News On My Fanfics and Me

11-08-09: I've really been trying to get the next chapter to Just the Rain published, but I've been very busy. I know it's a common excuse I use, but this week has been the most stressful week in ages. It's going to take another week or two at least to update because I'm behind in some school assignments right now and my drama club is finally going to do a play we've been practing for on Thursday and Friday. After this week, I should have an easier time updating because I won't have to go to drama practices anymore.

10-15-09: I've been trying to polish the next chapter to Just the Rain and have it done on Friday (tomorrow), but I'm not sure if I'll get it done in time. PSATS are this Saturday, and tomorrow is the end of the nine weeks, a grading period at my school. More than one test is weighing me down right now, so it's probably better I stay away from that chapter until it's over anyway.

10-10-09: I'll try to update my fanfic as much as possible and make sure I review the fanfics I like, but I'm going to be pretty busy for the next month. I joined drama club, and we're doing a play on November 12 (though, delays could always make it be rescheduled). Because of this, it leaves me with less time to do other things like reading books, which I'm also way behind on. Once the play is done and over with, I should be able to take care of whatever needs to be taken care of on this site.

All of this might keep me from answering messages right away, but I highly doubt I'll completely neglect them. I'll still reply to reviews and private messages. I just might be a bit more slower to answer them than usual.

9-26-09: After going without publishing a fanfic in ages, I finally decided to start a Sonic the Hedgehog fanfic. I'm still a long way from getting completely back in the appropiate writing mojo, but it's at least a start.

I still need to really fix my profile. There are some grammar and spelling mistakes, and I've changed in with somethings like interests.

News concerning my fanfics and deleted fanfics will most likely be on here.

http://lunarblader.livejournal.com/

I hope this will help future readers.

Progress Report

Just the Rain: I already written ahead on this project, but I rather take it a little slowly. The very reason I started writing so much at once is so I could take the pressure off myself with updates and prevent being hasty. I've also started using the spare time to take some extra care with editing the chapters and do research for them to check facts. I doubt this fanfic will take months to do or anything, but I rather at least let a week separate my updates.

I will admit my natural over-achieving tendecies gets me really anxious when it comes to writing nowadays. My screw up with one of my fanfics, being on a writer's block for a year and a half minimum, and being out of practice might have something to do with it. I suppose all I can do is put the effort into it and hope it works out.

Take Back the Night: Abandoned and planning to be "redone." Redoing it is taking a lot longer than expected since I've been very busy since I last updated. After looking back at some past chapters, I realized how flawed this fanfic is. I can barely read it anymore because of being so embarrassed. It was only my second fanfic and my most concerned fanfic for nearly a year, but I can't go on with it the way it is anymore. There are many grammar and spelling mistakes, there are some canon related mistakes, the plot didn't come out how I wanted, the plans for the story have crumbled, and etc. I honestly appreciate all the attention this fanfic got from readers and I'm honored that it got way more praise than it deserved.

Continuing this fanfic had felt too much like a chore for a while and caused me too much stress. It also doesn't help that I lost a lot of important notes on the fanfic. Qutting the fanfic feels a lot more like a need to than a want. Before I break cleanly from this fanfic and publish the "redo," I plan on submitting one more chapter that informs my readers I'm redoing it, has the summary to what basically was suppose to happen after where I left off in TBTN, and answer some questions from past reviews or pms regarding the story. I know how annoying it is to not know how a fanfic was suppose to end, so I hope my readers will feel at least a little satisfied with the summary of how it was suppose to end and some answered questions.

Update 4-27-09:I don't have much time to give any decent details, but I have to say I'm not sure if I can redo this fanfic after all. I like the idea of it, but it's so different from the fandom, complex, and long that it would probably be better suited to be original fiction. I can't officially say I'm not going to do it just yet, but I can't guarantee when I'm going to do it even if I were to bother.

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Birthday: Oct 7 (only six days before Vincent Valentine's!)

