Overall conclusion of last poll - reviews are for authors. Note on current poll: my apologies if you have used one of the tropes above. I didn't really choose them with any fics in mind, but rather I was thinking about the sort of themes I see in CCS fanfiction, and how you couldn't apply the same archetypes to Ash as you do to Syaoran so most of them are taken from fics outside the Pokemon fandom.

"To be loved is to be fortunate, but to be hated is to achieve great distinction."

I'm probably too old to still be watching cartoons and as this has always said - totally obsessed with couples. I'll basically watch anything on TV and thus the wide variety of stories available for you to read. I also have very eclectic taste in books so I think that helps a bit too. As you can see, I've been on fanfiction a long time, so there's a major style difference between my early and later works. I should warn you now that I was 14/15 when I wrote Reasons and hopefully that will excuse me somehow.

Works in progress include:

Ash: The Last Stand: It's time for Ash to make a second attempt at the Pokemon League. With his friends and family to support him, will he finally have what it takes to succeed? Based in a way on several things that I think will need to be resolved in order for us to get closure if they really are going to replace Ash with Dawn, for example: Gary/Ash rivalry, Ash's parentage, Team Rocket (because Dawn needs to find her own villains, she can't just bludge of Ash's), Brock's womanizing ways, the question of Pikachu's evolution, and one more try at the Indigo Plateaux. A rather extensive list, and that's not even half of it. This is one that requires A LOT of forward planning, so there are going to be long periods between updates, but I think there will be a lot in it for everyone to love. Pokeshipping, and Oakshipping so far (and MorningWoodShipping hehe!). Probably Parentshipping and Mangashipping to come. I'm starting arc two!

On Angels Wings : AAMRN. "I know angels are overrated, but that's what I am and Angel and this is my story." This is the story of a feministic gaurdian angel sent to earth in human form to keep a boy who seems to have sixth sense for danger out of trouble. (slight mangashipping). Half a chapter - I need to do some story plan maps to plot this a little.

Karate, Kung Fu and 47 Other Dangerous words: AAMR, it was going to be a one shot in au style about the loves and losses of a spy Ashton Satoshi Ketchum but then I wrote six thousand words and still wasn't finished so now its just in lots of parts. Status: Writers Block.

I'll Take The Tears: Co-written by Asukakusanagi. This story started as being based on the 'Sweet Valley Legacies' in that it was the idea of Ash and Misty being destined to fail romantically in order for their separate offspring to find love. Then it languished and I came up with a better idea that was a bit more akin to 'Parent Trap' in some ways. The main characters are OT, but then there's lots of Ash and Misty too. AAMR.

The Law of Reality: All Misty wanted was to be accepted, that and for Giselle to get off her high horse and eat her own words, but that's a little off topic. Now it seems there's only one thing that can save her from herself and only one boy how can give it to her. AAMRN. Again I have the next two chapters pre-written.

Dude, Where's My Plot: I always wanted to do one of those plotless insane fics and sticking with the usual parody I picked Jerry Springer as the set for it. So what started off as an insane fic soon turned into a plotless adventure to the real world filled with guest stars from Lord of the Rings to Card Captor Sakura. I suppose that's what i get for eating a whole bag of candy floss in ten minutes. AAMRN. I suspect I'm about a chapter ahead. Never really had a plan for where this was going so no excuse there. It was really weird, I actually managed to finish it, then decided I didn't like the end and kept it going.

More Than You Think You Are: This has been loaded up as two separate stories (1 in CCS and the other in PKMN) so while the stories will eventually collide, they are separated for now. Ash is a card captor, Misty is a sorceress sent from Hong Kong to help him but - thanks to jealousy on her behalf - changes her mind, and Gary is her annoying cousin who will never leave her alone (where Brock fits into this is still beyond me). Sakura is a Pokemon trainer on the road to become the Worlds Greatest Pokemon Master with her partner Kero and an annoying, electricity loving brat who won't leave her alone just because Kero accidently melted his bike, geez! some people. If you ask me there is something seriously wrong here and Jesse seems to be the only one who knows just what. AAMRN, BASR, JAJR, S+S, T+N, E+T. About two ahead in total.

