Kei0523

Ah! I see. Okay, I am also located in central time and can certainly be on during that time.

Got the link and cleared cache, history, everything (just in case). Unfortunately I'm still getting the same invalid message when clicking the link. 😓

Apologies, I meant when I clicked the link sent to me, I was still getting the page that said the reset link was no longer valid. I tried to copy & paste the link but still got the same page indicating the link was not valid. If there is something else I should be trying, like if I need to clear cache or something I’m absolutely willing to try! Thank you in advance!! I know this whole thing has been frustrating for everyone involved and y’all work so hard to keep this site up and running. Thank you for everything y’all do!

Strange, unfortunately it’s still not working. I tried copying and pasting it in a separate tab, too, but got the attached error saying it’s still invalid. Am I missing something?🤔

Thank you, BronxWench! I successfully received the link and authenticated the account but unfortunately haven’t had any luck resetting the password. Every attempt tells me the password reset link is no longer valid.😭

To add to the list of requests – I recall when the announcement was made but after checking spam/junk folders, I never located a verification e-mail unfortunately. I opted to wait since it appeared there were some issues still ongoing but I still never got one. I attempted a password reset, but the links sent did not have the word “password” anywhere in the URL (if I was reading past posts correctly). This be my account down here if that helps at all: https://members.adult-fanfiction.org/profile.php?no=1296894852 I’ll continue to wait out this issue patiently as I know this whole ordeal has been difficult for many admins. ^^

@CloverReef Haha Yeah, I'm not even sure what i'm looking for myself. The character is definitely human, basically a priestess that abandoned her duties because she thought it was boring but that's about all I've got. It's one of those things where when writing for others, having them embodied into these OCs, I know exactly who their characters are (even if they sort of change from how i initially wanted to portray them as the story plays out), but I know exactly how i'm wanting scenes to play out. When writing a story catered to me, my alter ego or personality, or completely have the freedom to make her to be anyone i want, I have no idea.

I get that every character an author writes has a bit of themselves or their mind embodied into the characters. My thing is I could be overthinking this topic. The 5-part series that I’m writing follows 5 different OCs interacting with their respective pairing in the anime adaption of Saiyuki with all 5 OCs loosely crossing over into each other’s stories. The first story was a piece of cake, aside from a long writing hiatus. The second one is coming along nicely although I think I’m trying to do too much in a short period of time. Stories 3 and 4 have a general basic outline of each OC along with a general foundation of how those stories will play out. I’m not really a writer so this has been quite the learning journey for me, but I’ve noticed I’ve come to really know a character as I feel them out in the scenes while trying not to make them Mary Sues (a term I just came across since hopping on the forums haha). Stop rambling! Okay, so the meat of this question: each OC is basically the alter ego of a friend in my circle. The 5th OC, however, is my own alter ego and I am stumped as to who she is. So how do you write an embodiment of yourself as an OC if you’re not sure where to go with it? Tips or suggestions? I found that if I write down the strengths and weaknesses of a character, what makes them unique, their struggles, while some of that may still be in the story, the rest is completely out the window as I watch them interact with their environment, or as they approach a situation differently (if any of that makes sense). I kind of have an idea about her character, but since her story will be the last I write, I haven’t put a whole lot of thought into it. I just gave her a race, a title, and a bit of an attitude but nothing too sassy. In my mind, because I don’t have much of a background for her or even an idea of how she will grow as she interacts with her respective pairing in the story, I’m afraid she may be a Mary Sue. All 4 stories, I know exactly how everything is going to play out and exactly what sort of rating to give each story but for her, because she is supposed to be my own alter ego, I see nothing. (I spent most of my early years having my alter ego be a magical girl in the Sailor Moon universe so this is new territory haha.) Perhaps I should just wait until it’s her time. So why would this be important now? I’m just not wanting to go through 4 stories and then when it’s time for story 5, if I write somewhere that she vaguely appears in another story or the other OCs recognize her from centuries ago in a previous life, I want to make sure it all fits when writing story 5 so it sounds authentic and natural. Not just random like: “oh, yeah, btw, us 4 OC’s know you too! What a coincidence lolz”. I’d like to just barely hint at her before her story. -Kei0523

Hahaha Saiyuki has PLENTY of fodder to craft M/M. oh, the fodder.