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|}'''Sailor Orion’s Refuge''' was a fandom site run by Meghann McCall who operated the site under the alias of her main character, Giseino Shinzui. The site went online Christmas Day of 1999 on AOL before it moved to the domain SailorOrion.com in 2001. After losing ownership of that domain, the site was moved to SailorOrion.net where it remained until its closing in August 2004. It received an estimated 150 hits per day at its peak of popularity. | |}'''Sailor Orion’s Refuge''' was a fandom site run by Meghann McCall who operated the site under the alias of her main character, Giseino Shinzui. The site went online Christmas Day of 1999 on AOL before it moved to the domain SailorOrion.com in 2001. After losing ownership of that domain, the site was moved to SailorOrion.net where it remained until its closing in August 2004. It received an estimated 150 hits per day at its peak of popularity. | ||
| − | Its most popular features included a Sailor Generator KiSS doll (see screen shot below) and Profile Form to help [[Otaku Senshi]] creators with their new characters. Also popular was the S.E.C. or Senshi Exchange Club which allowed members to trade ‘charms’ of their fan characters. | + | Its most popular features included a Sailor Generator KiSS doll (see screen shot below) and Profile Form to help [[Otaku Senshi]] creators with their new characters. There were also many tutorials on how to write fanfiction, and the Refuge was listed by [[The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever]] as being a good resource for fanfiction writers.<ref>[http://sailormoonworstofweb.tripod.com/fanfic/fic2.html AQ : Fanfiction Special]</ref>Also popular was the S.E.C. or Senshi Exchange Club which allowed members to trade ‘charms’ of their fan characters. |
==Sailor Moon O: Orion's Story== | ==Sailor Moon O: Orion's Story== | ||
| − | The site featured a popular 34 chapter incomplete [[fanfiction]] titled Sailor Moon O: Orion’s Story which can still be found on Fanfiction.net.<ref>http://www.fanfiction.net/s/19643/1/Sailor_Moon_O_Orions_Story</ref> The main character of the story, Sailor Orion, was a white haired senshi with a complicated past tied with the [[Dark Kingdom]] and [[Sailor Uranus]]. Ms McCall, who now authors under the pen name Merry Shannon, has stated, "I have some interest in finishing the story, yes. I do know how it ends. In fact, I've known since the beginning how it would end. The only problem I think I'd have now is that my current writing style has progressed so much that I'm not sure it would even sound like the same person wrote it, were I to finish it." She also stated that there would be six more chapters to the story but because of current writing deadlines it is unlikely she would be working on it anytime soon.<ref name="email">Shannon, M. Personal email, 02 Aug 2007</ref> | + | The site featured a popular 34 chapter incomplete [[fanfiction]] titled Sailor Moon O: Orion’s Story which can still be found on Fanfiction.net.<ref>http://www.fanfiction.net/s/19643/1/Sailor_Moon_O_Orions_Story</ref> The main character of the story, Sailor Orion, was a white haired senshi with a complicated past tied with the [[Dark Kingdom]] ([[Negaverse]]) and [[Sailor Uranus]]. Ms McCall, who now authors under the pen name Merry Shannon, has stated, "I have some interest in finishing the story, yes. I do know how it ends. In fact, I've known since the beginning how it would end. The only problem I think I'd have now is that my current writing style has progressed so much that I'm not sure it would even sound like the same person wrote it, were I to finish it." She also stated that there would be six more chapters to the story but because of current writing deadlines it is unlikely she would be working on it anytime soon.<ref name="email">Shannon, M. Personal email, 02 Aug 2007</ref> |
==Site closure== | ==Site closure== | ||
