Subject: Might as well . . .
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Posted on: 2010-07-23 21:01:00 UTC
Name: Tungsten_Monk (Tungsten, TM, TWM)
Gender: Female
Nationality: American
Fandoms: GI Joe, Harry Potter, DC Comics (mostly Batman), Watchmen, Discworld, Lord of the Rings, Team Fortress 2, Artemis Fowl, Harry Dresden, too many others to name
Hobbies: Reading, writing original fiction, costume-making, fanfiction (oh God, so much fanfiction!), drawing comics, goofing around with my brothers
Likes: Classic folktales and myths with all the original gory bits left in, bogeyman stories, a sense of humor even in drama, putting story over message, historical accuracy, respecting villains as characters even if they're going to be defeated, psychotic protagonists (Rorschach, etc)
Dislikes: Dim fangirls who think that psychosis is sexy (again, Rorschach--he's a great character, but you would NOT want to meet him), bad grammar and spelling, OOC pairings (be it slash, het, incest, whatever), Mary Sues, the presumption that good equals sexy, and Twilight.
Other names used: You'll find me lurking on ff.net as Totenkinder Madchen, and I used to be on some fanfic sites as Bronze Clockwork.
Trivia: The W in TWM comes from Wolfram, the original name of the element of tungsten. It was sort of bestowed on me by the boarders here, so now it's considered my middle name. :D
I spent one year writing "Thief of Midnight" and three years getting it published. Publishing Time is not the same as our Earth Time.
I have a strong affection for henchmen, secondary villains, and the other little nobodies who make fictional universes run so well. My current big fanfiction project is a story about life in GI Joe, told from the POV of a base cook--somebody who would never be mentioned in canon, but who must exist in order for the unit to function.