Dreamnorn's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Journal



Never would I have imagined that many comments on my past journal. I LOVE YOU ALL, THANKS FOR YOUR WORDS. I think my last journal was a bit depressing (and probably annoying to most of you, LOL), so I'm going to post up something a little lighter.

So, I just started playing Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. Leave it to me to start playing games at least five years after they're cool, but oh my god it's amazing. AMAZING. Better than Pokemon Colosseum, in my opinion. And the fact that you can actually choose the eeveelution of your starter pokemon made me instantly love it (in Colosseum, they didn't let you choose; they just gave you Umbreon and Espeon).

Now me and my Vaporeon are happily snagging Shadow Pokemon--and just four minutes ago I caught the pre-evolution to one of my favorite pokemon of all time: Ampharos! Mareep I love you so much please be a good sheepy and evolve soon for meeeeeeeeeeeee. I don't wanna wait until level thirty to get my dream-pokemon. *sob*

AND AND AND I was tagged by ~SouthpawSister, who gives me a FanFiction Meme to fill! Huzzah--I mean, aw shoot.



1] So you like to read fanfiction, do you? What got you into that?

Even though I became a fully-active fanfiction reader not-too-long ago, I started out actually writing stories for my favorite game of all time, Creatures. When I learned that I wasn't the only one to write Norn-stories, I looked around for more. Old sites like "Norn and Grendel Paradise" and "The Universe of Ettins" had sweet and simple fanfics that I would read for hours on end.

2] Well if you read fanfiction, you probably know of the famous Fanfiction.net! Do you have an account there?

Indubitably! Nowadays that's my main spot for reading fanfiction. I have an account there under the same name, Dreamnorn. Some of you folks reading this might have discovered my DeviantART account from one of my fanfictions, Spyro: Truth or Dare.

3] If your answer to the previous question was yes, what were your sentiments upon discovering the site's existence?

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGO MGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG(I was a little sugar high at the time)AFANFICTIONSITEHELLYEAHLETSDOIT.

4] What was the first fanfic you ever read? Did you like it? What was it about?

Holy shoot, so long ago! Umm... before I knew FanFiction, my the first one I ever read was "The Chronicles of Faris", a cute Creatures story on "The Universe of Ettins" which told about a lone shee on her quest to find new species of critters.

On FanFiction itself, the first one I read was "Link's Spare Time Amusements" by Unknown-Twili (though I'm not sure she has a DeviantART account). It took place after The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, where Link finds himself bored and sneaks into Tetra's room... I can't say anything more without completely spoiling it, but you can find it on my FF.com favorites list. It's fourth from the bottom.

5] What are your favorite types of stories? That is to say...genre.

Fantasy and Adventure! But I'll always crack up over parodies... especially if they're parodies off famous movies/plays/books/WESTERNS.

6] What about your favorite fanfic authors? Who are they?

My favoritest (and my closest friend on the site) is TheFinalCountdown, or ~SouthpawSister as she's known on dA. A few other favorites of mine are Ruthie of the Wildcats, TeenQueen661, and CoyoteLoon (aka *coyoteloon).

7] In the world of fanfiction, it's nigh impossible to avoid seeing OC's at some point. What is your opinion on them?

For me, it depends on how well-rounded OCs are that make the story they are in good; the best OCs are usually not the main character, but more minor and spaced out. The best OCs usually don't fall in love with the character everyone likes the most (I.E. Zelda fangirls putting up OCs which are really themselves running off with Link into the sunset). There aren't enough good ones for them to be considered universally useful tool in my opinion, but there are definitely some diamonds in the rough.

8] Have you run across any OC's you particularly liked?

Lance Lightfoot, one of Southy's; he's the kind of sweet guy that has shocking secrets of his own, surprisingly well-rounded character in comparison to most OCs, and is just all around ADORABLE. Another one I like is Blazingpaw, Ruthie's Warriors/Zelda crossover OC that has a delightfully fiery personality.

9] Any you disliked?

Mary-Sues. And every random shmuck they threw in just to give a guy a love interest.

10] So you might have garnered inspiration from a fanfic for your own right? If so, what kind? What fanfic inspired you?

Holy crap this is a hard one. Ummm... as much as I love the fanfictions other people write, I'm mostly inspired by roleplays. For example, Spyro: Truth or Dare came along because my friends wanted to see what would happen if the characters got into a game of Truth or Dare with Mistress as a host....

11] So are you friends with a lot of fanfic writers?

I'm actually friends with only a few writers I'm aware of: Southpaw, Ruthie, and a few Spyro writers. Most of my companions on the site I actually got as READERS for my Spyro fanfictions. O_o

12] Any fanfic ideas you find cliche?

Anything revolving around "putting the characters in a typical high school."

13] Just because it's cliche doesn't mean it's bad though, right? What's one cliche concept you find interesting enough to keep searching for and reading?

CR-CR-CROSSOVERS. And time travel.

Yeah, South, I stole your answer. Eat them blue carrots!

14] Of course we can't forget the age old cliche of the crossover fic. What's one crossover you've read?

"Heart of a Warrior" by Ruthie of the Wildcats, which is Ocarina of Time/Warrior Cats. I mean, Link's a cat? There are warriors out to kill him? The goddesses themselves made a deal for him to remain that way so StarClan can be appeased? YEAH.

^{There's also the Powerpuff Girls/Dexter's Lab doujinshi by *bleedman, but surely I'm not man enough to admit that I like--awwh, @$%&.}

15] A crossover you haven't seen but would like to?

Warriors/Nine Lives of Romeo Crumb/Varjak Paw. THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES.

16] What's one fanfiction concept that bugs you?

Self-inserts. Nobody can seem to fit themselves into the story in a way that makes it a good example for other people who appreciate that.

17] What is one concept you think COULD be really good, but you can never find good sample of?

Apocalypse stories. The ones I've seen borrow too much from things like Halo and such, and none seem to have a rounded plot. Come on, in how many ways can we decide to end the earth? It doesn't always have to be aliens or zombies, you know! IT'S APOCALYPTIC.

18] Since we still haven't covered it, what categories of fanfics do you tend to read?

Zelda, Spyro, most of the Nicktoons, and Warriors. I've also found a few favorites in the Wayside section.

19] Everyone has a guilty pleasure, like yaoi or crack pairings. What's yours?

I... I... uh... *gulp* Okay, so I read fluffy romances, okay? *SHOTSHOTSHOT* I swear, if I find a fanfiction that has absolute love mush on one of the pairings I support, I'll be gigglesnorting over it for hours.

20] How about under-appreciated characters? What's one you like?

Tony from Earthbound mostly, the poor guy. All he wants is to see Jeff again; he's such a sweetheart, and how many male characters'll willingly bake cookins WITHOUT ACTING OOC? I also really like Crookedstar from Warriors for no real reason... I think he needs a hug.

21] Tag some people!

ANYONE WHO HAS A FANFICTION ACCOUNT AND IS NOT ~SouthpawSister!



The original meme was written by ~EverydayInsanity.



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