Howdy, my splendiferous readers! Or if you're not a reader, howdy stranger! I've finally gotten around to updating my profile! Let's see...my real name is Sarah, but that name is pretty much unheard of online. I'm either Raine, Renegade, Renegade Raine, Rene, or RR. And really, I'm fine with either name. Hell, I've considered changing my real name to Renegade Raine JUST for the sake of being able to say "Hey, my name is Raine...Renegade Raine" to all the new people I meet (not that I meet a lot). Plus, my name tag at any job would stand apart from every one else's. Although I'm sure I'd have a hard time convincing people that it was my actual name. .

Anyhow, I just turned 21 in February, so I'm pretty much legal in every sense. And I still write fanfiction. I feel old compared to you young 'uns. I started reading fanfiction when I was probably 12 (and I know for a fact that I was reading the dirty stuff by 14 .), and I started writing HORRIBLE fanfiction when I was 14. Seriously, it's so bad that it still embarrasses me to this day that I wrote that crap, although I'm pretty sure that no one saw it. I credit writing to being the main factor of me getting out of my teenage depression (and it wasn't an emo thing...I actually had pretty good reasons to be depressed, but I'd rather not get into that here), so naturally I feel that writing is my biggest passion in life, even if I do slack on it a LOT.

However, I'm trying to get better at being consistent in my writing, as well as improving my overall writing skill, as my biggest dream is to either be a screenwriter or a writer of a manga (since my drawing skills suck, aside from designing characters). Sure, perfect writing isn't really required for either one, but I still have problems with quoting things and I have some issues with grammar. Again, not really required to perfect those skills for my dream, but if all else fails I'll write my damned original ideas in novel form, and that's where those skills are required.

My writing tends to be depressing, as I like to extract an emotional response from my readers. Happy stories can be fun every once in a while, but it's rare to see one that isn't really cliche and even more rare to see one that has you biting your nails as you're reading the story. As for my writing influences, I have three big ones. Quentin Tarantino, Ai Yazawa, and Greek mythology. Tarantino is absolutely ace with the style he puts in every film he directs, and his characters have some of the most memorable quotes ever. Ai Yazawa (mangaka of NANA and Paradise Kiss, as well as a couple of others) is a woman who can take a plot that looks simple from the first look and then turn it into something hella complicated with shit-tons of emotional angst. Then lastly, Greek mythology is something I used to be absolutely OBSESSED over. I would check out books from the library, watch TV documentaries, not to mention Mythology is one of the classes I managed to ace in high school. Unlike a lot of other myths/religious tales, Greek mythology actually humanizes their gods, which leads to several stories that actually expose the gods' weaknesses, rather than stuffing their strength down your friggin' throat. Not to mention that those tales were highly inventive, even compared to this day and age. Those three might seem like an odd combination of influences, but hey...it leads to interesting fiction. :D

Currently Writing (In order of what I plan on working on):

Doomed From the Start - I've got two oneshot ideas. One with smex and one that will show my take on the ending of In This Twilight.

Worse Than Death - Chapter 11 - It'll be a while, as I'm in a pr0ny AND angsty mood for fanfiction, but I WILL get to it.

On Hiatus:

Disenchanted - My mind is stuck in the Bleach fandom! T_T

Everybody Loves Orihime! - My mind is too far stuck in the GrimmHime fandom to consider other Orihime pairings to write right now! T_T

Other places to see my work:

My Livejournal (it's where I put ALL of my writings in recent history, including a lot that I haven't posted here yet): http:///
My Deviantart (here you can also see a couple of sad attempts at artwork, although it's mostly writings there too): http:///

Favorites~

Color: Black and silver
Number: 19
Movies: Battle Royale, Kill Bill, the Saw series, Pulp Fiction, Vampire Hunter D, and Spirited Away. Hahaha, I bet you didn't see the last one coming! XD
Manga: Bleach, Naruto, Eyeshield 21, NANA, Ouran High School Host Club, and Hunter x Hunter
Anime series: The aforementioned series, Gundam Wing, and Blood+.
My ideal guy in terms of looks: Nnoitra (Bleach). Seriously. I'd fangirl if I saw a real life version of him. _

Characters (Not really in any particular order)

Bleach: Orihime (my favorite character of EVERYTHING), Grimmjow, Renji, Kenpachi, Noitora, Szayel Aporro, Halibel, Uryuu, Tousen, Kira, Matsumoto, Gin, Aizen, and Mabashi (yes, he was a filler character, but I had a fondness for him, since he strangely kind of looked like what would happen if an original female character of mine had illegitimate children XD).

