#afsm

[fairly-small-love]

I know his requests are a lot, but he only mentioned one way to stop it, you know *gestures trough the neck with a finger* which I know neither of us want, and he’s not going to help if he doesn’t have what he wants

“And that isn’t going to happen,” Dee informed, sighing. “Because that is cruel, even for him. And if we kill him we are just as much of a monster as he is.”

[keyofjetwolf]

So while I was definitely online and prowling the Sailor Moon Fandom back in the early Usenet days, I never managed to actually discover newsgroups - my experience was limited to cruising Geocities sites and wandering wherever the WebRings would take me. What was Usenet like? That is, how did it work? Was it like an early BBS-style forum or something? A mailing list? A chatroom?

HEY LOOK IT’S A QUESTION GUARANTEED TO NOT MAKE ME FEEL OLD

Hmmmm. I suppose if I had to compare Usenet to anything, it’d be an old school BBs message board, only open to everyone rather than just whoever dialed in.

However, I recognize that if someoen doens’t know what usenet is then they also probably have no fucking idea what I mean by “old school BBs”. IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE I’M CONFUSING YOU BY SAYING “DIALED IN”.

So think like a forum, only entirely text based. No graphics of any kind. It was basically that, where you would go to a newsgroup (think forum) that was about the subject you were interested in, and you could create messages that everyone could read and reply to, or reply to the messages of others.

Some groups were very strict about what could and couldn’t be posted there. Like, no social messages, only posts about that specific content, stuff like that. And I”m talking about the text group here, not the binaries, which were for posting files and such. But it was really up to the group to decide what did or didn’t happen there. It was all very community oriented.

alt.fan.sailor-moon (afsm) was really pretty open in that sense. While the main focus was Sailor Moon discussion, there was plenty of socializing and other off-topic stuff. We used to, in fact, preface our posts with [OT] before the subject line, marking it as off-topic, so people who didn’t want to see those kinds of posts could safely skip them.

Overall, it wasn’t too terribly different from a lot of what we have today, but at the same time entirely different in a way that’s difficult to really explain.

IF ANY OF THAT MADE ANY SENSE

[fairly-small-love]

Wow. I showed up late to the party! 😄 (Just found this and I love it!)

“What party? Is there cake?” Roman asked, sitting up with a grin. “Can I have-”

“No,” Logan stopped, placing a hand over Roman’s mouth. “There is no cake.”

An: Aww, thank you so much! I’m so glad you like this, I really appreciate it!

[fairly-small-love]

He didn’t really said what that meant or why was this happening, and he would not give any more information if he doesn’t get his wings back and freed

Logan groaned, hitting his head against the table. “Are you fucking serious? Like...fucking hell just great. Is there anything else he requested, maybe the moon on a silver platter perhaps?”

[fairly-small-love]

It is bad, Patton said, and I quote “he is gonna turn into a bastard fae soon”

“A Bastard fae? Did he tell you what that meant?” Dee asked, looking at Virgil and brushing a hand over his pointed ear. “Or do we have to talk to the bloody asshole?”

[fairly-small-love]

Virge, I’m sorry if you don’t feel comfortable sharing what’s happening, but this is important and we have t act fast. He’s been developing fae features, you know sharp teeth, pointy ears, and I talked to Patton about it, it’s not good

“What’s wrong with it?” Virgil asked, looking up. “I think it’s fine. I mean.....I think it is okay, not bad.” He tried to pull up his hood, but Dee stopped him.

“Virgil, you need to tell them, okay? The more you try and hide it the angrier they will be.”

Logan stared at Virgil, his eyes clearing. “Virgil please, we need to know, okay? Please.”

[fairly-small-love]

No, he still wants to, but this is about Virgil and the... changes happening to him

“Changes?” Logan asked, looking at Virgil, who looked a lot more attractive today. He didn’t realize that he was staring until Virgil shifted uncomfortably. “A-Ah I um....What changes again?”

Virgil winced, scooting closer to Dee, wanting to curl up and hide. “I don’t see any changes, I’m fine.”

[fairly-small-love]

Can you guys stop arguing over breakfast for a second please? We have a problem

Logan and Roman, after another few minutes of fighting, went to join Dee and Virgil in the kitchen.

“What’s going on?” Virgil asked, having been set down on a bar stool.

Roman, who was still annoyed because he still has no pizza, sat in Logan’s lap, who realized it wasn’t worth it to get the other man off. “What is it? Did the bug get out?”