The Yamaku Library - The fan fiction archive -23/09/14

[Mirage_GSM]

Well, since Comrade hasn't been seen around the forums lately I doubt there will be any more updates...

[brythain]

Well, since Comrade hasn't been seen around the forums lately I doubt there will be any more updates...

I can only hope someone takes over this task, in that case. I never realised how much I depended on the library until I thought about it.

[Alpacalypse]

I also noticed that Robnonymous' other Hanako fic isn't here either. Welp, there's the code:

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=5301][/url][/b] - Hanako GE epilogue by [b]Robnonymous[/b] (Complete, 4134 words)
[b]POV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings:[/b] Hisao x Hanako; [b]Begins: [/b] 2 years after Hanako Good End
[b]Remarks: [/b]

Please come back Comrade, somebody needs to sort all this stuff out

[ChaosSummons01]

Awh, I finally get around to reading this thread and then I find out it's not being updated anymore

[Vempele]

Well, since Comrade hasn't been seen around the forums lately I doubt there will be any more updates...

Well, it appears this is your thread now (the first few posts show up as having been made by you)...

[brythain]

Well, since Comrade hasn't been seen around the forums lately I doubt there will be any more updates...

Well, it appears this is your thread now (the first few posts show up as having been made by you)...

That's good news! Time to catch up with the backlog now...

[Mirage_GSM]

Yes, SC has been so kind as to sign the posts over to me.
I've been spending the last two weeks going over the entries made so far and incorporating the results of the discussion made in the anniversary thread. There are going to be some minor modifications in the layout of the individual entries (mostly a new attribute "last Update" and a distinction between "unfinished" and "aborted" stories), and I've made some automations that should lead to fewer formatting errors in the future. I was going to post the results of all this next weekend.

I also added a few more entries, so you might want to withhold new submissions until then.
(Exception: Brythain, if you could send me an updated version of your AtD entries, that would be very helpful...)

[brythain]

Yes, SC has been so kind as to sign the posts over to me.
I've been spending the last two weeks going over the entries made so far and incorporating the results of the discussion made in the anniversary thread. There are going to be some minor modifications in the layout of the individual entries (mostly a new attribute "last Update" and a distinction between "unfinished" and "aborted" stories), and I've made some automations that should lead to fewer formatting errors in the future. I was going to post the results of all this next weekend.

I also added a few more entries, so you might want to withhold new submissions until then.
(Exception: Brythain, if you could send me an updated version of your AtD entries, that would be very helpful...)

Will do, was wondering how to make it easier for whoever took over, only a few days ago!

[brythain]

These are my one-shots 31-40 in alphabetical order:

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=229684#p229684]Between[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 3000 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Hanako; [b]Pairings: [/b][spoiler]Hanako x Hideaki[/spoiler]; [b]Begins: [/b]2030
[b]Remarks: [/b]guest starring Hanna van der Merwen, possible AtD-verse

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&start=180#p230376]Cabin Fever[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 1100 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]NA; [b]Begins: [/b]after Lilly neutral end
[b]Remarks: [/b]‘Developments’ parody tribute

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=230886#p230886]Course Selections[/url][/b] — Epilogue by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 1700 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]NA; [b]Begins: [/b]after Kenji ending
[b]Remarks: [/b]multiple ‘endings’

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=230092#p230092]Courtyard: Another Interlude[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 800 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao x Hanako; [b]Begins: [/b]2008
[b]Remarks: [/b]sequel to ‘Lanyard’

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=229451#p229451]First Base[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 900 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]Shizune x Kenji; [spoiler]Yuuko x Misha[/spoiler][b]Begins: [/b]after Hanako good ending
[b]Remarks: [/b]sequel to ‘A Game of Risk’

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=229224#p229224]Ghosts[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 2000 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]NA; [b]Begins: [/b]unknown
[b]Remarks: [/b]almost a ghost story

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=229772#p229772]Lanyard: An Interlude[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 600 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao x Hanako; [b]Begins: [/b]2007
[b]Remarks: [/b]first part of a mini-trilogy

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=231371#p231371]Reflecting[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 1200 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Rin/Hisao; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao x Emi; [b]Begins: [/b]after Emi good ending
[b]Remarks: [/b]supernatural elements

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=231207#p231207]Thinking[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 450 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Rin; [b]Pairings: [/b]Rin x Kenji; [b]Begins: [/b]unknown
[b]Remarks: [/b]none

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=9916&p=231508#p231508]Vineyard: Postlude[/url][/b] — Side story by [b]brythain[/b] (complete, ca. 600 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Various; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao x Hanako; [b]Begins: [/b]2008, after graduation
[b]Remarks: [/b]sequel to ‘Courtyard’

[BlackWaltzTheThird]

Noticed some errors in my current listings. Figured I'd offer some corrections.

