Since I haven't bothered to update this profile in a long time and most information included within was out-of-date anyway, I decided to do a refreshing little re-write.

Pen-name: Rhodanum

Age: 20

Gender: Genderqueer (which means, for those unaccustomed with the various LGBTQ terms, that I prefer not to define myself based strictly on the norms which describe the natures of 'female' or 'male' genders. Basically I'm caught in a very undefined area, somewhere in my own little cozy niche. XD)

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio (with Cancer Rising, I think); Earth Dragon.

Date of Birth: 5th of November 1988 - The fact that my birthday coincides with the celebration of the English House of Parliament's 'almost been blown sky-high by Guy Fawkes' incident amuses me, history nut that I am. XD

Place of Birth: Chisinau, Republic of Moldova (still a part of the USSR at the time of my birth).

Current Residence: Bucharest, Romania (eastern part of Central Europe, for those curious enough).

Favorite Authors: Mircea Eliade, Micea Cartarescu, Vladimir Tismaneanu, Horia-Roman Patapievici, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Emily Dickinson, Salman Rushdie, G.R.R. Martin, Steven Erikson, J.R.R. Tolkien, Germaine Greer.

Favorite Anime Series: Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, FLCL, Excel Saga, Basara, Galaxy Express 999, Millennial Queen (basically almost any title created by the great Leiji Matsumoto), Astro Boy (the same applying for works by Osamu Tezuka), Yu-Gi-Oh DM/GX, Peace-Maker Kurogane, Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex.

Other Miscellaneous Fandoms: Star Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Favorite Ships: Ah, the part that seems to be so emphasized and held in high regard on this site... Well, I'm sorry if I end up disappointing someone, but I don't really have any ships that can be called my 'all-time-favorites', since I will read damn near anything that my eyes fall on (as long as it's a decently well-written piece, of course, because the quagmire of mangled grammar and mutilated sentences - which makes up around fifty-percent of all writings on this site - has left me scarred for life). The same principle is applied to types of couplings - I can read Het, Yaoi and Yuri with equal ease and none of these three can claim to be my first or only preference. When it comes down to romance, I'm not picky in any shape, manner or form.

Gripes with The Fandom:

I. If one were to ask me what I simply cannot stand about fan-fiction and the fan-community in general, that answer would be a very simple one - any kind of character bashing. While I understand that opinions, preferences and tastes are as varied as the people roaming around under the sun, a certain dislike for a character still does not warrant a thorough lampooning of said character in a story - especially if the author ends up mutilating that particular character's personality, in order to needlessly exaggerate the traits that he/she finds intolerable.

However, the most frequent instances of character bashing that I have come across have been done in shipping fics - often in the case of a well-established or almost-cannon couple, where one half (usually the female one - why does that not surprise me, hmm?) is characterized in an pointedly negative manner - or simply killed off with little to no logical reason - in order to greatly ease the construction of the author's own favorite ship.

While messing around with cannon in all sorts of bizarre ways is perfectly fine by me (hell, I've made a habit out of it! XD), I usually draw the line at the needless bashing of characters, solely because the author sees them as a threat to his/her particular preferences.

II. Addendum -- second pet-peeve, in all matters related to fan-fiction: using its status as a fan-created work in order to justify shoddy writing/plotting/characterization. I have lost track of the number of times I have heard the excuse 'but it's FAN-fiction, so I can write whatever I want.' True, but only up to a certain point. No one is stopping you from writing everything that comes to your mind, but expecting people to actually applaud and praise a piece that flies in the face of both common-sense and all previously stated canon facts is outright stupidity. Twisting the facts presented by the original source in question, in order to suit personal interests may not infringe upon any law (save for copyright, but that's an entirely different debacle...) but it does serve to deeply annoy those who actually care for writing that is faithful to the starting material, in lieu of works that hold almost no resemblance to it, aside from bearing its name and taking place in a vaguely similar world.

Bottom-line: it may be fan-fiction, but that certainly does not make it exempt from either the classic rigors of proper writing or the limits and boundaries established by the material upon which it is based.

Current Projects

Star Wars

Dragonborn - The first part of a trilogy. An AU in which, upon faced with several disturbing and dark premonitions, a young Obi-Wan Kenobi refuses to continue Anakin's apprenticeship and the boy is sent, along with other failed Padawans, to the AgriCorps, thus changing the future in a dramatic and spectacular fashion. (AU/Dark Drama/Romance)

The Irony of Life - Knowing that a very special destiny was cut short, the Force (or whichever deity handles such things) arranges for Padme Amidala's soul to be reincarnated back into the world of the living. However, the next life can never be chosen freely and this new person will have to survive in a hostile Galaxy, with two sets of memories in her head. (AU/Drama/Supernatural/Romance)

Heart of the Sun - Shortly after the first Death Star's destruction, Luke Skywalker is killed in a dogfight by Darth Vader. With the death of his child by his own hands, the Dark Lord must fight a battle to retain his sanity, not be killed by the ones he has wronged the most and find the other heir of his bloodline. (AU/Psychological Drama/Tragedy)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

The Game of Death - In a world torn to shreds by war, a Waterbender Healer's mercy for a man who has allowed himself to descend into madness will become the herald of change. Can two old enemies find any measure of forgiveness and redemption, in a world filled with hatred? Zutara, Zujin (AU/Drama/Romance/Horror)

We Are Born Innocent - Even when he lay on his deathbed, feeling the flames consuming him from the inside, his thoughts invariably turned to the two women who had helped shape his destiny - one who had brought him in the world and the other who would take him out of it. (Psychological Drama/Spiritual/Tragedy)

Yu-Gi-Oh GX

Katabasis - Tormented by the past he never suspected and by a guardian that he had unwittingly condemned to a fiery disintegration, Judai Yuki is being pulled deeper and deeper under the thrall of the Supreme King prophecy. When the time comes, a very different Yuki will step through the Duel Academia's doors. (AU/Dark Drama/Spiritual)

Things I would just love to see on this site: (beware that my tastes have always been rather... peculiar, to say the least and not everyone may agree with this list)

- An Anakin/Palpatine fic (Cue collective 'Eww!' moment from everyone else). Now, before anyone accuses me of being one sick, twisted little thing, let me just say this - go and read Ansketil's 'A Room With a View' - go on, I dare you. It is an excellent story - in terms of writing technique, characterization and handling of the subject matter. It managed to make me very fond of the Ani/Palps pairing (which, if one pays close attention during ROTS, is almost cannon anyway!) and, subsequently, I have been trying to find other stories which include this couple - with little to no success, unfortunately. (Which means that any addition to this particular ship would make me a very, very happy camper indeed! XD)