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Mel Bush

Melanie "Mel" Bush is a companion to the Sixth and Seventh Doctors in Doctor Who. She is played by Bonnie Langford who joined the cast of Doctor Who for the second half of the 1986 season arc, Trial of a Time Lord, in the serial, Terror of the Vervoids. She departed at the end of the following season in the story, Dragonfire.
Much like Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor, Bonnie Langford's real opportunity to expand and explore Mel's character came with Big Finish Productions' full-cast audio plays. 
After appearing briefly in the Thirteenth Doctor's final story, The Power of the Doctor, Mel returned for the episode "The Giggle" during the 2023 60th anniversary specials.
==Canon==
A human from planet Earth, Mel traveled with the Sixth and Seventh Doctors. Bubbly, enthusiastic, resourceful, and compassionate, Mel has a warm bond with the Sixth Doctor. Startled by the Doctor's regeneration and his inital amnesia, Mel had difficulty accepting the Seventh Doctor to begin with. He assured Mel that he'd grow on her, and this proved to be true. Although frequently separated during their adventures, they became a strong team for the remainder of their time together.
Mel parted company with the Seventh Doctor shortly after they met Ace, choosing to travel onward with space rogue Sabalom Glitz.
==Fandom==
The pre-internet fandom had mixed reactions to Mel. During a time when Doctor Who was struggling with low budgets, behind-the-scenes upheaval, and variable script quality, there seemed to be a sense from some fans that Mel's introduction was incoherent—we first meet her in a flash forward courtroom video, before the Doctor himself had met her—and her chipper personality grating. Others appreciated Bonnie Langford's valiant efforts to do good work with patchy scripts and one-dimensional, inconsistent characterization.
Mel's infrequent appearances in Big Finish Productions' range of full-cast Doctor Who audio dramas meet with a much warmer welcome. Fleshing out what little backstory the TV episodes provided, Big Finish have woven a complex, multi-era time travel epic for Bonnie Langford to sink her teeth into as a masterful voice-artist. A handful of audio fans crafted fanworks based on those audio appearances.
Fanworks featuring Mel in a main role are relatively scarce compared to other Classic Era companions, most of whom feature in hundreds rather than thousands of stories on AO3. At the time of writing, Mel is tagged in just under 240 fanworks there, including a flurry of new ones posted since Mel's cameo appearance in the 2022 season finale of Doctor Who. Predominant ships include Mel/Ace and Mel/Hebe, with a handful pairing Mel with the Sixth Doctor or fellow Big Finish Audio companion, Charley Pollard.
==Example Fanworks==
* Beautiful Stranger by Nym - Her feet itch. Before she met the Doctor, Mel thought that was a metaphor, or at least an extreme exaggeration. She knows better now. Her feet itch when there's nothing to run towards or away from.
==Links==
*Melanie Bush works on AO3
* (BBC Doctor Who guide)
*Melanie Bush on TARDIS wiki
==References==
Category:Whoniverse Characters
Mel Keegan

