Irony is the Shackles of Youth

Fun fact: Archive of Our Own keeps a record of your entire reading history. I decided that I would go all the way back to the first thing I read in my history (I read things before I made an account so those are lost to time) to kudos fics I didn't kudos, bookmark those fics that I didn't realize at the time would stay with me, and see if any authors I read multiple fics from had written more things I wanted to read.

It's been... interesting. I made my account during my hardcore Teen Wolf phase. Like seriously, the first 10 pages were SOLID Teen Wolf fanfic. Thank goodness a random Avengers fic finally broke that streak. I love me some Teen Wolf but damn past self.

Going through the Teen Wolf authors I read, I noticed two things:

1) A lot of them stopped writing after Teen Wolf. Some of them only wrote Teen Wolf, but a lot of them wrote stuff before that and just... stopped. Was Teen Wolf a fanfic author destroyer or what? I feel sad because some of these people were good authors and I would have loved to read more by them.

2) After Teen Wolf, a large number of authors then started writing Hockey RPF. Like a SCARY number of them. I... don't see the connection there? Like what led people to get interested in Teen Wolf only to jump to Hockey RPF? Whatever it was, it happened to a lot of authors. I did wonder if maybe they wound up in the Check, Please! and then wound up writing Hockey RPF (which is another trajectory I see in fic authors), but I would expect to see MORE Check, Please! fic if that was the case.

It's just... been really interesting to go back through and see what people are doing now. I'm going to continue going through my history. I imagine I'll have some more interesting observations while I do.

I found out that the guy who plays Sheriff Stilinkski in Teen Wolf was in the Mortal Kombat movie.

( And now my head canon has Stiles dad being Johnny Cage )

PS - I am trying out Tumblr to see if it works better for me than Livejournal. It can be found at tsaiko.tumblr.com.

One of my guilt pleasures is Ghost Hunters. I know some of it is wishful thinking on the ghost hunters part (seriously, a bunch of their "voices" sounds like creaks from an old house or something like a squirrels in the attic), but I wouldn't go so far as saying it was faked. It could be, but that's not why I watch. I watch it to see a bunch of people who are totally cool and calm dealing with creepy, paranormal stuff lose their shit when a bug lands on them. Or watch them play pranks on each other. Or start talking about the most hilariously random crap while wandering around. Or watch them prove that some of the paranormal stuff is actually pipes, wind blowing a door, lights from outside, etc.

I am currently glutting on Teen Wolf fanfiction. Which is a dangerous thing, be

I am so tempted to write werewolf ghost detectives with the Teen Wolf cast. Lydia is the skeptic always proving stuff isn't ghosts except when she can't. Then she gets pissed. Derek is the leader with a tragic past, and the reason people tune into the show because he is hot in leather jacket and tight jeans that he wears to investigate. Allison totally believes because she's seen them and drags Scott, who is spastic comic relief, along with her. Issac, Erica, and Boyd are all investigators who regularly go on various investigations depending on what is needed. Jackson is one of the tech guys who Lydia orders convinces on investigating once in a while. Stiles is one of the other tech guys who use to sit in the van all the time watching the camera feeds until the fans started demanding that he be more active in investigations (because they loved is random wacky comments and the UST between him an Derek).

Everyone knows about werewolves. In fact, half the audience turns in just to see if any of the investigators will get scared enough to wolf out. Scott does this on a scarily frequent basis as does Issac and occasionally Boyd and Erica. There is much debate on what, if anything, would make Derek wolf out (and some debate about if he did one time). Werewolves are normal but ghosts are a different thing entirely. LOL.

On one hand, I kind of want to write this. On the other hand, I'm not sure anyone would read something quite this self-indulgent. It would be hilarious

Also, my paid account expired and now I need to decide if I want to stay with LJ or move over to Dreamwidth. I'm thinking of paying on a month to month basis until LJ either implements their terrible continuous friend's page idea (the one thing I absolutely loathe about Tumblr) or drops it entirely. Sigh.

Today on the Metro I saw a guy holding a black coffee mug. On the front of the mug was a skull and crossbones. Underneath that, in a ring around the mug, was a line of Elvish script.

Elvish pirates. Must be something to do with Orlando Bloom. :D

House passed inspection with minimal issues. Glee! I've already decided I'm going to get a desk and to put in the living room. This will allow me to do things such as type from my notebooks without the cats jumping up and knocking them down. More writing is always good.

