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XD I love you people. So much.

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You can't take what the Japanese create in their media as their true views. The shows they watch and the stuff they read are like outlets since they can't display those types of urges IRL. A lot of the other shows they have have the actors displaying emotions that are so over-the-top as to be ridiculous because it's an outlet. They're soo conservative, a MARRIED COUPLE holding hands is considered too much PDA. In RL none of that is acceptable.

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The Japanese (And other Asian cultures). They're raised in a Collectivist society that values the whole over individuals, so they're turned off by blatant 'I'm the greatest thing since sliced bread, screw the rest of you' attitudes. They consider it VERY rude. So, women that prefer the meeker attitudes and introversion do exist.

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Oh, I have no clue to how it's useful. I just learned about it in my Ethics class this last semester and it happened to apply to the conversation. I personally think it's dumb, but somehow it stays around. And you're welcome! ^^

While I fully agree with EVERYTHING you just said, there is an ethical theory type thing that states this: Ethical and Psychological Egoism. Psychological egoism states that we are selfish beings. Ethical egoism states that we ought to be selfish beings. Just wanted to state that. =3

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Tomoe's ♥♥ FanFiction Writer's Meme ♥♥ Doing this for Original, rather than Fan. fiction. =3 1. How about a brief introduction of yourself? I'm a 19 (20 in a month) year old college student going for a premed degree and I shouldn't have as much time on my hands as I do. But, oh well. I'm pretty quiet, but tend to be blunt/strange when I do speak. I'm nearly a true introvert, not because of shyness (though, that tends to help), but because I really don't mind being alone. Ironically enough, I have a hard time communicating with others, even though I enjoy writing. 2. Fabulous! And what got you into fanfiction to begin with? A friend of mine got me into fanfiction when I was just starting 9th grade. I got hooked for a looong time, then panned away (because of Sturgeon's Law) and found original fiction online. I fell in love and left the (mostly) crappy fanfiction writers behind. I don't regret my years of fanfic reading and I appreciate those artists for paving the way to original online works. 3. I see, so what kind of fanfiction do you like to write? I don't. I write originals and it tends to vary. I have several crack-like fics, several slash fics, and a smattering of others. I mostly like the slash though. 4. Do you tend to write the same pairings/characters? Or are you a fandom whore? I create new pairings almost always and jump around like crazy from genre to genre, though I stick mainly to modern (I want to do more fantasy, but I need to work on that). 5. What is your more popular fanfic and why do you think people like it so? My most popular is Tied Up and Passed Around, probably because it has bondage, gay sex, is under Erotic, and is rated Adult++. 6. Forget other people, what is the fanfic you've written you're most proud of? I'm most proud of the most popular one since it's one of the few that turned out very long. My goal is to get a chapter story up. 7. Do you find writing easy? Hard? What are the most difficult aspects of writing you struggle with? Difficult. I can come up with ideas, but most get trashed since I don't want to write cliches. Once I have an idea, I struggle to get it out of my head and on paper/computer since my brain sees half-formed pictures of the scene and I have to write the entire thing in words. Even through that, though, I enjoy writing and wouldn't stop (the bunnies wouldn't let me anyway). ^^ 8. Write a few sentences of so of your favorite pairing or character. Don't have any, sorry. 9. Are there any fanfiction trends/clichés you can't stand or are just sick of? Guys that act like women in slash stories. And the typical 'oh the bottom has to be soo much smaller and less useful than the top!' mentality. 10. Are you guilty of any of the fanfiction trends/clichés you now hate? Or any other ones? I try not to. That's why I have a male beta my slash so I don't fall for those trends. =3 11. What was the first fandom you wrote for? Do you still like/participate in it? I don't/didn't. 12. Name your OTPs or most frequently written pairings/characters and explain what it is about them you love to write. I don't. 13. What would you call your writing "style"? Casual. I write like I talk. The problem with that is I tend to leave out description, so I have to work on it more. 14. Do you read other people's fanfic? If so, what do you find yourself reading the most? I rarely read any fanfiction anymore, but I do read other people's original fiction. I exclusively read slash, except for challenge prompts and stuff like that. 15. Name one thing you'd LOVE to write, but have been too afraid or shy to do. I haven't found anything I'm too shy/afraid to write. Just stuff that I haven't developed enough to write. I'm working on those. =] 16. Do you have trouble taking criticism? Or worse yet, do you have the dreaded bloated ego? Gawd no! I demand to know what's wrong so I can fix it as immediately as I can! I have the farthest from a 'bloated ego' as you can get. I post my stuff praying that someone will tell me it's decent (and let me know what to change) so I can keep the will to write! 17. When you write, is there anything that helps? Music? Quiet room? Repairing toaster ovens? It changes constantly. Recently I need quiet and constant 'up and down' trips out of my computer chair so I can think. 18. What inspires you? Random crap. My dreams, random thoughts, the shower, my friends' conversations, etc. The list goes on! 19. Lastly, how would you sum up your fanfiction experiences and yourself as a writer? Inexperienced for the writer part, but I'm working to get better. My fanfiction experience was great when it first started and it got me into my true section of AFF. ^^ I wouldn't change that for anything. 20. Tag some friends, because they'll have you for it. Nearly everyone I know on here has already done this...

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Evergreen: Apollo: That's quite alright! ^^ And yep, that's exactly what the zombie apocalypse will do! Random zombies drinking your lattes and oaks suddenly smelling like pines! Fairy Slayer: Yes, the caffeine would help them move a bit quicker (Unless their the ones from Zombieland ^^). Oh, I meant to say that they went around the place, instead of walking through it. And the gate was attached to the fence that was around the patio. And I apologize if the story seemed cut off or hard to understand, but it was an actual dream. The only thing I altered was to add dialogue to the beginning or else it would have made even less sense. The story is supposed to be cut off and I have no clue if it was a specific zombie covered world they're on. I can say that the friend wasn't a zombie, but I think the patrons turned into them (or maybe not, the dream didn't tell me). pittwitch: XD Yep, even your coffee isn't safe when the zombies attack!

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