About aFigureOfSpeech:
- Formerly known as Strawberrielvr, then Cocoaberrie7. Currently has a bit of an identity crisis.
- Loves to read and write. A lot. Is fond of playing with words. And using interesting ones. Or just making them up altogether.
- Prefers fantasy to pretty much everything else. Also loves manga/anime (possibly more than is healthy).
- Enjoys romance, though sometimes it can make her gag. Seems to prefer her pairings with large amounts of crack (definitely more than is healthy). Is not above manipulating canon or “torturing” characters to suit her whim/will/diabolical purposes.
- Is apparently one of the few people in the entire fanverse that is female but happens not to like yaoi (yuri is okay, oddly enough).
- Likes to laugh. A lot. Appreciates sarcasm, dry humor, and irony, whether in writing or her actual life. Likes to use all three whenever possible.
- Is allergic to gratuitous amounts of angst.
- Enjoys the fact that she was just able to use the word gratuitous.
- Is a grammar Nazi. Not too bad face-to-face, but has high standards while reading.
- Attempts to draw on occasion. Wishes she were better. Has neither the patience nor the will to practice enough to actually become better. Spends time lurking on deviantART instead.
- Updates very sporadically, especially during the school year when school owns her soul. Has tried giving up fanfiction, except the Evil Plot Bunnies of Doom also stake property on her soul and like to attack violently without warning and then disappear without a trace.
- Is constantly torn between the two.
- Is open for betaing. See her beta profile page for specifics and below for fandoms/ships.
- Wants commissions.

See my deviantART profile, http://afigureofspeech.deviantart.com/

Anime/Manga/Cartoons:
Soul Eater, Naruto, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Claymore, Bleach, From Far Away, Togari, Innocent W, Ben 10/Ben 10: Alien Force, FullMetal Alchemist, Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Hana-Kimi, The Cain Saga, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece, Shaman King, Oban Star Racers, Hikaru-No-Go, Tsubasa, and…others that I can’t think of right now

Books:
Tamora Pierce, Harry Potter, The Host, Inkheart series, Abarat series, The Hunger Games, The Giver, Gathering Blue

Other TV Shows:
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Dollhouse, Bones, In Plain Sight, Burn Notice, Law & Order (original, not spinoff), Cold Case, House

Parings

Mmkay, before you get started, I’m just going to say, don’t even try to understand. Most of the time, I don’t have a real reason for sticking two characters together, at least not one more solid than Hmm, well I like this female character and this male character is frickin’ sexy, so let’s stick them together and see what happens. And I am dead serious. Is it objectifying? Probably. Does it result in crack? Most of the time. Is that how my mind works, even if it makes absolutely no sense? Oh, definitely. It also makes me somewhat flexible (though at the same time, I can be really inflexible about it in certain ways. Weird, yeah, I know).

My Favorite Pairings (Warning: may contain large quantities of crack):

Soul Eater
SoulMaka (OTP), KidMaka, StarMaka

Bleach
RenRuki (OTP, ftw), HitsuRuki, IchiRuki, IshiRuki

Naruto
~Note: Sakura is my fandom bicycle. Really. It’s ridiculous.
DeiSaku (OTP), NejiSaku, KibaSaku, KankSaku, PeinSaku, SasoSaku, ItaSaku, GaaSaku, IdateSaku (though I can’t find it anywhere… well, except “I Ask Again” by bacatlover, who luckily is a good writer), Akasuki/Sakura, ItaSakuDei (um, yeah, it’s a triangle made up of two that I’ve already stated, but it’s just so damn sexy I had to include it by itself. It’s my Naruto OT3. :3)

Avatar: the Last Airbender
~Note: Katara is also my fandom bicycle. I don’t have so many listed here, but it’s true.
Zutara (OTP of never die), Jetara, Harutara, Teotara

Ben 10
Gwevin (OTP – I blame her à kikikun@deviantart.com And HA! No longer crack! :D), Peirce/Gwen (that “Voided” episode spawned this thought, for no apparent reason other than we finally met him…)

One Piece
ZoNa (OTP), Sanji/Nami, Trace/Nami

StarOcean 3
Alphia (OTP), Fayt/Sophia

Kingdom Hearts
Riku/Kairi, Roxas/Kairi, Sora/Kairi, Axel/Kairi

Yu-Gi-Oh
Seto/Anzu, Ryou/Anzu, Valon/Anzu, Bakura/Anzu, Marik/Anzu

FullMetal Alchemist
EnWin , EdWin, RoyWin

InuYasha
SessKag, KougaKag, InuKag

Other
Izark/Noriko (From Far Away), Tobei/Itskui (Togari), Aikka/Molly (Oban Star Racers), Briar/Sandry (Circle of Magic series), Spuffy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Pairings Best Not to Mention in my Presence (Or that I’m Just Strongly Against):

SasuSaku (Naruto) – No. No no no. I hate Sasuke. That’s all there is too it. He’s an emo douche bag who gets better lines than he deserves. I can only tolerate it in very specific circumstances.

Kataang (Avatar) – Um, no, sorry. Even before I became obsessed with Zutara, I never liked this. He’s just…no.

Fav Characters of Various Fandoms

Soul Eater
Soul Eater, Maka (very close second), Death the Kid, Mifune, Black Star, Franken Stein, Tsubaki, Liz, Patty, Death Scythe, Medusa

Avatar: the Last Airbender
Katara, Zuko, Jet, Haru, Teo, Iroh, Aang, Sokka, Yue

Bleach
Rukia, Renji, Ichigo, Chad, Ishida, Hitsugaya, Byakuya

Naruto
Sakura, Kiba, Deidara, Neji, Kankuro, Temari, Sasori, Naruto, Gaara, Itachi, Tobi, Tsunade, Jaraiya

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Spike, Anya, Buffy, Oz, Giles, Willow, Angel, Xander, Riley

Ben 10/ Ben 10: Alien Force
Gwen, Kevin, Ben, Grandpa Max, Peirce, Paradox, Helen, Manny

One Piece
Nami, Trace, Zolo, Robin, Sangi, Luffy, Chopper

StarOcean 3
Sophia, Albel, Fayt, Nel

Harry Potter
Hermione, Fred&George, Bill, Charlie, Harry, Nevil

In Plain Sight
Marshal, Mary

Kingdom Hearts
Kairi, Riku, Roxas, Sora, Axel, Organization XIII (in general)

About Commissions
I love commissions. Give me a commission to do, and I will be very, very happy. So, if you have something that you would like to see, just PM me (or put it in a review of one of my stories) with the pairing/character, a theme, and/or anything else you'd like to add, and I'll see what happens.

Notes on commissions:
- I am far more likely to write it if I like the pairing or character (see above). If I am neutral about it, or even if don't really like it, I might give it a whirl, but that isn't really a guarantee of it actually happening. Nevertheless, I do tend to like non-canon pairings, so I never know what might strike me with inspiration.
- While I am open to different genres, if I don't know what it is, I can't write it. Inversely, there are some genres that I read that I just couldn't write anyway, just because I don't know enough about the world it's set in or something like that (ex: Star Ocean, FullMetal Alchemist). Then again, I might try to do a one-shot type commission that wouldn't require too much knowledge of the setting. So again, you can try.
- No yaoi. I'm sorry, but that just won't happen, even with what I said before. It is the only thing I probably will never write. Ever. I do not think I am physically capable of it. (Yuri, however, I might manage.)
- Do not expect citrus. I am far too inexperienced to even attempt such a thing. I’m positive I’d only embarrass myself. On the other hand, getting a bit steamy is perfectly alright. //grins//