Fandom grief
Jan. 29th, 2015 07:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheartI've just learned from the SoA Yahoo Group that Arthur Boccaccio aka Fiondil died, most likely during the weekend, of natural causes. He was the same age as I am - not that old yet, or so I like to think. Events like this make one appreciate one's own mortality.
He was such a fixture on SoA, one of the writers who always updated regularly like a clockwork, and many of us loved his writings. I only had sporadic private contact with him via e-mail when we discussed some linguistic or canonical aspect, so I cannot pretend that we'd have been actual friends. But he was always unfailingly helpful and friendly, and a great inspiration for me. Without his stories I'd never have finished "Elvenhome" or written "Not So Happy Returns".
Rest in peace, Fiondil. Mondays and Fridays will be empty without you. But it's some confort that you, too, believed in a life beyond death, and I'm sure you're in good hands and know only joy.
He was such a fixture on SoA, one of the writers who always updated regularly like a clockwork, and many of us loved his writings. I only had sporadic private contact with him via e-mail when we discussed some linguistic or canonical aspect, so I cannot pretend that we'd have been actual friends. But he was always unfailingly helpful and friendly, and a great inspiration for me. Without his stories I'd never have finished "Elvenhome" or written "Not So Happy Returns".
Rest in peace, Fiondil. Mondays and Fridays will be empty without you. But it's some confort that you, too, believed in a life beyond death, and I'm sure you're in good hands and know only joy.
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Date: 2015-01-30 09:17 pm (UTC)He wasn't a friend per se, our sparse personal contact was completely fandom-related. But he was a kind person, a good writer and an inspiration, and I'll miss him and his fics.
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Date: 2015-02-09 10:39 pm (UTC)Where's the store receipt for the Gift of Men? I'd like to return it, please!