Claire

Glad I could be of help and I'm looking forward to seeing these new categories / changes. I'm sure they would help To Vortex: I'm not too keen on the Itachi / Sakura pairing...(actually, I'm not a fan of Sakura) but I have to say I glimpsed over your story 'The Corruption of Konoha' and I enjoyed reading the very little parts that I read. Your writing is very good and I'm sorry I didn't leave a review. I should but I don't think it's fair when I haven't read the entire thing. I'm terribly sorry. I'm also rushing because I have to leave for a flight now and in the midst of telling my online contacts I'm gone for 2 weeks I just had to tell you that. Please keep writing.

It's not as bad as here. In my country, our Independence Day is the 30th of November and some stores have out their Christmas decorations long before then. They don't even bother to put out Independence Day decorations...not even a flag. No, I'm not patriotic but everytime I see it, it ticks me off. Since when has Christmas become more important than the day we gained our independence as a country from the British? Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier each year. I personally think Christmas should start on the 14th. We only need 12 days of Christmas...like the song says...not a month and a half. The season just seems to drag on and it loses it's 'magic' and gets really old and really repetitive really fast, especially after hearing the same songs and watching the same movies over and over...and over again. And when you wake up on the 26th after eating all the food and opening all the presents, you're left with a feeling of 'what now?' And why do some stores still try to force Christmas down your throat days after the twenty-fifth? It's already over, the mood is gone and you're not going to get me into the Christmas Spirit again by blaring those tired songs in my ear. I stopped buying gifts for random people on Christmas, especially after I went broke that one year. I only have one real life friend anyway and he doesn't make a big deal about Christmas either. I also don't try to surprise him with a gift, I just ask him what he wants and buys it. My outlook will probably change when I have a family of my own but right now, I couldn't care any less. Oh, and what about the 'Christmas in July' they used to have on Cartoon Network? Anyone remembered those days?

Did you want us to PM this to you? I just got up from sleeping so my mind is fairly addled. If this is what you're really asking for then pairings I've seen are: YAOI Sasuke / Naruto Kakashi / Iruka Shikamaru / Neji Rock Lee / Gaara Itachi / Sasuke - Incest (aka Uchihacest) HENTAI Naruto / Hinata Sasuke / Sakura Shikamaru / Ino Itachi / Sakura YURI (I don't read Yuri but I have seen this couple) Sakura / Ino I'd like to recommend adding a Sasuke / Neji sub-category. I don't think it's got a following as large as the others but that's my personal favourite pairing. XD By the way, it's a yaoi pairing.

Here, here Elvy! XD I'm a fanfiction writer myself, currently obsessed with Naruto and although I used to love het pairings at first I am starting to develop a taste for yaoi. Not an obsession, mind you but I find that yaoi manga, well most of the ones I've read are alot more romantic than het manga, which is usually just wham, bam, thank you ma'am. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are plenty of het doujin and manga that cater to the romantic...actually, guys tend to read het so that's probably why it's so raw while yaoi is marketed to women, that's why it's so soft and romantic. I've actually seen some 'raw' male/male comics / manga and it was like watching a gay porno on paper >.< I like romantic stories, it doesn't have to have a deep, convoluted plot or can be a one-shot, but dammit I want to know WHY these people are dong the nasty. One-night stand, one-shots just don't cut it. But, back on topic, I don't mind Sasuke/Naruto/Sasuke stories. I'm not a fan of that pairing and tend to avoid reading most of them because it feels over-rated and that I've been there done that. (Is it only Sasuke/Naruto fics that get the most reviews?) I've read some wonderful Sasuke/Naruto fics though and the best are the ones where, even though Naruto is the 'bottom' he's not a simpering uke. It's funny sometimes when Naruto fights to get on top though XD