FictionAlley is changing...

[heidi]

Changing its name. Changing its focus. Changing entirely.
The "Park" will henceforth have this as its icon:



Effective today, April 1, 2002, due to an across-the-board development of ennui among the mods and admins, FictionAlley will be making the following changes:


1. We will only host Lord of the Rings fanfic

2. We will not delete any of the fics or reviews currently on the board. Thanks to round-the-clock work by our crack FictionAlley Tech Team, we will make the following automatic name changes, which will clearly not change the plots of anything:
Harry Potter will become Frodo Baggins
Dumbledore will become Gandalf
Voldemort will become The Balarog
Draco will become Legolas
Seamus will become Pippin
Hermione will become Sam
Ron will become Merry
Sirius will remain Sirius, as he is dead sexy and can therefore move among universes with impunity. Plus, Carole said she'd quit if we changed him into a nancing elf.
Crabbe and Goyle will both be Ringwraiths. So will Dudley. And Arabella Figg, which is ok, because nobody knows what she really looks like anyway. Same with Eloise Midgen. And Blaise (girl or boy? Doesn't matter when you're a Ringwraith!)

3. All Harry Potter-specific posts in FictionAlley Park will be moved to Scribbulus, and all LOTR posts in Scribbulus will be divided among new boards

Have fun, guys...

Comments

[bildungsroman.livejournal.com]

*splutters* You can't do that!

*pauses and realises it's April 1st* You had me there.

[dangel.livejournal.com]

Legolas is pretty on the front page, Frodo is even prettier. That should be put on a Very Secret Diaries t-shirt (if Tolkien Enterprises permits).

From Emily

[(Anonymous)]

That was fabulous! I actually gasped in shock and dismay! Kudos! Happy April First! Too many exclamation marks!

Re: From Emily

[bildungsroman.livejournal.com]

!!!!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Haha Happy April Fools!!!

[(Anonymous)]

Fictionalley SO Rox. Oh yeah. --Michelle Ravel

[(Anonymous)]

*Ponders* Now I think Sirius, being the manly man that he most definitely is, could pass as Aragorn, also being very convincing manly man. There really isn't that much difference and even Carole must agree that Aragorn is also dead sexy. You know, for the sake of *cue snerk* FictionRing Park. Or something.

-Pri

PS: Did anyone actually buy this for any length of time? *Grin* The dork in me wants to know how long the alterations took.

[(Anonymous)]

Draco *can't be Legolas. Legolas nances, Draco swaggers.

Taira.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree, Draco would be mortified to know his substitute is a nancing elf. Draco has attitude. Legolas has haircare...

-Pri

[(Anonymous)]

oh my god...I almost got an heart attack...lol.... Happy April 1st!!

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

If you count in seconds or even minutes, yes, some did. But that's ok! We did put it up well before April Fool's Day in much of the world...

[melodylemming.livejournal.com]

Uh oh...forgot to copy pic on front page yesterday. Is it still up somewhere? Frodo was so cute.