12th June 2008

I've been a member here since 2003, and...well, I'm really glad that I joined! So far, I've mainly focused on fanfics on Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and a few anime; Flame of Recca, Rurouni Kenshin, Get Backers, Kiddy Grade and Ouran High School Host Club. And I hope to delve into Pirates of the Caribbean fanfiction someday.

I like reading fanfics based on the above categories, specifically the first three. I like reading, writing, drawing and watching tv - as do most people, I suppose! Oh, and I have this great dream of publishing my own, original works one day (I've actually partly written two stories that I hope to finish and see how far they go...but I'm keeping my fingers crossed!) -but we'll have to see about that, I suppose.

Hmm...what else? Oh, as for my penname...well, it contains the name of one of my favourite fictional characters - Sirius Black. I just love him (the character) and, like most fans, was terribly upset with the ending of the 5th 'Harry Potter' book, while (blindly) hoping that he'd come back in the last two remaining books. I guess he did come back in book 7...but, well, it wasn't quite like how I expected him to 'return'. But at least that's something. :-)

A list of favourites:

a) Books

"The Silmarillion" - J.R.R Tolkien, "The Lord of the Rings" - J.R.R Tolkien, "The Histories of Middle-Earth" - J.R.R. Tolkien, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" - J.K Rowling (And other Harry Potter books in general, particularly the last two), "Pride and Prejudice" - Jane Austen, "Mansfield Park" - Jane Austen, "Emma" - Jane Austen, "Persuasion" - Jane Austen (Yes, I do like a fair amount of her books...and fictional characters too!), "Angels and Demons" - Dan Brown, "The Odyssey" - Homer, "Eldest" -Christopher Paolini, "The Obernewtyn Chronicles" - Isobelle Carmody, "Mao's Last Dancer" - Li Cunxin, "Atonement" - Ian McEwan, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" - Mark Haddon, "The Bartimaeus Trilogy" - Jonathan Stroud (I didn't expect to particularly like it when I read the first book, but I ended up loving the series. It certainly was different. Particularly the character of Bartimaeus -his sarcasm and wit were just brilliant- and, later in the second book, the dangerously deranged yet amusing afrit Honorius)

b) Fictional characters

To name a few:

Glorfindel, Mandos (Namo), Feanor, Maedhros, Maglor, Turin, Ecthelion (From various works by J.R.R Tolkien

Sirius Black, Fred + George Weasley, Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin, Andromeda Tonks, Alphard Black, Albus Dumbledore, Luna Lovegood, Pomona Sprout, Severus Snape, Hagrid (From various works by JK Rowling

Edmund Bertram, George Knightley, Frederick Wentworth, Frank Churchill (to a lesser extent), and of course Mr. Darcy (From various works by Jane Austen)

Brom and Murtagh (From various works by Christopher Paolini)

Swallow, Dameon, Rushton Seraphim (From various works by Isobelle Carmody)

Telemachos (From Homer's 'The Odyssey')

c) Anime

Recca no Honou (one of the first anime I watched, and has my all time favourite anime character; Kurei), Rurouni Kenshin (one of the first anime I ever watched), Slam Dunk, Magic Knight Rayearth, Get-Backers, Full Metal Panic, Fruits Basket, Spiral, Saiyuki, Saiyuki Reload, Card Captor Sakura, Gundam Seed Destiny, Arc the Lad, Weis Kreuz, Weis Side B, Master of Mosquiton, Ouran High School Host Club (love this anime), Ghost Hunt, MAR Heaven