"I will stand or I will fall. I will not sit." - Largo, from Megatokyo

"Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer."
– Barbara Kingsolver

"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."
- C.S.Lewis

"People are mirrors. If you smile, a smile will be reflected."
- Zeno, from Akatsuki no Yona

Random Info of the Day: (Jan 1) My New Years Resolution is to finish everything I started. That means old One Piece and Hetalia fics will be complete, as well as the pairing collections for DragonBall and, just, like, everything. I made a priority list, but I'm not sure how faithful I will be to that. Updated my profile. Sorry it's long.

Current Project Focus: (June 18) What We Become - shit I'm back in Hetalia guys.

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Update Schedule: I will be aiming for updates on either Monday or Friday. Some weeks, I might be able to do both. Eventually, I want to be able to update twice a week so I'm just going to leave those two days as the days I update. Period. Check back on those days.

Recent Update: What We Become (EngPru - Hetalia) - chapter 12

My Anime Music Videos
I deleted the long list of these but you can go to my youtube channel (Reda1417) if you want to check out my One Piece, DBZ, and Hetalia amvs.

Videos and Animations Done for My Works:
-Dragonblade fantasy AU-
thanks to Kairi: Crash
-One Season-
(spoiler for Chapter 3) - thanks to Kairi: Dead Hearts

-Silhouette-
(based on a roleplay, fic that may never come) - thanks to Kairi: Rhythm of the Night

FanArt Made for My Works:
-Just Another High School Romance-
(cover art) - thanks to Blauvixen - found here
(based on part 4) - thanks to Blauvixen - found here
(based on the Pocky Game moment) - thanks to Piinl - found here

ABOUT ME:

-I am 31 and happily married for 5 years.

-I like quotes, video games, fantasy, furries, ponies, learning other languages, and generally anything that is considered weird.

-I am a church music director at a small church and it's only the best job ever.

-I dream of being an author with at least one kid and lots of cats.

-I have one big happy family and love each and every one of them.

-At times I feel like a hyperactive child trapped behind a huge brick wall of anxiety and fear.

-I write a lot, read a lot, and love meeting people on the internet. Especially if we can talk about writing!

-You can love it, you can hate it, you can ignore or adore it. But whatever it is, ah, it's always going to be a part of me.

MY FICS:

IN THE WORKS

One Piece

Claimed: A fic about Luffy, Ace, and Sanji fighting over Zoro. Who will get to claim the Straw Hat's swordsman in the end?

- completion status: 7 of 30

- priority level: 3 of 11 fics

This One Time, For Art Class: Usopp is an art major. Zoro gets to be the model one day. For now, they meet, and we'll see where this ride takes us.

- completion status: 2 of ??

- priority level: 4 of 11 fics

The Bet: Zoro and Sanji are forced to share a room and, uh, stuff happens. ZoSan/SanZo

- completion status: 3 of ??

- priority level: 10 of 11 fics

Hetalia

Incomplete: Elizaveta is a new transfer student in a small town high school just trying to fit in. Gilbert is the town troublemaker who ends up living with her because of certain family circumstances. Roderich is a piano prodigy now taking a break from traveling the world who always ends up in this school. Both boys start having eyes for Elizaveta. Who will she choose in the end?

- completion status: 11 of ??

- priority level: 6 of 11 fics

What We Become: Half Elf Gilbert is an inmate in a military prison where he is shunned because of his crime. Arthur Kirkland is the rumored immortal Elven sky pirate that he so happens to meet when sentenced to "solitary" for a few days. Gilbert has a plan of escape. All they need is a crew.

- completion status: 10 of 13

- priority level: 1 of 11 fics

You Belong To Me: PruCan collection of one shots. AU Settings. Angst. Fluff. Smut. And everything in between.

- completion status: 8 of 30

- priority level: 8 of 11 fics

A Little Problem: England accidentally turns himself into a child because of a magic backfire. A cute little chibi-version of himself. Canada finds him and brings him to America. All is well until England starts losing his memories. Is there a cure? Will it eventually wear off? Only time will tell.

- completion status: 3 of ??

