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How to Make Corned Beef from Scratch
Curious about how to make your own corned beef? Our test kitchen takes you through the process step-by-step.
By Nicole Doster, Digital Associate Editor and James Schend, Food Editor
Corned beef has been a staple of old-school diner menus and Irish-American diets for decades. You might find it mingling with sauerkraut in a tasty Reuben sandwich or next to potatoes at a St. Patrick's Day supper. Sure, you can buy it canned or already cured in a store, but nothing beats the flavor, and feeling of total accomplishment, of bringing your own. So how do you make corned beef from scratch?
The Taste of Home Test Kitchen has found the best way. Follow along with our expert tips and methods below.
A quick heads-up: This recipe requires multiple days. But don't let the time scare you. The steps are simple and the flavor payoff is second to none. It'll take about 10 days to brine the meat, so if it's for a big event, schedule it into your calendar early.
What You'll Need:
- 1 gallon water
- 1-1/2 cups kosher salt
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup mixed pickling spices, divided
- 4 teaspoons pink curing salt
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 fresh beef brisket (4 to 5 pounds)
- 2 large carrots, chopped
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 2 celery ribs, chopped
- Large stockpot
- 2 oven roasting bags
- Dutch oven
- Enough room in your fridge to store the brisket for 10 days
Pro Tip: As a shortcut, you can buy pickling spices at your local market, but we recommend going the extra mile with our Homemade Pickling Spice recipe. It's simple to make, and you might have the ingredients already in your pantry.
Step1: All About the Prep
In a large stockpot, combine water, kosher salt, brown sugar, 2 tablespoons pickling spices, pink curing salt and garlic. Bring the brine to a simmer and stir until salt and sugar are dissolved. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until chilled.
Pink Curing Salt?
Not all pink-colored salts are created equal. Unlike Himalayan pink salt, or other rosy salts on the market, pink curing salt is made using sodium nitrate, which prevents food from spoiling while being stored for a lengthy time. Curing salt is often dyed red so it's not mistaken for standard table salt.
Step 2: Let's Wrap
It's time to play Russian nesting doll with your oven-roasting bags. Open them both and place one inside the other. Tuck the brisket into the innermost bag and carefully add in the cooled brine. Be sure that it pools over and around the brisket. Then seal both bags. Try to press as much air out as possible before sealing. Before placing in the fridge, turn the meat a few times to evenly coat it.
Step 3: The Waiting Game
Clear a special place in the fridge for the brisket to live. Keep it refrigerated for 10 days so that the meat can properly soak in all the spiced flavor. Be sure to turn the brisket over occasionally so that it remains evenly coated.
Step 4: Time to Cook
The corned beef is almost ready. Wake up the brisket from its chilled slumber by removing it from the brine. Give the cut a thorough rinse and place it in a Dutch oven with enough water to cover. Add in carrots, celery and the remaining pickling spices and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat, cover and add water if necessary to keep brisket covered. Cook for about 3 hours or until meat is tender.
Step 5: Let's Dig In
At long last your corned beef is ready to serve, hot or cold. Use a sharpened knife to cut the brisket into thin slices. Slap it onto a sandwich or serve with additional vegetables simmered until tender.
To eat the beef at a later date, refrigerate it in the cooking liquid. It'll keep for several days. Reheat in that same liquid when you're ready to serve.
Looking for more creative dishes to serve? Find inspiration with our collection of recipes to make using leftover corned beef.


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the Java technology developer community. The session presenter was Ted
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"What Time Is It?", a client-based Java technology-based application
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PDA and end-to-end Java technology-driven Web Services. Like practiced
developers, the winning team of Thomas Rassmann, vice president of
product development at NetIDEAS Inc., and Jon Langlois, lead software
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The Hackathon Contest held at the recent JavaOne Conference gave
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Dana Nourie reported on the session and also covered the topics of
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The Java Developer Connection Program presents two chapters available online
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Sun, Oracle and NMS Communications will deliver wireless
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Sun and public broadcaster WGBH Boston will
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comprehensive digital asset management system using the Sun Open
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maximizing its value. Digital content can then be used for a variety of
purposes, including distance learning, constituent relationship
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Sun ONE empowers next-generation
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Sun and Vuico announced the availability of Java technology-based
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The new Forte for Java 4, Mobile Edition Software is a compact
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The Bioinformatics Center of the Institute for Chemical Research
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Trailing spouses have typically been defined as those who relocate, often overseas, as a result of, or in support of, their husband's and wife's career. In more recent times, the term has become more generalized to include those who move and leave behind their own careers for the sake of their spouse's professional opportunities and ambitions. Though men are not precluded from being trailing spouses, the reality is that most are wives following their husband's prospects, dreams and goals in a different location, be it a city 300 miles away, across the country in a different state or half-way around the world in a different hemisphere.
I am a trailing spouse.
It took me a while to figure that out. I knew I was something, but I felt I didn't have the correct terminology to package it up neatly with a non-explanatory bow. When I moved from my home city, a place I had resided all my life, to a new one, I realized I wasn't in the category of the typical stay-at-home mother of babies or toddlers who had quit work shortly after giving birth, in the glow and haze of early motherhood. I also learned I was not a traditional housewife, one who had never pursued a career and had always been at the beck and call of ceaseless domestic, marital and parental needs.
Career Woman to Casualty?
I had been a "career woman," for better or worse, experiencing and relishing in, yet at times resistant to, all that entailed (laser-paced days, everything done on fast-forward speed, hours-long strategic meetings discussing matters that could have been resolved in 30-minute conversations, racially biased and sexually charged office politics, back-biting and back-stabbing frenemies and more). I was habitually conflicted about what my true role and purpose were supposed to be in life, because brewing the ingredients of a corporate professional life, a peaceful home, a solid marriage and raising children just never seemed to mix. The brew was bland at time, and bitter at others. On one day, the broth of my life tasted well-balanced, and the next day, all the flavors were off-kilter. Such was the rollercoaster of logistics and emotions I navigated and endured in a life I led without interruption or fail for well more than a decade.
