Mount Rushmore

Harmony Motion, Shadar I would add

Okay, this is going to be a bit of a tough one since I see a difference between my favorite authors, and the authors I think has been genre defining (at least on this site). So here is my best attempt at picking only 4 genre defining authors on this site:

• DKC - They have written some of the stories I return to the most on this site, with ideas I wish I could have been brilliant enough to come up with.
• Shadar - I couldn't ignore the sheer presence of Shadar even if I tried. They have been a stable member of our community for years, and their impact has been massive, with the Aurora universe being among one of their greatest achievements.
• Au Goose - I might be biased here, but Goose is among one of my favorite authors on the site. Their ideas are many, and their stories have always had a quality to them that I've immensely appreciated.
• HikerAngel - She wasn't here for long, but it can't be denied that her presence was hard felt, and her influence was wide. Her first major story here, Superstarter, included true interactive feedback for the first time around here (through the poll system) and she managed to write some great Books for our genre, all in the spand of about a year or so before handing over the mantel.

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lfan wrote:

You get four….only four. I def left off some that I think are great such as Hiker, Papayoya and Shadar.  It was tough picking only 4.  
conceptfan  papayoya1  happiest_in_shadows shadar
 

Shadar
Marknew
Circes Cup
Hiker Angel





 

I have to with the boys who inspired me to write to begin with..... It seems so long ago now

MARKNEW
DRU
AU GOOSE
LFAN

Oh My God...

How can I forget about CONCEPTFAN

This is a tough one but
Circes_Cup
Conceptfan
DKC
Dru

May the supergirls of the other fantastic authors on this amazing site not smite me down for excluding their magnificent creators 

Hard and unfair...but if I have: Happiest in Shadows, Conceptfan, Circes and Dru.

Seeing my name in this thread makes me blush. Too kind.
Making us pick only four is cruel.
Purely as authors, over the last quarter-century, Shadar, AK, MarkNew and Dru.
But that feels unfairly harsh on some writers whose work I adore including Papayoya, DKC, Lfan and others.
Can't we just like a bunch of authors?
Also, let's get a supergirl to carve up another few mountains in honour of those who've made the biggest overall contribution to our community not just in creating content but also inspiring others. Shadar and Lfan definitely need monuments. I'd also like to nominate Fats for keeping the genre's best hub running so well so long and Woodclaw for his dedication to the amazing library here.

I'd also consider ace191 for a tremendous output, and I'd give a hard look at the incredible Argonaut, who's merged some immensely inventive ideas (Baker's Dozen? Wow!) with absolutely tremendous writing. His characters actually feel like people, and not merely as super-feat delivery systems. A wonderfully fertile imagination tied to good writing is an absolute gift, and Argonaut has it in spades.

We need a bigger Rushmore given we have many excellent storytellers here. 

The most wonderful thing of all is that we all, whether storytellers or readers, have our likes, favorite styles, favored kinds of characters and story arcs and many varieties of genre kink. One size most definitely doesn’t fit all.

So any attempt at an agreed upon shortlist of storytellers is doomed to failure.

In the end, it’s just sharing our imaginations. And that cannot be bound or compartmentalized. 

Shadar

 

All right already!

-Shadar. It all starts with Aurora. Merging a super race with erotic fiction begins HERE. I remember devouring chapters. There was one that's burned into my memory of a superwoman basically holding down a space shuttle during launch. I've no idea where that chapter is (I've looked) so my memory is where it lives, but the Aurora Universe is the North Star for all of this.

-Dru. While I'm not always a huge lover of EVIL super types, Dru manages to do amazing things. Susan remains a favorite, and I don't quite wince at my own pleasure at reading the way I sometimes do with the enormously talented Conceptfan because Conceptfan manages to make me enjoy evil women doing terrible things. Dru is more pure fun.