- priority level: 9 of 11 fics

One Season: The continuation of One Month. Prussia finds his heart tugged toward someone else when old memories resurface. Hungary is a nice girl, except for some reason she's acting mighty possessive of Prussia. What will Canada do in the midst of all of this drama? Will he let Prussia go? Or chase after the one he loves with all his heart?

- completion status: 17 of ??

- priority level: 11 of 11 fics

Dragon Ball

Story of My Life Collections: This includes "A Thousand Years", "Five Hundred Miles", "More Than Words", "Wildest Dreams", "Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore", and "Clarity" - the canon pairings through canon and then an original continuation with a connected overall plot that overlaps but does not require reading of all pairings. Since the update schedule for this is by the collection road map I created, I include it as one giant project

- completion status:

- A Thousand Years: 18 of 100

- Five Hundred Miles: 7 of 100

- More Than Words: 0 of 100

- Wildest Dreams: 0 of 100

- Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore: 1 of 100

- Clarity: 2 of 100

- priority level: 7 of 11 fics

Travelin' Soldier: Raditz and Yamcha meet. Raditz is a soldier from another nation. Yamcha is living alone and just trying to get by and go to school. Raditz decides to start writing to Yamcha 'cause he likes talking to the younger guy. One thing leads to another, who knows what's next?

- completion status: 3 of 20

- priority level: 2 of 11 fics

What the Promise is For: A GoChi collection with a kiss planned for each short drabble. See them playful. See them sad. See them happy. See them kiss.

- completion status: 13 of 30

- priority level: 5 of 11 fics

COMPLETE FICS

One Piece

Things Never Were Normal: First they insist on playing 'Keep Away' with his swords and now Luffy's turned the mood upside down by asking serious questions. Whatever happened to enjoying a nap? - A Zoro-centric fic - one shot

Lost and Lonely: The crew visits a random island. Zoro gets lost. Now its late and he's having flashes of old memories come back to haunt him. - Zoro, Kuina, and slight ZoLu - one shot

Why Fangirl Dreams Should Never Happen: My sister and I get the power to bring our favorite One Piece characters to our world. Warning: CRACK! Yaoi-ish! LuZo/SanZo/ZoSan and ZoroxChopper fluff inside. - one shot

What You're Worth: A sequence of 100-word drabble length moments between Zoro and each StrawHat member as they each confront him about his sacrifice in their own way. - one shot

My Hat: After Luffy becomes the Pirate King, he meets up with Shanks, having fulfilled the promise he made long ago. This is a short look at their possible conversation. - one shot

Doctor's Worry: The crew stops at a winter island. Zoro stays to watch the ship and repeats the idea of mid-winter endurance training. Chopper comes back to an empty ship and worries over Zoro. Zoro/Chopper fluff Chopper PoV - one shot

Mr Sippy: Written for Lolly's "A Cup for Zoro" event. Luffy gets a package and inside is a red sippy cup; he even has a nickname for it! So what does Zoro have to do with all this? Read and find out! LuZo/ZoLu - one shot

Use the Force, Zoro!: PURE CRACK! Light Yaoi! MihawkxZoro! Mihawk orders Star Wars for a Netflix movie and Zoro has a rather disturbing dream. Honestly, take the crack warning to heart. - one shot

Brothers: 'Luffy became stronger, but Ace had always been strong.' A look at Luffy's reaction to... /spoiler/ chapter 574 / one shot

My First: L: "You had to be mine. My swordsman. My nakama. My first. My Zoro." Z: "Then I'm yours, Captain." A collection of LuZo one shots. Lemony goodness inside. - a collection that may or may not ever be complete because it's about when inspiration strikes

At the Heart of Courage: A very short look into Usopp's mind as he has a conversation with Sogeking. - one shot

Making Memories: Nami has managed to convince the crew to get professional pictures taken, but will it go as well as she hopes? LuffyxNami - one shot

Take A Bow: Brook plays a piano piece for a performance and all of his nakama seem to care except Zoro, who slept through it and missed it all. Or did he? Brook/Zoro nakamaship - one shot

An Odd Family: A short ficlet from Franky's view on the reuniting of the crew. A few little fluffy moments but not much else. FrankyxRobin/ LuffyxZoro implied. - one shot

