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former fanfiction name: shadowriter55
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~~the following may be the world's longest profile ever~~
Well...I'm a total anime nut (some, including me, might say obsessed...) and I love writing...obviously. My first ever Fullmetal Alchemist fanfic, Perspectives, is a completed as of 5/03/06 Royai fic I got an urge to write years back and figured, what the hell, might as well post it somewhere while I'm at it. And it all went on from there...take a look if you're interested.
Mmm...what else to mention...
AGE/RELIGION/GENDER- 19/ a weird version of Judaism/ girl. (I would hope that's obvious.)
WHEREABOUTS- NJ, USA...currently attending Fairleigh Dickinson University.
LIKES- Anime, writing, Royai (am obsessed to the point of it being unhealthy!), going on the computer, hanging with my friends, roses, being a lazy and rather violent (fan)girl, having a temper... and hyphens...my fics are littered with them. Oh, and cursing. I like cursing. I've discovered that I am a total RENT-addict for both movie and play--I'm taken with Angel, Collins, and Mark, but 'specially Angel.
DISLIKES- makeup, fake people, girly-girls/damsels-in-distress, Keiko (she just happens to be Yu Yu Hakusho's biggest flaw...), bigots/racists, close-mindedness religion-wise (all this One True Religion Convert Or Burn stuff bothers me in the worst way) skirts/dresses, school, math, being bored, writer's block...today's political atmosphere, and yaoi/yuri if the characters aren't really gay/lesbians. If they are, or if it's at least plausible and in character that said character could be homosexual, then cool, I've got no problem with it. Otherwise...what's the point? (And no, 'cause it's hawt' is not a good point!)
FAVE ANIME- I'm probably one of the biggest Yu Yu Hakusho fans in the world, but my latest addiction is Fullmetal Alchemist. Others would be Wolf's Rain, Trigun, Rurouni Kenshin, and Heat Guy J. (Teen Titans and Avatar-The Last Airbender also rock, but I'm not sure if they count as anime...oh, and The Beach? Worst Avatar episode ever, bar none.)
(I'll watch anything, though, as long as it's not either Fruits Basket or Naruto. Yes, I hate Naruto. Yes, I might be the only one.)
FAVE MANGA- Immortal Rain, Suikoden III, Fullmetal Alchemist, The Last Hope, Yu Yu Hakusho, Monster, Vampire Game, Eden, Legend of Chun Hyang
Well, I practically wrote a book here, but hey, I'm not very good with keeping things short. Basically, all you need to know as far as my fics are concerned is that ROYAI OWNS ME. I am IN LOVE these days with RoyxRiza. They have this bond that is...amazing. Not to mention great fanfic fodder. Basically, I fangirl that paring like there's no tomorrow.
Anyway, other parings in FMA I like are Ed/Winry, Danny/Maria, Al/Marta, Greed/Marta, Scar/Lust, Fuery/Shezca (sp?), Havoc/Fuery, and Hughes/Gracia. The only paring I'm really crazy over is RoyxRiza, though.
Now then: when it comes to yaoi/yuri, I'm...eh. I don't HATE it, I mean, HavocxFuery is a cute paring...it's just...I'm big on characters staying in character, and making someone gay when he/she isn't really usually strikes me as extremely out of character. 'Specially if said character is a total skirt-chaser in reality. :cough:Roy:cough:
In other words: the O-N-L-Y paring involving either Roy or Riza that I ship, is, well...Roy/Riza! There are a billion other parings with the two of them (forgive me, but seriously...Roy/Ed? The heck?) and...I hate them all. There is no basis for any of them, and there is such a basis for Roy/Riza. (As in, Roy/Riza is actually canon. For the most part, I try to stick to canon. Zutara is my only exception so far, since I personally think it's plausible and Kataang bores me to tears. Heh.)
