Hola, readers! I'm Persephone1 (pronounced Per-Sef-on-ee, in case you were wondering). Formally known as Shamanqueen01.

For all of you that might be wondering about the origin of my name, here's the very abridged story of Persephone:

In Greek mythology, Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. One day, Persephone was out picking flowers with some nymphs when she was kidnapped by Hades, god of the Underworld. There he held Persephone captive, forcing her to become his bride. Demeter was so sad that her daughter was missing that she stopped everything from growing, until finally Zeus intervened. Hades agreed to give Persephone back, as long as she didn't eat or drink anything while in the Underworld. However, he left some pomegranates out for Persephone to find, and the girl ended up eating a few seeds. In the end, Persephone returned to her mother, but for each seed she ate, she had to stay the same number of months in the Underworld every year. And each time she leaves Demeter's side, the goddess once again becomes depressed and stops everything from growing. This story is how the Greeks explained the change of the seasons.

Now on to more important things:

I can't even tell you how much I love fanfiction. I've been a lurker on this site for years before ever actually attempting to write anything of my own. But writing is my passion, and I can be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to my work. Therefore you can expect me to edit it regularly.

My other great love is anime. In fact, you could pretty much call it an obsession. I love cartoons in general, but the Japanese ones are closest to my heart (these days, cartoons I've been seeing from America suck big time). I know it might be a little odd to care so much about fictional characters, but they're real to me, and that's all that matters. I hope my passion for the characters reflects in my writing.

Just a Few of My Favorite Things

Yaoi: Shockingly, there was a time where I didn't like slash pairings. But after reading one good Sonadow story, there was just no going back. I blame Kamirine Goddess for converting me. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy a good het pairing though.

Fav anime: Yu-G-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh GX, Shaman King, Pokemon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Tsubasa Chronicles, Inuyasha, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ranma 1/2, Bleach, Fruits Basket, and probably more that I'm forgetting

Fav non-Japanese cartoons: Teen Titans, Batman, Avatar the Last Airbender, X-Men

Fav TV shows: Bones, NCIS, Law and Order: SVU, CSI NY

Fav movies: Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, Pride and Prejudice, Batman Begins, all the Spiderman movies, The Little Mermaid, Disney's Robin Hood, The Dark Knight

Fav books: Twilight series (vampires are awesome!), A Great and Terrible Beauty and sequals, the Pellinor series, the Mortal Instruments series, and more that I could put down, but then this list would go on forever

Fav pairings (not in order):

Yu-Gi-Oh: Puzzleshipping, Tendershipping, Puppyshipping

GX: JadenxChazz

Teen Titans: RobStar, BBRae

Sonic the Hedgehog: Sonadow all the way!

Pokemon: Contestshipping

Cardcaptor Sakura: SyaoranxSakura

Inuyasha: InuKag

Naruto: SasuSaku, NaruHina

Bleach: IchiRuki, HitsuHina

Fruits Basket: KyoxYuki, HaruxYuki, TohruxYuki, TohruxKyo

Bleach: IchiRuki, HitsuHina

Things I Hate

In General: Stereotypes, cliches, racism, sexism, anime females who do absolutely nothing, movies that are solely meant for humor and have no plot, out of control dubbing, gum, PE class

On this site: OOCness, character death, main character OCs, crappy AUs, Mary Sues, people who discontinue their stories and don't tell their readers, badly written crossovers

Incest: I respect that there are other people who like it, but I think it's just plain weird (Fruits Basket is an exception). I do however, love family fluff.

Pictures

Recently, in the last chapter of my story Just This Once, I asked for people to draw a picture of Yuki in his rat pyjamas (you have to read the story to know what I'm talking about). Here are the links to the wonderful people who responded. Check them out!

Kiss the Breeze: http://danger-flammable.deviantart.com/art/PJs-Request-131992553

Team Jasper and Volturi: http://twilight-is-my-fav.deviantart.com/art/Poor-Yuki-134285667