Without My Nakama, I Am Nothing: theme "even my beloved people will fall like petals" Future-timeline fic. Set after Luffy is Pirate King. Character death. Angst. LuZo implied. - one shot

Where's My Hat?: Crack-ish. Conan wakes up on the Strawhat ship and Luffy has a problem: his hat has gone missing! Who could have taken it? Will it really be a challenge for Conan to figure it out? Probably not but cute moments for the OP crew inside - one shot

The Lost Sanji Plushie: Kairi finally has a Sanji plushie to call her own, but now he's gone missing! Where could he be? /Very very slight ZoSan implied/ - one shot

Hetalia

Chip For Me, My Little Bird: In which Prussia is forced to play the flute for Russia and his boss. - one shot

Never Again: Prussia refuses to drink wine. France and Spain insist. And then the horny bastards do just a little bit more. Bad Touch Trio - France/Prussia/Spain - 3 chapters

Prussia In A Box: This is a short Christmas story...about Prussia in a box. PruCan. - one shot

What Goes Without Saying: An important hockey game commences between Russia and Canada. They can feel the tug of their people. Smut happens. - one shot

There Once Was A Time: Prussia and England have sex to signify their treaty during the Seven Years War; mentions of FritzxPrussia - one shot

One Month: Prussia is not one to fall in love. Especially not with a quiet, easily upset weakling who reminds him too much of the Italian that stole his brother's attention. Then again, people change, and when a one-world-government movement starts capturing nations to enforce their ideas, he might just discover that he really does care. PruCan/USUK/GerIta/Spamano - 28 chapters

The Awesome Yellow Chick: The story of Prussia and Gilbird, which means Prussian history in a nutshell: his ups, his downs, his friends, his enemies, his lovers, his rise into power and his fall...all from the point of a view of an awesome little yellow chick. - one shot

As You Wish: USUK quick get-together-with-smut America Birthday Fic - 3 chapters

Don't Tempt Me: It's Lent. Romano decides to give up Spain. What will happen to their relationship? - 5 chapters

Dragon Ball

Wedding Night: Goku and Chi-Chi's first night in the sheets [GoChi] - one shot

While We Wait: Chi-Chi lets Goku go to train with Whis but reminisces of her past moments with Goku [GoChi] - one shot

Counting Stars: A few glimpses into the Son Family once Goku returns from the dead after Buu - 6 one shots

The Unimaginable: AU where Gohan dies against Cell, instead of Goku [GoChi] - 5 chapters

The Gifts We Don't Ask For: Goku meets his parents in the other world - one shot

Life Is A Road, Love Is A River: A collection of GoChi oneshots thanks to tumblr prompts - 7 chapters

I Think I Love You: Goku shows Chi-Chi stuff with the powerpole. And then she faints. - one shot

Stay With Me: Goku gets a fever. Chi-Chi takes care of him. - one shot

You're Not Alone: What Krillin is thinking when Goku has to share the news of Gohan and Vegeta being dead during the Buu Saga. - one shot

Love Don't Roam: Memory is a funny thing. Love can have a strange effect over people. And family will tie down even the most free of spirits. [GoChi] - one shot

It Reminds Me Of When We Were Young: Goku leaves to train Uub. Chi-Chi is reminded of the times when her and Goku were younger as she waits for him to return. - one shot

Finding Words: Modern Military AU Setting where Chi-Chi tries to give news to Goku over a skype call - one shot

Nighttime Comfort: Little toddler Gohan wakes up because of a nightmare and seeks his own comfort instead of interrupting his parents in the middle of the night. - one shot

A Parent's Responsibility: Early in the morning, Goku wants to go out training but he's interrupted by the wailing of his newborn son and has to make a choice of whether to go or stay and handle the new responsibility. - one shot

Anytime: Trunks has a problem. Goten has promised to do what he can to help. Though it's definitely not something he expected. [Truten] - one shot

Cosplay Adventures: Gohan and Videl like to cosplay behind the scenes - drabble collection - could be updated at anytime

Soft Hearts: After a battle, Bardock carries Gine on his back and searches for their space pods to return home. - one shot

A Father's Presence: Gohan observes Goku playing with Pan and thinks about what he wants to replicate from his father's parenting. - one shot

