rose_of_pollux has given me five (5) words that I have to explain what these words mean to me.

The Five words she picked were: Josh Groban, Genesis (The Band), Writing, Erik (The Phantom), and Marik Ishtar. (who will be referred to by first name when I get to him.)  (These were given to me in a different order but…)

Josh Groban- I have loved his music as as I heard his version of “You raise me up.” Funny thing is that the single thought that crossed my mind every time I heard one of his songs; that thought being Groban would make a great Raoul. (from POTO) My thought was confirmed when I found this recording. His music also helps me write. There is one song that I credit with capturing an aspect of my story perfectly.

Genesis (The Band) - The Genesis I grew up listening to had Phil Collins doing vocals, so it still remains hard for me to tell the difference between a Phil Collins Song and one by Genesis. There are groups you recognize because of the rhythm and sound of their music, and others you recognize because of their voices. For me, Genesis accomplishes both.

Writing- For me writing has never been a chore after my freshman year of High School. For me, writing is so much more than putting words on a page. It is a relief to let your pen or fingers just fly, sometimes with rather odd results. Writing has proven both a challenge and a joy. The countless instances of writer’s block have been less than helpful. The odd thing is that although my writings for Phantom of the Opera are shorter and less numerable than those for my other genre, Yu-Gi-Oh, I feel so much more accomplished after completing a Phantom piece; I have yet to discover the source of this phenomenon.

Erik (The Phantom) – What can I say? I am moved by his back story, and through reading Kay’s Phantom, have fallen in love with his character even more. I have yet to finish the novel. But something that I feel is very important is that he repents at the end. The fate of the story was not in Christine’s hands but his. If The Phantom had not let Christine go…well I doubt phans on any side would like the story. I know I wouldn’t. No matter who plays the role, it demands a lot of things, and each Phantom brings an equal amount of passion to the performances. I support Raoul X Christine and a Well-Written Erik X Christine. Sadly I have yet to find a good quantity of the latter mentioned.

Marik- This guy has a sad back story too. Sorry I’m gonna return to Erik for a moment, but it is all for a reason. Despite Erik’s sad back story; that does no excuse him for the utter atrocities that he performed. When taken in that regard, I cannot look benignly upon him. Same with Marik, although there are a lot more moments that I cannot bring myself to see that there is a benign nature within the manipulative madman. Let’s just say that thanks to a few fanfics, I find myself sympathetic when I should be abhorred by his actions. He’s also the reason I got addicted to fanfiction. To bring Erik back into this paragraph, Marik’s character can only be fully realized when one takes the whole complete mirror rather than the painfully scathing individual shards. Marik also has to bear my almost inevitable references of him to Erik…he has been a good sport about it.

Oh yeah, put “Words” In the comment and I’ll give you five to do this meme.

These are 35 questions, please answer them.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
27) Do you believe in ghosts?
28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
29) Do you swear a lot?
30) Biggest pet peeve?
31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
33) Favorite and least favorite food?
34) Do you believe in God?
35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
 

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?

Only with my writing, otherwise no.

02) What was your dream growing up?

To be President

03) What talent do you wish you had?

The ability to drive a car

04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?

Anything without alcohol

05) Favorite vegetable?

Brocolli, carrots, and potatoes…not together.

06) What was the last book you read?

Phantom by Susan Kay

07) What zodiac sign are you?

Leo

08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.

None  

09) Worst Habit?

Procrastination

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?

If I drove anything other than a joystick, yes.  

11) What is your favorite sport?

Marching Band!!!!

12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?

Optimistic but pessimism rears its ugly head occasionally.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?

I’d totally try and get us out!!! But until then I’d start plotting a fic with you…

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?

I dunno.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.

I think a couple of males from Yu-Gi-Oh would look really sexy in The Phantom’s Night black ensemble

16) Do you have any pets?

Two dogs

17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?

Hello, pardon my mess.  

18) What was your first impression of me?

I love your fanfics!!!

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?

Scary

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?

Nothing. I am content with who I am.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?

Conscience

22) What color eyes do you have?

I’m my mom’s “Brown Eyed Girl”

23) Ever been arrested?

Nope. See the halo?

24) Bottle or can soda?

Depends on what I have, and If I can recycle it.  

25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?

Pay off my tuition

26) What's your favorite place to hang out at?

Anywhere where there are people I can relate to

27) Do you believe in ghosts?

Only the Opera Ghost. :)

28) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?

Tie between bury my nose in a book and write fanfics.

29) Do you swear a lot?

Not too much

30) Biggest pet peeve?

People who talk loudly while a performance is going on

31) In one word, how would you describe yourself?

Ever-changing

32) Do you believe/appreciate romance?

To an extent, yes to both.

33) Favorite and least favorite food?

I’ll eat almost anything except peppers, onions, and foods that are culturally taboo.

34) Do you believe in God?

Yes

35) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

Yes

Please email these three things to theduelistsheiress@gmail.com, and put "fanfic manual" as the subject line.  All work given me will be used for this manual only and will not be published in any form of entirety by me.

If you have an additional section to add and/or you would like to write a section for this manual, please use the email listed above and put "fanfic manual suggestion/help" in the subject line. I will not draft people to help write this thing. Please pass this idea on.

I thank you for your time to read this incredibly long entry, and I hope that this 'project' will be a success.

Okay, I am supposed to do this in a comment, but I like answering in entries so modified rule 2, it's supposed to be comment.

1. Comment to this post with the name of a character that I have written in fics. Or geeked out about. Or RPed. You should probably make sure it's one I've written more than once or twice.

2. I will post an entry telling you the following:

A. What initially prompted me to like the character enough to write about him/her.
B. One of his/her best traits.
C. One of his/her worst traits.
D. How easy/difficult I find it to write the character.
E. The story/chapter/paragraph/phrase where I feel that I truly captured the character (if I've written them).
F. My plans (if any) to write the character in the near future.

Joey, comic relief and he's pretty cool.
Kaiba has a heart somewhere, sadly Mokuba has to be in danger for anyone to see it.
Yugi is awesome and cute, Yami is so calm and collected.
Odion and Ishizu I love them; they are really complex.
Noa repents, and has a change of heart because of Mokuba.

TDH