As for other shows--for YYH, I support (as usual) most of the canon parings...Kuwabara/Yukina (I love Kuwabara...) Shizeru/Sakyo (although it's certainly destructive on her part!) Genkai/Toguro (again with the destructiveness!) and I'm also a Boton/Koenma shipper. I HATE Keiko, so I don't support her x Yusuke AT ALL (c'mon, like that relationship makes sense!), I don't support any Hiei parings because I just can't see him falling in love, and I support Kurama x NON-MARY-SUE-OC, not Kurama/Boton or whatever else you have.
For Teen Titans: Beast Boy/Raven, Beast Boy/Terra (but I'm a bigger fan of the first, 'cause post betrayal!Terra just pissed me off) and one of my top three parings, Robin/Starfire
For House (which, true to my fears, is now a full-blown obsession with me): top paring is, without a doubt, Chase/Cameron. I don't know why. I didn't even like Cameron as a character all that much! But putting her with Chase has totally made me do a 180 with my feelings about her. I have no idea who I want Wilson to be with yet, but I do have a sneaking suspicion he's gay. For lack of fanfics paring him with any other male character, I've been reading House/Wilson...but I really don't see House being gay. Guess for right now I prefer Wilson/OtherMaleCharacter?
Ah, hell. Wilson is just too awesome not to ship with someone. (Keep in mind: these parings have been decided upon without me having seen season 4 yet.)
House himself is just too much of an ass to ship in my opinion, but I do like House/Cuddy, for some twisted reason. House/Cameron, in my opinion anyway, is the worst semi-canon ship in the show. It doesn't work--in my opinion--as anything more or less then the infatuation-on-Cameron's-side the show presented it as. Also, I hate Stacy.
For ATLA: I'm a loyal supporter of Katara/Zuko (Zutara)! Canon, not-canon...honestly, at this point I don't care. Aang/Katara just doesn't do it for me. Suki/Sokka is also excellent...then again Sokka is amazing. (I don't mind Yue/Sokka, but...eh...I don't like her as much as I do Suki, so I'd rather Sokka stick with Suki...) and Toph/Aang. ...And every random now and then I find myself reading a Jet/Zuko or Azula/Zuko. It's totally a guilty pleasure thing, eh heh...(Although I have seen some good Azula/Zhao fics...but anyway!)
...And the cabbage man. The cabbage man rules all. ...So does Iroh.
Lastly, even though I'm really not that huge a fan of the books themselves, Tonks/Lupin from Harry Potter might be one of the best parings of all times. (Anyone who's read the 7th book knows how much I just love that ending! Only, y'know, not really. At all.)
Parings you'll never see me reading: Kurama/Hiei, Keiko/anyone; Katara/Aang, Mai/Zuko, Sokka/Toph; Robin/Raven; House/Cameron; Lupin/Sirius; :deep breath: Roy/Ed, Roy/Hughes, Roy/Havoc, Roy/Winry, Roy/Lust, Riza/Lust, Riza/Winry, Riza/Scar, Riza/Havoc, Riza/Ed, Ed/Envy, and Ed/Al. Yes, I know I can be rather anal with my parings. Whatever.
Fav characters out of all'a this would be Roy, Riza, Hughes, Sokka, Suki, Zuko, Iroh, Lust, Greed :coughthecabbagemancough, Tonks, Lupin, Wilson, Chase, Kuwabara, and Kurama.
~~~~~QUOTES...because I am a total quote-whore~~~~~~~~~~
"You can die at any time, but living takes real courage." - Kenshin Himura, Rurouni Kenshin
"Clever writers, like fountains, do not seem so deep as they are."--Charles Lamb
"Life should be a humane undertaking."--Thom Gunn
"Home is the sailor, home from the sea, and the hunter home from the hill."--Robert Louis Stevenson
"Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months." - Oscar Wilde
"Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination." --Mark Twain
"I may not be smart enough to do everything, but I'm dumb enough to try anything!"--Beast Boy from Teen Titans
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return."- Moulin Rouge
"Writing isn't just a diversion, it's a way of life."--not sure...
