X-Files had a whole categorization system that was based on Gossamer, wasn't it, Suela?

Yup. M/S (Mulder-Scully sex), MSR (Mulder-Scully romance), Sc/Sk, M/K, etc. Plus categories for types of stories: V for vignette, S for story/drama, C for crossover, X for casefile, T for adventure, R for romance...

Although, and this just occurred to me, there was a rash of so-called "Skipper fic", and I can't recall whether it referred to Scully/Krycek or Scully/Skinner. t dashes off to Google Ah, it was Scully/Krycek. Not quite a smushed name, but close.

Ah, the Gossamer days, when it took them months to update. I think they still don't have auto-archiving.

Ah, the Gossamer days,

My first slash site, I believe. *sniff* It seems like it only yesterday that I clicked on a M/K link thinking, "Eh, slash. Krycek taking on Mulder with knives doesn't seem too OOC." And then I read the story. "You mean he . . . and Mulder . . . and they . . . ooooooooooh. Say, is there more of this?"

There was. And some of it was FG.

Gossamer, where I first began being sucked in. I was very much a Scully/Skinner girl.

My first slash site, I believe. *sniff* It seems like it only yesterday that I clicked on a M/K link thinking, "Eh, slash. Krycek taking on Mulder with knives doesn't seem too OOC." And then I read the story. "You mean he . . . and Mulder . . . and they . . . ooooooooooh. Say, is there more of this?"

There was. And some of it was FG.

...That's a beautiful post, man.

Oh, Gossamer. There was a time when I was considered a young 'un because I didn't remember before it had been in Vincent's hands.

Really, as web (and fannish) history go, Gossamer is a huge step. I mean, archiving amateurs on the internet? What can they possibly have to say that's worth remembering?

T for adventure

Er. Why not "A"?

I'm overthinking, aren't I?

No, it's a fair question. I wondered that too.

Maybe "A" was for angst.

Gossamer actually had a wizard for helping you figure out what codes to put on your story. A wizard in the computer sense, not the Gandalf sense. Although that would be cool.

"Your story must be classified MSR! You shall not pass!"

The Library of Congress catalog has a number for Demonology. I am so using this in a fic somewhere.

GR525 through GR540, FYI, with sub divisions for Witches, Sorcerers, Incantations etc. Charms, talismans, amulets etc. are further down in GR600-615.

I was recently looking at Roswell fic (although almost all the fics recommended at crack_van are at a website that seems to no longer exist)

Anyway-- they seem to have these really odd pairing names, like Candy and Dreamers. I don't know if they pre-date the Pumpkin Pie thing, though.