Ace Moments

The first story I have today, is it an ace moment? Yes, but it's also a not very online person moment.

I've gotten a little better.

I've spent more time online.

I've learned the ways of the internet, sometimes far more than I would prefer.

And this was years ago now.

I'm thinking like old school website stuff.

How do we explain the old 90s websites to people who weren't on them?

What aspect? Let's start with what site you're talking about.

It was a fandom website.

It was like, the screen was black.

Did it have like little animated twinkling things in the margins and text that was almost impossible to read?

Very much that vibe.

Yes.

And this wasn't in the 90s.

It was just an older website.

And I mean, early 2000s as well.

This was maybe mid 2010s.

I came across this relic of a website.

And it was for the Lemony Snicket fandom for a series of unfortunate events, which I am extraordinarily fond of.

I love those books.

I was really pleased with the Netflix adaptation TV series of it when that came out a few years back.

I am a big fan of Edward Gorey, and I love how heavily influenced these books are by Gorey's work.

And mind you, I found myself on this website as someone who had never written fanfiction before in my life.

But because I woefully misunderstood the call to action, I was so excited by the prospect, I was fully prepared to sit down and write my own fanfiction for the very first time ever.

Because I just happened to pop in during ship week.