"They've been a really big help to me, because, you know, my mind wanders, I wander, it's just really difficult for me to . . . exist, in general." -random guy speaking at a school orientation

Quick info: The Sonic the Hedgehog fics on here draw from almost every non-Boom Sonic format (games, shows, comics), but are mostly consistent with the "universe" of YouTuber SonicSong182. A few are built directly off the channel's canon, most are just compatible with it. "When You're Gone" and "My Precious," the dark ones, are independent.

The Ninjago fics tend to center more closely on canon events (although a few are joke theory fics and "Fantastic Mr. Walker" is entirely its own animal by now). "Saturniidae" is dark, while the others are pretty lightweight. "The Fantastic Mr. Walker" gets pretty dark in places.

Oh, and credit where credit's due: To the best of my knowledge, the expression "Oh, sweet Mobius" and its variants were originally coined by PlatinumSpeed, voice-acting for SonicSong182 on YouTube. Can't say I'm using it with permission, but it is his all the same.

Just about all you need to know about me, in five stages:

Me: Is well past the age where I'm allowed to watch R-rated movies

Also me: Is still kinda freaked checking out my second-ever R-rated movie from the library

Also-also me: Lowkey glancing over my shoulder because this is a violent R-rated movie, and the library said they reserve the right to track what you're checking out, do they put you on a watchlist or something for watching violent movies? I mean, sure, millions and millions of people watched this movie, let alone all R-rated movies, but still--

Unfortunately still me: Is also only checking out this movie because it sounded suspiciously similar to one of my favorite Ninjago seasons and I wanted to see if it really was all a ripoff

Lastly, me: Procrastinates till I end up not watching the movie anyway.

Currently active fics:

The Fantastic Mr. Walker: Updates very infrequently, but I will finish it, if it kills me. At the very least, if I see that finishing it properly will be impossible, I'll post a summary of the remaining plot.

Backstage With Jay: Runs alongside FMW, may update 20 more times or never again depending on how much "bonus content" I have.

Dork Squad, Assemble: Still at least three more chapters, and determined to finish as well.

We Done Screwed Up: Seems to have risen from the dead (fitting for a Season 10 fic, I suppose), and could potentially gain quite a few more chapters. I do have plenty of plot ideas, it depends on how fast everyone gets sick of it. :P If it continues, likely to be renamed "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked."

I, uh . . . stumbled on a quiz-making website . . . and then this happened:

/which_ninjago_ninja_are_you

Care to find out which Ninjago ninja you're most like? :3

Companion links for The Fantastic Mr. Walker: (You'll have to remove the spaces after pasting, sorry, that's just how FFN is)

(The list was taking up too much room on my profile, so I shifted it to a document in my DeviantArt Stash. Just take out the spaces to make the link work):

sta. sh/ 023znllhvjia

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Fanart!

Hot jumping spanikopita, this story has fanart! I'm just blown away. X3

Sharing the lovely artistic creations, with permission from the original artists; a big thank-you to everyone again!

Skylark Starflower:

Follow this link for the list in my DA Stash!

sta. sh/ 0r2l2ijio7j

StoneByrd:

Same here!

sta. sh/ 025dlbs62uq1

PastelGreys:

blysk. deviantart. com/art/Aftermath-fantastic-Mr-Walker-667730827

blysk. deviantart. com/art/Samurai-vs-Tec-Boss-FMW-667736086

blysk. deviantart. com/art/Natanka-FMW-667763935

blysk. deviantart. com/art/Booty-Dragon-670282497

HailsStorm:

hailsstorm. deviantart. com/art/Happy-Birthday-Blysk-606482765 (Doubles as a lovely birthday gift!)

Destiny Willowleaf:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI8EJmgaoP8 (Concept art of the Northern Lloydfish from Chapter 23, and an in-joke we had about how Skylor looks in the mornings)

GraubenDawb (she was taking OC drawing requests, and I requested Nash):

www. deviantart. com/art/Nash-Practice-615759366

aidypie80pi:

aidypie80pi. deviantart. com/art/Lloydfish-641332222

AquaIllusions:

aquaillusions. deviantart. com/art/Mindy-643576748

Elveron294 wrote a documentary about Lloydfish! (Be warned though, a little violent. Nature is savage.)

www. quotev. com/story/8716153/The-Lloydfish-is-SavageA-Lloydfish-Documentary-for-ShinyShiny9

Razena:

razena. deviantart. com/art/Nash-674474403?ga_submit_new=10&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1&ga_recent=1

Behaviors of the adult:
(determined experimentally by yours truly)

Having a pre-set email signature
Eating cold peas out of a gallon saucepan while contacting tech support
Setting on the laundry while worrying about taxes
Yelling "FINE, be that way!" at a clothes hanger
Fine-tuning your coffee intake so you stay awake but also don't die
Mastering the art of deceiving small children so they don't fall on their heads and die
Fantasizing about furniture
Becoming earnestly excited over affordable groceries
Realizing that you have learned the ways of consistent moisturizing, and it is working

Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann.