Queen of my Heart - AU fic with a strange mixture of knights and the modern world. Couples are Syaoran and Sakura, Madison and Eriol, Ruby and Tori. One chapter ahead and getting increasingly closer to Writers Block status.

Live Forever, Die Tomorrow: Kaho has been diagnosed with a heart condition and she has only one wish for Touya who she must leave behind – that he be happy even when she’s gone. But who could take her place in his heart. Who could make him smile through the toughest times he has ahead and make him want to love again when everything tells him to hang up his hat and die? “Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die tomorrow.” ~ James Dean. TxN.

A Match of Misfortune: Li Syaoran must return to the Kinomoto Kingdom with the remains of his fiancee after her death. But a marriage is still required and now Syaoran must choose one of Kinomoto Fujitaka's six remaining daughters in order to preserve the honour of both families. AU. SyaoSaku. TouyaNakuru. ChiharuTakashi. RikaYoshiyuki. MeilinOC. TomoyoEriol?

Someone Elses Shoes : The worst way to miss someone is standing right next to them knowing you can't have them and Rika knows this better than anyone. For five years she has been in love with her best friend Henry and when a wish doesn't turn out the way it should her love for him is the only thing left to hold onto. Jenruki, Jurikato, Ryo is gay. Status: Writers Block.

A DigiNights Dream: Based on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' this is a story of love, revenge, jealousy/envy and lust - all the the best emotions really. Matt loves Sora, and the two are bethrothed for reasons that can't be explained here, only she loves Tai who conveniently loves her back. Mimi loves Matt, and he knows this and tends to use it to his advantage. Izzy loves Yolei and Yolei loves Izzy and everything would be fine if they could get past the fact that they also hate each other for the majority of the time. Ken doesn't love anyone, but that doesn't stop him, or Davis (who as we all know loves Kari, but that's not really relevant right now) from being dragged into this sordid tail of misadventure, misunderstandings, mistaken identities, mystery, mischieviousness, melancholy and just madness generally. Status: Writers Block. This started as a Taiora and is slowly turning into a Mimato which is kind of strange.

Completed works:

One plus One plus One. Two Right: My first fic so please excuse the bad writing and undeveloped plot.

Price of Love: Sakura is heart broken when she thinks that Syaoran has been killed in a plane crash, and now a mysterious stranger has come to test her heart which has become corrupted by her grief. S+S with some E+T on the side.

Beyond the Shadows: A story where the worst situation tends to bring out the best in people and their deepest desires are revealed. Its about a girl who uses love to help her escape from the cruel reality she lives in. AAMRN. BrockxOC (what was I thinking?!)

Pretend to be Nice: Misty would do absolutely anything to get to the once in a lifetime concert that Westlife are holding right in the middle of Kanto. The problem is that it's been sold out for months and her only option is to be the pawn in Jesse Rocket's sinister plan. AAMRN. Minor: Rocketshipping.

Valentines Verse : Lost Lyrics: Ash comes to a crossroads where he has to make a decision he never wanted to make. Three ghosts of the past, present and future are here to help. AAMRN.

Reasons of the Heart: My most popular fics obviously and one of my favourites. A bit cliched and contrived at parts, but completely and utterly addictive. I was going through a 'Pokemon the Musical' thing and so there is a song in every single chapter - just skip past them. Ash and Misty get into a fight and don't see each other for many years only to run into each other again at college of all places (I realize now that I never fully explained what Ashy-boy was doing there). Never have the words 'damn you Ash' been used more often in a single fic and the source of other such infamous lines as 'it was never about the bike'. AAMRN. Minor: MelodyxOC, BrockxSabrina.

Three Small Words: It seems that everyone but Touya seems to get it and they have a very clever plan to make sure he realises it before its too late. Touya and Nakuru fic. Some S+S and E+T. CCS.

Not What You Think: I just thought it would be funny if the characters of CCS had to endure a THINGE. This is the story of how one misdirecting email can bring two people together when everybody else around them had failed (although that last bit is really a side bit, and if anyone would like to write a prequel for this based on that, go right ahead). S+S with a touch of E+T on the side.

