Subject: Sit down and have some popcorn...
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Posted on: 2016-01-05 06:42:00 UTC
...'cuz this is gonna take a while! XD
I've written fiction in general, and fanfic by extension, since I was in elementary school, and I've had fandoms even before I knew that term even existed. And while most people think of their creative history as one continuous progression, I can identify at least six different "seasons" for my artistic and literary timeline, kinda like in a TV show. I'll list them below based on probable years in which they were prominent and the franchises that influenced me the most during that time.
Phase 1 - 2001-2004
My first attempts at creating fiction happened almost as soon as I learned to use a keyboard, which was when I was around ten or so. Early art and writing ranged from scribbled doodles of characters based on things I saw in books or on TV to a beige-prosed alien invasion story to a planned "flagship" series of stories that ripped off the characters and plot of the early phases of BIONICLE, whom my brother and I were interested in at the time, as well as a number of then recent Disney movies. It was known as "The Life of a Warrior" because again, reasons. I've since grown out of it because, on closer inspection, it was basically a cleverly disguised badfic. Ah, well. First time for everything, I guess.
Fandoms: BIONICLE, Classic Disney, Harry Potter, Pokemon
Phase 2 - 2004-2005
My love of Pixar started coming into its own after the release of The Incredibles, with all the badfic ideas this implied. This phase began with a story that was basically a rewrite of The Incredibles, plagiarized but with aliens. Additionally, I also tried writing my own original fantasy story for the first time, though the hustle and bustle of Real Life prevented me from getting very far in that regard.
Fandoms: The Incredibles, Pixar in general
Phase 3 - 2005-2007
My author avatar and OCs began taking up presence in the majority of my writing from this phase onward, and this was where the earliest draft of my flagship fiction series would come into being. I planned to create books in the style of a TV show with episodic chapters, but most of the episode plots were derivative once again.
Fandoms: Teen Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Ben 10
Phase 4 - 2008-2010
My interest in dinosaurs and fantasy creatures was kicked off in earnest when my brother and I binged on the listed franchises. I tried incorporating kaiju, dinosaurs, and other such things into every story I could think of. I tried drafting a series of stories involving people who could turn into prehistoric creatures, but it never got off the ground. I also developed an interest in classical mythology around this time, which helped out a great deal IMO.
Fandoms: Twilight, Percy Jackson
Phase 5 - 2010-2012
My return to Pokemon in full force, as a presumably more mature and sophisticated person, led to my first joining deviantART as part of the Pokemon fandom and as a creator of fanmade Pokemon designs. I began writing a story about Ash journeying through a region created by another artist on dA, with my own characters and concepts added into the storyline, but I had so little time to write episodes that it was ultimately discontinued at the end of this phase. Unfortunately, I also tried gaining the approval of a number of people both online and off, but was ultimately rejected thanks to my immaturity and egotism, so in some respects this is my least favorite phase. In a way, though, I guess I should be grateful for what happened, because I learned a lot about myself during those days, and I've strived to become a better person since.
Fandoms: Godzilla, Jurassic Park, How To Train Your Dragon, Rise of the Guardians, Pacific Rim, Kid Icarus, The Legend of Zelda, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Phase 6 - 2013-Present
The current phase, and who knows what else I’ll do in the future. I left DeviantArt when I started graduate school, and moved most of my work to Tumblr, so that meant I got exposed to a different set of fandoms. It's also the phase where I first encountered the PPC, which has since become one of the biggest influences as far as my writing is concerned.
Fandoms: Super Smash Bros, Xenoblade Chronicles, Steven Universe, Attack On Titan, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Monster Hunter, Monster Musume, Undertale
There's a whole host of other smaller fandoms which I've certainly missed, but that's the gist of how I've been with fandom over the years.
Now, onto the RCs/Agents. I'll list them in bullet-list format this time around, since I have too many running around...
- RC #227 (DF): My starting team, the one that got me Permission, and the one that sporked the one badfic I actually completed. The one agent who's consistently manned this RC is my PPC persona, Falchion. His partner used to be Rashida Mafdetiti, one of my original-fiction OCs, but she's on leave right now because reasons, so his current partner is Velociripper, who hails from the aforementioned badfic and has since grown out of his formerly antagonistic ways.
- RC #133,316,666 (DMS): I never intended for this RC to get as far as it has - I simply wanted to bring in an agent to elaborate upon Rashida's backstory, and Rayner Blitzkrieg, who was originally introduced to the Interent for an MLP ask blog on Tumblr when I was super-obsessed with MLP, was selected at random. I then realized that I needed a partner for him, so I made the even more random decision of pairing him with another old OC of mine, Evangeline von Lilith. Despite a rough start with the two of them, I've gotten the hang of their tolerate-hate dynamic, and the fact that I was able to write them far, far away from the demented little fools they once were is still a pleasant surprise for me.
- RC #333 (DIC): Sarah Squall, formerly Stratogale, was recruited from the same badfic as Ripper was, and she was one of the better things about it to the point that I just couldn't let her go to waste. As my writing progressed, I decided that she had to be put in an RC of her own where she wouldn't have to suffer from Rashida's mildly toxic bouts of aggression, and her badfic being a mega-crossover meant that she had enough experience with bad crossovers that the DIC was perfect for her. The decision to pair her with Cupid Carmine was actually inspired by an old plot bunny I had back when my flagship fiction was still a mega-crossover, where Sarah would be roommates and partners with the canon Pit. Cupid himself was recruited both objectively, because his backstory and characterization were just barely salvageable, and subjectively because IDK, I just wanted to write a drunken angel in a pink toga. I wasn't confident in my ability to write missions where the agents got along better than most, though, so I had to introduce a third wheel, and what better choice than Lapis Lazuli? She comes from a crossover, she's neurotic and pessimistic enough to counterbalance the other two, and I needed a place to put her after I had to stop work on her homefic anyway. Her getting her right hand cut off wasn't intentional, by the way, but I think it's helped her case in the long-term.
- RC #88224646BA (DMS-VG): This is my most recent RC, and like the other DMS one, it was originally intended as supporting material. Agents Backslash and Whitney were introduced specifically to help my DF team for something I'm keeping under wraps at this time, but I liked their interactions enough to flesh them out a little more beforehand. And hey, Falc and co. need to actually familiarize themselves with these two first...
Oh, and you wanted a fun fact? Due to my dad going on research trips more times than I care to count, and often taking his family along, I've seen more places abroad in my 22 years on this Earth than most people could hope to see in their lifetimes. I've been to Paris, Innsbruck, London, Madrid, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo, and I've set foot on Italian soil at least three times in the past two decades!
-SS, who really should stop posting at 1:30 AM