Citations:Pit of Voles
English citations of Pit of Voles
Proper noun: "(fandom slang, pejorative) the online fan fiction archive FanFiction.net"
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- 2008, Amelia Bitely, "'An Improbable Fiction': How Fans Rewrite Shakespeare", thesis submitted to Marietta College, page 12:
- In many fandom circles, as well, writers consider FanFiction.Net such a hive of bad writers that former and non-FF.N-ers refer to it as "The Pit" or "The Pit of Voles" (Alexandria2000).
- 2009 January 4, The Wanderer [username], “Re: AFSM Purpose? (was Re: Tokyo Trip Photos)”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon[1] (Usenet):
- […] I have comparatively little spare time compared to what I'd like, and what fanfiction reading I've been doing has tended to be in the less ugly depths of the Pit of VOles.[sic]
- 2009 March 3, KKGlinka [username], “Re: Not Quite Off-Topic: ASC and the ASC Awards”, in alt.startrek.creative[2] (Usenet):
- This was my utter last choice as a posting avenue, because it's such an incredible pain in the butt to post here, compared to anywhere else, whether it's LJ, my website, a messageboard or even the Pit of Voles.
- 2013 October 15, slickrcbdnews [username], “Finding a fic I posted a decade ago”, in alt.fan.dragonball[3] (Usenet):
- Anyways, somebody asked me about it and I couldn't find the files. I was going to upload them to either Pit of Voles or Mediaminer. I recall I got bogged down with community college papers and never finished it.