Mengde
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Joined 07-12-05, id: 853802, Profile Updated: 06-23-14
Author has written 36 stories for Final Fantasy VII, Pirates of the Caribbean, Kingdom Hearts, Bleach, Aladdin, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy X, Rurouni Kenshin, Mass Effect, Deus Ex, Avengers, Batman Begins/Dark Knight, StarTrek: The Next Generation, Legend of Korra, Dragon Age, and Star Wars.

"It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read." - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

"The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching, nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time." - Jeffrey Robbins, Gargoyles

June 23, 2014

Two years between profile updates? I suck, I do. I'm still alive, just still not writing that much fanfic. Or any.

A couple quick words.

There are some unfinished stories on this profile. Okay, there are four unfinished stories on this profile. When I first started writing fanfic I said to myself, "I'm not going to be one of those [expletive] who put up a story and then never finish it."

Life has a funny way of making you reevaluate your priorities.

So since I'm a bad person, let's go through them in chronological order and I'll tell you how they'd end if I finished them, and why I'm not going to finish them!

Fanfiction Wars was born of my desire to write lazy parody fic. I'm not going to bother outlining the entire six-part story I had planned, because I already did that in the outline document that I still have because I keep everything I write until I find it again years later, go "ugh," and delete it! So if you want the outline of Fanfiction Wars, send me a PM with your email and I will send you an ancient word document. It's all spelled out in there. (tl;dr: the heroes win. I don't do sad endings, generally. The Red Cloak and At the End of All Things notwithstanding.)

A Clash of Heroes I began writing at a request from the very talented VulcanElf (whose stuff you should go check out) so that I would have a story in the 2009 Genesis Awards, which is a site that has been dead for a while now so don't bother asking what it is. I wrote a bunch of it, got bored, and checked out. It was fun and there's some good fights in there, but we all know how this ends. It's in the first chapter that Auron and Sephiroth get to the Plains of Chaos. So they go meet up with Demon Keith David, and can't quite beat him, but he can't quite beat them, and so they end up making Cosmos and Chaos agree that the cycle has to end sometime despite Shinryu's use of the conflict as a power source or whatever the hell was going on those games, and they leave a loophole for the combatants of future cycles to exploit in order to end it. Also to replace their rapidly-dwindling numbers, the Chaos forces were going to recruit future Sephiroth to fight present Sephiroth because that would be awesome and this crap makes no sense anyway. So, sorry I never wrote that.

The Gospel According to Tony originated from me seeing the Avengers and being like hey, I want to write Tony Stark and Bruce Banner broing it up. But I wrote the first chapter, got my fix, and realized that the subsequent chapters would be them sneaking around a place they can't get out of whilst outnumbered and outgunned by a superior foe. Which is exactly what Just the Two of Us and Sorry's Not Enough are about, as well as Plausible Deniability kinda sorta, so I didn't want to get into a rut. Spoiler: Iron Man and Hulk don't die.

Where No One Has Gone Before is the grown-up version of the Star Trek/Star Wars crossover fics I wrote as a child before I knew what fanfic was, or what the difference between sci-fi and space opera is. The reasons I'm not going to finish this one are a little more complex. I started writing this fic toward the end of 2012 as a way to distract myself from a big break-up that I handled very poorly and do not like to remember. But I began moving on emotionally before I finished the fic, and my need for distraction waned and my desire to write seriously again rose. Also, despite the fact that I usually live for getting to write the climax of a story, I realized that I'd already written the stuff I really wanted to see. Picard and Luke having a chat about the Force, Data using a lightsaber, Guinan giving Han advice and hitting on him a little, Chewie with a universal translator, the Enterprise fighing a Super Star Destroyer, etc. And (as you can see above) as I don't usually do sad endings, I knew, and the audience knew, that the heroes were going to win and everything would be returned to normal. Between the emotional situation resolving and the fact that I didn't feel like I really needed to tell the end of the story, that's why that one isn't going to be finished.

Also, yes, Ensign Routh is a self-insert. I really needed the escapism, people, what are you going to do? I threw up my hands and declared that it was silly crackfic anyway and threw him in there. At least he's not everybody's instant best friend who is also an amazing lover, I figure.

