Here's a short autobiography. I wrote this partly to test this platform, but it's also an attempt to introduce the kinds of things I talk about.
I am a fanfiction writer for Star Wars and Legend of Zelda. I really enjoy talking about writing and fanfiction and my particular fan interests, though I may not always know how to articulate my thoughts. I am very partial to villains, for example Lord Ghirahim from Legend of Zelda and General Grievous, Palpatine, Darth Plagueis, and Darth Maul from Star Wars. I also have a number of interests, including math, science, politics, and cooking.
My stories, from oldest to newest, are as follows:
Ascent
Rating: T
Length: Multi-chapter
Status: Ongoing
Summary: Set in an AU where Ghirahim rises from the lowly Fool of the Demon King Releris to the ruler of all the Lower Realms. But as the demon lord tries to destroy the Seal and take the sunlit lands of the surface for the demons, he encounters resistance...
Cut Strings
Rating: T
Length: Multi-chapter
Status: Ongoing
Summary: After his success in an important battle, General Grievous is made an offer he can't refuse in the form of upgrades to his cyborg body. But the surgery is more than what it seems, and leads to some startling revelations about Count Dooku and Darth Sidious.
Little Lost Maul
Rating: G
Length: One-shot
Status: Complete
Plagueis and Palpatine lose their tiny Sith Apprentice during a vacation to Yavin IV, and now must search for him.
Heart of Shadow
Rating: T
Length: Multi-chapter
Status: Ongoing
While on a routine mission to recover secrets from the reclusive Nightsisters, Sidious is tricked by Mother Talzin into accepting a power even he may not be able to handle. When Darth Plagueis becomes infected with it as well, the Sith Order spins into disarray. But Sith do not give up easily, even if their Grand Plan may require some--recalibration.
Rescue
Rating: M
Length: One-shot
Status: Complete
During a mission to Coruscant, things go wrong, and Hera meets a former Jedi named Ahsoka Tano. Sometimes people have to rescue each other.
Those are all links to my Archive of Our Own account, but I also have a fanfiction.net account where you can find most of my fic as well. I opted not to put the latest one on ffnet because I'm rather wary of their policy on mature content given their history, even though I don't think my mature content is particularly objectionable in any way. I'm also not a huge fan of ffnet's interface--I think AO3 is just better overall.
I like to discuss my experiences with writing, though I hesitate to give advice on how one should write as I think that's very contextual. I'm more accustomed to writing long stories than short ones, but I think I got a lot out of writing the shorter ones, all of which have been done for fic exchanges. I like a good mix of pathos and humor, but I have a very finicky and particular sense of humor. I focus a lot on characterization, plot, and themes in my writing.
I think one area I could use improvement in is description, as I sometimes forget to write any. It's not something I tend to like a lot of when reading, but I do think there's a difference between minimalist description and insufficient description, and I think I do sometimes tend towards the latter. I intentionally try to use simpler and shorter words in my writing a lot of the time for stylistic reasons, but I don't completely avoid longer or more complex terms.
In regards to fanfiction, I tend to like AU's that keep the original genre intact: for example, still a sci-fi setting if the original story is a sci-fi, and still a fantasy setting if the original story is a fantasy. I'm a big fan of the enemies to lovers trope, which shows up in a number of my stories.
I don't think fanfiction is inherently lesser than any other type of fiction, but I don't think it's inherently better, either. The primary difference is that fanfiction builds on elements specific to modern popular culture stories, whereas original fiction tends to build on or reference older popular culture stories or story elements. That's pretty much the only consistent difference I can see. The distinction only exists because of the draconian way modern copyright works.
I also sometimes talk about math and science. I especially enjoy astrophysics, biology, and chaos theory, but I have many other interests as well. I am also very interested in tech and tinkering with my devices, as well as being interested in open source software. In fact a big part of the reason I became interested in Plume is its open source, decentralized nature.
I am also interested in cooking, gardening, food storage, and all things related to food. I'm no expert gardener or master chef, I just like eating good food and preventing waste.
When I'm relaxing, I like to read, play videogames, or watch the occasional television series or movie.
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