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be critical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy.

Couples stuff (just so you know what you might bump into in my stories or faves list):

Sonic:

Ones I like and may incorporate: Sonamy, Silvaze, Knuxouge, possibly Vecilla, Knuxade (Knuckles X Shade), maybe some more unusual pairings. Charmy X Marine or Knuxamy, anyone?

Ones I like, but wouldn't know how to write very well: Taismo, Shadaria, Jetave, Taiream, a lot of creative pairings.

Ones I don't like and will generally avoid reading: Sonally (sorry, Sally's just kinda boring), Knuxikal or Shadikal (same; Tikal's a one-trick echidna), Shadamy (doesn't make much sense, and they're always OOC), Sonaze, Shadaze, Sonouge, and Silvamy (can't get into the chemistry). And heaven preserve us from "canon character X OC."

Absolute favorite couple EVER: Shadouge. When properly done, it's beautifully subtle, a very non-conventional type of pairing. It shows in the little glances and gestures and hints of caring, not in overt displays of affection. It can also be the darkest, most messed-up relationship imaginable, and that's part of what makes it so fascinating.

And one completely random non-Mobian couple I love: Topaz x Tanaka from "Sonic X"! Talk about adorable.

Ninjago:

Ones I would . . .

Read and write: Pixane, Kailor, Jaya, Garsako, Lloyrumi

Read but not write: Coliel, Conya, AshXChamille, LloydXNya, Arsha (BanshaXSoul Archer), Ultra VioletXCole, LloydXAkita

Write but not read: MisakoXWu (Wusako?), NinjaXOC (with one or two spectacular exceptions)

Not read and not write: FaithXWu

Broship: Greenflame and Bruise. Plus somehow I feel like Cole and Lloyd would be extra-close too.

Quotes:

Rabbit: I have too many things to do to stand around here wasting time!

Tigger: Yeah! And we've got too much time to waste to stand around here doing things.

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Frosty: Well, what do your friends say?

Holly: I don't have any friends, except for Charles . . .

Frosty: One friend is a lot better'n no friends at all, kid. One friend is plenty.

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There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. -Booker T. Washington

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Garmadon: I swore I'd never return . . .

Jay: You know, you should never swear. It's a sign of weak verbal skills.

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We must resist such snow amusements, lest it weaken our emotional defenses. -some random rhino from "Legends of Chima." I can't . . . I can't even . . . XD

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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer. -Sadi

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How d'ya like that. Even among misfits we're misfits! -Yukon Cornelius in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer."

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“God help us!” said Holmes after a long silence. “Why does fate play such tricks with poor, helpless worms?" -Arthur Conan Doyle

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On any given day in a hospital, you can find people having the best day of their life, the worst day of their life, the first day of their life, and the last day of their life all under one roof.

As a kid, I thought people used “grow up” to mean “be tough enough and brave enough to stand up to the world’s BS"; as an adult I realize people actually used the phrase to mean “be jaded enough to resign yourself to the world’s BS without complaining”.

I am a ghost, driving a meat-coated skeleton, made from stardust, riding a rock, flying through space.

-All from "Shower Thoughts" on Tumblr

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Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion. -Barry Lopez

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Stix: It's not like I'm paranoid . . . *sees own shadow* STOP FOLLOWING ME!

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To be a monster is to confine one’s rationality to a very narrow degree and then follow that line to its conclusion.

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I was spitting up formulas while you were still spitting up formula! -Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik

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Is anything as strange as a normal person?
Is anything as cruel as a normal person?
I think I'm cool enough
But am I cruel enough
Am I cruel enough
For you?
--Arcade Fire, "Normal Person"

Well, that's my two cents. If you've got some feedback on this little flight of fancy, I'd love to hear it! Peace out, folks, and happy FanFiction-ing!