Mel Keegan was an author of several books for The Gay Men's Press in the 1990s, and now publishes through Dreamcraft and Lulu.Mel Keegan.
In 2003, from Mel Keegan's website in 2002: "The Mel Keegan Online site was built by DreamCraft from fictional text supplied by Mel Keegan and artwork by Jade. The site design and function are copyright by DreamCraft. All parts of the site are strictly copyright. Mel Keegan: Home See The DreamCraft Connection. Keegan purchased DreamCraft "for a peppercorn" from Jade and Dave in 2014. "Mel bought DreamCraft for a peppercorn ... yes, MK has owned DreamCraft since 2014..." -- 
Keegan's first book "Ice, Wind, and Fire" had a very slash-like quality to it, and is, in fact, Ice, Wind and Fire with the serial numbers filed off. See Went Pro|from much more on this topic. 
For decades, Mel Keegan did not invoke any pronouns when referring to their career and creations. In 2013, Keegan's bio at their website started to contain the pronoun "he." "As we go into 2013, Mel still has no intention of retiring as a writer, though writing time has become limited since he works full-time and pays "den uncle" to his brainchild, GLBT Bookshelf... - The name of 'Mel Keegan' has become synonymous with fast-paced action/adventure thrillers with pivotal gay characters and themes. A self-confessed science fiction and fantasy devotee, Keegan is known for novels across a wide range of subjects, from the historical to the future action-adventure. Mel lives in South Australia with an eccentric family and a variety of pets, and is closely associated with DreamCraft, where he's been known to work as a part-time, standby editor." -- a 2013 bio at About Mel </ref> 
==About==
==Relationship to Fandom==
Other fans have openly stated that they recognize Keegan's work from Professionals zines.
Keegan talks about fancasting, and possibly more, in a 2003 interview:
==Fan Comments==
==Interviews==
* The Enigmatic M. Keegan (1998)
* Mel Keegan Speaks! (2002)
* Exploring the Outer Reaches of Literature with Author Mel Keegan (2009)
* A Bit of Mel Keegan and Josh Lanyon courtesy of Darla M. Sands (2010)
* (2010)
* Interview with Mel Keegan (2011)
==References==
Category:IndustryCategory:Professional Authors
Category:Science Fiction Authors
Mel Keegan Speaks!

Mel Keegan Speaks! is a 2002 interview with m/m pro writer Mel Keegan. 
==Intro==
"Mel Keegan has been called 'mysterious' and 'enigmatic,' and it is unusual for an interview offer to be accepted! Leslie Peterson put a few well more often-asked questions to Mel, and in the the following pages, Keegan answers all. This interview was conducted in November 2002, and information is correct at the time of this upload (early Deecember '02)."
==The Questions (and excerpts from the answers)==
==References==
Category:2002
Mel Medarda

Mel Medarda is a major character in the animated series Arcane. The character is also a playable Champion in League of Legends.
==Canon background==
==Reception and discussion==
==Fanon and tropes==
==Relationships==
* Ambessa Medarda & Mel Medarda
* Kino Medarda & Mel Medarda
* Mel Medarda/Jayce Talis (JayMel)
* Mel Medarda/Jayce Talis/Viktor (MelJayVik)
* Lest/Mel Medarda
* Mel Medarda/Sevika
* Caitlyn Kiramman & Mel Medarda
==Fan works==
===Meta===
* "Arcane's Reduced Character: Deep Dive Analysis on Mel Medarda Season 1&2" by Vela (2025)
* "This Character is DEEPER Than You Think (Mel Medarda: Character Breakdown) ARCANE" by schnee (2022-01-30)
* "Why Mel Isn't JUST A Manipulator | Arcane Season 1 | Character Analysis & Explained" by Shaped By Stories (2024)
* "Mel Medarda Deserves Better: Addressing Misogynoir in the Arcane Fandom" by Nayawrites (2024)
* "JezeMel: Arcane Fandom and Its Attachment to an Insidious Racial Stereotype" (link) by willatheewisp (2025)
===Fan art===
===Cosplay===
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NP4NNaJD8 
* https://x.com/byvegalia/status/1594351645021782016
* https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/tqrcsd/my_mel_medarda_cosplay/
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4gmRH2C7b4
===Fan fiction===
=== Vids ===
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u-4c0Tczqw
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kkbYGql6HQ
===Fan work rec lists and collections===
==External links==
===Fan communities and archives===
*Arcabe [ stories] and [ crossovers] featuring Mel M on FanFiction.Net (FFN)
*on Tumblr
*on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
*on Pixiv
*on Reddit
===Resources===
*[]
==Notes==
==References==
Category:Arcane
Category:League of Legends
Mel Medarda Deserves Better: Addressing Misogynoir in the Arcane Fandom

"Mel Medarda Deserves Better: Addressing Misogynoir in the Arcane Fandom" is a video essay by Nayawrites.
== Description ==
== Overview ==
== Responses ==
* https://www.reddit.com/r/arcane/comments/1i8lv6d/im_sorry_but_this_video_took_the_words_right_out/
* https://melmedarda.tumblr.com/post/772560599052926976
==Notes==
==References==
Category:2024 Meta
Category:Arcane
Category:Race & Fandom Meta
Mel Moser

