If you want to skip what turned out to be a whole lot longer than I expected and just jump straight on to my list of soul bonds, go right ahead. *sweatdrops*

I've always been very into anime, even before I knew what anime was. My favorite shows on TV when I was younger were anime shows that had been brought over from Japan: Robotech, Voltron (both the one with the lions and the one with the cars :p), Speed Racer, Star Blazers, and G-Force/Battle of the Planets. Then, as I got older, those shows went off the air and I spent up until my junior year in high school anime-free. *grins* Looking back on it, those also happened to be the most boring period of my life. ^^;

My junior year, I was talking with a friend and the conversation just happened to swing around to Robotech. American History went by in a blur that day with the two of us remembering all our favorite bits'n parts from that show. Skull-1, when Roy died, Max, Miriya, when they met, when Rick'n Lisa finally got together. Then, we both agreed that Southern Cross was alright, but that the Invid Invasion was purty damn cool, if not as good as the Macros saga. The Invid Invasion, we both agreed, was all about Yellow Dancer. XD

One day after that, on my way home from school, I happened to spy a comic book store, so I wandered my way in. There, sitting on a shelf, was the first issue of Ranma 1/2 and my eyes immediately focused on it. It was only $2.95, so I got it, opened the plastic cover it was in, and read it. The rest, as they say, is history.

Zack: *yawning* Are you ever going to get to the point?

Quiet, you. My story, I get to tell it the way I want.

Zack: Whatever. Just don't bore everyone on the way.

*sticks her tonge out at him*

Anyways, when I got to college, not only did I discover that UCLA had an anime club that had showings every week, but as a student, I got free access to the brand-spankin' new world wide web. *laughs* I was in heaven! ^_^

I spent the next couple of years in anime-bliss. Through the net, I discovered fanfics and happily read my way through multiple fandoms and lots'n lotsa fics. One day, as I was innocently reading my way through some Ranma fanfiction, I ran across my first *whispers* lemon fanfic.

It went something sort of like this...

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Eh?
o.O
Lemon?
O.o
Whazzat?
o.o
*clicks*
*reads...*
O.O
*realizes what she's reading*
>.>
<.<
*goes back to reading*
*blushes*
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*smacks Shingo before he can say anything*

Shingo: *looks innocent* What? Is it my fault they look like--

*smacks Shingo again* Shut UP, Shingo~... ~.~

Shingo: *smirks*

*ignores him* As I was saying, a little while after that, again while perusing Ranma fanfics (what is it about the Ranma fandom? :P), I ran across Tzigane's Father Figure.

Oh, my...

If you're on this page, you've probably read this fic. For me, I'd just gotten used to seeing characters from various anime in compromising positions. Now I had to wrap my mind around the concept of two guys from an anime doing the nasty'n bumpin' ugly. *grins* Needless to say, it didn't take long for the idea to grow on me and start taking up a large part of my thoughts.

At this point, however, I didn't really feel the need to write any fanfics of my own. Not that I wasn't writing. I've been writing since...well, for as long as I can remember. Not only was I voracious reader and have a very active imagination, I'd always been told that I wrote very well. Of course I was writing! XD Heh, you're not going to find any of my original stuff here, though, 'cause when I read back on it now, man, are they crap. ^^;

It wasn't until I read Sailor Solathei's FF7 fanfic, The Breaking Point, that it occurred to me that yaoi didn't have ot be just about anime, and could be applied to games as well. Like Final Fantasy 7.

And that, boys and girls is when the urge, the need, to write kinna just went ahead and bonked me over the head with a 2x4.

I got my Playstation at the end of 1998, when I got out of a three week stint in the hospital after some stupid bitch in a red Nissan Sentra decided that I should try'n play tag with her car without telling me. I lost that game, but I ended up getting my laptop, my Playstation, and my car (among other things) from the settlement. I, as they say, made out like a fucking bandit. ^_______^v

It's a good thing that I was playing FF7 while I couldn't do anything but lay around on my ass all day and wait for my bones to heal, 'cause let me tell you, that game sucked me in like a black hole and would not let me go. o.o; The more I played and learned about the characters and the game, the more I wanted to play and know even more! By the time that I saw the FMV about Zack, dude, it was all over for me. :p

As everyone knows, however, there are some plot holes in that game big enough to drive mack trucks through, and I found I was spending more and more of my time trying to think of ways to fill those holes. That, is how Innocence was born.

