Faramir Fiction Archive

Eight Year Bump

Feb 28, 2012

The Faramir Fiction Archive is eight years old today. On this day eight years ago, a first version was put together by one half of your friendly admin duo and a link emailed to the other half. The site was unveiled to the public 5 days later (2004 was also a leap year), on March 4, 2004.

It’s hard to imagine, but our youngest readers were only 10 years old when this archive got started. Luckily, the Faramir fandom didn’t die out as many others do, which is why we’re still here, eight years on. There are still new people discovering Faramir and this archive for the first time, and since we’ve accumulated nearly 1000 stories over the years, it’s nearly impossible to read everything. This is where our idea for this year’s celebration comes in.

Last year, a story that had been on the site before but had been pulled, was reposted. That meant it appeared at the top of the recent additions and recent fiction pages, and because of that it was read by a lot of people who had either missed it before, or simply discovered the site after this story had been deleted. It got some really nice new comments in the process.

Normally we’re very strict about bumping a story to the top of new additions pages, and only allow it for completely new stories or stories with new chapters, because bumping up your story might attract more readers, but unless you’ve actually written something new, it’s simply not fair to the other authors. But this story that was pulled-then-reposted gave us the idea that sometimes old stories deserve a second chance at the limelight.

That’s why for this year’s birthday celebration, we will bump up eight old stories, one at a time, for a week each. If you have an old favourite that you feel should be read by more people, you can nominate a story for this honour by commenting below. A story then needs to be seconded by at least one other person (again, by commenting below), so it’s handy if you write a line or two to motivate why it’s your favourite. We’re looking for old favourites that may have been missed by newer readers, so to be eligible for the bump, a story must have a posting date in 2006 or earlier. We want to hear from different people and promote different tastes, so once one of your favourites has been bumped, you lose the right to vote in more. So you can nominate and support vote as much as you want, but once one of your favourites has won, consider your work done, and bow out to let other people vote in their favourite.

Bumped stories

• Week 1: The Price by Minx — nominated and voted in by Iris, who will therefore refrain from further voting

• Week 2: Perfect World by Juxian Tang — nominated by dream.in.a.jar and supported by Minx, who will therefore refrain from further voting

• Week3: Trial and Judgement by Mcguffan — nominated by Minx and supported by LN Tora will therefore refrain from further voting

• Week 4: Please nominate your favourite and/or support someone else’s nomination by commenting below! No new votes all week, so we’re calling it quits. Thanks everyone!

Current frontrunner(s) for next week’s slot

• One Last Time by Iris — nominated by Minx and supported by Cicely
• The Ritual by Valkyrie — nominated by Cicely and supported by LN Tora

If one of these stories, or the ones listed below, is also one of your favourites, please support its candidacy by commenting below.

Other nominations

• Cloaks and Memories by Shireling — nominated by dream.in.a.jar and awaiting its first support vote.
• Feelings Of Neglect by Laurëlóte— nominated by LN Tora and awaiting its first support vote.
• Absence of Fear by Anorien and Sairalinde — nominated by Kelly and awaiting its first support vote.
• Beneath the Stars by Anorien and Sairalinde — nominated by Kelly and awaiting its first support vote.
• The King and The Ranger by Minx — nominated by dream.in.a.jar and awaiting its first support vote.
• Family Honour by Mcguffan — nominated by Minx and awaiting its first support vote.
• Half-Hearted Holiday by Laurëlóte — nominated by Cicely and awaiting its first support vote.
• The Prize by Anorien and Sairalinde — nominated by Cicely and awaiting its first support vote.
• Father Figure by Bijou — nominated by Cicely and awaiting its first support vote.
• Grief by KC — nominated by Cicely and awaiting its first support vote.
• The Best Decisions by Iris — nominated by Cicely and awaiting its first support vote.
• The Cure by Minx — nominated by Cicely and awaiting its first support vote.
• Fear of Fire by Blossomwitch — nominated by Eora and awaiting its first support vote.
• The Morning After by Eggo Waffles — nominated by Nerey Camille and awaiting its first support vote.

(the archivists will try their best to keep this list current, but best check the comments below for the latest)