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."-Albert Einstein
"Death is not the worst that could happen to men." - Plato
CURRENTLY WORKING ON:
(Please keep in mind: as I mentioned above, I'm starting my freshman year in college now and have next to no free time. So expect slow updates and slower progress on editing Perspectives. Bare with me!)
Perspectives edits--Chapters 1-10 have been redone. Chapter 11 is next for the fixing-up. (This has basically been put on hiatus until I have more time.)--FMA--
Every Missing Irony-- Various takes on the RoyRiza themes, reviews wanted! --FMA--
FINISHED FICS:
~Be warned, my older writing is utter crap! And that includes Perspective, if you ask me.~
--The Fire Nation Trilogy--
--Violent Delights-- Same thing as Past the Fall and Afterthought, but it deals with Azula. No major parings...she's creepy enough without the added drama of romance! --A:TLAB--
--Past the Fall-- Companion fic to Afterthought, only from Zuko's point of view. Mai/Zuko lovers might want to stay clear. Very short, very choppy. --A:TLAB--
-- Afterthought-- A short character piece on Fire Lord Ozai, whose character fascinates me. No parings, just a lot of Ozai. --A:TLAB--
--Royai Fanfiction--
-- The Colonel and the First Lieutenant-- A finally finished series; my first few attempts at one-shots of the paring. Most of it is much older work, including some that dates back to--and is as poorly written as--Perspectives. --FMA--
--Remember Tomorrow-- A one-shot written for a challange between some friends and myself. An attempt at first person Royai. --FMA--
-- Midnight Insomnia-- My first ever Royai smut-fic...it needs work, but...hey...it's a Royai smut fic. That just says it all. --FMA--
-- The Beginning's Sacrifice--My take on chapter 62 of the FMA manga. Angsty as all heck, but I love it. (It's finished, people, don't put it on story alerts!) --FMA--
-- Perspectives--is finally done! My first ever fanfic (started in October of '05)! Even though in looking back I absolutely hate it, it's still my baby cause it was a total guilty-pleasure-I-must-put-Riza-and-Roy-together-squee!fic...and I had fun writing it. Read if you wish--but be warned, it's long and bad-word filled. And (I think) crappy. It's got quite a few AU elements to it as well, though I'm told they're understandable. It's, well...it's my first fanfic, and I like to think I've progressed since then! (Although, apparently 102 people like it more then I do! Have I mentioned recently how awesome my readers are?) --FMA--
--Other--
A Pleasure to Burn -- Super-short little Ishbal one-shot focusing on Roy. Angst, angst, and more angst, as always, buut...no Royai. Surprisingly. Written as a result of reading too many good classic novels with tons of lurking metaphors to pick apart. --FMA--
Unrequited-- Short, PWP look at Scar/Lust (animeverse, obviously). It's a paring I've always wanted to write, and I managed to use it as an excuse to write second-person as well. --FMA--
Filthy Women-- One of the darker things I've written...deals with Azula as seen in those last few episodes, so if you read it, prepare for insanity and bad-on-purpose punctuation.
CURRENTLY CRAVING:
Well-written Zuko/Katara one-shots
Well-written one-shots on the lesser known characters of any fandom
Well-written Collins/Angel one-shots
Well-written Wilson/O.M.C and/or Chase/Cameron!
Well-written Roy/Riza (anything, as usual)
At the moment I'm wandering from fandom to fandom with the help of skywalker05 and Argenteus Draco...Fullmetal Alchemist remains an obsession (blasted Royai), with Avatar a close second. And rounding out the top three is everyone's favorite jackass of a doctor. (Well, ok: the whole reason I like the show is because of poor, hapless Wilson!)
I love requests, challenges, constructive critiques, and reviews in general. Tell me what you think about my writing and I'll be happy...leave me one of those super-long, in-depth, really detailed reviews and I'll be really happy.
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