Fonts of Wisdom

Fonts of Wisdom was Luba Kmetyk's invitation-only archive. It was a large multi-creator fanworks archive, hosting an extensive array of fanfiction and fanart. The main focus was on Kitty Pryde and Pete Wisdom, of Marvel Comics' Excalibur title. The archive was first updated on July 15, 1997, according to the What's New section of the site, and was a repository for Luba's own fanworks, as well as works she appreciated and wanted to save. In Luba's own words: 
The last update of the site was in 2008, following Luba's hospital stay and nursing careFonts of Wisdom - What's New. At that time there were 3945 stories by 722 authors and art by 213 artists. 
==Idylls of the Cat==
Luba's own ongoing Pete and Kitty stories, including her own version of continuity following the "Pete v Pete" scene of Excalibur #92 where Piotr assaults Pete Wisdom after he sees him with Kitty. In Luba's words:
The stories included R-rated erotica and the Dark Idylls series, which took a much bleaker look at Kitty's relationships, both with Pete Wisdom and with Piotr Rasputin.
==Authors==
==X-Books==
There were a number of sections for other writers' stories about Kitty and Pete, sorted into five different sections:
*The Heart of the Matter (Pryde&Wisdom stories);
*Pearls of Wisdom (Pete Wisdom stories);
* Mightier than the Sword (Excalibur stories);
*Major Arcana (X-Men stories w/ major Kitty/Pete/EXC roles);
*Minor Arcana (X-Men stories w/ minor Kitty/Pete/EXC roles).
There was also other sections for:
*X-Men stories Just Because - basically X-Men fics Luba liked that didn't include Kitty or Pete;
*Pandemonium (Illyana Rasputin, New Mutants and Hellions stories);
*Tag Team (Kai & Logan stories) - stories by Kaylee (KayJay) featuring Logan and her OC Kai;
*Canzona (The Ballad of Rahne and Sam) - a series by Denise K and Leary focusing on a relationship between Rahne Sinclair and Sam Guthrie;
*Tales of the Twilight Menshevik - a series by Tilman Stieve focusing on a relationship between Mystique and Val Cooper;
*Triptych: Diamond (Emma Stories) - stories featuring the White Queen, Emma Frost by various writers;
*Triptych: Amethyst (Betsy Stories) - stories featuring Psylocke/Betsy Braddock by various writers;
*Triptych: Garnet (Maddie Stories) - stories featuring the Goblin Queen, Madelyne Pryor by various writers.
==Vertigo/DC/et al==
Luba's site was one of the few in the 1990s and early 2002s that had an interest in non-Marvel fanfiction. She collected Vertigo, DC, and a number of crossover stories, including comics crossed over with Babylon 5, X-Files, Farscape and Twin Peaks.
*Stories from the Shadows (DC/Vertigo stories) - by various authors;
*Bootleg Story Annex - the stories that didn't fit anywhere else but that Luba wanted to keep.
==Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel the Series==
The Crypt was where Luba saved Spike-centric fanfic, having, in her own words: 
==Fanart==
Speculum Mundi was the fanart section, with an extensive collection of fanart from across comics fanfic. Some OCs were included. There was also an adult section, unusual for a lot of fanart archives where the domains often restricted such materials.
