"Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts." ―Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

Introduction

Greetings, all of those who are viewing this profile! As you can hopefully tell, I'm a cartoon fanatic. But I'm also an anime and police procedural show fanatic. Moreover, I am a dedicated fanfiction writer active since 2011 (although timestamps on my current roster of works don't show it), and I aspire to write books of my own someday. I graduated from a public college in California, United States, with a major in English. I've just gotten a job that will potentially serve as my safety net while I tackle writing books, and I am just focused on settling into that job whenever I am not writing. It's a bit of a chore, but I think I can manage.

ENJOY!

My time zones

U.S.: Pacific Standard Time (PST)

International: UTC-08:00

Alternate accounts

Archive Of Our Own: TheCartoonFanatic01

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Status update (January 11, 2025)

Sorry for the weeklong radio silence, everyone. Been busy with IRL matters again. Still thinking of something I could write and post for this month.

Status update (August 8, 2023)

Alright, everyone! Rundown of some important things.

Quite unfortunately, due to a number of commitments that I'm juggling on this site and in real life, I've made the tough decision to discontinue quite a few of my stories that have been on hiatus for some time. They consist of the following:

-"Fate/Rule Zero" (Fate/stay night)

-"Hero Club" (My Hero Academia)

-"My Marvel Academia: A Tale of Two Schools" (My Hero Academia/Marvel crossover)

-"Judgment's Fall" (Pokémon)

Another big reason on why I decided to do that is because it was clear to me that I wouldn't be coming back to those projects, no matter how hard I'd try. They were dead weight at this point, and I was delaying the inevitable. To those of you who enjoyed those stories and wanted to see more, I'm truly sorry for this development, but it couldn't have been helped. I would've loved to see where I took those stories, but this is what happens when you stretch things out too far and decide to tackle multiple projects at the same time. Eventually, some stuff falls to the backburner, and you get to the point where you have to decide if it's worth pursuing anymore. :(

However! It's not totally over for those projects! I am actively brainstorming a rewrite of "Judgment's Fall" that I will start working on in earnest when I have an opening. I am also mulling over a rewrite of "Fate/Rule Zero" as well, but I haven't written for the "Fate" fandom in so long that I may have to tackle a smaller-scale project first before I take care of that. And if anyone wants to take over writing duties for me with "Hero Club" and "My Marvel Academia: A Tale of Two Schools", then please let me know! I'm down for handing those projects over to you if I can see you've got the writing chops for it! :D (I do plan on reaching out to my readers at AO3 about this too, so if you don't see any movement here regarding this, it may be happening over at AO3's side.)

As for the remaining four stories of mine that are still in hiatus status, they remain that way because I'm not entirely on board with discontinuing them at the moment. I'm confident that I can return to those eventually for various reasons depending on the story. I just need to find an opening in my schedule to do so. I may have to revisit their status again, but that'll be for another time.

So, long story short, I had to discontinue a bunch of my projects that were on hiatus, but it's possible that they can come back in different forms. Beyond that, I'm very sorry for these developments, everyone. I know there was considerable reader enthusiasm for these projects. It's no one's fault but mine.

Ongoing stories

-"The Way We Will Be" (Pokémon)

-"Outlier" (Sword Art Online)

-"The Way We Will Be (Original Version)" (Pokémon)

-"The Way We Will Be: Beginnings" (Pokémon)

-"Babysitting Lei" (Pokémon)

Stories on temporary hiatus

-"The Wings of an Angel" (Angel Beats)

-"Kubfu and the Strike of Rapids" (Pokémon)

-"Rei Todoroki: Pro Hero!" (My Hero Academia)

-"Fists from the Heart" (My Hero Academia)

Completed stories

-"The Thompsons" (The Simpsons)

-"Taken Away" (Phineas and Ferb)

-"Return of the Hero" (Pokémon)

-"Separation" (Pokémon)

-"Blooming Kingdom" (Castle Town Dandelion; discontinued)

-"Serena's Family Reunion" (Pokémon)

-"Training Harder" (Pokémon)

