Ancient Web: B&Bland Kept Beauty and the Beast’s Fan Tunnels Open
B&Bland gathers fan fiction, art, convention history, interviews, and retired sites devoted to the 1987–1990 television series Beauty and the Beast.
Part of the Ancient Web Collection.
In the 1987 television series Beauty and the Beast, Vincent and his friends lived in tunnels beneath New York City. Its fans have spent decades constructing a second set of tunnels online.
The front page describes an imagined place between Oz and Shangri-La. Its links lead into art, stories, poetry, essays, convention memories, discussion, and fan-made videos. There is an active forum and an index for newcomers, alongside plans for conventions as far ahead as 2028. This is not merely an abandoned shrine to a television show.
Most important, B&Bland has become a home for older websites whose original maintainers or hosting arrangements have changed. Its 'Cultivating B&Bland' section names many separate contributors, including Annik, Kaileigh Blue, Marina, Ruby, and the Classic Alliance of Beauty and the Beast, or CABB.
A fan archive with its own preservation policy
The original CABB site explicitly says it has moved into archive-only mode under B&Bland's roof. Its older Tunnel Tales and Steam Tunnels material is retained, while new writing appears at a separate successor site. That distinction prevents visitors from mistaking a quiet archive for a dead community.
The preserved Tunnel Tales collection includes fanfiction and references to writer interviews presented during online Winterfest celebrations in 2005 and 2006. An episode guide, a fanfiction lending library, and a collection of historical logos extend the archive beyond prose stories.
The site's What's New log has entries from 2011 and 2012, including anniversary tributes and convention reports. A separate convention-history project gathered memories, photographs, and reports from fans who attended gatherings. Contributors discussed their role in an archived Fanlore account.
The show's historical fandom is older than the present version of B&Bland, and its active 2026 homepage is not proof of a 1990s website origin. The reason to include it is its unusually explicit preservation of independent fan pages and community records.
Where most online communities lose their old rooms when they move, these fans keep adding signs to help visitors find them.
Explore B&Bland's directory and its preserved CABB chambers.
Part of the Ancient Web Collection.
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