And that, is how I obtained my first set of soulbonds. As I was writing Innocence, both Zack and Cloud started popping up and talking to me.

Cloud: Well, we had to make sure you were presenting us correctly.
Zack: That's right.
Tseng: Shit. Did you think we were going to let you write whatever the fuck popped in your mind? *snorts*

See what I mean? ~.~

Well, since it seems that they're coming out en masse, now, here's a little guide to all my sbs.

Final Fantasy 7:
my most numerous sbs

--Cloud Strife
He was my very firstest soulbond. Ever since I've played the game, I've loved Cloud. Sure he was a bit crazy and had a lot of issues, but he was still a kick-ass character. *beams* Generally, he's a very sweet boy that isn't too loud. And he helps keep Zack in line.

Cloud: *smiles* Hi.

Though he has taken to kicking me since I came up with a certain evil li'l plotpoint for Innocence. ^^;

Cloud: *sighs*

--Zack Wolf
Stupid last name, I know, but I needed a last name for him and I kinna blanked out. :P Then again, everyone in FF7 had cheesy last names, and it fits his personality, so it's all good, right?

Zack: What's wrong with Wolf?

*ignores him* Zack isn't as quiet as Cloud. ~.~ *smiles* But I love him anyway. He's a very irreverant type that loves to needle Seph and make him relax from his 'Perfect SOLDIER' bit. He's also an incredible flirt, though he's very devoted to Cloud now. *sighs* He's also a jealous git and doesn't like it when I even think about pairing up the spikey-haired li'l blonde with anyone else.

Zack: *smirks*

--Sephiroth
My Seph is from before the game, so he's very polite, very rational, and very proper. Though he does have his light-hearted moments, generally because of Zack's efforts. I've always tried to figure out what could have caused such a seemingly rational man to go stark raving mad and start annihilating people left and right. It can't have been just because he found out that his momma wasn't an Ancient and his poppa was a right cold bastard. :P

Seph: *eyes half-lidded* It's a bit complicated.

Yes, I know. *patpats Seph* I got my own speculation on why the poor man's sanity took a sharp turn to the left, but everyone'll have to just wait for that, since I don't wanna spoil what I got planned for Innocence. ^_~

--Tseng
Tseng showed up while I was writing the third chapter of Innocence. He wanted to make damn sure that I wasn't making him into some sort of pussy. :P As if I'd do that to him.

Tseng: I still had to make sure.

Yeah, yeah, whatever. Tseng, because of the past that I've given him, has some issues. *grins* Which Seph and I have a lot of fun with.

Tseng: *growls*

*grin growing larger* Oh, did I mention that I got him paired with Seph in an on-again off-again kinda thing? *dodges Tseng's swat to her head* And since I kinda missed the entire Aeris flashback (by this point you should already know that I am not the most observant person in the world :P), he's about the same age as Sephiroth, though I think I've found a way to make it work even with the flashback.

--Rufus Shinra
I have to admit, when I first got him, he wasn't much more than a not-so-well-conceived spoiled rich boy that got easily bored. Lately, though, I've realized that I short-changed him a bit and have been developing his character more.

Rufus: *looks up from his PoPP* Tseng.

Tseng: Yes, sir. *tosses everyone out of Rufus's office*

Ow...

--Hojo
*sweatdrops* Yeah, I got a Hojo. He doesn't really do much other than putter around in his lab, but I consider that a good thing. I also don't think that he was evil, per se, rather, he was just really, really focused and driven. I also believe that Hojo's not the butt-ugly creature that most people peg him for. After all, Sephiroth is way too good-looking to have gotten all of his looks only from Lucrecia.

