About Me:

To start, my name is Bridget. I'm a twenty-five year-old gal from Arkansas. I'm also known as "brimac13" on a lot of sites (livejournal and insanejournal among them) as well as most (if not all) of the forums I happen to have joined. I write in a few fandoms, but am not as prolific as I'd like to be. I am a sucker for fluff and "for want of a nail" sort of stories (especially in Harry Potter fanfics) and I tend to be a canon whore in most of my fandoms. I also like a good crossover. Mostly BtVS crossovers but, if a story is good enough, I'll read a non-BtVS crossover (prime example of this being Malachai's "Physics of the Spin" over on TTH, which is a Gilmore Girls/Stargate crossover).

Reading Habits:

Likes and dislikes are vital in terms of my reading habits as I won't read anything that contradicts my favorite ships or bashes my favorite characters. I have a preference for stories with at least 1,000 words per chapter, but have been known to read lower word counts. Also, while I prefer het ships, I am not opposed to slash or femme-slash. As I see it, things like gender and sexual orientation don't really matter as long as the couple loves/cares about each other and works. Though I am a stickler for characterization and tend to go with the canon characterization in terms of sexuality.

Likes:
(OTPs are in bold.)

Harry Potter: Ginny (Weasley) Potter, Luna (Lovegood) Scamander, Hermione (Granger) Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Nymphadora (Tonks) Lupin, Lily Luna Potter, Scorpius Malfoy; Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Neville/Luna, Lupin/Tonks, Bill/Fleur, George/Angelina, Percy/Audrey, Draco/Astoria, Scorpius/Lily, Teddy/Victoire, James/Lily, unrequited!Severus/Lily, Neville/Hannah, and Rolf/Luna (basically, if it's HP canon, I ship it)
X-Men (X-Men, X-Men:Evolution, X-Men: The Movie, and Wolverine and the X-Men): Anna Marie (Rogue), Remy Lebeau (Gambit), Laurie Collins (Wallflower), Kevin Ford (Wither); Remy (Gambit)/Anna Marie (Rogue)(1), Scott/Jean, Logan/Ororo, Kevin/Laurie
BtVS/AtS: Dawn Summers, Connor, Xander Harris, Tara Maclay; Connor/Dawn, Xander/Dawn, Spike/Dawn, Andrew/Dawn, Spike/Buffy, Angel/Buffy, Willow/Tara, Oz/Willow, Xander/Anya, Gunn/Fred, Wesley/Fred, Angel/Cordelia, and Doyle/Cordelia
Bleach: Inoue Orihime, Matsumoto Rangiku, ; Ichigo/Orihime, Renji/Rukia, Shuuhei/Rangiku, Gin/Rangiku, Kira/Momo, Shinji/Hiyori, Kiskuke/Yoruichi
Doctor Who/Torchwood/The Sarah Jane Adventures: Rose Tyler, Nine, Ten, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Ianto Jones, Luke Smith, and Maria Jackson; Doctor/Rose, Master/Lucy, Mickey/Martha, Jack/Gwen, Jack/Ianto, Jack/Gwen/Ianto, Owen/Gwen, Luke/Maria, and Clyde/Rani
Firefly: River Tam; Jayne/River, Mal/Inara, Wash/Zoe, and Simon/Kaylee
Wolf Lake: Sophia Donner; Luke/Sophia and John/Ruby
Skins (UK Skins and US Skins): Sid Jenkins, Cassie Ainsworth, Maxxie Oliver, Jal Fazer, Chris Miles, Effie Stonem, Pandora Moon, Emily Fitch, Naomi Campbell, Grace Violet, Rich Hardbeck, Mini McGuiness, Daisy Valero, Stanley Lucerene, Michelle Reinhardt, Betty Nardone; Sid/Cassie, Chris/Jal, Tony/Michelle, Naomi/Emily, Freddie/Effie, Cook/Effie, Thomas/Pandora, Cook/Pandora, Rich/Grace, Alo/Mini, Stan/Michelle, Tea/Betty, Tony/Tea, and Abbud/Daisy
The Vampire Diaries:Elena Gilbert, Damon Salvatore, Stefan Salvatore, Caroline Forbes, Katherine Pierce/Katerina Petrova, Elijah, Rebekah, Anna, Lexi Branson; Damon/Elena, Elijah/Elena, Stefan/Elena, Stefan/Katherine, Stefan/Rebekah, Jeremy/Anna, Jeremy/Bonnie, Alaric/Jenna, Tyler/Caroline, and Klaus/Caroline

Crossover Likes:

BtVS/Stargate: Daniel/Dawn, Daniel/Vala
BtVS/LotR: Legolas/Dawn, immortal!Dawn, elf!Dawn
BtVS/Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Dawn being related to someone in the Anita-verse or being adopted by Anita (like in Malachai's "Dawning Light" series, aslo on TTH)
BtVS/Doctor Who: Doctor/Rose (the OTP stays, even in crossovers), Jack/Dawn
BtVS/Harry Potter: Harry/Ginny (again the OTP stays), Draco/Dawn, Sirius/Dawn (as in Anoron's "The Key to Marauding")
BtVS/Criminal Minds: Spencer/Dawn, Buffy/Aaron, Buffy/Derek
BtVS/CSI: Greg/Dawn, Nick/Buffy

Dislikes:
(OTNo's are in bold.)