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Gone Daddy Gone by Pen Against Sword reviews
Tifa's lost it: the spark. Yuffie insists the best way to reignite the guttering flame of her relationship with Cloud is via a "sexy" hobby. And nothing could be sexier than the traditional del Sol tango.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K+ - English - Romance - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,502 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 30 - Follows: 20 - Updated: 2/22/2011 - Published: 12/31/2010 - Tifa L., Cloud S. - Complete
The Need To Know by Pen Against Sword reviews
When Yuffie meets Axel, neither of them know what keeps them coming back to each other. The situation will not get any less complicated when Axel dies. But things aren't quite what they seem, even in death, as Yuffie will soon discover. -Canon-compliant-
Kingdom Hearts - Rated: T - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 23 - Words: 101,346 - Reviews: 285 - Favs: 123 - Follows: 70 - Updated: 5/20/2009 - Published: 6/4/2007 - Yuffie K., Axel - Complete
Guilt By Association by Pen Against Sword reviews
Vincent finds himself in a Junon jail cell with Yuffie and a very hungry man. Their bail is up in the range of around nine digits or so, and no salvation is in sight. What happened? -Winner of Humor Category for 2008 Genesis Awards-
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,210 - Reviews: 53 - Favs: 154 - Follows: 12 - Published: 4/5/2008 - Yuffie K., Vincent V. - Complete
Silk and Hot Metal by Pen Against Sword reviews
Leon is boring like a brown paper bag full of rusty nails and broken glass, and Vincent was boring like steel all wrapped in silk, and all Yuffie can do is show Leon how much she hates[loves] him. [Squiffie]
Kingdom Hearts - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,935 - Reviews: 26 - Favs: 53 - Follows: 5 - Published: 6/6/2007 - Yuffie K., Leon/Squall L. - Complete
I See London, I See France by Pen Against Sword reviews
Yuffie's decides it's high time she explores the last frontier, the unknown variable! The ventilation shafts on the Shera. But she gets more than she bargains for in the way of Avalanche having monstrous skeletons in their collective closets. [Mild YxV]
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,855 - Reviews: 41 - Favs: 73 - Follows: 6 - Published: 5/30/2007 - Yuffie K. - Complete
A Fine Line by Pen Against Sword reviews
When Yuffie Kisaragi dies, Vincent Valentine vows to retrieve her from the lifestream. Even if it means losing everything in the process. Winner of best completed fic on Genesis Awards.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Horror/Romance - Chapters: 11 - Words: 52,497 - Reviews: 231 - Favs: 284 - Follows: 56 - Updated: 3/8/2007 - Published: 12/26/2006 - Vincent V., Yuffie K. - Complete
Playing With Fire by Pen Against Sword reviews
KH2 Compliant. When you're flying with wax wings, don't get too close to the flames.
Kingdom Hearts - Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,051 - Reviews: 10 - Favs: 26 - Published: 5/10/2006 - Yuffie K., Axel - Complete
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A Hero's Confession reviews
Scout Lace Harding of the Inquisition returns from her mission to make contact with Warden-Commander Mahariel of Ferelden. She gives a full report to Leliana, which includes a surprising confession from the Hero of the Fifth Blight. This is not the first time Leliana has had to reexamine some of her beliefs, but she never imagined having to question these.
Dragon Age - Rated: T - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,958 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 7 - Published: 1/9/2015 - Leliana, Mahariel - Complete
The Promise reviews
Korra and Asami: a relationship forged in fire and strife. Their first true test, however, comes not from without, but instead from a promise Asami vows to fulfill for Korra. Where will this promise carry them, and will they still recognize themselves when they arrive?
Legend of Korra - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 7 - Words: 7,612 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 14 - Follows: 7 - Published: 12/24/2014
The Trial reviews
Having defeated Amon and unlocked her airbending, Korra has begun training in the ancient art with Tenzin. But the price of being an airbender is higher than she knows, and she is about to face a test which will tax her to her utmost limits and beyond - or break her, and leave her to die alone.
