Well, now that I feel comfortable with the new mechanics in Yu-Gi-Oh, I'll have some duels written up before too long for my fics... along with some new cards.

On of said stories will be the re-revival of the Superman: After Smallville series started by ben10987654321. It'll incorporate ideas taken from the DCAU (DC Animated Universe) and DC's Television Multiverse (Supergirl, The Flash (both versions), Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Vixen, Constantine), along with the various animated live-action movies. And, due to The CW's 2019 crossover event Crisis on Infinite Earths, there's a possibility of the NetFlix show Lucifer being added.

With the permission of fellow writer Dirty Reid, I'm bringing back his old Naruto fic The Spider Fox under the new name of Shinobi Assemble and plan to bring it all the way to final battle against Kaguya. So, got that to look forward to.

A new story that's in the works is a fic series based on the Pathfinder RPG tabletop game. More on that one as it develops. Of course, I can't forget the likes of Harry Potter, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon Naruto. Hell, even my incomplete DBZ/Animorphs fic Saiyan Animorph will be coming back, with a few changes to reflect what's been seen on Dragon Ball Super.

And for the first time ever (I do believe), I've come up with a story that has me interviewing various characters in my fanfics as if said said fanfics was television and/or movies. Keep an eye out for it when it comes out, for it'll also serve as a notification of what new chapter for my other fanfics will be coming out, as well as a showcase of what's on the table.

And, continuing on getting out of my days of writing anime Harry Potter fanfics only, I'm also going to write Power Ranger fanfics (basically my take on what Disney Saban should've done with the translations of the Japanese source materials that gave us RPM, Samurai/Super Samurai Megaforce/Super Megaforce), alongside translating the entire Heisei Series of Kamen Rider (and that also includes the Kamen Rider Amazons, with the possibility of the 20th Heisei series Zi-O being added once I learn more about it), the 3 shows that make up the Chouseishin series (GranSazer, Justirisers & Sazer-X), Shougeki Gouraigan & the 3 shows that make up the Tomica Hero series (Madan Senki Ryukendo, Rescue Fire & Rescue Force).

And, to mark my return (and hopefully the end of the 'dry streak' of writing that's plagued me during my time away from my fics), I'm giving myself the name of Mystic Silver Pirate (as a nod towards my favorite Super Sentai character Gokai Silver, Ikari Gai)

So, keep an eye open for new revitalized stories from yours truly.

The Playlist

1. Linkin Park: all albums (including the Linkin Park Underground albums)
2. Disturbed: all studio albums, Forsaken (from the Queen of the Damned soundtrack)
3. Halestorm: I Get Off, It's Not You, Freak Like Me, Daughters of Darkness, I Miss the Misery, Mz. Hyde, Love Bites (So Do I)
4. Shinedown: Devour, Bully, Enemies, Unity
5. Busta Rhymes: We Made It feat. Linkin Park
6. AC/DC: Shoot to Thrill, Back to Black
7. Hinder: all studio albums
8. Nickelback: All the Right Reasons Dark Horse albums
9. DJ Vlad, Roc Raida Mike Shinoda: Rock Phenomenon album
10. Five Finger Death Punch: Bad Company (Bad Company cover), The Pride, Blue on Black
11. My Darkest Days: Pornstar Dancing feat. Zack Wylde of Black Label Society, Chad Kroeger of Nickelback & Ludacris
12. Eminem: Love the Way You Lie feat. Rihanna, Toy Soldiers, Not Afraid
13. Lindsey Stirling: Shatter Me feat. Lzzy Hale of Halestorm, Radioactive (Pentatonix cover)
14. Avery Watts: A Cut Above
15. Charm City Devils: Unstoppable
16. Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody, Fat Bottomed Girls, Somebody to Love, Another One Bites the Dust, Under Pressure, We Are the Champions, We Will Rock You
17. Miracle of Sound: all albums
18. Scum of the Earth: Pornstar Champion
19. Rob Zombie: Dragula, Living Dead Girl, Never Gonna Stop, We're an American Band
20. Ozzy Osbourne: Under the Graveyard, Crazy Train
21. Powerman 5000: When Worlds Collide, Super Villain

The Watchlist

1. Tremors franchise
2. Leverage
3. Marvel Cinematic Universe
4. Transformers franchise (most notably Machinima's Prime Wars Trilogy)
5. Dragon Ball Super
6. Power Rangers franchise (Lost Galaxy being a favorite of mine, along with Wild Force's Forever Red episode)
7. Super Sentai franchise (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger being a personal favorite of mine)
8. Kamen Rider franchise (Wizard, Gaim & Ex-Aid being favorites of mine)
9. Doctor Who (all hail Tom Baker!!!)
10. DC Comics Multiverse (live-action & animated)

The Quotes

"WAKANDA FOREVER!" Chadwick Boseman, Avengers: Infinity War

"The day they don't make fun of you, that means they don't give a damn about you." Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin Celebrity Roast of Sammy Davis Jr.

