February
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- In response to the deletion of the LiveJournal community fanficdotnet, the LiveJournal community music_fic was created on February 1, 2003. (Herongale)
- On February 1, 2005, the LiveJournal community booksnifferanon was founded. It was a Gilmore Girl's Rory/Logan community. [1]
Recent days: January 31 – January 31 – January 29
- "Wally and Kyle: Two Friends" by Darth Yoshi was published on February 2, 2001.
- On February 2, 2004, Blink_Slash, a LiveJournal Blink 182 slash community, was founded. [2], xcacophony: [3]
- On February 2, 2004, the Anita Blake mailing list our_adonis was created. [4]
Recent days: February 1 – January 31 – January 30
- On February 3, 2000, the hpslash mailing list was founded.
Recent days: February 2 – February 1 – January 31
- On February 4, 1998, the Janeway/Chakotay Webring was created. [5]
- On February 4, 2006, it was discovered that Darkdreamer plagiarized over 20 people. [6]
Recent days: February 3 – February 2 – February 1
- On February 5, 2001, the LiveJournal community babylon5 was created.
Recent days: February 4 – February 3 – February 2
- On February 6, 2004, the LiveJournal community warriorlesbians was created. It was dedicated to Xena. [7]
- On February 6, 2004, the LiveJournal community xf_journals was created. [8]
Recent days: February 5 – February 4 – February 3
- On February 7, 1812, Charles Dickens was born. [9]
- The first Final Fantasy Wiki, The Final Fantasy Wiki, opens on February 7, 2004. It is formed by Reeve.
- On February 7, 2006, the mailing list fantastic4-slash was created. [10]
Recent days: February 6 – February 5 – February 4
- On February 8, 1991, The Simpsons premiered on television in Argentina. [11]
- On February 8, 1997, the Sailor Moon anime ended in Japan with its 200th and final episode.
- On February 8, 1998 Natasha Kashefipour started a message board named Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. This name will eventually be changed to The Acorn Café, and become the seat of the fandom to the present day.
- Hyacinth Gardens [12] was founded on February 8, 2002, and has over 3,200 members worldwide (adults only) as of January 15, 2007. Fanfic encompasses all Jane Austen novels and characters and general discussion.
Recent days: February 7 – February 6 – February 5
- In February 1998, Sci-Fi Entertainment ran an article on fan fiction.
- Around February 1999, some author plagiarized Star Trek, X-Files and Lois and Clark stories and changed them to The Nanny stories. [13]
- In February of 2002, darcyfic was founded.
Recent days: February 8 – February 7 – February 6
- On February 10, 2006, the LiveJournal community ru_andromeda was created for Russian fans of Andromeda. [14]
Recent days: February 9 – February 8 – February 7
- On February 11, 1999, the mailing list RATales was created. [15]
- On February 11, 2004, the Inuyasha LiveJournal community inuyashaxkagome was created. [16]
- On February 11, 2005, the Kingdom Hearts LiveJournal community kh_iconawards was created. [17]
- On February 11, 2005, World of Warcraft was released in the United Kingdom. [18]
Recent days: February 10 – February 9 – February 8
- On February 12, 2002, the Westlife mailing list westlife-fan-fiction was created. [19]
- On February 12, 2003, Virtues by Mydragonfly was published on FanFiction.Net. [20] It was the first Agency story published on the site.
- On February 12, 2005, the LiveJournal community gg_fic was founded as a place to post Gilmore Girls fan fiction. [21] Pairings that people posted fic for included Rory/Jess, Marty/Rory, Marty/Lucy, Logan/Rory, Luke/Lorelai and Lorelai/Rory.
Recent days: February 11 – February 10 – February 9
- On February 13, 2001 X-Men Hero: Cyclops is created, it would later archive Cyclops/Shadowcat fan fiction. [22]
- On February 13, 2002, the LiveJournal community Aurikku, dedicated to the Aurikku ship, is created.
- On February 13, 2003, the Transformers mailing list transFFva was created. [23]
- In February 13, 2004, the Boyzone LiveJournal community boyzone was created. [24]
- On February 13, 2005, the CSI Nick/Greg LiveJournal community gnr_fic_recs was created. [25]
- On February 13, 2007, the first season of Beauty and the Beast came out on DVD causing great excitement in the fandom.
