Tagged by Kon... (a meme)
How about a brief introduction for yourself?
→ I'm Tsuki and I write fanfiction. *grins*
Fabulous! And what got you into fanfiction to begin with?
→ I've always been into writing - I started when I was young (maybe 8-9) in elementary school and was even published in the yearbooks occasionally. I wrote original stories as well as poetry and put together a little book, which I'm sure my mum has stashed away somewhere. *cringes* Then I sort of...stopped...for a while and then picked up fanfiction when I discovered anime (thanks to chibi-kun) and j-pop rps (thanks Anya).
I see, so what kind of fanfiction do you like to write?
→ Angst, baby! *giggles madly*
Do you find writing easy? Hard? What are the most difficult aspects of writing you struggle with?
→ It depends. Some of it is easy where I have a clear plot in mind and am able to stick with it. I do suck at endings though. Like really badly. I think that's why most of my drabbles end up.....not. *chuckles sheepishly* I also suck at the romantic stuff, cuz I think I'm not really a romantic person either.
Write a few sentences or so of your favorite pairing or character.
→ Hayato/Ryu - Hayato stares at Ryu lazily from under his fringe, a smile on his face. It's the sort of smile that bodes no good for someone, (usually Ryu), but Ryu just ignores him, knowing it irritates Hayato when he does it. Their relationship is of the push-pull kind; sometimes they push each other, sometimes they pull, but in the end, they're always together and that's what counts.
→ Ohkura/Yasuda - "What do you think of this one?" Yasu asks with a twinkle in his eye. He knows it annoys Ohkura but he still does it, mainly because it amuses them both in the end.
"It makes you look stupid," comes the honest answer, making Yasu chuckle.
He buys it in the end just to wind Ohkura up, and wears it to the next Janiben taping where the others don't know whether to laugh or cry at the strange combination of flower and animal prints.
Are there any fanfiction clichés or trends you're sick of or just can't stand?
→ Ueda the princess/wimp/totallyOOC, Ryo the complete asshole, Akame so in love *rolls eyes* or alternatively hating each other until something makes them love each other (how is that realistic?). Anybody being so horridly OOC that it HURTS. Mary Sues and self-inserts. *dies* NO! Just NO!
Are you guilty of any fanfiction clichés you hate? Or any other ones?
→ I dunno really. I know early on, I used to not be bothered with mixing up Japanese and English names in my Sailor Moon fics, but that's because I hated some of the English names and liked the others. I've learned better now. *chuckles* When in doubt, be an elitist and stick with the Japanese names ;)
For RPS...I think lately it's been more the...overly colourful sentimentality. I'm not really that kind of person IRL so it makes me cringe having to write it (and read it), but sometimes I just don't see any other way, y'know?
What was the first fandom you wrote for, and do you still like/participate in it?
→ Sailor Moon and no. I got out of that years ago and never really looked back. I do have an unfinished story that maybe someday I'll finish (it's...sort of epic-like *sheepish*) but...I dunno. I remember where I wanted to go with it and everything but just...lost interest in a huge way. (anyone wanna finish it for me?)
Name your OTPs or most frequently written pairings/characters and explain what it is about them that you love to write.
→ OhYass - I just love them to bits. They're just so adorable it hurts and when they have their moments it's just. so. cute.
→ HayaRyu - the angst potential is just so awesome here. The big fight. The making up (and out? LOL). The friendship and camaraderie is just so....I really can't explain it. For me, it's just so obvious that there's chemistry there that you really have to be oblivious, imho, not to see it.
What would you call your writing “style”?
→ I have a style?
Do you read other people’s fanfic? If so, what do you find yourself reading the most?
→ Oh hell yeah. I love reading fanfics but sadly the quality is not...what it could be. Does that make me sound like a snob? *sheepish smile* I have my favourite authors and they are just whoa. I look up to them a LOT. They're all pretty much on my rec post already, tho it really needs finishing....
I mostly read angst. It's what I love the most because it just makes you feel. I guess that's the only explanation I can think of for why I love it so much.
Name one thing you’d LOVE to write, but have been too afraid or shy to do.
→ Either something in Kon's Saints universe or in Pero's Government AU-verse. THE best written series ever, imho. I can't get enough of them and read them over and over and over. *is really sad, right?* I just don't think I could ever do them justice tho, which is why I haven't done it. (plus I don't want either of them to kill me for it...they do quite well on their own, thank you, so don't need me messing about and messing up their 'verses.)
Do you have trouble taking criticism? Or worse yet, do you have the dreaded bloated ego?
→ I don't have very much confidence (or any at all really) so I really do have a problem with criticism. That's why I don't have a beta reader and most likely never will. I think I do just fine on my own anyway... I think the other problem is that people don't know how to give proper concrit. If they did, I don't think I'd mind it so much....
When you write, is there anything that helps? Music? Quiet room?
→ I usually write late at night when everyone's gone to bed. I hate interruptions and having an impressionable chibi (who flips out at the mere idea of BL *laughs* (remember that, Leila? *so very amused*)) who reads my screen means I have to make sure he doesn't see it. *chuckles* Hubby knows I write this stuff and it amuses him but he doesn't like to read it.
What inspires you?
→ The little things in real life events like Ohkura touching Maru and trying not to be obvious about it. The easy interaction between Ohkura and Yasu, or Yasu and Subaru. Snarky and smart-ass Yoko. They're just so amusing....and I bet they'd be horrified at why I find them so funny and so inspirational. *chuckles*
Sometimes reading badfic can be inspirational too. There are really good ideas out there that are just executed (and I do mean executed...eugh) badly. Sometimes I think 'hey, I like that idea but I'd do it this way' and write it in my head.