==Links==
*Outside the Lines fanfic mailing list
*C-FAN (Comic Fan-fiction Authors' Network)
*Fanfiction.Net
*Alara's Crossroads X - Magneto, Mystique, Xavier, Doug Ramsey, Elseworlds, Villains, XXY: the Genderswap Universe, and Darqstar's Shifting Sands X-Men Fanfiction Archive
*Alicia's Alternate Timelines - Cable (and Domino), Authority and Stormwatch, and Shadowlands
*DarkMark's Domain - Marvel, DC, Image, Tower, including Golden and Silver Age
*The Itty Bitty Archives - Cyclops, Logan, X-Men, Miscellaneous
*Alykat's World - Rogue, X-Babies, Beast, Iceman
*queenB's Hive - Cecelia Reyes, Maggott, Miscellaneous
*Tangerine's Dream - Angel and Psylocke, Ric&Shatty, Slash
*Kaylee's Thundercrack! - Gotham, the Dracoverse, Mooksville, Poi's fic
*Wolverine and Jubilee Page - Wolverine and Jubilee, X-Men, Blink and Sabretooth
==Wishlist==
Luba's site was also unusual for her "wishlist" section, where she posted ideas she would like to see for fanfic and art. As of the last Wayback capture on Feb 18/09, the list comprised of:
*a crossover with Vertigo's Lucifer Morningstar and Spike and/or Angel
*a crossover with the Hellfire Club (Sebastian/Emma version) and Spike and/or Angel
*a spy story featuring Pete Wisdom working with Clive Reston (with Kitty, Alistaire, Leiko and/or Shang Chi optional)
*more Cross-Time Capers
*an explanation of Sat-yr-9's interest in Kitty
*the X-Men (but *especially* Pete Wisdom) meet Miles Vorkosigan (yes, I *know* it's ridiculous!)
*Kitty Pryde meets Bad Kitty <g> -- thanks, Amy and Jim!
*Kitty Pryde as Black Queen of the Hellfire Club and Pete Wisdom as her Black King -- thanks, Gina!
*Romany Wisdom stories!
*Pete Wisdom growing up -- thanks, RhiannonAmaris and Gina!
*Pete Wisdom during his time in Black Air -- thanks, Jim!
*Brigid Shane stories
*'classic' early Excalibur -- Dai Thomas, WHO, Gatecrasher and the Technet, Sat-Yr-9, Otherworld, etc
*the London Hellfire Club (Ellis version) vs the 'classic' New York Hellfire Club (Sebastian, Emma, etc)
*Pryde&Wisdom teaming with John Steed and Emma Peel (the originals, *not* the recent movie horror!) -- thanks, Brian!
*Pryde&Wisdom teaming with Jon Sable and Maggie the Cat
*Pryde&Wisdom teaming with Luke and Laura to rescue Robert and Anna Scorpio (from Faison and/or the Cassadines, of course!)
*Pryde&Wisdom teaming with Robert and Anna Scorpio to rescue Luke and Laura (from Faison and/or the Cassadines, of course!)
*John Constantine with *or* against Illyana Rasputin (obviously a magic/horror story) -- thanks, Duncan!
*Pete Wisdom and Jack Knight and John Constantine and the Shade
*Emma Frost and the Hellions vs Ivana Bauil and DV8 (the Ellis version, obviously)
*young Kitty with Jonny Quest -- thanks, Indigo! <g>
*Pete Wisdom with Jenny Sparks -- thanks, Dex!
*Domino and Zealot working together
*Gambit in New Orleans with the Alan Moore version of Voodoo
*Colossus finds out about Peter-son-of-Nereel
*the Mutant-X Kitty Pryde, now Black Queen of their Hellfire Club, meets the Mutant-X version of Pete Wisdom
*Kitty/Kurt/Colossus Challenge
**More specifically, remember Excalibur #103 with all the alternate Kittys and Kurts and Colossuses (Colossi?), and remember the page with a three-panel spread of three different alternates --
**#Kitty was a dominatrix and Kurt and Piotr were her slaves -- thanks, Michelle and Tina!
**#Kitty, Kurt and Piotr were all alcoholics sleeping in an alley -- thanks, Lyssie!
**#Piotr was Rasputin the monk, Kurt was a priest and Kitty a nun (albeit a nun holding a Jewish Star-of-David!)
The challenge is to write stories for those scenarios (or any of the other alternate Kittys, Kurts and Piotrs shown in Exc#103, like the trio as depicted on the cover)
*and, of course, more Pryde&Wisdom/Excalibur/New Mutants stories of any kind...
==Reviews and Recommendations==
==References==
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