Recent days: February 12 – February 11 – February 10
- On February 14, 1998, an innocent post on the new Acorn Café accidentally sets off "Ranger War II", this one given the informal name "The St. Valentine's Day Massacre". Briefer than the first, the final concensus on the Chip/Gadget relationship is that neither side on the "Pro Vs. Anti" debate had a majority and that arguing about such matters was not constructive. This was the final "Ranger War".
- On February 14, 2005, eromitlab was founded on LiveJournal.
Recent days: February 13 – February 12 – February 11
- DarcyFic, dedicated to Darcy centered fan fiction, was founded on February 15, 2003.
- On February 15, 2005, "The Ferveo Project", an LiveJournal community for recommending the best Draco/Hermione fanfics was created by Maplesugrrrl and Eucalyptus.
- On February 15, 2007, the release date for The Deathly Hallows (the seventh book in the series) was announced: July 21, 2007.
Recent days: February 14 – February 13 – February 12
- On February 16, 1995, the Due South episode The Wild Bunch originally aired on CBS. [26]
- On February 16, 1996, the Due South episode The Edge originally aired on CBS. [27]
- On February 16, 2005, the CSI LiveJournal community aus_csi was created for Australian fans of the show. [28]
- On February 16, 2007, msgrits posted chapter 17 of her Grissom/Sara alternative universe story Reality Alternative to FanFiction.Net.
Recent days: February 15 – February 14 – February 13
- On February 17, 2003, the LiveJournal community _insatiable_ was founded. It was dedicated to Lord of the Rings real person fic featuring the Viggo/Orlando pairing. [29]
- On February 17, 2005, the CSI Grissom/Greg LiveJournal community gil_loves_greg was founded. [30]
Recent days: February 16 – February 15 – February 14
- On February 18, 1999, the mailing list ScullyLovesMulderfic was created. [31]
- On February 18, 2001, the mailing list FRVS was created. [32]
- On February 18, 2001, the mailing list hogwartsinternationalacademy was created. [33]
- On February 18, 2005, the Crazytown LiveJournal community lazytown_fanfic was created. [34]
- On February 18, 2005, the LiveJournal community ru_xfiles was created. [35]
Recent days: February 17 – February 16 – February 15
- On February 19, 2002, the LiveJournal community neil_gaiman was created. [36]
- On February 19, 2003, the Gunsmoke mailing list GunsmokeFanFiction was created. [37]
- On February 19, 2004, the Dark is Rising LiveJournal drabble community darkisrising100 was created. [38] As of August 26, 2007, it had 116 members.
- On February 19, 2005, Now That You Are Leaving by Allybally was published on FanFiction.Net. [39] It was the first 15Love story published on the site.
- On February 19, 2005, the MySpace group Ancients was created. [40]
- On February 19, 2006, the Ukrainian LiveJournal community ua_simpsons was created. [41]
Recent days: February 18 – February 17 – February 16
- On February 20, 2002, Favyan announced the opening of More Than Enemies on the SSF-Updates mailing list.[42]
- On February 20, 2003, Louisa and Dan opened Indie Zelda, then hosted on Brinkster.
- On February 20, 2006, the DC Comics LiveJournal community dc_icontest was created. [43]
Recent days: February 19 – February 18 – February 17
- On February 21, 1946, Alan Rickman was born.
- On February 21, 1999, the general Xena discussion mailing list All_Xena_Fans was created. [44]
- On February 21, 2001, the LiveJournal community gryffindor was created. [45]
- On February 21, 2001, the Aerosmith LiveJournal community aerosmithaddict was created. [46]
- On February 21, 2002, the mailing list pokegenie was created. [47]
- On February 21, 2003, theLiveJournal community apologia was created. [48] It was created as a community where authors could apologize to characters and members of fandom for the author's bad writing of characters.
Recent days: February 20 – February 19 – February 18
- On February 22, 2002, the Due South mailing list DSSVS_News was created. [49]
- On February 22, 2005, afislash was created. [50]
- On February 22, 2006, the LiveJournal Weeds icon community weeds_icontest was created. [51]
Recent days: February 21 – February 20 – February 9
- On February 23, 1996, the Due South episode Starman originally aired on CBS. [52]
- On February 23, 2003, the LiveJournal community angeldrabble was founded. [53] It was created for the posting of Angel related drabbles.
- On February 23, 2005, the LiveJournal community House_Cameron was founded, devoted to stories shipping Dr. Gregory House and Dr. Allison Cameron.
