Yep, hi.
I'm AelinTheAmazing - at least, that's the name I tend to use on the net. Aelin is perfectly fine - friends also call me Fungus. Why? All you need to know is that it involves a friend of mine, summer holidays, and a dried-out paint tray.
I've been into stuff like the PPC for quite a while, since I have an unfortunate problem I've dubbed "train-wreck syndrome" - when I find a badfic, I'm immediately compelled to read it. Sometimes I can resist it, sometimes not.
Originally I came across the PPC while hunting desperately for a sign that there were other people who felt the way I did about badfic. However, I only just got around to putting up this message, due to my bad habit of complete laziness and the fact that I'm also kind of nervous about introducing myself to new people.
As displayed by my extensive list of fandoms, I read pretty much anything I can get my hands on. I used to write badfics without even knowing what they were... rest assured, I have figuratively burned them (I would literally, but I'm technically not allowed to play with fire). At the moment, I usually write original fiction, and put far too many characters into everything because I come up with too many different personalities that simply won't mix.
In real life, those who know me well call me insane. I'm not insane - I simply have eccentric tendencies. Or at least that's what I like to think. Those who don't know me think I'm either opinionated, threatening, or annoying, and that I read too much.
I'm a bit of a grammar and spelling freak and own an imaginary cat due to my psychosis from cat deprivation. I'm a bird addict (really animals in general), although I'm by far a cat person. With other kinds of animals (both imaginary and not), I love Venezuelan poodle moths, Tribbles, least weasels, sea urchins, and Japanese silky chickens.
I speak English, passable intermediate Chinese, some Latin, and bits of German and French. I also play violin and draw a lot, and am a soccer and cricket fanatic. I also have really weird tastes in music - mostly music no one else knows about. I live in California (Los Angeles, to be precise), which is just as great as it's made out to be, although if I could have my pick I'd move to Tasmania.
My fandoms... Artemis Fowl, Chronicles of Narnia, Doctor Who, Dragonriders of Pern, anything by Tamora Pierce, Graceling, Sherlock, Lord of the Rings, Monty Python, Redwall, Watership Down, and nearly any musical you care to name. I'm also good with Shakespeare, Astérix and the Phoenix manga. And Pokémon - it is awesome. And though the Inheritance Cycle is terrible, I know quite a lot of bizarre trivia on it nevertheless.
So, that's me, and once again, hi, and I'm glad to be here.