I INTEND TO LIVE FOREVER.

Yesterday I was reading a fic, and I kept getting the feeling that I should think it was really good, but I didn't. I mean, I noticed quite a few things that were well-done, and it certainly wasn't a sub-par fic, it just...I don't know. By the time I was done reading, I thought it was just...dull. It came across like an icon with too many effects, or something.

:|

For some reason I've gotten back into reading chapterfics, something that I haven't done in a while. I've been spending way too much time looking for Zutara fics (especially chapterfics) lately. I'm looking for post 3x12 (or 3x13) fics, but sadly there aren't too many of them. Woes.

There are a few things that bug me about Zutara fics. I guess the capture/kidnap/omgraep cliche would irk me, but I don't usually even bother clicking on those (of course I think capture can be done well, it's just overdone and usually stupid). One thing that I don't like - and it's not necessarily either good or bad writing, just a preference, I guess - is when Zuko loses his scar. I just...I dunno. Zuko without his scar just isn't Zuko to me. I'm sure I was squeeing as much as any other Zutarian when Katara said she could heal it, but I didn't really WANT her to. I...it's Zuko. I'm sure it's a painful reminder of his past to him, but DAMMIT I LIKE IT. Besides, Zuko needs to be painfully reminded of his past in case he ever feels like fucking up again.

I also don't like it when Zuko and Katara suddenly get along great in fanfiction. Who wants to read that? I mean, it makes sense in future!fic, when Zuko and Katara are older and have supposedly been friends for a while, but...buh? Katara is barely tolerating him at this point. Though I am DYING to see Zuko try to get on her good side in canon, since he seems to be struggling to gain acceptance...too may lulz to be had. Oh Zuzu. ♥


I am completely Zutara obsessed for some reason. Of course, I like several other Avatar ships, but the only one for which I've actually hunted fic for is Smellerbee/Longshot. Because it was meant to be, baybee. I'm not really so concerned about how Katara's romance turns out, but omg Smellershot NEEDS to be canon by the end (it practically is, anyway :P).


I have so much to do, fandom-wise. I feel like I haven't read Naruto OR Bleach in, like...100 chapters. And I really want to re-read the Inuyasha manga, one of these centuries. And I never got around to reading more than 3 chapters of Kekkaishi, dammit. And I need to finish Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. And I'm sure there's more. xD

Speaking of TTGL, I'm really starting to like Viral. I didn't care much for him at first, but I like him a lot now. Woo~

Okay, so I'm thinking that I should start a fic journal.

At first I didn't want to, because having a separate journal can be kind of annoying. But then I got to thinking that it would be annoying to have to read all my random bullshit if all you really wanted to read was my fic? I dunno. And I guess I could still link to it on my journal, because for some reason I dislike having someone and their writing journal friended (I friend writing journals for people I don't know, y'know?) but...maybe that would be annoying for people on my FList who didn't want to read my fic? I lose either way!

Ugh, I'll probably just start one and delete all the ones I've already posted here. At least that way, you guys don't have to endure me uploading my old stuff. Maybe I'll just make a community for my stuff.

You know, every time I get to thinking that I might be a sort-of-good fic writer, I go out and read what the rest of the world has to offer, and realize that I'm average at best.

Especially with prose. I dunno, it just seems so...not really boring...simple, maybe? Which isn't to say that simple is a bad thing, but oftentimes I find myself blown away by someone else's prose and can't ever imagine myself writing something that beautiful.

Hn.

Maybe if I actually, y'know, edited my fics, they would be better. But I'm lazy and, more than that, I'd always rather work on new stuff. Oh wells.

Holy shit, I haven't written anything since May. I didn't realize that it had been so long. This must be rectified. I'm working on a little Ginny/Luna piece, but lately I can never bring myself to write more than a paragraph or two.

Maybe I'll spit out something soon. Maybe not. Oh wells.

I have been watching entirely too much Futurama lately. It is - by far - my favorite show. I'm torn between wishing there were still new episodes and being glad that it was never dragged out. Anyway, the movies make me unquestionably happy. Fry is just so ADORABLE. He deserves a place on my all-time favorite character list, but I'm not sure where. I ♥ Fry.

I'd forgotten how much I loved Ishida/Orihime until I read an IshiHime fic yesterday. They're no longer my Bleach OTP, but they are second. Their relationship is just...I don't know. I don't think it will be canon, but there's just so much...potential for them given to us in canon, I just can't resist. Orihime is able to see him like no one else does (I'm reminded of just before they went to Soul Society and she explained his motivation to the others). They complement each other so perfectly - they seem like total opposites, but they're not. Their personalities are different, it's true - but they have so much in common, it's strange. But perfect.

Anyway, the fic I was reading was a rape!fic...normally I shy away from that sort of thing, but this...made sense, at least to me. Of course, I can't see it happening in canon, but that doesn't mean that it's not interesting. Orihime has some Sueish qualities in it. I mean, it's mostly close to canon, except her powers...she literally has god-like powers in it, so. But that's about the only thing I really have an issue with, so.

*scuttles off to study for her tests*

I haven't written anything in what I feel like is forever. Since my computer died, I lost all of the (and believe me, there were many) partially-written fics that I had. That's okay, though, because for some reason, none of them were going anywhere. I wrote a drabble in response to an LJ friend's meme yesterday, and it felt pretty good, so hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things...sometime after finals.

You know, I like to read smut (no more or less than anything else - sometimes it depends on the pairing), but I don't think I'd be very good at writing it. Sad, I know. There are some pairings that I just can't get enough smut of. Inuyasha/Kagome is one of those. And Mugen/Fuu. Luckily, these two pairings are pretty popular in their respective fandoms (and Inuyasha is a pretty big fandom), so there's a decent amount to work with. Still, sometimes I feel like I've read every readable InuKag and Mugen/Fuu smutfic out there. Sigh. :(