Until 2013, Mel Moser maintained www.fkfanfic.com, the largest Forever Knight fan fiction archive. She is also an author of Forever Knight fan fiction, and contributed a number of screen captures to the original Forever Knight Episode Archives. At one time, she had a personal website, Red Riding Hood's Home Page, at http://www.clark.net/pub/moser/.
In FK fandom, Mel considered herself a member of the Nick and NatPackers and Lonely Hearts factions.
==Fan Fiction==
* "A Special Treatment" (1 June 1996)
* "Bedside Manners" (19 July 1996)
* "Getting To Know The Fans" (28 August 1996)
* "After the Ashes" (4 December 1996)
* "A (Virtual) Christmas Story" (7 December 1996)
* "A Christmas Miracle" (24 December 1996)
* "Tight Spaces" (1997)
* "A Midsummer Knight's Dream" (January 1997)
* "All About Soul" (30 May 1997)
* "Magic Fingers" (27 August 1997)
* "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" (14 May 1998)
* "Darkness Descends" (15 June 1998)
* "Twas a Dark and Lonely Heart Night" (April 1999)
* "A Magnificent Miracle of Modern Medicine" (7 April 1999)
* "Desperate Measures" (5 May 1999)
* "Forever, My Love"
* "The Vampire Tryst"
Category:Fanwriters
Mel White

Mel White is a multifandom fanartist, that contributed to many zines in the 1980s.
==Example Art Gallery==
File:Spindizzie6.jpg|Art from Spin Dizzie (1982) (Star Trek: TOS)
File:Spockschildhood3-7.jpg|Art from Spock's Childhood (1982) (Star Trek: TOS)
File:Rainbowsalwaysend2.jpg|Art from Rainbows Always End (1982) (Battlestar Galactica (1978))
File:Warriorsluck-4.jpg|Art from Warriors' Luck (1985) (Battlestar Galactica (1978))
Category:Fanartists
Melanie

*Melanie (Star Trek: Voyager) fan writer
*Melanie-Ann - a Star Wars fan writer
*Melanie Athene - a Star Trek & Professionals fan writer
*Melanie Chinen - a Blake's 7 fan writer
*Melanie Dixon - a Doctor Who fan writer
*Melanie Frame- a Star Trek fan artist
*Melanie Guttierrez - a Star Wars fan artist
*Melanie Marshall - a Star Trek fan writer
*Melanie Mitchell - a Due South fan writer
*Melanie L. Monk - a Blake's 7 fan writer
*Melanie Neer - a Tolkien fan artist
*Melanie Ogle - a Blake's 7 fan writer
*Melanie R. - a Starsky & Hutch fan writer
*Melanie Rehak - a Nancy Drew fan writer
*Melanie Riley - a Highlander fan writer
*Melanie Strong - a Beauty and the Beast fan writer
*Melanie T. - a Beauty and the Beast fan writer
*Melanie Wells - a Beauty and the Beast fan writer
Melanie Athene

Melanie Athene was a Star Trek, Starsky & Hutch & Professionals fan writer in the mid 1980s. Her work appeared in several fanzines. She has been on LiveJournal since 2004 and has recently begun archiving her stories on Archive of Our Own. As well as continuing to be involved in the Professionals fandom, she has also written numerous Lord of the Rings stories. Recently she has become involved in the Supernatural fandom.
==Works==
*Change of Scene
* Where am I, Al?/Where are You, Sam? in Issue 4 of Play It Again (Quantum Leap anthology)
Category:Fanwriters
Melanie Babenhauserheide

Dr. Melanie Babenhauserheide is a German academic.
She received her doctorate from Goethe University Frankfurt. Her 2016 dissertation, Harry Potter und die Widersprüche der Kulturindustrie: Eine ideologiekritische Analyse, was published in 2018.
She discussed her relationship with Harry Potter fandom in a 2018 interview about her dissertation:
Category:Academia
Category:Commentators
Melanie Bush/Ace McShane

