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Author has written 53 stories for Forgotten Realms, Dark is Rising Sequence, hack/SIGN, Legend of Zelda, RENT, Final Fantasy I-VI, Silmarillion, Final Fantasy VII, Trinity Blood, and Supernatural. Last Edited: September 18, 2009 ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ hello I am a college student majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in Japanese. I like french fries with mayonnaise, but I despise ketchup. I play the flute and am learning how to play the bagpipe. I love dragons. My favorite color is green, but I'm also quite partial to purple, black and blue. I only wear makeup for weddings, theater, and Halloween. Is this a sufficient number of factoids about me, then? :) I have a dA account with the same username, sans the space between ‘sargent’ and ‘snarky,’ so if you’re curious to see my artwork and some more of my writing please go there. I also have an LJ - under the name sargent_snarky - where I ramble on about life and also post more of my FFIV fanfic. I am, in fact, a girl, by the way, and I adore chatting about my favorite fandoms, so please feel free to drop me a line, if you so desire. I'm really quite friendly and rarely bite, I promise! ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ My (fanficion) Pet Peeves: Comma Splices. When you have two complete sentences, you do NOT join them with a comma. No, instead, you either separate them with a period, join them with a semi-colon or join them with a comma and a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). This is the single most common grammatical error I find, even in otherwise well-written stories. Parallelism. Basically, this is consistency across sentences. Say, if you begin a sentence addressing it to the generic ‘you’, you ought not to switch to ‘one’ halfway through. The same applies with tenses and verb-forms. Ask your English teacher about it. Bad Romance. Most romance is bad romance. Don’t deny this – you know it to be true. Sure, cheesy, unbelievable drivel might be your guilty pleasure, but please don’t argue that it makes for a quality story. It doesn’t. And there is a great lot of bad romance in both the slash and the het sections. Gratuitous Sex Scenes. I tire of watching movies (or reading books & fanfic, for that matter) where I am forced to watch a pointless sex scene between two characters. Rarely do sex scenes add anything to the plot or character development, and it would be just as easy - indeed, easier - to have a tasteful fadeout or otherwise let the audience know that sex has happened without forcing us to sit there and watch it. Not all of us are voyeurs, and some of us would like to get a move on to the actual substance of whatever we're watching or reading - assuming, of course, it has any to begin with. I applaud the recent film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for avoiding this entirely - it had a lot of sex in it, but it was all very tasteful; they let you know what happened without shoving it into your eyesockets. I appreciated this quite a lot. When People Do Not Use The Subjunctive. I wish I were at the beach. If he were taller, then he would be on the basketball team. Yes, those two sentences are grammatically correct. I don’t feel like explaining the English subjunctive – just google it. But seriously, the fact that no one pays the slightest bit of attention to this grammar rule annoys me. Slashing of Best Friends. My favorite relationship to read about is that of two male best friends/brothers who are close. This relationship is one thing that attracts me to things like Supernatural, Numb3rs, Sherlock Holmes, and so forth, and I simply do not like it when people destroy the beautiful thing that is their friendship and turn it into a romance - and often a bad romance, as mentioned above, or PWP. Platonic love and romantic love are both love, and they are both beautiful things, but they have different qualities - different feels to them. And because generally I adore the characters as they are canonically, I hate to see them and their dynamics changed. Besides, when they're actual brothers, romance between them is incest and is - in my opinion - just plain wrong. That said, there are exceptions to this one - they're just rare. ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ Story Status Whatever I’m in the mood to write when I have the chance to. Currently that's my SPN AU fic. Current Obsessions?? Final Fantasy IV, again. lulz. Good Omens. Silmarillion. Supernatural. Fire Emblem 9/10. ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ Beta Reading I’m afraid that, for the most part, I don't beta read anymore, because I often don't have the time or inclination - especially during school, where I do enough proofing of my own work just for class. (The only exception is for Venus Smurf.) Extreme thanks and kudos and accolades to Tsukasa-Magic for betaing Twilit Souls for me, by the way! Reviewing I do not always review stories, even if I really like them for multiple reasons. I may be reading the story during a brief free moment or when I’m tired, or I may be in a mean and nasty mood and wish to spare you a snappish series of less-than-kind remarks. Or perhaps I simply don’t have anything to say but am curious as to how and if you’ll continue something. Therefore, if you receive an Author Alert or Favorite from me but no review, my apologies, but that’s just how it’s going to be. Also, when I do review, I like to leave thorough, thoughtful reviews, and if I am crunched for time, am especially tired, or am multitasking, chances are good that I won’t be able to do that, and I don’t want to cheat you out of the constructive criticism you deserve as an author. Therefore, please don’t take a lack of reviews as an insult. If you’re on my alerts, I am definitely reading your work, and I like it. That said, I really love receiving reviews myself, and while I can’t force you to write them, I sincerely appreciate each and every one. They are very encouraging, and those that give constructive criticism are extremely helpful. ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ General Disclaimer As I sometimes forget to put disclaimers on my fanfiction, I hereby declare that I do not own any part of any of the fandoms for which I write. I make no profit by this, either. ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ~~~ ) o ( ~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ ) o (~~~ | |||||||||