About my pename:I use to have an embarrassing pename, but I changed it now. Back when I was changing my pename, I wanted something short, simple, original, and easy to remember. Luckily being an inspiring scriptwriter provided me with some names of orignal characters I created myself. Since Kysic was one of my ulitimate favorites, I chose it. I suppose that's all I can really say about the subject.

How I handle flamers:Let's get this straight. I've been apart of this site for a while now and understand how a flamer basically works. You can flame me for all I care, but you will be wasting your time more than you will be wasting mine. A reply to the flame is highly unlikely. I may block some flamers and spammers to prevent my review list from being spammed further or just let my review count be brought up.

About My fanfics: I've try to adapt into improving as much as possible, but I'm not perfect. Writing isn't really encouraged where I live, so I have to learn how to do things on my own most of the time. I'm mostly on this site to practice and to have fun, but I try to write decently.

Fanfics I Prefer to Write:What type of fanfics I write varies, though I have a soft spot for angst sometimes. I like other genres, though, like action/adventure, romance on some occasions, etc. In the future, I hope to experiment with different things if my writing mojo hits me enough. However, I doubt I will do much humor fanfics in the future since I have to admit my humor is pretty stale.

About Reviewing My Fanfics: As long as it isn't a flame or very rude criticism, I will usually take your reviews seriously. I try to respect my readers. I really appreciate reviews, and they really help motivate me. Whenever I get a comment or constructive criticism, I try to reply as soon as possible and with a good reply.

How I Review Fanfics:How I review varies from time to time, but I normally either give positive comments with a little nice constructive, plainly positive comments, or just inform an author about violating the TOS. I never flame and I do my best to avoid writing any rude criticism. I have matured a lot in reviewing since I joined this site, back when I was still new to sites suited for teens and adults (at this time, I mostly just hung around sites that were kid friendly). I hope to give meaningfull reviews to the author of the stories I review.

Favorite Pairings:I'm pretty flexible with pairings in most fandoms as long as it doesn't contain I'm too uncomfortable with. I removed my favorite pairing list because there's too many I pairings like. There's just so many that I can't keep track off all them. I don't really have many pairings I don't like since I'm pretty flexible, but there are a couple pairings I DON'T support.

Final Fantasy VII Pairings I Don't Support

1: VincentxShelke

There are a few reasons I don't really like this pairing. First of all, I prefer seeing them as friends, nothing more. For one thing, she's too young for him physically. She may really be nineteen, but she still has the body of a child. Vincent is immortal. He should at least wait until a cure is found for her aging problem and until she grows up (for the people don't know who she is, her aging problems comes from large mako doses). After all, I doubt he'll be going anywhere. Another thing is that their relationship seems better as friendship, a brotherly and sister bond, or even a father-daughter relationship (a Vincent birthday fic got me liking this bond, and it's on my favorite list). Also, I don't like the idea of her having Lucrecia's memories programed into her. In my opinion, it's kind of cheating to know more about Vincent in such a way, it's kind of creepy, the memories would probably screw with Vincent, and it's really none of Shelke's business to keep them. I have some other reasons I don't support this pairing, but I can't explain them.

2: Most Yaoi or Yuri Pairings/Stories In General

I don't like these pairings most of the time. I'm obviously not fond of seeing two guys or women together this way. However, I will admit I have found a few very good yaoi fanfics. I might make exceptions if the fanfics is well written and it interests me enough. However, I have various reasons to not like yaoi or yuri in general, but I don't want to put a rant about it here. I do, however, respect authors that write these type of stories.

3: VincentxYuffie

I don't know if I should be adding this pairing to my list too soon since my feelings toward this pairing are confusing. I can't tell if I actually dislike the pairing or just annoyed by it. I think I'm leaning toward disliking because I don't see this pairing working out and I doubt anyone could convince me otherwise. I'm also been getting pretty annoyed with the amount of fanart and fanfics I find with this pairing. As long as this pairing stays in fan works instead of actually being added to a future installment to the Final Fantasy VII Compilation, I guess I shouldn't complain. I rather have them stay friends than have them turn into a couple. Don't get me wrong. If you like this pairing and even write fanfics with this pairing, more power to you I suppose. As long as you don't try to force it on me, I shouldn't have a problem with you liking this pairing. Maybe if Yuffie matured more one day, this pairing might have potential, but I wouldn't get my hopes up.

