Currently working on: At the moment, I'm trying to decide what sort of fic I would write for Yu-Gi-Oh Big Bang 2018! OTHER PROJECTS ARE ON HOLD. I am also kind of still working on a Prideshipping fic, gift for Yugi-eh.

BAIYOU STARTO! (Feel free to skip it; there's other stuff at the end.)

This is, of course, going to be copied and pasted from somewhere.

Lots of fanficcers have different bios on every single page that they own, but I'm not sure if I want this to be too different. Perhaps I'll paraphrase it instead. My "standard" biography is very fandomized, so it's appropriate-yet-not-appropriate for this situation.

There are three important things to know about me as an author. If you're one of those tl;dr types, read through the three things below and be on your way.

The first thing you should know that I've been writing fanfiction since late 2003/early 2004. It's been more than a decade and I am proud of that! I suppose I should feel old. But I don't really. I'm quite young, at least in my own opinion.

The second is that my current name is Ziven (pronounced "seven"). Doesn't my blog name make more sense now? "straightzivens" is a name that I frequently use online, mainly because "Ziven" by itself is almost never available as a unique username.

The third would be to let you all know that my very first penname was darkdragonwriter, and I've had that name up until about 2010. I thought I would throw that in there just in case anyone stumbled here through an old favorite or rec.

My prominent fandom is Yu-Gi-Oh!, the anime about the spiky-haired guys playing the children's card game. Yes, I like it. A lot. I fell in love with YGO when it first started in Shonen Jump (Americanized version) and watched the series when it began to air (in English) soon after. Curiosity got the better of me and I looked up the anime in Japanese, and between the mix of these three my warped sense of fanon for this series began to construct itself. It's been hardcore YGO ever since.

I write a few other things as well, mostly anime although sometimes I dip into video game fandoms. Contrary to popular belief, I watch and read a lot of things - shows, anime, film, short stories and novel series. I've read near a small library of manga (FAKE and anything by CLAMP among my favorites). Most of the series that I find myself writing about are things that I've watched/was exposed to during the years of 2003-2007, and for good reason - those were my high school years, when I first began my foray into fanfiction. So I've seen and read a lot of "old" things, and some new.

Other fandoms I have written for include Tales of Symphonia (game), Harry Potter (novel series), Ouran Host Club (anime), with plans for Hunger Games (short story series) fanfiction. I've done a few other fandoms but aren't into them too heavily.

I mostly write romance and sexual fanfiction. I know, I know, lots of gasps. There are a lot of theories flying around on why people decide to do that - lack of a life, lack of experience, etc. I have to say that while those things are true in some aspects about writers, they're certainly not true when it comes to me, and I'm confident that it isn't the case when it comes to the majority.

I write about romance and sex because I enjoy romance and sex.

I'm sure that there's some sort of underlying psychological reasoning behind it, probably because I felt alone as a child and loved imagining what it would be like to be intimate enough with another person to fall for them. It's the best that I can come up with, and the one that makes the most sense - at least to me, anyway.

But that's purely subconscious. Actively, so far as I know, I've always loved the idea of falling and love and I'm very interested in sex not only as a vehicle for love but to express other things as well.

I'm also a pervert. While I try to actually add emotional depth to even my most graphic pieces, sometimes I just want to write porn, because I can and I'm decent at it.

So, there I am, all laid out there for you guys to see. I hope it was interesting enough.

BAIYOU ENDO!

Here's my contact info--I really would love to have conversation with you all. I check my email at least once a day, so I will definitely respond:

Gmail: straight.zivens@

I'm sanada_tomoyo on Livejournal for earlier submissions of "Stay Cool" chapters. I post them there first.

I'm straightizivens on Tumblr - In case you're interested in dropping me questions and seeing YGO related posts

Additionally, you could always PM me! I love talking to people!

