HD-Erised 2016: Veterans and Newcomers

[snowgall]

As I was looking over the anonymous masterlist for this year's hd_erised fest, I was struck by how many veterans of the HD fandom were still creating fanworks for the fest, even as many newcomers are joining for the first time. I think this speaks to how popular HD fandom has been and still remains!

So everyone can see what I mean, I've organized this year's participants into a table sorted by the year they first published an HD fic or artwork, so far as I know*

2002
marysiak	fic: The Marks We Bear (also on AO3)
2004
red_rahl	art: His Guiding Light
2005
alisanne	fic: Up Against The Wall
sugareey	fic: Hot and Heavy
zeitgeistic	fic: A Malfoy is Always Welcome
2006
femmequixotic	fic: Gone Down The Angel On A Lonely Night for hd_holidays
isinuyasha	art: untitled
sdkshelly	fic: Good Day To Be Alive for hpvamp
2007
blamebrampton	fic: An Act of Simple Devotion for hd_holidays
oceaxe	fic: What Best Friends Do
oldenuf2nb	fic: Anything for Charity
sassy_cissa	fic: Three Little Words for hds_beltane
sesheta_66	fic: Still Got It for slashfest
who_la_hoop	fic: 101 Ways to Heal Your Wizarding Woes for hd_holidays
2008
cassie_black12	fic: The Wedding Planner
harrysde	art: Fanart for Boys Don't Cry
2009
alafaye	fic: How A Catboy and a Hero Fell In Love
firethesound	fic: A Tune for Every Occasion
noeon	fic: Voices From the Fog for hp_summersmut
xerised	fic: Fade
2011
anokaba	art: Banner Art for do_me_veela
khalulu	fic: Seeing Draco Malfoy for hd_smoochfest
writcraft	fic: Cruppy Love for hd_fluff
2012
birdsofshore	fic: Hairway to Heaven for hd_fan_fair
cylsus	art: On a Winter's Eve for hd_holidays
fantasyfiend09	fic: Chasing Dreams for dracotops_harry
lq_traintracks	fic: Collision
nerak_rose	art: The Sound of a Little Hope for hp_harlequin
2013
disapparater	fic: Found A Way
dustmouth	art: Sticky Fingers for hd_smoochfest
keeper_of_stars	fic: We All Fall Apart for hd_erised
leontinabowie	fic: Sing, for the Sea Belongs to Me for dracotops_harry
lyonessheart	fic: Musings of a distracted mind
nobunakira	art: Harry-Draco-Harry Again for hd_smoochfest
persephoneapple	fic: New Year's Resolutions
themightyflynn	fic: Sanare
2014
8c	art: Book Buddies
agentmoppet	fic: Protection
anemonen	art: Just friends
blithelybonny	fic: Mister Potter for hpsolemnlysworn
dicta_contrion	fic: If Memory Serves for hd_hurtfest
huldrejenta	fic: Stories in E Minor for hd_fan_fair
lauren3210	fic: Life is a Twice Written Scroll for hd_smoochfest
limedumplr	art: untitled
2015
_melodic_	fic: One Year of Winter for hd_owlpost
carpemermaid	fic: It's all in the Technique
fulselden	fic: Veela Romance and the Literary Marketplace for do_me_veela
mybutterflower	art: Drarry Kiss
shiftylinguini	art: Hipster!Undercut!Man-bun!Draco
2016
apriicat	art: Draco
breath_of_mine	fic: Something stupid like I love you
glittering_git	fic: Where You Lead for hd_tropes
kaiosea	fic: ??? for hd_erised
kittyaugust	fic: Familia Est... for hd_familyfest
ravenclawsquill	fic: Impervius for hp_drizzle
sugar_screw	art: A Fine Predicament
thistle_verse	fic: Late Bloomers for dracotops_harry

*I tried really hard to get accurate data by stalking everyone's LJ and AO3 accounts, but I'm just one person and might have missed something, especially if your LJ is flocked or your early works were on a deleted archive somewhere. So if there are mistakes, just let me know and I'll fix them :)

Comments

[fantasyfiend09.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love that you compiled and posted this. So cool! It's so interesting to see when other people first posted. Looking at the 2012 list, I didn't realize those people were newbies right along with me. I love that you have records on when people first posted. It's like our fandom has an official archives department!

[snowgall]

I want to keep this comment close to me and hug it whenever I feel down ♥

It's funny, but in my head, I was sorta calling each group "The Class of such-and-such Year." Like, you'd be part of "The Class of 2012". But then I realized that didn't make sense, since that usually means the year you graduate, not the year you start! So then I didn't know what to call it. "Cohort," I guess? It doesn't have the same flare. But it is cool to see who else started around the same time :)