For putting poor Ten through another horrible experience. ;_;
Yep, just watched the Waters Of Mars.
Good episode, but...guh! Teeeen! I really want to give him a hug right now, the new seasons have put the Doctor through a heckuvalot. DDDD: The old ones probably also, but I haven't got around to that. It makes me so sad that David Tennant's only got a two-part Christmas special left. </3
I'm pretty curious about Eleven, though, so it's okay.

And, seriously? Those water-things? This episode may just have scared my even more than "Blink". Just the way the eyes were and the heads moved and afjdklsafdakdsa.

Also, been tagged for a meme by

1. Post these rules.
2. Each tagged person must post 10 things about themselves on their journal.
3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 10 people and post their icons on the same journal.
4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.
5. No tag-backs. ;D

1. My normal expression is blank and zombielike. This, paired with pale skin and dark circles, can look really creepy.
2. About 40 active characters floating around in my head right now.
3. I absorb things better from sounds than pictures, but better from written words than sounds.
4. The fact that I'm nearsighted is partly my fault, from reading with a book close to my face.
5. I dislike being touched.
6. I don't have plans in my future to get married, although I don't mind changing them if a nice guy comes along, and I'm never, ever, ever having children.
7. I am an insomniac.
8. Green is my favorite colour. (Thus the layout.)
9. I hate shoes, and actually balance better without them.
10. I am way more articulate and sesquipedalian when I'm half-asleep, for some reason.

I refuse to tag anyone. I won't be responsible for spreading things.

...I like memes.

How Did You Get Into Death Note? - Looking for new stuff, I read a review of the manga, which I didn't get into at first because all I managed to read was the bit with the Shinigami, which confused me. Then I heard it was gonna be dubbed, so I started recording it, and read the manga between episodes.

What Was Your First Thought About It? - Well, first attempt? "...this is kind of confusing." Once I got around to actually getting through an episode a lot got cleared up for me, though.

Did The Shinigami Freak You Out At First? - Nah. I thought they were pretty awesome.

How About The Power Of The Death Note? - Not for human consumption.

What Do You Think Of:

Ratio/Light - As Kira? Couldn't stand him once he got obsessed with becoming a god. Not-as-Kira he was okay, though.

Ryuuzaki/L - Aww, L. I like L a whole lot, he's probably one of my favorite characters. All the quirkiness and stuff. <3

Misa Misa - I still say she's not stupid, just ditzy. I like her, though. I've had friends who act a lot like her. She's one of my favorite characters also. (I have a lot. >_>

Matsuda - The real hero of the story. : p

Sayu - She's kind of just there to me. Not doing much, but not being especially annoying.

Rem - She's a great character and my favorite major shinigami.

Mello- He's absolutely fascinating. So contradictory and energetic. Charismatic, violent, ruled by emotions....it's all quite interesting.

Near - He's...probably my top favorite character in the series, to be honest. He seems so innocent, but then he goes all rude and snarky. It's great. And his childishness is both adorable and slightly disturbing~ Wonderful.

Matt- Wish he'd had more screentime. Seems like he could have been pretty cool.

Do You Think:
What Ratio/Light was doing was right for Japan? - Nope, nor for the world.

L is still alive? - Sadly, no. He died. -sigh-

That Misa Misa is a little too obsessed with Ratio/Light? - Yeah. Especially because he's such a jerk to her so often. D:

That Mello is on crack? - No, I think he's naturally like that.

That Near is the right successor of L? - Yes, definitely. I'd prefer it if and Mello worked together, though.

That Matsu should stop hitting on Sayu? - Haha, let him hit on her if he wants. It's an okay pairing.

That Mello is insane? - Of course he is. And so is Near, and L, and probably Matt.

That L is related to Near and Mello? - Not genetically, no.

That Misa is annoying as fingers clawing a chalkboard? - Nah.

That Ratio/Light sucks? - Nope. He did pretty well for himself.

That L is a little weird? - See "is Mello insane".

That the police should leave Kira alone? - Feck no.

Death Note is getting boring now? - It never got boring.

Characters/Favourites:

Fave Character - Near, maybe Misa close behind.

Fave Minor Character - Jealous/Gelus. ;_;

Least Fave Character - Eh...uh....uh..Higuchi? Yeah.

Character That's Useless - Um um um Demegawa.

Most Interesting Character - Probably Mello, to be honest with you.

Who is smarter: Light or L - They're equal. Light had the supernatural at his disposal, though. That's how he beat L, in my opinion, otherwise they would have been at a stalemate forever.

Who is smarter: B or L - L.

Who is more clever: Near or Mello - Ummmmm.... Hum. Depends on what you mean by "clever". But I'll go with Near on general terms.