Becoming a trailing spouse is not without its jolts of humility and identity crises. As Petra Canan Trudell writes in "Portrait of Trailing Spouse: Dependent, Dejected and Learning to Give Herself Some Slack."
"As I stared at my new visa in the office of the Japanese consulate in Detroit just days before our move, my eyes focused in on one word on the document: 'dependent.'
My husband Craig, whose job was taking us abroad, was listed as a specialist in humanities in his passport. As for me, for the foreseeable future I would be known to two governments as my husband's ward. I went from being an educated, working professional to someone who — on paper — couldn't get by on her own."
Additionally, the trailing spouse is usually a woman, not a man – a truism explored by The Washington Post in "Why couple's move for a man's job, but not a woman's." Traditional gender roles and men's larger earning potential usually explain the disproportionality of trailing spouses who are wives. A more nuanced look at the underlying patterns and characteristics of trailing-spouse marriages, however, reveals that wives often have more portable careers – jobs that can be performed from practically anywhere. However, husbands frequently have quite linear careers that are more rigidly structured, or "clustered." In other words, their jobs are less flexible and cannot necessarily be performed anywhere or at any time. As the article states, "men have to move in order to move up."
The Phantom Fallout of Following Your Spouse
The unintended collateral damage of becoming a trailing spouse can be sudden, delayed and prolonged. While those on the periphery may think that trailing wives who have moved for their husband's more lucrative careers "have it made," the daily strum and drang can be much less than idyllic. Trailing wives' days, especially in their early months and even years after a relocation, are not spent at Starbucks, day spas, yoga classes or high-end department stores. It is not an extended and indefinite vacation funded on someone else's dime. In fact, it may be spent learning how to re-budget an entire lifestyle, develop true homemaking skills and refining the newfangled skill of delayed material gratification.
Instead, trailing wives who move for their husband's career are grappling with a constellation of feelings that may butt heads with the routine logistics and demands of their new roles. These may include a loss or restructuring of identity, particularly for those with professional pasts; learning a new community; meeting new people and making new friends (which is already challenging enough as an adult alone, let alone with an added move); managing domestic logistics, from household needs to kids' schedules; and preserving existing relationships with relatives and loved ones back home, amid the geographic distance. And the fact that husbands may not always understand the competing and conflicting concerns of trailing wives doesn't help matters – these husbands may be distracted by their own adjustments at work. Plus, they may even be incredulous at what they perceive as their wives' lack of gratitude or happiness at the options and flexibility his career has provided.
As a trailing spouse who has experienced (and still experiences) all of the above and even more, here are some strategies for making the most of this murky time – and gaining some clarity, confidence and competence on the other side.
Keep the faith. I've always been what I consider a spiritual person, but certain life challenges, including relocating, have required me to become even more inwardly evangelistic about my faith. No matter your belief system or religious affiliation, sometimes exploring and reaching out to a power higher much more supreme than your limited humanity outweighs any tangible, earthly outlet. For me, my growth has come from a wellspring of reading the Bible and other scripture-based books as well as through the practice of prayer and positive thinking. A spiritual basis helps to place daily conditions and conflicts within a much grander context, helping me to derive meaning, application and discernment from it all. A substantive base beyond oneself also helps tremendously as a member of a society that appraises people based on job titles before all else.
Stay healthy. You are no good to anyone, not even yourself, if your self-care is left to no one's devices. Maintaining your health and well-being is critical so that you can continue to serve and perform in all the ways your multitude of roles demands. Keep exercising and try to stay nutritionally balanced. In your new town, find a new primary care physician, dentist and gynecologist, at a minimum, and make your routine appointments. If so inclined, also find a new gym to join, in addition to a new massage therapist, counselor / therapist and other complements to your total wellness system.
Step out of your comfort zone. Being in a new location offers the covering of relative anonymity. This cloaking can serve as a stimulus to try something new or different that you otherwise would not have done on your former home turf. Of course, the curiosities or interests pursued are as individual as the personalities of trailing wives, but they could include trying out a new fitness class, testing a new cuisine, learning a new skill or craft, or even dressing in a style you always admired but couldn't wear due to the norms and conventions of your old work life.
Be of service. Not earning money does not mean you don't need to stay plugged in. Your talents and skills need not wither on the vine just because you don't have a regular job. Many organizations, agencies and schools welcome volunteers with deployable skills – accounting, communication, administration, facilitation. Research nonprofit organizations, hospitals and schools in your area to find opportunities that align your skills with a passion, or cause, that interests you. In the process, you will likely meet new people, cultivate a local network and derive a sense of purpose that is priceless.
Reflect on the past, but don't be rooted to it. A common dilemma for trailing spouses revolves around an internal dialogue about identity – an identity that is commonly correlated with what they used to do for a living. Trailing spouses have to define the terms of their new selves within a new paradigm, one whose introduction does not begin with their old professional roles or position titles. It is helpful to be thankful about the experiences and exposures we've had. We have derived many lessons from our careers, and now is the time to apply them in a fresh context while learning new, less ephemeral ones, along the way.