Hojo: *doesn't look up from his work* If you must continue your inane prattle, do it elsewhere.

*curious despite herself* Just what are you working at now?

Hojo: *looks up* Do you really want to know? *quirks an eyebrow*

*sweatdrops* Er, no?

Hojo: *turns back to his work and waves a hand in dismissal* Leave.

o.o; Moving right along...

--Cid Highwind
*grins* Cid kicked ass in the game. It also happened that whenver I was at Golden Saucer and racing chocobos, I never had Tifa in my party, but Cid. So he was the one that would run up and ask Cloud if he could race instead. *grins* Of course, that meant that in my mind, that made him a prime candidate as a potential partner for Cloud.

Zack: *growls* Over my dead body.

Cid: *blowing smoke in Zack's face* Exactly, SOLDIER-boy.

Cloud: *starts dragging Zack away* Excuse us, please...

Unfortunately Mr. Hedgehog over there keeps disrupting my train of thought anytime I do sit down to write about it. *sighs*

Final Fantasy 8:

--Zell Dincht
The only two characters that I really liked in FF8 were Zell and Seifer. Though Irvine's starting to grow on me little by little. Fortunately, I got the hyper little blonde instead of the anti-social and irritable big blonde. *grins* Rituko got him instead. Which is good 'cause if he were living in my mind, he would seriously have killed me by now. XD On a side note, if you have Zell as an sb, never, ever, let him convince you that it's a good idea to get chili dogs from Weinerschnitzel. o.O; Not unless you got iron lining for your stomache...

Zell: *grins* Wimp.

Yes, yes, I am. ^^;

Soul Calibur:

--Hwang Sungkyung
Have you seen this boy's in-game alternate form? Damn, but he's hot. *fans herself* I really, really, really like him. *grins* He's like the older brother that I never had but always wanted. ^_______^ I've managed to come up with a whole life story for him with much help from my partner in crime, Rituko. He's paired with her Kilik (yes, yes, I know it's a weird pairing), and is really just a sentimental softie under his gruff exterior. ^_^v

Hwang: *glances at the time* Isn't it time for you to go to sleep.

Just a little bit longer, please?

Hwang: Ten more minutes and then you sleep. *crosses his arms and starts watching the time*

He's also a bit of the mothering type. He did help raise Mina, after all.

--Seung Mina
Hwang's foster sister. She is a very independent-minded young woman that hates to be told what to do. She managed to convince Hwang to teach her swordsmanship before he went off to join the Coastal Defense Force (a very convoluted way to say navy) and then ran off when she found out her dad wanted her to marry some twerp. Her dad would also really like it if she'n Hwang got together, but they both don't like that idea.

Hwang: *snorts* That's just a bad idea.

Mina: *wrinkles her nose* Marry Sungkyung-obba? But he's obba...

Which works out fine for Rit'n me, since we already got Hwang paired up and have Mina'n Maxi hooked up as well.

--Maxi
The Elvis look-alike. *grins* He's fun. He's a pirate. Who looks like Elvis. And moves like Bruce Lee. What isn't there to love about him? ^_~ He's also a big flirt, though, so he tends to get in trouble with everyone. Fortunately for his health, he's proving to be very devoted to Mina. For one thing, Hwang is very protective of his little sister and would mangle him for even thinking about hurting her, and for another, Mina could kick his ass all by herself and stomp him into the ground if she wanted to. Unfortunately, because Hwang is very protective of his little sister, they can't really get much time by themselves. Kilik finds it all very amusing and tries to preoccupy Hwang so he can't sit and 'chaperone' the two of them all the time.

Maxi: Wa-haa! *grins'n winks*

Initial D:

--Nakazato Takeshi
He's the leader of the Myougi NightKids and drives a Skyline GT-R R32. *grins* He's got a nice, rumbly deep voice and, as Mizu says, is very much like a modern-day samurai challenging others to battle with his car. He also looks very nummy when he blushes-and when he glares, too. His glares are infamous. ^.~

Takeshi: *glares* Aren't you done yet?