-lfan. Yeah, take a bow, champ. You're the straw that stirs the drink. You maintain the community, bring great energy to matters, throw the spotlight on great creators, and manage to write some terrific supergirl fiction, yourself. You and Fats are responsible for this meeting place for those of us with this kooky, niche-y love of mighty women. And for that, I'm truly grateful.

-Argonaut. This is a writer with a tremendous imagination and a vast breadth of knowledge. Pop culture. Mythology. History. The Classical World. All of it gets referenced (accurately) and incorporated into stories that combine tremendously powerful heroines, romance, adventure, and more just plain FUN than almost any other writer in the genre. I absolutely love Argonaut's stuff.

Five names to go on Li'l Rushmore, where Honorable Mentions go: Happiest in Shadows, Conceptfan, Circes Cup, and the tremendous Golden/Silver Age scribe of Dr. Muttonchops.  And Special Super Mention to Paul Smith and Pat Mallon for their outrageously over the top megastrong women with their megahuge curves and megamighty sex drives.  

Definitely;
 Conceptfan
 Circes_Cup

I will think on for the other great writers.

There are too many great authors to choose four without being unfair... having said that, the ones that made me love the genre many, many years ago and that I keep reading and re-reading are:

- Conceptfan
- Larafan
- Dru
- DKC

Thanks to all that contribute content. But above all thanks to the site admins for keeping the lights on.

In my opinion, a difficult thing because I like all the stories, and I wouldn't know which one to choose. So my selection of 4 writers would be the following:

first SHADAR, for being the pioneer and creating a universe so rich in adventures and full of characters that captivate you and make you dream and desire with them.

second CONCEPTFAN, for its stories and series starring devils that make you fear them, like wanting to meet them.

Third, that there are actually two, the members of Team Acenaut. Apart from the fact that they have very good stories separately, their series The supergirl of smallville is a gem that makes you despair waiting for the next chapter. thing what happens to me with Kiraling or with others.

A.K. for his Julie, who makes you want to dream of an exchange and that when you go to study and learn English you go to her house.

They are not all what they are since of power, I would put Bradley and his story of the golden planet among other works. Or moxie that with Suane and Starla, they make you dream.
And many are still missing.
all of them have made me dream and go eagerly to the ARNOLD CLASSIC EUROPE or the COMIC OF GRANADA WEEK and look for the stand of the new woman, Aurora's company, or wish that supergirl, kara or xara, or any Velorian were there
Thank you for making me dream and wish for a better world than this gray and disgusting world in which I live.

En mi opinión, cosa difícil porque me gustan todos los relatos, y no sabria cual elegir. Asi que mi seleccion de 4 escritores, seria la siguiente:
 primero SHADAR, por ser el pionero y crear un universo tan rico en aventuras y lleno de personajes que te atrapan y te hacen soñar y desear con ellos.
 segundo CONCEPTFAN, por sus relatos y series protagonizadas por diablesas que te hacen temerlas, como desear conocerlas.
 Tercero que son en realidad dos, los miembros de Team Acenaut. A parte de que por separado tienen relatos muy buenos, su serie The supergirl of smallville, es una joya que te hace desesperar esperando el siguiente capítulo. cosa qué me pasa con Kiraling o con otras.
 A.K. por su Julie, que te hace desear hacer soñar con un intercambio y que al ir a estudiar y aprender ingles vayas a la casa de ella.

 No estan todos lo que son ya que de poder, pondría a bradley y su historia de planeta de oro entre otras obras. O moxie que con Suane y Starla, te hacen soñar.Y aun faltan muchos. todos ellos me han hecho soñar e ir con ansia al ARNOLD CLASIC EUROPE o a la SEMANA DEL COMIC OF GRANADA y buscar el Stand de la new woman, la empresa de Aurora, o desear que estuviera alli supergirl, kara o xara, o cualquier VelorianGracias por hacerme soñar y desear un mundo mejor que este gris y asqueroso mundo en que vivo.