Out of curiosity...

[aviatrix]

A meme I thought up, out of boredom... (Fire Emblem-centric, 'cause I'm that much of a fangirl. ;)P Just post your answers in the comments... Please?

1. Where did your username come from? Does it mean anything specific? (If your username is your real life name, you can disregard this question. XD)

2. When did you get into the Fire Emblem fandom?

3. What inspired you to start writing/drawing/whatever for FE fandom?


My username is inspired from my first major fandom, TaleSpin. (If you both remember AND like that cartoon, I will love you forever. ^_~) It's the pseudonym I assumed when I first got onto the 'Net, though I generally just go by Avi these days... Obviously, an aviatrix is a female pilot. (Oh, and 8 is my favourite number.)

I first got into the Fire Emblem fandom... Wow, it must've been sometime in December. 0_o I joined the GameFAQs FE message board at the time (when it was still worth going to, way before the board split ruined it XP). I started writing for Fire Emblem when someone on the board expressed a desire to see a Sain/Lucius support, so I obliged; that in turn inspired a few more fake supports from me, a couple of other stories, and some mediocre art, as well.

I fell out of the fandom unwillingly sometime in March, when I lost my 'Net connection due to moving... When I finally got it back in mid-July, I discovered the new message board for FESS, and realized my love for Fire Emblem hadn't waned a bit. ^_~ So I started writing for FE again, and even started this LJ because of it.


Hope I didn't bore you all to tears... I'll be interested to see what everyone else's replies are (assuming I get any at all ;)P.

Comments

[rosa-aquafire.livejournal.com]

1. Where did your username come from? Does it mean anything specific? (If your username is your real life name, you can disregard this question. XD)

Rosa Aquafire is actually the name of the main character in my book. Aquafire`s a title not a last name. I was trying to sign up for ... GameFAQs, I think it was, ages ago, and, like, EVERY name I had even the vaguest interest in was taken. I was fuming and then just said "Okay, FINE. I`ll be Rosa!! That will NEVER be taken!!" I`ve gotten kinda used to being called Rosa Aquafire over the years, it`s one of those handles that gets stuck to you like a second name :) So I couldn`t get rid of it even if I wanted.

(You know somethings bizarre when cell phone ads come in your actual physical mailbox address to "Rosa Aquafire" at your address XDDD)

2. 2. When did you get into the Fire Emblem fandom?

Hmmm. About ... the beginning of last spring. I`d been kind of interested before, Phil owned a cartridge for Manshou no Nazo, but I`d only played the first three levels, and my Japanese had been really sucky at the time, it was like over a year and a half ago, so I got only the vaguest plot points. Phil bought Rekka in its American realese, I wasn`t really interested at all, but I asked to borrow it. I got kinda stuck on it as I went along, and joined FESS the day I beat it, which served to suck me in.

Started played Seisen not long after so I could understand what Iris and Summer were talking about all the time XD From there, I played Fuuin, Manshou, and Seima. Still haven`t played Thracia, I`m saving it for when my Japanese is good enough I can get everything ^_^ (Although now there`s a translation being worked on, so it was kind of pointless XD)

3. What inspired you to start writing/drawing/whatever for FE fandom?

Well, Raven and Lucius` suports interested me ... but I never actually wrote anything until after I got both Raven and Lucius and Raven and Priscilla`s supports. I went "O_o Dude ... she WANTS him! O_o" I was intrigued, and, at school, supposed to be working on a paper, I sat down and typed up Only Human, instead. And I was stuck :p

[aviatrix8.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... For some reason, I always pegged you as a longtime FE fan, like Iris and Summer; then again, I should've known better, considering the apparent uproar when you became an admin at FESS... -_-;

Oh, and I didn't realize "Only Human" was your first FE fic, Rosa; excellent story, BTW. ^_^

[rosa-aquafire.livejournal.com]

Most do :p It`s because I never consider the first I played in a series the best, most people tag when people got into the fandom by which their favorite is, after all.

In fact, I`ve yet to play a game series where the first I played has been my favorite ... hmmmmm.