Once upon a time, I shared a story

[butterflydreaming]

Ten years ago this month, I shared my first story on the internet. I had only been online for a few months. My very first fanfiction was "The Universe is Resting in My Arms." I don't know the precise date of posting, because FF.net took it down for being a songfic, which is against the TOS. (Nina Gordon's "Tonight and the Rest of My Life.")

Weirdly, they did it something like 8 years after it had been posted and shortly after I found out that it was listed as an example of songfic on TVtropes.org. The dead link is still there.

There is a rather elegant Cardcaptor Sakura version of this in The Universe is Resting in My Arms. The lyrics flow almost seamlessly into the story — this troper did not realise it was a songfic until seeing them quoted in one hit at the end.

I wish I knew who added that.

I do, however, have the December 6, 2003 date for "Indian Summer, Blackthorn Winter." That's ten years ago as of tomorrow.


1. I am thankful to pasiphae for bringing over that anime series she thought we should watch.
2. I am thankful for tamchronin, who was my first internet friend and who brought me to Livejournal and blogging.
3. I am thankful for The Pit of Voles. So many fan websites have come and gone, but that archive continues to be a rite of passage.
4. I am thankful for tsukimineshrine and everyone it brought me. Too bad they've gone away.
5. I am thankful that I have ever had something to give.