--Shouji Shingo
Takeshi's main rival in the NightKids and the bane of his existence. Shingo is a nasal-voiced rat bastard, but for some reason, he starts to grow on you after awhile.

Shingo: *smirks* I'm a great lay.

Takeshi: *rolls his eyes* Whatever you say, Shingo.

Shingo: *smacks some Takeshibutt* That's right, Nakazato, whatever I say...

*ignores the two as they start fighting...again...* Shingo just kind of moved in without telling me. I tried to kick him out, countless times, when I discovered him occupying my brain-space, but he just keeps coming back! *mutters*

--Takahashi Keisuke
Keisuke is the not-so-bright half of the Rotary Brothers. But he's cute, so we all forgive him for not holding a thought in his pretty li'l bleached head. *grins'n ducks Keisuke's swat*

Keisuke: *crosses his arms and glares* Well?

No. I am /not/ letting tofu-boy in, and that's final!

Keisuke: *wheedles* Aw, come on, you know you want to. *grins* And think of it this way. If I have Takumi within my reach I can always bend him over my FD... *winks*

*whimpers* Make him stop...

Various other sbs that just kinda loaf-around now:
These are the sbs that I've collected over the years, either as I was writing about them or as an indulgence, and that generally don't do much anymore except come out every once in a while to remind me that they're there. :P

Gatchaman 1994 OAVs
--Kondoru no Joe (Joe Asakura) Joe was always a hot specimen of man, but in the OAVs, damn but they made him just reek with sex appeal. He even got a gratuitous ass shot! XD
--Owashi no Ken (Ken Washio)
And this boy was just way too pretty for words. It's purty much the consensus of everyone that has seen the OAVs that Ken is gayer'n a tree full of monkeys. *grins*

Shoujo Kakumei Utena
--Saionji Kyoichi
^_________^ My God but this boy is a bundle of obsession. Now, I'm not much for angst, and tend to have a very low tolerance of it. Mostly because it's very difficult to maintain a certain level of angst for very long without turning maudlin. But this boy alone is almost enough to make me change my mind. And, where there's Saionji, you invariably find...
--Kiryuu Touga
He's not very developed, actually, because he mostly shows up to torment Saionji, and I don't think I have a very good grasp on Touga's character yet. But once I finally get my grubby li'l hands on the last episodes of Utena, I'm gonna dissect this one like you wouldn't believe. *grins*

Bastard!!!
-Dark Schneider
*swoons* My GOD, have you heard this man's voice?! XD Just one hint of him laughing that maniacal laugh of his is enough to turn me into the most mindless fangirl you've ever seen. ^^;;

Dark Schneider: *winks* No woman can resist me.

*smiles fatuously* Damn straight. ^___________^

Slam Dunk
--Mitsui Hisashi & Kogure Kiminobu
Now, in SD, most people automatically put Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede together, and I admit that I'll always have a soft spot for the Tensai, but it's when I read volume 7, I think, of the manga that I just completely fell head-over-heels in love with the series. Why? Because of these two. For me, they're the only pairing that really works in Slam Dunk. Except for Akagi/Kogure, maybe, but who really wants to think about that... ^^;;

Mitsui: Kiminobu and Gori? *sniggers*

Kogure: *reproving* Hisashi...

Heroic Legend of Arislan
--Arislan
He's a bit young, yes, but that just means he can grow into the type of man/prince/king/whatever that I want him to. *grins* Of course, that means that Daryoon's gotta wait for him to grow up a bit, first.
--Daryoon
Do I really need to explain why this one took up residence? *drools*

Gundam Wing
--Chang Wufei
*sweatdrops* Yeah, yeah, I know. But I couldn't help myself! I like Wufei, and he's completely an indulgence on my part. He's only here for my amusement and to look cute. 'Sides, I tend to keep him in chibi form most of the time anyways. ^^;

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*starts counting* Wow. Twenty four soulbonds. No wonder my mind's so cluttered. And most of them are irritable smart-asses. No wonder they run roughshod all over me... ~.~