Name: Yeah like I would really say...

Age: Old enough to know better. Damn young punks...get off my lawn!

Occupation: Graduate Student in Political Science

Fiction I really enjoy: the entire Star Wars series, anything by George R.R. Martin, the Battletech and Mechwarrior universe, Jack Higgins novels, Tom Clancy novels

Update Status: WIth the rough economy I've been working very hard to make ends meet and have had little time to write. I am hoping to get back into writing whenever I get some free time. Hopefully I can get a new chapter out before the end of the year.

Favorite Sayings/Quotes:

"Flesh wounds build Character." - My Grandfather

"Only let fear stand in your way." - My Grandfather

"There are as many different truths as there are people." - Albert Camus

"Everybody's life is a fable told by God." - Hans Christian Andersen

"People never really see themselves the way that others do." - unknown

"Reality is a momentary dream, but a dream is reality for an eternity." - unknown

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream." - Edgar Allan Poe

"Love creates infinite possibilities." - unknown

"One must always remember to learn from the past, but to dwell on the past and the traditions that it has created can often discourage innovation and any progression towards the future." - myself

"Revenge is never a straight line. It's a forest. And like a forest it's easy to lose your way and get lost. When engaged in combat, the vanquishing of thine enemy can be the warrior's only concern. This is the first and cardinal rule of combat. Suppress all human emotion and compassion. Kill whoever stands in thy way, even if that be Lord God, or Buddha himself..." - Hattori Hanzo

"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien

"Peace is a time of cheating between two times of fighting." - The Devil's Dictionary

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." - Oscar Wilde

"He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke

"We are born amidst blood and pain...and all too often that is how many of us exit this world...truly a sad thing it is." - myself

Major Notes:

1. If I do not review your story do not take offense. The reason why may be I have simply cut and past the chapter into MS Word so that I can read it later when I have the time to get to it. For your information I am a graduate student and as such have precious little time to that is not taken up with work. I will say this however, even if I do not review if I have placed the story or you the author into my alerts column than that is in itself an endorsement from me.

2. This is in regards to the whole romance and pairing complex many people on the site have. I will not write yaoi. It is not that I do not appreciate homosexuals and their contributions, it is just that I do not like to read it and as such will not write it. This is not some religious crusade. I have found that people are divided into two distinct categories: stupid and not stupid. Your sexual orientation, race, gender, religion, age, language, and/or country of origin have no consequence on what category you go into. I place people into the category through careful observation, so if you do not like your placement you can only blame yourself.

3. If any reviewer ever wants to draw a fanart of a scene or character that I have described then go right ahead. I only ask that you let me know so that I can see it after you have finished, I personally think it would be kind of neat to have things you imagine actually flushed out in a visual medium. Also, I ask that if you do make any fanart that you do so with consideration to the original owners of the works, they let us play in their little universe so the least we can do is play nicely.

Fanart for Duty, Honor, and Truth:

From I am the Bane of My Sword - http://www.fanfiction.net/u/378254/

http://deviatefish.deviantart.com/art/FanArt-4-FanFictions-sketch-1-80198659

http://deviatefish.deviantart.com/art/FanArt-4-FanFictions-sketch-2-80219057

http://deviatefish.deviantart.com/art/Tyrchon-s-Uzumaki-Naruto-82377481

What Makes A Good Fic By: Kraken's Ghost (trust me, this guy knows what the hell he is talking about, check his account out)

Interesting plot.
Proper, natural, and generally well done character development.
New and innovating ideas and concepts, especially ones that inspire the urge to write a fic of your own.
The original concepts, ideas, and characters as laid out by the author's canon are all given their just due. (After all, if we were important, we'd be making money off our writing, not wasting our time writing fanfics. :P)
Are there concepts in this fic that are just flat out sexy, in one way or another?
Proper grammar. (This is a killer.)
Proper spelling. (Another killer, but not as severe as grammar.)
How addictive the fic is. Do you want to see the latest chapter like yesterday or could you care less about whether this chimpanzee that advertises itself as an author lets loose another stream textual garbage?
Whether the fic in general gives you a powerful motivation to start writing you own.

Then we use this scale:

Great Fic: Has all the above. This is a fic you worship like none other. Build this thing a shrine and sacrifice the innocent to it.
Good Fic: Has most of the above. A fic you check for updates at least once a week or so. Can't wait for the new chapter, so hurry the eff up already!!1!LOLZ11!
Decent Fic: Has enough of the above that it's still on your favorites. Not the best, but still there if you get bored.
Okay Fic: Has some of the list. Rather bland really. You read these when you nothing else has been updated in awhile.
Crap Fic: Has at most one or two traits from the above list. Degrades from mere 'bland' to 'painful' to read. Shove a javeline up this loser's butt.
Shit Fic: Has NONE of the above. Totally unworthy of your time. An exercise in mental torture to even glance at. You can wish this 'author' will die and it won't affect you kharma negatively.