"It's a slow fade when you give yourself away. It's a slow fade when black and white have turned to gray. Thoughts invade, choices are made, a price will be paid when you give yourself away. People never crumble in a day. It's a slow fade."

~From the song "Slow Fade" by Casting Crowns.

On the above quote:

I adore that song. It’s such a moving, beautiful song that speaks a really great message. I highly recommend listening to it. For those who are too lazy to look it up on their own (like me ;)), here’s the link to the music video.

Hey, there. How’s it going? I’m Lady Redemption (in case you didn’t catch the big bolded name up at the top), but you can call me LR, Lady R, or whatever else you think fits. =) I’m a young aspiring writer (and actress, but that’s another topic altogether), and I love writing fanfiction, especially for my two favorite fandoms: The Chronicles of Narnia and Avatar: The Last Airbender. I do like writing original fiction, too, but that isn’t coming along so well at the moment (due to my laziness ;)).

I also love to read a large variety of books, and some of my favorites are books by Ted Dekker. Honestly, this guy’s amazing. His writing style, his storylines, his characters, everything is excellent. If you read only one book this year, make it a Ted Dekker book. You won’t regret it, I promise you.

And while we’re on the subject of favorite authors, C.S. Lewis is also an awesome author. If you haven’t ever read any of his books (like his Narnia series), all I can say is…READ THEM. They’re beautiful stories, and his nonfiction is also really awesome. So I recommend those, too. =)

Also, J. K. Rowling. Just...J. K. Rowling. Read her books. Now. They are wonderful. _

I’ll stop myself there before I start rambling on about all my favorite authors; I don’t want to bore you. ;) Suffice it to say, Melody Carlson, Karen Kingsbury, and Susan Meissner are also pretty awesome, so read some of their books, too.

Anyway, onto fanfiction that I like. I mostly read fanfics of Narnia and Avatar, but I do sometimes browse others, like the musical Wicked and some anime/manga that I like. I will also probably start reading some Harry Potter fanfiction once I finish reading the books. As for particulars, I’ll read fics of any genre, and I like most pairings in Avatar, Wicked, and the anime/manga fandoms, as long as they aren’t slash (not my thing really), incest (would you do that with YOUR sibling/relative? No? Didn’t think so. (If you answered yes, you’re a very sick person)), or some older person/minor pairing (pedophilia is sick and wrong). As for Narnia, I’m far more picky and canon-oriented. I just can’t handle reading any sort of pairing that C.S. Lewis didn’t write in (prime example: Susan/Caspian (Why, Andrew, WHY?)). In other words, the only romantic pairing I really like is Caspian/Ramandu’s daughter and Aravis/Cor, as those were really the only romances written in Narnia. I may accept a Jill/Eustace pairing, depending on how it’s written, how old they are, how in-character it is, and so on.

OR, to put that whole paragraph into much simpler words, these are the pairings I like (note: the most) in each fandom (minus each anime/manga fandom, as I don’t really want to list them all (there’s quite a few))… and just because I like making lists =) :

Avatar: The Last Airbender:

~Jetzula (Do not deny the depth and character development this pairing possesses. Just don’t.)

~Kataang (They’re already such great friends, and they understand each other so well; they really complement each other and bring out the best in one another. It’s just a really sweet, beautiful ship.)

~Maiko (This ship gets a lot of hate, and I can’t understand why. These two are made for each other. Mai actually smiles and shows her emotions while she’s around Zuko, and Zuko acts so adorable and cute when Mai’s around. They’re both willing to sacrifice for the other’s benefit, and they can learn so much from each other.)

~Sokkla (I’m not sure how I came to like this ship, but I do. Sokka is such a goofball that maybe he could get Azula to loosen up, but he also has a big heart that I think could forgive her for all her wrongs and try to look past it. And it possesses great character development for Azula.)

~Tokka (They’re both so hilarious together, and they’re such great friends. Need I say more? ;))

~Toko (Now this pairing would be REALLY cute once Toph grows up a little bit. Right now, they’re great as friends, and I think that’s what I like it most as, just a friendship, but it could be quite amusing to have a Fire Lady Toph. ;))

The Chronicles of Narnia:

~Caspian/Ramandu’s daughter (For one thing, it’s canon. For another, it’s quite sweet, and I like the amount of mystery that was left around it, especially with Ramandu’s daughter. We don’t even know her name, and she’s not in the books for very long, but she’s a very important character, and from what there is in the books, she’s a great character. I can’t wait to see how she and the romance are portrayed in the movie.)

~Aravis/Cor (Again, canon. And it’s a really humorous yet also very sweet couple. Both characters change so much during the course of the book they’re in, and they’re relationship changes and grows along with it. They’re great characters and a great King and Queen of Archenland. And who can't love the line, "Aravis also had many quarrels (And, I'm afraid, even fights) with Cor, but they always made it up again: so that years later, when they were grown up, they were so used to quarreling and making up again that they got married so as to go on doing it more conviently.")

~(Older!)Jill/(Older!)Eustace (These two, I think, would make a very cute couple, but honestly, I don’t think I want it in the movies. At the moment, I don’t trust any of the filmmakers with any un-canon pairings (see the terrible Suspian disaster), and I just really don’t want any romance in Narnia other than the canon ones. Jill/Eustace is really just my fun little fanfiction couple, and that’s all.)

Wicked:

~Elphaba/Fiyero (Just because these two are so sweet and adorable around each other and they both changed quite a bit because of one another. They were absolutely meant for each other.)

~Boq/Nessarose (If only Boq had loved Nessa in return, maybe things could have turned out differently for them. Ah well. That’s what fanfiction is for, right? ;))

Harry Potter:

~Snape/Lily (I never can quite decide if I really wish Snape and Lily had been together or if I prefer the way it is in canon because, honestly, I love how tragic this pairing is in the series. And it's because it's so heartbreaking and tragic that I think Snape is the best character. So I don't know. I like the pairing either way.)

~Hermoine/Ron (These two are just so adorable, even when they fight. They remind me of Aravis and Cor, too, which is awesome.)

~Lupin/Tonks (This pairing didn't get very much "screentime" (for lack of a better word) in the books, but I really enjoyed it. It's terribly sad when they both die in the seventh book though, especially since they just recently got married and had Teddy.)

So now that I have that out of the way, I’ll move onto some notes/updates about my stories:

Changing the Past Changes the Present: This has been on hold for awhile and will continue to be because I just haven’t been at all interested in continuing it. Maybe I’ll start again eventually, though if I do I’ll probably rewrite it because I don’t really like how some of it’s written, and I need to figure out the rest of the story and everything. I apologize to those who were reading it for the extremely long wait.

Anyway, I think that’s all for now. Thanks for taking the time to read if you did. Hope I didn’t bore you too much or anything. :) Now onto the disclaimers:

DISCLAIMERS: I do not own Avatar, its characters, or anything else. It's all the creation of Mike and Bryan and all the other awesome people who help create such an awesome show. I do not own Narnia, its characters, or anything else either. It is all the creation of C.S. Lewis and whoever has the rights to the books right now. Any OCs and storylines, however, are mine, unless stated otherwise.