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7014#p122728]Our Family Tree[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 845 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] narrator; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hanako X Hisao; [b]Begins: [/b]Hanako's childhood
[b]Remarks: [/b]

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=137994#p137994]The Purest Form of Love[/url][/b] – Route by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 49.184 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Hanako, Emi; [b]Pairings: [/b][spoiler]Hisao X Rin[/spoiler], Natsume X Naomi; [b]Begins: [/b]Beginning of the school year
[b]Remarks: [/b]

Additionally, here are the rest of my works. They don't seem to have been added yet. There were a couple of instances where a pairing exists but isn't made explicit who is involved; I wasn't sure how to list those so I put down '<person 1> X unspecified'. I hope that is acceptable. I'm still not sure about submitting a couple (The Girl Who Cried Wolf and The Rumour Mill, namely) but I've filled out the forms regardless. Feel free to discard them if you see fit.

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=184119#p184119]The Divine Tragedy[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 100 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Hanako; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hanako X Hisao; [b]Begins: [/b]Hanako's childhood
[b]Remarks: [/b]

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=153159#p153159]The Game[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 3.950 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Hisao; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao X Rin; [b]Begins: [/b]unspecified
[b]Remarks: [/b]

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=145316#p145316]The Girl Who Cried "Wolf"[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 2.482 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Misha; [b]Pairings: [/b]N/A; [b]Begins: [/b]after graduation
[b]Remarks: [/b]non-standard setting: horror, character death, sexual violence, self-harm

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=192098#p192098]Hello[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 353 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Hisao ; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao X unspecified; [b]Begins: [/b]unspecified
[b]Remarks: [/b]

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=136914#p136914]Hurt[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (completed, ca. 600 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] various; [b]Pairings: [/b]N/A; [b]Begins: [/b]after 'The Deep End'
[b]Remarks: [/b]character death

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=139546#p139546]The Master of Romance[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 347 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Hisao; [b]Pairings: [/b]N/A; [b]Begins: [/b]unspecified
[b]Remarks: [/b]musical parody

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=187090#p187090]The Nakai Before Christmas[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 629 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] narrator; [b]Pairings: [/b]Hisao X unspecified; [b]Begins: [/b]unspecified
[b]Remarks: [/b]crossover: The Nightmare Before Christmas

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=133916#p133916]Nine Hundred and Ninety-Nine[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (completed, ca. 353 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] unspecified; [b]Pairings: [/b]Shizune X unspecified; [b]Begins: [/b] many years later
[b]Remarks: [/b]character death

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=167370#p167370]The Rumour Mill[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 2.042 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] Misha; [b]Pairings: [/b]N/A; [b]Begins: [/b]unspecified
[b]Remarks: [/b]

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[b][url=http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=7281&p=157847#p157847]Yamaku, School for Cripples[/url][/b] – by [b]BlackWaltzTheThird[/b] (Completed, ca. 353 words)
[b]PoV: [/b] narrator; [b]Pairings: [/b]N/A; [b]Begins: [/b]unspecified
[b]Remarks: [/b]musical parody

[Mirage_GSM]

That's why I said to withhold corrections for now: I'm currently going over all old entries and am nearly done correcting most of them, so you're likely doing work I've already done.
Also the format has changed slightly. I'll be submitting a new blueprint shortly.

[Mirage_GSM]

Okay. Welcome to the grand reopening... Well, rather to the slightly polished and updated Yamaku Library!

As I mentioned before there have been some changes, some of them following the discussion we had in the anniversary thread. These changes include:
- A clarification of the terms used for the status of the story as suggested by dewelar: A story is now classified as "unfinished" if there have been no updates in 9-12 months and as "aborted" only if the author has said so.
- in order to better update the status I added the attribute "Last Post" to each entry. This should also help to gauge the relative age of the story.
- I felt a bit Meta, so I threw together some code to create the code for the entries, so in the future, submissions can have an easier format that I'll convert to something the forum can interpret on my end. This also should put an end to the frequent formatting bugs that plagued the old list. (The only thing that I still have to do manually are the Multi-Thread Epics like After the Dream or Hisao & Kenji.)
- redid all the old entries with the new code
- added a few dozen new entries
- tweaked the OP somewhat to reflect the alterations

Before you start creating new entries one more thing for your consideration:
When SC approved this thread his one condition was that there would be no ranking of stories of any kind and no discrimination against any story whatsoever. (I'll make a sole exception for stories that SC himself discriminated against by closing their thread.) That means that I have to put every story for which a complete entry is submitted on the list.

But keep in mind that one main purpose of the library is to help people find good stories, so please refrain from going through the archive chronologically and creating an entry for each fanfic out there. There are already a lot of... subpar or dead fics in the list...

[Blank Mage]

But keep in mind that one main purpose of the library is to help people find good stories, so please refrain from going through the archive chronologically and creating an entry for each fanfic out there. There are already a lot of... subpar or dead fics in the list...

Preposterous. I know I'm still anxiously awaiting the next installment of Signing: An OC Story.

[brythain]

But keep in mind that one main purpose of the library is to help people find good stories, so please refrain from going through the archive chronologically and creating an entry for each fanfic out there. There are already a lot of... subpar or dead fics in the list...

Preposterous. I know I'm still anxiously awaiting the next installment of Signing: An OC Story.

I actually did create a separate entry for each of my 40 'Alt-Dreams' one-shots. Then I realised that's ridiculous.

[Mirage_GSM]

Please note that those are not what I meant by "subpar", though I agree that having an entry for each would be excessive.
I think at the moment the library has a bit over 200 entries, so adding 40 that are essentially part of one larger fic might be confusing.