Community directory
We might as well try and keep a running list of the asylums here, especially the fandom ones but the general ones too - like LJ has metaquotes and bad_rpers_suck and things. :P I don't expect there's many at the moment, but it'll help people coming in later to keep track.
A NOTE: If you're creating a new asylum, squeaky would love it if you posted about it to asylum_promo, too. That way people watching that asylum can learn about all the new places being set up.
GENERAL FANDOM:
Fanfiction/art:
anti_censor_fic
innumerablehues - Multifandom femmeslash challenge comm
ficin15
voicesinmyhead - Muse prompt asylum
General:
daily_yaoi
gamers - it still exists, but has moderated membership, and the maintainer's last post was in 2004
mmorpgs
blood_and_bone - fans of the horror genre
one_wild_night - Bon Jovi fans
reality_tv_fans
creative_muses - Monthly muse prompt comm
dear_mun - For roleplaying characters to address their muns
fanficrants - Ranting and venting about all those things you hate about fanfic
cosplay
Icons:
fandom_icons
animeicons
ACE ATTORNEY:
See GYAKUTEN SAIBAN
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE:
General:
athf
BATTLESTAR GALACTIA 2003:
General:
gaeta_squee - Gaeta fans
BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/JOSS-VERSE:
Fanfiction/art:
ats_btvs_fanfic
bigbadfic - Spike fic
willowgileslove
General:
joss_cast_party
jossverse_syn - Advertising syndications related to Joss-verse.
Icons:
jossverse_icons
btvs_icontest
CHARMED:
Icons:
charmed_icons
DARK ANGEL:
Fanfiction/art:
darkangelfic
DEVIL MAY CRY:
General:
dmc
DIRTY PAIR:
General:
the_dirty_pair
DISCWORLD:
General:
discworld
DOCTOR WHO:
General:
doctorwho
DRAGONLANCE:
General:
dragonlance
DRAGONQUEST:
General:
dragonquest
FINAL FANTASY:
Fanfiction/art:
ffvii_yaoi
General:
final_fantasy
remnant_bin - dedicated to the SHM
materia_play - FFVII: Advent Children
FULL METAL ALCHEMIST:
General:
fma
envy_x_ed
royai
alchemy_bullets
GENSOMADEN SAIYUKI:
Fanfiction/art:
saiyuki_yaoi
General:
journeywest
GUNDAM WING:
Fanfiction/art:
gundam_yaoi
General:
gw_fanworks
GYAKUTEN SAIBAN/ACE ATTORNEY:
General:
gyakuten_saiban
HARRY POTTER:
Fanfiction/art:
pornish_pixies
harrydraco
bewitch_ensnare - Snape-centric
forbidden - Lucius/Snape
[Bad username: code_red:> - Bellatix-centric <lj comm=]
HEROES:
General:
heroes_tv
HIGHLANDER:
General:
hl_chronicles
HOUSE MD:
Fanfiction/art:
housefic
KINGDOM HEARTS:
General:
kingdomhearts
LEGEND OF ZELDA:
General:
legend_of_zelda
LORD OF THE RINGS/TOLKEIN:
General:
hobbitsandsoon
lordoftherings
lotrslash
LOST:
General:
the_hatch
NARUTO:
General:
naruto_asylum
NIP/TUCK:
General:
nip_tuck
POKEMON:
General:
pokemon
RED DWARF:
General:
red__dwarf
STAR TREK:
General:
elba_ii
STAR WARS:
Fanfiction/art:
starwars_fic
STARGATE:
Fanfiction/art:
stargateficrec
sg_15_fics
General:
girlgate - femmeslash
lantean_hive and lanteanhivemind - AU and Writer's Comm
SUPERNATURAL:
Fanfiction/art:
spn_fic
General:
supernatural_tv
WORLD OF WARCRAFT:
General:
warcraft
WEISS KREUZ:
Fanfiction/art:
weiss_yaoi
General:
weiss_kreuz
NON-FANDOM:
dear_you - Anonymous unsent letters
journalwhore - Share codes from other LJ-clones
ijdesigners - Not active, but could be started up again?
howto - Ditto. Styling tutorials
nameless_layout - Layouts for websites and journals
addme - Pimp yo' journal
newcomers - Ditto. Introduction communities.
