Personal: Fanfiction is a good ground for practicing plot and characterization among many other things a writer needs to have a grasp of for effective writing.

It is also rather fun and personally rewarding.

As such, I write whatever I want. It's always enjoyable to hear back from a reader, though my subject matter will generally be of my own choosing. I like exploring characters and thinking about angles and aspects that have barely been touched or even attempting to take a different view. As this is largely an experimental way to work, prominence of certain actions or behaviors in characterizations may shift around with some distance, though attempting to keep/ keeping to the base given to us by the game.

For reading as well as writing, I think characters make or break a story. Poor characterization can kill even an excellent plot; excellent characterization can make a mediocre plot soar.

Fire Emblem: My game and world of choice is largely the Elibean set, chiefly game seven 'Rekka no Ken'. My favorite characters are almost all from the group at Caelin with a few side exceptions and, as such, my fics will generally center around them. (Why force myself to write about characters and places that do not capture my interest or make myself fight to write something not 'fun', mm? ) As a result, they are also the characters I prefer to read about. This is not to say I don't read others, but simply that I prefer works on the characters I like best. It's only a natural behavior, really.

Pairings: If you can characterize it and make it work, I will read it. You could invent a new pairing and so long as you make it logically 'click', I am willing to accept it (and in fact, I have a few 'pet pairings' of this nature). I'm rather flexible in this regard. However, this being said, there are certain pairings I do not think are operable at all given characterizations (for an out-of the-hat example, a mutually romantic Eirika/Valter; it's just not gonna happen) and I won't read fics with them. To this end, I also do not read fics regarding same-sex or incestual pairings. To each their own, you enjoy your cup of tea and me mine. I'm not going to build a Bible-launcher or anything and fire ammunition at your head if you like something I don't. The internet is not so small that we cannot respectfully disagree and keep to other sides of the room, so to speak.

I am open for intellectual debate on subjects of pairings or on plain characterization. When I say debate, I don't mean a pansy toss of opinion, I expect you to have specific canonical backing. 'They look cute together' or 'but they are meant to be' are not valid statements and will be ignored.

There are approximately three or fewer exceptions to the 'I will not read _' sentences and all of them are amazing writers that leave me in awe at their literary skill.

Caveats:
'Berserk' is my first and oldest fic; As with all aging fics, please keep in mind the time variant on their quality. That is, as they age, quality decreases (something like your health when you start consuming bacon regularly)

I do not beta except for rare occasions and only for friends. Sometimes I can be convinced to 'after-beta' in a review, but this is a rare thing. Keep in mind, if I do, I will often be blunt and critical. Please don't take things personally, and if you disagree with a change that's your prerogative and you are free to do what you want. It's your fic after all and what I type may run contrary to what you were intending.

I am not perfect. I will make mistakes.

If I am offended I very often will push back. I am not so passive as to let behavior I do not like slide. I like to be nice, but even nice things can get violently angry if they feel antagonized.

BlahBlahBlah: For your ease of enjoyment and so I do not have to define armory terminology every time I use it within a work, I have included below a small glossary for your use. Most of these are paraphrased for Wikipedia, but at least it means you don't have to hunt them down yourself. Notations of 'outdated' terms are ones I used to use but later found through further research to be an inaccurate or incorrect use of the term. (and being the lazy bum I am, rather than sift through documents to change them, I have put them here).

Gorget: The (generally high) metal collar worn to protect the neck.
-Outdated: Bevor
Cuirass: The armor used to protect a knight's torso, often is used to singularly reference the breastplate/backplate combination.
Pauldron: Armor designed to protect the shoulder (and sometimes extending to back or chest), often domed and sometimes also possessing lamés (pieces of sheet metal coupled with larger plate armors that are riveted or connected via leather strap to provide flexible protection). -Outdated: Epauleon
Gauntlet: Armored gloves, often extending to protect the forearm.
Vambrace: Armor designed to protect the forearm.
Couter: Armor designed to protect the elbow, can be simply a bent or sculpted plate (see Sain's official art) or articulated joints (Wallace)
Poleyn: Armor designed to protect the knee.
Greaves: Armor designed to protect the shin and lower leg, sometimes extending to the thigh. Full Greaves are inclusive of protection/enclosure of the back of the leg.
Base: Cloth Military Skirt, often attached to a doublet (Seth's official art) sometimes as a detachable plate-mail skirt (Wallace)
Tasset: Segmented sheet metal skirt
Cuiss: Armor designed to protect the thigh (specific definition tentative, but used of the singular plates hanging from character's belts over their thighs)

Extra:

Womanizer: One who engages in many casual sex affairs with women
Scoundrel: 1. A dishonest or unscrupulous person
2. A rogue, a person whose behavior one disapproves of, but is nonetheless likable or attractive

For those of you who write Sain, get your terminology right. Fine if a character calls him the former, but an objective narrator should not unless you are already implying or supporting this through other means.