Although I mainly "grew up" in Silmarillion fandom, my early fandom experience was sort of split between that and FictionAlley and I too have fond memories of FAP and its newbie-focussed friendly culture. In fact, thinking back I got my LJ invite code from a thread on the forums (this being back when LJ still used invites) and since I only got to DW via LJ in a way I wouldn't be here at all without FAP. So, I agree and thank you for posting this.