10-19-08: It took me a long time to come to a conclusion, but I now officially hate VincentxYuffie. The majority of the time, I avoid fanfics with this pairing like the plague because I can barely stand them anymore. Ever since I joined the site, I went through several phases from sort of liking this pairing to hating it. My mind is made up and I doubt I'll change my mind any time soon. I also doubt the future holds any promises of me liking this pairing either. I will admit the pairing looks kind of cute if I look at Yuffie's side of the romance. However, when I look at Vincent's side of the fence, I don't see this pairing as working out. Before anyone tries to accuse me of being a hater to romances where "opposites attract," I do actually like a lot of these kind of pairings a lot. A lot of original stories I plan on doing even have at least one romance where "opposites attract." I'm not going to hate anyone just for liking this pairing or writing fanfics with it. As long as you respect my opinion and don't try to force this pairing on me, we shouldn't have a problem.

4: CloudxTifa and CloudxAeris

I know what you may be thinking. Why did I group these two enemy pairings together on my list? I have my reasons. In my opinion, the wars with these pairings has gotten tiring and annoyed me enough to avoid most things related to them. I suppose I don't see anything really attracting about these pairings anymore since the love triangle thing annoys me. However, there are a couple other reasons I don't really like either of these pairings, but I'll only list a reason or two. I know, I sound lazy. For CloudxTifa, the "best friends fall in love and become a couple" has gotten too cliche and overrated for me to really gut down this pairing most of the time unless it's done well or interesting enough. For CloudxAeris, I suppose I'm not into this pairing because Aeris' dead. Maybe if she was still alive, I would support this pairing, but I don't think I will ever know. I won't think of anyone any less if they like either of these pairings as long as they don't try to force it on me. I have my tastes in pairings and everyone else has their own.

5: HojoxLucrecia

I don't like Hojo, so just about any pairing with him either scares me or doesn't interest me. I doubt Hojo even loved Lucrecia, or at least not enough to have a good relationship.

6: VincentxOC

Maybe in the future I will enjoy a fanfic with this pairing, but for now I hate nearly every fanfic with Vincent being paired with a OC. I haven't found a fanfic with this pairing that could even slightly convince me otherwise. I plan on maybe rereading some fanfics with this pairing to give it another chance, but I wouldn't get my hopes up too much about liking it. Out of all canon characters in Final Fantasy VII, I find Vincent the least likely to run off with a OC. Even though Cloud already has at least two women already in his interest, I find him even more likely to be paired up with a OC than Vincent. If authors decide to write about this pairing, I most likely won't make much of a big deal out of it, but don't expect me to read the fanfic.

Note on My Feelings Toward Any Pairing With Vincent Valentine:Although I like VincentxTifa more than most other existing pairings with him at the moment, I usually prefer Vincent being single. I can see VincentxLucrecia as possible, but circumstances aren't working in either of their favor. I don't see VincentxYuffie as working out. VincentxShalua would probably work out if Shalua didn't die, but I doubt we will ever know. It's just Vincent has a lot of weight on his shoulders and pairing him off will be very difficult. Not that it isn't possible, pairing him off won't be easy. So far, any existing pairings with him are kind of forced. Friendship can heal a broken heart just as easily, if not better, than romance, so I usually prefer him staying friends with most of the male and female in his circle of friends. Once in a while, especially if the fanfic is well written enough and enjoyable for me, I read fanfics with him being paired up.

Favorite Anime:Trinity Blood, Fullmetal Achelmist, Darker Than Black, Black Blood Brothers, Death Note, Blood Plus, Black Cat, Beck, xxxHolic, Code Geass, GTO, Ouran Host Club, Chrono Crusade, Gravitation, and Red Garden.