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USAA's 2016 "Digital Military Experience," or #DigiMilEx as it was trending on Twitter, was an annual meeting of military affiliated personal finance bloggers, affinity groups, and USAA's team. Held at the San Antonio Airport Hilton on the north side of San Antonio, the two day conference in October allowed for me to meet people in person that I've had online contact with for years. A few shoutouts to:
- Doug Nordman and Curtez Riggs from The Military Guide
- Ryan Guina from Cash Money Life and The Military Wallet
- Alexis Miller from GoMillie.com
- Phillip Taylor from PTmoney.com and FINCON (which I hope to attend in 2017 in Dallas)
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Josh Ellege spoke about focusing on growing your business and serving others with your blog. His key takeaway for me was spending at least twice as much time growing my business as actually running my business. For me, that means spending more time marketing and selling my products and articles than writing. Unfortunately I haven't been writing much recently so I need to pick it up on all fronts!
Ryan Guina showed us how to supercharge our blog income. His ideas of conducting a site audit and focusing on the top 10 performing articles motivated me to do just that. He also gave me the idea to develop the top 10 most profitable articles on my site and write more content like that.
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I took my wife with me and we tacked on some extra leave to visit Air Force friends who were stationed nearby. Total costs were $333 for two plane tickets (thanks Frontier!), $400 for 3 nights at the Hilton (special conference rate), and $40/day for dining out.
A productive trip for under $1000 that I think will pay for itself in increased blog exposure. One thing I wish I had brought was business cards! It's funny how in the digital age a small piece of paper exchanged by hand can still be meaningful.
The speakers were motivational without being over the top. I enjoyed meeting a few of the retired, veteran, and current military financial blogger community members. It was good to see so many military affiliated bloggers and organization in the room, all of whom want to get their message and story out to military servicemembers and veterans.
USAA also had an impressive exhibition room setup on the evening of the final night at the conference. They had many of their new and innovative products on display, which I'll cover in a post next week. It's good to see USAA is not resting on their success since the 2008 financial crisis. They appear to still actively try to stay at the forefront of financial services for their members.
All together the USAA Digital Military Experience conference was definitely worth attending. If my schedule allows I plan to attend again next year, only this time I'll definitely remember to bring business cards!
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Ohio is so gorgeous this time of year, and Merilee lives on a perfect tree-lined country lane in a perfect country house on a huge piece of gorgeous property. Picture that classic Microsoft Windows computer wallpaper with the grassy hill and clouds floating over it: that's exactly what Merilee's backyard looks like. So pretty! I LOVED it--too bad it takes fifteen hours of traveling to get there. I wish I could visit all the time.
One day we drove into Cincinnati and met our cousin Wade's wife, Nancy, who lives nearby. She spent the day shopping with us and it was such a fun day. Nancy met us at an awesome Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic clearance center that is basically a step down from their outlet stores. I found some amazing deals on clothes and shoes for the whole family. That day we also made it to Ikea, SugarCraft, and had dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory. You'd think three stores and dinner wouldn't take all day, but you don't know us...we shop until we drop (or find some diet pepsi).
Another day was spent in Amish country in Ohio. We visited some stores there including a grocery, a cheese factory, and a bakery. The whole days' travel was mostly focused on one thing: sprinkles! It is a little known fact that the Amish sell sprinkles of all types in bulk in their grocery stores. Merilee knows all the best places to shop in Ohio! So we filled up our baskets with dozens of little containers and later had a little sprinkle dividing/swapping party as well as cheese tasting. It's so fun when everyone buys something different and we all can share. Note to anyone traveling by plane with sprinkles in their carry-on bag: you WILL be searched.
Now you would think that between the five of us, at least one would have remembered a camera; but I think we were all just so excited to get away from home that nothing else mattered. So that's why I have no pictures of my trip. I am so glad Tim was so good about taking time off to take care of the kids. It was fabulous to come home to happy kids and a clean house. I'm grateful to the other men as well- especially Hans, who not only watched his children, but cooked some fabulous food for us and provided scintillating conversation to boot! Thanks, Hans and Merilee! I'm so glad you're mine.


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Meet the Diplomats: B&R Opens Another Dimension for South-South Co-ops - March 9, 2017
Li's Hong Kong remarks send strong signals for region's next chief, say analysts - March 9, 2017
Bold 'armless' women provides for her family - March 8, 2017
Israel uncovers online weapons smuggling cell in West Bank - March 8, 2017
Muhyiddin: We'll wait for the final version of Hadi's Bill - March 8, 2017
Sthree Sakthi Award 2017 Award ceremony Part I - March 8, 2017
Sthree Sakthi Award 2017 Award ceremony Part II - March 8, 2017
C D Sarawathi won Sthree Sakthi Award 2017 - March 8, 2017
Muhyiddin: Don't exploit diplomatic row for political mileage - March 8, 2017
ISIL launches chemical attack on Syrian army
Islamic State militants have reportedly fired rockets filled with mustard gas at Syrian soldiers in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour. According to Syria's state news agency, the poisonous gas hit military targets near the Deir al-Zour airbase early on Tuesday evening. Several soldiers suffocated in the attack.
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Police Kill Pit Bull That Attacked K-9 In OakleyA Concord police officer shot and killed a pit bull that attacked a police K-9 in Oakley, where investigators were seeking a murder suspect on Saturday.
1 Person Hospitalized After Balcony Collapse At Oakley HomeOne person was hospitalized Tuesday night after a balcony at an Oakley home collapsed.
San Francisco Man Arrested For Alleged Child Molestation Near OakleyContra Costa County sheriff's deputies arrested a man last week whom they suspect of molesting a girl in an unincorporated area near Oakley, a sheriff's spokesman said Wednesday.
Oakley Boy Killed In Tragic Bike Accident Weeks Before Kidney TransplantJust weeks before undergoing life-saving kidney surgery transplanting a donated organ from his mother, an Oakley teen died this weekend while riding his bike blocks from his home.
