about

I used to have the hugest blurb here, but the number of years on it is slowly getting ridiculous. So. Short version, dear visitor: it was way back in 2004, right at the end, when I joined the fanlisting world. It was a few months later as I added to my open fanlistings when Holding On was born, in January 2005.

My interest in fanlistings has fluctuated a lot since the opening of my collective (as well as just the interests themselves), but whilst fanlistings come and go, it is the one thing that remains.

Over the years Holding On has been hosted at a variety of places, starting out simply at freewebs, before being hosted by the wonderful buruma, and has been on fractured for the past five years. Anyway, Holding On is six (almost seven!) years old, believe it or not. And this is the twenty-fourth version it has had. Shocking! It's like one of my own children, and is my oldest site still active.

       the name

Uncreatively, a phrase I heard often at the time in songs, and relates a lot to holding on to my interests, beliefs... and I guess, fanlistings themselves. I'm just a cling type of person. Either way, despite thinking of changing it over the years, Holding On is a name that's stuck, and will probably stick until my last days in the fanlisting world. I can't imagine my collective being called anything but.

       layout   

Version 24 of Holding On features Zelgius as he appears in the videogame Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, published by Nintendo and Intelligent Systems. This layout was made by me in Paint Shop Pro 8. The fonts used on the layout are Jellyka Western Princess, Lane A, and SF Movie Poster. Textures from skylineillusions. Image was found at Fire Emblem Planet.