Fave Shinigami - Maybe Rem. But they're all amazingly cool.

Most Insane Character - Light or possibly Mikami.

Most Annoying - Takada or Demegawa.

Fave Scene - Hmm... I have too many to name.

Least Favourite Scene - Can't think of one.

Who Has The Best Wardrobe - Misa has the best fashion sense, but as to the one I'd like to wear the most, it's L or Near.

Who Has The Worst Taste In Clothes - L or Near have the worst, probably, but as to the ones I'd like to wear the least, it's probably Mello. They look nice, yes, but uncomfortable like heck.

Fave Quote - "I can't imagine living in a world without Light!" "Yes, that would be dark."

Fave Hairstyle - Post-scar Mello.

Do You Like Near - Yeah. A lot.

Near or L - Near, by a very, very narrow margin. Like, the size of a pea. But Near.

Light or Misa - Misa by a very wide margin.

Would You Kill Jo Jonas or Miley Cyrus - Neither. >: I don't want to be stuck in Mu.

If Ryuk Was Standing Over Your Bed, What Would You Say - ...assuming I could see him?
"AAAAAAUGH WAIT wait wait if you exists doesn't that mean everyone else does, too? YESSSS."

If You Had A Death Note, Who Would You Kill First - Nobody.

If Light Made...'Advances' On You...Would You Allow It - No. I'd run away.

What About L - Hmm. I wouldn't run away, but still wouldn't allow it.

If Misa Came Out Of Nowhere And Hugged You, What Would You Do - Flail helplessly. "Someone whom I've known for less than ten years hugged me! I am uncomfortable! D:"

dA, as I'm sure you've noticed, is now letting us lowly limited members use skins till the 29th. : D
Given that skins and stamps are the only reason I'd ever get a sub, this is awesome.

I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year, because I have a novel in progress, and I don't want to start a new project when I'm a bit buried already. Aaah, I'll miss it. Must try next year.

Bit of a pixel slump going on. I seem to be regaining my inspiration slowly, though.

And now, a meme, nicked from :iconBwamoi: who I am silently stalking.

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Write out the names of your characters and explain
1) How you thought of their name
2) What made you create the character in the first place
3) How the character has changed over time (if they have changed)
4) Any random fun fact about that character

Kyoraka
1) It was a misspelling of a Sueish Japanese name when I first got into Naruto. Nowadays, she's forgotten the roots, and somehow thinks it's Russian.
2) Naruto OC, sadly.
3) Uh...wow. It'd be simpler to list ways she didn't change. Huuummm... She went from a blatant Sue to a plain-faced homicidal manaic whom nobody really likes except Evidence and Jinx. Her hairstyle hasn't changed, though. Or hair colour. And she still wears black/white/grey. Even her race has changed, she used to be human. (A loooong time ago.)
4) She's kind of colourblind, and has been in the most fandoms out of all my characters, perhaps because she's eldest.

Alice Murphy
1) It was just a name I was into at the time.
2) She started as a Death Note OC.
3) Actually, she hasn't changed much since then. Now that she has her own story, her character has developed a whole lot more, and her wardrobe is different, but she's pretty much the same root-person.
4) She smells like pears and green tea 'cause of her soap.

Nicholas Murphy
1) He was named after my cousin's baby. C:
2) I wanted to give Alice a bit of backstory and a reason to be fighting Kira.
3) Well, he used to be dead....
4) MMC's love of him was really the reason he got any development.

Birthday Bullet
1) My other characters demanded that he be named Birthday. I figured, "Oh, well, why not."
2) Couldn't get the idea of a hairfetishist serial killer out of my heaad.
3) He hasn't changed at all, really. Except his hairstyle every time I doll him.
4) His hair never looks the same twice.

Tal Amery
1) Just a name I picked out because I liked it.
2) She started as a Soul Eater OC. I kind of wanted a tough tomboy, because I didn't have many at the time.
3) She's gotten a lot more developed, is pretty much it.
4) Tal is deathly afraid of spiders.

Brendan and Sarah Reed(Two characters, because they were created at exactly the same time)
1) Sarah and Brendan mean "Princess" and "Prince", respectively.
2) Also started out as Soul Eater OCs. The idea was supposed to be that nobody could tell which was which, since Brendan resembles a girl and Sarah is flatchested and narrow-hipped, but since she dresses in a manner most feminine, Brendan and Tal tend to get the gender confusion now.
3) They've gained a backstory and lost the tophats they came with. Also, Brendan's going out with Tal now.
4) Since they are fraternal twins, they don't actually look exactly alike. Also, they have even less "twin-sense" than the average siblings, and never know what the other one is going to say.

