...baghdadsky? :d Sounds familiar; are they on LJ?
LOL, all of your main fandoms are also main fandoms for me, too! :D I only follow about half of your miscellanous fandoms, though. XD I wasn't joking about the clicking thing, either. :P I've gone through all your:
- Hitsugaya fics -> the "Insurgence Arc" is brilliant, especially since it's so difficult to find long action stories for Hitsugaya. How Hyourinmaru and Hitsugaya grow is really amazing to watch, the whole issue between Ichigo and the vizards is very fascinating, and the implications that Hitsugaya's power was been dampened before he even became a Shinigami but are now being released full blast are just ajsdklasjldaks (I love my ridiculously powerful Hitsugayas, yes I do). I can't wait for the next part! :) -> "Fortitude" was really great! I loved how Ukitake came to the realization (and LOL at how he ended up being saved even though he went there to save Hitsugaya)
- FMA fics -> loved the "Ninety-Nine Percent Rule"-- Ed really felt like himself here -> very interested in where you're going with "Crossfire", especially with how you've portrayed the relationships between Roy and Ed, Ed and Al, Ed and Winry, and Roy and Riza :D (also, politics! revenge! Ed going WTF!)
- Naruto fics -> really, really loved how you set up "Ikidomari" :D seriously, loved it like you can't even believe
- (LOL KHR GOT TOO BIG SEE NEXT COMMENT :P )
- RK fics -> reading "A Strong Will" right now :) liking it so far!
- Sevensmith -> reading the webcomic; very cool :D
(Oops, I think I got just a /bit/ carried away there. XD Uh. Sorry? Let me run back and 1. divide this into two posts and 2. make it more legible word-vomit. :P This is why I don't let myself review, LOL; I ramble and become incoherent.)
Ooh, very useful! :O Let me save it to my coding tricks. Thanks! :)
Actually, baghdadsky is a Japanese fanartist that isn't on LJ. When I went to grab the link out of my bookmarks to show you, it appears she's moved her site! ;A;/ Sorry I can't show you more of her stuff, because she draws some really pretty fanart! *A*
(& lol, some of the fandoms I follow are pretty damn tiny, if nonexistent in some cases ;A;. It makes me le sad!) Wahhh, so much to reply to! ajskdlfjasdf--
- Hitsugaya fics Wahhh, so many flattering things here! ;A;/ I wish I could say I was working on the next part of the Insurgence Arc, but that muse seems to have fled some time ago. :C I'm hoping it'll poke its head back up here at some point, but Bleach fandom made me really upset a few times in the recent past, so I've kind of abandoned it. ;A; Comments like yours, though, make me wish I was still writing it! (Hee, and I'm flattered you enjoyed Fortitude as well! That was a fun fic to write, haha.)
- FMA fics ajskdlf I have to admit that FMA is my favorite manga *ever*, and I only wish I was more active writing in fandom. ;A;/ I'm really flattered that you like what I've written for it so far! (And I've been poking at Crossfire of late; I have a completed half-chapter that I might post here to try to entice that particular muse back so I can finish the storyyy *sob*.) Lots of politics! And revenge! And, well, me trying to ignore the train wreck that was the movie, hahaha. ;A;
- Naruto fics alksdjf "Ikidomari" is one of the oldest fics I have posted, hahaha. (All of the fics I've written that are older than it have either been heavily edited, or removed from the 'net entirely, uh.) I'm so flattered that you enjoyed it, even though it's really old. ;A;/
- RK fics "A Strong Will" was the first fic I posted on the 'net, though not in the version that's up now (fffff, the original is so bad that it makes EYES BLEED OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS--I mean, uh). I'm always feel so giddy when this fic gets complimented, mostly because I spend a *lot* of time writing new chapters on this version (between carefully working on both canon characters' & my own characters' characterizations, and making sure the research is accurate--I have my work cut out for me!). I'm really pleased you're enjoying it so far! ;A;/
- Sevensmith ajsdlfjaskldfjklasjdfklasdfaj ;A;/ Just the fact that anyone takes a peek at Sevensmith makes me all flaily! Original work is so different in an online forum than fanwork is, at least in terms of feedback. So any time someone mentions reading it, I get all ajskldfjal EXCITED bawww ;A;/
..... And here you thought *you* got carried away! LOL. Will head on to the KHR post now! ajskdlfa
:< Oh well, it is okay. Maybe. (LOL, no need to apologize, though! XD It's not as if you moved the site! The important thing is you tried! :D [hugs])
(Hahaha, orz. Have you seen my fandom index? Because some of the fandoms in here are equally as tiny as yours. [sobs] ;-; ) L-LOL, actually there isn't, it's so short, I thought I wrote more. [fails]
- HITSUGAYA :( Aw, no more Insurgence Arc? But it's one of the few reasonably in-character Hitsugaya action!epics around. D: I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT FANDOM. If I give you a cookie, will the muse return it make you feel better? :) (Fortitude was good. :D )
- FMA LOL, FMA ACTUALLY HAS A PLOT, which makes it several thousand times better than most manga, agreed. XD And YES, I saw Crossfire on your other sticky post! :D 50% complete! Very exciting! POLITICS AND REVENGE = VERY, VERY EXCITING. ♥ THERE WAS NO MOVIE. :| TRUE FACT.
- NARUTO Whoops, really? |D [fail] I mean, it felt like your Naruto fics weren't as...polished, I guess, but I thought I was just hallucinating things. :P I did like how you wrote Kiba, though! :D
- RK :DDD Yeeeeees, I can totally see all the effort you've put into it! THE RESEARCH IS SO COOL. :D (LOL, lies, all lies! XD The original was probably super awesome but you took it down because you were afraid people would continue having heart attacks over its awesome, right? :P )
- SEVENSMITH IT IS VERY INTERESTING! :D And original fiction thing is SO TRUE. :( That's why I separated my original fiction from my LJ, although I've gotten back into writing fanfiction again because one of my friends kept feeding me plot bunnies. >->
LOL, I thought I got carried away! XD But now I realize it was anything but. :/ KHR. :D
I'm trying to get back into Bleach, but reading the recent chapter with giant bug!Tousen going "I CAN SEEEEE I CAN SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" made me just lol. ;A; I need to find my way back inside Hitsugaya's head at some point, because I do want to continue the Insurgence Arc. ... Eventually. If not that, then I do want to write more Bleach fic (I have a few ideas floating around, but most of them aren't Hitsugaya-related at allll). ;A; SOME DAY~
asjkdlfajsldf FMA is so awesome ;A;. SO awesome!! But yeah, that movie was just... lol. Wow. IDK who wrote that, but it was like really bad fanfiction. ;A;/ (Pretty shiny with good music, but plot/character-wise? Bawww.) I'm kind of stuck at a crossroads with Crossfire, because I have some ideas on where to go with it, but I don't know if I'm dragging certain parts out too much (unnecessarily). :C Eventually it'll figure itself out! ... I hope!