I tag quinnsan, mujun, and asinful... *smiles*
→ I'm Tsuki and I write fanfiction. *grins*
Fabulous! And what got you into fanfiction to begin with?
→ I've always been into writing - I started when I was young (maybe 8-9) in elementary school and was even published in the yearbooks occasionally. I wrote original stories as well as poetry and put together a little book, which I'm sure my mum has stashed away somewhere. *cringes* Then I sort of...stopped...for a while and then picked up fanfiction when I discovered anime (thanks to chibi-kun) and j-pop rps (thanks Anya).
I see, so what kind of fanfiction do you like to write?
→ Angst, baby! *giggles madly*
Do you find writing easy? Hard? What are the most difficult aspects of writing you struggle with?
→ It depends. Some of it is easy where I have a clear plot in mind and am able to stick with it. I do suck at endings though. Like really badly. I think that's why most of my drabbles end up.....not. *chuckles sheepishly* I also suck at the romantic stuff, cuz I think I'm not really a romantic person either.
Write a few sentences or so of your favorite pairing or character.
→ Hayato/Ryu - Hayato stares at Ryu lazily from under his fringe, a smile on his face. It's the sort of smile that bodes no good for someone, (usually Ryu), but Ryu just ignores him, knowing it irritates Hayato when he does it. Their relationship is of the push-pull kind; sometimes they push each other, sometimes they pull, but in the end, they're always together and that's what counts.
→ Ohkura/Yasuda - "What do you think of this one?" Yasu asks with a twinkle in his eye. He knows it annoys Ohkura but he still does it, mainly because it amuses them both in the end.
"It makes you look stupid," comes the honest answer, making Yasu chuckle.
He buys it in the end just to wind Ohkura up, and wears it to the next Janiben taping where the others don't know whether to laugh or cry at the strange combination of flower and animal prints.
Are there any fanfiction clichés or trends you're sick of or just can't stand?
→ Ueda the princess/wimp/totallyOOC, Ryo the complete asshole, Akame so in love *rolls eyes* or alternatively hating each other until something makes them love each other (how is that realistic?). Anybody being so horridly OOC that it HURTS. Mary Sues and self-inserts. *dies* NO! Just NO!
Are you guilty of any fanfiction clichés you hate? Or any other ones?
→ I dunno really. I know early on, I used to not be bothered with mixing up Japanese and English names in my Sailor Moon fics, but that's because I hated some of the English names and liked the others. I've learned better now. *chuckles* When in doubt, be an elitist and stick with the Japanese names ;)
For RPS...I think lately it's been more the...overly colourful sentimentality. I'm not really that kind of person IRL so it makes me cringe having to write it (and read it), but sometimes I just don't see any other way, y'know?
What was the first fandom you wrote for, and do you still like/participate in it?
→ Sailor Moon and no. I got out of that years ago and never really looked back. I do have an unfinished story that maybe someday I'll finish (it's...sort of epic-like *sheepish*) but...I dunno. I remember where I wanted to go with it and everything but just...lost interest in a huge way. (anyone wanna finish it for me?)
Name your OTPs or most frequently written pairings/characters and explain what it is about them that you love to write.
→ OhYass - I just love them to bits. They're just so adorable it hurts and when they have their moments it's just. so. cute.
→ HayaRyu - the angst potential is just so awesome here. The big fight. The making up (and out? LOL). The friendship and camaraderie is just so....I really can't explain it. For me, it's just so obvious that there's chemistry there that you really have to be oblivious, imho, not to see it.
What would you call your writing “style”?
→ I have a style?
Do you read other people’s fanfic? If so, what do you find yourself reading the most?
→ Oh hell yeah. I love reading fanfics but sadly the quality is not...what it could be. Does that make me sound like a snob? *sheepish smile* I have my favourite authors and they are just whoa. I look up to them a LOT. They're all pretty much on my rec post already, tho it really needs finishing....
I mostly read angst. It's what I love the most because it just makes you feel. I guess that's the only explanation I can think of for why I love it so much.
Name one thing you’d LOVE to write, but have been too afraid or shy to do.
→ Either something in Kon's Saints universe or in Pero's Government AU-verse. THE best written series ever, imho. I can't get enough of them and read them over and over and over. *is really sad, right?* I just don't think I could ever do them justice tho, which is why I haven't done it. (plus I don't want either of them to kill me for it...they do quite well on their own, thank you, so don't need me messing about and messing up their 'verses.)
Do you have trouble taking criticism? Or worse yet, do you have the dreaded bloated ego?
→ I don't have very much confidence (or any at all really) so I really do have a problem with criticism. That's why I don't have a beta reader and most likely never will. I think I do just fine on my own anyway... I think the other problem is that people don't know how to give proper concrit. If they did, I don't think I'd mind it so much....
When you write, is there anything that helps? Music? Quiet room?
→ I usually write late at night when everyone's gone to bed. I hate interruptions and having an impressionable chibi (who flips out at the mere idea of BL *laughs* (remember that, Leila? *so very amused*)) who reads my screen means I have to make sure he doesn't see it. *chuckles* Hubby knows I write this stuff and it amuses him but he doesn't like to read it.
What inspires you?
→ The little things in real life events like Ohkura touching Maru and trying not to be obvious about it. The easy interaction between Ohkura and Yasu, or Yasu and Subaru. Snarky and smart-ass Yoko. They're just so amusing....and I bet they'd be horrified at why I find them so funny and so inspirational. *chuckles*
Sometimes reading badfic can be inspirational too. There are really good ideas out there that are just executed (and I do mean executed...eugh) badly. Sometimes I think 'hey, I like that idea but I'd do it this way' and write it in my head.
I tag quinnsan, mujun, and asinful... *smiles*