Asphyxia
1) It seemed to suit his faux-emo attitude. He picked it himself, since he's an anthropomorphic personification.
2) Kyo was jealous and wanted a boyfriend after Jinx got one. She was holding a shuriken to my frontal lobe, what's a person supposed to do? I made her one.
3) He went from being a goth-ish character to an emo-wannabe.
4) He is the anthropomorphic personification of libraries, and somehow developed a personality and human form.

Solstice Something
1) I liked "Solstice", and her last name was gonna be "Summer", but "Solstice Something" was just too entertaining.
2) She got made for a collab I was doing with MMC.
3) Well, Armageddon got killed off, so she doesn't have anyone to act suspiciously with. Her devotion has turned to Hakami, and she's got way more interested in sad places, and she regards humans as much lower than she used to.
4) She has torture instruments all over her room. Collects 'em.

Hakami
1) Supposed to mean "paper-leaf". I don't know why, it was too long ago.
2) She was a later YuYu Hakusho OC, and I just kind of picked her name out from nowhere. She had no surname because she was originally a ferry girl like Botan.
3) Her physical design is the same, except for a haircut. Her race is basically the same: Shinigami, or rather, former one now. That's it. Her personality, purpose, and everything has changed.
4) She's on the run from Death for abandoning her duties. If caught, she'll be put in a rather uncomfortable prison cell and made to wear scratchy clothing, then generally forgotten about.

Kishin
1) She does have a last name, I just haven't decided on it yet. As for the first, and former last, she is/was a sparrow demon. Used to be for for YYH so it had to be Japanese. I got it out of a translator looking for the word "noble". As I remember, names were given as qualities the parents hoped the child would embody, so it means her mom wanted her to be noble, or perhaps a demon god.
2) Former YuYu Hakusho OC. Now my steampunk character.
3) For one thing, she appears to have lost her demonhood, now that she's the center of the steampunk bits of Patchwork. She's become an expert in flight machines, though. And her wardrobe has changed, of course.
4) Can fix or operate almost anything that flies within her Realm.

Eccentricity Ever
1) I saw both names in a baby name book and wanted to put them together.
2) I didn't have any really quiet, aloof characters. Her design and personality were inspired mainly by Eve from Black Cat and Near from Death Note.
3) She's become much more of a kuudere and a brat. Also, she's gone from being a ghost to not a ghost to a ghost again, and she's gained a family(Mannie and Timas) and an admirer.
4) She's got no eyebrows and is an albino who only wears white. That last has to do with trauma from her death.

Evidence Downing
1) Saw the first name in a book, thought it would fit the era Evi died in. Last name...actually I'm not sure if that really is his last name.
2) He just seemed to appear for no real reason. I never kick out a nice guy, so he stayed.
3) Not much has changed, except that he's gotten slightly less oblivious and gained a cloak.
4) He doesn't really get sarcasm.

Kain Muller
1) Wanted to use the name "Kain". Muller's a nice last name that sounds like it could plausibly belong to someone born in Germany. Once again, however, looked it up on the internet.
2) I don't even remember, man. Oh, right, I was writing a story about neurotic vampires and he's the only one who survived through Kyo's next lose-end-killing-spree.
3) He became more of a monster, and is now not schizophrenic, just seriously immoral. I actually feel kind of bad about this, because he's my only native-to-Germany character, and it seems unfair to an awesome country. He's also gotten more piercings, been transformed into a bright pink crocodile on a few occasions, and had more tattoos.
4) Nickname: "The Pink Crocodilian Pope". The first bit I remember, but I couldn't tell you how the second one came about. Presumably Ju-MMC and me being silly/sarcastic.

Yara DeSanatana
1) She's Brazilian, so it's supposed to be from there. It was found on the internet, so no promises about the truth of its origins.
2) She was gonna be a Bleach OC, a Hollow, but the RP arc kind of petered out. So she drifted around my head doing nothing until I entered a pixel pageant with her. Right about then I decided she'd be my obligatory assassin.
3) She's gotten more ruthless and cold-hearted. For some reason, when my characters get development, it's for the worse. Anyway, she doesn't really care about anyone but herself and the people who interest her anymore. And she's more playful.
4) Was genetically enhanced by SPEW Science, which is why the hair and eye colour.

Daichi Sankaku
1) I don't remember where I got his name, I'm pretty sure it just fit him.
2) I think he was created for a RP we never actually got around to. Same for Honoka below. I have plans to use him for a book which gently parodies anime tropes in the typical "School for Supernatural Creatures" setting.
3) He's actually changed quite a lot from a nice, slightly lonely boy into a mildly bitter doormat who doesn't really have enough confidence to stick up for himself and is way too soft-hearted.
4) He's a werewolf.