1. A Moment Too Late » reviewsAU from 1.22 on: "The world stood still and silent for one long second. Then John screamed, his jaw stretching wide to emit the thick black smoke that was a demon. Sam jumped, squeezing the trigger."Supernatural - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 10,169 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 10-1-09 - Published: 8-7-09 - Sam W. & Dean W.2. A Little Blood Goes A Long Way reviewsOr: 'The Unfortunate Mosquito.' A tale of one bloodsucker's unfortunate predicament upon imbibing Sam's blood.Supernatural - Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 840 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-3-09 - Sam W. & Dean W.3. Three Fathers reviewsFFIV. Cecil was most fortunate, in a way, for he had three fathers.Final Fantasy I-VI - Rated: K - English - Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,164 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 3-16-09 - Cecil - Complete4. A Game of Chess reviewsAbel sits in a quiet café and plays a game of chess with a fellow lurker.Trinity Blood - Rated: K+ - English - General/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,159 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 12-15-08 - Abel N. & Cain N. - Complete5. Anamnesis » reviewsCecil sometimes dreams of a family, an early childhood and a later, orphaned one he only dimly remembers. Every now and again, though, something triggers a memory so strong Cecil wonders how he ever forgot.Final Fantasy I-VI - Rated: T - English - General/Drama - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,706 - Reviews: 4 - Updated: 11-27-07 - Published: 1-24-076. Mosaic » reviewsA series of drabbles examining the creation and early life of the four Crusniks.Trinity Blood - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 8 - Words: 1,286 - Reviews: 10 - Updated: 11-22-07 - Published: 11-19-077. Antilogy of the Crupuscule » reviewsDoom rises in a great wave, threatening to drown all the world in its murky depths. One queen plots total domination. All she needs to succeed is the princess of the Twilight. All that stands in her way are a young warrior and a young wavemaster.[AU]hack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 9 - Words: 30,261 - Reviews: 32 - Updated: 8-18-07 - Published: 6-1-058. Twilit Souls reviewsThe 8 Avatars and the Twilight Dragon are the keys to controlling the world. Together, they have unlimited power. Morganna seeks this power for her own Tsukasa and Kite and the allies they gather seem to be all that stands in her way. [AU]hack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,184 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-18-079. An Unlikely Tree » reviewsTseng’s mother has died, and when he returns home for her funeral, he discovers a box of her old letters and diaries. He is at once astounded and made somewhat queasy as, at last, he discovers whom his father is.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,712 - Reviews: 7 - Updated: 8-8-07 - Published: 8-7-07 - Tseng10. A Monstrous Gift reviewsHojo has a gift for Lucrecia. A shocking gift. A monstrous gift.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,959 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-27-07 - Lucrecia C. & Prof. Hojo - Complete11. Love, Hate and Monsters reviewsShe smiles, and she is beautiful, and he hates her. [A Twisted take on Lucrecia and Vincent]Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 798 - Reviews: 9 - Published: 7-25-07 - Lucrecia C. & Vincent V. - Complete12. The Man Who Brought Her Tea reviewsLucrecia works late one night, and one man displays a small act of kindness.Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 823 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 7-18-07 - Lucrecia C. & Prof. Hojo - Complete13. A Deadly Conversation reviewsWill and Merriman have a brief conversation concerning Old Ones and their potential for death. Short oneshotDark is Rising Sequence - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 538 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 6-14-07 - Complete14. The Identity of an Angel reviewsPregame. A young Cecil visits his mother’s grave, struggling all the while to recall who she was. [FFIV Writing CircleChallenge I]Final Fantasy I-VI - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,430 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4-30-07 - Complete15. An Embrace reviewsAn elf dreams of her deceased husband, whom she misses. Drabble.Silmarillion - Rated: K - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 210 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 3-17-07 - Complete16. Burning, Burning, Burning reviewsA snapshot time: The burning of the ships at Losgar and the Feanorian family response.Silmarillion - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 989 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 3-5-07 - Complete17. Sound and Color reviews“The irony was not lost on him… Here he was, an elf born into the blessed land of Light, and he couldn’t see it.” A ‘what if’ story about Maglor.Silmarillion - Rated: K - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 957 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-11-07 - Complete18. Unanswerable Questions reviewsMerriman happens upon a rather disturbing train of thought: