Northstar.nu is a collective of all fan tributes I make, serving primarily as a form of online escape. Bought in January 2019 (replacing domains I bought in 2008 and 2017), this domain is generously hosted by Lysianthus at Leprd Space.

Name

The north star, perhaps better known as "polaris," has come to mean the star to which the earth always faces. I have heard it used idiomatically to refer to that one person to whom your heart is anchored; labeling someone as your north star is metaphorically referring to him or her as your soulmate. Clearly, the monoshipper romantic in me chose a domain name that is a very apt image for the kinds of lovers that appeal to me the most: one true loves, with whom no one else will do.

Purpose

Northstar.nu is a fanworks-oriented domain, where I produce and house small online projects that have something to do with fandom consumption: reading fics, collecting doujinshi, and creating and joining fanlistings. (I'm a big animation and animanga fan, so you'll see a lot of those here.) Since I consider myself a shipper, you will find that most of my projects are romantic in nature.

I've been making personal websites as a secret pastime (off and on) since 1999. Playing with Photoshop and coding HTML/PHP/CSS is, strangely enough, soothing to me; I suppose I like the thought of creating something beautiful and functional, using a skill that no one in real life will ever believe I have. (Dissociation is key to sanity, sometimes.)

Aesthetic

Because I am not an artist by profession, I cannot really say there is a theory or method to my design; I just go with what I think looks pretty. xD I tend to be partial to minimalist, asymmetrical layouts that emphasize whitespace and the merging of the foreground to the background. Occasionally, I would go for balanced, clean lines and a polished look. The art style I am always drawn to is the impressionistic style—I love the look of rough sketches and watercolors, and this will be rather obvious in all sites in this domain.

In celebration of Avengers: Endgame, version three of the site features an MCU Tony Stark (played by Robert Downey, Jr.) fanart by Hallpen (DeviantArt), augmented by royalty-free textures and stock photos from Pixabay. Launched on May 3, 2019.

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Below are all my online projects lovingly produced and housed in this domain. Sites are sorted according to type.

Sitewide

The MCU Series (May 2019)

• /suki: Joined listings
• /log: Network updates
• /contact: Contact form
• /fineprint: Credits, disclaimers, terms of use, privacy policy

Fanworks

• BOOKMARKED: Fanfiction recommendations
• BEHIND THE GLASS: My doujinshi collection site coming soon

Listings

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Want to link back here? Click on the button to download it, and point the URL to https://northstar.nu. I'm always open for link exchanges for other domain and/or FL collectives.

Here are other personal sites and collectives I admire. Pay them a visit, too!

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General

Relationships

Characters

Series

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