Big Name Sinners

Big Name Sinners was a list posted regularly on LiveJournal by sockpuppet Fermatojam. It was a list of the then-popular Harry Potter fanwriters who wrote "sinful" fanfiction, particularly slash and smut. 
Years later, it was revealed that the Big Name Sinners list was a hijinks of deceitful having been written by one of its lesser known sinners, msscribe. It is believed this list was created to raise msscribe's profile within fandom, and make her a Big Name Fan alongside the other sinners.
==The Beginning==
==List== 
* the gray book, Cassandra Clare's LiveJournal, then called epicyclical, described as "f**got-loving"
* sarahtales, Sarah Rees Brennan's LiveJournal, then called mistful, described as "p*rnographic"
* nmalfoy, described as "latter-day Jezebel"
* lisannej, then called liss1224, described as "depraved" and "(well, she does write het!)"
* angiej, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas's LiveJournal, described as "smut-obsessed"
* cadey
* msscribe / constantine, no longer available
* parkergray, described as "despicable"
* infinitus, deleted and purged, described as "loathsome"
* iscarus, deleted and purged, described as "foul"
* vanityfair / soulbinder, described as "filthy"
* alexmalfoy / titanic_days, Al's LiveJournal, described as "inquitous"
* saucy_wench, described as "inc*stuous" 
* tobymalfoy, described as "execrable"
* mon_starling, M. Starling's LiveJournal, deleted and purged, described as "nauseating" 
* aome, Plumeria's LiveJournal, described as "repugnant"
* purebloodgryff / quidditchgrrl, described as "iniquitous" 
* ali-wildgoose, described as "ripe-for-salvation"Charlotte Lennox. Chapter Two - Msscribe Enters the Fandom queerasjohn. post on WayBack Machine
==More On The Members==
Many of the fanwriters included in the Big Name Sinners list are notable for varying reasons. Here are a few:
Cassandra Clare, aka epicyclical, aka thegraybook, is best known as the author of the young adult fantasy series The Mortal Instruments. In fandom, her most successful work was the Harry Potter series The Draco Trilogy, followed by Lord of the Rings fic The Very Secret Diaries. A full list of her fanworks are available here. She co-created the Harry Potter archive site Schnoogle and later joined The Inner Circle in modding later site FictionAlley.
Sarah Rees Brennan, aka mistful, aka sarahtales, is best known for her trilogy The Demon's Lexicon. She also co-wrote part of The Bane Chronicles, a companion series to The Mortal Instruments.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas, aka AngieJ, is best known for the Harry Potter fanfic Trouble in Paradise.
Al is best known for the Drarry fanfic Snitch!. He was one of the founders of FictionAlley and one of the owners of the Yahoo! group HP_Paradise. A full list of his notable works is available here.
M. Starling is best known as a fanartist, illustrating many well-known fics including Clare's The Draco Trilogy, Thomas's Trouble in Paradise, and Al's Snitch!. She was a founder of FictionAlley and also a part of the Teenage Witches.
Plumeria was a moderator of the Roswell board at Fanforum and the SCUSA forum at FictionAlley. She co-wrote two fics with Lissanne, Separation and Reunion.
Ali Wildgoose founded the Harry Potter fan archive Diagon Alley, part of the Potterfic Alliance. She was also involved in Nocturne Alley. She made a parody of Clare's The Draco Trilogy entitled It's Evil Time (DV9).
==Sequels==
The Big Name Sinners List was followed by the Fandom Scruples' Black List, written by another of Msscribe's sockpuppets.
==References==
Category:Harry Potter
Category:2003
Category:Christianity & Fandom