LOLOL, well. Naruto is actually another series I really want to write more for, but never really got around to it. I'm still keeping up on the manga, though! ;A;
...FFFFFFFFF the original version of A Strong Will was sooooo so bad. Like, it had cultural errors & random fangirl!Japanese & an almost-Mary Sue floating around in it. I'm not kidding. ;A; Hence my desire to redo that sucker entirely, with proper research/knowledge and a better overall plot--and to bury the original in my hard drive as far down as it'll go, ahaha. ;A;/
WHEEEEE~ Sevensmith is really fun to work on, though most of the time I plot around with the artist & we come up with stuff that will happen, but just slowly get around to working on what's currently happening in-comic. We're both terrible. ;A; I do write some side-fics for it, though I don't think I'll be posting the most current one anywhere except for the artist to see since it's got a non-canon pairing. And spoilers. And--..... 8D;;
BUT YES, I haven't really been writing original fiction lately. I have a few Sevensmith-related fics that I'm slowly poking at, but generally I'm a slow writer and a lazy bum (hence why I stick to fanfiction)! ;A;/ Fanfiction is good style practice, I think, so it's not entirely useless. And it's just fun--plot bunniesssss~! *A*;;; (WHAT FANDOM, if you don't mind me asking? 8DDD)
FFFFFFF you're talking to one of the many princesses of TL;DR. I tend to talk too muuuuch~ ;A;/ (FEEL FREE TO IGNORE ME IF I start dragging this on for too long, bawww.)
I, uh, sort of gave up on Bleach at...let me see where I bookmarked it...Chapter 200 or 300-some. :P Where the vizards have just begun to show up, LOL. XD (Yes, I bookmarked it, but it's not one of the "forget to return to", it's "bookmark for posterity". |D ) [sobs] HITSUGAYA, LEND RINJA YOUR BRAIN, OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE FIC. ;-; Whee, Bleach fic in general is good, too! [coughs] Are any of the ideas Ishida-related, by any chance? >-> Bias, what bias?
LOL, OMG, EXACTLY, THE MOVIE WAS LIKE THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE SEVENTH BOOK OF HP. |D But, yeah, I loved the music! :D It is okay, you are writing an awesome story, whatever you would like to drag out will be gold. :D [totally makes sense!]
XD Haha, well, Naruto is sort of overrun by crazy new teeny-bopper people, so it's a bit of a scary place to be writing in right now, honestly. :P And LOL, that's more than I'm doing; I quit around the Big Sasuke Chase Across The World. |D [fails] I figure, if I'm already spoiling myself with fanfics, there's no need to keep up with the actual canon when the author himself seems to be making up things ON THE FLY. :P
O-okay, will take your word for it? :< (I STILL DON'T REALLY BELIEVE YOU, THOUGH. 8D )
:DD Oh, I know the feeling! I collab'd on an FFVII story once and it was sheer crack, we really just messed around and kept planning things for the future, instead of working on the stuff we had to do then. XD
LOL, my main focus has been original fiction, lately. XD I've set myself a goal of getting published by the time I graduate (hey, if I don't make it, at least people can say I dream big? |D [shot]). One of my novels will be completely edited by the end of this break and then I can send it out to beta. XD
Slow writing is good! :) I think slow writers are so much more amazing then me, really. :D You guys have to be patient and you always churn out these stories with precise grammar like no other (thinking of you and furiosity here, LOL XD )! Me, my brain is constantly thinking and thinking and thinking, so I have to be constantly writing and writing and writing or risk going insane. Then my writing turns out like mush. :| Augh.
I'd agree on the style thing, because, well, fanfiction definitely needs less world and character building, which means more time spent crafting the actual stories! LOL. XD
And plot bunnies, oh god, don't even get me started on those, they ruin my life. D: (I, er. >-> Well, I've written for Naruto, YYH, FFVII, KH, HP, and KHR! in that order, repeats notwithstanding. BUT, assuming you actually mean which fandoms cinderspace dragged me back into, I'm writing in HP, Naruto, and KHR!, in order of number of plot bunnies each. |D [fails])
HAHAHA, oh man, you think you talk too much? |D You're hilarious, so hilarious. When you stick me in conversations, they automatically begin to grow at the rate of 120%. :P So I extend the same thing to you-- block me or something if I begin to alskdjaskljdka too much. XD
I almost completely gave up on Bleach, but I kept reading just because I know that I'm likely to stop reading it entirely if I don't keep up (at least once a month, ahaha). Really, not much has happened since you've stopped reading. And yeah, that's pretty sad. ;A;/ (A-Actually, I love Ishida too, but I don't currently have any good ideas for writing him /sob!)
sob I haven't read any of the HP series so IDK what you're talking about, but I'll pretend I do! ;A;/ The movie was...asjdkflasdf. In a bad way. :C But that's what fanfiction is for, dammit! Right the wrongs the first anime did to the story! *RAISES FIST*
Naruto fandom is terrifying over on the Pit! ;A; I have a handful of stories I adore from the fandom, but otherwise I generally stay out of it nowadays. :'C The fandom itself has become gigantic, and it's kinda scary! o_o;;; I like the manga because it's still fun, and I still feel like the characters aren't as static as they could be. (And it's fun to mock, of course!)
