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Information/Bios

User Name: The Gentleman J

Nickname(s): Jack.

Status: Jack is the only one really using this account anymore, but Juri may or may not come back.

Personality: Blunt. Crazy. Insanily happy. All the damn time.

Nervous Habit(s): Running hand through hair.

Recommended Story of the Month: In Loco Parentis

An awesome story by amitai (she also wrote Hell is Other People, and An Object Lesson) who's actually a bit famous over in the Alex Rider category. Which this story is in, of course. Anyway, it's got a great plot, and the characterization is spot on. My whacked out summary for the thing is this: Jack's over in America because her father is sick and only has a bit of time left to live, and she rather wants to spend that time with him. So Alex needs somewhere to stay while she's gone, and as always, MI6 steps in, providing a temporary guardian. Namely, Wolf. As in all the things I adore, there is angst, but there are also copious amounts of rather dry humor, which rocks as well.

P.S. If you leave a review, please mention me. XD

Past Recommended Stories:

Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past by S'TarKan
Team 8 by S'TarKan

User Name: The Gentleman J

Nickname(s): Julie or Juri, whichever you prefer, now. Ivan Linche, (short for Infinite Laughter, a name one of our friends gave me), or Ivan. Or Convent Girl. Don't ask. Seriously, you do not want to know.

Status: I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK. g

Nervous Habit(s): Clenching my hands and biting my lower lip.

Personality: Talkative and bubbly, with a short attention span and a love for all things sweet.

Past Recommended Stories:

The Butterfly Effect by Anaphalis
Real Smile by Lady Indecisive
Sunset Over Britain by Bobmin

Free Talk

Jack: All our stories are just down there, so go check them out. Also, I'm willing to take requests for my services as a beta at the moment, so check out my Beta Profile if you want to know more, and drop me a line if you'd like me to beta something for you. Also, don't forget to check out our livejournal account (which is once again mostly used by Dark). There's some interesting stuff over there, especially for those 'Alex Rider' fans reading this (hint: check out the communities I've joined. Click on the 'Yassen_Alex' one, and check it out. If you join, be sure to mention me in the introduction post as the one who got you there. -wink-). I don't update regularly or that much, though, so some patience is required.

Juri: I'm mostly in too sports manga and small fandoms, so if you think you've got an interesting one and want to chat, I'm open. :D I'll probably be writing fanfiction on a few of my favorites, those of mention include: Double Arts, Saijou no Meii, Kuroko no Basket, and others.

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I did not have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
I am the person who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.

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