Severe Lightning Storm In Oakley Damages Home, Hospitalizes OneA low pressure system approaching the coast spun a volatile mixture of thunder, lightning and a downpour into Oakley area early Thursday morning.
Body Found Inside Vehicle Parked In Driveway Of Oakley Fire StationThe victim appeared to be the driver of the vehicle and may have suffered from a pre-existing medical condition.
Driver Airlifter After Van Overturns, Crashes Into Ditch Near OakleyA van was found overturned in a drainage ditch in unincorporated Contra Costa County on Sunday morning and the driver had to be airlifted for medical treatment, according to fire officials.
Man Accused Of Killing Teen Cousin In Oakley Crash Pleads Not GuiltyA 22-year-old man pleaded not guilty in a Martinez courtroom Thursday to killing his teenage cousin in a crash after a police pursuit last month in Antioch.
Oakley Family Reunited With Dog Injured In Fall From East Bay OverpassAn Oakley family was reunited with their dog, Bella, after it took a terrifying plunge off a state Highway 4 overpass in Brentwood.
Oakley Police Pursuit Ends In Horrific Fatal CrashOakley police Tuesday morning pursued a fleeing driver into Antioch where the car crashed, killing a passenger, according to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.
Firefighter Injured Battling Fire In Oakley HomeA firefighter has been injured in an attic fire Sunday evening in Oakley, according to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Grocery Outlet Puts Harris Ranch Beef Back On Shelves After Lab Finds Coarse Salt, Not Glass In ProductGrocery Outlet stores nationwide have resumed selling Harris Ranch beef after a laboratory hired by the meat company found what appeared to be coarse salt in the product, and not chips of glass as a customer had originally reported.


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|Stephen King
|September 21, 1947
|Birth Place
|Portland, Maine, USA
Stephen King is a famed best-selling horror/suspense novelist, whose works have been adapted into many films and television series (notably Carrie, The Shining, Salem's Lot, I.T., The Shawshank Redemption, Misery & The Dark Tower series). An occasional actor (having had small roles in many of the adaptations of his books), King played Bachman in the season 3 Sons of Anarchy episode Caregiver. (This was something of an in-joke as "Richard Bachman" was one of King's former pen names.)
A fictional novel by King, titled Cycle Zombies, appears in the season 4 episode Family Recipe. It is being read by Piney Winston in the cabin before he puts it down and answer the door to Clay Morrow.


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Stayed for my 60th birthday for 4 nights at the Atlante garden. Met at airport for free shuttle bus to hotel. Greeted with efficiency by friendly receptionist and given lovely large room on 4th floor. Very comfortable bed and rich red wallpaper complimented by wood floor. Jacuzzi bath helped aching legs and feet after long hours walking around Rome. Hotel sent a bottle of champagne to room on arrival for my birthday! Breakfast varied and plentiful. Very clean hotel with change of bedding after 2 days and clean towels daily. Position of hotel superb for Vatican. Would happily return and recommend this hotel for value and position. Only downside - drinks in bar very expensive.
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Poor sweet little Kailyn had a stomach virus a week ago and lost a few pounds that she didn't need to lose...she didn't want to eat until she discovered "The Cupcake Cure!" Disclaimer: She did not eat ALL of these cupcakes...her mommy and I helped!
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In recent decades, the interconnectedness of history and ecology has received increasing attention. Although necessarily interdisciplinary, efforts to study this interconnectedness had their roots either in the humanities and social sciences or in the natural sciences: scholars have tried either to understand more about nature with the help of history, or, about human history with the help of natural phenomena. As a result, theoretical studies about the integration of ecology and history try to answer two relatively distinct questions: 'why ecology matters in history' and 'why history matters in ecology'. This paper sets out to systematize current knowledge on the latter question and to highlight those issues that have so far received less attention. The arguments can be grouped into three major themes. First, history matters in ecology because it aids understanding of current patterns and processes in nature. Second, because it fosters better informed management and policy decisions; and third, because it places ecology and conservation in a wider interdisciplinary context. Besides dealing with the perspectives of ecologists and conservationists, this paper also includes material from historians, anthropologists and archaeologists, that is, from scholars whose primary interest does not lie in ecological investigations, but who have, nonetheless, embraced the need for the integration of ecology and history.
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- Loret E.P., Martin-Eauclaire M.-F., Mansuelle P., Sampieri F., Granier C., Rochat H. (1991). An anti-insect toxin purified from the scorpion Androctonus australis hector also acts on the alpha- and beta-sites of the mammalian sodium channel: sequence and circular dichroism study. Biochemistry 30:633-640.
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Here are some pics of the day on our walk to find Tinsel Trading Company's new store location.
The Lovely Linda as she said Tim Holtz has named her, really was lovely and we got so many cool vintage items, she said the old location was really a sight to be seen, but this shop was filled to the brim with so much glitter goodness! She gave me a little love note to pass on to Tim when we saw him in Italy ; )


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Matthaei-Nichols natural areas specialist and Massasauga rattlesnake expert Steve Parrish also likes to take pictures in his spare time. While working for the Arb and Gardens he's taken some pretty amazing pictures of the flora and fauna that live in, around, and on the properties.
Below is Steve's take on a wasp-mimic fly in what he believes to be the soldier fly or Stratiomyidae family. Check out the amazing iridescent pixellation of the fly's eye up close. Here's looking at you!
Friday, May 24, 2013
A Little Fly with a Fierce Appearance
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There are many sadhanas for awakening bhakti. The sadbana of the great bhakta Ramdas was called mantra upasana (worship through mantra). It includes the following four practices:
- Continuous mental and verbal chanting of a mantra. In his case it was Sri Ram Jaya Ram JayaJaya Ram.
