| Missed Nin |
Author has written 11 stories for Naruto, Dragon Ball Z, Bleach, Half-Life, Generator Gawl, and Old Kingdom Trilogy. And since I realised likes and dislikes are expected in these things, here's a bit of a list. Anime: FLCL, Generator Gawl, and Evangelion are my favorites. FMA, Bleach and various others are also cool. Naruto has the potential to be much more awesome than it is. Dragonball is hilariously crap, but it's old-school and endearingly cute in places. Other media: Donnie Darko is like the best film ever. If you have heard of Robyn Hitchcock and approve, you are my friend. Doctor Who is awesome (though I preferred Christopher Eccleston to Tennant). And literary favourites: Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast trilogy are wonderful brilliant and amazing in all ways. Garth Nix's fantasy books are also great. Angela Carter rocks my socks. John Donne is a genius. Tennessee Williams is also very cool. Dislike: There is too much poorly written romance prattle in fan-fiction. About Indifference and Judging Difference: The aim of Indifference was to take a bit of a more thoughtful look at one of the most generic plot points in anime (and fantasy as a whole) - a character is ostracised because of some kind of plot device that gives him super-human skillz and allows for brooding and melancholy flash-backs. I'm a sucker for stuff like that when it's well-done (see: Generator Gawl), but Naruto (and said character) pretty much ignores the Kyuubi except as a handy deus ex machina and a reason for the Akatsuki to chase him and people to have to train him. And one thing that struck me was that the whole tragedy element of the thing would be a lot more interesting if the jinchuuriki character had to deal with his own family's innate prejudice against the Kyuubi and its carrier, rather than the disgust of faceless citizens. Interest is the sequel to Indifference. Chapter status: 23 posted. Work has been started on chapter 24. Now why are you reposting Indifference under a different name, Nin? Well, let me explain myself: Indifference is the one and only long piece of writing I've finished. It's also the first I've started, and so my writing style's changed and hopefully gotten better since then. The thing is, I wrote the whole thing in less than two months: 45 chapters in that time. That's more or less a chapter every day, and the quality and the pacing are as you'd expect not all that great. So I want to neaten it up. I didn't want to just edit individual chapters, I wanted to restructure it too. So here's a whole new fic, peoples! Note: there is new content, as well. Not necessarily huge amounts of it, but especially in the first five or six chapters, stuff's been added. | |||||||||
1. Change reviews..WA Time Writing Challenge.. Sabriel is dead, and the title Abhorsen is passed on. It's a cruel thing, asking an heir and a sister and a friend to stand strong at her predecessor's funeral and know the eyes of the country are on her.Old Kingdom Trilogy - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,058 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 10-31-08 - Complete2. Interest » reviewsThe story of Nara Shikamaru, host of the demon Kyuubi. The laziest jinchuuriki in history is faced with the threat of Akatsuki, and Konoha isn't at all willing to help him defend against them. [sequel to Indifference]Naruto - Rated: K+ - English - General/Adventure - Chapters: 24 - Words: 64,569 - Reviews: 160 - Updated: 9-19-08 - Published: 7-1-07 - Shikamaru N. & Ino Y.3. Once, Elsewhere reviewsAnd what if they hadn't gone back? Gawl stands alone with his face turned up to the sky, a city of white and silver around him and all of it made up of enemies. What's left is revenge.Generator Gawl - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 493 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 8-2-084. Plus Belle La Vie » reviewsGohan and Videl. Teenagers together. School life, drama, truth, lies and soap opera cliché as they get to know one another. Denial's a fact of life, and attraction after a certain point is undeniable. The question is: what do we do about it? Now complete.Dragon Ball Z - Rated: K - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 13,578 - Reviews: 41 - Updated: 7-27-08 - Published: 7-15-07 - Gohan & Videl - Complete5. Witness reviewsAlyx Vance sees a lot, as the daughter of a leader of the Resistance. She remembers a lot, and it's sometimes difficult to know whether there's much to hope for, living like they do. Challenge, character study, beware of spoilers for Episode 2.Half-Life - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,428 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-24-08 - Complete6. Judging Difference reviewsIn another life, Shikamaru was born the day the Kyuubi attacked. In another life, the Chuunin exams went very differently. Team Ten. Naruto. Gaara. The Nara family. Let them fight. Let them question. Shikamaru, it's time to prove yourself to the world.Naruto - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,164 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 7-18-08 - Shikamaru N. & Gaara7. Here And For You reviewsInoue's best friend, Ichigo's oldest friend... Tatsuki is both. She knows the two should be a couple, that they deserve the happy fairytale ending, but... Sometimes, she can't help but want things her own way. TatsuHime, a kiss.Bleach - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,084 - Reviews: 16 - Published: 11-24-07 - Tatsuki A. & Inoue O. - Complete8. Internal Communication » reviewsThe start of a series of introspective drabbles. Two: Arisawa Tatsuki. How can you help but worry, as you see your oldest friends grow further away from you day by day?Bleach - Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,860 - Reviews: 2 - Updated: 8-27-07 - Published: 8-24-07 - Zaraki K. & Tatsuki A.9. Indifference » reviewsThe Kyuubi was sealed into the infant Nara Shikamaru. Twelve years later at the Chuunin exams, the lazy Genin meets Gaara, and finds his peaceful, passive life disrupted. Fights, plots, secrets, lies, demons, ninja! How troublesome... [COMPLETE!]Naruto - Rated: T - English - General/Friendship - Chapters: 44 - Words: 75,429 - Reviews: 215 - Updated: 7-11-07 - Published: 5-15-07 - Shikamaru N. & Naruto U. - Complete10. Comfortable reviewsShikamaru saw Haruno Sakura crying three times, and tried to comfort her twice. Once, it worked. Childhood and awkwardness, good intentions and hard truths said nicely. [Giftfic] [oneshot]Naruto - Rated: K - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,079 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 7-3-07 - Shikamaru N. & Sakura H. - Complete11. Raison d'Etre reviewsSasuke, evolving alone in Konoha. He waits to grow up, because the purpose of his life is revenge and nothing else. He struggles with Naruto, rivalry, and the temptations of friendship. These are his reasons for leaving. [oneshot]Naruto - Rated: K - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,539 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-28-07 - Sasuke U. - Complete