"Are you Tony... Stank?" Stan Lee, Captain America: Civil War

"Do what you always do best... find something simple and complicate it." Michael Gross, Tremors 3: Back to Perfection

"Whoa. Pump the hate brakes there, Fox and Friends. I'm just surprised anyone would date you, especially Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony." Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool 2

The FanFic department

IN PROGRESS

1. The Insanity Corner (X-Overs): A (hopefully) unique fanfic where I interview the various characters in my fanfics as if we were on a talk show.
2. Yuna's New Adventure (Dragonball Z/Final Fantasy X-2): Gohan is contacted by King Kai and sent to Spira, when Broly returns and starts his rampage to draw Goku out of hiding. (adopted from Vegnagun, who has since retired from writing fanfiction)
3. Harry Potter and the Path of Destiny (Harry Potter/Dragonball Z): Harry joins up with the Z-Fighters after being contacted by his godmother Chi-Chi Son and learns to harness a power that the legendary wizard Merlin once wielded. (formerly known as Harry Potter and the New Path series; adopted from knightblazer85)
4. Legends of the Frost (Harry Potter/Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim/Disney's Descendants): Harry, along with a select group of his friends, are taken to the Tamriel province of Skyrim in time to not only learn skills to combat against Voldemort, but to help the Khajit Dragonborn in his quest to defeat Alduin. Named after the song of the same name by Miracle of Sound Malukah.
5. Immortal Love (Dragonball Z/Sailor Moon): The story behind Trunks' encounters with the Sailor Scouts & the cast of Ranma 1/2.
6. Saiyan Animorph (Dragonball Z/Sailor Moon/Animorphs): Gohan travels to America to visit his cousin Cassie and gets involved in the war with the Yeerks. Redesigned and adding new material, courtesy of Dragon Ball Super & my old Legends of Earth fic.

IN DEVELOPMENT

1. When Legends Rise (Harry Potter/Marvel/DC): Also crossing over into the Alien & Predator franchises, GI Joe, Transformers & Doctor Who. Inspired by megamatt09's works, along with The Writer with No Name's The Last Son series & ben10987654321's Smallville X Evolution & Superman After Smallville. In the midst of Krypton's destruction, best friends and school rivals Jor-El & High Commander Dru-Zod send their only children to 2 different points on a distant planet, in the hopes of their people flourishing once again.
2. Gohan, the Legendary Super Saiyan (Dragonball franchise): The spirit of Dragon Ball Super's Gohan is sent to the past, in order to guide his younger self & help him achieve a form not seen in millenia. Crosses over with Sailor Moon, Final Fantasy VIII & Final Fantasy XIII - Lightning Saga. Is considered in my book, as a 'revival' of my fics from my freshmen years in the fanfiction business, with new material from Dragon Ball Super & the Super Dragon Ball Heroes promotional anime. One-shot prequel coming soon.
3. Heroes of the Everflame (Pathfinder RPG): the first story of The Pathfinder Chronicles. 4 adventurers join forces to recover a sacred relic, not knowing of the malevolent forces that await them.
4. Birth of the Kamen Riders (Heisei Kamen Riders): A group of people, including Blue Turbo Ranger Justin Stewart Pink Galaxy Ranger Kendrix Morgan-Corbett, gain the ability to turn into a warrior that fights for human freedom. One-shot story that sets the stage for the individual Kamen Rider stories.
5. Forever Red After Party (MMPR - Wild Force): The Red Rangers, and their respective teams get together to celebrate their victory against the remnants of the Machine Empire. Ends with a teaser for Birth of the Kamen Riders.
6. Mega Mission (Power Rangers Megaforce/Super Megaforce): A 'faithful' translation of Tensou Sentai Goseiger Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, with the son of Tommy Kat Oliver (first introduced in After Party) helping the Rangers out in their battles against Vrak and the Armada.
7. Superhero Taisen (Power Rangers/Super Sentai/Kamen Rider/ChouSeiShin trilogy/Tomica Hero series/Shougeki Gouraigan): The culmination of the various superhero fanfics that's under my belt. Named after the Japanese Super Sentai vs Kamen Rider movie. Ends with a teaser to the improved Legends of Earth.
8. untitled Superhero Taisen prequel (Power Rangers/Kamen Rider): Serving as a introduction for the Superhero Taisen fic, the Power Rangers that once formed the Mighty Morphin, Zeo, Dino Thunder, Jungle Fury, Samurai Megaforce teams join forces with their successors, the Dino Charge Power Rangers, and a group of 8 Kamen Riders (led by JD Oliver/Kamen Rider Wizard) as they work together to stop a global disaster. Ends with a teaser to Superhero Taisen.
9. Cross Epoch (Superman: After Smallville/Bound by Brotherhood, Forged in Fire): The embodiment of fear in the Superman: After Smallville universe makes his way to his counterpart within the Bound by Brotherhood, Forged in Fire universe, prompting teams from both universes to join forces to stop a wave of fear from enveloping the multiverse. Ends with a teaser to the improved Legends of Earth.
10. Legends of Earth (Bound by Brotherhood, Forged in Fire/Superman: After Smallville/Saiyan Animorph/Superhero Taisen/Rise of the Gatekeepers): The aftermath of Cross Epoch unleashes a force of dark energy that brings in various universes and re-writes their entire history, in the hope of eliminating the forces of the light.
11. Return of the Last Son (Smallville): Picking up where One Engagement and a Funeral (written by ben10987654321) left off at, Clark's death has new heroes coming out of the woodwork to honor the fallen Kryptonian. (continuing on from the 4-part Superman After Smallville fic series written by ben10987654321).
12. History of Ivalice (Final Fantasy 7/Final Fantasy 8/Final Fantasy X/Final Fantasy 12/Final Fantasy 13/): After the events surrounding Pulse Nova Chrysalia, Lightning comes across a book that talks about the world of Ivalice and its rich history.
13. Bound by Brotherhood, Forged in Fire (Harry Potter/X-Men Evolution): Harry Neville are betrayed by those they once considered family and join up with Professor Xavier and his X-Men when it's revealed that they're both mutants. Ends with a teaser to the improved Legends of Earth. (adopted from knightblazer85)
14. Rise of the Gatekeepers (Gatekeepers): An alien force covertly invades Earth and the only group of people equipped to fight it is a group of teenagers.
15. Brothers of Destiny (Harry Potter/Naruto): Twin brothers Harry Potter Naruto brings their respective worlds together in order to fight the growing darkness from both worlds.