I wrote a fragment of a scene yesterday. Will need to flesh that out.

I have also read more X-men First Class fic that is probably healthy. I really, really need to actually watch that movie.

So... in the interest of being entertained, I started reading fanfics with werewolves. Mostly in the Supernatural, Harry Potter, and Sherlock fandoms. I have to say this, fanfic authors definitely come up with more interesting ideas than a lot of the m/m ebook writers. They don't always write any better (and most times worse), but at least it's not the same two plots that most werewolf ebooks use: alpha falls for abused beta or solitary alpha finds unexpected mate and lots of sex occurs.

( Then there was horror. Absolute horror. )

My brain.

I know I've told this story before, but I'm going to tell it again. I have a Business Management Minor. I would often get to classes fifteen minutes early, set myself up, and then start writing in whatever notebook I had handy (hence the binge on finally transcribing them). If the class was boring enough, I'd also write during the class. For the first half of the semester in one of my business classes, most of the time I would work on a Duo/Heero Gundam Wing fanfic that was graphic in nature. After awhile, I noticed that one guy always sat next to me and was constantly looking at what I was writing.

I moved. He moved to follow. I moved back. So did he. I covered my notebook, he sighed and kept sneaking glances whenever I leaned back.

Dude was not subtle.

Eventually, I confronted him about it. I turned to him and said "You know, I have a website if you really want to read more." He turned about five shades of red, got up, and moved. I never saw him again. Which made me sad, because I really would have given him my website and I didn't mean to scare him off.

I just found the notebook from that class.

It's number four on my list of notebooks to transcribe, right after the NC State notebook, the green notebook, and the Community College notebook. I may move it up just to see if I can find that old fanfic. I know I never completed it, but who cares? It'll be extra fun telling this story if I can link to the fanfic in question while doing so. :D

Holy shit, how did I never notice that the announcer for Voltron is the voice of Optimus Prime?!?!

EDIT: miome and I didn't even make it through one episode of Voltron before we turned it off. Man, when you're a kid, just about anything is awesome. It was terrible, especially the voice acting. I should have known though. My attempts at watching old episodes of Thundercats should have been warning enough.

Miome: What I never understood was why they just didn't give Legolas the ring.
Tsaiko: He was pretty badass.
Miome: Everyone else was going through the snow. Legolas? He was walking on top of it.
Tsaiko: Everyone else was beat up and bruised. Legolas? He had a smudge on his cheek.
Miome: Maybe they were afraid to give him the ring.
Tsaiko: Yeah. They were afraid he'd go crazy bitch on him. Like the other elf.
Miome: Not the words I was looking for, but yes.
Tsaiko: Of course if he did go crazy, then it wouldn't be a fantasy film. It'd be a survivor horror film.
Miome: LOL!
Tsaiko: Crazy Legolas going after the Fellowship. Killing them off one by one.
Miome: Oh god, you went there.
Tsaiko: *in crazy Legolas voice* The dwarf will be the last.
Miome: And remember, it's Legolas.
Tsaiko: So all of the Fellowship is trying to get away, fighting their way through the snow. And here comes Legolas. Strolling after them.
Miome: *crack up laughing*
Tsaiko: There is something wrong with us. :)

Dear serial plagiarist,

I hate to inform you, but people from one fandom do read other fandoms. Changing the names of characters and deleting random lines of the fics and then posting them as your own does not work. People will notice. And when you do it to someone on my friend's list, you get me and my ninja google-fu skills involved. So far lines from 15 out of the first 20 of your fics have caused Google to cough up other fics by a variety of authors. A quick read through reveals remarkable similarities. Amazing!

FF.Net and the authors have been notified. I'm still going through the 48 fics you have listed and reporting. Good luck in ever being part of fandom with that user name again.

Hugs and kisses,
Tsaiko

Tsaiko: Make Lamia. We don't have her. And you can see her nipple.
Miome: I don't see her nipple. *makes it anyway*
Tsaiko: See? Right there.
Miome: Where?
Tsaiko: There!
Miome:That's not her nipple. It's curl of hair.
Tsaiko: Trust me, that's a nipple.
Miome: It's not even in the right place.
Tsaiko: It's on her breast! Where else would her nipple be?

Oh god, why do I have an idea for a Sam/Mikala/Bumblebee threesome?

EDIT: SUNDAY IS MERLIN NIGHT. WOO!