Author has written 19 stories for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Doctor Who, Pokémon, Frozen, Phantom of the Opera, RWBY, Harry Potter, Halo, Hobbit, and Slender.
Rule 1: Always fully commit.
Rule 1: Never always fully commit.
Rule 1: Didn't see it, didn't happen.
Rule 1: If you did see it, drink to forget.
Rule 2: There is no Rule 2.
I don't like sanity. Too many crazy people use it.
I do my own book covers... mostly.
I'm an idea man. I have an idea, I start it, then find another idea and leave the other one in limbo, then repeat. Maybe I'll circle back to a previous one, maybe not. Who knows? I certainly don't.
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Intro
Hey peoples, this is OrangeGalen. I am basically going to be writing several fan fictions on some of my favorite things: Star Wars, Pokémon, Frozen, RWBY, Phantom of the Opera, and many others (as they come up). I like fantasy genres and some sci-fi, and I'm getting more into anime so I might write some about those too.
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Basic Bio
Name: Galen
Age: Old enough to vote and drink.
Hair Color: Red (more like strawberry orange)
Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Favorite Color: Orange, then dark emerald green
Favorite Book/Movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy (Book&Movie). (Movie) Frozen is high up there.
Favorite T.V. show(s): Once Upon A Time, Avatar (Airbender), RWBY, Sword Art Online, Teen Titans (original), Dr. Who, Fairy Tail, Saga of Tanya the Evil, The Rising of the Shield Hero, Fairy Tail.
Favorite Game(s): Pokémon, Halo (Reach is my favorite), Super Smash Bros., Minecraft, BF1.
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Update Schedule (Always subject to change)
Priority #1: An Unexpected Rose
#2: Rise - (going through a minor re-write atm)
#3: On The Road, Far From Home - (also going through a minor re-write)
#4: Requiem of a Queen - (new chapter)
#5: RWBHY: The Aura Mage - (Going through a major re-write)
#6: Stark Contrast - (Going through a major re-write)
After that there's no set order, but there are also some new stories I'm brewing up, so keep watching.
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Things I never want(ed) to do when I started Fanfiction
(Will be updated if/when I break one or remember another)
- Write a Frozen story. Status: Heavily broken
- Write a Elsanna story. Status: Recently broken
- Write a harem story. Status: Intact
- Be one of those people that updates infrequently. Status: So broken it isn't funny
- Write a SI OC story. Status: Intact (for now)
- Write a pure smut story. Status: Intact
- Write a trash pairing story. Status: Intact? (Does CinderxRuby count as trash?)
- Be one of those people that only leaves "When's the next chapter/more plz" reviews. Status: Intact
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General Stuff
You Know You've Read Frozen FanFiction If...
- Half the stories are Elsanna (ElsaxAnna) pairings.
- The other half are ElsaxOC.
- Elsa's magic is OP. Like seriously really OP, even more than in the movie.
- Half of the OC's are a guy or girl with fire magic. See #2.
- You didn't know the King and Queen's real names are Agnarr and Iduna.
- Half the stories are set in the modern day world, and only half of those are set in Arendelle.
- Almost every Disney character can show up in some form or fashion.
- Many stories don't spell Arendelle correctly.
- Agnarr (The King) is a d*ck to Elsa.
9a. Agnarr and Iduna are poor parents. - There are Rise of the Guardian/Tangled/Disney crossovers in the regular section.
100 Reasons You Know You've Read Harry Potter FanFiction If...
- You now hate the phrase "The Greater Good" more than after reading the books.
- You can't make up your mind about Dumbledore.
- The term 'Magical Guardian' causes you endless headaches and infuriation.
- Goblins are now the friendliest, most helpful creatures there are.
- Parseltounge lets you understand dragons.
- Time travel training montages are common.
- Luna is the best character in the history of the series.
- Harry's scar isn't a Horcrux.
- Harry's scar Horcrux can be removed via orgy.
- Harry's scar Horcrux can be removed via goblin ritual. (See #4).
- Harry's scar Horcrux was destroyed via Basilisk venom.
- Harry's scar Horcrux is absorbed by Harry and he gains all of Voldemort's memories and/or magic power.
