So, OMG. Otakon was this past weekend, and I joined 30,000+ other people to basically geek out all weekend long :DDD I'd never gone to a convention before and gosh, it was the most fantastic experience. Highlights include:

-Two AMAZING concerts--Mikako Joho and VIXX on Friday and Aya Hirano on Sunday. My seats were great, front and center, and the ( Read more... )

Round 7 of Ryou VeRua's YGO Fanfiction Contest, challenge pairing Taphoshipping: Mother x Father Ishtar.

The Accompanist

Summary: You are a Tomb Keeper, and it takes many minds and hands and hearts to protect the legacy of the pharaoh.

I really wanted to set the majority of the story with them as children--many of the themes of YGO involve growing up ( Read more... )

Luck is in the Leftovers
Summary: When Hirutani's gang is challenged by the Rare Hunters, Jounouchi and Shizuka find themselves caught between both groups. Sedateshipping: Marik x Shizuka

It's a story about family--the family that one is born with and the family that one makes for themselves. This story went through so many iterations; with the turf ( Read more... )

For Round Four of Ryou VeRua's YGO Fanfiction Contest, the challenge pairing was Bribeshipping (Rex Raptor x Mai Valentine).

I love the idea of this pairing, but actually getting something down on paper was really difficult. It just felt like, no matter what I was trying to do, that I had already written either that idea or something too close to ( Read more... )

This post brought to you by the letter C! Or more precisely, the anime [C]. Noitamina programming, I love you ~~

For round 3 of Ryou VeRua's YGO Fanfiction Contest, the challenge pairing was Headdressshipping: Priest Set x Mahad. I couldn't think of a darn thing for it because my head was so full of magical duel monster battles for fabulous amounts ( Read more... )

You can watch the 26-episode anime Last Exile on Youtube (on Funimation's Channel), Hulu, or Netflix, and I just finished the last two episodes last night. ALL OF MY LOVE. *sparkly eyes*

Last Exile is a steampunk-ish anime that stars two vanship pilots, Claus and Lavie, that enter races (although they've never won one) and take on courier missions ( Read more... )

For Round 2 of Ryou VeRua's Fanfiction Contest the challenge pairing was Hostshipping (Ryou Bakura x Anzu Mazaki) and I'm quite proud of my entry. It's one of those fortuitous times when you already had the perfect idea for the pairing, and you don't have to compromise using this idea for anything less than what it was designed for.

Mutual Life

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We're 17 rounds in to the LJ Idol competition, and each week is getting more and more intense! I haven't checked the polls yet, so I don't know how I'm doing, but as ten people will be leaving this week every vote counts! You can read my entry here, and if you'd like to vote for me before the poll closes tomorrow evening, you'll have to join the ( Read more... )

( It had been created to be perfect, static, and somewhere along the line it had become immortal. )