Otherkin Sites Migrating From GeoCities [Internet]

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Trigger warnings for this article: loss of information. Work-safe.

From its foundation in 1994, and until its shut-down in 2009, GeoCities was a popular free host for personal web sites.¹  Among these, there were some sites about otherkin and therianthropes.  Before they disappeared, I searched for those sites and archived them, as detailed in my first and second articles on the topic.^2,3  Now, the next step: I’ve tried to contact all the site authors to find out where—or whether—their content will migrate.  If you’re wondering where to look for them now, check the list in the rest of this post.  I’ll update the list if I hear anything new. 

Sites that were hosted on Geocities (and were about otherkin or therianthropes)	The new locations of those sites, or what is happening instead
Asazi's Aerie (Red Raptor's Lair), by Lawrence “Asazi” Atkins http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/7561/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet.
Baphijmm's Oriental Dragon Headquarters, by Baphijmm http://www.geocities.com/baphijmm/	I sent an e-mail.... no reply yet.
The Bard's Guild Archive http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/1290/	No leads
The Book of Geist, by Joel “Geist” Le Blanc http://www.geocities.com/geist0101	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
Clan of the Dragon: Where Magic Soars on Dragon Wings, by J’Karrah EbonDragon http://www.geocities.com/jkarrah/index.html	http://www.ebon-dragon.com/cotd.html
Circle of Othala http://www.geocities.com/othalacircle/	No leads
Court Amen-Khepera http://www.geocities.com/courtamenkhepera/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
The Dragon's Roost, by Kari “Lady Deathwing” Korthals http://www.geocities.com/lady_deathwing_00/shell.htm	E-mail bounced
Drakoja.tk {Drazaek’s Lair} http://www.geocities.com/od3k/O2.html	No leads
Earth Dragon: The Den of Bronze Mistral, by Janice/Mistral Kelly http://www.geocities.com/flowerdragonaeris/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
The Elven Tradition http://www.geocities.com/elventradition/	E-mail bounced
Kenta http://www.geocities.com/kenta360tr/	No leads (I found a few other blogs and web sites by this author, but none of them have been maintained in the past few years... and no e-mail address)
House Lion's Den: A Safehaven for All Real Otherkin http://www.geocities.com/houselionsden/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
Lair of the Toxic Elf, by Kyrin http://www.geocities.com/kyrin7	I sent a PM... no reply yet.
LYkAnThrOPiK'Z HomePage, by Josh “LYkAnThrOPiK” Richardson http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Arcade/4626/index.html	E-mail bounced
Melanistic Love, by Danielle http://www.geocities.com/melanistic_love/	E-mail bounced
A Multiversal Juncture, by Luircin http://www.geocities.com/luircin/	http://www.furaffinity.net/user/luircin
Otherkin (Zone Fey)in the Blue Pond http://www.geocities.com/thebluepond/otherkin/index.html	No leads (I can't find the maintainer's e-mail address, nor any extant mirrors)
Otherworld Adventure, by Adara http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Labyrinth/1459/	E-mail bounced
Paccula Dragon's Lair, by Paccula Dragon http://www.geocities.com/paccula	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
The Satyr's Glen, by Borach http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8651/	http://reocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8651/
Shadow Wulfs Den http://www.geocities.com/pilotwolf143/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
SongBreeze's Hidden Den, by Mary “SongBreeze” Morton http://www.geocities.com/miskawolferavenclaw/	In an e-mail, she said she's thinking of rebuilding the site
Spirit of the Wolf, and The Therianthropy Resource, by Snowwolf http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1927/ and http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1927/greenspiral/resource.html	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
Stone Knife Clan Homepage: a site for cat people... Khaibit's Domain, by Khai-Awaru Dhaarkhanh http://www.geocities.com/khai_pardus/	E-mail bounced
Thai Lycanthropy Information Site http://www.geocities.com/lordotiga_were/index.html	Author e-mailed me saying that he plans to migrate the site, but he's not yet sure where
[Edit 2013-06-08: I removed this site from this list, at the request of the site author.]	[Edit 2013-06-08: Received PM from author.]
Therianthropology 101, by Ivan Schablotski http://www.geocities.com/schablotski.geo/Therianthropology.htm	E-mail bounced
The Shadow Wulfs Den http://www.geocities.com/pilotwolf143/index.html	E-mail bounced
Shewolf – Sabersinger, by Sabersinger http://www.geocities.com/sabersger/shewolf.html	A Black Wolf's Tale http://blackwolftale.dreamwidth.org/
Stone Knife Clan Homepage (Khaibit's Domain), by Khai-Awaru Dhaarkhanh http://www.geocities.com/khai_pardus/	E-mail bounced
Valindë's Otherkin, by Valindë Wilwaren http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/1015/	E-mail bounced
Visions: The Lost Works of C. Clark, by Cynthia Clark http://www.geocities.com/sydney_14063/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
The Werebeast Support Page, by Lady Shadows Myst http://www.geocities.com/lady_shadowmyst/TWSP/	www.shadowsden.org (In modified form)
The Werelair, by Ketrino Ghoe http://www.geocities.com/queenwolf2007/	http://ketrino.angelfire.com/ (Or might move to Yahoo.com and get domain name)
The Werewolf and Shapeshifter Codex, by Yaiolani http://www.geocities.com/yaiolani/	Site mirror is still extant: http://yaiolani.tripod.com/ E-mail bounced
Werewolf Colony http://www.geocities.com/werewolfcolony/index.html	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
WildSong: Walk on the Wild Side with us!, by Nashoba Hostina http://www.geocities.com/nashoba_hostina/	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
Windthane's Lair, by Windthane http://www.geocities.com/Area51/6314/info2.html	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet
The Wlfdog's Lair, by Maia “Jessie T. Wolf” Davis http://www.geocities.com/jtwlfdog/welcome.html	I sent an e-mail... no reply yet

 

Sources

1.      Mark Milian. “GeoCities’ time has expired, Yahoo closing the site today.” L. A. Times. October 26, 2009. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/10/geocities-closing.html

2.      O. Scribner. “Geocities disappearing; download your old favorites now.” Otherkin News. May 28, 2009. http://community.livejournal.com/otherkin_news/1869.html

3.      O. Scribner. “Geocities closing in October; how to download sites.” Otherkin news. July 18, 2009. http://community.livejournal.com/otherkin_news/2612.html

- O. Scribner

Comments

[crystal-waters.livejournal.com]

lol I'd still love to get a domain name, but I'm still too lazy to even upload everything to Angelfire. :/

[jarandhel.livejournal.com]

Just as a note for any of the ones where the owners cannot be contacted, most of these are still available via archive.org's wayback machine, and a number are also available via reocities.com (that is not a typo).