http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2552777/1/

Best fanfiction I've read. Best portrayal of Remus. Best...

just best.

made me laugh, made me coo, made me cry like an idiot.

*sigh* -_-

I realized today that, from the time I was able to really grasp the concept of what a 'character' was, my life has revolved around various obsessions with fictional people, and places.

When I was 6 I cried because I thought Rita Repulsa was going to kill the Power Rangers.

In 5th grade, a few of us started our own Pokemon Trainers club, and made badges. Then the cards got banned, but we played anyway. The night I got my first Blastoise card, I didn't speak for 20 minutes, because I was in such awe of it.

When I was in the 6th grade, I skipped pep band to watch Dark Angel.

In 7th grade, I spent English class pretending I was in SeeD training, and writing in my journal about how much I wish I had friends like Squall, Irvine, Selphie, and the whole FF8 lot. Kendall, Sheena, and I became the 'Tri-Force.' Myself, Wisdom. Kendall, Power. Sheena, Courage.

In grade 8, we were still the same. I spent my free time writing strategies to defeat bosses in my guide book. I spent $55 on a Gameshark, so I could see the ending to FF8.

The summer after 8th grade, I read Interview With the Vampire for the first time, and it honestly changed my life. I remember staying up until 4 in the morning, sitting in bed, with my lamp on going, "This is what I wanted life to be." Just me and books, alone. When I finished it, I thought to myself, "That's the best thing I've ever read." And it still is. From then on, I ate, slept, and drank Vampire Chronicles. By the time Freshman year started, it had literally consumed me. Sophomore year, all I was able to talk about was Louis. I spent more time being Louis than I spent being myself. After reading those books, I realized that I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to have the oppurtunity to change someone's life, as Anne Rice had changed mine.

The people I met because of VC...well, nothing really needs to said other than I wouldn't be who I am today without those people.

Freshman year and Sophomore year, I also read Kushiel's Legacy. The writing style of Jacqueline Carey is the most beautiful I've come across. After reading only a bit of Kushiel's Dart, I was unable to role-play without incorporating a bit of that style for myself. I fell in love with the concepts of the books, and the characters. And while this obsession never reached even half that of the Vampire Chronicles, it's still high on my list.

Freshman year, I was exposed to the fandom of the anime Gravitation. Shortly after, Kendall decided that he was DETERMINED to actually *become* the lead character, Shuichi Shindou. And well, he's certainly on his way. The first character I ever RPed was from this series. Shuichi's best friend, Hiroshi Nakano. And while, upon first becoming a member of this fandom, I was in it more for the fact that it was centered around the relationship of two men, I later came to appreciate the complexities of each character, and began to see it as far more than just humourous 'Yaoi.'

In March of 2005, I was dragged into the fandom of Marvel comics. More importantly, the fandom of the Magneto line. Specifically? Pietro Maximoff. And while there are too many stories and series to be attached to in the world of comics, Quicksilver remains one of my favorite RP characters.

And then, though I had sworn I wouldn't, over the summer of 2005, I allowed myself to get wrapped into the hype of the newest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...I did. In a big way. And while I had always been a fan of the series, it was never in an extreme way. Perhaps because, when I had read the books, I had been younger, and not taken to them as much as I did the second time around. Over the course of 2 weeks, I re-read the series, just before the new book was to come out. By the release of Half Blood Prince, I was literally talking about Harry Potter every second I got. I had the entire book downloaded on my computer before it was even released in the states, courtesy of a friend in England. And, as things stand now, this obsession is only growing. By the time the premiere of the Goblet of Fire movie arrives November 18th, I'll have the full set of Slytherin school robes and uniform, a wand, and who knows what else. It's been my topic of conversation for months, and promises to remain high on the list for a very long time.

And now that this rambling has ceased, I'm off to post on a Marvel RP board.

I'm exhausted. I want the robes to be finished. I want my wand. I want November 18th to get here already, so I can show them off. I can't wait.

We really need to do a test-run on the butterbeer to make sure we can do it right, and it won't taste totally disgusting. Because if we wait until the last minute, it probably will.

We need to locate some sort of nifty bottles to put it in. I think Kevs said he found 'Butterbeer' labels somewhere. =D yay.

I think I have this whole thing sorted out. Despite having not chosen any user pics yet. I think I might just choose one. Hurm...I dunno, I'll think on it.

Update on status of HP items:

Kevs is supposedly taking Jeanie pictures of the robes we wish to acquire in the next week or something. We're ordering the patches soon, as they take 2 fucking weeks to get here. They added up to about $8 for each of us. Not bad. And since it's a set of the House patches, it comes with the Hogwarts Coat of Arms one as well, and we decided that since we don't want to fight to the death over it, that it should be sewn into a generic hooded that will be printed with the word 'Wizard' or something equally lame and amusing. Yes. And...oh, right, I'm not sure how many of us are getting wands, besides Wes and I, but I finally decided on the Minerva one. I'd have LOVED TO HAVE one of the wands made from exotic wood (preferably bloodwood and ebony, or mahogany and ebony) but I just can't bear to part with that much money for it. Yet. Maybe I'll talk myself into it, but that's very doubtful.

Oh, and my 'Death Eater' bumper sticker arrived today, but I can't put it on my car yet, because Ben is supposed to be painting it (green) for my birthday, and he'd just have to take it off. So, it currently resides in my back window, so it can still be seen. Everyone should pass by and cast envious glances towards it. Yeeeesss.

Guh, I love RPing as Remus. Love it love it.

I want to try Bella, but alas, the Yahoo user rooms are apparently never going to appear again. BS. *sigh*