Name: Edward Dover. Call me Ed.

Age: 19

Having been reading fanfiction, and lets be rational, reading in general since I was 8, I would consider myself an avid reader. I love reading, and while my collection of paper books is small, I still have a fair collection at my disposal and within my memory. I've read many styles and genres, I like to say I'm a fair judge at knowing what is good and what is not. In the fanfiction universe, I take to reading a lot of AUs or continuations of storylines, makes things interesting. I don't read anything with bad characterization, and I try hard to keep as many cliche plots out of my sight.

I write, but nothing I feel is good to put here. I mostly role play, and I barely do that anymore. College keeps me from writing whimsical things from my imagination, but its for the best is what I tell myself. I'm a reader, it's what I do, it's what I like to do, and its what I am good at. Maybe someday I'll hunker down over a break period and throw something together, a one-shot or something.

Hobbies: Reading (Bet you didn't see that one coming), Collecting images from various animated series I watch/watched/watching, chatting with friends (If I can get a hold of one these days), playing games (I'm a decent Smasher...I think), Rping, Pondering why endings to series always want to make me pick up a chair a beat the writer to death with it, Watching various animated series. I say various, because hey, sometimes America manages to throw something out there that is halfway decent. I know people categorize them as anime, but I don't. If I don't see a Japanese studio in the credits, that shit is a cartoon (whoo! Avatar!). Researching (anything, I swear its fun! Just 3 hours on wiki, you will be changed forever), and lastly, digging holes...don't ask.

Just for fun, I read most of Tolkien's works before entering 8th grade...it was a contest between friends...an unspoken contest but a contest no less. To this day I have no idea how I understood it all.

Current fandoms I'm lurking in: Xenosaga, Axis Powers Hetalia, Smash Bros, Mother Series, and I dabble a bit in Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy...but its more for nostalgia purposes.

Fanfiction I tend to gravitate towards: I like AUs. I like to see how authors can take characters from an already established world and put them in a completely different setting. I like them more if they are done well. Character study. More of a recent thing, but I like to peer into the minds of the characters I know and love, and I always end up learning something new. Lengthy indept...uh...well, either romance or friendship. Either way, I like to see the developement of relationships, lighthearted or deep. And yes, what may break many hearts, I prefer male/male relationships. Why? Because I like male characters, and usually, I either could care less about the female characters, or I just can't see anything happening between them. Reason being, I like the shy guy who are more touchy feely. Female characters of the equivelant tend to be over done and over the top with their characterization which puts me off. However, if a het pairing is done right, then yes, I will read it, and usually I will enjoy it. But as I said, it has to be done right.