Hey, that's not such a bad goal! I had that goal once upon a time, but here I am all graduated, and not even half of a manuscript for a novel to speak of. ;A; Having the first draft is half the battle, so you're halfway there, I say! 8D Good luck to you, hon! ♥
Fffffff, precise grammar? sjakdlfa ahahahahahaha ;A;. I'm honored you think that, though I recently had a beta reader shred one of my stories to bits over the grammar (or rather, lack thereof) in it. :'C I went from writing slowly to writing even more slowly, bawww. My brain is constantly coming up with ideas and scenes and bits/pieces of stories, but I never seem to be able to write them out as quickly as I used to. I envy you people who can write and write and write until your fingers fall off! :'C
... I'm gonna have to go read your stuff now, y'know. 8D (WHERE IS IT POSTED jakldjasdfjaskl) The only series I don't read out of that list are YYH & HP (and as much as I'm dying to, I haven't played KH), though YYH & HP are both on my various to-read lists. *A* FANFIIIC *GRABBYHANDS*
LOLOL, this conversation is still growing! 8D IT GROWS LIKE A CHIA PET, JUST ADD WATER--/shot.
LOL WAS GOING TO SLEEP THEN I SAW THIS |Dshadowpup88December 21 2009, 05:38:24 UTC
You are a much stronger person than I, then. :| I only read manga in short bursts of cravings, so I drop manga that doesn't interest me upon my return. |D [shot for fickle habits] It's just, Bleach and Naruto and all them are great but I can only stomach so much of the EXACT SAME THING FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAYS before I need something new. >-> (LOLOL, I really need to post my Fandom ONEs one of these days, just so people will know what I will bias for. |D [glees] FELLOW ISHIDA LOVER, HAHAHA, SUCCESS. ♥ :( No fic? I am sad, but not very surprised. :P There's not much Ishida!fic out there, so I had to check. XD )
I- I only read up to Book Four, but fandom!truth tells me that the last chapter of Book Seven read very much like a bad fanfic. 8D HAHAHAHA, EXACTLY. XD If the canon's not good enough, well, that's what fanfiction is for! |D [shot]
D: Well, I mean, you're guaranteed to get several hundred reviews for each story you post? That's sort of good, right? LOL, same here, I've got...okay, not a handful, definitely more than a handful. XD But, yeah, same principle. And I only venture in with the weight of a rec. :P Pfft, oh man, true, the characters do such weird things, they can't possibly become static yet. XD Oh, Kishimoto. (HAHAHAHA, oh god, there's so much to mock though, I kind of just stalk all the comms and let them do it for me. |D [fails])
LOL, you give the exact opposite advice of every person in my life who isn't a writer. XD I've got plenty of outlines and another half-finished novel but this one [pokes the GDoc in question] is the only one I've finished that I'm not completely embarrassed to show the world. :P
Yes, precise grammar! XD Sometimes, I'll be reading your stuff and I'll go, "Oh man, she must have deliberated over this turn of phrase for an hour or something, it changes SO MUCH." :P Hm, beta readers. :d Well, I've never seen any of your stories before they were beta'd, so I can't say! XD Honestly, though, I tend to find that most of the disagreements lie in the differences between the thinking and speaking patterns of the author and betas. :/ Maybe it's overload? D: I get that, sometimes, where I'll be trying to write out three scenes at once and I won't be able to write everything as fast as I should be able to (LOL, this is 1. why I type and 2. why my handwriting is illegible 8D ). NO I WANT MY FINGERS TO STAY ON OKAY. :<
HA I HAVE FOILED YOUR DASTARDLY PLANS FOR WORLD DOMINATION READING MY FICS. XD All previous fics have been deleted from the world because they were so awful. :D The only place my fics are posted are on my orig!fic writing journal which, true to its description, hosts no fanfics whatsoever. [beams] (BY WHICH I MEAN, oh my god, no, you don't ever want to read my fanfics, they are so out of character, it's not even funny. And trust me, I can find the funny in just about anything. D: ) --uh, however. [attempts to avoid grabby hands] Yun and I are in the process of setting up a RP-musebox!comm over at DreamWidth, so. If she wants to make it public, I will post my fic there and link you to it? The only stuff that's actually written as of yet is HP in nature, small snippets of Naruto notwithstanding. :( LOL, will rec plenty of all of those fandoms in the future; if you want, I can bump up the priority of HP, KH, and YYH recs? :)
Hahaha, when you say "Just add water", it makes me think of the dollar store Grow Toys. You know, the ones that are initially the size of your thumb when you buy them, but grow to the size of your hand after 72 hours in water? I loved those things when I was younger. |D [shot for nerdiness] Unfortunately, I never had a Chia Pet, though, so I can't comment on whether or not it grows like our conversation. XD
OH YEAH well, I *should* sleep but I wanna write but am stuck, SO! 8DdoomcakeDecember 27 2009, 10:41:05 UTC
See, Bleach was my fandom obsession for a few years a while back, and I was obsessed with Naruto before that (but not really involved in fandom until much later--and even now, I mostly lurk instead of write haha), so uh. 8DDD; I kinda read them out of a few years' worth of sheer habit and determination to see the damn stories through. ;A;/ (I did the same thing with the InuYasha manga, though oh my god, it really wasn't worth the wait bawwww. *never learns*) HAHA<, I once tried compiling a list of my fandom biases, but they change so much (AND I HAVE SO MANY) that it was a fruitless endeavor. :T;; (ajskdlfasdf I wish there was more good Ishida fic, too! Although my pet genres never seem to include Ishida, and my ships with him don't get much action in the fandom world either, bawww. Ishidork needs more love--from Kubo, too!)
FFFFFFFF getting a hundred reviews on Naruto fic? I suppose that's true nowadays, though most of those are going to be the really obnoxious fantwits who don't really know what they're talking about. :/ And there are stupid stories by the hundreds there--this is why rec lists are so useful! (*totally plans on raiding yours soon* ajskdlfjasdfljas) Hee, Kishimoto really does make good material for mocking. I think that's half his charm, though--he's not afraid to do cheap humor, which I can appreciate. It means he's not taking himself too seriously! 8D
WELL, y'know, those of us who love to write always have to hope that it can be done! And I've always been told that you don't know if something's impossible unless you try, so. |DDD;; I still say you should go for it!!!
