1) Be honest with your answers. Unless you're honest; you're not going to know whether or not your character is a Sue/Stu.

That's the only rule. There will be lots of questions to be answered which all have their own little category. Afterwards, add all the points that you earned from each question and check out your result. This was not meant to offend anyone so I apologize if you're offended. This was meant to help people. Anyways, feel free to add this into your journal and have fun answering the questions.

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Name:

What is the name of your character?

-John.

Does your character's name have some kind of special meaning? [2 points if yes]

-Nope. It's just my name... unless my parents have a special meaning for it that I'm unaware of.
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Fandom:

What is/are the main fandom(s) your character is in? [3 points if in more than 1]

-Fire Emblem.
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Appearance:

Is your character unusually attractive? [3 points]

-No.

Does your character have some type of unusual characteristic? (i.e. Cat ears, cat tail, unusual eye color, Unusual hair colors [firey red, blue, white, green, rainbow, purple and pink all count]) [4 points. 5 extra for Cat features if the character is in anime fandom]

-No.

Does your character's clothing resemble any canon character's? [2 points]

-Not anymore. That changed about 40-ish chapters ago.
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Race/powers:

Is your character from a place that the fandom doesn't take place in? [3 points]

-Yeah. He's from the real world (3 points)

Is your character related to a supreme being? (ie, god/goddess, Satan, angels etc...) [6 points]

-No. (3 points)

Does your character practice witch craft? [2 points]

-No. (3 points)

Can your character change form? [2 points]

-No. (3 points)
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Affair with canons:

Is your character in love with a canon? [4 points]

-Yes. (7 points)

Are they romantically involved? [4 points]

-Yes. (11 points)

Do they end up having kids? [4 points]

-No. (11 points)

Did they get married? [2 points]

-No. (11 points)

Do they have flaws in their relationship? [Not worth any points]

-Don't know... it's JUST started in the last chapter.(11 points)

Are there other canons who lust over your character? [4 points. Extra 3 if more then one canon lusts after your character]

-Nope. (11 points)

Is your character related to any of the canons by blood? [2 points]

-Nope. (11 points)

Is your character in love with more than one canon? [2 points]

-No. (11 points)

Has your character had past romantic relationships with other canons? [7 points]

... yes. (18 points)

Does your character hate any of the canon characters and wishes to hurt/kill them? [6 points]

No, not really. He really truly dislikes Shinon, but not to that extreme. (18 points)
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History:

Has your character ever been involved with prostitution/drugs/child abuse/rape? [4 points]

No. (18 points)

Has your character had any tragedy in her/his past? [5 points]

No. (18 points)
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56-88 = Uber sue; I'm sorry but your character is a total sue. Try not to make your character too powerful or too attractive. Maybe give your character some flaws and you can be sure to have an OC. Keep on developing your character; he/she has a lot potential.

41-55 = Mary Sue. Your character is rough around the edges but with a little more polishing then your character will become a loveable OC. Maybe either give your character more or less flaws. Try to make them a bit more believable and you will have an OC.

21-40 = You have a very well balanced character. Good job on having a true OC.

20 and under = Anti sue. Why are you taking this?

Well I thought I'd make a note that my life's going great. Aside from being sick yesterday and today, but that's more of a side inconvenience than an actual focal point.

I re-read Spellbinding Radiance the other day... re-read the story in its entirety, and fell in love with the story for the first time since I created it. I'm currently writing chapter 42 now and going to attempt to get my writing flair back.

I miss it, to be honest.



I also have started an original fiction of mine... although I have to say it just doesn't feel the same as writing an SBR chapter. If you want to read it, you can go to this link:

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Also... I'd like to say again that I have a message board. If you want to join, you can come to this link and check us out:

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Aside from that... nothing much is going on in my life. Once again, I feel compelled to take up art again, but I realize I really need to focus and get down my writing and my music before I really tackle art.



There's so much more, but being sick... well... yeah, I'll give a much more encompassing post later.

(Hey, it said "fandoms" as in plural! Don't sue me)

Randomly write down 12 characters from your fandoms without looking at the questions.

