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Hi, I'm SapphireBlue. I joined this site because I saw some pages that were missing examples that I knew of, and wanted to add them. Plus, this is just a really fun site to browse, and I wanted to be a part of it. :) I'm a member of a few other sites, including DeviantART and Fanfiction.net.

I'm a lover of anything with a good story, especially books (I've been a bookworm since I was little) and video games. I also love drawing and writing, both fan works and original works.

In terms of books, I read mostly fantasy. However, I'm trying to expand my tastes, and I've been known to enjoy other things as well. I do some manga reading and anime watching as well.

In terms of games, I usually play JRPGs, though I also like action-adventure, platformer, strategy, and the occasional puzzle game. Having a good plot isn't a requirement, but chances are I'll like a game a lot more if it has one.

The rest of this page basically consists of a bunch of lists.

Tropes that apply to me in some form:

• Apologizes a Lot
• Attention Deficit Creator Disorder (Not as much nowadays, since I'm making an effort to focus on one or two projects at a time.)
• Bookworm
• Brainy Brunette
• Cloud Cuckoolander (Mild example. I have my moments.)
• Hazel Eyes
• Huge Schoolgirl (Used to be this when I was younger. Then everyone else caught up to me.)
• The Idealist (Within reasonable limits, but I do tend to see things this way)
• Meganekko
• Ms. Imagination (Though not to the point of being out of touch with reality. Usually.)
• Shrinking Violet (At times)

Tropes I particularly like:

• Action Mom
• Adorkable
• Badass Adorable
• Badass Bookworm
• Battle Couple
• Beautiful Void
• Cool Airship
• Cute Witch
• Elemental Powers
• Full-Contact Magic
• High Fantasy
• Justified Tutorial
• Lady of Black Magic
• Magic Knight
• Magi Tech
• Noodle Implements
• Original Flavour (My primary preference for fanfiction, as well as what I usually aim for in my own)
• Scenery Porn
• Science Hero
• Sharing a Body
• So Bad, It's Good
• Summon Magic
• Urban Fantasy
• Winged Humanoid (I don't care how impractical it is, it's still cool.)
• World in the Sky (I blame Baten Kaitos and Skies of Arcadia for this)
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair (If only for the variety it offers)

Tropes that bug me:

• Abuse Is Okay When It's Female On Male
• As Long as It Sounds Foreign
• Chainmail Bikini and Stripperiffic (I don't mind in small doses, but in higher concentrations it gets to be frustrating)
• Die for Our Ship (If I explained why, it'd take all day)
• Loners Are Freaks
• Only Six Faces (Admittedly guilty of this in my own art, though I'm trying to avoid it)
• Perpetual Molt (More of a pet peeve than anything else)
• Real Is Brown (If it's like Shadow of the Colossus where it's a stylistic choice, that's fine. Otherwise it drives me crazy.)
• Real Women Don't Wear Dresses
• Reptiles Are Abhorrent
• "Stop Having Fun" Guys
• Transplanted Character Fic (AU is fine if it has some connection to canon, but in this case you might as well just write an original story.)
• True Art Is Incomprehensible
• Unpleasable Fanbase
• Wimpification
• You All Look Familiar

Favorite works of fiction:

• +Anima (One of my favorite manga series)
• The Abhorsen Trilogy
• Airborn (My favorite books, along with the Icemark trilogy)
• Aquaria
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (Quite possibly the best cartoon I've ever seen. Certainly my favorite.)
  • The Legend of Korra
• Baten Kaitos (My all-time favorite games)
• Chrono Trigger (I'll play Chrono Cross eventually, if only to form my own opinion about it.)
• Eureka Seven (My favorite anime series)
• Final Fantasy (My favorite is IX)
• Fire Emblem (Probably my favorite series of more than two games)
• Fullmetal Alchemist (The manga and Brotherhood, anyway. I LOVE this series - it's by far my favorite manga.)
• Generator Rex (Probably my favorite current cartoon. It's surprisingly well-done, and is definitely worth a look.)
• Golden Sun
• The Icemark Chronicles (My favorite books along with the Airborn trilogy)
• Kingdom Hearts
• Last Exile (My other favorite anime series)
  • Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing
• Legend of Dragoon
• Legend of Zelda (The more I see of this series, the more I like it. My favorite is probably Skyward Sword
• Mabinogi. (My all-time favorite online game, although I no longer play. I started the page for this one.)
• Mushishi
• Pikmin (Eagerly awaiting any news of the third game)
• Anything made by Pixar. Up is probably my favorite.
• Pokémon (Only the games, though - I no longer consider the anime worth watching.)
• Skies of Arcadia (My third favorite game)
• Almost anything by Tamora Pierce
• The World Ends with You (My second favorite game)
• Xenoblade Chronicles

Other works of fiction I like:

• Castle: (Some friends got my family hooked.)
• Chrono Crusade
• Inheritance Cycle (Yes, really. A bit of a guilty pleasure, honestly. Yes, the books are FAR from perfect...but they're still entertaining.)
• Harry Potter (I don't participate in the fandom, but I certainly like the books.)
• The Hunger Games (Although I'm a bit sick of all the attention they're getting since the movie came out.)
• Lord of the Rings (Didn't like them much the first time I read them. But after a slower, careful rereading, I really enjoyed them.)
• Luminous Arc (Especially the second.)
• MapleStory (My first online game.)
• Mythbusters
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Princess Tutu
• Puella Magi Madoka Magica
• Radiant Historia
• Sonic the Hedgehog (On-and-off fan. Hadn't followed the series for a while, but I still have some interest in it.)
• Wind On Fire

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Who is the person you're using as an avatar? He looks like a Digimon protagonist, specifically Tsurugi or Taiki. — Keyseeker

Nope, he's Cooro from +Anima. Look up. :D ~SapphireBlue

• I ended up reading a few volumes of +Anima a few weeks after I asked the question. It's pretty good, but I'm not willing to buy it while there are better mangas that I want to own. (By the way, those volumes that I read are my older sister's.) — Keyseeker
  • Cool! If you're not willing to buy it, try reading it online. Assuming you're OK with doing that, of course. SapphireBlue
    • Actually, I bought all the volumes a few months ago and read them. They were good. — Keyseeker
    • Glad to hear it! SapphireBlue

Hey, how's it going? Haven't seen you around the KH thread in a while, so I thought I'd stop by and say hi. :) - X2X

Things are going fine. I've been lurking in the KH thread, but I haven't had anything to say. Thanks for stopping by! - SapphireBlue