- Visualization of the form of the guru in your heart.
- Identification of every object on which the mind dwells with divinity. Whatever you think of, remember that it is the form of the supreme.
- Observation of the mind. Take the attitude of watching the processes of the mind. This is awareness.
You will note the great similarity between his sadhana and the list we have given from the Srimad Bhagavatam. His method was a condensed version.
Another great help is to study and think about the infinite events occurring in nature. The sun rises and sets. The moon waxes and wanes. The flowers bloom, each variety almost simultaneously. The birds sing. The clouds float across the sky. Babies are born. An infinite number of magical events are occurring around us. A million pages could be written on this subject. Each event is a miracle. How do they happen? What is the force, the intelligence behind these multitudinous occurrences? Everything is a marvellous miracle. Let these things continually remind you of the wonder of existence. Let these things remind you of the supreme.
Try to do every action as a worship of the supreme. Let every thought be an expression of devotion. Offer your actions and thoughts to your guru or to the incarnation of the supreme that stirs your heart. This is the way to perfection.
Visualize and concentrate on a picture of any great saint, bhakta, yogi, sage, incarnation such as Guru Nanak, Kabir, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Paramahamsa Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharshi, Adi Sai Baba, Sri Aurobindo, Swami Sivananda, Swami Ramdas, Mohammed, any of the Sufi saints, Christ or any of the Christian saints such as St. Francis or St. Teresa, any of the Jewish saints, Buddha, Mahavir, Krishna, Rama, Milarepa and anyone you care to choose. Or you can concentrate on your guru if you have one. The choice is yours, but there must be devotion.
In the Uddhava Gita Krishna instructs his disciple Uddhava: "Having withdrawn the senses (pratyahara) from contact with the surroundings, the devotee should concentrate on my form, especially one part such as my smiling face. Then he should be aware of mv all pervading self which is free like the sky. Leaving that after some time, he should feel as though he is one with me, and stop thinking of all other things. He will see me, the antaryamin (the inner being) in himself, and himself in me like the light that is united with the fire. All doubts about matter, knowledge and action will completely cease."
Use any symbol of the supreme. This will take you beyond the symbol itself, if you have intensity and sincerity. It is difficult for most people to feel love (prem) for something intangible or impersonal. It is for this reason that a concrete form is utilized. Total absorp-tion in the limited form or name will lead to the unlimited.


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|Suseri Shimazu
島津 須世璃
Shimazu Suseri
Sakuya Shimazu (cousin)
Sagiri Shimazu (mother)
Nami Shimazu (grandmother)
Shinichirō Asano (Master)
|Manga Debut
Chapter 5
|Anime Debut
Episode 2
M.A.O (Japanese)
Appearance Edit
Suseri wears two types of clothing: her shrine maiden outfit and her high school outfit. She has long dark violet hair, but she keeps them up with two white ribbons in the form of twin tails. She has a large bust-size; it's the second largest behind Nadeshiko Soma.
Personality Edit
In the beginning she seemed somewhat emotionless but has been proven that she's a kuudere. She never gets embarrassed over any perverted moments.
History Edit
Just like Sakuya, she is in the running to be the next head of the Shimazu family and tried to increase her chances of becoming the next head by stealing Shinichiro from Sakuya. She tried this by attempting to seduce him while he was taking a bath, but that ended in failure as the ending result was him being knocked unconscious. She considered this an opportunity, so with the help of Mari she kidnapped Shinichiro. Shinichiro was then outraged by the fact that Suseri went this far just to outdo Sakuya, but she offered to finish what they started if he became her personal servant. However, this conversation ended with a specter attacking the car nearly killing them. This was a trap made by a person wanting revenge on the Shimazu family.
Later on, Suseri and Mari transfer to the high school that Sakuya and Shinichiro were attending. When questioned why, she stated that she not only wanted Shinichiro on her side, but she was investigating a possible specter case occurring around the campus. In the end, it was nothing more than a golem possessed by a katana, which is the specter. Sakuya tried to wield the sword but ended up being possessed by it instead. This led to Suseri deciding to kill Sakuya, but Shinichiro stepped in the way preventing her attack. Shinichiro was almost killed but when the katana made contact with his mouth, he discovered its true name and wielded it himself. This attack was all because of the same person responsible for the attack on Shinichiro and Suseri.
A third specter attack this time was on the school itself resulting in the death of a few students. The final battle ended up in the Gym, but it was turned in favor of that person. A spider specter trapped the group in strong web. Sakuya and Shinichiro were on the verge of dying, but Shinichiro decided to intervene by kissing Sakuya giving her an immense amount of spiritual energy turning the battle in the group's favor. Unfortunately, it came at a cost, Shinichiro discovered that Sakuya's true name was Isuca making him her master.
A few days passed by, and the relationship between Shinichiro and Sakuya was distant because in the Shimazu family, if anybody outside the family discovers a family member's true name that person is exiled. Suseri considered this an opportunity, so she decided to talk to Shinichiro telling him the Sakuya was a lost cause and that he should work alongside her. He refused stating Sakuya wouldn't give up just because of the situation she's in. Suseri knew he would say that, and she understood clearly his resolve. Instead of continuing this conversation, she asked Shinichiro to take good care of Sakuya.
Another specter involving the subway occurs, and the specter this time was a smoke specter. This was also a trap, and the end result was Shinichiro nearly dying of suffocation. Sakuya performed CPR saving his life. During that time, Suseri goes off alone to find the specter specter but ended up meeting the one behind these traps. Suseri gets injured, but gets saved by Sakuya. It was then that this person decided to tell the group her name: Isuca.
