Four Years of Gen Fiction

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

It's hard to think back to before Section VII, it's become so much a part of my daily routine.  I did a quick little computation and in the four years since we all started on this venture, nearly two thousand stories have been added to ff.net, a good portion of them the products of challenges here at S7.
 I distinctly remember someone mentioning when the numbers hit one thousand MFU stories on ff.net, just previous to the launch of Section VII.  Keep in mind that represents a span of twelve years, and the stories now have nearly tripled in four years time.  Although all genres post in the same place, the majority of them within the new number are gen, something that I think is a significant statistic considering the numbers had been diminishing in that category.
All of this to say, I think we've all been involved in a worthwhile effort.  While everyone has tastes unique to their own points of view, I think the health of the Gen story is intrinsic to the well being of MFU in general since it captures the essence of the original TV series.  I know that may draw some contrary opinions, and that's fine; but what we're here to celebrate is the imagery and comraderie of Solo and Kuryakin as partners and friends whose primary aim is to keep the world safe as they did back in the 60's.
We're not political, and we're not hyping something we can't watch on our coveted dvd collection.
We just like Gen.
And we really like Napoleon and Illya.  So much so that the stories keep coming and the fandom continues to grow.
Congratulations to everyone involved, writers and readers alike.  We may not have the most stories, but we see new ones every week from a diverse group of writers, from different parts of the world.
How awesome is that ...

Comments

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! And thank you very much for your contribution both as writer and mod.

Also, thanks for expressing my feelings, about gen and other, better than I ever could.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

You're an important part of this, thanks for always being here to cheer us on. And... I'll add that you've had some inspired ideas for challenges and events. Keep it up :D

[lilidelafield.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. That is truly impressive...just four years? In the two months or so that I have been a member of Section VII, I have found myself responding to some of the challenges presented, as time allows, and I have found my writing and imagination has been stimulated beyond my dreams. A pleasure to be able to join you here, and my thanks!

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Having an outlet is so important, and hopefully the challenges keep all of us ready to write and fueled for more storytelling. I'm so glad you've become a part of our community.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Wow four years? Time flies when you're having fun with Illya and Napoleon. Here's to many more stories to come.

Thank you for starting Section VII! It's become a very very important part of my limited life.

Thank you to everyone who contributes to it, whether it's writing stories, posting recs, artwork, vids or comments...it's all good!

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

A lot has happened in those four years, life changing events for some of us. It's good to have something constant. Thanks for your unending supply of partnership.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

And thank you for guiding me here to Live Journal as well as teaching me how to navigate.

[jkkitty.livejournal.com]

congrats! Thanks for all your hard work

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it's definitely been a community effort.

[vmccooley.livejournal.com]

Though I'm mainly a slash reader, I appreciate a good gen story that shows the strength of Napoleon and Illya's friendship/partnership.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Gen, in its purest form, really is about the relationship and their partnership within UNCLE. It fueled the show and for me, still makes the best stories. I'm hopeful that you find the sort of partnership stories here on S7 that let you enjoy MFU from whichever POV pleases you.

[vmccooley.livejournal.com]

I'm not much of a commenter, but I can assure you I do appreciate the great stories here.

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Thank you on behalf of all the writers of Section VII!

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

That's really nice of you to say so. Hopefully you will continue to find fiction to enjoy from the writers who post here. Our goal as a community is to have more of Solo and Kuryakin and the exploits that made us fans. :D