FAQs

1. How do you make websites?

(sweatdrop) Well, first of all, you have to purchase a program that could help you create web sites. The one I'm using is FrontPage 2000. There are other programs too for that: Netscape Navigator Gold, WebEdit, PageMaker, making them online at webgroups such as Geocities, AngelFire and related sites, etc....But if you use any of these, you'll have to ask someone other than me, because I have no experience with those other web editors.

2. Ooh! How do you make those gif thingies?

They're called animated GIFs. I created them in Adobe ImageReady 2.0 after I colored them in Adobe Photoshop 5.5. I didn't draw them, though. FalconIce and PirateBurn did.

3. What kind of fan fiction do you accept?

Hmm...any, just as long as... 1) you take it easy with the profanities; 2) there's nothing explicit in them; and 3) it is related to any of the topics here in this site. I now accept yaoi, and I will put warnings on fics under that category. Just mail your fic to me w/ or w/o description.

4. Eeww! Yaoi's gross. How can you like it?!

I know yaoi is immoral (very!) and that an innocent (?) girl (yes, I'm a girl) like me should stay away from such sinful topics, but I can't help it. Yaoi has its pros as well as cons. I don't completely disapprove of yaoi, but I'm not so hot about it either. First of all, yaoi is basically not the same as being gay. For one thing, the stereotypical meaning of a "gay" is
a guy acting like a girl or wanting to be one. Yaoi is merely a guy liking another guy, yet may or may not want to be a girl. Second, in most (if not all) RPGs and anime shows, I dislike, no wait, loathe the female characters, especially if they're b*tchy (mind the language) and annoying. And if you're a hard-core fanfic reader, you would NOT want to read about them (you've had enough of them in the game or series, why read about them too in fanfics?!) So, if you're like me, you would prefer yaoi fanfics to straight. But I read straight, too. In fact, I read both, and am neutral to both kinds of fanfics. Like I said, I don't disapprove of yaoi, but I'm not a hard-core yaoi person. So, if you don't like yaoi, it's not my fault you wander into the yaoi fics which I've clearly and considerately placed WARNINGS on. I posted those fics NOT to discourage anti-yaoi people, but in fact, to provide entertainment for those who DO read them. Avoid fanficism. Heed the warnings!

Anime- Japanese animated shows (cartoons, in other words)

Bishonen- a man who looks like a woman (but not a cross-dresser) or a beautiful man who makes "handsome" seem like an understatement

Chibi- "kid" form of a person, or super-deformed, in other words. Usually kawaii.

Fanfic or Fics- short for fan fiction==> literature (usually stories) utilizing characters from a game, show, another novel, etc.; usually written by fans

Fushigi Yuugi- Curious or Mysterious Play in English

Glomp- to hug someone adoringly in a tight, squeezing manner

Kasa no Miko- if broken down, means "maiden of the kasa (the hat Chichiri wears)" or "maiden of the umbrella" (eww...I prefer the first meaning)

Kawaii- cute, adorable

Lemon- an explicitly graphic yaoi intercourse scene

Ohayo- hello, form of greeting

Rurouni Kenshin- Samurai X in English

Sweatdrop- a usual reaction to something strange, weird, ridiculous, etc; also for nervous people

Yaoi- a love relationship between bishonens