- People routinely turn into Phoenixes or other magical creatures as animaguses.
- You see plot holes big enough to drive the Hogwarts express through... sideways.
- The Dursleys are a lot more abusive than you think.
- You now refer to her as Bellatrix Black instead of Lestrange.
- Soul-bonds are more common than you think.
- Dramione and/or Drarry has become your new OTP.
- Ron is actually more obnoxious than you think.
- Harry could've simply Accio'ed the golden egg.
- Time travel happens a lot more than you think.
- Harry suddenly becomes super powered after his not-horcrux/horcrux is removed/destroyed.
- Harry's had most of his magical core and other abilities blocked by Dumbledore.
- Harry has a sibling who's the boy/girl-who-lived but...
- Psych! Harry's been the real boy-who-lived all along! (or at least the one that will beat Voldemort in the end).
- Voldemort was the one that raised Harry to be his heir.
- Somehow people make Voldemort/Harry pairings work.
- You know muggles know about the magical world and can easily deal with wizards.
- Guns are the solution. Explosives help too.
- You refer to it as 'The Order of the Fried Chicken.'
- Every girl is also a lesbian or bi.
- Every guy is also gay or bi (less common though).
- Everyone is suddenly okay with multiple partners/spouses.
- Somehow Harry's been turned into or is a girl. And everyone is okay with it... especially the girls.
- Sirius' will is the best thing to happen to Harry.
- Harry gets on average four different marriage contracts with different girls/families.
- Leaving a baby on a doorstep in the middle of a November night with nothing but a blanket is just as ridiculous as you think.
- Weasley bashing is quite common. (And by Weasley bashing, it's mainly Molly, Ron, and mostly Ginny, with Percy if he shows up).
- Same goes for Dumbledore bashing.
- Dobby is now a main character.
- Daphne/Harry pairings are more common than you think.
- In one universe everything goes to hell and somebody time-travels back to fix it, sometimes causing worse things to happen.
- In another, Voldemort didn't die on Halloween and Harry gets dragged into that world usually via ritual by the Order of the Fried Chicken. Oh, and the Potters are usually still alive there, or at least Lily.
- Harry realizes he's been manipulated by Dumbledore and breaks free without him knowing for at least the first third of the story.
- The Weasley Twins are the most consistent Weasleys to side with Harry when he's betrayed.
- Suddenly the entire world is against Harry, but he somehow wins in the end.
- Harry goes to Azkaban and gets awesome powers in the process.
- Lilly Potter is a magical genius and has figured out how to do at least 10 different things that wizards have deemed impossible to do, such as incorporating technology and magic together.
- Studies show that purebloods give birth to more squibs and fewer children, while muggleborn births are on the rise.
- A pureblood's parents are also their second and maybe first cousins. (A lot more inbred than you think).
- European Wizards are the most backwards in the world, with British Wizards the most.
- A lot of minor characters suddenly become as interesting if not more so than the main characters. (Example: #40).
- You know the story count is cut in half if you change the filters to 'Complete.'
- Salazar Slytherin isn't/wasn't as bigoted as you think.
- The D.A. doesn't mean Dumbledore's Army, but rather Defense Association.
- You've found that one FanFiction that was somehow published in 1969... 28 years before Harry Potter was first published, let alone the website.
- "When my father hears about this..." is used more times by people that are not Draco Malfoy; usually to make fun of him.
- Anything after the 40th Favorite page is considered to be 'buried in FanFiction'.
- Almost everyone has changed the Epilogue.
- Harry is the heir of Merlin and/or the Perverell line and/or one or more of the founders and/or the Evans line. (See #61).
- Lily Evans actually comes/decended from a secret powerful wizarding family that nobody knows about (sometimes including herself).
- Hogwarts becomes personified into a woman.
- The Room of Requirement has the Founder's portraits inside of it somewhere.
- Salaxar Slytherin's journal/library/portrait is inside the main statue in the Chamber of Secrets.
- Harry/Hermione is the most common and universally agreed best pairing.
- Harry's infirmary bed now has a plaque with his name above it.
- The Potter's will was sealed by Dumbledore.
- Jumping into a Scottish lake in the middle of February is just as dumb as you think.