Legend of Korra - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Suspense - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,946 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 5 - Published: 7/22/2013 - Korra, Tenzin, Aang - Complete
The Price of Innocence reviews
When Kenshin brought Aoshi back to her, Misao thought he would never leave her again. But now Aoshi is on trial for his past sins, and Misao must decide, once and for all, what she is willing to do to keep him with her - because some things come with too high a price.
Rurouni Kenshin - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 3 - Words: 6,849 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 8 - Updated: 1/7/2013 - Published: 1/3/2013 - Misao, Aoshi - Complete
Where No One Has Gone Before reviews
Space may be the final frontier, but within that frontier, there are no limitations. No barriers that cannot be overcome. And no matter how he protests, it is entirely Han Solo's fault that Luke Skywalker has found himself on the bridge of the Enterprise-E.
Crossover - StarTrek: The Next Generation & Star Wars - Rated: T - English - Humor/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 6 - Words: 14,258 - Reviews: 25 - Favs: 65 - Follows: 99 - Updated: 11/2/2012 - Published: 10/2/2012 - J. Picard, Luke S.
The Bringer on a Million Horses Rides reviews
It's the twilight of the world, forty years into the future, and Cloud Strife is in the middle of it all once more. The only question - which side is he on, and why?
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 4 - Words: 8,717 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 28 - Follows: 13 - Updated: 9/11/2012 - Published: 8/31/2012 - Cloud S. - Complete
The Fire Rises reviews
Who is Bane? Why did he do what he did? This is one attempt to answer those questions.
Batman Begins/Dark Knight - Rated: T - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,399 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 6 - Published: 8/9/2012 - Bane - Complete
The Gospel According to Tony reviews
Tony Stark's spending the evening in, to help Bruce Banner celebrate his birthday. Problem is Tony can't seem to throw a party without gate-crashers showing up... and these ones are armed and dangerous. Movie-verse.
Avengers - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,074 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 12 - Follows: 14 - Published: 6/12/2012 - Iron Man/Anthony S., Hulk/Bruce B.
Sorry's Not Enough reviews
Adam Jensen hasn't had a good day in ages. Today he's dealing with the press, his boss, and a murderous Illuminati hit squad. It's doubtful today will be any better.
Deus Ex - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 7,568 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 77 - Follows: 17 - Published: 3/7/2012 - Complete
Just the Two of Us reviews
Garrus and Shepard hit the town to get supplies for the Normandy as well as some alone time. The only problem is that the town is Omega - and Omega hits back.
Mass Effect - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,134 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 89 - Follows: 29 - Updated: 1/5/2012 - Published: 12/26/2011 - Garrus V., J. Garson - Complete
Enchantment Night reviews
Ever since he fell in with AVALANCHE, Vincent Valentine has had it rough. But the worst is yet to come – Cloud is out on a date, Yuffie is bored, and Vincent is her ticket out of Ghost Square. Now Vincent must survive… Enchantment Night.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,301 - Reviews: 21 - Favs: 54 - Follows: 4 - Published: 7/23/2011 - Vincent V., Yuffie K. - Complete
Schism reviews
A day after Cloud and Sephiroth's final duel, a strange visitor named Auron appears on the doorstep of Seventh Heaven. His arrival starts a conflict that will decide not only their fates, but that of the Planet itself. Revised and better than ever.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 30 - Words: 103,624 - Reviews: 109 - Favs: 116 - Follows: 53 - Updated: 6/1/2011 - Published: 2/10/2010 - Cloud S., Sephiroth - Complete
A Sweet, Naïve Lie reviews
A group of government killers threatens Kenshin and Kaoru. Kenshin is willing to fight, despite his waning strength; his foes, however, may be less dangerous than his vow to not kill. He must choose between his life as rurouni - or losing Kaoru forever.
Rurouni Kenshin - Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 5 - Words: 12,619 - Reviews: 43 - Favs: 44 - Follows: 12 - Updated: 3/10/2011 - Published: 2/24/2011 - Kenshin, Kaoru - Complete
Plausible Deniability reviews
A group of rebels, looking for a valuable hostage, kidnaps Yuna. While the authorities argue about how to proceed, Tidus makes one thing clear. Whether they want him to or not, he is going to rescue his wife. Anyone who gets in his way will regret it.
