I'm a poor bastard college student that spends some free time writing stories about some of my favorite shows and games when i have nothing else to do. I've actually been quite a lurker that never really made an account until recently because i didn't see the need when i could view stories just as well on my electronic devices. But you need an account to post a story so here it is.

About stories: By no means am I the best writer, nor do I plan to be(chemistry major). It's something I do on my free time because epileptic trees grow out of my skull too often and they need trimming sometimes. That doesn't mean I won't try to improve, quite the contrary. I'll try to write to the best of my ability and hope my stories don't get torn apart by grammar nazis. I will continually revise and check for grammatical mistakes, because they can and will get past me when i write things. I take criticism well, which is encouraged because it allows me to improve on things that do need some revamping. But if you flame or just flat out insult me, I kindly invite you to click off the page if you don't like what you see. It isn't astrophysics.

Also, I like stories that make me think. Stories that engage the mind and make you go hmm, I never knew that. Or my personal favorite, HOLY SHIT. They pick apart little details from the show that only the more observant individuals pick up on and shape them, molding them, into something that is truly great. It's always the little things. When you make someone think, you have passed on knowledge, through script, through words. It's really something amazing.

My favorite characters and types of stories are those in which the protagonist and the antagonist are neither wholly good or wholly evil. A mix of various grays if you will. When I write my stories, my main characters will definitely not be heroes by any means, and my villains will not be the generic for the evulz. Also, I dislike idiot balls and villain balls greatly. Main antagonists will be as clever as the protagonist, if not even more so. Surface level characterization is pretty distasteful to me and I try to incorporate human elements to characters, ergo, how humans would react in X situation. And if they don't seem like they're acting realistically, that's because it'll be addressed later. Humans are interesting and often hide their emotions. Makes for great introspection. I don't use very fanciful language either, mainly because I'd rather convey a point clearly rather than have someone click off the page to google a word I pulled out of the thesaurus or something. Besides, not all viewers are geniuses even if you'd like them to be. Be precise and effective.

I also dislike wish fulfillment. Narrative storytelling and realistic scenarios are always preferred to just having the hero win for some inexplicable reason. If I want to watch someone pull something out of their ass, or somehow one man army through a place when they don't have the skills to do so, I'd watch a shonen anime. The villains never win for long, and there aren't many lasting consequences. Great for an anime or show where you don't have to think, but in a story that wants to actively engage the mind? Hell no. You will not find wish fulfillment here.

On a side note, my sense of humor is pretty dry and often as dark as my god forsaken soul. I try to be humorous when I write. Just don't expect to laugh much because my taste in humor isn't... er, standard. If you like my humor then awesome! You're going to hell too. I heard it's cold there, we can chill with Brutus.

If you're reading this, then I tip my invisible hat off to you. It's totally unnecessary, but appreciated nonetheless.

On a side note, TvTropes Ruined/improved my Life. Argh! But it's so addicting!

Current Projects: Tearing the Heavens(pokemon)

A young soldier named Riven is thrust into the future by an unknown force while nearly being hunted down. He finds himself centuries into the future and sees that everything around him is completely different and...peaceful. He tries his best to cope with the world and find answers as to how he got there. He inadvertently becomes a trainer through mere misunderstanding, and sets off in a journey to find his place in the future. Although, his presence in the new world might cause complications both ancient and modern.

Elder Scrolls story: Insanity, A Tale of Thieves.

Many a thief believe the royal vault can never be robbed, and with the Thieves Guild back in circulation, many do not dare. But there are some, some daring enough, crazy enough, to think otherwise. Yes, that's right. What's their target? Go ahead and guess.[postponed for now. Will upload at a later date.]

One Enormous Gripe about Higher Education

Lectures don't work. They just don't. Sure, it's probably the only way that a professor can deal with a class of 400 students. However, just because you're presenting information on a powerpoint that you can find in the book, doesn't mean that students are learning. Let me get one thing straight. Lectures are fine for the arts, history, english and things that don't involve so much rigorous memorization or time to do. This form of teaching does NOT help in the slightest degree when it comes down to things like calculus, physics, or any of the sciences. Presenting a formula with no damn explanation or heavily convoluted one will leave the student confused. Not only that, but one hour, three days a week to learn a third of a semester's worth of material in ten weeks( eight or seven really, counting holiday breaks) is utterly insane. Students don't understand the basic principles of the subject because there's simply no time to do so. Professors hardly give the students any time to think during lectures, often going onto the next topic after everyone has just finished copying down a slide of notes.

Then, the student walks out of lecture having retained the exact same material they had walking in; nothing. What does this mean? The student has to go and study the book like a bible, because lectures are useless. The professor isn't even needed, the class is essentially a waste of time. Why go to a pointless lecture that teaches you nothing when you can just read the book because you're going to have to do that anyway? Many students feel this way, myself included. It's stupid and pointless. I might as well just throw my money in the trash bin and go read a book in the library. A lecture should involve the students in some way as well. Some of the more effective lecturers don't just show a slide on a powerpoint; they work problems and ask everyone to talk with each other. This is active learning. Students learn the most this way, not through that outdated version of a lecture where the professor rambles on and on, putting everyone and their mom to sleep. Basically, a robot could do a professor's job, which is just plain sad.

And it's expensive as shit, god damn.