1: Quistis Trepe
2: Vyse
3: Tifa Lockhart
4: Soren
5: Luna Lovegood
6: Fina
7: Zelda
8: Elincia
9: Marth
10: Lucca
11: Pokemon Trainer
12: Kefka

1) Have you ever read a Six/Eleven fic? Do you want to?
Fina/Pokemon Trainer... lol, wtf? I may read it for the lulz

2) Do you think Four is hot? How hot?
Soren? ... uh, not really. I'm straight, kthxbai...

3) What would happen if Twelve got Eight pregnant?
If Kefka... got Elincia... pregnant.

... what... the... fuudge...

4) Can you recall any fic(s) about Nine?
Not off the top of my head... but I'm sure they exist.

5) Would Two and Six make a good couple?
Vyse and Fina? Mmm, actually, yes.

6) Five/Nine or Five/Ten?
Luna Lovegood/Marth: ... uh, wut? No.
Luna Lovegood/Lucca: ... I don't think so.

7) What would happen if Seven walked in on Two and Twelve having sex?
If Zelda walked in on Vyse and Kefka... having... sex...? Oh god, I don't know what she'd do. Brain short circuit.

8) Make up a summary for a Three/Ten fic.
What will happen when brawny Tifa Lockhart gets tired of being the best and needs coaching from Lucca to improve her brains? What happens whens student and teacher falls in love?

9) Is there any such thing as One/Eight fluff?
Quistis Trepe/Elincia? Doubt it.

10) Suggest a title for a Seven/Twelve hurt/comfort fic.
Kefka and Zelda? No.

11) What kind of plot device would you use if you wanted Four to deflower One?
Soren deflower Quistis Trepe? Beat her in a knowledge bowl of tactics or something.

12) Does anyone on your friends list read Seven slash?
Zelda slash? Maybe...

13) Does anyone on your friends list read Three het?
Tifa het? I bet.

14) Does anyone on your friends list write or draw Eleven?
I think someone's drawn Pokemon Trainer before.

15) Would anyone on your friends list write Two/Four/Five?
Vyse/Soren/Luna Lovegood...? Please, dear god. No.

16) What might Ten scream at a moment of great passion?
... uh... "EUREKA!"

17) If you wrote a song-fic about Eight, which song would you choose?
Elincia... would be... Eye of the Tiger. That because of the change she went through between games.

18) If you wrote a One/Six/Twelve fic, what would the warnings be?
Quistis, Fina, and Kefka? The warning would be, "Extreme nihilism and depression."

19) What might be a good pick-up line for Two to use on Ten?
Vyse on Lucca? Um, "Do you have a mirror in your pocket, because I see myself in your pants."

20) When was the last time you read a fic about Five?
Never...?

21) What is Six's super-sekrit kink?
Fina...? Oh god, remembering a certain fic about Fina and Cupil... oh god, oh god, oh god... help me...

22) Would Eleven shag Nine?
Would Pokemon Trainer shag Marth...? Pokemon Trainer shag Marth... oh god, that'd be HILARIOUS.

... although when I read the question, I had to lol my effin' brains out and then wtf for a few minutes.

23) If Three and Seven get together, who tops?
Tifa and Zelda? Well, we got one really good fist-fighter who is decent in magic... and on the other hand we got a darn good mage whose alter ego is like a ninja. That's pretty tough.

24) How would you feel if Seven/Eight was canon?
Zelda/Elincia? Wow... I think I'd buy that game.

25) What would seven be doing if five was cooking?
What would Zelda do if Luna was cooking... is a question I have no idea how to answer.

So, I guess I should update you all on what's been going on in my life. I feel semi-obligated to.



I essentially am going to have to sell the truck that dad left me. I thought that since my car is bashed up, I could buy the truck from him and make monthly payments. Nope, he wants it all and he wants it now. After being quiet and out of touch for me for... how long now?