Naruto: Shikamaru, Gaara, Orochimaru, Temari, Haku, Sasuke, Hidan, Tayuya, Kimimaro, Sai, Kankurou, and Akamaru (I'm a dog person).

Kingdom Hearts: XIGBAR!, Xemnas, Xaldin, Larxene, Axel, and Roxas.

NANA: Takumi, Shin, Yasu, both Nanas, Miu, and Reira.

Death Note: L!, Misa, Rem, and Ryuk

Final Fantasy: Edge (IV), Tellah (for his infamous line, IV), Kain (IV), Cyan (VI), Edgar (VI), Vincent (VII), Tifa (VII), Tseng (VII), Rufus (VII), Scarlet (VII), Seifer (VIII), Seymour (X), Larsa (XII), Vossler (XII), Fran (XII), and Balthier (XII).

Blood: Karl, Riku, Saya, Hagi, Nathan, Moses, Van, and David.

Eyeshield 21: HIRUMA~!, Akon, Natsuhiko, Kotaro, Mamori, Suzuna, Kid, Mizumachi, and Rui.

Pairings

Bleach
Renji/Rukia (My OTP of everything
Grimmjow/Orihime (My crack OTP of everything)
Ishida/Orihime
Gin/Rangiku
Noitora/Halibel
Szayel Aporro/Cirucci
Byakuya/Yoruichi (I blame fanfiction for this one)
Yoruichi/Soi Fong
Ichigo/Ishida (It actually makes sense in a yaoi sort of way)
Szayel/Noitora (Totally my guilty pleasure. Take the two hottest arrancars and put them together. I though I'd NEVER go the fangirl route, but er...I did.)
Ichigo/Tatsuki
Chizuru/Yumichika (For comedy reasons, I assure you)
Byakuya/Ulquiorra
Tesla/Appache
Ichigo/Orihime/Ishida (any combination is fine with me)
Grimmjow/Orihime/Ichigo (Orihime MUST be in middle .)
And pretty much Orihime/Anyone

Naruto
Sasuke/Sakura
Kimimaro/Tayuya
Orochimaru/Tsunade
Shikamaru/Temari
Suigetsu/Karin
Hidan/Ino
Kankurou/Tenten
Neji/Ino
Gaara/Hinata
Kabuto/Shizune
Iruka/Anko
Kakashi/Rin
Naruto/Ayame
Sasuke/Sakura/Sai

Final Fantasy
Kain/Rosa (IV)
Terra/Edgar (VI)
Vincent/Tifa (VII)
Tseng/Aeris (VII)
Cloud/Yuffie (VII)
Cid/Shera (VII)
Seifer/Rinoa (VIII)
Squall/Quistis (VIII)
Seymour/Yuna (X)
Larsa/Penelo (XII)
Balthier/Ashe (XII)
Al-Cid/Ashe (XII)
Vossler/Ashe (XII)

Kingdom Hearts
Axel/Roxas
Xaldin/Belle
Riku/Sora
Marluxia/Larxene
Luxord/Jack Sparrow XD

NANA
Takumi/Hachi
Yasu/Nana
Nobu/Miu
Shin/Reira
Ren/Reira/Shin

Blood+
Saya/Hagi
Diva/Karl
Mao/Okamura
David/Julia
Riku/Mui
Kai/Irene

Eyeshield 21
Hiruma/Mamori FTW
Sena/Suzuka
Rui/Megu
Akon/Riko XD

Other pairings I like:
Phoenix/Miles (Phoenix Wright)
Jake/Lana (Phoenix Wright)
Deitrich/Esther (Trinity Blood)
Alucard/Seras (Hellsing)
L/Misa (Death Note)
Touga/Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Saionji/Wakaba (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Ruka/Juri (Revolutionary Girl Utena)
Zuko/Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
Kouga/Kagome (Inu Yasha)
Ageha/Sarasa (Basara)
Asagi/Sarasa (Basara)
D/Doris (Vampire Hunter D)
Kasanoda/Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club)
Kyouya/Haruhi (Ouran High School Host Club)
Hikaru/Haruhi/Kaoru (Ouran High School Host Club)