2012-10-08

the vintage cafe / lady raven

Two prompts for an online writing competition I'm participating in. It's not a "real" competition, just something hosted on a website that I write for. I love these sorts of "friendly" competitions because it really gives you a chance to see how you're improving. The prize for winning is usually some fanart or a heavy critique of some other stuff you've written, which is really awesome. Of course, I'd love to enter some REAL writing competitions and maybe earn some money C: 

Anyway. Here are the pictures of "The Vintage Cafe" and "Lady Raven", respectively. These pictures are not owned by me and no copyright infringement is intended. 







2012-10-07

anime alert

BEFORE I FORGET: go watch Toradora! ! It's sooooo good. I read the manga a while ago, forgot about it, remembered it, recommended it to a friend, then watched it with her. It's really cute~ My type of thing! 

 

andayo

I forgot to mention; one of my friends (coincidentally, the one who lent me 358/2) has a dA account and it'd be much appreciated if you could go check it out and critique his work; and maybe watch him, too? C: Awesome. Here's the link:

Andrew's dA Page <<< clickkk

Do you draw? You interested in getting a commission? I need concept art for my Glitched charries, as well as ... a ton of others from my previous and/or future fics. I'm not an artist, but I do heavy critiquing. I accept anything nd everything! You don't even have to be good (although you're probably better than me already :c); just creative. You interested? Leave me an email at neon.firefli@gmail.com - it'd be much appreciated.

Over and out!

concepts

 Sorry, late post. Happy Turkey weekend, everybody! I'm going to stay all loner-like in my room, playing KH and writing depressing stuff. (I finally got my Nimble Gear, omg. It's been a long time coming! -__-)

This is the story of a mother who would give anything to save her child; a boy who would do anything to run free; and a girl who would sacrifice everything to belong again.

G L I T C H E D

The Cast

{ Karoline Leia Miraille } { High Councillor } { Colcord: 1st Residential District } { The Selfish }

O V E R V I E W

It is impossible to have lived in any part of Colcord and not have heard of the infamous Karoline Miraille, the so-called “Demon Councilwoman”. She was an icon amongst most students for her prowess in terms of law and politics. Her fame all stemmed from her career working in the intel with the police force, the Silver Brigade, although she retired from that route many years ago. Despite all this, her legacy did not come without a fair share of back-alley rumours. People say that the High Councillor of Colcord had a history with criminals and gang members in her adolescent years, which is one of the main reasons for her success in the Silver Brigade. Councillor Miraille, of course, denied these claims, saying that the Council of Ten would never have accepted her with such a background.

A P P E A R A N C E

Most fashion analysts in the Commercial District would describe Karoline’s style as “classy, refined and elegant”. Experiences of last-minute business meetings and unexpected conferences have taught the High Councillor one thing: to look your best at every waking hour of the day. Karoline usually sticks to dark, neutral colours, adding splashes of colour in her jewelry, shoes or other accessories. Her hair, which is a beautiful shade of dark honey blonde, is usually left down. It reaches her shoulders and is softly curled. Her eyes are a rich azure shade.

D I G G I N G  D E E P E R

Although her appearance in public may portray Karoline as a person who is kind, charismatic and straightforward, that is all just a mask she cleverly crafted up to hide her inner self. As a young girl, Karoline Roan was physically abused by her alcoholic father and her mother who suffered from anger management issues. In a desperate attempt to redeem herself, Karoline fled her household in the 3rd District slums and escaped to an orphanage. In the modest school of Lethenthum Academy, she proved herself to be a diligent scholar, although not much of a socialite. When she was 16, she was able to obtain a scholarship to the esteemed Ferryrion University, where she remained until seeking out her first job with the Silver Brigade.

Karoline married Stephen Miraille when she was only 23 and still working with the Silver Brigade. In the next three years, she gave birth to her only son, Felix Andrew Miraille. He was born without a leg and currently suffers from anemia. Her husband died four days after she got inducted into the Council of Ten.

Q U O T E

“May the bridges I burn light the way for tomorrow.”