He tells me this. So, I got about two weeks to sell a 2004 Ford Ranger Edge with 88,500 miles for about $5,500. Nice.
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My mother's getting pretty... touchy... with me lately. Tempers are flaring between us, as usual. Except now, I just won't roll over and let her have her way. Honestly, does she think that I spend all my time on the computer chatting? No, I don't (usually because no one's on). I've been writing articles on Helium, desperately trying to make myself a few extra dollars of pocket money. That and I've been working on a novel that I should be starting soon. I've been doing a lot of planning into this thing and I hope to get it finished by the end of the summer.
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I'm job hunting as well. I hope I get a job soon for the summer. I also hope that they leave either Tuesday or Thursday open...

Why?

Because I need at least ONE day a week to myself. On my days off, I'm going to go visit my friends, whether it's Jordan or Kris or Phil or Naro, since they're the closest. Well, "closest" in relative terms as Naro... well... she lives in NY and is about a three and a half hour drive away. I digress, though.

I need money badly and I'm doing everything I can to make some. I've been perfecting my music compositions, getting them ready for attempts at publication... I've been working on a novel... I've recently taken up art...

After seeing all the artwork that gets sold at AnimeBoston... I've decided that if I practice my butt off at art and really take it seriously, I can acquire a table at Artist's Alley at a con and make a bit of money. I was thinking about making my debut at Otakon because, well, it's one of the biggest cons on the east coast and it's only about two hours away from me.
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Also, lookie! I can still make planets in Photoshop!

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They're not as good as I used to be able to, but heck, it's something! I'll perfect my planet-creation techniques and maybe sell a bit of graphic design artwork at the con.

I also wish Naro'd teach me how she colors things so friggin' well. I mean, just look at her gallery!

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I wish I could color half as good as that... but with practice I shall. Practice makes perfect, after all.
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People are nosy, I realize. I also realize I keep to myself on a lot of things. There's a lot of things that not even my best friends know about me. I keep a LOT of secrets and events to myself. I mean, yeah, relatively speaking... Naro, Jordan, Kris, and Phil know a LOT about me... but that's relatively speaking compared to everyone else.

What they and everyone else know about me... well... think of what Carl Sagan said about the blue dot...

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There's so much about me that is in the vast, cold, dark reaches of space... and that will always be kept secret and locked...
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... so I realize my friends have a big influence in my life and the choices I make at times. The things Phil and Jordan and Naro and Aki and Lexi and Kris and Amber and Alex and John and Steve and a few others... the things they say have a profound influence on my life, I realize. Whether it's one person saying "two for one deal, man!" or another saying "dude, you're a great pianist" or another chastizing me for a mistake... I realize the things that are said to me make a profound impact on my life.

Sure, I may act like I shrug it off and act non-chalant, but it only takes one comment to sow the seeds of doubt into me, which is really bad... sometimes I trust my friends a bit too much that even if I go against their advice, it'll nag at me and eat at the back of my brain.
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I just saw my friend's status on AIM just now and it got me thinking.

"The penalty for seeing nothing but good in others is to see nothing but evil in yourself."

I always see good in others, but I don't see it in myself. I always see my friends as better than me. Whenever I like a girl, I always push her away because I realize my friends are better than me and always will be better than me. There's someone who's a better artist than me, there's someone who's a better writer than me, there's someone who's a better pianist than me... there's someone who's a better listener than I am... there's someone who has better looks than I do.

I am just... average and mediocre. Everything that I had or have going for me, one of my other friends has it. Am I jealous? Not really. They are my friends and I try my best to support them.

Even when they flirt with and win over the girl I really, really like... I'm not really that jealous. I'm proud that she found someone better than me. That was always my mindset. That no one deserves someone as pathetic and broken down as I am. That's why I keep myself busy with all these activities. If I'm not busy, I'm idle... and when I'm idle, my mind wanders and just make me realize just how my life is. How pathetic it is.

I've had so many relationships in my life with girls and most of them never went past a month or two... cheated on more times than I care to think about...

Yeah, I realize this is a self-pity, pity party moment. I don't know why. I have someone who I care for deeply. Truly. I care for her. I do realize that I never said who I was with. I don't exactly plan to. That's another facet to my "I really don't tell anyone anything about me" type deal. I don't know why, but I feel the need to keep it to myself. In fact, only three people know who it is, and I prefer to keep it that way.

