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Hello! Please call me Ai. This is a fandom journal--I don't read this friends list anymore, but I will continue to use this journal for fannish posts and to post fanfiction to apples_for_me. Feel free to friend/watch; you don't need my permission. ♥ If you are here for the fiction or fanfic, it's over at apples_for_me. ^_^ I'm always open to discussions, but I am anti-spoilers. Please check my anime list and manga list if you want to know what I've watched/am watching!

ETA: There are no direct/overt links from this journal to my "real" LJ out of this page to make sure Google or business acquaintances don't connect the dots: fandom people who are interested should feel free to ask me for my "real" LJ name through PM or e-mail. ♥

 

From giving_ground:

If you could have me write a fic specifically for you, what would it be like? Fandom, characters/pairing, genre, plot elements, kinks (if applicable)...what's your ideal fic from me?

Somehow this isn't working. *mopes* What I have of the S.A.I. prequel needs to be completely scrapped and I need to just admit this and start again from the beginning. This will make draft #3. *sighs* Maybe I should just drabble, and be done with it... but dammit, I want to do this right, even if it does turn out to be merely drabble-length.

OMG posted fic. ♥ Hee! *swings hammer against that big ol' block* This was a scene I removed from the Yang Hai/Sai WIP that is kicking my butt. (You'd think a sub-2000-word-story would be easier to write. T_T) Anyway, I couldn't bear to actually delete the scene, and the universe seemed like it needed a TK/Sai encounter anyway, so. ^_^ Bonus drabble. Maybe now I will be able to make real progress on the REAL fic.

Oh Irony
Finally, posted something for beta. The irony of it is, this is a very short fic (prequel to S.A.I.), but merely by posting it I shall have beaten my word count for last year. *sighs* Wow, 2009 was terrible. readerofasaph, thephoenixboy, if you can't see the beta post, let me know. ♥

Ganked from viridian_magpie...

Your result for The Fan Fiction Personality Test...

The True Fan

OOC is blasphemy, canon is everything.

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This year's year in fic review post brought home the fact that I have posted 1100 words this year. That's not a typo. *weep*

I have just been posting some of my stories from apples_for_me to Archive of Our Own. May I just say here: argh, the site is incredibly slow (to me). I do like the format better than that of FFN, but I still think I prefer LJ when all's said and done.

I'm rewatching Nana after failing a beta (OOC, of all reasons, which puts me to shame). I'm only on episode 5, and already I'm cringing at how badly I missed the mark. Going to finish the entire series before I try to write this again!

As an aside, this probably means I am unlikely to do very much PoT that involves anyone who is not Seigaku. Nana is 44 episodes. PoT is 173.

Stamps
I have three sheets of Naruto stamps, and they are 800 yen each (80 yen x 10 stamps). One is reserved for toki_usagi, who pre-ordered them a while back. If anyone else would like Naruto stamps, please let me know--it'll be 800 yen plus postage (postage is free if you're already my penpal and I owe you a letter or a Christmas card). I will take Paypal in yen only please. ^_^ Comment or e-mail.

ETA: Does anyone think there will be interest if I buy up a bunch for whichever Naruto fans want these?

NANA fic no good (OOC), back to the drawing board. It's been too long since any exposure to NANA canon for me, which is the root of them problem, so I think I shall have to re-watch the anime, or re-read the manga. I haven't quite decided which. On the one hand, I can start/stop the manga any time and not have to do it in chunks of half-hour episodes. On the other hand, I love NANA's music, and I sure wouldn't mind a re-watch of that...

Looking for anyone in the NANA fandom who's willing to do a character beta for 500 words Nana and Hachi. Is there anyone on the f-list who reads NANA and wouldn't mind checking my characterization? (love_of_anime, as this is a fulfillment of your request, I'm afraid I'm going to have to disqualify you... ^_^)

Happy Birthday, Tezuka. ♥ I hope you had a good one.

I've just left two queries on posts made in hikarunogo asking why comments have been screened on what are obviously meta discussion posts. We shall see what the responses are. I'm all for meta and discussion, and even if the posts don't really make much sense to me, I don't see a reason to delete them or ban the poster, but I've received complaints from two people now, and I want to be fair.

The mod stick, it is heavy. *sigh*

The fall anime lineup is out, and I am looking at:

• Armed Librarians: Book of Bantorra - intriguing premise. One episode to check it out.
• Miracle Train: Oeudo-sen e Youkoso - *laughing* Sheer premise (boys named after trains on the Chuo line) gives this one _one_ episode to hook me.
• Yumeiro Patissiere - Food anime always gets one shot from me. ^_^
• Sasameki Koto - looks like a non-hentai lesbian anime, and therefore worth a shot.
• Darker than Black: Gemini of the Falling Star - I'll give this one a shot, since I liked the first DTB...
• Blue Literature - teaser picture looked interesting, but I have no idea what this one's going to be like. Trying one episode.
• Sanjushi - Three Musketeers, apparently. Worth a shot? *not sure*
• Kiddy Girl-and - ... horrible title (and what?) but who knows, might be worth a shot. The original Kiddy Grade was all right.
• Winter Sonata - Ohoho, time to see what has all those women bawling.
• Sangoku Engi - Romance of the Three Kingdoms--let's hope THIS TIME it's done right (*remembering the horror that was Sangoku Kotetsushi*)

Considering the time crush, though, what will probably happen is that I will just sit on this list until everyone else has watched it, and then go with whatever people recommend... ^_^;;;;;;