The Fanfiction Hall of Fame

[mr_pikachu]

The Fanfiction Hall of Fame
2nd Biannual Election
Nomination Phase

The Fanfiction Hall of Fame is a hallowed shrine for only the greatest members in all of Fanfiction. It will serve as a reminder of everything that those who built and developed the Fanfiction forum have done throughout our history. This sacrosanct place exists for the sole purpose of honoring those who have given so much of themselves to make Fanfiction better for all of us. And it is ready to accept its newest inductee.

You, the members of Fanfiction, must decide who is most worthy of a spot in the Fanfiction Hall of Fame. The first step is to nominate the most worthy candidates. Any Fanficcer, past or present, is eligible. But this is not an honor to be taken lightly.

Fanfiction Hall of Fame nominees should be people who have contributed significantly to the prosperity of Fanfic, both in their writing and in additional initiatives.

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Nominations will last three (3) weeks from the time of this post. Each member may nominate a total of one (1) other person for this award. Past Hall of Fame inductees may not be nominated. Please include a short description of a few sentences to justify your nomination.

Once the nominations period is complete, the official host, mr_pikachu, will narrow down the nominees to ten (10) finalists based on a comprehensive evaluation and the justification of each nominee. (Consequently, the host is not permitted to make a nomination or cast a vote.) The election will then proceed to the voting phase.

Please do your best to ensure that the greatest Fanficcers have the opportunity to be honored in the Fanfiction Hall of Fame.

Nominees

Big_Bad_Pokemon
dratinihaunter13
Gavin Luper
Master of Paradox
PancaKe




(Nominees listed in alphabetical order by username.)

[Blademaster]

Though he's sadly no longer with us, I want to elect a brilliant writer.

A writer full of creative ideas and settings saturated with a dry wit and enough random pop culture references to give LittleKuriboh a run for his money.

A writer who could make stories about a specific franchise and fill them with enough Easter Eggs to draw more attention to the characters and the story themselves than the mother source, unlike many writers on TPM.

A writer who I feel, despite understanding and respecting his choices, that was taken from us far too soon.

That's right: As infrequent and esoteric as he was, I believe that the second inductee to the Fanfiction Hall of Fame should be Master of Paradox.

[firepokemon]

I will this time nominate Big_Bad_Pokemon ie. Damian SilverBlade. As per last time BBP (how I typically refer to him as. I have a penchant for using older names thus Kurai I still call call him HG as his first name was Hyrulian_Genius).

Anyway not only was BBP a former moderator of this forum, his stories were some of the best ever seen on this forum and was truly an example of what it meant to be a great fanfic writer here at TPM. BBP had a penchant for darker more mature stories on pokemon. And was instrumental in the development of the fanfic forum and also that of the Roleplaying games forum. Including taking over the running of the best RPG ever made here at TPM. That of Pokemon School. BBP was more than just a mere person in fanfics. His influence could be seen everywhere on these forums at one time and was in my opinion instrumental in the development of not only fanfics, and RPG but the board as a whole. And is truly deserving of being included in the Hall of Fame.

Edit: BBP was also a fanfic rater for the main site and just overall a great guy. To me it was a sad day when he had enough of us and went over to BMG. This board lost something that day.

[Gavin Luper]

I'd like to nominate dratinihaunter13. Martin was, I believe, the longest-serving moderator Fanfic has ever had, and he was a damn decent one too. He helped run mod-based initiatives, and was always a fair and balanced person when it came to discussions or defusing arguments.

Most of all, though, I'm nominating him for his brilliance within his writing itself. Not only did he have epic fics like MPCEL and Damon's Menace, but his poems are some of the best I've read, and not just on TPM. The same goes for his short stories, like Me Llamo es Richard, and Bohemian Rhapsody. I think he's one of the very finest writers TPM has ever seen, and he is well worthy of earning a place in the Hall of Fame.

[Cadmus]

I nominate Gavin Luper.

From what I've seen, he's been around for quite a while. He's a talented writer (his poems are awesome - Puppetslaves United Anthology comes to mind) and I've been reading the epic story that is Lisa The Legend. The writing, even in the first chapters, is of great quality. That fic has been around for years as well, which is a feat in itself.

I enjoyed that "writing sprint" thread that he made too. I personally hadn't done something like that before, so it was an interesting challenge. It was a good way to write about something without overthinking it. ^^

He's also very friendly, and always participating in threads. I guess you could say he is good at being a moderator! And he seems appreciated by the Fanfic forum in general, so I guess him being nominated shouldn't be a surprise, eh?

[mistysakura]

I would like to nominate PancaKe. She wrote the legendary Lapras Valley High, its squel Full Moon, the joint fic with Last Exile named This Fic is Big Enough for the Both of Us, and a large amount of poetry and short stories. PancaKe's work inspired many of her readers; Lapras Valley High was especially well-received, leading to fan spin-offs in both fanfic and RPG. PancaKe was also an active moderator in her time, with great ideas to keep the forum alive, such as Smiley Town, which still continues today. In fact, her own smiley presence kept Fanfic a friendly place to hang out, and drew people to Fanfic with her friendship.

Blade, you make it sound like he's dead

[Blademaster]

To TPM, he almost was, Ada... He almost was...

[mr_pikachu]

Today is the final day for nominations.