Final Fantasy X - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,137 - Reviews: 11 - Favs: 41 - Follows: 3 - Published: 9/25/2010 - Tidus, Yuna - Complete
A Clash of Heroes reviews
Cosmos and Chaos fight a war eternal, but the face of the conflict will be forever changed when the Goddess of Order calls for aid from two proven warriors. Before Tidus, there was Auron… and before Cloud, there was Sephiroth. This is their story.
Dissidia: Final Fantasy - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 21 - Words: 52,655 - Reviews: 96 - Favs: 57 - Follows: 54 - Updated: 6/16/2010 - Published: 12/30/2009 - Sephiroth
Willing Recruit reviews
Genesis notices a young blonde in the newest troop of SOLDIER recruits. He aims to conquer this recruit, but Sephiroth arrives on the scene and complicates things. Who will end up claiming Cloud?
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,569 - Reviews: 67 - Favs: 102 - Follows: 14 - Published: 2/20/2010 - Genesis R., Cloud S. - Complete
Master and Hound reviews
Reno is taught a lesson about who is in charge.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,610 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 1 - Published: 5/14/2009 - Rufus, Reno - Complete
At the End of All Things reviews
Forty five years after the Fall of Gaea, all of Vincent's friends are old, dead, or missing. When a new evil emerges, he must set out on a journey to find a long lost ally and to better understand himself and the disease that has ripped the Planet apart.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Horror - Chapters: 44 - Words: 175,938 - Reviews: 419 - Favs: 321 - Follows: 119 - Updated: 5/6/2009 - Published: 11/30/2008 - Vincent V., Cloud S. - Complete
A Meteor Day Carol reviews
Vincent Valentine has no use for Meteor Day. He thinks of it as a frivolous and stupid holiday which people use to shelter themselves from the harsh realities of life. However, he finds his beliefs challenged when the ghost of an old foe visits him...
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: K - English - Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 11,313 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 12/31/2008 - Published: 12/24/2008 - Vincent V., Shelke R. - Complete
I Hope You Like It reviews
For the first time in a long time, Vincent Valentine has decided to mark the occasion of his birthday. Yuffie, of course, would be delighted to celebrate with him, except for one problem... she has no idea what to get him.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,434 - Reviews: 27 - Favs: 45 - Follows: 8 - Published: 10/5/2008 - Yuffie K., Vincent V. - Complete
Fanfiction Wars reviews
When the badfic menace rears its ugly head, AVALANCHE is on the job! Except... all the pretty men are missing. Now it's up to the women - and Barrett - to save the world from trite storylines and gaping plotholes. The fourth wall WILL be broken.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Parody/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 12,281 - Reviews: 43 - Favs: 37 - Follows: 28 - Published: 8/15/2008
Un rêve en rouge et noir OR Dancing in the Rain reviews
..."I hate Edge City when it rains. It smells like rust and sewage and shattered lives..." A storm is brewing in Edge, and Vincent's vanished. Yuffie hires a private eye to find the missing gunman, but the detective is in for much more than he bargained.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 3 - Words: 9,729 - Reviews: 34 - Favs: 25 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 8/9/2008 - Published: 7/31/2008 - Yuffie K., Vincent V. - Complete
Broken reviews
Tifa hates herself and doesn't have any idea why. Fortunately for her, Reno has a lot of experience with self-loathing.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,268 - Reviews: 17 - Favs: 21 - Follows: 1 - Published: 8/5/2008 - Tifa L., Reno - Complete
Dreams reviews
Everybody dreams, and everbody dreams in different ways. Dreams are only what you make of them; however, you have to accept them from Him first. A slight crossover between FFVII and The Sandman.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,078 - Reviews: 12 - Favs: 15 - Follows: 3 - Published: 7/11/2008 - Vincent V. - Complete
The Wolf That Hunts reviews
..."Why should the wolves apologize to the one thing that was slower than everything else that they were hunting? It’s all they know how to do, and hurting people is all that I know how to do." The nature of all things Reno.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,609 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 2 - Published: 7/6/2008 - Reno, Tifa L. - Complete