Harry Potter: Romilda Vane; Harry/Hermione, Harry/Draco, Harry/Ron, Harry/Luna, Draco/Hermione, Sirius/Remus, Snape/Harry, Snape/Lupin, Scorpius/Rose, Scorpius/Albus Severus, Ron/Pansy, Ron/Luna, and Draco/Ginny(2)
X-Men (X-Men, X-Men:Evolution, X-Men: The Movie, and Wolverine and the X-Men): Emma Frost; Remy (Gambit)/Betsy (Psylocke), Remy/Emma, Remy/Ororo (Storm), Remy/Logan (Wolverine), Scott (Cyclops)/Emma, Josh (Elixir)/Rahne (Wolfsbane), Erik (Magneto)/Anna Marie (Rogue)
BtVS/AtS: Kennedy; Connor/Faith, Connor/Buffy, Connor/Cordelia, and Willow/Kennedy
Bleach: Ichigo/Rukia and Ichigo/Renji
Doctor Who/Torchwood/The Sarah Jane Adventures: Doctor/Martha, Doctor/Riversong, Doctor/Amy, Doctor/Master(3), Martha/Jack, Tosh/Owen, Luke/Rani, Clyde/Maria, and Luke/Clyde
Firefly: Mal/River, Jayne/Kaylee
Wolf Lake: Presley, Tyler Creed; Luke/Presley and Tyler/Ruby
Skins (UK Skins and US Skins): Anwar Kharral, Sketch, Liv Malone, Nick Levan, Matty Levan, David Blood; Anwar/Sketch, Tony/Maxxie, Tony/Abigail, Sid/Michelle, Freddie/Katie, Nick/Liv, Nick/Mini, Matty/Liv, Matty/Franky, US!Tony/Michelle, Chris/Tina, Abbud/Tea
The Vampire Diaries: Bonnie Bennett; Damon/Bonnie, Stefan/Caroline, Damon/Caroline, Tyler/Elena, Damon/Katherine

Crossover Dislikes:

BtVS/Stargate: Daniel/Buffy
BtVS/LotR: Legolas/Buffy, Aragorn/Éowyn
BtVS/Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Richard Zeeman; Richard/anyone
BtVS/Doctor Who: (standard DW dislikes apply here)
BtVS/Harry Potter: Harry/Dawn (as well as the standard HP dislikes), Random Relatives stories (the ones where everyone from the Buffyverse is somehow related to everyone in the HPverse)

Writing Habits:

As to my fic content, generally speaking, I tend to focus more on characterization and character growth than plot, hence the abundance of one-shots (wherein plot isn't necessarily a key element, per se, and it's easier to focus on a character or specific idea about a character). And though I've previously made forays into multi-chapterdom, I doubt I'll be doing it again anytime soon.

I'm sometimes a glutton for punishment. I like to write things that challenge me and pairings I dislike are definitely challenging. In "A Series of Drabbles" I've written one Harry/Hermione drabble (chapter 4), two Harry/Draco drabbles (chapters five and twelve), and a Scorpius/Rose drabble (chapter 13). I also have a Draco/Ginny one-shot in the same series (chapter six). "Watching Ginny Weasley" features some one-sided D/G (as well as several other ships, most of which are canon). "Friend of Mine" also mentions some past Draco/Ginny (and features other Ginny ships as well, but is ultimately Harry/Ginny). I think HP is the only fandom in which I've ever written ships that I didn't like.

(1) Remy/Rogue is very definitely my X-Men OTP, however I have previously enjoyed other Rogue-involved ships. In the movies, Bobby/Rogue is canon and is a fairly cute ship (so long as a certain Cajun is absent). I have also enjoyed Wolverine/Rogue and Scott/Rogue (though mostly in X-Men: Evolution fanfic). So, while you'll find several non-Remy/Rogue fics on my favorites list, Remy/Rogue is definitely my OTP.

(2) Draco/Ginny was my first HP ship. I got started on it (and the whole HP series, actually) because of a BtVS/HP crosover fic. The ship made sense to me at the time because I hadn't read all of the books, however, as I read them and then finished the 5th book, I just couldn't see it becoming canon. Harry/Ginny, however, held a lot more appeal (and not just for it being the more likely of the two to become canon). So, if you happen to browse my favorites, you will find some D/G stories on there. I don't support the ship anymore, but I do remember reading some D/G stories that I enjoyed immensely at the time (one that I think I'd enjoy even now is "Rising From Ashes" by Arabella and Jedi Boadicea, which isn't hosted here on ff.net, but can be found here at its Yahoo!Group).

(3) Having recently re-watched "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords," I am utterly convinced that the Doctor and the Master have shagged at some point. I do not, however, ship it. Mostly because I'm completely enamored with Doctor/Rose (it's my Whoniverse OTP, after all).