azurite | *squeal!*

Yay! Okay, so today was splendid for several reasons:
(1) Training was short. I actually spent most of the time working on BEA and Dragonfayth, listing all the modifications I had made, need to make, etc. When it came to the "important stuff" I actually knew what I was talking about-- while some of the other people kept getting really easy questions wrong... ^^; I made my own lunch and ate it outside in the sun; the squirrels wouldn't stop bothering me though, and I had to keep giving them peanut M&Ms to get them to go away!

(2) I changed the script Blue Eyes and Apricots was running on to Enthusiast 3. If I ever decide to open up any other fanlistings (more like Taboolistings, because I'm fond of Love Triangles... though now that I think about it, I would totally run a

shippers_club Fanlisting), I can do it easily. I can also manage Affiliates through Enth3, though right now I can't get the images to show up. So, for the time being, the BEA layout will stay the same. Once I get everything tweaked, I'll find something else to put in the current affiliates space. Any suggestions?

Note that I haven't updated the links yet, so if you go to BEA now, nothing will have changed. It's hosted in a new directory, so I have a few options:
* Create a redirect, so the new directory will stay the same, but anyone that tries to access the old directory will get booted there
* Rename the new directory to the old directory, AFTER I delete the old directory
-With this, I'd have to change some settings in Enth3, but I don't think it'd be too hard.

(3) I fixed the horrible layout error with Dragonfayth. Actually, Carissa from the eFiction boards fixed it; I just uploaded it. Until I get the other skins working smoothly, Romance will be the only skin offered at the site. I'm also trying to figure out why the Poll Block won't initialize; other than that, everything looks to be working okay on eFiction. Please try and upload your stories, just so I can make sure that the Copy/Paste 403 error was a security or timeout issue, rather than a script issue!

I still have to re-add some of the old mods. As always, here's a brief list:
* Character page (link on main menu)
* LiveJournal and FFnet profile links
* Advanced TinyMCE with Compressor (I have the compressor; I just need to upgrade it to Advanced. The security update was apparently part of the 2.0.3 upgrade)

The Poll and Featured Author blocks ARE installed; I just need to figure out what the initialization error is with the Poll and get an image for the Featured Author block title.

I think there might still be a bit of an error with the category sorting (that is, Pre-Duelist Kingdom doesn't want to go before Duelist Kingdom in the listings), but that's really an aesthetic thing. You guys don't really care what order the categories are in, do you?

Up and coming...
I've got to create and host a torrent for the Full Moon o Sagashite Anime soon; I realize it's just been picked up by licensors, but a) there's no telling when the first DVD will come out, b) there's no telling if it'll be hybrid. I'd love to trust Viz, but... c) who the hell knows what they'll do with the songs? Besides, I promised someone over on

meroko. I also need to find torrents for a few random scanlations of the manga; I already own all 7 volumes in the Japanese, and I'm sure as hell not going to pay twice their worth to get the English translation from Viz. I'm only missing translations from a few chapters, anyway.

Icons, icons, icons. I have to get back into making icons.

Azurelist? Obviously, if I maintained more FLs, I would have more to show off at Azurelist, my new "site" for my fanlistings... that is, a collective. In the meantime, it's a very bland looking page, so I'm not giving access to anyone. :P Hey, what if I made a White Rose Society FL? You know, a fanlisting for The Big 10 Azureshippers? I'm talking about:
(1)

guardian_kysra
(2)

geniusgirl
(3)

atlantian_magic (Atlantis2)
(4)

rhapsody_dragon (Mamono)
(5)

svelterose
(6)

winterwing3000
(7)

mmagnet_ff (MischiefMagnet)
(8)

wickeddawn (Harlequine)
(9) AudibleHush (no LJ? Bummer.)
(10)

the_sweet

I'd say the bunch of us are the ones that contribute to the pairing most often (be it fics, discussion, websites, communities, art...), the most dedicated (we've loved the pairing when it was CRACK!), and likely the most insane (who else do you know that warped an entire RPG to suit their love of azureshipping?). Some of us are MIA (Harlequine! COME BACK!!) or otherwise busy/uninspired, but I think the dedication still remains. And between the 10 of us, we probably have a shizload of adoring fans. ^^; <--ego!!

