FeistyDreams -CRYSTALOKAMINO
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since: 11-08-01, id: 123554, Profile Updated: 04-14-13
country: USA
Author has written 24 stories for Rurouni Kenshin, Full Metal Panic, Tiger & Bunny/タイガー&バニー, Legend of Korra, and Sword Art Online/ソードアート・オンライン.

IMPORTANT NOTICE
I AM CHANGING MY NAME FROM CRYSTAL OKAMINO TO FEISTY DREAMS.

I have been "CrystalOkamino" since I was a rather young child. I came up with the name when I was 11 or 12. I've had this account since I was 14. I'm 26 now. I'd rather move on from this rather weeaboo name. I've stuck with it so people would know who I was, since I had the name so long, and the more followers I got, the less I wanted to change it and risk confusing anyone. SO. For the next few months, I'll leave both names, and then I'll delete the CrystalOkamino for good.

So sorry for any confusion, and thank you for understanding!


Status
Let Me Be Myself
Chapter 8 - In Progress

Where I Belong - Written with Izanagi84
Chapter 8-18 - Editing Stage

I've fallen behind in the editing O.O Sorry, sorry, hopefully I'll get these chapters up soon!


Archive of Our Own
I'm on AO3! Slowly uploading my works there. Over time, it will probably come to have more works than I keep here, depending on the nature of the story. I'll still upload most of my fics here, but I probably will stop uploading any new fics with explicit material here. (WIB will continue to be uploaded here, as it's already started-- this will only apply to NEW stories)
http://archiveofourown.org/users/FeistyDreams/pseuds/FeistyDreams

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Personal Blog
Full Metal Panic! Blog
Ask Kaname Chidori RP Blog
Fanfic Blog

deviantART

Some terrible drawings of mine, along with some far higher quality forum signatures and avatars.
http://kittymisha.deviantart.com/


Me

I'm not a very exciting person. Years ago, I used to keep up with all the newest anime and manga, but these days, I just stick to what I know or what gets highly recommended to me. About 5 years ago, I moved about 3000 miles away from everything I grew up with. Now, I'm a stay-at-home mom. In my free-time, I write, play video games, and occasionally bake, because that's just how exciting my life is. Aren't you glad you know now? =P

Why I Go On Random Hiatus

I'll explain here, as it's been asked, and I don't mind sharing. My health is the big reason why I'll disappear quite a bit. I'm a migraine sufferer, although recently I've got them under control. Up until I did, though, I was getting them daily, sometimes the same migraine lasting for days or even weeks. The big health reason is Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. It's an autoimmune disease where my immune system attacks the thyroid. If you don't know what the thyroid does for the body, it can be summed up as "Just about everything." So, when my medication is even just a bit off, and it's an ever-changing disease, I wind up feeling miserable, because every function of the body is affected in some way. It's difficult to write when the brain fog comes over me, or with the constant fatigue, or what-have-you, so unless my meds are right where they need to be, I don't do much.

Current Hiatus

May 25th, 2012, gave birth to my first child, a boy. Adjusting to life with a newborn, so I won't have regular updates for some time. Not giving up on any of my projects, it'll just take me awhile until I can dedicate the time and energy for them once more. Will only post little things until then.

Future Updates
From now on, I will not post a story chapter-by-chapter as I write it. Once I finish with LMBM, that's it for doing things that way. WIB is a co-op fic, and my writing partner has been going through rough times, so it's on hiatus once more. Wish him well, he needs it, and deserves all the hugs and good-feelings in the world. He's a truly wonderful person, an amazing friend, and my brother-from-another-mother.

I will, of course, continue writing! But I will only post finished works, and will update at least weekly, probably twice a week. I've got a few projects in the works, I think they'll be enjoyed when they're done.

I think this will allow me to put out higher quality works -- I'll be able to go in and add anything I realized I wanted, take out things I find don't do what I wanted, and overall be able to make sure the story is exactly so before I put it out there for all to read. I'm trying to practice for writing original works someday, and I think this will help a lot. Also, it'll keep me from holding people up on a story, or feeling like there's pressure to write something and winding up burnt out instead, and so-on.


If anyone wants to catch up with me, you can go here:

Feel free to e-mail me at:
michellespa@gmail.com

crystal_okamino@hotmail.com - (Okay, seriously getting pissed off with Microsoft, forcing me to switch from WLM to Skype and now from hotmail to Outlook. I will still occasionally check this email, but it's best to just go to my gmail)

I'm free to chat almost always so long as I'm awake, so feel free to Skype chat me at michelle.spa


