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THE INEVITABILITY FANGROUP PHOTOS

Below is a curated collection of Game Boy Camera photos digitised from the old fan archives. Credit to "Shutterbug" and thanks to her family for so kindly gifting her collection of cameras. Credit to new crew member Daemon for advising on how to download these! Thanks to the kind folks at https://www.gbxcart.com/ for their handy widgit and very helpful setup support.

The Matriarx

Photos of the founding members of The Inevitability Smith/Neo fangroup.

A rare photo of the photographer of The Inevitability - **Shutterbug**. Doing Kung-Fu poses in the kitchen, ~2004

Founding member **Teletype**. Writer of the seminal fan-essay The Inevitability Theory. Also well known for her poetic (and erotic!) fanfiction.

Founding member **Qwerty**. Created some wonderful Smith/Neo textiles including knitted blanket and matinee jackets. Writer of Smith/Neo poetry.

Founding member **Rolodex**. Writer of a number of influential fan essays, including "Who's Afraid of Agent Smith."

Founding member **Sketch**. Sketch was a fanartist who produced the Inevitability zines as well as illustrating the newsletters.

Founding member **Fax**. Creator of the incredible Now That's What I Call Smith/Neo fanmixes which ran from 1999 right up to 2018.

Additional Archive Photographs

Supplementary images. Due to the queer nature of these fanworks and the fact that most crew members did not share their membership of The Inevitability with their families, we have taken the decision not to publish very many photographs in which members are identifiable. We've acquired kind permission from the families of the below members to share the below.

Group lunch — Members of The Inevitability lunching together in 2018. From left to right: Rolodex, Teletype, Shutterbug and Sketch.

Teletype and Thompson the dog — My grandmother Teletype with Thompson the dog, circa 2015. Thompson was her much-loved King Charles spaniel named after Agent Thompson from The Matrix Reloaded.

Founding members Fax, Qwerty and Teletype.

The Crew of The Inevitability

founders in Wimbledon — Some of the founding "Matriarx" on a trip to Wimbledon, 2003, to see Reloaded at the cinema. From R to L: Teletype, Fax, Unknown (possibly Qwerty?), Rolodex and Sketch)

Brighton Zine Fair — Crewmates manning an Inevitability stall at a Brighton zine fair, ~2006. Printed fanfiction zines for sale.

Inevitabilitists swapping handwritten and printed fanfiction at the Sunshine Cafe, Tolworth

Annual meeting 2001 — The Inevitability 2001 Annual Meeting, with Kung Fu demonstrations from a local dojo. Rolodex on far right.

Group meetup at pub — Some of the founding Matriarx at a pub meetup. From L to R: Teletype, Fax, Qwerty, Sketch and Rolodex (seated). (~2014)

Fax and Rolodex showing off their Kung Fu moves (~2000)

Annual meeting 2009 — Annual Meeting of The Inevitability, 2009, held in Haywards Heath church hall. Inevitabilitists listening to a talk.

Art Fair, Surrey 2016 — Sketch representing The Inevitability fangroup at a comics fair in Surrey, 2016. Selling art prints and Now That's What I Call Smith/Neo CDs.

Teletype and Qwerty — Qwerty and Teletype seated together at Teletype's Smith-Corona typewriter.

Matrix revolutions poster — Crewmate posing next to a poster for Matrix Revolutions, featuring the duplicate Smiths! 2003.

Apollo video - VHS release — An early Inevitability meetup for the release of The Matrix on VHS, December 1999. Inevitabilitists in video shop (possibly the old Apollo Video shop in Epsom) Rolodex on far right - Fax on the far left.

Teletype's living room — Members Fax, Rolodex and Qwerty in the living room of Teletype (on the far left). ~2010. The ladies are reading a latest chapter of Teletype's fanfiction.

Garden party — Group members in Shutterbug's back garden, date unknown. From L to R: Teletype, Rolodex, unknown, Fax, Sketch.

Smith / Neo cake — Inevitabilitists posing with a cake, featuring Smith/Neo toppers.

Qwerty and Teletype admiring a bound zine of their work, produced after a bookbinding workshop at the Annual Meeting 2012

Brighton meetup — Brighton zine fair ~2006 - members selling zines and fanfiction, knitting.

Cinema outing — Inevitability crewmates waiting outside the cinema in 2009: a private screening of The Matrix for the annual meeting. Teletype on far left, Rolodex on far right.

Meetup — A printed gameboy camera picture of an annual conference meeting, year unknown. A talk being given to a group of Inevitabilitists, a couple of them in Matrix t-shirts.

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Group Meal — A printed gameboy camera picture of the fangroup at a restaurant, white pin badges visible.

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Meetup1 — A printed gameboy camera picture of the fangroup. Picture was labelled "a reading at Beryl's" - referring to member Shutterbug. Likely taken in her home in Surrey - members might be reading an essay or fanfiction together.

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A printed gameboy camera picture of the fangroup. Inevitabilitists relaxing in sunchairs during a picnic.

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Artefacts

Physical items, zines, memorabilia and other artefacts from The Inevitability.

Floppy disks containing Smith/Neo fanfiction — Floppy disks from 2000/2001 containing Smith/Neo fanfic. These were swapped at meetups and sold through the newsletter. After 2001 the move was made to distribute fanfic via CDs and USB sticks instead.
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Floppy Disk 1 — Floppy disk from 2000 containing Smith/Neo fanfiction (unrestored).
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Floppy Disk 2 — Floppy disk from 2001 containing Smith/Neo fanfiction (unrestored).
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Selection of Now That's What I Call Smith/Neo CDs
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Now That's What I call Smith/Neo — One of the alternate CD covers for Now That's What I Call Smith/Neo 2003. See the "Music" section for tracklistings and photos of each CD.
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Scan of Annual Meeting agenda — A scan of the meeting agenda for the 2001 Annual Meeting of the Inevitabilitists, containing items such as a Smith/Neo knit and natter, a lecture on Queer Theory and The Matrix, and a martial arts demonstration from Tenchi Karate Club.
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Smith Corona Typewriter — GameBoy Camera photo of my grandmother Teletype's Smith Corona XD 4700 Typewriter - used for writing Smith/Neo fanfiction as well as the Inevitability fanzine