Thamiris

Thamiris was a writer, essayist, and mailing list moderator, especially well-known in Hercules-Xena and Smallville fandoms. 
She was best known for her enthusiastic, unabashed appreciation for erotica and beautiful men, as well as being an elegant and stylistic writer with a strong leaning toward classic allusions, coupled with an earthy realism.
In a 2000 interview hosted on the Ksmithares archive, Thamiris stated: 
In 2001, Thamiris wrote: 
Thamiris passed away on April 4, 2007. She was forty-one.
==In Xena/Hercules Fandom==
[Herc/Xena fandom influence & works here ] 
Thamiris also hosted the Ksmithares archive. This archive collected stories posted to the Ksmithares mailing list. Thamiris was the creator and moderator of Ksmithares, a mailing list for discussion and stories about characters from the Xena and Hercules universes, as well as characters portrayed by Kevin Smith, best known for his role as Ares on Xena: Warrior Princess. She was also involved with this archive in its later incarnation, the Ksares archive.
A meta essay characteristic of her style was Thamiris' Sexed-Up Grammar Guide, which was simultaneously funny, informative and hot:
==In Smallville Fandom==
Thamiris often posted meta analyzing and expanding on Smallville's references to mythology and Greek and Roman classics or from a "mostly tongue-in-cheek" Freudian perspective. 
She also posted a lot of extremely popular porn.
[more about her Smallville stories here would be good ]
Along with Siobhan, Thamiris became a moderator of ClarkLex after Liviapenn stepped down.
==Interviews==
* The KSA Archive Interview with Thamiris (2000)
* If Frodo loved Bilbo... (2002, Thamiris was interviewed for this article and talked about pseudonymity, writing, community, slash, and fanfiction as literature.
==Meta and Essays==
* Bambi in the Headlights: Thoughts on Disclaimers (December 6, 2001)
* [Burnt Offerings: Thinking About Lex and Lionel] (October 21, 2003)
* [Clark, Lex and Pandora's Box] (March 10, 2004)
* Domestic Penetration: Queering the Home in Highlander, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, The Sentinel, and Smallville (2003)
* [Epic Psychology in Suspect; Or, a Revisionista's Tap Dance] (January 1, 2003)
* [The Epic Tale of Lex Luthor the Great] (January 19, 2004)
* [Hammering Masculinity in Smallville] (unknown)
* [The House That is About To Fall: Suffering in Smallville] (January 29, 2004)
* The Joys of M/M Sex (2000?)
* [Less Pedestrian Smallville Comments: Sanctity and the Single Farmboy] (unknown)
* [Lex and the Burden of Proof: Speculation on the Rift] (unknown)
* [Lex and the Fate of a War God] (unknown)
* [Lex Luthor, Fan-Geek] (April 9, 2004)
* ["Mirror, Mirror": Gazing and the Formation of Identity in Smallville] (April 4, 2004)
* [Queer Kissing from The Bible to Harry Potter (With Stops in the Middle Ages and Smallville)] (February 8, 2004)
* Secrecy and the Constitution of Identity in BtVS, Highlander and Smallville; archive link (January 30, 2002)
* [Secrets, Lies, and the Meaning of Confession in Smallville] (unknown)
* [Smallville, Art, and the Construction of Meaning] (unknown)
* [Through the Looking Glass: The Obsessive Gaze in Smallville] (unknown)
* [Truth Turned Fairy Tale: Lizzie Borden and Lex Luthor] (unknown)
* [The Viewer as God: Inclusion and Exclusion in Smallville and Fandom] (unknown)
* Whoring for the WB and Other Crimes Against Slash (October 11, 2002)
==Preserving Thamiris' Livejournal==
After Thamiris' death, the livejournal community tham_preserved was created as a center for fundraising efforts by her friends, in order to upgrade her livejournal to a permanent account. This would have the effect of always preserving Thamiris' layout and userpics as they were when she was alive. The tham_preserved community also took steps to preserve Thamiris' personal site, Odysseys and Ecstasy, as well as the Ksmithares archive.
==Fan Comments==
Some comments (out of many, many more) at Tributes:
== References ==
Category:Deceased
Category:2007 Deaths
Category:Fanwriters
Category:Community Moderators