An AU Where Something Happens I Forget: crack!fic - A random AU scenario taking place in the first arc of Dragon Ball: everything is the same, except everyone has short-term memory loss (or just memory problems in general). - one shot

Pan's Easter Bunny: Years go by, and Goku still can't help but spoil the kids in his life. - one shot

May Flowers: Once a year, Chi-Chi is brought a flower as a gift from her sons. What will Goku do? [GoChi] - one shot

Lights: During the seven years, Gohan struggles to see the light in the darkness after losing his father and feeling the guilt, even if Goku tried his best to assure his son it would be all right. Thankfully, Goten is there to keep both Gohan and Chi-Chi filled with light. - 7 chapters

Akatsuki no Yona

Snowballs: It's winter. And it's been a while since he's thrown a snowball at Yona, though doing so does seem somehow familiar. [Hak/Yona] - one shot

Writing Goals:

Complete a _31 days challenge for 2019

Complete a _30 kisses challenge.

Finish a prompt list.

Update consistently every Monday and Friday for a whole month.

Hamilton Writing Challenge: 51/51

On Reviews I Give:

I try to keep a policy: if I read, I review, so I hope for the same from others. If you read, it's only courtesy to review - good, bad, or otherwise. Sometimes I leave helpful reviews; other times they're just acknowledgments of "I like this" - though I will leave what I like if I do say that. By reviewing me, you point me to your stories. Does this mean I will diligently read them? No, not necessarily. But I do like to read the profiles, at least, of everyone who reviews or favorites or alerts me.

On Reviews and What I Hope To See:

Personally, I write fanfiction to practice my craft and to take a break from the more seriously approached original stories. I don't search out heavy criticism like I do with my original stories. However, if you need ideas of what to talk about in a review, here's my thoughts of what I'd like to hear: are the characters in-character - or otherwise explained as to why they're different? Is the plot interesting or terrible? Are the character interactions believable? Should there be more or less description? Is the balance between dialogue and narration good or does it need work? Is the pace fast/slow, bearable/unbearable? Do I pull you in and keep you or do you find yourself wandering? Are you enjoying it? Why or why not?

(That being said - don't worry about perfect reviews. These are only questions to get you thinking of what you might want to tell me. Honestly, if you'd rather - spazz out a little. Tell me what you like. Quote stuff at me from the fic. Smash your keyboard. Whatever. You'd be surprised how much even the smallest reactions help with writing (plus it makes everything feel a bit more interactive lol))

On Reviews and MY RESPONSES to Said Reviews:

I try really hard to respond to everyone, but sometimes I panic (for some awful reason, I dunno). I worry about coming off as too conceited or something in a reply, or I worry about being too defensive. Basically I worry about saying something dumb/stupid/crazy/weird and scaring you off, so if I don't respond to anything you review, that's why. Also - guest reviewers - I can only answer your questions in the next posted chapter. (And I am an absent-minded busy adult) So keep that in mind when you ask something. (Also, I LOVE rambling reviews; I LOVE it when something I wrote sparks you to go off; I LOVE hearing all your reactions; and I LOVE AND APPRECIATE everything you can give me).

The following list of rules comes from Vestdan over on fictionpress. I have not been on that site in forever and neither has she, but I still love these rules and wish to share. Please know they are not mine.

Vestdan's rules of writing:
0) The single most important rule, in any form of narrative, is that everything has to MAKE SENSE, internally, with respect to the story as a whole.
1) Everybody is expendible. EVERYBODY.
2) If the audience is thinking one thing, that's the perfect time to prove them wrong.
3) Limit one resurrection per story. Offer void in Utah.
4) The world is NOT always saved by beautiful young people.
5) The world is NOT always saved.
6) Villains think too.
7) Whatt, me can spel goo?
8) Synonyms are my friend.
9) So is repetition.
9) So is repetition.
10) Every so often, it's a good thing to piss off your readers. A lot.
11) Grey and Khaki so do match, I don't care what anyone tells me.
12) Sometimes, life just simply sucks.
13) Some details are better left to readers' imaginations.
14) Some details, though indelicate, are better described at length

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"Characters rule the story. I just write it down."
"It's not about what happens to the characters - it's about how they react."