this is not the Riku you are searching for

This journal is semi-friends only, which means most of any fics I post here will not be flocked, but most real-life posts will be. Most of those are emo and whining and thus go on my LJ though.

Standard comment-to-be-added procedure for this post. If you want me to add you, either a) we should know each other from somewhere, or b) we should share interests. I like a good amount of the more mainstream anime, the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts series of video games, lots of books (mainly science fiction and fantasy), and writing. I make dirty jokes and I still think potty humor is pretty funny (to an extent).

Don't expect many posts here -- I'm much more attached to my LJ, and I don't even post much there. I'll try to comment on my friend's posts, but I don't deal well with emo -- my own or other people's -- and so I tend to just feel bad for people rather than comment.

I'm usually on MSN messenger, so if you wanna chat or RP, drop me a line.

-Aros

Current Music: "Falling Inside the Black" - Skillet

Title: Tabula Rasa
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Word Count: 6,439 words
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This is the story of a forgotten replica. This is the story of an awakening princess. This is a story of mercenaries and salvation and fairies. And this is a story of people and growing up. [it all started with a blank slate...]

Disclaimer: The author of this story is in NO way associated with Square Enix, Disney, or anyone else who might be pulling Kingdom Hearts' strings. No money is or will be made off of this story.


Prologue - Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four - Chapter Five - Chapter Six - Chapter Seven - Chapter Eight - Chapter Nine

( This is a fake cut~ )

Also, unrelated to the fic: Dear self, you suck at commenting. Please improve. Seriously.

The meme:

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.

2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.

3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!

4. Do ten of these, then post them.

Unfortunately, I miscounted and did eleven. And then a song came on and my muse went "WRITE. NOW." So, there's twelve here.

Also, please note that some of the lines/words/phrases are taken directly from the song, and while I've tried to follow the theme of each song, I wasn't very successful for all of them.

( Ficlets under the cut! )

Crossposted to my LJ.

a) List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself
b) Tag seven people to do the same
c) Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag "whoever wants to do it"

Since I apparently suck at Tag only have one friend who qualifies, I tag namine!

1. I dyed my hair absolutely on a whim. We were in the aisle, the red hair dye was there, and I picked it up and thought, "I want my hair to be this color." I've dyed it ever since, and tell people it's because I was tired of people thinking my little sister and I were twins.

2. I check the shower and behind the door for zombies every time I go into the bathroom. Resident Evil 3 and I Am Legend FUCKED WITH ME. >_>

3. My first exposure to nudity was my father's Deities and Demigods DnD book. Neither he nor my mother minded.

4. I am a firm believer in "it is better to apologize than ask permission." I expect that, should I ever go temporarily insane and have children, this will change.

5. I knew my ABCs by heart before entering preschool. In kindergarten, however, it took me forever to learn the Alphabet Song and all related nonsense.

6. When I was twelve, I developed, in my head, a massive crossover of doom. It included a family of Sues and Stus who could and did travel to the books I read and the shows and movies I watched. The family spanned something like five progressively larger generations, with mixed in canon characters and children named after canon characters. I put more hours into the plot than anything else, before or since, and only ever wrote down basically the names of the people and their family tree. I remember more about the adventures than anything I have ever learned in class.

7. Realizing that my sister was a chatspeaking n00b who couldn't use proper spelling or grammar in a chatroom was so much worse than when I realized I had completely spaced and forgotten about a book review, the day it was due.

This isn't directed at any one specific person, but rather at a section of the Kingdom Hearts fandom, namely the section that writes about Repliku. There aren't many of us, and so we have a much larger ratio of good fic to bad. However, there's this one disturbing trend that's been bugging me for a while...

( On Names and Japanese )

Title: Only in Dreams
Word Count: 554
Rating: PGish
Warning/s: Erk. (Canon) character death? Also. My style kinda sucks in this, so if sentences make no sense, I'm sorry. D:
Pairing/s: Slight Kairi/Repliku
Disclaimer: I don't own Kingdom Hearts.
Summary: Kairi dreams of faraway places...and faraway people.

( Kairi dreams )

x-posted to royalshadows and my LJ.

Title: Tabula Rasa
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Word Count: 6,419 words
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This is the story of a forgotten replica. This is the story of an awakening princess. This is a story of mercenaries and salvation and fairies. And this is a story of people and growing up. [it all started with a blank slate...]

Prologue - Chapter One - Chapter Two - Chapter Three - Chapter Four - Chapter Five - Chapter Six - Chapter Seven - Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine: ( This is a fake cut )