- Every creature to Hagrid is "Just misunderstood."
- The prophesy isn't a real prophesy. Or there's another one.
- Harry is obscenely rich after Sirius' will.
- There is a potion for everything. Everything.
- Every girl can be paired with Harry... and each other.
- You know Harry's "I'm fine" response is trademarked.
- You know the Potter addendum to Murphy's Law (In the most spectacular or embarrassing way. Or both).
- There are three or four sides to the second war (Voldemort's, Dumbledore's, Harry's and either the Ministry or another).
- Snape is less of an asshole.
- Snape is more of an asshole.
- Light doesn't mean good, and dark doesn't mean evil.
- 50% of the time Bellatrix can be redeemed.
- Keeping all of the wizarding currency inside a bank that's run by creatures who've had several rebellions against wizards is just as dumb as you think.
- The Potters are/were the most politically powerful family, and also the richest.
- You're able to buy wizarding armor almost anywhere.
- Whenever Harry buys contacts/new glasses for his eyes, they usually come with crazy added bonuses.
- Dumbledore is the most manipulative bastard on the face of the planet.
- Harry is immune to the Killing Curse for some reason.
- Harry's, or other character's personalities are more interesting than in the books.
- The Horcruxes could have been easily destroyed by the Unspeakables/Curse Breakers/ or Goblins (see #4).
- Only about 5-15% of the stories have Dumbledore in a positive light, or in a neutral one.
- Voldemort's Goblet of Fire scheme is the most unnecessarily complex plan ever. Of all time.
- You think "Prongs Jr." is cannon.
- Harry's been bitten by a Werewolf, or a Vampire, or both.
- Some stories that should be aren't in the Crossovers section.
- You've picked up some British sayings that may or may not be real.
- You've started using Mundane instead of Muggle, and First Gen Witch/Wizard instead of Muggleborn.
- The most Favorited story has an obscene amount of favorites.
- You're still waiting for The Life and Times to be updated.
- Most of the spells are Fannon made.
- Reading Harry Potter FanFiction has ruined the books for you.
- You can't differentiate between Fannon, Movie Cannon, and Book Cannon anymore.
- There are more than 100 things to know if you've read Harry Potter FanFiction.
List created by OrangeGalen (me)
Writing tips
Some things I look for in a story:
1. A good plot. Usually what makes me keep reading a story is where it is going. I like ones that I can see are interesting and have a good grasp of what is going on and where the writer wants it to go.
2. Grammer. Bad grammar obviously makes a story go south really fast. If it's a few slip-ups, I can probably get over it. Otherwise, I probably won't get through the first chapter. Same goes with...
3. Spelling/punctuation. PLEASE use any form of spell check you have. Throws me off almost as much as grammar. If it's just a common mistake, it's fine since I can't claim to do any better than you. but if its like this and the speling is relly bad then i find it hard to reed a probaly wont reed it at all. (It hurts me to even write this)
(P.S. alot and a lot are two different things. Also quite (absolutely) and quiet (silence). Also You're and Your have two different meanings! You're is an abbreviation of 'you are', like 'you're wrong/right'. Your is possessive, like 'your book', or 'your life'.)
4. Characters. Having good, 3D, involving characters is what distinguishes a piece of writing to a piece of art. Another thing to keep in mind is that most characters are human and they make mistakes. They aren't perfect. Have their speech reflect this and their memory as well. Most people don't have eidetic memory.
I also know writing children is difficult, but most don't talk and/or behave like a fully grown adult.
And even though this is FanFiction, unless it's an OC character, please spell their names right. Please? Same goes for places.
5. Word Count. Not necessarily important, but more often than not the better stories have more words in them than the ones not so well written. Also it confounds me how it seems that some "stories" have more chapters than words... (not really since that is technically impossible, but it seems like it.)
6. Formatting. Some forget that spaces in-between paragraphs and dialogue are important. "Writing dialogue is nice.""It sure is.""But sometimes it's hard to read.""Like when?""Yeah? Like when?""Like right now?""Yep, because if there are more than two people talking, then the reader has no idea who's talking then."
"Oh so like this?"