-"Evil Phineas" re-post (Phineas and Ferb)

-"Evil Phineas Trilogy: Book 1: Dark Rising" re-post (Phineas and Ferb)

-"Evil Phineas Trilogy: Book 2: Shadowy Legends" re-post (Phineas and Ferb)

-"Daddy's Little Peanut" (Spy x Family)

-"Meet the Forgers" (Spy x Family)

-"So Wrong And Yet So Right" (Pokémon)

-"Unbeatable" (Pokémon)

-"Ribbons of Love" (Pokémon)

-"Our Daughter" (Pokémon)

-"Barkugo" (My Hero Academia)

Archive Of Our Own-exclusive stories

-"Eraserhead's Sleepless Nights" (My Hero Academia; one-shot lemon)

-"Paizuri Paradise" (My Hero Academia; lemon fic)

-"Kaminari's Cum Tributes" (My Hero Academia; lemon fic)

-"The Number 1 Breeder" (My Hero Academia; lemon fic)

News update (January 8, 2023)

Just a heads-up, there's a new account feature for this site called "Email Opt-in". It controls the site's ability to send out email notifications to you. It is disabled by default, so you need to go to your account settings and enable it by clicking "Yes". The site will disable the opt-in by default again after 90 days of activation; in other words, you'll need to return to your account settings about EVERY SIX MONTHS to manually reset it. Without the opt-in, you WILL NOT be getting email notifications on whether any of your favorite stories have been updated or not, or whether an author that you are following has posted a new story or not. Please heed these instructions! FictionPress announced this new feature on their Twitter account, but I doubt news of this has reached everyone!

News update (October 27, 2021)

Hey, everyone! Due to the slowly improving situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak, I am going to have to remind you all about the basic steps you should take if you want to stay healthy, courtesy of my university's reminder emails:

-Wash hands often with soap and water for 20-30 seconds at a time, and/or use hand sanitizer
-Avoid close contact with people who are sick
-Keep your hands away from nose, eyes, and mouth (I can't imagine how difficult this part is probably going to be)
-Eat well, get adequate rest, and exercise regularly
-Get a flu shot if you haven't already and are able to
-Stay informed on the COVID-19 vaccines, get shots if you're able to, and try to get a booster shot if you're eligible

And if you ARE sick (I hope you get better if you are), please be a good sport and save other folks the trouble of getting sick. You can do this by:

-Covering your mouth and nose with your sleeve, elbow, or a tissue whenever you sneeze or cough
-Not sharing food and drinks with others
-Avoiding touching your mouth, nose, and eyes (Again, I understand this is probably going to be difficult)
-Avoiding close contact with others
-Cleaning and disinfecting surfaces and objects
-Staying at home if you're unwell (PRIORITY NUMBER ONE!)
-Staying calm and keeping yourself well-informed (My personal advice)

If you already know this, then great! If you didn't know any of this beforehand, please keep that information in mind as we all go through this trying time. It's a realm of unknowns at this point, and I wish myself and all of humanity well.

IMPORTANT News update (May 27, 2021)

This is in reference to the below news update. The user in question has just come forward, clarified their positions, and apologized for their actions. I took their apology, and hopefully the hatchet has been buried. But I will keep these news updates on my profile for anyone here who might be dealing with similar problems of online impersonation. Everyone has rights, even on the Internet. Don't forget that.

IMPORTANT News update (May 21, 2021)

Hey, everyone. If you're reading this right now, I've got some urgent news to share with you all, and I need you to pay close attention, because this is in regards to a situation that might affect you if you've written a story on this site.

Someone's impersonating me. This is no joke.

Right now, they're going under the name of "A TheCartoonFanatic01", but they could change the username at any time. Please understand that THAT isn't an alternate account of mine; I have absolutely no plans of using an alternate account for whatever reason. They have been registered since May 16 of this year, and as far as I know, they've left trolling and accusatory reviews on two of my stories before I blocked them; I've reported both of their reviews as well.