Just where did he come from, anyway? oneshotDark is Rising Sequence - Rated: K+ - English - Angst/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 842 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 2-1-07 - Complete19. White And Nerdy reviewsRoger strives to convince Mimi of just how nerdy Mark truly is. written for Challenge Central, Challenge 31RENT - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,417 - Reviews: 17 - Published: 12-11-06 - Roger D. & Mark C. - Complete20. The Note reviewsMark wanders into the loft to find a note, which he then contemplates. [challenge central, challenge 7]RENT - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 818 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 10-27-06 - Mark C. & Roger D. - Complete21. The Rising of the Wave » reviewsWhen he logged in for the first time, he looked forward to spending time with his friend and maybe having a few adventures. He neither expected nor desired the ensuing disasters. [Novelization of the Orig. Games]hack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - General - Chapters: 7 - Words: 38,836 - Reviews: 55 - Updated: 10-27-06 - Published: 2-21-0622. Irrational Fear reviewsMark has always been afraid of hospitals… but why? [Challenge 34]RENT - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 971 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 10-2-06 - Mark C. - Complete23. Applesauce reviewsMark has managed to acquire a bag of fresh apples from the grocery where he now works. [challenge 8] Pure silliness.RENT - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 980 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 9-25-06 - Roger D. & Mark C. - Complete24. No Grand Finale reviewsDrabble – Mark’s thoughts on the ‘dance of life.’ Dark. Character Death. [Challenge 30]RENT - Rated: T - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 345 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 9-24-06 - Mark C. & Roger D. - Complete25. La Vida Loca reviewsA 'what if...' story. [preRENT][challenge 25] Mark has a problem for which there are no solutions. The most he can acquire is a temporary lessening of the burden.RENT - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,205 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-26-06 - Mark C. & Maureen J.26. Kingdom Rents reviews[Challenge 28] What if RENT were one of the worlds Sora goes to during Kingdom Hearts? [AU Crossover]RENT - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,268 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 8-12-06 - Angel D. - Complete27. Why Roger Is Forbidden From Grocery Shopping reviews[written for Challenge 16] Roger finds something interesting at the grocery store and brings it home. Roger and Mark then have Sex On The Beach.RENT - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,182 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 8-8-06 - Roger D. & Mark C. - Complete28. And So He Passes reviews[postRENT] It has been a long time, but Mark finally smiles, in the end. [written for Challenge 12]RENT - Rated: K+ - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 470 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-6-06 - Mark C. - Complete29. The Cat reviews[preRENT] Roger Davis had a pet cat when he was a kid. [written for Challenge 11]RENT - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 475 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 8-6-06 - Roger D. - Complete30. You Make Me Sick reviewsHumor fic Mark is sick of walking in on Roger & Mimi’s makeout sessions. [response to challenge 11]RENT - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 814 - Reviews: 12 - Published: 8-6-06 - Mark C. & Roger D. - Complete31. Decent Tripe reviewsDrabble: Merriman has tea with a grim reaper, who’s recently returned to London.Dark is Rising Sequence - Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 420 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 7-19-06 - Complete32. Desiring Humanity and Twilit Musings reviewsTwo companion drabbles on the subject of a ‘forbidden’ relationship between one of the Light and one of the Dark.Dark is Rising Sequence - Rated: T - English - Romance/Spiritual - Chapters: 1 - Words: 948 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 7-18-06 - Complete33. Playing Games With Death reviewsDrabble. Will Stanton discusses the nature of playing games with Death with, well, a Grim Reaper. Half philosophy, half humor.Dark is Rising Sequence - Rated: K - English - General/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 604 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 7-18-06 - Complete34. Silly Songs With Marky » reviewsMark gets swept into song along with his stuffed penguin, Steve. Silliness abounds to the tunes of Veggie Tales!RENT - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,856 - Reviews: 36 - Updated: 7-1-06 - Published: 6-30-06 - Mark C. & Roger D.35. The Apartment » reviewsvery postRENT I didn’t believe them when they told me it was haunted. I was an idiot. And yet… I don’t regret seeing them. Meeting him. And learning their story.RENT - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/General - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,561 - Reviews: 47 - Updated: 6-14-06 - Published: 4-22-06 - Mark C.36. I Am A Rock reviewsSONGFIC Finally alone, Mark recited a mantra as he numbs himself to the world. postRENTRENT - Rated: K+ - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,359 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 6-11-06 - Mark C. - Complete37. I Hate Christmas reviewsMark explains to a nurse exactly why he hates Christmas. postRENT by at least 40 years [entered in challege 2]RENT - Rated: T - English - Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,384 - Reviews: 20 - Published: 5-28-06 - Mark C. - Complete38. Eavesdropping and Family Conversations reviewsoneshot Kite obviously was under