"Much better. It's even worse when people don't put quotation marks in." Both (") and (') Works.
7. Summary. if the summary isnt properly written then theres little chance ill read it. A major thing that makes me NOT want to read a story is where it starts off with "What if ...?" and the next three-five sentences are all "What if?" questions for the whole summary. Just for some reason I hate dislike seeing those summaries. I don't know what it is - it just screams "bad writing" to me.
Shippings/pairings
Pokémon: Whole bunch here. Support [RedXLeaf]. [GoldXCrystal]. possible [Crystal/LyraXSilver]. [Hilda/WhiteXN]. [CalemXShauna].
Note: I think of Crystal and Lyra as two different people; Crystal from the version name, and Lyra from HG/SS. (Crystal, more badass than Lyra in my opinion)
For anime shipping: Lots of Ash here. Support [AshXMay] (best pair in my opinion, tied with...), [AshXSerena]. [AshXDawn] (second best, tied with...) [AshXAnabel] (check out From One Side to Another), [AshXyoungCynthia] (i.e: Chronicles of the Chosen One: Pokemon Master specifically Ch5- onward),
slight [AshXMisty] although I don't see much chemistry myself, though if written right the match can be good.
Same goes for [AshxIris, though I have seen about 5 stories take that route.
can deal with [AshXHarem] but only two or three stories really do it right. (i.e: in other words, don't make Ash have every single girl in the world),
strangely I support [BrockXLucy(from the Battle Frontier)] or [BrockXSolidad].
[GaryXMisty] strangely enough as well.
Frozen: Still surprised I got into this. Support [KristoffXAnna] (Krisanna, right?),
can do [ElsaXOC] if done right,
vary rarely [ElsaXAnna] (Elsanna) and ONLY if done right (i.e: A Snowflake in Spring, In the Service of the Queen, or The Queen's Mercy. The thing those stories do is build the emotional connection and take their time in building the romance. Really don't like incest, since it's usually for a one-shot smutty fic. Honestly, there are too many Elsanna stories out there (even though I'm now writing one). I know we're all horny degenerates, but tone down the smut people! Just because Elsa doesn't have a love interest in doesn't mean you should pair her with her SISTER!
Phantom of the Opera: really only two shippings I support,
[ErikXChristine] whom I think really should have been together, (i.e: Lost Love by bo-leigh bella)
and [ErikXOC] Examples: Second Chance by weepingwillow2616 (best one, my opinion), Teach me to Sing by Neko-Tenchi, and literally everything written by nibblesfan.
Harry Potter: So many variations here from such great writers,
[HarryXGinny]. [HarryXHermione]. [HarryXLuna]. [HarryXFlur] sometimes works, though too many have her as just a side harem character, or for smut.
[HermioneXRon]if it isn't a Ron bashing story, although I personally see very little chemistry between them
[NevilleXLuna]. [RemusXTonks].
[HarryX Daphne Greengrass] surprising that this combination works, but there are a lot of good stories with this pairing.
There are a few other parings that I like as well, including a couple oddball ones that clever authors make work.
On a side note, I frankly find it disturbing how many [HarryXDraco] [HarryXSnape] and [HarryXVoldemort/Tom Riddle] stories there are. Nothing personal against those that ship them, just I don't... I don't even... Why? (Specially the last two)
RWBY: This is actually one of the few categories where I really have no issue with parings. Almost anything goes here.
WhiteRose-[RubyxWeiss].
Bumblebee-[BlakexYang] - (I'm starting to dislike this one because it's getting rammed down our throats in the show.)
Checkmate-[BlakexWeiss]. - (Not enough of it in Fanfiction)
Freezer Burn-[YangxWeiss].
Ladybug-[BlakexRuby].
Arkos-[JaunexPyrrha]. (Personally, I think cannon Jaune is a bland and uninteresting character, even more so since V4/5/6)
Renora-[RenxNora].
[JaunexVelvet].
Eclipse/BlackSun-[BlakexSun].
And recently Falling Petals-[RubyxCinder]. I was against but there are a few stories that have changed my mind...
Not really a big fan of Rosewick-[RubyxTorchwick] as a romantic paring, but as friends yes.
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