- On February 23, 2005, Stargate Atlantis debuted on television in Germany. [54]
Recent days: February 22 – February 21 – February 20
- On February 24, 1998, the Due South episode Easy Money originally aired on via syndication. [55]
- On February 24, 2002, the sexisfic mailing list was created. [56]
- On February 24, 2004, the LiveJournal community claim_eastender was created. [57]
- On February 24, 2005 the LiveJournal community _tangledstars was created specifically for Foo Fighters related fiction. It is predominantly slash oriented although some het also is posted there.
Recent days: February 23 – February 22 – February 21
- On February 25, 1999, the mailing list xf-fanfic2 was created. [58]
- On February 25, 2000, the Saiyan Slash mailing list was created.
- On February 25, 2003, the Friends LiveJournal community friendsnbc was created. [59]
- On February 25, 2003, the LiveJournal community thedarkisrising was created. [60]
- On February 25, 2005, the LiveJournal community House_Cuddy was founded, devoted to stories shipping Dr. Gregory House and Dr. Lisa Cuddy.
Recent days: February 24 – February 23 – February 22
- On February 26, 1999, the mailing list MSRfanfic-only was created. [61]
- On February 26, 2005, the LiveJournal community pureandpretty was founded, devoted to stories shipping Dr. Robert Chase and Dr. Allison Cameron.
- On February 26, 2006, the MySpace group stargateatlantisfan was created. [62]
- On February 26, 2006, the mailing list HunterParrish was created. It was dedicated to Hunter Parrish who plays Silas on Weeds. [63]
- On February 26, 2007, the FanFiction.Net Tomb Raider community Love Stinks was created. [64] This community is a collection of well written Tomb Raider stories authored by people who believe that this game was not meant to be centered around romance.
Recent days: February 25 – February 24 – February 23
- On February 27, 1997, Millennium debuted on television in Sweden. [65]
- Potlatch 9 took place February 25 - February 27, 2000 at the University Plaza Hotel in Seattle, Washington.
- On February 27, 2000, Between by ebonbird became the first Gatchaman story published on FanFiction.Net. [66]
- On February 27, 2004, an article about Black Cat was created on Wikipedia. [67]
- On February 27, 2005, the MySpace group httpSmallvilleryboxmyspacecom was created. [68] As of August 4, 2007, it has 859 members.
- On February 27, 2005, the Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and Angel MySpace group keishahosler was created. [69]
- The marilynxtwiggy community for Marilyn Manson/Twiggy Ramirez slash was created on February 27, 2005. It is maintained by insanitys_reign and moderated by elenlor_edhelen, insanitys_reign and x___heyfag.
- On February 27, 2005, the MySpace group startrekds9 was created. [70]
- On February 27, 2006, the mailing list HowIMet_Fans was created. [71]
- On February 27, 2006, the Andromeda LiveJournal community beka_rhade was created. [72]
- On February 27, 2007, Meyshi published ArgentAmeth on FanFiction.Net and updated this story on August 7, 2007. [73]
Recent days: February 26 – February 25 – February 24
- On February 28, 2001, the granger-weasley mailing list was founded. This list, dedicated to the Ron/Hermione ship, had its volume peaked around June of 2002.
- On February 28, 2005, the LiveJournal community spoilerjunkies was founded as a place to post and discuss spoilers and speculations for upcoming episodes of the show.
- On February 28, 2005, the Aerosmith LiveJournal community aerosmithicons was created. [74]
- On February 28, 2006, the LiveJournal Weeds fanfic community weeds_fic was created. [75]
- On February 28, 2006, the CSI LiveJournal community csi_gazette was created. [76]
- On February 28, 2007, Philip Mak, the owner of The Shoujo Ai Archive[77] and Yuricon [78] pages, died from a cerebral hemorrhage.
- February 28, 2007 saw the celebration of the 5th Annual Golden Acorn Awards. The event saw so many Rangerphiles attempting to log onto the Café that the boards suffered a crash which lasted about an hour before being restored. This only acted to grow the anticipation of said awards, and the wait was well worth it. The awards saw the first five-way multiple tie (for Best Original Female Character), as well as close contests and multiple winners in many categories.
- Also on February 28, 2007, the Acorn Café, principle seat of the Rangerdom, set an attendance record of 35 individuals on the board at a single time. This record was set at 9:31 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, and replaced the old record of 29 set during the previous Golden Acorn Awards.
Recent days: February 27 – February 26 – February 25