After that, it came to my attention today that this user reviewed two "Phineas and Ferb" stories under that username, unnecessarily bashing their stories and referring them to "Evil Phineas", claiming it is better than theirs. I don't know if they've reviewed any other stories like this or done anything else, or if they're in the process of doing anything else. But I'm already feeling the consequences of this. One of the authors targeted by these terrible reviews has already confused me with the impersonator and sent me a PM because of it. I just sent them a response in which I explained the situation to them, told them what to do to get the impersonator off of their back, and apologized for them being caught up in the situation. In addition, I PMed the other author to inform them of the situation as well, and I've reported both offending reviews.

I STRONGLY urge you all to be on the lookout for this person. If you see or receive a review or a PM from someone with my username in theirs, a review or a PM that contains any sort of harassment, unusual accusations against me, strange behavior, or even just plain bad writing in general, I need you all to REPORT THEM. What they are doing right now is absolutely uncalled for and nothing less than the behavior of an immature troll. And let's not forget, it's ILLEGAL.

The funny thing is that I've had experiences with this person before they chose to set up that account. They used to be an unsigned reviewer active in the Marvel fandom who has been VERY critical and nitpicky with how I'm writing one of my stories, "My Marvel Academia: A Tale of Two Schools". Ever since I began deleting their reviews through the site's review moderator function, they've been having an absolutely hilarious fit and trying to harass me here and at Archive Of Our Own, even though I've been deleting their reviews at every turn before they could even become publicly visible. But unfortunately, they've decided to stoop to an even lower point by impersonating me and doing stuff under my name.

And I'd like to take this moment to address "A TheCartoonFanatic01" directly. Also known as "OK KO". Yes, you. I know it's you. And I know you're reading this.

I'm not joking when I said this was illegal. IT IS.

ONLINE IMPERSONATION IS ILLEGAL.

Just Google "is online impersonation illegal" or something similar, and you'll get a ton of results confirming this. You CAN be held liable in a civil court, and depending on how far you've gone, you CAN be charged in criminal court. YOU COULD GO TO JAIL FOR DOING THIS. THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER.

I understand that you've got problems with how I've chosen to take "My Marvel Academia: A Tale of Two Schools", and I have taken them into consideration. But a professor of mine taught me this: only the writer has the final say on where to take the story that they want to write, and not the person giving feedback. Constructive criticism is absolutely acceptable and I've had my fair share for every fanfic that I've written. But there comes a point where it turns from that into simply forcing the writer to change the story so it could make more sense to the person giving the feedback. You can't just butt into the writer's vision like that. And there is a direction that I know I want to take with "My Marvel Academia: A Tale of Two Schools". It became clear to me that you persistently wanted one thing while I wanted another, and that was why I started ignoring you. I'm sorry if my direction doesn't jibe with your expectations or beliefs.

But what I'm not sorry about is calling you out on your tomfoolery. I know I could've sent you a PM telling you all of this, but that means settling the matter privately and you're not worth that goodwill anymore. You made this dilemma public from the moment you created an impersonation account, reviewed innocent, uninvolved authors' stories, hurt someone's feelings, and got them to confuse you with me through their emotional vulnerability.

You could've just ignored my story like how I was ignoring you. After all, my fic is just one of many, MANY fics out there, and its existence does not spell the end for the rest of them. It was never my intention to actively, maliciously offend you with my fic or with all of the times that I've ignored you. But you chose to become that pesky fly and keep harassing me until, when all your anonymous and unsigned messages kept bouncing off me, you decided to throw an even bigger and more childish fit by doing what you're doing right now. And I'm not going to let you keep it up for any longer. You need to stop this now. Move on to something else. Take a walk somewhere nice. Keep your mind off of me and my stories for once. Otherwise, you're going to get in a whole lot of trouble for this.

So yeah, long story short, someone is very mad that I'm not writing a story the way they expect me to, and that I'm not giving them the time of day; they've been acting out on it by attempting to impersonate me; and I need you all to report ANY suspicious activity you see from an account or accounts featuring my username in theirs.

That's all for now.