*grin* I hope to get working on the rest of WDKY23 soon-- to prove to people that I'm not just rehashing the movie. There will be some serious plot twists. I'll admit that the Ani-Manga for the movie is a helpful resource, but obviously, there are things that change everything... for example:
* Malik's presence
* Duke's presence
* Pegasus "knowing" about Kaiba coming to Duelist Kingdom to get the BEUD and PoL ('But HOW!?' you ask?)
* Isis being concerned about the Anubis exhibit, and how it left Japan without her say-so
* Raphael, Alister, and Valon somehow being connected to the Anubis exhibit
* Bakura working behind the scenes, following everyone and preventing his host from coming out
* Chieko & Serenity's presence(s)

I wouldn't go this far and tell everyone about these things unless I thought no one was noticing them. And some people said they were seriously bored with WDKY as of late, as if it's becoming one big tirade. That makes me sad, because to me, I'm getting to the part that I've been itching to write forever!

I adore this icon I'm using right now, but I totally want more WDKY icons. *peers* Any volunteers? :D (I suck at manips, and while I do have fanart for WDKY, it's for chapters that aren't out yet, so... ^^;;)

Uh... yeah, that's all I can think of for now. Not much is going on.

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I can't believe I missed this post. You know, on second thought, I can. But anyway, I digress. What I meant to say was: Do you really think we have enough fans for there to be a fanlisting for us, as in the authors themselves? I'd be behind it (be totally flattered if anyone joined and hell yeah, ego). So what do you have in mind?

Oh, between the lot of us, I'd say so. But of course, it'd be a bit presumptuous on any one of our parts to create said fanlisting (IMHO). I'm sure if we all advertised such a place, people might go, but it'd have to be pretty streamlined, offering something that our personal MLs, fic journals, etc. wouldn't. Otherwise, why join? If people have us on their Fav lists, then "we" already know that they like us so much. ^^;

It was more of a humor thing than anything else. That and I needed an idea for another FL.

Oh and, Big 10? I feel mob-refences here (and plot-bunnies, wlays the plot-bunnies ^-~) Squee! So glad, I'm a Godfather-girl.

Sorry, ignore me, I think I need more sleep... XD

Yeah definitely more sleep. Spelt "references" and "always" wrong.

...shutting up now.

Heh. It's like a bunch of evil authors/Mary-Sues invade the Yu-Gi-Oh world and show that 10 is better than 5! Forget the Big Five, prepare for the Big Ten-- all female, all duelists, all insane writers from the fourth dimension!

I can't believe someone listed me alongside such an awesome bunch of fan fic authors. I'm totally honored!

If such a fanlisting existed, I'd probably join it, since I'm a big fan of everyone mentioned. And hey...it might be a little presumptious for one of you guys to open it, but it'd also be great as a resource or a gateway for a lot of extremely high-quality fan work that doesn't generally appear in one place-- a good thing for any pairing to have available to its fans. ::shrug:: Something to think about, I guess, even if you were just kidding around!

Oh, and just for reference, this is the LJ username I use for fan fiction (mmagnet_ff). The old one (mischiefmagnet) is now just my personal journal that never gets updated. Not that I mind people visiting that journal-- it's just that I doubt there's much there to interest anyone, other than some transcripts of 'essays' I wrote in second grade and the lyrics to a truly horrible (and somewhat frightening) final fantasy themed hip-hop song I wrote 4 or 5 years ago with a friend from high school. I think one of the verses consisted mainly of me and him arguing about which was better: Waltz de Chocobo or Electric de Chocobo.

::snorts:: ...yeah.

::looks around suspiciously::

Hmm... ::runs off to go re-read the song lyrics::

Whaha, my response: how could you NOT be listed? Seriously, such fantastic, ORIGINAL (and steamy! My god, Azureshippers need more well-written smut/steam) work does not come that often (and if it did, I would worry if a) virgins with no know-how at all were writing fic or b) girls were losing "it" younger and younger, as the majority of Azureshipper girls seem to be 14-16... o_o I feel old).

I'll make a note of your other LJ name, and add the (MischiefMagnet) next to it, so people know your FFnet name. For people whose names differ from their FFnet counterparts, that's why I made the note. Then again, everyone knows I'm Azurite, I only pimp it everywhere I go, so... ^^;

HEY! Where's TNB16!?!?!??! *needs a good read, as WDKY23 is wearing her out*

Finally... ahem-hem *sings*
Fi-nal Fan-ta-sy is an R-P-G
The only one that I need
It's the R-P-G for me
Fi-nal Fan-ta-sy is all that I play
All other games are lame
It puts them all to shame

I only play games that are pop-u-lar
I only buy the games the maga-zines tell me to buy
That way I know I get good games for sure
I may have a shallow mind
But you can kiss my behind

Doot doot doot doot doot doot doot doo doo doo...

squeal!

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