A few days later, a meeting was being held at the Shimazu family. The current head decided that Sakuya will not be exiled. Suseri's mother disagreed stating that she must be exiled. Suseri, on the other hand, went along with the head's decision which only infuriated her mother telling her that she should not have anything to say on the matter due to the fact that she was also in the running to be the next head. Ignoring what her mother told her, Suseri asks the head to perform the ritual of exorcism.
The next day, Suseri encountered Shinichiro and asked him if she could tag along with him on his shopping trip. During that time, she began to develop romantic feelings for him. This built up her confidence, and she began the ritual of exorcism confronting the lightning beast. Unfortunately, her confidence wasn't enough, and she got injured in the process. After seeing her in pain, Shinichiro decided to help her. During the ritual, Suseri began to have flashbacks of her childhood. She got too distracted, and the lightning beast was ready to pounce. Shinichiro prevented this by stabbing it in the leg. In return, the lightning beast hit Shinichiro with a jolt of electricity knocking him to the ground. Suseri tries to heal him, but he told her to leave her healing spells for herself. He then gave her words of advice and then fell unconscious. Suseri started having thoughts about Sakuya using Shinichiro and herself wanting only his power. She gives her first kiss to him and she regains and increases her spiritual power. After replenishing her spiritual energy, Suseri regained her confidence and heard Shinichiro say Sakuya. Instead of getting upset, Suseri strengthened her composure, clearly showing that Shinichiro discovered her true name (Sakuya. Ironic, isn't it) without realizing it, and faced the lightning beast head-on. The lightning beast took note of her resolve and with a few words of negotiation, it swore loyalty to Suseri for the next three years. Shinichiro regains conscious and notices that the lightning beast has become tranquil. Suseri then asks him to give it a name, and he decide on the name Shiro.
Abilities Edit
Spirit Summoning Edit
- Kamaitachi - a wind spirit
- Shiro - a giant wolf spirit that can wield lightning
Relationships Edit
Sakuya Edit
Ever since they were kids, they've been rivals. They are fighting to be the next official head of the Shimazu family. And according to the manga, both of them has developed feelings for Shinichirou, to the point that he knows the true name of both of them. Suseri's true name ( according to manga ) is Sakuya
Shinichiro Edit
She only wanted Shinichiro's power in the beginning to outdo Sakuya but as time passed by, she began to develop romantic feelings for him. Suseri falls in love with Shinichiro.


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It's about time I just overhauled my intro to this profile. It was far outdated since I first wrote it when I was an innocent young girl in high school. ;) My name is Alex, but my nickname is 'Mooncalf'--a name which my cousin found in the dictionary. It's very old-fashioned (as in, Shakespeare used it frequently) and means "a thoughtless person; idiot or fool". Idiot I don't approve of, but fool? Why fools have all the fun! :)
Since I first began writing here, so much in my life has changed. I've learned what it is like to fall in love, and to find a person that you want to spend the rest of your life with. A person you can triumphantly say "yes" to. I also now know what it is like to lose that person. Terribly. Tragically. Because of hatred. I know what it is like to stand in the ICU and to make all the hard medical decisions for someone you love because they trust you to do so. I've learned about disease. I've learned about loss. I've learned that I can persevere through anything, and that perhaps it has all made me just a bit different from the people around me.
And what have I done with all these experiences? I have tried to use them to make my writing better. I have tried to use them to fuel writing that I love and pieces of which I can be proud. And I pray that someone out there enjoys reading them half as much as I enjoy writing them.
Personal stuff (if anyone cares :P):
Gender: Female! I'm female, I swear! I don't know how I keep getting mistaken for a boy, but in this case I swear 'Alex' is short for 'Alexandra'
School: In life, I am a pre-medical student with a BA in Music enjoying my 2 years of hospital work before medical school.
Occupation: I was formerly an EMT, worked in a lab for a few years, and now am back in the ED as a medical scribe. I also work as a semi-professional editor and Japanese/English translator, so do use me to your advantage, all ye seeking beta readers. ;)
Non-literary Goals: The ultimate goal is to become an awesome paediatric cardiologist, hopefully specializing in the ageing patients with repaired congenital defects.
Other hobbies: I used to do some art in my spare time, but not much any more. I'm still very into cosplay, video games, and tabletop gaming, however.
Goals as a writer: 1) To beat my little sister in a race to get a major original work of fiction published (apparently anthologies do not count)
2) To one day write a piece whose readers feel it is worthy of having a page made for it on TvTropes. It would be even cooler to be the first CCS writer to achieve this, and yes, I'd like to make Rooster worthy one day. I can think of no greater honour for a fanfiction. :)
WRITING STATUS: Global Hiatus. Yes, yes, I know... I promised I'd be back this summer, but some unexpected things happened and, thanks to some crippling depression, I've been unable to write. It's getting better though, so stay tuned.
NOTICE: Four Months Before the Golden Rooster is being completely re-written, and ALL my CCS fics are on hiatus in the meantime. Sorry guys, but I've got major projects in different fandoms at the moment, and they're just proving more inspiring...
My Works
The Calm AFTER the Storm- Rewriting once again!
Life for the older Sakura Kinomoto is getting a little more difficult than it was in elementary school. The night before, she was suddenly attacked in her bedroom and forced to flee in nothing but her nightdress. She doesn't know who or what might have set the attack--that doesn't matter right now. What does matter is who came to save her. It wasn't Kero-chan. It wasn't Syaoran-kun. It was someone she cares about, but... why does she feel so strange now about being rescued by this white knight? Waking the next morning, she finds that she is still cradled in his protective embrace--not that he's aware of it! Sakura gets a very hard lesson in mortality--and what exactly the word 'human' means with regards to a certain blond, winged sorcerer. All this time... she should have realized! She'd been so foolish! Such a child! A short, insightful YxS vinaigrette in which Sakura gets a bit of perspective--all while Yue is asleep.