Brock: A Short History: A story about a bit of Brock's life before he joined up with Ash & Co. Sort of based around the Marsh badge episode and inspired by the Electrical Tale of Pikachu (a strange combination I'm sure). Exploring Brock's friendship/romance with Sabrina. Just something different for a change. Implied pokeshipping.

Sweet Home Pallet: A parody on my absolute favourite movie of all time. At age 25 it seems that Misty Kasumi Waterflower has been living three different lives and now Sumi, Misty and Kasumi are about to converge as she is once again urged to take on yet another persona for the sake of love. Satokasu/AAMRN. Minor couples: rocketshipping, mangashipping, a very slight hint at eldershipping in one scene.

Game-Set-Match: Not about tennis. One of my personal favourites. At 21 Brock still can't get a date with anyone generally and Suzy in particular, so he asks Misty a favour - to set him up with one of her friends so that he can prove to Suzy that he is in fact 'boyfriend material'. After some careful thought, Misty comes up with the perfect match but of course things are never as straightforward as they seem. BrockxSabrina, with AshxMisty on the side and 'Misty clone' bashing.

Something in the Water: Oneshot: When Gary comes out of the closet, Ash has to deal with Misty making certain assumptions about all the Pallet boys and goes to Gary for some 'advice' on how to prove to Misty that he isn't 'that way inclined'. Pokeshipping.

Pikachupi: Ritchie informs Ash of the meaning of a certain word in Pikachu's vocabulary. How does he react? Badly.

The Show Must Go On: Misty is directing a Water Show in the gym and she's asked Dawn to take the leading role as the underwater princess. But who will she ask to be her prince? Like you even have to ask. AAMR.

Ash: The Last Stand (Beginnings): The first arc is complete! .

I Am Not My Sister's Keeper: Sometimes keeping two people apart is exactly the thing that brings them together. An S+S from Touya's perspective - essentially Touya is doing everything in his power to prevent his sister from falling in love with Li Syaoran, but somehow ends up facilitating the whole thing. More T+N than S+S, but I'm a sucker for a good TouyaNakuru

I Thought I Saw a Rainbow: Ash finally finds the courage to confess his feelings for Misty, but things somehow go awry and she mistakes his confession of love for something else entirely. Now Ash has to find a way to tell Misty he loves her, while she labours under certain misapprehensions about his sexual preferences. Somehow the words 'I love you, Myst, and BTW I'm not gay' just aren't going to cut it. AAMR.

Note: I've decided to remove A New Beginning because I have no intention of updating it, and I think in a way the story itself has been superseded by More Than You Think You Are.

Coming Soon :

World of Our Own: Yet another westlife "inspired" title. It's the end of the world for everyone but Sakura and Syaoran who have to somehow save man kind from an ancient evil which lay dormant in an Aztec pyramid for thousands of years. Out December 23 . . . 2012. I don't know why I can't get this fic up, although technically the world is to end on December 24th (according to the Aztec's which is pretty much the inspiration for this one so it does seem a little pointless holding it back til then). S+S.

This Could be the Night: This is a fic that I want to write but I'm not sure I'll have time to write it (or the discipline) so this one is on offer to anyone who wants it for now. It's based on the movie of the same name (a movie from the same era as 'Guys and Dolls') and if you see this movie you'll realize that it is just perfect for an S+S story. It's about a teacher who has to work for the mob as a receptionist in order make ends meet, and while there she falls for the second in command who is a cold womanizer. "Nice girls are the worst kid of girls," he said cooly, turning his back on her. "With the rest of them you know where you stand; but a nice girl will make you fall and break your heart even as she tries to put the pieces back together."

Death of a Pokemon: This is, rather ironically I think, about a dying ghost Pokemon with one last wish before he leaves his trainer. Could Brock be the answer? Thanks to pikagurl23 I finally know why I like writing BASR so much - because of the totally drama free AAMR I get to write on the side (Ash and Misty are exceptionally cute together and I hardly ever get to write that because it's just not interesting as a main plot). Also its the psychic thing - I totally don't get why more people don't write about Sabrina.

