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* Gaedhal's "Queer Theories" has been going for almost a decade now.

* The ''[http://lightning.ffstories.net/browse.php?type=categories&id=2 Sacrifices Arc]'', recced on the ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' [[Harry Potter/Fanfic Recs|fanfic page]], is probably longer than JKR's novels. And so poignant and gripping that to begin to read it is to surrender the next month+ of your life.

* ''[[Cat Tales]]'' has been updating on a chapter-a-month-or-so schedule for nine years, resulting in 60 separate stories (with almost 350 chapters, combined) and multiple (thankfully much shorter) spin-off series. Although heavily influenced by both the comics and the DCAU, it has its own cast of recurring characters and complicated storylines that require any new reader to start at the beginning before you're able to understand later stories. Thankfully, once you've read through it once, it's easy to stay updated... but oh, that one story back at the beginning was so good, maybe I'll reread it, and let's see, the next story was pretty good too...

* ''[[Cat-Tales]]'' has been updating on a chapter-a-month-or-so schedule for nine years, resulting in 60 separate stories (with almost 350 chapters, combined) and multiple (thankfully much shorter) spin-off series. Although heavily influenced by both the comics and the DCAU, it has its own cast of recurring characters and complicated storylines that require any new reader to start at the beginning before you're able to understand later stories. Thankfully, once you've read through it once, it's easy to stay updated... but oh, that one story back at the beginning was so good, maybe I'll reread it, and let's see, the next story was pretty good too...

* Arguaby, ''[[My Immortal]]''. You hear amusing lines from it. You hear about it. You want to know: "Is it really THIS stupid/silly/bad/awesome beyond compare?" So you read up on it, not wanting to receive the brain damage you've heard you'll get from reading it. Then you give up and read the whole thing out of curiosity, and bile fascination makes you read the whole thing (or you're generally amused by Enoby's adventures). So is it really as stupid/silly/bad/awesome beyond compare as everyone says? Answer: {{spoiler|Yes. A million times, YES.}}

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== Live-Action TV ==

* [[No Export for You|If you live in America]], [[Hulu]].com offers several complete television seasons (sometimes series) available for free. These are mainly old action shows (''[[The A-Team]]'', ''[[Airwolf]]'', ''[[Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Charlie's Angels|Charlies Angels]]'', etc.) and Bronze Age sci-fi (''[[Lexx]]'', ''[[Quantum Leap]]'', ''[[Firefly]]'', ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'', etc.). Even more can be accessed with the $9.99/month hulu+ (like getting all seven seasons of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' instead of the first three). Have fun.

* Subscribers to Netflix have access to the instant list in addition to the mail order stuff. They have many series that stream instantly, including (completely): ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', ''Stargates'' [[Stargate SG-1|Original Flavor]] and ''[[Stargate Atlantis|Atlantis]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', ''[[Dead Like Me]]'', ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', ''[[Blood+|Blood Plus]]'', ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Clannad]]'', and ''[[Firefly]]''. You can also find back seasons of current shows, such as ''[[Power Rangers]]'', ''[[Dexter]]'', ''[[Weeds]]'', ''[[Bones]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy|Greys Anatomy]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

* Subscribers to Netflix have access to the instant list in addition to the mail order stuff. They have many series that stream instantly, including (completely): ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]]'', ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', ''Stargates'' [[Stargate SG-1|Original Flavor]] and ''[[Stargate Atlantis|Atlantis]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'', ''[[Dead Like Me]]'', ''[[Veronica Mars]]'', ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', ''[[Blood+|Blood Plus]]'', ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]]'', ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', and ''[[Firefly]]''. You can also find back seasons of current shows, such as ''[[Power Rangers]]'', ''[[Dexter]]'', ''[[Weeds]]'', ''[[Bones]]'', ''[[Grey's Anatomy|Greys Anatomy]]'', and ''[[Doctor Who]]''.

** Guess what? [[Offer Void in Nebraska|Only available]] [[No Export for You|in the U.S. and Mexico]].

** Now in the UK too, although the selection is not as great as in the US. The UK also has [[Love Film]] Instant, a service run by Amazon, although the DVD rental selection is better than that available for streaming.

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* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has been going since 2002 at 5 comics a week; starting from the beginning would be quite a task. If you follow the comic, you'll know that it started as a 7-a-week comic in 2002, dropped to 5 midway through the first year, [[Schedule Slip|became erratic]], and returned to more or less consistency at 5 in Spring 2010. As of mid-April 2011 it has started a 6-a-week schedule. Only time will tell if it will stick but all the same, there is a huge archive for newbies to trawl through though it is common even for veterans to engage in [[Archive Trawl]]s once in a while.

* ''[[Megatokyo]]'' has been around since 2000.

* ''[[Something Positive]]'' has been doing daily (more or less) strips since 2002. He's at well over 2000.

* ''[[Something*Positive]]'' has been doing daily (more or less) strips since 2002. He's at well over 2000.

* ''[[Dinosaur Comics]]'', over 2000 (probaby more) comics of the same images over and over again, yet completely gripping. In fact Ryan North, the creator, saw this happening and even added the occasional joke in the meta text just to mess with your mind... with words, because that's what it's all about. That and dinosaurs.

* ''[[Dork Tower]]'' has been going since January 1997 as a four-panel comic, a webcomic, a bimonthly comic book, and one-page strips for ''Dragon, Shadis, Spyre, Comic Buyers Guide, Comic Shop News,'' and other publications. The [http://www.dorktower.com/ incomplete web archive] starts from January 1, 2001, but to '''really''' catch everything requires devoting a good chunk of time to the TPBs.

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