Melanie Bush/Ace McShane is the femslash pairing between the Doctor's companions Melanie Bush and Ace McShane in Doctor Who.
==Canon==
==Fandom==
==Fanworks==
==Resources & External Links==
*Melanie Bush/Ace McShane - Ao3 tag
Category:Femslash Pairings
Category:Doctor Who Relationships
Melanie E. S. Kohnen

==Overview==
Melanie Kohnen received her Ph.D. at Brown University (2010) and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU. She is a media scholar, and her research examines queer visibility on TV and new media. She has taught and written on media fandom and remix culture.
==Selected Articles==
* "'The Power of Geek': Fandom As Gendered Commodity at Comic-Con" Creative Industries Journal. Special Issue on Media Industries, 7.1 (2014).
* “Decoding the Industrial and Digital City: Visions of Security in Holmes’ and Sherlock’s London” with Anne Kustritz for Transmedia Sherlock, ed. Louisa Stein and Kristina Busse, McFarland 2012
* "The Adventures of a Repressed Farmboy and the Billionaire Who Loves Him: Queer Spectatorship in Smallville Fandom." Teen Television: Essays on Programming and Fandom. Eds. Sharon Ross and Louisa Stein. McFarland, 2008.
* "AIDS, History, and Generation in Brothers & Sisters." FlowTV, 2010.
* "Tying Narrative Threads by Opening Closet Doors: Coming out on Ugly Betty." FlowTV, 2010.
* "'Fight for the Futures We Want': FlashForward, Temporality and Queer Possibilities." FlowTV, 2010.
* "Signal to Noise: The Paradoxes of History and Technology in Battlestar Galactica." FlowTV, 2008.
==Selected Teaching==
*Transmedia TV (Fall 2013) (https://nyu.academia.edu/MelanieESKohnen/Teaching-Documents)
:Description: In this class, we will take an in-depth look at how the production, distribution, promotion, and consumption of television has changed over the past decade. We will examine the television industry and television programming in the context of post-network television (a term that comprises, among other things, the emergence of original programming in basic and premium cable) and convergence culture (the increasing overlap of television and digital media, including DVDs, streaming video, DVRs, and the changing relationships between producers and viewers of television). Specifically, we will look at the increasing use of transmedia storytelling as part of television programming. 
*Digital Media and Participatory Culture (Fall 2010), (http://lcc.gatech.edu/~mkohnen3/index_tp_syllabus_participatoryculture.html)
:Description: "In the second half of the semester, we will focus on how we use digital media to participate in culture. Our focus here will be on remixing, mash-ups, digital video production, and other forms of transforming existing media texts. We will also consider how copyright regulations impact remix cultures."
Category:AcademiaCategory:Commentators
Melanie Guttierrez

Melanie Guttierrez was a Star Wars fan artist in the mid 1990s. Her work appeared in several fanzines.
Along with Lorrie Cherry, she was the publisher of Another Sky. She also started AnotherSky.Net, where she uploaded digital copies of the Another Sky zines and offered to email scanned copies of other print fanzines. This raised concerns over the right to archive and share zine stories, and prompted the Open Letter About AnotherSky.Net Fanfiction Piracy.
Melanie and Lorrie Cherry also co-wrote Star Wars Print Fandom: An Expose, an essay about fandom and profit.
In 1990, in response to Ethics and Etiquette: A Proposal for the Buying and Selling of Fanzines, Melanie wrote: "I, Melanie Guttierrez, a/k/a Mesarthim, hereby grant all fans the permission to copy, for personal enjoyment and/or trade (not for resale) any of my work donated to Star Wars Fandom. "If you care, share. from Southern Enclave #25 
== Awards ==
Melanie won three STAR aWARdS:
* 1991 SW ILLUSTRATION ARTIST
* 1997 SW ZINE Hon Men: Another Sky #10 (with Lorrie Cherry)
* 1997 SW COVER ARTIST Hon Men: front cover of Another Sky #9
== Sample Fanart ==
File:Fanzine-atremorintheforce-06.jpg|Front cover of A Tremor in the Force #6
 