A Summer Night's Musings- REWRITE PENDING!
On a hot summer's night, Kero finds himself unable to sleep (shocking ain't it?). With nothing to occupy his sleep deprived mind, an no one awake to offer a much needed distraction, he finds his mind drifting off to another hot summer back in Clow's time when he got a reality check of the worst kind. Rooster fans get an added bonus with this fic because it describes events that are going to occur in the 3rd arc of the fic. XP Musings was my way of testing the waters before I started to write Rooster, my big Cerberus/Yue fic. It is most definitely also a standalone fic, however. :3
Four Months Before the Golden Rooster -ON HIATUS PENDING RE-WRITE!
Set in Clow's time, the story follows the life of Clow Reed from his first venture from his mother's home, to his ambitious experiments with magic, creation of the cards, the birth of Cerberus and Yue, as well as all the events in between and after which both made, and shattered, their family. Beginning with a very green Clow's journey to embrace his English roots at his father's ancestral home, Reed manor, to the birth of his two housemates and each of the cards, the story follows the Reed trio through over a century as Clow grows in his magic and his wisdom, faces trials and tragedies from his own family, the Li clan, topples to his downward spiral into the affairs of the future, and at last sews the seeds of his own undoing in a pilgrimage to 19th century Japan. I intend this to be a very long and extensive multi-chapter story, and follow the early, untold tale of the pre-Sakura story-line from Clow's initial plan for the cards and their guardians all the way to the birth of Eriol and Fujitaka.
Chapter Twenty (Part III): "Down in yonder green field there lies a knight slain 'neath his shield..." The sound of the old folk tune fills the night air as the battle against the cards' storm continues. The bets have been places. The dice have been cast. The victors have rolled away from the table with little more than a few cuts and bruises, but the one loser in tonight's game has paid with every chip in his pile. Now, just as Clow had foreseen, one of their trio has fallen... Or has he? Now armed with the truth about his brother's fate, Yue is prepared to make the biggest bet of anyone at this table. As Clow struggles with his inner demons, it may be up to a more unlikely hero to patch up the rapidly deteriorating situation atop Reed hill--and to risk everything to do it! But he can't pull this gambit off alone. If there is any chance at all of saving the fallen--if there is any chance of saving the town--then some chances will have to be taken, some broken bonds will have to be mended, and some forbidden borders will have to be crossed.
Videogame Fanfiction (AO3 exclusive)
Yes, I finally gave in and started writing some fanfiction for the myriad of different games I play. I has helped enormously with writers' block. However, I won't be posting them here--for one thing, the gore, horror, or adult themes in a few of these are not well suited for FF. I have enough problems censoring Rooster... So look me up on AO3 if you want to read these! My penname is the same, except without the spaces. The rewrite of Rooster's early chapters will also be featured there.
Darkness-Chapter 1 done, chapter 2 on the way...
A Final Fantasy IV twoshot, this deconstruction looks into the psychologies of Rydia, Edward, and Cecil as they traverse the Antlion den and come into more trouble than they had been anticipating. Features a darkly clinical look at the devastating effects Cecil's dark blade has on his body, to say nothing of his soul.
Desert Crowns, Hometown Scandals, Rain-washed Dancers-Prologue now posted, remainder on temporary hiatus pending completion of side works
Sort of a novelization of Final Fantasy VI, but focusing much more on the lives and backstories of all the cast even before they are featured in the main plotline. My inspiration was how much I hate ffVI novelizations that never get finished, and thus result in a mass of Tina, Edgar, and Locke fics that never get far enough along to show us the other characters we love. Based on the Japanese game, which I own, and absolutely no one else's translation (except for the occasional nod to a few of the GBA's more classic lines). A prologue of this may soon be posted on AO3, and if I get a good response, more will follow.
A Tale of Two Cities-Presently being written with first chapters anticipated by summer 2015
This side-story to Desert Crowns explores part of the FFVI canon prior to the setting of the game: Darill and Setzer's past. The story is primarily from Darill's point of view and will follow the story of the pair from their first meeting, through the creation of their airships, up till their high-flying days just prior to Darill's tragic crash. World building and world politics will be a heavy feature, with particular emphasis on the cultures and relations between Jidoor and Zozo.
Moushiwake Arimasen--Top priority!
This is a 9-part series of related Golden Sun fics that expand upon the same head-canon and that will be tied together under this greater title (one can do that on AO3). The focus is mainly an exploration of Alex and Isaac's relationship, and what it means that the Wise One divided Golden Sun between them. An additional focus will explore plotholes in the series, including: the identity of the Wise One, his reasons for dividing the Golden Sun, and the motives of the entire cast leading into and during the events of Dark Dawn. Ultimately, if I write fast enough, Dark Dawn compliant material will follow. Everything is based on the Japanese version of the game, but will use English names in almost all instances.