1. Freedom reviews
Asuna is finally released from physical therapy, and enjoys a walk with her boyfriend afterwards.
Sword Art Online/ソードアート・オンライン - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,324 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 5-1-13 - Kirito/Kazuto & Asuna - Complete
2. Boy Meets Girl Collection » reviews
A collection of short stories, most of which will be SouKana, though I may fit other characters in at some point. Most likely all will be under 1000 words. Each addition is unrelated to any of the others unless otherwise stated.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 12 - Words: 11,479 - Reviews: 57 - Updated: 4-22-13 - Published: 1-22-11 - Sousuke S. & Kaname C.
3. Jealousy
Kazuto finds himself feeling somewhat jealous over Asuna. Written on request as a drabble, but is not a true drabble.
Sword Art Online/ソードアート・オンライン - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 290 - Published: 4-14-13 - Kirito/Kazuto & Asuna - Complete
4. Let Me Be Myself » reviews
Fed up with the 'defenders of justice' attitude, Sousuke leaves Mithril before being given the mission to guard Kaname and ends up joining Amalgam. With no one to save her, Kaname is kidnapped by Amalgam and is assigned a guard to ensure her cooperation
Full Metal Panic - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 45,437 - Reviews: 112 - Updated: 2-4-13 - Published: 2-6-10 - Sousuke S. & Kaname C.
5. 30 Days of Makorra » reviews
30 day writing challenge using Makorra to fill my prompts. Day Twelve, Mist: Mako wasn't sure where exactly Korra was taking him, but when they got there, he didn't regret being dragged around
Legend of Korra - Rated: T - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 12 - Words: 7,842 - Reviews: 24 - Updated: 7-22-12 - Published: 7-11-12 - Mako & Korra
6. Regrets reviews
Mako realizes Korra was right, and waits by her bedside so that he can tell her just that. Follow-up to Fear, takes place after episode 9.
Legend of Korra - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,210 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-15-12 - Korra & Mako - Complete
7. Fear reviews
Korra confronts Mako about why he won't choose her. Takes place during episode 8. Makorra.
Legend of Korra - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,932 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-13-12 - Mako & Korra - Complete
8. Shopping reviews
Running into her teammates at the market, Korra learns a little about how to shop at the open markets. One-shot. Hinted developing Makorra.
Legend of Korra - Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,485 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-20-12 - Korra & Mako - Complete
9. Doushite reviews
Why was he breaking his promise, again? Why wasn't he around when she needed him? Why did he leave right when things were turning good? Why couldn't she get any straight answers out of him? Kaede was left with a lot of 'whys' to wonder about her dad.
Tiger & Bunny/タイガー&バニー - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 771 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-3-11 - Kotetsu K./Wild Tiger & Kaede Kaburagi - Complete
10. Where I Belong » reviews
He would be the one to make the first move, but that didn't stop her from creating the means to an end. "Would you like to come upstairs?" - S/K
Full Metal Panic - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 116,235 - Reviews: 46 - Updated: 4-29-11 - Published: 5-11-09 - Kaname C. & Sousuke S.
11. Sore ga Ai Deshou reviews
An assignment in English class, to write about your personal influence, the person who made you who you are or who you want to be. Sousuke wonders what to write, and decides to just put down the first words that spring to mind.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,072 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 8-30-10 - Sousuke S. & Kaname C. - Complete
12. Dame Otoko reviews
On the streets of Kowloon, she brought him back to himself. Calling him useless, a good-for-nothing, perhaps to anyone else those words seemed cruel, but for him, they were the greatest compliment. During and after episode 13 of TSR: Tsuzuku Hibi
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K+ - English - Hurt/Comfort/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,772 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 8-30-10 - Sousuke S. & Kaname C. - Complete
13. A Simple Truth reviews
After being taken away from Kaname, Sousuke falls into despair, lost in conflict as to what to do. Kalinin speaks to him, encouraging him to find the choice that's right for him. Kalinin's POV, during TSR episode 10 Futatsu no Hong Kong
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,396 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 8-22-10 - Sousuke S. & Andrei K. - Complete
14. Three Simple Words reviews
Standing among the wreckage in the streets of Kowloon, Kaname brings Sousuke back around. Three simple words shared between them work to heal the wounds in their hearts, and three simple words were all that Kaname needed to hear just then: Not a problem.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 835 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-1-10 - Sousuke S. & Kaname C. - Complete
15. Welcome to Nozh » reviews
When 4 or 5 years old, Sousuke was an orphaned boy with kind eyes and a gentle heart. Instead of finding his family or allowing a new one to adopt him, he was placed in the KGB's group 'Nozh' and turned into a cold and hard-hearted child assassin.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 17,553 - Reviews: 12 - Updated: 2-2-10 - Published: 6-9-09 - Sousuke S. - Complete
16. ShabuShabu reviews
Everyone has something special to them. That was what Sousuke had said when he was saving Kaname from Mari Akutsu. Was it just a statement... or a parallel?
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 720 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 1-28-10 - Sousuke S. & Kaname C. - Complete
17. Kanpeki no Partner reviews
Graduation has come, and it's a time to start new lives for young adults fresh out of high school. Just what path might Sousuke and Kaname find themselves embarking on? S/K fluff, oneshot.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,954 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-15-09 - Complete
18. Aruiteku Together Forever » reviews
Alternative to Continuing On My Own - What if Amalgam had not made their move? SxK centered. Completed.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: M - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 23 - Words: 116,323 - Reviews: 83 - Updated: 5-28-09 - Published: 10-7-08 - Complete
19. Sing To Me, Our Song » reviews
Kaname gets her 10-hour karaoke session, along with Sousuke and their friends from Jindai High. Will cross through all sorts of emotions, from silliness, to seriousness, to love, to loneliness as they sing, for fun or to let their emotions known.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,152 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 3-8-09 - Published: 2-17-09
20. Eternally Yours reviews
Kaname and Sousuke celebrate their first Valentine's Day as a couple. Takes place during the Aruiteku Together Forever storyline, but can stand on it's own for the most part.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,235 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 2-13-09 - Complete
21. Stray reviews
Songfic to Stray. Follows Sousuke through the years, from a young Kashim to a man with a young son of his own. T for some mild swearing.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: T - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,070 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 12-9-08 - Complete
22. Run, Wolf Warrior, Run reviews
Songfic to Run, Wolf Warrior, Run. Sousuke reflects on his life, what he now wants from it, and his lack of knowledge on how to get it.
Full Metal Panic - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,842 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12-9-08 - Complete
23. Frustration reviews
X'...I needed another logical psycho...I took Jinei again...here's my bloody poem induced by cruel teachers
Rurouni Kenshin - Rated: K - English - Poetry/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 306 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 1-22-02 - Jin-e - Complete
24. Lunatic's Ecstasy reviews
A happy morbid poem from Jinei's PoV, since he's the only logical psycho to write something like this about...
Rurouni Kenshin - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 220 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-14-01 - Jin-e - Complete