File:Another sky cover2.jpg|Front cover of Another Sky #2
File:Another sky cover3.jpg|Front cover of Another Sky #3
File:Anothersky3art2.jpg|Interior art from Another Sky #3
File:Anothersky4art3.jpg|Interior art from Another Sky #4
File:Another sky cover9.jpg|Front cover of Another Sky #9
== References ==
Category:Fanartists
Category:Fanwriters
Melanie King

Melanie King visited the Magnus Institute to give a statement regarding a paranormal experience. In the second season, off-screen, she is shot by a war ghost and infected by the Slaughter. In season three, she starts working in the archives, and tries to kill Elias multiple times. In season four, she is unwillingly operated on by Jonathan Sims to remove the bullet and she rids herself of the Slaughter, and blinds herself to leave the Institute. She moves in with Georgie. 
==Fandom==
Fanart for Melanie often depicts her as short, thin (which is canon) and pale (usually white or East Asian), with straight black hair often dyed a bright colour. Reflecting her job as a youtuber, sometimes designs have popular tiktok hairstyles such as one half being dyed pink and the other plain. She is often shown wearing a leather or denim jacket. Following the loss of her sight, she is often depicted wearing sunglasses or with a cane.
Most shippy works with Melanie ship her with Georgie, her canon girlfriend. The ship name is "What The Girlfriends" or WTGFs, a play on "What the Ghost", Melanie's youtube channel. There are also rarepairs like Helen/Melanie, Elias/Melanie or Basira/Melanie. WTGFs fanworks often focus on Melanie's exit of the Institute and her recovery, her and Georgie's adventures through the apocalypse world, or AUs relating to her Youtube career. The lack of WTGFs appearance in most of season 5 became something of an ironic joke in the fandom before their appearance. 
==Example fanworks==
===Fanart===
* Fanart of Georgie and Melanie by yamiiino on Tumblr
* Fanart of Georgie and Melanie by protosstar on Tumblr
===Fanfic===
* Round and Round by Kalgalen
* So many things that I could do by Aunt_zelda
* Melanie is on her way to steal your girl by Smuttyshitposting
==Archives & Fannish Links==
==References==
Category:The Magnus Archives Characters
Melanie Walker

Melanie Walker is a Batman Beyond character. 
==Canon==
Melanie Walker first appeared in Batman Beyond episode "Dead Man's Hand" (March 1999). She was a former member of the Royal Flush Gang, a group of costumed criminals who had been stealing for a considerable time and all of whom were members of the same family. 
She has appeared in three animated episode of Batman Beyond and various Batman Beyond related comic book issues.
==Fandom==
Fandom opinion of Melanie is sort of mixed, while most are positive of the character, there are a few that are not (most of the negative comments are directed toward any her romance or any possible romance with Terry).
Fanart of Melanie often portray her in costume as Ten or in her regular clothes, others have her dressed up as Batgirl.
Melanie is often paired up with her canon on-off love interest, Terry McGinnis/Batman. Melanie and her relationship with Terry could be compared with Bruce and Selina since they have a similar relationship (although Selina eventually learns the truth: Bruce is Batman, so far Melanie has no idea), although another suggestion has since popped up on Tumblr with that of Talia al Ghul"Melanie is often compared to Selina Kyle/Catwoman, but I actually think she has more in common with Talia al Ghul. She’s into crime because of her family, not for kicks like Catwoman, and because of her relationship with Terry, her loyalties are divided between family and love. Not a perfect comparison, as Melanie doesn’t know that Terry is Batman and King doesn’t want Terry or Batman to join his side, but still closer to Catwoman IMO." (April 30, 2013).
There is some interest of pairing Melanie with Dana Tan and Max Gibson.
==Fanworks==
===Fanart===
* BB: Melanie 'Ten' Walker by sh0xn01a
* Melanie Walker 10 by mdavidct
* Ten by shoxnoia
* Ten aka Melanie Walker by Cecilinou
* Batgirl Beyond Melanie Walker by bat123spider
* commission: and that's what hearts are for by ylchen
* commish - Batgirl Beyond by JadeiteART
* Batgirl Beyond by LostonWallace
* Used Melanie as today’s warm up by nanihoosartblog
==Archives & Fannish Links==
* Melanie W. works at FFN
* Melanie Walker works at AO3
* Melanie Walker tag at Tumblr
==Resources==
* Melanie Walker at DCAU Wiki
* Ten at Batman Wiki
* Melanie Walker at Comic Vine
==References==
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Category:Batman Beyond
Category:Batman Characters
Category:DC Comics Characters
Melannen

