I'm always delighted to meet other people who grew up on the NPLU! What a website. I'm so glad it's still there.
I think the fanfiction on the NPLU was my first introduction to slash as well! It was definitely the first place that made me realise, 'Ohhh, this is a thing that people write, and there's a name for it.' (Although the name I learnt from the NPLU was 'shounen-ai'. It was some time before I picked up the term 'slash'.)
I was also very into Animorphs! I got into it slightly before we got the Internet at home, though. If I'd read the books a couple of years later, I would have spent so much time on Animorphs webpages.
Thank you for the link to the Animorphs Vortex! I'm delighted to find it has a 'You Know You Read Animorphs Too Much When' list; I came across so many 'You Know You Like Pokémon Too Much When' lists as a kid.
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I think the fanfiction on the NPLU was my first introduction to slash as well! It was definitely the first place that made me realise, 'Ohhh, this is a thing that people write, and there's a name for it.' (Although the name I learnt from the NPLU was 'shounen-ai'. It was some time before I picked up the term 'slash'.)
I was also very into Animorphs! I got into it slightly before we got the Internet at home, though. If I'd read the books a couple of years later, I would have spent so much time on Animorphs webpages.
Thank you for the link to the Animorphs Vortex! I'm delighted to find it has a 'You Know You Read Animorphs Too Much When' list; I came across so many 'You Know You Like Pokémon Too Much When' lists as a kid.