Citrus paradisi: The Forbidden Fruit: It started out with a simple thought - why doesn't anyone ever write a pregnancy fic where the couple are practicing safe sex, where it isn't a 'one-night-stand', where the couple have been together for more than a year? What if instead of a couple crazy hormonal teens, it were two consenting adults in their early twenties? What if instead of being madly in love and unable to control their urges, it was just about sex - at least in the start? And what if one of those people was psychic? Now it gets interesting.
Pure, unadulterated BASR, and I seriously mean it - there are whole chapters in here where Ash and Misty don't even get a mention. I'm making a serious attempt at a proper BASR (not merely a one-shot like fic) with plot development, burgeoning feelings and chronological progression - I would even go as far as to call is a BASRN. Inspiration for this one is Bittersweet Romanticide's Canon Rape although I'd be damned if I could tell you which chapter.

One Week : AAMRN. Ash and Misty haven't seen each other face-to-face in five years, so it isn't too much of a surprise when she doesn't recognize him on her doorstep as a man on a mission - to close the Cerulean Gym!
Summary: When a handsome stranger shows up on your doorstep you'd be forgiven for any initial 'impure' thoughts or ponderings of good fortune, but those tend to fade once you discover the person is the official league inspector and your home is now at risk of closure. What more, he's rude, cold, occasionally sweet, but overall indifferent and expects you to put him up for the week while he inadvertently ruins your life. But its only one week right? How bad could it be?

Sibling Rivalry: A complicated AAMR. Ash sets his brother, Jason, up with Misty in order to somehow put an end to his tumultuous affair with Giselle. Misty agrees to a date with Jason, mostly out of disappointment that it wasn't a date with Ash, and when Ash asks her how the date was, the two end up spending the night together (don't ask). Now Jason thinks he likes Misty, Ash knows he likes Misty and Misty definitely likes Ash, but she's sort of dating Jason because Ash assured her it would only be for a few weeks, but weeks turn into months and soon Ash is carrying out a sordid affair with his brother's girlfriend behind his back, unable to stay away from the woman he loves. It's complicated.

Ash: The Last Stand (History): Arc two!

CCT: The Forsaken Card Captor: "You have been judged, Kinomoto Touya, and you have been found wanting." Basically, I find it hard to believe that Touya - who has a fairly significant amount of magic and is well attuned to magical auras - never stumbled across the book of Clow. But maybe he did. And maybe he failed his final judgement, knowing that another candidate would come along, and that the book was the key to her final happiness.

E-Sy Like Sunday Morning: Haven't really got a plot for it yet, but I just came up with the best ever title for an EriolxSyaoran fic and now I feel obliged to write one as a special challenge to myself. I think everyone should try at least one random coupling. Will be total crack.

Si naif! (French: So naive!). SxS marriage fic I've always wanted to do. No more than three chapters. Romantic comedy, or at least I hope it's funny.
Summary: With a determinative nod she resigned herself to what she had to do. There was nothing else to it. She had no other choice. She was simply going to have to seduce her husband, and goddammit! he would like it.

Mangashipping: There are exactly 7 BASR fics. I'm heart broken mostly because I wrote most of them sigh. Let me know if you spot one, or better yet, if you write one I will be incredibly eager to read it.

A Random Fandom Countdown - a must for any bio

TEN . . . couples I’ve read: Ash Ketchum and Misty Waterflower, Brock Slate and Sabrina, Ruki Miniko and Jenrya Li, Taichi Kamiya and Sora Tekonuchi, Sakura Kinimoto and Syaoran Li, Touya Knomoto and Nakuru, Tomoyo Daidouji and Eriol Hirigizawa, Peregrine Took, Meriadoc Brandybuck and Boromir of Gondor (v. funny story, Boromir couldn’t tell the difference between them so I figured it counted), Elrond and Sauron (v. messy break up involving the colour purple), Gary and Tracy (cos I reckon they make a cute couple).