Honoka Hisayo
1) Probably got it rambling through name sites.
2) See above.
3) She's gotten weirder and more socially awkward. See what I mean about them being for the worst?
4) The only roller-skating insect-and-spider demon in the Patchwork World. Has some trouble with her physical form, leading to long, spindly legs and buggy eyes.

Kit Hunnichurch
1) Her surname was gleaned from a series of books I once read. Since the protanogist was English, I decided to make Kit an Englishwoman as well, just for the fun of it and the accent.
2) I don't honestly remember what I made her for.
3) Originally had a Japanese name which she didn't need, because I'm pretty sure I created her for some RP or the other, and I didn't want to keep it when she was clearly Caucasian outside of an animeverse. So she got a name change.
4) Reads a lot of Sherlock Holmes, but secretly also likes soppy romance novels.

Iodine Quiet
1) I was studying the Periodic Table Of Elements and wanted someone named after an element. Iodine is a nice name, I think. As to his last name, it's a real one, really. I skimmed through the US Census registry. It just fit with the other.
2) I was doing this palette contest and he managed to come out of it.
3) He's a pretty recent character, so no changes yet.
4) Is the lead singer of a popular band, and might be asexual. Lots of elves in Patchwork are.

Luminary Lee Jackson
1) Wanted something that could be semi-normal but weird. Also, "Luminary" can be nickenamed to Lulu, which is it.
2) She was for another collab with MMC that never got off the ground.
3) Hasn't changed all that much, really. She's fairly new, also.
4) Has a sort of duel personality and her hair will reflect this. If it's tucked behind her ear you're golden; if it's falling over her face, try to look inconspicuous, 'cause somebody's getting a fist to the face.

Inquiry Abundant
1) He's a demon, all normal-name bets are off. I picked it because I liked the way it sounded, which is probably also how his parents picked it, if they named him.
2) See above. I wrote several characters for that. I'm hoping to use them in a book also, in a celebration/parody of tournaments and shounen anime. I like exploring tropes.
3) He hasn't changed much, since he's recent. Although I've discovered he used to work for SPEW Science.
4) His two favorite weapons: A syringe and a chain saw. Also, he's really short. Like, maybe barely 5'.

Sawdust Cleverly
1) Similarly to Inquiry, he's from demon world, so it's a pretty normal name; once again, I just liked it and it fit.
2) See above again.
3) He's gotten taller since I first made him. And gained a little sister, and possible love-interest, but it was all done fairly quickly.
4) He's half-demon and really, really tall. Almost 7'. He used to be an evil minion, but really sucked at it, so he went over to good.

Death
1) Well, she's Death. It's not so much a name as a description.
2) I really wanted a Death personification, so she kind of ambled on in.
3) She hasn't changed a lot, although she's gotten another set of robes for ceremonial proceedings.
4) Death is lazy and hates paperwork.

Hades
1) Well, he was Hades. King of Hell, an' all.
2) Death needed a secretary. Thus, Hades was prompted from King of Hell to Vice-Death, which is the proper title of his rank. He never actually changed his name. Using a mythological figure or close parody thereof is usually fun.
3) Hasn't really changed at all; too recent.
4) He is always trying to get Death to do her paperwork.

Camelot Hepper
1) I wanted a mildly mythological name for her, since she's a Shinigami and has probably been around a bit, and Camelot was both a good name and had pretty cool roots. It also fit her pretty well, so it stuck. Hepper is just a name that matched well.
2) I had this image of a girl with fluffy blonde hair, weird clothing, and a thin, inquiring face, who constantly said things that marked her either as a total ditz or a master of snark. So I gave her a black robe and sent her off to Death's Realms.
3) From the original concept, her character got a bit tweaked, but she's the same.
4) She really likes patterns, doesn't matter if the clash. Usually she'll be wearing a colourful scarf of some kind and pants under her robe, because she dislikes the feel of skirts swishing against her skin.



....HOLY COW That wasn't supposed to be almost all of my major characters but dude it totally was.
I was gonna do five!
Cripes, got carried away.
If you survived that, here, have a bun and some tea. You'll need it.

I'm offering ten free sketches even though my sketches suck because 1. I need the practice and 2. I want to request one from a person who's doing them.

The first 10 people who comment on this journal will get a free sketch, but, in return, you must offer 10 free sketches in your own journal*. If you've already done 10 Free Sketches, simply link the journal entry in your comment...You still qualify.

(1. I will not draw your request until I see this in your journal.
(2. In your comment, include a link to a reference picture of the character you want me to draw or write me a description of said character.
(3. Only only(and only ONE) character per person***.

* I don't care if your sketches suck. So do mine. Fair trade. BUT if you're really really busy you don't have to do it, just tell me.
** Screw that, I can maybe try a few couples. Just don't expect them to be good.

People I am doing sketches for (so I don't forget)
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