iconism - Any icons, any time
potluck_supper - The joy of cooking, eating and sharing
graphix - Just what it says
kish - Talk about Christianity
hardball - A debate comm
quiz_peeps - Share quizzes, memes, surveys, etc
jrock - Talk about J-rock
bellydancers - Dancers and fans of any style of Middle Eastern dance
100_words - Post anything at all, as long as it's exactly 100 words
dreamdiscussion - Discuss your dreams
confessions - Confess anything on your mind. Similar to LJ's brutal_honesty
glbt - GLBT (gay lesbian bisexual transgender) comm
shitlist - just that
yousendit - Music sharing
useless_asylum - Post anything you want
tell_all - Like dear_you, but encourages others to respond
binky_spam - Pics of Binky the dog
childfree - People who actively choose not to have kids, for whatever reason
polyamory - Practicing a polyamorous lifestyle
novicefoodporn - A cooking group for the non-experts
nonmedia - Post about anything you want, as long as you in no way mention popular culture.
icon_awards - Icontest asylum
astrology
nascar_fans - fans of Nascar racing
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES:
in_variance
x_meets_world and xmw_info AU original-world
serenity Firefly/Serenity, storyline and setting open for discussion
the_nexus_rpg
A NOTE: If you're creating a new asylum, squeaky would love it if you posted about it to asylum_promo, too. That way people watching that asylum can learn about all the new places being set up.
GENERAL FANDOM:
Fanfiction/art:
anti_censor_fic
innumerablehues - Multifandom femmeslash challenge comm
ficin15
voicesinmyhead - Muse prompt asylum
General:
daily_yaoi
mmorpgs
blood_and_bone - fans of the horror genre
one_wild_night - Bon Jovi fans
reality_tv_fans
creative_muses - Monthly muse prompt comm
dear_mun - For roleplaying characters to address their muns
fanficrants - Ranting and venting about all those things you hate about fanfic
cosplay
Icons:
fandom_icons
animeicons
ACE ATTORNEY:
See GYAKUTEN SAIBAN
AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE:
General:
athf
BATTLESTAR GALACTIA 2003:
General:
gaeta_squee - Gaeta fans
BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER/JOSS-VERSE:
Fanfiction/art:
ats_btvs_fanfic
bigbadfic - Spike fic
willowgileslove
General:
joss_cast_party
jossverse_syn - Advertising syndications related to Joss-verse.
Icons:
jossverse_icons
btvs_icontest
CHARMED:
Icons:
charmed_icons
DARK ANGEL:
Fanfiction/art:
darkangelfic
DEVIL MAY CRY:
General:
dmc
DIRTY PAIR:
General:
the_dirty_pair
DISCWORLD:
General:
discworld
DOCTOR WHO:
General:
doctorwho
DRAGONLANCE:
General:
dragonlance
DRAGONQUEST:
General:
dragonquest
FINAL FANTASY:
Fanfiction/art:
ffvii_yaoi
General:
final_fantasy
remnant_bin - dedicated to the SHM
materia_play - FFVII: Advent Children
FULL METAL ALCHEMIST:
General:
fma
envy_x_ed
royai
alchemy_bullets
GENSOMADEN SAIYUKI:
Fanfiction/art:
saiyuki_yaoi
General:
journeywest
GUNDAM WING:
Fanfiction/art:
gundam_yaoi
General:
gw_fanworks
GYAKUTEN SAIBAN/ACE ATTORNEY:
General:
gyakuten_saiban
HARRY POTTER:
Fanfiction/art:
pornish_pixies
harrydraco
bewitch_ensnare - Snape-centric
forbidden - Lucius/Snape
[Bad username: code_red:> - Bellatix-centric <lj comm=]
HEROES:
General:
heroes_tv
HIGHLANDER:
General:
hl_chronicles
HOUSE MD:
Fanfiction/art:
housefic
KINGDOM HEARTS:
General:
kingdomhearts
LEGEND OF ZELDA:
General:
legend_of_zelda
LORD OF THE RINGS/TOLKEIN:
General:
hobbitsandsoon
lordoftherings
lotrslash
LOST:
General:
the_hatch
NARUTO:
General:
naruto_asylum
NIP/TUCK:
General:
nip_tuck
POKEMON:
General:
pokemon
RED DWARF:
General:
red__dwarf
STAR TREK:
General:
elba_ii
STAR WARS:
Fanfiction/art:
starwars_fic
STARGATE:
Fanfiction/art:
stargateficrec
sg_15_fics
General:
girlgate - femmeslash
lantean_hive and lanteanhivemind - AU and Writer's Comm
SUPERNATURAL:
Fanfiction/art:
spn_fic
General:
supernatural_tv
WORLD OF WARCRAFT:
General:
warcraft
WEISS KREUZ:
Fanfiction/art:
weiss_yaoi
General:
weiss_kreuz
NON-FANDOM:
dear_you - Anonymous unsent letters
journalwhore - Share codes from other LJ-clones
ijdesigners - Not active, but could be started up again?
howto - Ditto. Styling tutorials
nameless_layout - Layouts for websites and journals
addme - Pimp yo' journal
newcomers - Ditto. Introduction communities.
