Because I'm always suprised by this kind of thing.

[cynchick]

Stolen from everyone. Seriously.

I know I don't blog and such a whole lot, but.


What has surprised you the most about me (if anything) since joining my flist/"friending me"? Was anything completely unexpected or have I always fit the picture of me you have in your head?

Post this in your own journal and see how you have surprised people!

Comments

[korinacaffeine.livejournal.com]

I think this has come more from getting to know you through IM and other means than anything, but you are far humbler than I expected! Even though you're a BNF by every stretch of the word--artist and author, oh my!--and wildly talented to boot, you're still so down-to-earth and nice. It's nice that you don't let it go to your head!

Also, unrelated, but I miss the DeiSaku heyday. :(

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Aww. XDD

See. That's the kind of thing I always hear when I get to talking with new people in fandom, especially if they are fans of my stuff. People have said they were scared or too shy to talk to me or that I'm intimidating, and I don't know if its because of the BNF thing, or because of my tough attitude that comes across in my writing...

And I always say that I'm just a geek who reads too much manga like everyone else. XD And honestly I'm really not that nice. I'm sarcastic, cynical, short-tempered, and extremely intolerant of willful ignorance and plain ol stupidity. I choose the people I associate with carefully, so if I'm nice to you, it's only because we mesh well and you don't piss me off. XDD

I miss the DeiSaku heyday too. I think the ship is pretty much dead now that you and me are done and Wyntermute disappeared from fandom. :/

[korinacaffeine.livejournal.com]

I can't remember how we met and started talking, so I couldn't say for sure if I was intimidated by you, haha. I know that I really adore(d) your fics, though!

It sucks that Wyntermute sort of dropped out. I've been trying to relive memories by reading old DeiSaku fics, but I just don't feel it anymore. :( Tbh, it's been really difficult for me to write anything Naruto lately. I have all these great ideas and can't get them out on paper/.doc for some reason. C'est la vie.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

I was a fan of you too - Found was the first DeiSaku I read after all. So maybe we met on evenish ground and that eliminated some of the shyness?

See, for me, the failure in Naruto inspires me more than the awesomeness. I think to myself "Oh HELL NO, fuck you Kishi that is NOT how its supposed to go, THIS is how this shit is done..."

Needless to say I am currently inspired to write Sakura as the most badass bitch you've ever seen. XD

[korinacaffeine.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, oh, Found. I really regret giving it the ending I did. But I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it'd still be a WIP if I hadn't done what I did. :/ I just wish I could have fleshed it out more. idk. I guess it's too late for all that.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR BADASS SAKURA! Of course your Sakura is always badass, but you know what I mean. :D

[eclatc4t.livejournal.com]

well, first i was surprised by how often you managed to be really funny, in a light-hearted way. i found this surprising because i had already discovered you to be extreeeeemely tough- minded. not that the two are exclusive, (although in my experience they mostly are)...just widely divergent.

i also thought you were a lot older than you are, because of that range of comprehension.
what can you have seen/done to know so much? and to integrate it so fast?

the answer was the most surprising discovery: just how seriously wicked smart you are.

so yeah, you are surprising. it's the range. at this point, would i be surprised if you had a little tiny white poodle? if you rode a Harley? if you decided to get your J.D. or LLD and become a litigator? and then stayed home, writing smoldery best sellers while drinking tea and baking cookies? in an apron?? probably not. (in my vision, the tea is organic herbal, and cookies have junk-food M&Ms or something in them.)

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Hehe how old did you think I was? At 28 I'm one of the oldest people in the fandom (comparatively).

I guess there are a lot of contributors to why I'm a paradox. Coming from very poor (and domestically violent) roots was what gave me that tough mentality. I was the first in my family to graduate high school and the first to go to college. I served in the military during a time of war. My path has been roundabout, with lots of ups and downs and falling by the wayside, and I still struggle with issues connected to my childhood. Art has always been my escape - metaphorically and literally.

So I think what it comes down to is I have the heart and mind of a warrior, but the soul of an artist. I can drink many men I know under the table, but yes, I also drink organic tea (and coffee). I immensely enjoyed blowing shit up with grenades and earning an expert marksman badge in the Army (Riza Hawkeye, anyone? XD) but at the same time I have been moved to tears by a piece of music or a beautiful dance performance.



btw, how is the chapter coming along? XD

[eclatc4t.livejournal.com]

* vanishes in puff of smoke *

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

lol what

[strange_quark]

I was surprised to hear you've been in the military!

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Really? Is that because you thought I was a lot younger? I would think my militaristicness (? lol) would come across in my writing especially since I write about ninja/soldiers.

[strange_quark]

I think it's because I, personally, don't know many people who have been in the military, and the ones I do you'd never know it. My dad was in the Air Force but he is so very much not a military-type person. All his friends in the 70's were hippies. So I don't expect it and I don't really know the signs that point to someone who has served. If that makes sense?

As for your writing, well, I have a similar sort of fascination with the military aspect of shinobi society in Naruto, and I've never once entertained the thought of serving XD

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Whats funny is that even though I was in the military and I love certain aspects of soldiering, I'm actually a tree-hugging, anti-war liberal. I guess I shouldn't say I'm completely anti-war, but I'm most definitely anti war-for-profit (which is, like, almost all of them). What I loved most (and miss most) is the camaraderie and bonds that you just cant understand unless you've been a soldier. I was one of the few who weren't stop-lossed during the Bush administration, and when my time came up I was like "fuck this noise. peace out."