Melannen is a fan writer who often leads discussion posts on Dreamwidth and has written fic in a wide variety of fandoms, including a lot of crossovers. On AO3, she has posted the most fic for Les Mis, Harry Potter, The Dresden Files, MCU, and Stargate.AO3 Profile. Accessed 3 January 2024. Her sister stellar_dust is also a fan writer.
She got into fanfiction in 2002, joined LiveJournal in 2003, and describes herself as "an inveterate polyfan and a fan of media fandom itself as much as anything."User:Melannen, Accessed June 04 2019. She was involved in early discussions for the Dreamwidth discussion comm Linkspam and was a tagset mod for the 2014 Invisible Ficathon exchange.
==Notable Works==
===Fanfiction===
* With Eye and With Gesture (Harry Potter, 2003)
* Safeword (MCU, 2011)
* Oolon Colluphid Was Right (AO3 link) (SGA, 2013)
* Honed (Discworld, 2013)
* J'ai fort lu Platon, mais rien ne m'en reste (Les Mis, 2015)
* Rivers of Ankh-Morpork (Discworld and Rivers of London crossover, 2017)
* All You Need To Know (Les Miserables, 2015)
===Fanart===
* Still Life With Potstickers and Welding Torch: or, Tony Stark at Rest (MCU, 2011)
* alot of AO3 tags, illustrated (panfandom, 2013)
* art tag on tumblr (archived)
===Meta===
* X-Files newbie guide (2005)
* Help! My slash goggles are stuck! (2007)
* On Age of Sail, American fantasy, RaceFail, and history. (2009)
* On original fic and fanfic (2010)
* Love & Marriage (2011)
* Pre-Serum Steve's Medical Forms (2014)
* Notes on Birth Control and Childrearing for Fantasy Writers (2015)
* The Importance of Siblings (2016)
* on swindles and fandoms (2019)
===Resources Created===
* Complete Rihannsu Lexicon, v. 0.5 (2012)
==Other Links==
* Melannen (Fandom RPF) tag on AO3
==Notes and References==
===Notes===
===References===
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Community Moderators
Melbourne LEGO User Group (MUGs)

The Melbourne LEGO User Group (MUGs) is a group for enthusiastic LEGO fans, designers and friends within Melbourne and the greater Victoria area. MUGs is well established as a Lego User Group and frequently displays at community events around Australia and the world."About MUGs", Brickventures.
MUGs caters for the AFOL community (adult fans of LEGO).
MUGs held its first meeting on 8 October 2000 and they usually meet monthly on the second Sunday in Preston, a northern suburb of Melbourne.
An auspice of the not for profit Brickventures Inc, MUGs provides an easily accessible space for LEGO fans to meet, discuss, play and learn about LEGO techniques and skills, as well as providing a safe and welcoming baseplate for all fans of LEGO. All members of the public are welcome to attend MUGs meetings.
While MUGs focuses primarily upon AFOL (adult fans of LEGO) in Melbourne, it is connected to MUGs Junior group (for LEGO fans between 5 - 13 years old), the Melbourne South East LEGO Fans group (MSELF), and the annual Brickvention.Auspices, Brickventures. It also has connections to other AFOL:
==References==
Meld (Star Trek: TOS story by Bagley)

Meld is a Star Trek: TOS story by by Ann Bagley.
 
It was published in the print zine Berengaria #8.
==Summary==
Jim Kirk is awakened by Spock's voice in his mind. Soon Lt. Ker appears at his door. A telepath, Lt. Ker has also been summoned by Spock's voice. They find Spock in the Biology Lab trying to revive Leonard McCoy who has been bitten by a poisonous spider. The medical team pronounce McCoy dead, but Spock and Lt. Ker use their combined mental powers to save his life.
 
==Reactions and Reviews== 
 
==References==
Category:1976 Fanfiction