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[dragonfare]

About AL ~

I've been doing a lot of research (I hope my boss doesn't read this), a lot of thinking, and a lot of talking to friends about AL. The result is that I am going to let the site go.

What decided me for sure was discovering that the site really requires a dedicated server or VPS, and even if I found one which I could afford, the technical expertise required to run it is far beyond me.

I hate to do it. AL has been around so long, and there are so many people who love it! On the other hand, there are other things in my life that I'd like to focus my attention on, such as my writing. So although I'm really sad, I believe I'm making the right choice.

However! I do not want to give up all my friends from AL, nor - of course - my fascination with animation. The AL forums WILL be restored (soon!) and, I hope, stay active.

To all of you - the folks who have been with me all these years, and those new folks with your fresh enthusiasm - I can only say, I'm sorry, and thank you for making me feel like a special person and for helping to create the little web-world of AL. As I have often said, y'all are wonderful.

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[starwefter.livejournal.com]

Waaah! (general sounds of crying and despair...)

Ah, hell -- but you do what you have to do, and sometimes real life bites....

One day I went looking for some Yugioh pics for me and my kid to save to our hard drive -- I think we were trying to find wallpapers for the newer computer, because the stuff that came supplied with Windows was pretty, but rather boring.

And I stumbled into Animated Lust... And from there I stumbled into the harems and first thing you know, I had joined the forums and was checking out books of HTML (and finally buying some) so that I could put up a web page on Geocities in order to make a harem with pictures instead of my initial attempt that only had text.

I learned some HTML. I even learned a little CSS. I built a couple web pages, designed a web page on Pagii for the harem, since that was faster for someone with limited HTML knowledge, and one thing led to another.

AL led to the AL forums, the forums led me to LiveJournal. And to DeviantArt. And to Fanfiction.net and writing fanfiction for an acquaintance from the AL forums. LJ led me to wonderful people like spicy_diamond who explains things to me like "This screams 'Objection!' " is really a reference to Phoenix Wright games, not an objection to something I did, and who let me use her "Happy fangirls make the world a better place" phrase as a quote for my harem. It led me here, to you, yourself, and it and DA led me to jesskat and her wonderful art and writing, DA led me to a whole host of other artists who were on the AL forums as well. Fanfic.net has introduced me to more people who are now on my LJ or DA f-list, and to KaibaGirl007 who I now count as a real life friend (and who sent me a package of all kinds of cool things all the way from Wales O.O ).

AL led me to making icons, to writing fanfic, to trying to draw... And to an entire bunch of people I would have never known otherwise, many of whom recommended shows to me I would have otherwise missed -- Cowboy Bebop - Torchwood - Slayers - One Piece - and more... At least the forums will continue.

R.I.P. Animated Lust (rated PG!)