2012-10-04

why is the sun red?

AHHHHHH #KINGDOMHEARTS #ROXAS #NAMINE #AXEL #LARXENE #MARLUXIA #DEMYX #ORGANIZATIONXIII #THECASTLETHATNEVERWAS #TWILIGHTTOWN 

Lol. I need to get twitter - but screw that, I'm too busy playing 358/2! You know how I said that my friend was going to lend it to me? He gave it to me today and I've been playing it since lunchtime. I looove Organization XIII! Oh, let me tell you the reason I don't really have much love for Xion. When I first started playing Kingdom Hearts, I really loved it so I went to go search up some fanfiction for it. I went looking around for some popular pairings and I found SoKai first, obviously. Then, I happened upon some RokuNami fics which I absolutely LOVED. They're still my favourites today. Xion didn't really fit into the picture after that. And besides, what would her Somebody's name be? Ino? Oni? Noi? -__-

What sucks is that Namine isn't a very "important" character in the series. I feel like she doesn't get a lot of screen time, which isn't quite fair, especially for her character - I mean, she's Kairi's Nobody! Roxas gets his own GAME, for goodness' sakes! Also, she's such an interesting person. Her character has a lot of depth, in my opinion and I was quite upset that she doesn't play as big of a role as some other characters, who I don't think are as important.

Also, I have a lot of speculation as to why Xion was...created. Okay, maybe I'm not at much liberty to say ANYTHING about Xion because I'm not even past 1/100 of 358/2 Days yet, but from what I've heard, she's kind of...extra. I did the tiniest bit of researching and the first thing I saw about her character creation was HILARIOUS. One person's theory was that Xion was created in order to quell the AkuRoku pairing, which was becoming quite popular. 

Wait. I actually think Axel and Roxas are qt -- as friends. You know. 'Cause I love Larxene and Axel...Doesn't it suck that they ALL DIE?! Not Axel - Larxene. WHYYYY D: She's such a bo$$ even though she's kind of mean... I read a one-shot from a collection of Larxel drabbles about her death. It was amazing. 

2012-10-02

358/2

I just had a total fangirl moment with one of my really close friends about Kingdom Hearts. It's one of my favourite games! He's lending me 358/2 Days on Thursday - the only game I haven't played! (Except for DDD, cause I don't have a 3DS, sadly :c) 

Also - I feel very ashamed to say this, but since today, I have never played Pokemon Black/White. I know! For a self-proclaimed Pokenerd, that's pretty sad. Anyway, one of my OTHER friends lent me his Pokemon Black so I could train his pokes for him, and I LOVED BLACK. I just -- ugh. Emotional overload! C: It was sooo good. I loved it. I HAVE to get B/W2. 

I was asked about the ships I have for KH and Pokemon today, and I thought I'd post them. Lol, I'm a really big fangirl...who loves fanfiction... omg I'm such a loser and I have no life. :( Anyways, on to the pairingssss! For Pokemon, I support: Oldrivalshipping, Ferriswheelshipping, Checkmateshipping, SoulSilvershipping, Specialshipping ... and a whole lot more. For KH, I support SoKai, RokuNami, Larxel (<3 My crack pairing, and it should be canon! They're really badass together...if you think about it...) and ... Roxas and Xion ONLY in 358/2. Otherwise, I don't like them together. :/ Just a pet peeve. 

2012-09-30

pokenoms!

I haven't eaten breakfast yet, and my hash browns are still cooking in the toaster-oven... My stomach is protesting loudly against this form of torture! It doesn't help that I've been practically salivating over these Magikarp...yaki...things that I found on the pokem0nfacts tumblr. Lookeee~

Yaki (?) Magikarp from pokem0nfacts.tumblr.com <3
 YUUUUMMM don't they look just delicious?! And also, since I've been through a Swablu/Altaria obsession since I found a shiny one on my friend's Ruby... More food! (Don't tell! I traded the Swablu over to my Pearl via Pal Park~ :3) 

Also from pokem0nfacts.tumblr.com, by ayaha