanFiction.Net. [26] It was the first 10th Kingdom story published on the site.
- On April 14, 2002, the mailing list dracohaters was created. [27]
- On April 14, 2006, Eighth-Horizon posted a short "happy" future fic, Salvation, which was meant as a one-off but has become a popular series, with multi-author contributions (all with Eighth-Horizon's blessings). The series is arguably sentimental and sappy and occasionally silly, but with hints and murmurs of horror still as the Winchester brothers continue to fight off supernatural evil while juggling careers, wives, kids, car pools and their own complicated relationship.
Recent days: April 13 – April 12 – April 11
- On April 15, 1999, jrock-fic mailing list was created. [28]
- On April 15, 2003, the LiveJournal community stargate100 was founded.
- On April 15, 2003, the LiveJournal community csi100 was founded.
Recent days: April 14 – April 13 – April 12
- On April 16, 1996, Michael Demcio's "Rhyme and Reason" premiered as the first Rescue Ranger fan fiction on Usenet. It was the first novel-length Ranger story, and the first story to explore the possibilities of the Chip/Gadget relationship, the first to provide real character development for any of the characters. ([29])
- On April 16, 1999, the California Dreams mailing list dreamsfanfic was created. [30]
- On April 16, 1999, the mailing list Nsync_FanFics was created. [31]
- On April 16, 2005, Regann[32] posted her essay supporting the Jecht/Auron slash ship on the Ship Manifesto LiveJournal community.
- On April 16, 2006, the Anita Blake LiveJournal fanfic community deathink was created. [33]
Recent days: April 15 – April 14 – April 13
- On April 17, 1999, the Discworld mailing list thewatchhousestoryclub was created. [34]
- On April 17, 2004, the LiveJournal community harry_draco was created. [35]
Recent days: April 16 – April 15 – April 14
- On April 18, 2002, SadnessYou know, I can never think of titles by Charmander-1212 was published on FanFiction.Net. [36] It was the first 4400 story published on the site.
- On April 18, 2005, the LiveJournal community all_joxer was founded. [37] It was dedicated to all things Joxer and the community encouraged members to post fan fiction to it.
Recent days: April 17 – April 16 – April 15
- On April 19, 2005, the Bleach mailing list Bleach-Group was created. [38]
- On April 19, 2006, the LiveJournal community House_news was founded as a daily fandom newsletter that would link to News and Reviews, Episode Discussion, Meta Discussion, Fan Creations, and Events.
Recent days: April 18 – April 17 – April 16
- Art work for Cassandra Claire's story was being posted by April 20, 2001 on PoU-Art.
Recent days: April 19 – April 18 – April 17
- On April 21, 2001, the HHShippersAnonymous mailing list was founded.
- On April 21, 2004, the LiveJournal community xf_drabble was created. [39]
- Camp Fuck You Die is a multifandom RPG located on LiveJournal. It was founded on April 21, 2005. [40]
- On April 21, 2006, Silent Hill was released in theaters. [41]
Recent days: April 20 – April 19 – April 18
- On April 22, 2001, Skyless Oblivion, a shrine to the slash couple Daiken/Kensuke, opens. It is one of the longest running Digimon shounen ai sites online.
- On April 22, 2003, the HIM LiveJournal fanfic community himfanfics was created. [42]
Recent days: April 21 – April 20 – April 19
- On April 23, 2002, the Xenosaga LiveJournal community xenosaga was created. [43]
- The "Inuyasha Mary Sue Litmus Test" was created by Mette Krangnes on April 23, 2003.
- On April 23, 2006, the LiveJournal community rondracodrabble was created for the posting of Ron/Draco drabbles. [44]
Recent days: April 22 – April 21 – April 20
- On April 24, 1998, Anya plagiarized Jennifer Wand's Sailor Moon fan fiction. [45]
- On April 24, 2001, a Slasher's Consensus was started which remained open for as long as the list was active. [46]
- On April 24, 2002, the Andromeda mailing list andromedacommonwealth was created. [47]
- On April 24, 2002, the Andromeda mailing list AndromedaAcendant was created. [48]
- On April 24, 2004, the LiveJournal community ace_lightning was created. [49] It was dedicated to the show Ace Lighting.
- Taito/Yamachi Love, a community on LiveJournal, is formed by cherry_king on April 24, 2004. By 2007, it has over 300 members.
Recent days: April 23 – April 22 – April 21
- On April 25, 2002, nocturne_alley, a Harry Potter role play community on LiveJournal, was founded. This community was at its most popular during 2003. (aethel) There were no posts to the community after June 2006.
- On April 25, 2003, the LiveJournal community a_thousandwords was founded. [50]
- The My Chemical Romance LiveJournal community thosewayboys was founded on April 25, 2005.
Recent days: April 24 – April 23 – April 22
- On April 26, 1999, the mailing list emxc was created. [51]
- On April 26, 2003, the Charmed role playing mailing list charmedp3_rpg was created. [52]
- Rockfic opened on April 26, 2004.
- On April 26, 2006, Ataniell93 participated in a wank called "Slytherfen, Meet "Slytherfanatics"." [53][54]
Recent days: April 25 – April 24 – April 23
- On April 27, 2000, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask was released in Japan.
- On April 27, 2002 the Andromeda Lexa Doig mailing list Andromeda_akaRommie_LexaDoig was created. [55]
- On April 27, 2003, the LiveJournal community a_artistsflame was founded. [56] It was a Dean/Ginny Harry Potter community.
- On April 27, 2006, the mailing list hprots was created.
- On April 27, 2006, the mailing list magic_love_and_slash was created. [57]
- From April 27, 2007 to April 29, 2007, Tribal Forces was held in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Recent days: April 26 – April 25 – April 24
- On April 28, 1948, Terry Pratchett was born. [58]
- On April 28, 1999, the mailing list JanewayChakotay was created. [59]
- From April 27, 2007 to April 29, 2007, Tribal Forces was held in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Recent days: April 27 – April 26 – April 25
- On April 29, 1955, Kate Mulgrew was born.
- On April 29, 2000, the mailing list Hayden_Christensen was founded. It was for discussion of Hayden Christensen, fan fiction related to the movies and television shows he was in including Factory Girl, Higher Ground, Shattered Glass, Star Wars, The Virgin Suicides.
- On April 29, 2006, Kate Mulgrew celebrated her birthday at Riverside Studios. [60]
- From April 27, 2007 to April 29, 2007, Tribal Forces was held in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.
Recent days: April 28 – April 27 – April 26
- On April 30, 1996, Jay Dee Archer created Jupiter Knight's Sailor Moon Page, a popular fan fiction archive.[61]
- On April 30, 1998, alt.tv.er.creative was created. [62]
- On April 30, 2001, the DracoGinnyFanFic mailing list was founded. Volume for this list peaked around September of 2001.
- On April 30, 2001, the CSI role playing mailing list CSI_RolePlay was founded. [63]
- Slayer Universe was frozen to updates on April 30, 2001.
- On April 30, 2004, the LiveJournal community xena_challenge was created for Xena icons. [64]
- On April 30, 2005, the LiveJournal community rj_challenge was founded. It was dedicated to manipulations of pictures related to the Rory/Jess pairing. [65]
- On April 30, 2006, the LiveJournal community 24slash was created. It was dedicated to 24 slash. [66]
Recent days: April 29 – April 28 – April 27