... Really??? For me, it's more a case of "aaaa how do I get this scene out of my brain on paper in a logical order of events" than it is a case of mulling over phrases (though that does happen, just not for as long). I'm really flattered that you think so, though! ;A;/asjdkfljasdf FFFF well, I don't actually use beta readers all that often anymore (I make a few exceptions here & there for various reasons, ahaha), mostly because I'm lazy. ;A; But I know what you mean about the stylistic differences between writers and beta readers--though most of the time it's a case of me bending a grammar rule in a way that's not acceptable, and the beta reader calls me on it. 8D;; Mmm, maybe, though I tend to write MORE when I get in "the mode" of writing. Like, when I had to write a crapton of papers last year in uni? I was highly productive on the fic-writing front. :'C (LOLOL I can barely handwrite anything anymore, too! My wrists cramp up and my handwriting went to hell in a handbasket at some point during uni. ;A;/) WELL FINE THEN, YOU KEEP YOUR FINGERS 8|
OH BOO ON YOU FOR THAT TOO, THEN!!! Bawww, I left a v. small portion some of my old fics up for mockery's sake! ;A;/ And I'm sure your fanfics aren't that bad; at least you know how to properly use and abuse the English language, and you're able to comment on other fics! Characterization is usually one of those concepts that is constantly up for debate, anyway. If you can explain WHY a character acts a certain way, then you're set! 8D *shot* asjdfklasdf I would def. read~!!! Although probably not HP since I'm not so into it, bawwww. ;A;/ (Naruto, though--*THAT* is something I'd read~ 8D) LMAO well, I'll have to get caught up on those series first before I start reading any fanfic for them. ;3; Sounds like I may have some reading (and game-playing on a console I don't own) to do here soon! 8D;;
...... LMAO, I know those things too! 8DDD Except I never got the point of them except to watch them grow; they were always made out of really gross material that seemed all slimy and sticky and squishy after you grew them. ;A;/ BUT YES, same idea, haha~! Although I think this'll have to be the only comment I reply to tonight; it's way past bedtime, oops!
LOLOL, well, I should be writing, but I asked the hotel lady for Internet, instead |Dshadowpup88December 29 2009, 02:25:59 UTC
AUGH, this is part one, obviously I am talking WAY TOO MUCH, shut me up please D:
alkjklsjd OMG, fandom obsessions. |D Haha, assuming we're only counting the ones I stayed at least a month in and could rec some decent fics for, mine go something like: Naruto -> GW -> KH -> FFVII -> GO -> Bleach -> HP -> PoT -> Furuba -> Digimon -> OHSHC -> HoneySyn -> ES21 -> HnG -> SG-1 -> CG -> Supernatural -> FMA -> DGM -> YYH -> A:TLA -> RK -> YGO -> xxxH/TRC/CCS -> KHR! Vast majority, I only briefly touched canon of. :d
XD I...don't really change biases. I add to them, but once a character goes there, it's permanent (I have yet to remove anyone, at least XD ). Uuuh, okay, this list is under construction, but I keep meaning to post it, so I might as well post it now before I forget: "one"s here! (alksdjalkd I KNOW, RIGHT, there's so little of Ishida! D: My two Bleach biases are Hitsugaya and Ishida, but Hitsugaya's corner of fandom is overrun by teeny-boppers and Ishida's corner is neglected, so I turned towards Ichigo/Ishida, which was surprisingly fruitful! ...but also kind of tiny. :< So yeah, the stuff I'd usually read about him DOESN'T EXIST and since I've leaned towards Ichigo/Ishida, IT'S STILL HARD TO FIND. alksjdklad ;-; LOLOL, I think Kubo kind of forgot about him, to be honest. |D )
THAT'S OKAY, YOU STILL FEEL LOVED? :D [shot] (O-oh man, I should warn you: 1. I mostly either only have classics, and Naruto/Sasuke at that, 2. most of the fics I rec will have been written back in 2007 or earlier, and 3. I won't be rec'ing much Naruto...at least, not until I've rec'd a whole bunch of KHR/KH/FFVII. >->;; ) LOLOL, SO TRUE, so true. XDD I love an author that can show you even they don't take themselves/their characters seriously. :P It's like, "I know you love these people I've created, but you know what, they don't actually exist. Also, they often do really stupid things for really stupid reasons. And I'm the one making them do the stupid stuff."
XD LOL, was more thinking along the lines of people who aren't writers expecting that my writing a novel is easy, until I tell them to go write a thousand polished words--the kind they would show their professor or boss--and then come back and tell me a hundred thousand is easy. :P But whoo, am going for it, am going for it! --well, other than the part where I appear to have signed up three magazine submissions, the last one being due at the end of January. So, uh, whoops. >->
alskdjaklsd DUDE YOU'RE SO LUCKY DDD: I mean, I get that scene issue, too, but my brain concocts random stuff on-the-fly, so I'll either put the scene down as is, bullet-point the main points, or figure it out as I type. XD However, I get stuck on particular parts all the time. :< I'll mull over one sentence for hours and hours, fixing this word, deleting that word, researching the connotations of using a certain phrase. Not that anyone ever notices, but it makes me feel better. |D So I always go into super-flail whenever I find really awesome sentences and phrases in other peoples' writings (the kind of really awesome that I just want to COPY AND STEAL AND CALL MINE but can't because, dude, it's so obvious I never could've made up something so awesome :< ).
(and part two DD: [fails])shadowpup88December 29 2009, 02:28:32 UTC
HAHA, uuh, I haven't been using beta readers AT ALL these past few months, which makes my soul kind of ache. |D It's for a good cause, though, because I told my beta readers I wouldn't send out any beta notices until I finished my novel, which means that the more unbeta'd fics I accumulate, the more I'll force myself to edit the novel. :P (But I still have exceptions-- those three 'zine submissions I mentioned above? Yeah, those would be the exceptions. No way am I publishing anything unbeta'd. D: ) Pfft, oh god, I tango with grammar until it's dizzy and senseless and bent every which way, so I totally know what you mean. XD I haven't found a beta that's willing to point out the ones that don't work, though, which is an issue. :d
! TRUE, yes! :O Like, if I'm on the lookout for story ideas, I tend to exercise that part of my brain more, so I'll end up writing more! [beams] That's why I try to give myself writing deadlines here and there, so I'll remember to keep a good pace and continue observing. :P (Wrists don't cramp, but when I've been writing, OH MY GOD, my thumb feels like it's dying. ;-; And HAHA, my handwriting forgoed the handbasket, okay, it just fried. |D [fails]) I WILL. D: HOW ELSE WOULD I WRITE OKAY.
