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Joined 09-29-03, id: 462127, Profile Updated: 01-20-09
Author has written 5 stories for Artemis Fowl.

It's been six years since I last spent significant time in this place.

Six long years have passed, and in that time Eoin Colfer has published three Artemis Fowl books. Let me be clear: I do not consider them canon. For a few reasons:

1. I have not read The Lost Colony or The Time Paradox. So I don't know what canonicity will entail.

2. I am peeved that Commander Root died in The Opal Deception. :P

3. More importantly, it doesn't seem that the world of the Lower Elements has been more fully fleshed out in the second trilogy. All sorts of strange externalities have been added to the plot, but the basic premise (of a technologically and magically advanced underground undiscovered civilization) has not been significantly progressed. There has been no fleshing out of the LE's economy, government, or other sociological dimensions. (That's what I gather from the reviews, and from reading OD. Correct me if I'm wrong.)

4. Scientific errors. If solinium is radiation, then it cannot be outrun. Having Holly outrun light was to me the jump-the-shark moment. Such basic errors should not be made by science fiction authors, not without extremely detailed explanation.

As such, I will not be referring to plot elements found in those books in my fanfiction. If I do take it up again.

It's still a good place to be, though, writing fiction. :)

A dystopian view of the LE

The LE as depicted in the first Artemis Fowl trilogy is a place of stagnant, plateauing genius. Danger rarely arises, as evidenced by the system(s)' utter inability to handle Opal Koboi's machinations. Foaly's inventions seem to be just souped-up versions of ideas already extant within the human scientific community as of 2009, with the possible exception of the Moonbelt. The LE is complacent and unimaginative. Small communities do not have the critical mass necessary for cultural phenomena to emerge.

In my "Fairies revisited" arc the LE is going to be shaken up like it has never been before. Polar gas outbreaks, tectonic destruction, magic breaking loose, and above all the certainty of human contact - all are going to bring the LE to unprecendented states of crisis, and enable unprecedented displays of heroism, cunning, and sheer luck.

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Screwed by rockpaperscizzorz reviews
Artemis ventures to America to kidnap a potentially harmful hacker...who turns out to be...a teenage girl? OC, updated!
Artemis Fowl - Rated: T - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 8 - Words: 14,686 - Reviews: 39 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 6/25/2008 - Published: 11/11/2003
Birds of a Feather by Blue Yeti reviews
ACTIVE. What would another genius say when they met our dear little Arty? Why do fairies idolise the Mud Men? What would you do if you found an illness which magic can't cure? War is declared, Artemis is shot, and the Lower Elements go BOOM!
Artemis Fowl - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 19 - Words: 87,273 - Reviews: 224 - Favs: 66 - Follows: 17 - Updated: 1/18/2005 - Published: 9/10/2002 - Artemis F.
Bladeborn:Of Fairies and Psions by SotF reviews
AFSFA crossover. A madman with the powers of ancient mystics manages to do what fairies believed impossible, capture Haven. A team of agents from the conspiracy ally with the fairies that manage to escape the conquest to attempt to come to the rescue.
Artemis Fowl - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 56 - Words: 42,279 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 5 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 12/20/2003 - Published: 11/8/2003 - Complete
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Aftermath reviews
after EC, what? The C Cube has left human knowledge, but in its wake are untidy knots across the generally ordered stream that is humanity. RANDOM, NO LOGICAL PLOT.
Artemis Fowl - Rated: K - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 4,138 - Reviews: 16 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 2 - Updated: 1/20/2009 - Published: 12/9/2003
The War of The Worlds reviews
An old evil has arisen to take over the worlds, and it's up to Arty to find an ancient artifact to stop it. But is he up to it when he's infected his entire world with illogicity? CHAP 2 UP! PG for naked fairy - it's not as bad as it sounds...wink
Artemis Fowl - Rated: K - English - Parody/Adventure - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,716 - Reviews: 9 - Favs: 1 - Updated: 5/19/2004 - Published: 5/1/2004
secret history II: of how the fairies came to be reviews
where did the fairies REALLY come from? why are they here? and watch as they try to save - no less - humanity. No canon characters yet. P AN: working on Aftermath and Exorcism concurrently. DO NOT EXPECT FREQUENT UPDATES.
Artemis Fowl - Rated: K - English - Fantasy/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 4 - Words: 5,598 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 1/6/2004 - Published: 10/1/2003
The Exorcism reviews
ever wondered why the fairies have so many limitations? ever wondered how screwed up the Council was? ever wondered if monkeys are sentient?
Artemis Fowl - Rated: K - English - Sci-Fi/Mystery - Chapters: 6 - Words: 6,756 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 2 - Updated: 11/20/2003 - Published: 10/6/2003
secret history: artemis rising reviews
a condense of a project that i'm working on, this was made to the standards of a literary bet and therefore may seem a little constrained. learn about how artemis came to be the inhuman evil that he is.
Artemis Fowl - Rated: K - English - Suspense/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,740 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 2 - Published: 9/29/2003