The Ruby Quill

The Ruby Quill is a Harry Potter fanfiction archive. It is part of the Citadel of the Wolf Network, and is a "brother" site of the multifandom archive World of Slash.
The archive was established in 2004. In what appears to be the final news item, posted on 8 February 2018, Jayson remarks, "my works are the only ones that have been updated on this site for over a year now,"The Ruby Quill, Wayback capture 31 December 2019 and the last story on the Most Recent list was archived on 28 October 2017. The site went offline sometime between 8 January 2020 and 21 December 2021, based on Wayback captures. As of the last Wayback capture of the archive's index page (31 December 2019), the archive held 182 stories by 69 authors and 5,533 reviews by 992 reviewers.
== History ==
The Ruby Quill was started by in Dream Howler in 2004 as part of the Erotic Dreams Story Archive. Archiving was originally done by hand, then soon switched to eFiction.Fan History Wiki. Ruby Quill Archive. Archived 21 March 2009 by the Wayback Machine.
== Submission Restrictions ==
The Ruby Quill accepts slash, het, and gen stories, though historically has been predominately slash. Femslash is prohibited, the rules stating:
:"[Femslash] may be in the background, a few kisses, etc. However, please no on camera sex scenes. Thank you. This may change if we get someone that actually would be willing to read/edit the story, but for now, no."The Ruby Quill. Rules. (Accessed 03 February 2012.)
Additionally, the archive does not accept drabbles or "snuff", which it describes as "an underworld/black market movie that portrays a violent murder scene." Rapefic is also strongly discouraged, but stories depicting rape are allowed if it is "extremely important to [the] story" and is properly warned for.
=== Ratings ===
All ratings are accepted, but explicit stories are password protected "per J.K. Rowling's 2004 request ... so that children do not have access to them."
The archive has its own rating system that is roughly equivalent to film ratings. It the following abbreviations:The Ruby Quill. Help. (Accessed 03 February 2012.)
* CS - "Child Safe themes" (G)
* PN - "Parents Needed" (PG)
* PN-13 - "Parents Needed" (PG-13)
* A - "Adult" (R)
* A-17 - "No One 17 and Under Admitted" (NC-17)
=== Warnings ===
The archive has over 140 different warnings used for stories. Many warnings do not necessary warn for triggers, but are used to indicate certain genres or tropes.
Available warnings included Ambiguous Consent, Genderfuck, Mary/Gary Stu, Plot What Plot, Slavery, Song Fiction, Threesome, Veela Fic, and Work In Progress.The Ruby Quill. Warnings. (Accessed 03 February 2012.)
== Fanfiction Categories ==
The Ruby Quill organizes archived fanfiction into the following categories:
* Cross-Overs - Harry Potter and various fandoms. Buffy, Charmed, X-men, etc. Has to have at least one Harry Potter Character in order to be accepted.
* Dominus Heros - Stories Featuring the Paring of Severus Snape and Harry Potter. Including any time period.
* Hogwarts - This category is for stories that focus at Hogwarts. This could be teachers relationships, Harry/Gang's relationships, etc.
* Lupus Vinco - One of the Ruby Quill's favorite pairings, this is for stories where the main paring is Remus Lupin and Severus Snape.
* Post Hogwarts - This is for stories that take place after Hogwarts. I.E. After the War, After the Mauraders leave school etc.
* Preteritus Vices - Join us in the Past. This category features the Marauders Era, and any story based in the past.
* Total Alternate Reality - These stories are a total re-write of the books. I.E. Harry got sorted into Slytherin, etc.
* Wizarding World - Stories here have no central location or just generally focused on someone that isn't Harry Potter
== References ==
Category:Harry Potter Archives Category:Slash Archives Category:Het Archives Category:Gen Archives
Category:2000s Category:2010s
Category:EFiction