:< I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, REALLY. LOL, they're so bad, you can mock them just by calling them fics. 8D;; Uuuh, no, they were pure wish fulfillment. :P Can't explain them, they totally were not their characters. XD Haha, I may end up just posting them at my journal. Maybe I'll do a fanfic filter or something. |D LOLOL, current fanfic selection has been upped to: HP, Naruto, and KHR! now. XD I'm not even kidding, all my other friends keep tossing plot bunnies my way and, well, I'm a sucker for adorable animals and hot guys |D , so, uh, yeah. :P (The HP is crack. :| Total, utter AU crack. You could test it for potentness! Then I could label, "for general use" because even people not in HP can understand! XD ) Hm, I see. :d I usually jump feet-first into a fandom and glean all my "canon" knowledge from that. XD Sometimes, I'll go and pick up the real stuff but... >-> So maybe no recs from those fandoms for you. XD
:D The point was to watch them grow! And be AMAZED! (I bought them when I was six, okay, and even more easily amused than I am now. D: ) LOLOL, not past my bedtime here, but definitely past my Internet limit. Guy behind me? GLARING HOLE IN SKULL, oops. :P
LOL, all of your main fandoms are also main fandoms for me, too! :D I only follow about half of your miscellanous fandoms, though. XD
I wasn't joking about the clicking thing, either. :P I've gone through all your:
- Hitsugaya fics
-> the "Insurgence Arc" is brilliant, especially since it's so difficult to find long action stories for Hitsugaya. How Hyourinmaru and Hitsugaya grow is really amazing to watch, the whole issue between Ichigo and the vizards is very fascinating, and the implications that Hitsugaya's power was been dampened before he even became a Shinigami but are now being released full blast are just ajsdklasjldaks (I love my ridiculously powerful Hitsugayas, yes I do). I can't wait for the next part! :)
-> "Fortitude" was really great! I loved how Ukitake came to the realization (and LOL at how he ended up being saved even though he went there to save Hitsugaya)
- FMA fics
-> loved the "Ninety-Nine Percent Rule"-- Ed really felt like himself here
-> very interested in where you're going with "Crossfire", especially with how you've portrayed the relationships between Roy and Ed, Ed and Al, Ed and Winry, and Roy and Riza :D (also, politics! revenge! Ed going WTF!)
- Naruto fics
-> really, really loved how you set up "Ikidomari" :D seriously, loved it like you can't even believe
- (LOL KHR GOT TOO BIG SEE NEXT COMMENT :P )
- RK fics
-> reading "A Strong Will" right now :) liking it so far!
- Sevensmith
-> reading the webcomic; very cool :D
(Oops, I think I got just a /bit/ carried away there. XD Uh. Sorry? Let me run back and 1. divide this into two posts and 2. make it more legible word-vomit. :P This is why I don't let myself review, LOL; I ramble and become incoherent.)
Ooh, very useful! :O Let me save it to my coding tricks. Thanks! :)
Reply
(& lol, some of the fandoms I follow are pretty damn tiny, if nonexistent in some cases ;A;. It makes me le sad!) Wahhh, so much to reply to! ajskdlfjasdf--
- Hitsugaya fics
Wahhh, so many flattering things here! ;A;/ I wish I could say I was working on the next part of the Insurgence Arc, but that muse seems to have fled some time ago. :C I'm hoping it'll poke its head back up here at some point, but Bleach fandom made me really upset a few times in the recent past, so I've kind of abandoned it. ;A; Comments like yours, though, make me wish I was still writing it! (Hee, and I'm flattered you enjoyed Fortitude as well! That was a fun fic to write, haha.)
- FMA fics
ajskdlf I have to admit that FMA is my favorite manga *ever*, and I only wish I was more active writing in fandom. ;A;/ I'm really flattered that you like what I've written for it so far! (And I've been poking at Crossfire of late; I have a completed half-chapter that I might post here to try to entice that particular muse back so I can finish the storyyy *sob*.) Lots of politics! And revenge! And, well, me trying to ignore the train wreck that was the movie, hahaha. ;A;
- Naruto fics
alksdjf "Ikidomari" is one of the oldest fics I have posted, hahaha. (All of the fics I've written that are older than it have either been heavily edited, or removed from the 'net entirely, uh.) I'm so flattered that you enjoyed it, even though it's really old. ;A;/
- RK fics
"A Strong Will" was the first fic I posted on the 'net, though not in the version that's up now (fffff, the original is so bad that it makes EYES BLEED OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS--I mean, uh). I'm always feel so giddy when this fic gets complimented, mostly because I spend a *lot* of time writing new chapters on this version (between carefully working on both canon characters' & my own characters' characterizations, and making sure the research is accurate--I have my work cut out for me!). I'm really pleased you're enjoying it so far! ;A;/
- Sevensmith
ajsdlfjaskldfjklasjdfklasdfaj ;A;/ Just the fact that anyone takes a peek at Sevensmith makes me all flaily! Original work is so different in an online forum than fanwork is, at least in terms of feedback. So any time someone mentions reading it, I get all ajskldfjal EXCITED bawww ;A;/
..... And here you thought *you* got carried away! LOL. Will head on to the KHR post now! ajskdlfa
Reply
(Hahaha, orz. Have you seen my fandom index? Because some of the fandoms in here are equally as tiny as yours. [sobs] ;-; )
L-LOL, actually there isn't, it's so short, I thought I wrote more. [fails]
- HITSUGAYA
:( Aw, no more Insurgence Arc? But it's one of the few reasonably in-character Hitsugaya action!epics around. D:
I AM SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT FANDOM. If I give you a cookie, will the muse return it make you feel better? :)
(Fortitude was good. :D )
- FMA
LOL, FMA ACTUALLY HAS A PLOT, which makes it several thousand times better than most manga, agreed. XD
And YES, I saw Crossfire on your other sticky post! :D 50% complete! Very exciting! POLITICS AND REVENGE = VERY, VERY EXCITING. ♥
THERE WAS NO MOVIE. :| TRUE FACT.