considerable stress in the middle and end of the whole Twilight incident. One has to wonder if anyone he knew in real life noticed.hack/SIGN - Rated: K - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,097 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 5-21-06 - Complete39. Legend of Zelda: Twisting Threads » reviewsLink returns to Hyrule just in time for everything to go wrong.The Seals are broken, and Ganondorf returns, but not alone Majora's back,too.As usual, it's up to Link to save Termina and Hyrule. At least this time he's not alone. discontinuedLegend of Zelda - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 37,966 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 12-1-05 - Published: 7-11-05 - Link40. System Error Revised Version » reviewsWhat if a System Error occurred when Kite used his bracelet? Does the 'game' truely end there? Or, does Kite find a way to keep fighting? REWRITE! Esp. from chapter 2 onhack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - Horror/Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,564 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 8-23-0541. Dreamwalker reviewsThe Dark is back. Will must face them. Alas, but no one else remembers, and he get's wounded pretty badly by the Dark. Thrown into this unfortunate mix is a strange pendant and obscure legened about a not so obscure world and its mistress. Oh dear...Dark is Rising Sequence - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,071 - Reviews: 8 - Published: 8-21-0542. Musings of a Lost One reviewsThe thoughts of one who was data drained. Oneshothack/SIGN - Rated: K+ - English - General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 677 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 8-21-05 - Complete43. Thoughts of a Rose reviewsMusings of Blackrose sometime during the third game... ONESHOThack/SIGN - Rated: K+ - English - General/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 748 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 8-21-05 - Complete44. Systematic Error original version » reviewsWhat if a system error occurred when Kite used data drain? Sure, the game ends, but what truly happens to Kite...? original versionhack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 5 - Words: 22,595 - Reviews: 48 - Updated: 8-21-05 - Published: 6-5-0545. Close Encounters of the Bizarre Kind » reviewsA series of Oneshots detailing various bizarre yet humerous scenarios that could happen within The World...hack/SIGN - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 8,897 - Reviews: 21 - Updated: 7-7-05 - Published: 6-22-0546. Anomalies of the System » reviewsSequel to Ignorance Is Bliss. An altered version of the manga of LotT if the AIs of Kite and Tsukasa were thrown into the mix. discontinuedhack/SIGN - Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,500 - Reviews: 15 - Published: 7-1-0547. Ignorance Is Bliss » reviewsdiscontinued Kite and Tsukasa exist merely as vagrant A.I.s, remembering nothing of their past before Aura gave them a second chance.While their friends grieve, they wander The World innocently, freely, and happily.Ah yes, their ignorance is bliss.hack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - Romance/Tragedy - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,279 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 7-1-05 - Published: 6-23-0548. Fragments of a Shattered Mirror » reviewsA remnant of the corrupted Morganna possesses Kite in order to reap revenge. Events quickly spiral out of control as the unthinkable happens and Kite, the one responsable for bringing his friend and others out of comas, himself falls into a coma. COMPLETEhack/SIGN - Rated: M - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 20 - Words: 58,352 - Reviews: 144 - Updated: 6-6-05 - Published: 10-30-04 - Complete49. Death of the old and Rebirth of the new » reviewsBefore CC Corp. finalized the career werewolf expansions for highlevel fighters, they had beta testers, of course.They were testing werewolf, vampire and summoners.In the end they decided only career werewolves, but why? [discontinued]hack/SIGN - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/General - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,762 - Reviews: 6 - Updated: 2-5-05 - Published: 12-2-0450. Twins of Fate » reviewsWill may have been the last of the Old Ones to be born, but not the last to come into his power.This story is about the final one of Light and the final one of Dark...Twins inseparable by time,distance or even the magic of all the world. discontinuedDark is Rising Sequence - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 3 - Words: 4,320 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 10-10-04 - Published: 7-25-0451. Life of Death, Death of Life » reviewsTsukasa discovers something still sleeping within the World that seeks destruction. Another player accidentally sets it loose and Tsukasa is the only one who can stop it, but at what price? discontinuedhack/SIGN - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Horror - Chapters: 13 - Words: 23,483 - Reviews: 31 - Updated: 9-24-04 - Published: 8-1-0452. The Joys of Sake » reviewsIf you watch legend of twilight, you know there is a mod for Sake. We see what happens when Tsukasa, being extremely depressed, decides to try this glorious upload. After all, our little wavemaster can feel and smell in the World, why can't he taste?hack/SIGN - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 3,306 - Reviews: 29 - Updated: 8-26-04 - Published: 8-23-04 - Complete53. Chenalai » reviewsChenalai has a rather twisted herritage: half drow, a quarter human and a quarter wood elf. A chronical of her adventures. [discontinued]Forgotten Realms - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 6 - Words: 13,261 - Reviews: 9 - Updated: 7-25-04 - Published: 7-13-04
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