NINE . . . fanfics I wish I had written: Childhood Crush and Jagged Amber by StarJade, The Very Secret Lord of the Rings Diaries by Cassandra Claire (explains previous LOTR couples, got to http://www.ealasaid.com/misc/vsd/, they’re the best), The Master Plan by Wild Growlithe, Vacation! by JadeWing, Just a Dare by Togepretty, The River Runs Through it by Pikasass, Love and War by Spruceton Spook, Sentry by Wordpainter.

EIGHT . . . people I’d like to meet: Satoshi Tarij – so I could force my idea’s upon Pokemon Mwahahahahah Ohohohohohohoh (BRING BACK MISTY!); The Head of Nelvana – so I could punish them for what they did to Card Captor Sakura; Whoever was in charge for that last episode of the second Digimon – it was so obvious Kari and TK were meant to be together and they weren’t and instead they had two other random couples that I don’t like, and they wouldn’t even admit to one of them in the English version, and in short someone must be punished; Douglas Adams - I am so obsessed with Hitchhikers right now and meeting him would be very, very, very cool; B. F. Skinner - he seems like someone it would be very cool to have a conversation with don't you think? Father of behaviourism in case you were wondering, my very awesome behavioural lecturer had a fight with him in an elevator once; Rowan Atkinson - again, would seem a very cool person to have a conversation with and I love Blackadder; on a similar note, Hugh Laurie; and I have to say Sigmund Freud - there are just so many controversies when you start to look into it, I would love to talk to him and find out what he really meant. Alternatively, I would love for him to psychoanalyse me - I wonder what deep sordid tales he would reveal and what this bio says about the dark innerworkings of my mind.

SEVEN . . . things that annoy me: Hypocrites. People who pollute storm water drains - I don't know why that in particular seems to get to me but it does. People putting down boy bands. Really mean and critical reviews that just make you hostile and the people who write them. Lack of manners. People who steal ideas (you know who you are and I know what you did). Advanceshipping - don't know why it gets to me, probably cos it actually has enough hints to challenge pokeshipping. Just with regard to advanceshippers, how do they deal with the whole Drew thing cos Contestshipping is practically canon.

SIX . . . couples I’ve written: (in order of original publication)Ash and Misty, Tai and Sora, Sakura and Syaoran, Ruki and Jenrya, Touya and Nakuru, and Brock and Sabrina.

FIVE . . . fandoms I’ve written: Pokemon, Card Captor Sakura and Digimon. I did a quick stint of LOTR within a fic and a Blue one which never got put on fanfiction. Ok so I technically only have three fandoms but this question asked for five so I had to adapt.

FOUR . . . things I love: Writing (this includes poetry, music, non-fiction, fiction and the writing of others), my friends cos they’re just the best, designing and making clothes, and my dog Honey.

THREE . . . characters I’d love to meet at the moment: Pippin – c’mon, who wouldn’t want to meet Pippin? I mean, he’s the cutest hobbit in the fellowship and I don’t have to worry about Sam killing me if I decide to glomp him. Tomoyo – I want to open a can of whoop-ass on her for stealing my birthday. Bridget Jones- She's just so clever and witty without even knowing it. She's the spokes model for all women all over the world - if Bridget can nab Mark Darcy then there's hope for the rest of us yet.

TWO . . . songs I associate with fandom: Misty’s song and just about anything Westlife (please note Westlife 'inspired' titles). Actually, the main song I associate with fandom right now is 'Love the One You're With' because it's the first song in my playlist for writing.

ONE . . . character I could spend the rest of my life with: Dr. Who (and by Dr. Who I mean the tenth Doctor), I mean who wouldn't. He takes you across the galaxy, he occasionally puts on a very sexy Scottish accent, he is a remarkable dresser (love the cut of his gib much?), and even though he's not ginger, he happens to be dead sexy. If only he didn't have such a propensity for getting into such tiresome situations. He's like Ash only all sexy and Scottish - mmmmm, Scots are so hot right now.

"Monday is such a can awful way to spend 1/7 of your life."