- NARUTO
Whoops, really? |D [fail] I mean, it felt like your Naruto fics weren't as...polished, I guess, but I thought I was just hallucinating things. :P I did like how you wrote Kiba, though! :D
- RK
:DDD Yeeeeees, I can totally see all the effort you've put into it! THE RESEARCH IS SO COOL. :D
(LOL, lies, all lies! XD The original was probably super awesome but you took it down because you were afraid people would continue having heart attacks over its awesome, right? :P )
- SEVENSMITH
IT IS VERY INTERESTING! :D
And original fiction thing is SO TRUE. :( That's why I separated my original fiction from my LJ, although I've gotten back into writing fanfiction again because one of my friends kept feeding me plot bunnies. >->
LOL, I thought I got carried away! XD But now I realize it was anything but. :/
KHR. :D
Reply
asjkdlfajsldf FMA is so awesome ;A;. SO awesome!! But yeah, that movie was just... lol. Wow. IDK who wrote that, but it was like really bad fanfiction. ;A;/ (Pretty shiny with good music, but plot/character-wise? Bawww.) I'm kind of stuck at a crossroads with Crossfire, because I have some ideas on where to go with it, but I don't know if I'm dragging certain parts out too much (unnecessarily). :C Eventually it'll figure itself out! ... I hope!
LOLOL, well. Naruto is actually another series I really want to write more for, but never really got around to it. I'm still keeping up on the manga, though! ;A;
...FFFFFFFFF the original version of A Strong Will was sooooo so bad. Like, it had cultural errors & random fangirl!Japanese & an almost-Mary Sue floating around in it. I'm not kidding. ;A; Hence my desire to redo that sucker entirely, with proper research/knowledge and a better overall plot--and to bury the original in my hard drive as far down as it'll go, ahaha. ;A;/
WHEEEEE~ Sevensmith is really fun to work on, though most of the time I plot around with the artist & we come up with stuff that will happen, but just slowly get around to working on what's currently happening in-comic. We're both terrible. ;A; I do write some side-fics for it, though I don't think I'll be posting the most current one anywhere except for the artist to see since it's got a non-canon pairing. And spoilers. And--..... 8D;;
BUT YES, I haven't really been writing original fiction lately. I have a few Sevensmith-related fics that I'm slowly poking at, but generally I'm a slow writer and a lazy bum (hence why I stick to fanfiction)! ;A;/ Fanfiction is good style practice, I think, so it's not entirely useless. And it's just fun--plot bunniesssss~! *A*;;; (WHAT FANDOM, if you don't mind me asking? 8DDD)
FFFFFFF you're talking to one of the many princesses of TL;DR. I tend to talk too muuuuch~ ;A;/ (FEEL FREE TO IGNORE ME IF I start dragging this on for too long, bawww.)
Reply
[sobs] HITSUGAYA, LEND RINJA YOUR BRAIN, OKAY, I WOULD LIKE TO READ MORE FIC. ;-;
Whee, Bleach fic in general is good, too! [coughs] Are any of the ideas Ishida-related, by any chance? >-> Bias, what bias?
LOL, OMG, EXACTLY, THE MOVIE WAS LIKE THE LAST CHAPTER IN THE SEVENTH BOOK OF HP. |D But, yeah, I loved the music! :D
It is okay, you are writing an awesome story, whatever you would like to drag out will be gold. :D [totally makes sense!]
XD Haha, well, Naruto is sort of overrun by crazy new teeny-bopper people, so it's a bit of a scary place to be writing in right now, honestly. :P And LOL, that's more than I'm doing; I quit around the Big Sasuke Chase Across The World. |D [fails] I figure, if I'm already spoiling myself with fanfics, there's no need to keep up with the actual canon when the author himself seems to be making up things ON THE FLY. :P
O-okay, will take your word for it? :< (I STILL DON'T REALLY BELIEVE YOU, THOUGH. 8D )
:DD Oh, I know the feeling! I collab'd on an FFVII story once and it was sheer crack, we really just messed around and kept planning things for the future, instead of working on the stuff we had to do then. XD
LOL, my main focus has been original fiction, lately. XD I've set myself a goal of getting published by the time I graduate (hey, if I don't make it, at least people can say I dream big? |D [shot]). One of my novels will be completely edited by the end of this break and then I can send it out to beta. XD
Slow writing is good! :) I think slow writers are so much more amazing then me, really. :D You guys have to be patient and you always churn out these stories with precise grammar like no other (thinking of you and furiosity here, LOL XD )! Me, my brain is constantly thinking and thinking and thinking, so I have to be constantly writing and writing and writing or risk going insane. Then my writing turns out like mush. :| Augh.
I'd agree on the style thing, because, well, fanfiction definitely needs less world and character building, which means more time spent crafting the actual stories! LOL. XD
And plot bunnies, oh god, don't even get me started on those, they ruin my life. D:
(I, er. >-> Well, I've written for Naruto, YYH, FFVII, KH, HP, and KHR! in that order, repeats notwithstanding. BUT, assuming you actually mean which fandoms cinderspace dragged me back into, I'm writing in HP, Naruto, and KHR!, in order of number of plot bunnies each. |D [fails])
HAHAHA, oh man, you think you talk too much? |D You're hilarious, so hilarious. When you stick me in conversations, they automatically begin to grow at the rate of 120%. :P So I extend the same thing to you-- block me or something if I begin to alskdjaskljdka too much. XD
Reply
sob I haven't read any of the HP series so IDK what you're talking about, but I'll pretend I do! ;A;/ The movie was...asjdkflasdf. In a bad way. :C But that's what fanfiction is for, dammit! Right the wrongs the first anime did to the story! *RAISES FIST*
Naruto fandom is terrifying over on the Pit! ;A; I have a handful of stories I adore from the fandom, but otherwise I generally stay out of it nowadays. :'C The fandom itself has become gigantic, and it's kinda scary! o_o;;; I like the manga because it's still fun, and I still feel like the characters aren't as static as they could be. (And it's fun to mock, of course!)
