07/03/08

12:15PM

Exactly three months after my last update, I bring you a new story. Love Affair was leading in the reader's poll I have going up above, and so it is my latest project. Y'all just can't get enough Kankuro x Tenten love either, can you? Be warned that my skills are a little rusty, so please forgive any odd characterizations or syntax. I'm not sure when the next chapter will be out, but hopefully it will be soon what with how boring working at a university is during the summer months.

Enjoy! And don't forget the sunscreen when you go outside. :o)

STATS

Age: 24
Location: Massachusetts
Occupation: Administrative Assistant
Degree: B.A. in Drama and English w/creative writing emphasis
Second Language: French (kind of)
Interests: Good writing, yummy food, reading, NHL (Boston Bruins!), dancing, riding the T, writing letters, 20th century Chinese film & culture
Politics: Very Liberal
Current TV Shows: Lost, Battlestar Galactica, The Big Bang Theory, Castle
Off-Air TV Shows: The West Wing, Firefly, Deadwood, Avatar: The Last Airbender
Actor Crushes: Dominic Monaghan, Vin Diesel, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, Johnny Depp, Hugo Weaving, Edward Norton
Dream Job: Wildlife Conservationist

"People with a little knowledge are dangerous. You're on my list."
-- Josh Lyman, The West Wing

FAVORITE PAIRINGS

text = what I'm currently (as of this update) obsessed with

--Cowboy Bebop--
Faye/Jet
Faye/Spike

--Firefly--
Kaylee/Jayne
Inara/Mal
Zoe/Wash

--House M.D.--
Cameron/House

--V for Vendetta--
V/Evey

--Harry Potter--
Severus Snape/Hermione Granger
James Potter/Lily Evans
Lily Evans/Severus Snape (friendship)
Lily Evans/MWPP (friendship)
Angelina Johnson/Fred Weasely
Alicia Spinnet/George Weasely
Katie Bell/Oliver Wood
Katie Bell/Lee Jordan
Hermione Granger/Draco Malfoy

--Rurouni Kenshin--
Kenshin/Kaoru
Sano/Megumi
Aoshi/Misao
Saitoh/Tokio

--Naruto--
Sakura/Kakashi
Sakura/Gaara
Sakura/Itachi
Sakura/Sasuke
Sakura/Naruto
Sakura/Kisame
Sakura/Deidara
Sakura/Genma
Itachi/Sakura/Sasuke (triangle)
Sasuke/Sakura/Naruto

Tenten/Neji
Tenten/Kankuro

Ino/Shikamaru
Ino/Kankuro

--Fullmetal Alchemist--
Winry/Ed
Riza/Roy

--Avatar: The Last Airbender--
Katara/Aang
Katara/Zuko

--Legend of Zelda (Ocarina of Time)--
Link/Malon

--Final Fantasy VII--
Tifa/Cid
Tifa/Reno
Tifa/Rude
Tifa/Cloud

In short, when it comes to my favorite pairings, I like canon. However, I love the better stories and uniqueness of very alternative pairings. If you've knowledge of a great fic that pertains to any of the above couples, please send it my way! I'd much rather go on recommendations than endure endless hours of intrepid exploring through bad grammar and hackneyed plotlines on my own.

I'm not avidly "against" any pairing, nor do I "hate" pairings I don't agree with. If I don't like it, I don't read it, which I just consider to be basic common sense. My mind has been changed several times by well-written, original fics that featured a couple I originally didn't enjoy. If you've got one such recommendation for a couple not currently on my list, please share!

AWARDS

30_KissesHall of Fame: Tifa Lockheart x Cid Highwind, banner
Received for Metathesiaphobia, Private Translations, and Road To Damascus, collectively.

POSSIBLE FUTURE FICS

Note: If there's one or two that look particularly interesting to you leave me a review somewhere or send me a PM and let me know which one you'd like to see (I'll delete the review after I read it). Give me some direction in my life!

--Naruto--

The Usual Choices -- (Sasuke x Sakura) He was deciding whether to cut her throat or love her forever.

Sick -- (Itachi x Sakura) In a brothel that caters to a more criminal clientele, undercover Sakura discovers her target has already been eliminated. Even more frightening, she finds herself cornered by red on black and a face that's almost familiar.

Love Affair -- (Kankuro x Tenten) It was one night and she meant to keep it that way. Unfortunately, Tenten is learning that a puppeteer's strings are not so easily severed.

Wonderwall -- (Team 7-centric, Sasuke x Sakura) Sasuke's return is far from triumphant: there are jagged edges to mend.

House of Cards -- (Itachi-centric, pre-series) Uchiha is a clan with many secrets, but Itachi's always been good at finding out things he shouldn't.

Symphony in D Minor -- (Gaara x Sakura) She had long ago resigned herself to the fact that she would be surrounded by demons her whole life. What difference could one more make?

10,000 Bridges -- (Genma x Sakura x Kakashi triangle) Genma sees something dangerous in Sakura and Kakashi's more affected than he should be. Sometimes a touch is the only thing that reminds us we're still human.

Vogue -- (Naruto x Sakura, Neji x Tenten, Shikamaru x Ino) There is a balance: the men have their "Icha Icha" and the women have their Men of Konoha Calendars. But the release of the "Super Special Edition Ninja of Konoha Calendar" suddenly has some kunoichi seeing their (shirtless) teammates in a whole new light.

The Last Five Years -- (Sasuke x Sakura) How does love fall apart? At the end of a marriage, she looks to the past while he looks to the future: both are searching for answers . Inspired by Jason Robert Brown's musical of the same name.

Little Red -- (Sakura x Itachi) Returning from a mission, Sakura learns the hard way that it's never a good idea to go walking in the woods at night when there's a predator on the loose.

The House of Ink and Moon-- (Sakura x Kakashi) Painting is an art that can endure anything, even the toppling of the Tokugawa shogunate. Now, at the beginning of the Meiji Era, a revered master and his two students come face to face with the prodigy everyone's talking about. To their great surprise, it's a young woman who has talent, wit, and the most unusual hair. Somewhat historical.

-- Fullmetal Alchemist --

The Penelope Complex -- (Winry-centric, Winry x Ed) There was an ancient legend that spoke of a clever woman forced to wait for the man she loved while single-handedly fending off ruin and hordes of suitors: Winry could relate.