| − | Information about the site closing was posted on July 10, 2004. The site update said, “After five and a half years online, I am very sorry to announce that I have decided to close the Refuge. Current demands on my finances, as well as the fact that I just don't update any longer, make it impractical for me to renew the domain and webspace.”<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20040730160051/http://www.sailororion.net/</ref> She thanked her visitors and gave permission for others to begin projects like the [[S.E.C.]] and [[Sailor Generator]]. She decided to let the site expire rather than exist as a static site on a free server because she “wanted the site to go out gracefully and on a positive note” instead of exist as an “an online corpse.”<ref name="email">Shannon, M. Personal email, 02 Aug 2007</ref> | + | Information about the site closing was posted on July 10, 2004. The site update said, “After five and a half years online, I am very sorry to announce that I have decided to close the Refuge. Current demands on my finances, as well as the fact that I just don't update any longer, make it impractical for me to renew the domain and webspace.”<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040730160051/http://www.sailororion.net/ Sailor Orion's Refuge] hosted by [http://web.archive.org/ Archive.org]</ref> She thanked her visitors and gave permission for others to begin projects like the [[S.E.C.]] and [[Sailor Generator]]. She decided to let the site expire rather than exist as a static site on a free server because she “wanted the site to go out gracefully and on a positive note” instead of exist as an “an online corpse.”<ref name="email">Shannon, M. Personal email, 02 Aug 2007</ref> |
Currently, Ms Shannon is working on her second novel, ''Branded Ann'', a pirate story that should be coming out next year. Her first published novel, ''Sword of the Guardian'', was published by Bold Strokes Books in 2006 and won two GCLS Literary Awards for New Author and Speculative Fiction in 2007.<ref>http://www.gclscon.com/</ref> | Currently, Ms Shannon is working on her second novel, ''Branded Ann'', a pirate story that should be coming out next year. Her first published novel, ''Sword of the Guardian'', was published by Bold Strokes Books in 2006 and won two GCLS Literary Awards for New Author and Speculative Fiction in 2007.<ref>http://www.gclscon.com/</ref> | ||
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Its most popular features included a Sailor Generator KiSS doll (see screen shot below) and Profile Form to help Otaku Senshi creators with their new characters. There were also many tutorials on how to write fanfiction, and the Refuge was listed by The Worst Sailormoon Pages Ever as being a good resource for fanfiction writers.[1]Also popular was the S.E.C. or Senshi Exchange Club which allowed members to trade ‘charms’ of their fan characters.
Sailor Moon O: Orion's Story
The site featured a popular 34 chapter incomplete fanfiction titled Sailor Moon O: Orion’s Story which can still be found on Fanfiction.net.[2] The main character of the story, Sailor Orion, was a white haired senshi with a complicated past tied with the Dark Kingdom (Negaverse) and Sailor Uranus. Ms McCall, who now authors under the pen name Merry Shannon, has stated, "I have some interest in finishing the story, yes. I do know how it ends. In fact, I've known since the beginning how it would end. The only problem I think I'd have now is that my current writing style has progressed so much that I'm not sure it would even sound like the same person wrote it, were I to finish it." She also stated that there would be six more chapters to the story but because of current writing deadlines it is unlikely she would be working on it anytime soon.[3]
Site closure
Information about the site closing was posted on July 10, 2004. The site update said, “After five and a half years online, I am very sorry to announce that I have decided to close the Refuge. Current demands on my finances, as well as the fact that I just don't update any longer, make it impractical for me to renew the domain and webspace.”[4] She thanked her visitors and gave permission for others to begin projects like the S.E.C. and Sailor Generator. She decided to let the site expire rather than exist as a static site on a free server because she “wanted the site to go out gracefully and on a positive note” instead of exist as an “an online corpse.”[3]
Currently, Ms Shannon is working on her second novel, Branded Ann, a pirate story that should be coming out next year. Her first published novel, Sword of the Guardian, was published by Bold Strokes Books in 2006 and won two GCLS Literary Awards for New Author and Speculative Fiction in 2007.[5]
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Notes
- ↑ AQ : Fanfiction Special
- ↑ http://www.fanfiction.net/s/19643/1/Sailor_Moon_O_Orions_Story
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shannon, M. Personal email, 02 Aug 2007
- ↑ Sailor Orion's Refuge hosted by Archive.org
- ↑ http://www.gclscon.com/