For YGO shippers, here's a list of the pairings that I've done and their story titles, just in case you don't feel like scrolling all the way down and sifting through my stories (since I write for more than YGO.):

Angstshipping - Malik Ishtar x Ryou Bakura (Excuse me, may I help you?; The Instrument, Va/se)
Bananashipping - Marik Ishitar x Hiroto Honda (Antique)
Bribeshipping - Mai Kujaku x Dinosaur Ryuzaki (Rigged)
Butterflyshipping - Mai Kujaku x Ryou Bakura x Anzu Mazaki (Sedated)
Citronshipping - Thief King Bakura x Marik Ishtar (Mercury Retrograde)
Conflictshipping - Valon x Mai Kujaku x Katsuya Jounouchi (Choices)
Crushshipping - Hiroto Honda x Shizuka Kawai x Otogi (Step Up to the Punchline!)
Danceshipping - Anzu Mazaki x Mai Kujaku (When we're alone)
Dollshipping - Yami Bakura x Dark Necrofear (Mirror)
Dungeonshipping - Ryuuji Otogi x Pegasus J. Crawford (Associates)
Fragileshipping - Yami yuugi x Ryou Bakura (Apathy)
Gemshipping - Thief King Bakura x Ryou Bakura (Mirror - once merged with Speculum)
Halfshipping - Ryou Bakura x Miho Nosaka (Seven of Wands)
Headdressshiping - Priest Mahaad x Priest Set (Precision)
Hikarishipping - Ryou Bakura x Malik Ishtar x Yuugi Mutou (Pillow Talk)
Hostshipping - Ryou Bakura x Anzu Mazaki (Don't be Alone)
Intentshipping - Yami Bakura x Mokuba Kaiba (Sweet Sixteen, Cat-and-Mouse, Hate me)
Kiddyshipping - Mokuba Kaiba x Rebecca Hawkins (Sharp Against the Chalkboard)
Lonershipping - Mai Kujaku x Thief King Bakura (Hourglass)
Minorshipping - Ryuuji Otogi x Ryou Bakura (Concussion)
Mizushipping - Priest Set x Kisara (La Déesse de la Nuit)
Onyxshipping - Black Magician of Chaos x Dark Magician (Prestidigitation)
Polarshipping - Mai Kujaku x Katsuya Jounouchi (Blur, Selfless)
Powershipping - Seto Kaiba x Marik Ishtar (These Scars Have Stories to Match)
Prongshipping - Insector Haga x Priest Set (Djeseru)
Protectshipping - Hiroto Honda x Ryou Bakura (Tego Texi Tectum)
Puppyshipping - Katsuya Jounouchi x Seto Kaiba (Stuck)
Puzzleshipping - Yami Yuugi x Yuugi Mutou (Hikari, Flagellum Solis; Oh, no;)
Riskshipping - Katsuya Jounouchi x Mokuba Kaiba (Oh! To see the Light!, Dark Clouds, Morning Rain, Cleansing Mist, Serious Business)
Rivalshipping - Seto Kaiba x Yuugi Mutou (OVERLAP)
Respectshipping - Yami Yuugi x Kaiba Mokuba (The Babysitter; Be Cool, Stay Cool, Humbled Before You, Serve the Ego, Laced, Representation, Quiet As It's Kept)
Sealshipping - Priest Mahado x Atem (Vox Populi)
Sedateshipping - Shizuka Kawai x Marik Ishtar (Volume)
Seershipping - Priestess Isis x Ishizu Ishitar (Vivid)
Shadowshipping - Shizuka Kawai x Yami Yuugi (Fettered)
Sightshipping - Ishizu Ishtar x Pegasus J. Crawford (Piety)
Spiritshipping - Yami Yuugi x Anzu Mazaki x Yuugi Mutou (Prism)
Supportshipping - Anzu x Honda (Security)
Thiefshipping - Yami Bakura x Malik Ishtar (Excuse me, may I help you?)
Thornshipping - Yami Marik x Anzu Mazaki (Abstract Stage)
Tieshipping - Miho Nosaka x Hiroto Honda (Seven of Wands)
Toonshipping - Pegasus J. Crawford x Seto Kaiba (Give Him Power)
Tornshipping - Yami Bakura x Ryou Bakura x Malik Ishtar (Excuse me, may I help you?)
Wishshipping - Katsuya Jounouchi x Yuugi Mutou (Together, Plaid, Conspicuous Consumption)
Xenoshipping - Rishid Ishtar x Ishizu Ishtar (Script, Constringere)