It's not that I don't want to tell... it's just I keep a lot of things to myself. It's a natural, instinctive behavior for me.
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Also, Phil thinks it's a bit weird that I can pull off my RP characters. I've been role-playing with my characters on AIM for YEARS. Why? Because I originally wanted to write a story about them and role-playing is the best way to get them developed.

Only problem...? I kinda scrapped the project they're in... temporarily.

But I've used them so much that they're a part of me. In a way, I consider them different facets of my personality. If you give me a chance... to close my eyes and take a breath and concentrate on the character, I can become them. I start doing things that I have no control over. I can see what I'm doing, but it's like I'm acting even though I'm not thinking the action. It's truly an out-of-body experience.

It's really hard to describe, but it's kinda fun. It's why I love acting. Just give me a character, let me study them and act as them for a while... and eventually, I can act as the person naturally.

Chat with me on AIM and ask to talk to one of my characters... wait a few seconds for me to get the character into my mind, and you can have a live conversation with one of them. I personally prefer you'd talk to Flame as he's the funny one of the group.

Somehow, though, Phil thinks it's a bit creepy. I don't see how, though. It's just good acting. It's closing your eyes and letting another mindset consume your body. It's no different than closing your eyes at a dance or a rave and letting the music take you over... feel the bass drum pound into your body, feel the beat flow over you like water...

It's truly something that I enjoy. I just close my eyes, let the music envelop and take me over and... it's like... I start acting and moving against my common sense. I stop thinking and I just let the music tell me what to do.

In a way, it's like that, but with my characters. I can envision myself as my character and become them.

The hardest part is coming back, though. Sometimes I have to struggle to return to my regular persona. Sometimes, when I return, I find a piece of the other personality stuck within me. Maybe if I become Flame and I return back to normal, I find myself still a bit flirtatious... which is unlike me, but is like him. It's so fascinating and weird at times.

Maybe a bit creepy, now that I think about it.
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I hate romance. Well, I LOVE romance novels and a good romance story...

... but it's like everyone and their effin' mother is putting romance into a movie. It's really getting irritating because once I see a main male character and a main female character in a movie, I KNOW they're going to fall in love AND BE SPESHUL AND LIHV HAPPELY EVUH AFTAH!

Guh... do these filmmakers HAVE to rely upon sappy, stupid romance plot points because they realize they can't make a good movie otherwise?

I mean, c'mon! Look at the Dark Knight! No over-done romance... and it was AWESOME! Same with Star Trek... no overdone romance.
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Yeah, I think that just about organizes my thoughts for now. There's more but they're too personal to put up. I will be speaking with my friends individually about these.

Oh, and you just lost the game.

(For my MySpace Blog, Facebook Notes, and DevianTART jornal)

Well, today's the day. May 8th, 2009. Today is the day that I change for the better. For the future.

Smiles and sunshines and Fresh Picked Daisies!
I'll smile and nod as you do what you please!

It's a new leaf.

Well, it's an old leaf revisited. An old leaf that I picked up from Carla.

Yesh, the Carla... the Carlitabug... teh Crispy.

^^... so no matter how upset or pissed I am, smiles all around. Because why darken everyone else's mood with my emo complaining and incessant rambling? If my smile, as real or as fake as it is, can brighten anyone's day... then I'll feel SO much better about myself.

So, smiles all around!



Anyone up for a toast of chardonay to celebrate the change? *smiles* ^^



And I can assure you, you won't know whether I'm upset or not. I've been acting all my life in one way or another. No matter what, I can even convince Phil and Jordan of my false sincerity if I want, and those two know me better than anyone else on this planet.

Maybe it's wrong to deceive people, but one has to realize that the needs of the many come before the needs of the few, or the one. Other people's needs, wants, and lives come first before mine. I'm happy if my friends are happy. That's always what I said.



Just don't expect a relationship with me, because it won't happen. I can assure you of that. I'm perfectly fine and happy with single. Just ask Jordan and Phil! I've done it for how long now? It's went straight from "hobby" to "full-time job" being single. ^^ so don't worry about me. Worry about yourselves, and let me help you if you need it.

~ John Michael Toth, aka Rykua