Name: AriEmeraldstar

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Species: Dragon

Relationship status: single

Occupation: First year undergrad student at the University of California, Riverside, working towards a B.A. in Creative Writing

Fandoms: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon, Inuyasha, Harry Potter, Kingdom Hearts, Ouran High School Host Club

Favorite things: Egypt, sudoku, dragons, dogs, writing/reading fanfictions, vanilla ice cream, manga, anime, role-playing games (RPGs), Mel Brooks movies

Things I hate: Homophobes, idiots, godmoders, politics, racism, hypocrites, @holes

Goal in life: To become the next J.K. Rowling/J.R.R. Tolkien

Favorite authors: Dean Koontz, Oscar Wilde, J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, Tamora Pierce, Dan Brown, Michael Crichton

Least favorite authors: Stephanie Meyer

Ships I support:

Pokemon: Advanceshipping (AshXMay); Palletshipping (GaryXAsh); Rocketshipping (JessieXJames)

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Yami no Yugi (Yami, Atem, Atemu) X Yugi, X Seto Kaiba; Seto Kaiba X Jonouchi (Joey), X Yami no Yugi; Honda (Tristan) X Otogi (Duke Devlin)

Harry Potter: HarryXGinny; RonXHermione; Albus DumbledoreXGellert Grindelwald

Inuyasha: MirokuXSango; InuyashaXKagome

Kingdom Hearts: RikuXSora; LeonXCloud; AxelXRoxas

Ships I can tolerate:

Pokemon: Abilityshipping (AshXAnabel); Airshipping (GiovanniXLawrence III (Jirarudan)); Pokeshipping (AshXMisty)

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Jonouchi X Mai; Seto Kaiba X Ryou Bakura, Yugi X Anzu (Te'a)

Harry Potter: HarryXDraco; Severus SnapeXLilly Potter

Inuyasha: KagomeXKoga

Kingdom Hearts: SoraXKairi; CloudXAerith; RikuXKairi; KairiXNamine

Ships I do not support:

Pokemon: Adultshipping (Prof. OakXDelia); Againstshipping (PaulXZoey); Alongsideshipping (BrockXDrew); Apprenticeshipping (Prof. OakXTracey)

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Anzu X almost anyone; Seto KaibaXMokuba Kaiba; Seto Kaiba X Pegasus

Harry Potter: SnapeXanyone but Lilly

Inuyasha: SesshomaruXInuyasha; ShippoXKirara; KaedeXanyone

Kingdom Hearts: RoxasXNamine

6/3/09

Let's see if me trying to update my profile actually works this time, hm?

I deeply, deeply apologize for the huge wait between updates. Life has been making it really hard to write, lately. I know that that's really no excuse, especially for someone like me, who wants to write for a living. In that aspect, it is nigh unforgivable; however, it is what it is. I will be doing my best to update more frequently, and that will get easier as summer break approaches. Let's face it; I'm the only one of my friends who's not taking summer courses, or has a summer job, or won't be really, really far away. I won't have anyone to do things with to distract me from writing.

So now, my patient, beloved readers, I ask but three simple things of you:

1. Go to the ever-wonderful authoress Laria Kaiba's profile. Read her awesome stories. Also, check out another good authoress and a good personal friend of mine, Naresome Hyakujuu, formerly known as Weirdperson, the one who let me have her account and make it my own. Here are the urls -- I can't figure out how to put them up as actual links, I'm afraid.

Laria Kaiba: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/285474/LariaKaiba

Naresome Hyakujuu: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1619618/Naresome_Hyakujuu

2. Listen to this list of songs:

"I'm Getting Over You" by The Click Five

"I Saw it on Your Keyboard" by Hellogoodbye

"Human," "Spaceman," and "Neon Tiger" by the Killers

And watch this awesome video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk5_OSsawz4&feature=channel_page

3. Please continue to be patient with me, and enjoy my work. I deeply treasure each and every reader and review I receive, and I do feel horrible about making so many of you wait for so long for me to update my work. I promise that I will work harder and get more done for all of you.

Hakuna Matata,

AriEmeraldstar

(More of my shorter, non-fanfiction works can be viewed here, where I have the same pen name: http://criticscorner.getdiscussion.com/ )