"The problem with pretending that you are stupider than you really are is that most often you will succeed."
-C.S Lewis
About me:
Age: 19
Sex: Female
Main Fandom: Yu Yu Hakusho
Other Fandoms: Harry Potter and Ghost in the Shell.
My Live Journal: http://greynonentity.livejournal.com/profile
My AIM: Artemisdarksong
Who is Kowareta?
Kowareta is...
A writer
A dreamer
A Hiei fangirl
A Kuwabara fan
A Mukuro fangirl
A Raizen fan
In need of Yusuke fic where the guy acutally kicks ass instead of kisses it
Convinced that everyone is ugly on the inside and the outside
Bitter, sarcastic, and human
Arrogant
A hater of the formal beauty dictatorship
Sometimes a rather bad poet
Flawed
Not very much inclined to like people
An artist
Not impressed
An independant
A thinker
A lover of fanfiction
Rather enamoured with the schoolgirl and the so-called "Goth" look (and bitches at people who don't know about the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths; yay, history)
That girl who goes around in knee-length skirts and knee-socks--even in the middle of summer
Someone who truly doesn't care whether you label her or not
Not suicidal
A critic
Not nice
A bastard
Disappointed in humanity
And...
Always herself.
What else is there to know?
More Than Just the Basics: An Introduction to Kowaretanism
'Ullo there.
I hate Mary-Sues.Yes, yes, you've found another one of the dreaded Cult of Sue-Hate. We grow larger every week. We hope to conquer the world with our burning, all-consuming hate. Soon we'll have taken over small portions of the Internet located in the Cape of Common Sense. Hate may, perhaps, be too strong a word, as I believe tht all of them can be turned into a legitimate OC with some work.
I love well-written OCs. People ask how I could love OCs if I hate Mary-Sues and the answer is simply that an OC is not a Mary-Sue. There's actually more to it than that, but they tell me that nobody really cares. I'm probably delusional anyway.
I like shonen-ai and shoujo-ai and have been currently looking for some good fics--maybe multi-chaptered in length but doesn't have the pairing as the main reason for the story. If anyone has a good fic, feel free to send me a PM and I'll love you for it.
I like heterosexual and crack pairings too. I'm just like that. Generally, I think, I'm more attracted to writing style, plot, creativity, than the actual pairing in a fic. Does this make me a bad fanfiction writer?
When they're well-written, I like crossovers. I suppose that's another blasphemous aspect to me. Liking things that are well-written.
I like a bit of everything.
I hate bashing, though. With a passion. Like fire. Or acid. Or something that burns but never really stops. I hate bashing... with my hate.
I am so not deep.
Why is Kowareta so OMG!MEAN! when she reviews people?
I prefer the term honest. Also, I do not flame. I give constructive criticism where I see fit. It is important for a writer to distance himself or herself from one's work and be able to look at it objectively. If you cannot bear the thought that someone might express disapproval of your fic, whether warranted or not, you should post them someplace where they would not be subject to feedback.
It is not anyone's responsibility to praise you to the rafters, especially for nothing. Readers do not exist solely to prop your feeble ego. All stories placed in a public venue are fair game. All stories published in a venue designed to encourage response is subject to whatever the reviewer wishes to say. To allow only one kind of response is hypocritical.
Despite what fanfiction has taught you, grammar, spelling, and punctuation are important and often times necessary tools for writing. So is a plot. I don't consider "Girl appears in YYH world and falls in love with Hiei" a plot.
If you don't like, don't read!
How the heck will I know I like the fic if I don't read it first?
What does Kowareta write?
OC fic, speculative one-shots, genfic, canon pairings, uncanon pairings, shonen-ai and shoujo-ai (eventually), crossovers (eventually), multi-chapter fics, and parody. I like a little bit of everything.
Kowareta's favorite pairings:
None.
What? But you're a girl! Surely you have a favorite pairing to squee over and gush about!
Not really. I'll read just about any pairing and squee and gush over it as long as it's well-written. There is no pairing out there that is my favorite, nor any pairing out there that I desire to hate. Though, to be honest, I prefer genfic the most.
Why the hell are you such a Nazi about English?
The Buddha says, "Please try to notice the difference between these two sentences and you will become enlightened."
I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse.
And:
I helped my uncle jack off a horse.
Have you found Enlightenment yet?
Ha! I wrote parts of my fic in Japanese! You can't correct my grammar now!
私 のせもん日本語です。馬鹿。
(Hint: Do not trust your Bablefish.)
My OC had a tragic and depressing past and you made fun of it!
Probably because the tragic and depressing past wasn't so tragic and depressing. Or, it didn't impress me.
Also, I'm part parody writer, I hardly take anything serious.
What is Kowareta's ethnicity?
Twenty percent Philosopher
Fifteen percent Bitch
Fifteen percent Fangirl
Twenty-five percent Grammar Nazi
Fifteen percent Parody Writer
Sixteen percent Full Of Crap
But wait! That doesn't add correctly!
Thank you for reading. Or, rather, thank you for skipping over the boring parts of my bio in the pretense that you read it all
Final Note: I'm currently attending college, so things may not be updated frequently. My most sincere apologies for those looking forward to updates..
Update: (May 21, 2008) Finals end in a week! I can get some fanfic written. XD Feel free to poke me and ask questions.
-Kowareta