November 30, 2008

Holy crap- it's meeee. XD Not that it matters, I doubt anyone checks my profile. I've got a grand total of four (one-shot!) fics up anyway.

And I still get reviews and favorites. Pretty neat. XD Thanks for the love, guys!

Moving on...

My old account on ff.net was Yohko Kiyoto, which I have favorited because... just because. Basically, in high school I used to write and read fanfiction. The stuff I wrote is fairly horrifying, and I ponder every day if I should keep laughing at it or just delete it all already. So far, I keep it up. For the sake of comedy. Anyway, I took a 5-year hiatus from the site as my interests went from anime to sports and fashion. Then in late 2007 I rediscovered my love for Yuugiou, and got back into it. Then I moved on to rereading old manga and reading new manga and I've been spending more time at the bookstore. XD

My favorite all-time manga are Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Video Girl Ai, and Petshop of Horrors. Currently I'm way into +Anima and the new Petshop Tokyo series, as well as A Wise Man Sleeps. As for anime, not much now... I usually focus on manga. But I've gotten into Code Geass, even though it messes with my head like crazy. Also, I am a humongous fan of Yoroiden Samurai Troopers (AKA Ronin Warriors) which I rediscovered recently.

Yuugiou pairings I love:

Puppyshipping. Despite neither being my favorite character, this one is just SUCH an amazing pairing. A lot of times in yaoi pairings you see an extreme seme/uke theme (ESPECIALLY in Yuugiou, whatwith the whole light/dark aspect of the characters), but Jounouchi and Seto's contrast lies elsewhere. They're both dominant in their own way, Seto being cold and calm, Jounouchi being fiery and passionate. The way their strong personalities clash just leads to a fascinating relationship, which is why I love this coupling so much.

Tendershipping. Yeah, I know, everyone's seen those fics where poor Ryou gets beaten by his evil yami but his even more tormented because he actually loves him... this is something I don't get. Sigh. I much prefer this pairing when Ryou is not so... pathetically in love? I can see it in a much more non-consenting way, which is something the bondage whore/dominatrix in me loves. XD And now that I think about it, I'm really not a fan of this pairing realistically. I dig fanart of it, though.

Prideshipping. Yeah, sometimes I look at it and get mad at Seto for cheating on Jounouchi. XD But I do like it a bit on the side, because once again you have a clash of strong personalities! Though in a different way than puppyshipping. I imagine they'd fight for control a lot, despite all the fanart where Yami gets turned into a little uke boy. Personally I like seeing Seto as the uke, purely because nothing seems to EVER shake him, and I love the idea of him no longer having control. XD PENALTY GAME!

This is by no means a complete list. I'll read a LOT of yaoi pairings (though puzzleshipping admittedly bores me a little). YamiBakuraxMalik, HondaxOtogi, YamiMalikxRyou, PriestSetxJounouchi, EVERYTHING! As long as we stay in character, PLEASE. I hate reading a deathshipping (YamiMalikxRyou) fic where Yami Malik becomes some loving, caring figure. For the love of god, he was born of hatred and is quite evil. Lustful, I can see. Sweet and kind, I can not.

As for my favorite characters... I love Ryou Bakura like mad, because I'm just a sucker for sweet little bishounen. I'm also a sucker for psycho sexy yamis, so I love Yami Bakura, and season 0 Yami Yuugi. XD I also have come to love Jounouchi, which I blame fully on my puppyshipping obsession.

Other fanfiction I'm in to... Super Smash Brothers, because I'm such a loser. XD I've written a couple MarthxRoy fics because I'm a HUGE yaoi/slash fangirl, and I've decided to upload one! It's humor. Enjoy it. =P I also sort of like the crackpairing that is SnakexMarth, because it's just so bizarre it's good.

Non anime/manga series and movies that I love:

Enchanted! I've not written any fanfiction for it, but I may sometime do some NancyxEdward-centric stuff. I think a comedic fic featuring Nancy adjusting to a fairy tale world would be hilarious. And anyway, I LOVE those two! Them getting together at the end was just incredibly satisfying, and so cute!

Red Dwarf! There are no words for the awesomeness that is the 80s British sci-fi comedy in which the last human, a hologram, a person who evolved from cats, a mechanoid, and a senile computer mill about in deep space getting into all sorts of shenanigans. (And Danny John-Jules is a sexy beast. XD)

Bones! My favorite show on tv right now (followed by Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives... Ugly Betty used to be tied for tops but I haven't gotten to watch it much this season thanks to classes) because Brennan is awesome on so many levels. But god I miss Zach. T_T

Now for my meager offering of fanfiction.

Rainy Days at the Mansion was really written for fun, and I sort of hate the angsty romance bit. It still makes me laugh, though!

Captivated was actually an idea bouncing around my head for days before I decided to write it. I like the vague mystery of it.

Flour is probably my favorite thing I've posted... I had a LOT of fun writing it, and I really like the style I wrote it in. It was a bit more spontaneous and silly then other things I've written.

Sunlight was written the same night as Flour, actually, and I spent much less time on it. It's really just a drabble. and sort of a quiet rebellion against the puppyshipping fanfiction stereotypes. I'm tired of people writing this pairing OOC! Jounouchi is NOT an angsty little uke constantly getting abused and or raped by his father. He's a feisty kid with a history of gangs and bullying. Basically, I just wanted to write them in character. So, I hope you guys like it.

Mm. I need to come up with ideas for some YST fanfiction. So far all I've written is self-insertion and OC-centric stuff that I will NOT be posting because no one wants to read that crap. =P (Though what do you call it when you insert one of the canon characters in your own life? It's not self-insertion, is it? Because I'm not in their world- they're in mine.)

My problem may be that I don't really do YST yaoi. I've considered Shin/Shu and had a passing infatuation with Ryo/Seiji thanks to episode 5, but it's not really something I'm in to. And I apparently like to write fluffy shonen-ai one-shots. So that presents a problem. Anyway, I've yammered enough for now. Until next time!