The Reasoning behind The Insanity Corner

I know I'm not the only one who's come up against road blocks when writing. But my road blocks were bouncing between having to work a lot and not having the inspiration to write when I had a little free time (not to mention no internet access). It got to the point where I was about to throw in the towel and remove myself completely from the world of fanfiction.

However, one day when I was at home looking over some of the fanfics I have stashed away (this was after I got a new job that 'allowed' more time for inspiration to strike), my mind decided to come up with a new fanfic idea. Out of that idea was born The Insanity Corner, the 'talk show' fanfic where I interview the various characters that populate the many fanfics I have stashed away. That, in turn, help jump start some ideas I had for some of the old buried fics I had up a long time ago (Saiyan Animorph & Rise of the Gatekeepers being two such fanfics).

Another idea I had for The Insanity Corner came from various fanfics (mostly Naruto Harry Potter) where they mentioned a fic or two in their author notes. I took that idea and took it further than that. Instead of it being relegated to the author notes, I'm actually 'talking' about those fics in the sections between guests (except for Chapter 1, where Superman talks a little bit about some of the Smallville crossovers with Buffy the Vampire Slayer). So, if you're looking for more things to read, make sure you read The Insanity Corner to get fanfic recommendations.

So now, with pen paper in hand (along with a tablet PC access to free WiFi), I'm back in the game... hopefully to stay. Look below for a 'sneak peek' to see who'll make a stop by The Insanity Corner.

The Insanity Corner guest list (as of May 14, 2018)

1. Chapter 1: Brad Daniels (Saints Row the Third OC), Superman, Harry Potter, Jason David 'JD' Oliver (Power Rangers OC)
2. Chapter 2: Gohan, Neville Longbottom, Naruto Uzumaki, Autobot Slash (representing the Dinobots), Claire 'Lightning' Farron, Squall Leonheart & Cloud Strife (the last three will be at the same time)
3. Chapter 3: Yugi Moto, Jaden Yuki, Yusei Fudo, Zach Carter (all 4 at once, with Zach being the main OC for the YGO fic Ultimate Alliance), Temari, Kankuro & Gaara (all 3 at once), Johnny Gat and Jamie (Dragonball franchise Saiyan OC)
4. Chapter 4: Shun & Gokou Ukiya (both at the same time), Yuna, Mal (from Disney's Descendants), Michael Fitzgerald (Marvel's Avengers Alliance OC)
5. Chapter 5: Mavro the Khajiit (my Skyrim character), Ben Tennyson, Thai (Dragonball franchise Saiyan OC; on 'loan' from her creator, bubblegumthai), Dazzler & Armor (both at the same time)
6. Chapter 6: Serana, Aela the Huntress & Babette (all 3 at once), Jermaine & Alicia Taylor (both at once; Kamen Rider OCs), Tifa Lockheart, Kendrix Morgan
7. Chapter 7: Kelly & Tony Scott (both at once; Kamen Rider OCs), Rinoa Heartilly,

Superhero Taisen lineup

This area will be (for now) just to list the shows that'll be a part of the upcoming tokusatsu fic Superhero Taisen.

1. Power Rangers
2. Kamen Rider (Heisei-era Riders, with the exception of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight)
3. ChouSeiShin series (GranSazer, Justirisers Sazer-X)
4. Tomica Hero series (Madan Senki Ryukendo, Rescue Fire Rescue Force)
5. Shougeki Gouraigan
6. Americanized Super Sentai (Ressha Sentai ToQger, Uuchu Sentai KyuuRanger, Kaitou Sentai LupinRanger Vs Keisatsu Sentai PatRanger)