"We all go a little mad sometimes."
~Norman Bates

I've left this empty for a while, but I might as well write something. I write mostly Baten Kaitos stories now, though I'm a fan of The Legend of Zelda series, Tales of Symphonia, and Skies of Arcadia. I enjoy studying classic literature, writing, and music. I've had my username ever since I learned how to operate on a forum; it comes from two of my childhood obsessions: Skies of Arcadia ("Sky") and Jurassic Park ("raptor"). It was only until later that I realized that "raptor" is also the scientific term for a bird of prey, so it all worked out.

I'm also more recently an X-Men fan in spite of being female (because gender apparently has something to do with it). No, it has nothing to do with the movies, though they are fun to watch as a fan. I also like Hellblazer and Batman, because angst makes me giggle.

Even more recently, I've grown smitten with my--until now--unloved copy of Star Ocean Till the End of Time for PS2. Albel fascinates me on such a deep literary level that I sometimes worry that I've replaced the original character with my own interpretation of him. Nel tends to hold my interest too, which may be why I pair the two together. Expect ficage soon unless my freshman year of college sucks all the write out of me.

Stories

Ice Water and Other Stories (Baten Kaitos)--An early attempt at a Baten Kaitos anthology. It's kinda mushy at points, but I'm a bit proud of it. You can tell what I was reading at the time.

A Savage Garden (Baten Kaitos)--Probably the most fun I've ever had writing a fic. It's a Lewis Carroll-inspired satire, a fairy tale, and an exploitation of one of my theories about Xelha. It was written to Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," and is meant as a sort of "gift" to one of the most underrated (in my opinion) characters in the Baten Kaitos fandom, Xelha. For some odd reason, I always thought she'd be the type who'd like fairy tales...

Sprout and the Bean (Baten Kaitos)--Funny story: I was watching the commercial for The Strangers with the scene in which one of the characters bumps into the record player and the player begins to skip, repeating the same creepy line and increasing the tension. The music from the skipping record, a song by Joanna Newsom called "Sprout and the Bean," got stuck in my head, and I got this wild urge to write something surreal and a bit demented. I wound up with this fic. Yeah, it's Geldoblame.

The Artist (Baten Kaitos)--An idea I came up with while reading a copy of Leonardo DaVinci's journals. Georg has a lot in common with him, I think.

Postscript (Baten Kaitos)--A really impromptu idea offhandedly inspired by the audio diaries in Bioshock. It's plotless and senseless, but addicting to write.

Upcoming (Hopefully)

Steppenwolf (Star Ocean 3)--My attempt at an Albel-centric story inspired by the Herman Hesse novel of the same name. Chaste (and un-caught) Albel/Nel pairing. Beware gratuitous allusions to Nietzsche and Dostoevsky--the two hardest names to spell--and symbolism taken from the game's Aquarian Church of Apris. No actual foreknowledge of literature or philosophy required; I'm just a nerd.