MnM has ground to a halt for now, can't live in denial much longer. ^.^; All it needs now is an epilogue, actually. But anyhow there is an Aoshi/Megumi round robin currently going round, with about ten writers already pitching in. It's being advertised on the RKDreams forum, if anyone didn't know just yet. ^.^ Join, join!
ChiisaiLammy is the moderator I think, and s-girl, Cherie Dee, Trupana, MiJ, BarbaraSheridan, and Shimizu Hitomi too I think are in on it, plus this unworthy one. As of the tenth update we are already setting up some huge Aoshi crisis, the true extent of which I personally think we innocent authors have yet to fully comprehend. ^.^;
My humble gratitude as well to whoever nominated Yoake Mae no Yami ni. Seriously, I don't see that it stands a chance against all those other brilliant stories that have come out this year and which are bound to be nominated, if they haven't yet. (*cough Eriesalia Another Chance coughcough*) But all the same, my poor little heart goes out to the nice person who nominated. ^.^
Honestly, for now, I have neither the time nor the inspiration to write heavily for RK again--rather, for anything. It disappoints me, really. But schoolwork is piling up and so is that haunting, gnawing discomfort that seems to come with senior year--and truth be told, some personal issues are grinding me to bloody bits underfoot at the moment. I'm still struggling to get away from underneath the crushing pressure and live a more healthy, RK-lovin'-writin' life.
This blog is for my fanfic writing, so I won't clutter it up with personal stuff. But all the same I need to say that the past few months I've realized just how far off center I've subtly grown over the last year or so... and I need to get myself back on track and whole.
I'm not sure yet if fanfic writing will help me in this self-reconstruction, or if will have to just come as a result of the darned process.
I must say, however, that the people I've met on the RKDreams forum do inspire me with the way they seem to so deftly juggle "real life" with "RK fandom life"-- in particular Hermianna, Gem-chan, s-girl, Gochan, Amberle-chan. Would that I will also grow further into adulthood (*cough politically correct cough*) with the enthusiasm for RK that helps keep me sane.
One happy thing, though, that I mustn't lose track of-- for my birthday, my friends gave me not one, but TWO volumes of the manga. T.T tears of joy!!
I got 24 and 25, chronicling Kenshin's stay in Rakuninmura, Yahiko's fight. "The Back of the Man" will just have to wait, but for now, *drool* Yahiko is surprisingly sugoi. (Surprisingly because, thank God, I have never had a thing for ten-year-old boys.)
Enough blather. To get back to the round robin--I think it will soon enough be posted on FFnet. If anyone wants to join, just drop by the forum and tell s-girl. If you're not yet registered on that forum, shame on you! You're missing out on a lot. ^.^
Last note: I am deeply grateful that the RK fandom seems in the pink of health. Really helps to stave off that feeling of being alone in the world. ^.^;
