Master and Apprentice (Star Wars: TPM archive)

Master and Apprentice is the main Phantom Menace slash archive, and is associated with the master_apprentice mailing list. It contains fanworks focusing on the ship Obi/Qui, as well as the characters Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Anakin Skywalker.
Founded in 1999, the archive is still online today but is no longer actively accepting fic, having moved to the Archive of Our Own in 2014 as part of the Open Doors Project.
Master and Apprentice explicitly signposts itself as containing adult material, and visitors to the site are required to confirm that they are of legal age to view such material. The page giving this warning features a quote by Keelywolfe:
The archive was a member of the Jedi Grrls webring, SW Slash, the Slash Fan Fiction Ring and The FanFic Archives WebRing.Master and Apprentice,via Wayback: 1999. (Accessed 21 November)
==History==
Sockii founded the archive in May 1999. 
 
Sockii was the archive creator, owner, and moderator until November 2001. She asked for someone that had a technical background to take over, since the archive was running on a unique Perl script database. Lori took over as moderator and archive owner from 2001 to 2019, and then it was transferred to squidgie.
In 2003, Lori published a fundraiser fanzine - Master and Apprentice Archive Fundraising Zine - to raise funds for the archive's operating costs. The zine consisted of original content and was distributed on CD in support of the archive. In 2005 there was another very short-lived fundraiser featuring Fuumin's fanart.
As of January 2011 the archive had over 4,200 stories (individual fanwork chapters are counted as separate "stories" on Master and Apprentice). There is also a small gallery of fanart as well.
For more on the birth of this archive, including the joys and hassles, see A funny thing happened on my way to my birthday..., a 2009 essay by Sockii. 
On March 1, 2014, the stories were imported to Archive Of Our Own, in the Master Apprentice Archive collection. The collection has over 1,100 works.
==Rules & Guidelines==
==Controversy==
In January 2000, Sockii created a CD as a fundraiser for the archive. It was a copy of the archive at the time. The CD contained 2179 stories and was in an interactive web browsing format, with stories indexed by title and author. It also contained the author bios. Permission had not been asked of the authors before the CD had begun mailings. A few authors were unhappy that distribution in a different format had not been cleared with them. 
In 2009, Sockii described the controversy: 
 
File:CD Archive Cover.jpeg|The label for the jan 2001 CD shows that the CD is formatted for PC computers
File:Master Apprentice Fall 2001 CD Cropped.jpeg|By the fall of 2001, the CD was formatted for both MAC and PC computers
File:Master Apprentice CD Index Page 1.jpg|Page 1 of the index from the CD, click for larger version
File:Master Apprentice CD Index Page 2.jpg|page 2 shows that you can also search by genre
File:Master Apprentice CD Index Page 3-1.jpg|page 3 explains the rules of the archive, as those who were receiving a copy of the CD may not have been able to access the site online
Years later the website had the following statement:
In 2005, the new archive owner created a second fundraiser CD with artist and writer permission: We're Not Dead Yet.
==Gallery==
===Banners===
File:Mabanner2.jpg|linking banner
File:Mabanner3.jpg|different linking banner, seen at OKEBFFA
File:Mabanner1.jpg|linking banner, seen at Jedi Discipline
File:Newmabanner1sm .jpg|header image from archive search page
===Screencaps===
File:Master and Apprentice-Warning Page 1999.png|warning page, 1999
File:Master and Apprentice main page 1999.png|main page, 2000
File:Jedi Masters and Apprentices Archive 2003.png|main page, 2003
File:Jedi Masters and Apprentices Fiction Archive.png|archive, 2003
File:Master and Apprentice Archive Age Check.png|age check
===Sample Fanart===
The archive contained approximately 60-80 artpieces. Many of them were uncredited in the gallery. An archived version of the gallery can be seen here.
File:CSQG2.JPG|Qui'Gon, artist uncredited
File:MAKI1.JPG| Maki
File:VAMPQG1.JPG|Vampire Qui'Gon, artist sockii
File:Swodanc1.jpg|Light saber dance, artist Qor-Ynn
==References==
Category:Star Wars TPM Archives
Category:1999 ArchivesCategory:2000s ArchivesCategory:2010s ArchivesCategory:SlashCity