Meetings reviews
Yuffie hates Reno's guts. He doesn't particularly care. When it comes down to it, she might not really care either.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,621 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 18 - Follows: 1 - Published: 6/21/2008 - Reno, Yuffie K. - Complete
In Memoriam reviews
Only Vincent knows how he lost his memory. Too bad he can’t remember. He seeks out Yuffie, but in the absence of his inhibitions she finds that her feelings for him are divided. Is he really Vincent if he’s missing everything that makes him who he is?
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 19,236 - Reviews: 65 - Favs: 50 - Follows: 33 - Updated: 6/16/2008 - Published: 3/12/2008 - Vincent V., Yuffie K. - Complete
Black and White reviews
Black ink on white paper or white ink on black paper? Which is it, prisoner? If you admit to me that this is the latter, I’ll give you your bed. Nero, Tseng, and an interrogation room... the part you didn't see.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,024 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 13 - Follows: 2 - Published: 5/20/2008 - Tseng - Complete
Chocolate Oranges reviews
Times are changing for Yuffie, and the only thing left standing still is Vincent. Each time they see one another, he brings her a chocolate orange. She can't bear to tell him she hates them.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,735 - Reviews: 29 - Favs: 55 - Follows: 6 - Published: 12/27/2007 - Yuffie K., Vincent V. - Complete
The Red Cloak reviews
It's been a long time, Vincent Valentine. Things have changed and the world isn't what it once was. You're needed. It's time to wake up.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 32 - Words: 76,094 - Reviews: 265 - Favs: 157 - Follows: 60 - Updated: 12/12/2007 - Published: 7/3/2007 - Vincent V., Yuffie K. - Complete
A Drinking Contest reviews
When Aladdin says he's more useful than Razoul and the royal guards combined, Razoul calls him to make good on his boasting... by beating him at a drinking contest! It's a story of unlikely coincidences, awkward moments, and alcohol. What's not to like?
Aladdin - Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,579 - Reviews: 28 - Favs: 44 - Follows: 5 - Published: 11/19/2007 - Complete
The Two Swords reviews
Grimmjow Jaggerjack is bored, and that makes him want to fight. Zaraki Kenpachi is bored, and he just likes to fight in general. A showdown in the outskirts of Rukongai is imminent, and Grimmjow's sword is on the line.
Bleach - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 4,030 - Reviews: 6 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 2 - Published: 10/21/2007 - Grimmjow J., K. Zaraki - Complete
Choice reviews
When Sora and his friends leave the Underworld behind, Auron is propelled towards an explosive confrontation, driven by fate and his own painful past. He will fight to prove it is his story and his ending... even if Organization XIII believes differently.
Kingdom Hearts - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 10 - Words: 32,491 - Reviews: 55 - Favs: 40 - Follows: 9 - Updated: 6/12/2007 - Published: 4/7/2007 - Auron, Saïx - Complete
Handcuffs reviews
Just as fun as it sounds. Vincent, Yuffie, lots of handcuffs, one inconveniently placed lockpick, and the looming threat of gratuitous unpleasantess in our favorite gunman's future to motivate him properly. What could go wrong?
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Romance/Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,699 - Reviews: 77 - Favs: 186 - Follows: 22 - Published: 3/6/2007 - Vincent V., Yuffie K. - Complete
The Judgment of Jack Sparrow reviews
What fate awaits our favorite pirate beyond the mortal plane? To what afterlife will he be sent? And might he have something to say about the final decision? Of course he does... he's Captain Jack Sparrow. Humorous little oneshot. Enjoy.
Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,589 - Reviews: 23 - Favs: 32 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/12/2006 - Complete
Big Trouble in Little Wutai reviews
Post Schism, Reno, Yuffie, and Rude choose to vacation in Wutai, ending up with gang wars, arranged marriage, and lethal isolationism on their plates. Reno will have to make a stand... or surrender Yuffie, and his few ideals, permanently.
Final Fantasy VII - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 30 - Words: 113,660 - Reviews: 239 - Favs: 79 - Follows: 15 - Updated: 10/9/2006 - Published: 7/10/2006 - Reno, Yuffie K. - Complete