[solarial.livejournal.com]

I remember that the first time I read your fanfictions I have thought: "wow, this is a special person" because of yours capacity to make me dream with this marvellous fanfiction! I'd like to impress peoples just like you with my fanfiction!" I'm speaking about "Perception!"
Believe me, It's so rare for me to love a fanfiction at first sight, but yours are so beautiful, with a lot of emotions that I couldn't stop reading it!
You know how many times I have read Perception? A LOT of times, but I haven't finished to surprise myself while reading.
So thanks a lot for it.
Before Joined you here I thought so much about it because I was intimidated about you, but not because you are a scare person XD but because you are a wonderful artist and I'm nothing to you. You haven't known me yet and It is also my fault because of my limit with your language ç_ç You could have thought "what the hell she want with me?" XDXDXD
But One thing is sure: I'm absolutely in love with your fanfiction and draw *___* so don't stop to make me dream please *_*
Ps: thanks to you I could have also improve my english XD so thanks for everything

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Awww, thanks. :D

[kayleighvolturi.livejournal.com]

Hm~, well you basically fit the picture that I had in my head. (: You're more awesome, though. :D I'd like to get to know you more, actually. :| I really don't think that we've talked that much... or at all... hm. :\ That's probably entirely my fault. D: Sorry~. But, yeah. (: ♥

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

I dont really talk to people much on my journal since I dont post many personal things. I do most of my LJ talking on other peoples journals. XD

[kayleighvolturi.livejournal.com]

Ah~, I see. (: I do that, as well. :P

[eldrfire.livejournal.com]

Well I didn't really have preconceptions because I had never read your fics or never heard anything about you, but I remember noting how serious (in a good way) you are when you posted the pic that you drew of Sakura in the dress Sere designed for her on the KakaSaku FC on NF, and there were some small comments but then people kind of went back to their silly stuff... I remember I had been at school while it happened, so I came back and saw that you had been kinda miffed and I remember thinking "She has a total right to be! This was a serious thing and people didn't really give it enough attention." I mean, I love the FC and how silly things get there sometimes, because it's all good fun, but for people who had known Sere for a while and who had probably read the fic the picture was from, I thought that in general that they were a little too flippant about the beautiful picture you posted.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

So your first impression of me was when I was bitching people out? Lol. Yeah...I adore the FC ladies, but I cant keep up with the freakish speed, and honestly sometimes what goes on there is too frivolous and random for my tastes. I had been friends with Sere for over 2 years and talked to her regularly over chat, so it pissed me off that the FC didn't even really pause to honor or discuss the passing of someone who was so highly regarded in the KakaSaku community, and was a regular poster at the FC itself.

[eldrfire.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I mean, right when she died I remember a lot of stuff-- although maybe to me it just seemed like a lot because I didn't know Sere, where in fact to people who knew her it was not enough. Your picture if I remember came a little later. So why I can kiiiiiinda see why maybe they were like "mmm don't wanna rehash the sad", your picture, IMHO, still merited a little more attention. (It's a really nice picture, and I still look at it sometimes. :) ) Unfortunately I never really got to know Sere, because I had just joined the FC around that time. :(

For some reason the speed is not usually a problem for me, probably because my only occupation is high school student and I have mastered the Skim. xD Sometimes I am kind of like "Wow, can we talk about something a leeeeettle more interesting?" But then maybe I get bored less often because I am not usually around people that age, and for some reason I generally identify better with older people than with people my own age (not always, though... sometimes I am the lone voice in a crowd walking in the other direction).

[syl-luvs-silver.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure, really. They say you can get to know a person through their writing and artwork, but I don't think so. Through your LJ, I've come to see you as someone worthy of my respect - not only because of your talents, but because you stick up for what you believe in, and above all, you're kind. I know you say you're cynical and all, but I think you are kind and humble. You can tell this from the smallest things, like the way you answer 'thank you' to every single person who comments in your LJ on one of your art pieces.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

I just appreciate that my fans take the time to show their support. Bottom line, I just appreciate that I HAVE fans, because you know, its not like I'm a real celebrity or something. If anything, the fact that I spend so much time writing/drawing for fandom says I'm a bigger geek than all of you. XDD

[wxs.livejournal.com]

I didn't know what to expect when I started reading this. To be perfectly honest I don't really read most of what you write because I'm not into anime/manga/whatever it's called, though I do look at the art you post and admire it (I can't even draw a stick figure).

What surprises me the most is how little of your thoughts, feelings and day-to-day activities you share here. Since all I have to go on is this journal I would have to believe the only thing you do in life is read, write and illustrate. I know that's not true but I don't have a better glimpse into your life to find out.

[cynchick.livejournal.com]

Lol. Thats partly because this journal is mainly for things related to my writing and art, but mostly because I'm a pretty private person in general and I just don't feel the need to advertise everything that goes on in my life to people I don't really know. That's why I hardly ever use my Facebook or Myspace either.

You probably know me (at least my personality) better than most of the people on my F-list because we've actually conversed live and not in text. Lol. Btw, I miss playing WoW. I would come back, but I'm so busy I don't think I would have the time to play anyway. I have the entire month off in Dec, so maybe. Everyone has probably forgotten me by now.

[shortitude.livejournal.com]

That you are so...amazing. That you friended back ahahaha I still have issues about friending authors I love because it's like I put them on an unreachable pedestal.

Completely unexpected--that you drew fanart for me. *__* /squee

[almostaddictive.livejournal.com]

When I read your comments to how you thought, for example, when you wrote Perception that "loving a person is accepting all about him/her" and that Sakura couldn't accept everything about Itachi, that is what made me realise how intelligent you actually are. Not that I had a doubt you were intelligent, it was just so much more thought into that than I thought. I've also read about how you believe your readers are intelligent enough to understand your fanfic, so that the subtle meaning gets through... I really felt like you respected us readers then. I feel like you're a strong, but still humble and such an intelligent and talented person. I guess you were so much more than I thought ^^ (whoah, much "Thought" in there xD)

Sorry about my English, I'm from Sweden so I'm not really that good at it...