Chad: Have you ever seen Michael Crawford on a cereal box?
Troy Bolton: Who's Michael Crawford?
Chad: Exactly my point! He was the "Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. Now my mom, she's seen that musical 27 times and she put Michael Crawford's picture in our refrigerator. Not on it. IN it! So my point is, if you play basketball, you'll end up on the cereal box. If you sing in musicals, you'll end up in my mom's refrigerator!
Troy Bolton: Why would she put his picture in your refrigerator?
Chad: I don't know, one of her crazy diet ideas. Look, I don't attempt to understand the female mind, Troy!

--High School Musical, a Disney Channel movie

I haven't written anything in a year or so, but I'm thinking about starting again. All my fanfics so far have been in the Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables universes, but reading the new Harry Potter book has given me some new inspiration. For reading, I love romance fanfics, but no slash! My favorite ships are:

Phantom: Both Erik/Christine and Raoul/Christine can be beautiful and moving. :-)

Les Mis: Valjean/Fantine, Marius/Cosette

Harry Potter: Snape/Lily, Harry/Luna, Lupin/Tonks, and for a bit of a guilty pleasure - Snape or Lucius + Hermione, Ginny or Luna. Oh, and this isn't particularly swoon-worthy, but does anyone else think Voldie and Bellatrix were lovers?

By the way, I'd love to beta other people's stories! My creative inspiration is sometimes lacking, but not my grammar skills. If you'd like, e-mail me your story/chapter at bsonrisa@ufl.edu and I'll look it over. In addition, if you want your story translated between English and Spanish (either direction), I can do that too.