Hey, that's not such a bad goal! I had that goal once upon a time, but here I am all graduated, and not even half of a manuscript for a novel to speak of. ;A; Having the first draft is half the battle, so you're halfway there, I say! 8D Good luck to you, hon! ♥
Fffffff, precise grammar? sjakdlfa ahahahahahaha ;A;. I'm honored you think that, though I recently had a beta reader shred one of my stories to bits over the grammar (or rather, lack thereof) in it. :'C I went from writing slowly to writing even more slowly, bawww. My brain is constantly coming up with ideas and scenes and bits/pieces of stories, but I never seem to be able to write them out as quickly as I used to. I envy you people who can write and write and write until your fingers fall off! :'C
... I'm gonna have to go read your stuff now, y'know. 8D (WHERE IS IT POSTED jakldjasdfjaskl) The only series I don't read out of that list are YYH & HP (and as much as I'm dying to, I haven't played KH), though YYH & HP are both on my various to-read lists. *A* FANFIIIC *GRABBYHANDS*
LOLOL, this conversation is still growing! 8D IT GROWS LIKE A CHIA PET, JUST ADD WATER--/shot.
Reply
(LOLOL, I really need to post my Fandom ONEs one of these days, just so people will know what I will bias for. |D
[glees] FELLOW ISHIDA LOVER, HAHAHA, SUCCESS. ♥ :( No fic? I am sad, but not very surprised. :P There's not much Ishida!fic out there, so I had to check. XD )
I- I only read up to Book Four, but fandom!truth tells me that the last chapter of Book Seven read very much like a bad fanfic. 8D
HAHAHAHA, EXACTLY. XD If the canon's not good enough, well, that's what fanfiction is for! |D [shot]
D: Well, I mean, you're guaranteed to get several hundred reviews for each story you post? That's sort of good, right?
LOL, same here, I've got...okay, not a handful, definitely more than a handful. XD But, yeah, same principle. And I only venture in with the weight of a rec. :P
Pfft, oh man, true, the characters do such weird things, they can't possibly become static yet. XD Oh, Kishimoto.
(HAHAHAHA, oh god, there's so much to mock though, I kind of just stalk all the comms and let them do it for me. |D [fails])
LOL, you give the exact opposite advice of every person in my life who isn't a writer. XD I've got plenty of outlines and another half-finished novel but this one [pokes the GDoc in question] is the only one I've finished that I'm not completely embarrassed to show the world. :P
Yes, precise grammar! XD Sometimes, I'll be reading your stuff and I'll go, "Oh man, she must have deliberated over this turn of phrase for an hour or something, it changes SO MUCH." :P
Hm, beta readers. :d Well, I've never seen any of your stories before they were beta'd, so I can't say! XD Honestly, though, I tend to find that most of the disagreements lie in the differences between the thinking and speaking patterns of the author and betas. :/
Maybe it's overload? D: I get that, sometimes, where I'll be trying to write out three scenes at once and I won't be able to write everything as fast as I should be able to (LOL, this is 1. why I type and 2. why my handwriting is illegible 8D ).
NO I WANT MY FINGERS TO STAY ON OKAY. :<
HA I HAVE FOILED YOUR DASTARDLY PLANS FOR WORLD DOMINATION READING MY FICS. XD All previous fics have been deleted from the world because they were so awful. :D The only place my fics are posted are on my orig!fic writing journal which, true to its description, hosts no fanfics whatsoever. [beams] (BY WHICH I MEAN, oh my god, no, you don't ever want to read my fanfics, they are so out of character, it's not even funny. And trust me, I can find the funny in just about anything. D: )
--uh, however. [attempts to avoid grabby hands] Yun and I are in the process of setting up a RP-musebox!comm over at DreamWidth, so. If she wants to make it public, I will post my fic there and link you to it? The only stuff that's actually written as of yet is HP in nature, small snippets of Naruto notwithstanding. :(
LOL, will rec plenty of all of those fandoms in the future; if you want, I can bump up the priority of HP, KH, and YYH recs? :)
Hahaha, when you say "Just add water", it makes me think of the dollar store Grow Toys. You know, the ones that are initially the size of your thumb when you buy them, but grow to the size of your hand after 72 hours in water? I loved those things when I was younger. |D [shot for nerdiness]
Unfortunately, I never had a Chia Pet, though, so I can't comment on whether or not it grows like our conversation. XD
Reply
HAHA<, I once tried compiling a list of my fandom biases, but they change so much (AND I HAVE SO MANY) that it was a fruitless endeavor. :T;;
(ajskdlfasdf I wish there was more good Ishida fic, too! Although my pet genres never seem to include Ishida, and my ships with him don't get much action in the fandom world either, bawww. Ishidork needs more love--from Kubo, too!)
FFFFFFFF getting a hundred reviews on Naruto fic? I suppose that's true nowadays, though most of those are going to be the really obnoxious fantwits who don't really know what they're talking about. :/ And there are stupid stories by the hundreds there--this is why rec lists are so useful! (*totally plans on raiding yours soon* ajskdlfjasdfljas)
Hee, Kishimoto really does make good material for mocking. I think that's half his charm, though--he's not afraid to do cheap humor, which I can appreciate. It means he's not taking himself too seriously! 8D
WELL, y'know, those of us who love to write always have to hope that it can be done! And I've always been told that you don't know if something's impossible unless you try, so. |DDD;; I still say you should go for it!!!
