Welcome to Gaia! ::

It seems I have been invited to this guild... well, I'm not one to pass up a free offer, so here I am.

I am given to assume that someone saw the results of one of my occasional forays into the Writer's Forum, or possibly my Gothic RP... or went through the CAA looking for members. Either way, I'm here now, so nyeh. XP

Yes, I am a writer. Fictional prose, in specific, usually with a fantasy or speculative twist. After experimenting, I've found that there is only one thing I will not base my work on: my actual life. I mean, come on, people. I'm a seventeen years old, incredibly introverted with very few friends and no romance in my life at all; is there anything more boring I could possibly base it on? So, in short, I always write about other characters, my lovely, messed-up little characters.

Oh, and there are a lot of them. I did a count some time last year, and got 215 individual characters who I could name and describe off the top of my head. Some are more developed than others, of course - you probably want to remember the names Shigure Kako, Ike Kako, Yvon D'Aubigne, Azrael For Anarky, Moose Skall, Gerwyn Pony, Tim John Crane, Gerard Damián and Sphinx. With these characters come plots and stories, being these:

Red Dog - a scifi comedy in many parts, inspired by Red Dwarf and Futurama
The Red Matineé - the story of a man who lost his dream, the demon who promised him justice, and the carnage that followed, all on the backdrop of a theatre in a fantasy pseudo-London. Inspired by The Phantom of the Opera, Faust, Sweeney Todd, Jack the Ripper, Jekyll and Hyde, CATS and many more
Foxglove - an ongoing, sweeping drama of kitsune (don't run yet! They're not the weeaboo sort! I do research!) in England, encompassing love stories, revenge, tragedy and magic
Tim John Crane: Supernatural Supersleuth - a light-hearted story about a young paranormal investigator, the titular character, who accidentally becomes far more involved in the supernatural than he wanted to
The Creative Writing Unit Folio Piece - which is at the moment a murder story about characters brought to life from their old fictions, and the ethics surrounding this - Hyde was not impressed, to cut it short.
Moose - teenaged drama of young bisexual Mortimer 'Moose' Skall, and the many things which eventually drove this benevolent boy to suicide

And about three more which are relatively obscure and not really mattering at the moment.

Oh! I'm Australian, a first-year at university, and have just started writing The Red Matineé, which I hope to get published someday and be the next J.K. Rowling. Slim chance, but a girl can dream. There's a first time for everything, ne?

As for other literature and texts that I like, let me have a look around my computer here... this is where I keep all my favorite stuff, you see, so that I can pick it up at any time.

Books:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories, R.L. Stevenson
Jingo, Night Watch, The Fifth Elephant and Thud!, Terry Pratchett
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The Restaurant At The End of The Universe and Life, The Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams
The Compact Oxford English Dictionary
The Phantom of the Opera, Gaston Leroux
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
Morbius: The Living Vampire (Okay, so it's a comic. But it's a good comic. I mean, seriously, I usually hate Marvel comics, but I like this one. Batman is the only other one I'll read. Batman pwns all.)
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac - Jhonen Vasquez

DVDs:
American Beauty
Amadeus - Director's Cut
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
The Producers
CATS
The Lion King
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Red Dwarf - all the episodes
Black Adder II
The Young Ones
Black Books
Bleach - Soul Society Arc
Ouran High School Host Club
Fruits Basket
The Rocky Horror Picture Show

'Recently Played' Albums in iTunes:
The album of the soundtrack of the trailer of the film of Monthy Python and the Holy Grail
American Beauty (Score From The Motion Picture)
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera - The Motion Picture
Batman (Original Motion Picture Score)
Batman Returns (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Beetlejuice (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Bleach Beat Collections
Blues Brothers: Briefcase Full of Blues
CATS
Complete Jekyll & Hyde [1995 Original Cast]
Corpse Bride (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Are we noticing a trend here?)
The Cult Files (Music from cult TV programs, such as Dr. Who, Red Dwarf, The X Files and Hitchhiker's Guide)
D-Sides - Gorillaz
Demon Days - Gorillaz
A Fever You Can't Sweat Out - Panic! At The Disco
G-Sides - Gorillaz
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
Hot Fuss - The Killers
Invader Zim
Jekyll & Hyde - The Musical (1997 Original Broadway Cast Recording)
The Last Samurai (Original Motion Picture Score)
Le baptême - -M-
Life In Cartoon Motion - MIKA
Look Both Ways (The Soundtrack)
Blues Brothers: Made In America
Music From Scary Movies (Hellraiser and The Shining, in this case)
The Best of Guns 'N' Roses
The Producers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (LOVE)
Sam's Town - The Killers
Supernatural - Santana
Sweeney Todd [2005 Broadway Revival Cast]
Thirteenth Step - A Perfect Circle

That should tell you everything you need to know, really. I look forward to getting to know you.

...Oh yeah! Call me Oolie. And, um, I have a dA, which I love. ^_^

Thank you for the welcome!

I realised at one stage that perhaps I had too many characters, and thought, "I wonder exactly how many there are?" And the answer was 215, although it's more like ...two hundred... and... *counts* ...twenty..... three, now.

Want me to get you a list? XP