iconism - Any icons, any time
potluck_supper - The joy of cooking, eating and sharing
graphix - Just what it says
kish - Talk about Christianity
hardball - A debate comm
quiz_peeps - Share quizzes, memes, surveys, etc
jrock - Talk about J-rock
bellydancers - Dancers and fans of any style of Middle Eastern dance
100_words - Post anything at all, as long as it's exactly 100 words
dreamdiscussion - Discuss your dreams
confessions - Confess anything on your mind. Similar to LJ's brutal_honesty
glbt - GLBT (gay lesbian bisexual transgender) comm
shitlist - just that
yousendit - Music sharing
useless_asylum - Post anything you want
tell_all - Like dear_you, but encourages others to respond
binky_spam - Pics of Binky the dog
childfree - People who actively choose not to have kids, for whatever reason
polyamory - Practicing a polyamorous lifestyle
novicefoodporn - A cooking group for the non-experts
nonmedia - Post about anything you want, as long as you in no way mention popular culture.
icon_awards - Icontest asylum
astrology
nascar_fans - fans of Nascar racing
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES:
in_variance
x_meets_world and xmw_info AU original-world
serenity Firefly/Serenity, storyline and setting open for discussion
the_nexus_rpg
keieeeye
Yeah, pretty much. I've joined more asylums than I would normally, too, which ought to encourage me to branch out more into my minor fandoms.
fanfic_lover
I feel the same about GJ actually,. I thought it would be ideal, but now I much prefer here. I do feel settled here and far more comfortable, I think. I also still love the idea of having so much empty space to work with and start over new here.
Well I'm on 80-something comms on LJ, but a lot of those were huge and I mostly just lurked. I loved the smaller, less popular fandom comms, like Top Gear slash and Life on Mars slash, because we were few enough to recognise, if not know, each other and nobody felt unimportant or was afraid to speak. It was nicer, you know?
...I need to stop the tl;dr comments, sorry!
keieeeye
Yeah, I totally ♥ Zacharias, have ever since OotP came out. One of my introduction lines in RPworld is "I was playing Zacharias before he was the Heir of Hufflepuff." It's weird watching a character go from almost unknown (seriously, sometimes he was actually left off character lists in games) to reasonably popular. I slash Remus/Sirius too, and a bit of Sirius/James, I'm really just a big ship whore. Apparently I'm actually recognisable and known, it's slightly scary.
I totally have references to Laura Ingalls-Wilder floating around my head. It's a wild, undiscovered country, y'all.
Top Gear is fantastic. Haven't delved into fandom for it though. It's just fun to watch. XD
fanfic_lover
Ah, Sirius/James is one of my short-but-not-serious ships, if you know what I mean. I like the idea, and the fun/mischief I know they'd have, but I can't see it as a long-term thing.
Oh, now I'm totally in the mood for reading OOTP again =P
Oh, Top Gear is fabulous! It's my only OT3(TG3) fandom, but mostly I'm all for Richard/Jeremy and James/unidertified!Stig. We have a lot of weirdos in our fandom and lots of crack. We actually had a 'Zombie!Piers Morgan' theme, although I can't stand him. It's a very fun fandom. =P
I should really go sleep before this exam tomorrow, I know, but I'm an addict and can't tear myself from the computer. =P
keieeeye
That's totally my view of them too. Good times, not the long times. Sort of fooling around for the fun of it in school while James was trying to woo Lily, and then petering out as he actually succeeded. (Whereupon Sirius turns to his good pal Moony for doggie-style.)
Psh, sleep.
fanfic_lover
over-analysis and the ability to remember ridiculous useless facts, even when it pushes things like maths or common sense out of the way.Heh, yes, exactly! Which is also why I sometimes hate the portrayal of Sirius as some sort of playboy; I like to think he wouldn't do that to Moony. [Too involved? Me? Never!]
That's what I always say! I guess tonight I just won't fit in revision, reading and a movie, what with it already being 1:45 am. *sigh* Oh, the suffering I go through for fandom!
keieeeye
I think that Sirius is very earnest and loyal, and if he's actually in a relationship, he wouldn't cheat. I think he'd see that as quite a huge betrayal. He might play around when he's not in a relationship, but once the lines are drawn he won't go over them.
It is a harsh mistress, it's true. :( XD
fanfic_lover
Oh, definitely. I think he'd be very 'up for it' when single, but I can't imagine him ever cheating on anybody or putting up with it from anybody else.
Very true. In fact, now that it's 2am I'm afraid I'm going to go(after a quick journal post) and force myself to sleep, because otherwise I will end up staying up reading HP all night =P
keieeeye
Probably a good idea. Sleep well. :)