... Really??? For me, it's more a case of "aaaa how do I get this scene out of my brain on paper in a logical order of events" than it is a case of mulling over phrases (though that does happen, just not for as long). I'm really flattered that you think so, though! ;A;/asjdkfljasdf
FFFF well, I don't actually use beta readers all that often anymore (I make a few exceptions here & there for various reasons, ahaha), mostly because I'm lazy. ;A; But I know what you mean about the stylistic differences between writers and beta readers--though most of the time it's a case of me bending a grammar rule in a way that's not acceptable, and the beta reader calls me on it. 8D;;
Mmm, maybe, though I tend to write MORE when I get in "the mode" of writing. Like, when I had to write a crapton of papers last year in uni? I was highly productive on the fic-writing front. :'C (LOLOL I can barely handwrite anything anymore, too! My wrists cramp up and my handwriting went to hell in a handbasket at some point during uni. ;A;/)
WELL FINE THEN, YOU KEEP YOUR FINGERS 8|
OH BOO ON YOU FOR THAT TOO, THEN!!! Bawww, I left a v. small portion some of my old fics up for mockery's sake! ;A;/ And I'm sure your fanfics aren't that bad; at least you know how to properly use and abuse the English language, and you're able to comment on other fics! Characterization is usually one of those concepts that is constantly up for debate, anyway. If you can explain WHY a character acts a certain way, then you're set! 8D *shot*
asjdfklasdf I would def. read~!!! Although probably not HP since I'm not so into it, bawwww. ;A;/ (Naruto, though--*THAT* is something I'd read~ 8D)
LMAO well, I'll have to get caught up on those series first before I start reading any fanfic for them. ;3; Sounds like I may have some reading (and game-playing on a console I don't own) to do here soon! 8D;;
...... LMAO, I know those things too! 8DDD Except I never got the point of them except to watch them grow; they were always made out of really gross material that seemed all slimy and sticky and squishy after you grew them. ;A;/ BUT YES, same idea, haha~! Although I think this'll have to be the only comment I reply to tonight; it's way past bedtime, oops!
Reply
alkjklsjd OMG, fandom obsessions. |D Haha, assuming we're only counting the ones I stayed at least a month in and could rec some decent fics for, mine go something like: Naruto -> GW -> KH -> FFVII -> GO -> Bleach -> HP -> PoT -> Furuba -> Digimon -> OHSHC -> HoneySyn -> ES21 -> HnG -> SG-1 -> CG -> Supernatural -> FMA -> DGM -> YYH -> A:TLA -> RK -> YGO -> xxxH/TRC/CCS -> KHR! Vast majority, I only briefly touched canon of. :d
XD I...don't really change biases. I add to them, but once a character goes there, it's permanent (I have yet to remove anyone, at least XD ). Uuuh, okay, this list is under construction, but I keep meaning to post it, so I might as well post it now before I forget: "one"s here!
(alksdjalkd I KNOW, RIGHT, there's so little of Ishida! D: My two Bleach biases are Hitsugaya and Ishida, but Hitsugaya's corner of fandom is overrun by teeny-boppers and Ishida's corner is neglected, so I turned towards Ichigo/Ishida, which was surprisingly fruitful! ...but also kind of tiny. :< So yeah, the stuff I'd usually read about him DOESN'T EXIST and since I've leaned towards Ichigo/Ishida, IT'S STILL HARD TO FIND. alksjdklad ;-; LOLOL, I think Kubo kind of forgot about him, to be honest. |D )
THAT'S OKAY, YOU STILL FEEL LOVED? :D [shot]
(O-oh man, I should warn you: 1. I mostly either only have classics, and Naruto/Sasuke at that, 2. most of the fics I rec will have been written back in 2007 or earlier, and 3. I won't be rec'ing much Naruto...at least, not until I've rec'd a whole bunch of KHR/KH/FFVII. >->;; )
LOLOL, SO TRUE, so true. XDD I love an author that can show you even they don't take themselves/their characters seriously. :P It's like, "I know you love these people I've created, but you know what, they don't actually exist. Also, they often do really stupid things for really stupid reasons. And I'm the one making them do the stupid stuff."
XD LOL, was more thinking along the lines of people who aren't writers expecting that my writing a novel is easy, until I tell them to go write a thousand polished words--the kind they would show their professor or boss--and then come back and tell me a hundred thousand is easy. :P
But whoo, am going for it, am going for it! --well, other than the part where I appear to have signed up three magazine submissions, the last one being due at the end of January. So, uh, whoops. >->
alskdjaklsd DUDE YOU'RE SO LUCKY DDD: I mean, I get that scene issue, too, but my brain concocts random stuff on-the-fly, so I'll either put the scene down as is, bullet-point the main points, or figure it out as I type. XD However, I get stuck on particular parts all the time. :< I'll mull over one sentence for hours and hours, fixing this word, deleting that word, researching the connotations of using a certain phrase. Not that anyone ever notices, but it makes me feel better. |D So I always go into super-flail whenever I find really awesome sentences and phrases in other peoples' writings (the kind of really awesome that I just want to COPY AND STEAL AND CALL MINE but can't because, dude, it's so obvious I never could've made up something so awesome :< ).
Reply
Pfft, oh god, I tango with grammar until it's dizzy and senseless and bent every which way, so I totally know what you mean. XD I haven't found a beta that's willing to point out the ones that don't work, though, which is an issue. :d
! TRUE, yes! :O Like, if I'm on the lookout for story ideas, I tend to exercise that part of my brain more, so I'll end up writing more! [beams] That's why I try to give myself writing deadlines here and there, so I'll remember to keep a good pace and continue observing. :P (Wrists don't cramp, but when I've been writing, OH MY GOD, my thumb feels like it's dying. ;-; And HAHA, my handwriting forgoed the handbasket, okay, it just fried. |D [fails])
I WILL. D: HOW ELSE WOULD I WRITE OKAY.
:< I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, REALLY. LOL, they're so bad, you can mock them just by calling them fics. 8D;; Uuuh, no, they were pure wish fulfillment. :P Can't explain them, they totally were not their characters.
XD Haha, I may end up just posting them at my journal. Maybe I'll do a fanfic filter or something. |D
LOLOL, current fanfic selection has been upped to: HP, Naruto, and KHR! now. XD I'm not even kidding, all my other friends keep tossing plot bunnies my way and, well, I'm a sucker for adorable animals and hot guys |D , so, uh, yeah. :P (The HP is crack. :| Total, utter AU crack. You could test it for potentness! Then I could label, "for general use" because even people not in HP can understand! XD )
Hm, I see. :d I usually jump feet-first into a fandom and glean all my "canon" knowledge from that. XD Sometimes, I'll go and pick up the real stuff but... >-> So maybe no recs from those fandoms for you. XD
:D The point was to watch them grow! And be AMAZED! (I bought them when I was six, okay, and even more easily amused than I am now. D: )
LOLOL, not past my bedtime here, but definitely past my Internet limit. Guy behind me? GLARING HOLE IN SKULL, oops. :P
Reply
Leave a comment