ahem, Geronimo!! (breaks) Who'vians!!! sucks that they dont have an option for 'Doctor Who' to add in interests I want to meet more Dr Who fans :P (nvm, I created one) ... Hi people! who else saw the Casandra-Dr. Who cosplay at Otakon 20.

I've been writing SAO fic for about a year now, and I'm curious if anyone else on this site fics in this series, whether or not you post it on FFN.

I think this is the part where we talk about how we got into anime and what our favorites are and what brought us to the web site, et al. Here's the problem: I've been watching anime for well over 20 years, so those first two topics are--how to put it?--potentially lengthy, and I'm prone to walls of text as it is. (That's a nice way of saying I'm old and wordy.) So let's start with the third. I came here because my last few relationships--one of which went for a little over ten years--have clarified a great deal about what I need out of a long-term relationship. And among the things I need are to be with someone who loves anime and can geek out about languages, particularly Japanese. I speak and read/write the language at an intermediate level, although not as well as I did 12 years ago. That ten-year relationship I mentioned? Person wasn't particularly into anime. She didn't dislike it, but it wasn't really her thing either. For most of that relationship I put anime fandom on hiatus because I couldn't really share it with her, and moved on to other things. That was a mistake. My interest was reawakened this last fall by Sword Art Online. I spent a number of years in a raiding guild in EQ2 and am a longtime gamer, so I really clicked hard with that show, and in the past year have turned out somewhere around 300,000 words of fanfic related to it. Since then I've been reconnecting with the fandom and catching up on all the amazing shows I missed between 2002 and 2012. Speaking as someone who got started with VHS fansubs in the early 90's, we're in a golden age of anime. ^^ I made it to SakuraCon this year (local for me), have been considering driving down to KumoriCon in Portland, and once my life settles down a bit I would really like to start working on costuming and cosplay--and getting to more cons if I can afford it. Anyway, as I suggested that's far from being all, but this will suffice for now.

No its not a joke it was the age old ever get stuck in an elevator.. I apologized to everyone but still when we all look back at it it was kind of funny

Hmm. Well, I might be considering going to ACEN in 2014. I have some friends in the area. Gotta come up/build my cosplay outfit though. I'm aiming to be a super sentai person. Heh. :)

Cheating comes in too many forms. Just because it happens doesn't mean that you couldn't satisfy their needs. Or would you consider someone leaving you because they found someone hotter... you not satisfying their needs? <= Example. None the less, it's as I stated, if she has more to lose, she obviously knows it and it's easier to lie when you're in that situation. Sometimes it's easier to play the role of admitting it first and then talking later to say that you wouldn't just so you can actually do it. The logic makes sense. My point is, shes still shaken up and in that given position it is way too risky either way. Being protective and being overly protective are different and especially in this situation lol. In anycase, what shes doing is wrong anyway. Regardless if she cheats on you or not.

Thank you! Wild Otaku Fainted! You gained over 9000 exp.

Thanks for welcoming me. So first question what animes is everyone watching right now? I'm currently hook on attack on titans and I'm rewatching cowboy bebop.

But its not about just sharing my dislike towards that, since I know everyones got their own safe zone (or if you want to reference evangelion, their own "AT field") but trying not to sound too much of a jerk, I was something unappealing growing up, be it unkept or a drunk or delinquent. Rejection is something common everywhere, though right now there's no end to it after changing everything that kept people away from me growing up. That's all I can share until I just keep trying and figure out what's wrong, but the anguish still will be present. Grit and bear.