1) I, Lucifer
Alchemy is restored, but all is not well in Weyard. Many years ago, the Wise One made a choice in the Star Chamber of Sol Sanctum, and is now beginning to regret it. Natural disasters and strange Vortexes of Psynergy ravage the land, and may destroy all Weyard if balance can't be restored. Worse still, ancient remnant of the Old World's greed that yet lingers, ready to pounce on the new dawn unless they are stopped: The Umbra Clan. Something must be done... but this time it's not going to be quite as clean an affair as slaying monsters and igniting lighthouses: to save billions, thousands must first be put in the line of fire (literally). This time it's going to take an Adept whose soul is not quite as clean as his noble heroes of Vale. After surviving the collapse of Aleph, a badly mutated Alex has struggled to get his new powers under control, but can't help be burdened by visions of Weyard's impending destruction. Driven to keep the world around, Alex is more than happy to play the villain again--even if the salvation of the world means the potential death of thousands. Hell, he'll even settle for playing minion to a man who ruined his life...especially if he can find a way to get revenge along the way! But things are not so simple as they seem. While Alex travels to Ayuthay to start the Alchemy Well, many wrenches get thrown into his plans. One of these is a warrior princess named Veriti who proves to be quite the worthy opponent. Another is the strange dreams that shake both wielders of the Golden Sun. With visions of chaos dancing in their heads, and a cryptic voice demanding their "reunion", saving the world is going to be a lot harder this time--for Alex and Isaac alike. Prequel to Dark Dawn. Truthshipping. An exploration of Amiti's conception, the missions of Alex and the Wise One respectively, as well as the nature of the Golden Sun divided between Alex and Isaac.
2) Nevermore
Two-shot. 1) Quoth the Raven. The Warriors of Vale had rejoiced in strange celebration with the refugees of the fallen village after which they would be named. They celebrated their journey and the rebirth of their world beneath a gold-tinged sky, and Mia forgot for a moment that she should be concerned about her traitorous cousin and the ultimate power he had presumably gained. It wasn't until they'd watched the sacred volcano puff with fury and collapse in upon itself that the Wise One appeared and told her his news: she would never have to worry again. Alex of Ymir had failed. The Wise One had outsmarted him. ...He was dead. But that's fine! He... deserved what he got. And may he rest in peace...It wasn't until she was teleported home to Ymir that it hit her. She was alone. She would never see him again. Nevermore. 2) Years later, Mia has erected a fourth memorial mound in the shrine to her late aunt, uncle, and baby cousin. The earth is neatly drawn-up. The snow atop it is fresh and white. A candle, as with the others, she nightly lights beside it as she prays. The name engraved upon the stone is 'Alexander'. Mia's husband has entertained his wife's eccentricities for years, but he can't take much more of this obsession. Her guilt is utterly unfounded, and her little memorial is sacrilegious. For all he cares, the former heir to the Mercury Clan can roast in Hell--as he surely is! ...But still Mia prays. As their children prepare to disembark into their years of studying with Kraden, he feels his duty is done. He's had enough of this. If she won't abandon her vigil... then she's going to have to stand it by herself. When Rief hears news of his parents' divorce, there is only one name he shouts in hatred and blame: the same one for which his mother prays. Mia is an angel. Rief guesses he's not. Nowell doesn't say a word. And so the angel prays for them all.
3) Hatred and Pain
Alex hadn't heard of Veriti's death initially. And when he does, he is livid. Rightly, he blames the Wise One who hadn't told him of the princess' distress in time to save her. It's the final straw, and Alex is plotting revenge... He will destroy that damned rock once and for all! An explanation of Alex's ulterior motives for helping the Tuaparang--because of course he had some! Likewise an exploration of why Alex fought atop Apollo Lens, why Blados and Chalis survived, and why his final lines were delivered telepathically. Likewise, a theory about the nature of the powers of Light and Darkness.
4) Unnecessary Bloodshed
After the children return from their long adventure saving the world, it's time for some confessions. The Warriors of Vale gather and share the story of the night after Golden Sun appeared. Set the night Mount Aleph collapses into the earth at the end of Lost Age. Details in graphic, medically-sound descriptions, how Alex could have survived the aftermath of the Golden Sun event to appear as he does in Dark Dawn. Of course, he's not going to manage it without a little help, whether the Adept himself would admit it or not. Thankfully... Felix is used to keeping his business a secret. And so is his party... Scenes based in the present are counterbalanced with scenes from Alex and Mia's past in Ymir/Imil, and how the pair of them ended up where they are now: one, a power-hungry manipulator who has been hurled brokenly from his throne, the other... well, she saved the world, right?
5) The Theory of Adaptation
Four-shot. The second generation of heroic adepts sometimes appear to wield powers and combinations their elders never could have dreamed of. Is their quick rising through the psynergic ranks proof of Kraden's pet theory of inheritance of acquired traits? Can the skills honed by their parents be passed on the Warriors of Dawn? And, if so, what secret legacies might they reveal? A chain of four linked moments in time hints at the frightening prospect of our young heroes' legacies.
1) After the lighting of the Apollo Lens, Kraden finds himself with unexpected company as he wanders Belinsk: a sorry-looking adept who certainly is not the sage's old travelling companion. Questions lie begging in the air, but the wizened scholar can hardly force a man to voice his private fears. Especially when that man is Alex of Ymir. Instead, they talk of Matthew, and his mysterious preference for the Growth psynergy. 2) Amiti was always happy to play the Fool, but he isn't stupid. Son of the Magician, raised by the Emperor, sitting in his Tower, he knows he's got a good grasp on all the major Arcana in his life. He also knows his surrogate father is dying--and thinks he has a pretty good idea about his biological father to boot! The young king has a lot to think about, but Rief is coming with news of his friends, and the least he can do is slap on a happy facade. Gods, he hopes that doesn't make him too much like Alex... 3) Rief and Amiti engage in a friendly spar on Ayuthay's lake, Mercury-on-Mercury. It seems a wondrous moment of youthful frivolity until they boys go a bit too far. Riding on the battle high, Amiti accidentally taps a new psynergy he never knew he had access too. Rief panics, to Amiti's dismay, and runs home to his mother, demanding an alternative explanation. She has none to offer. Inheriting the Warp is as plain an indicator as if the young king had tattooed his heritage across his face. 4) It's Paithos' last night on Wayard, but he doesn't want Amiti to know. However, resigned to breathing out his last alone in his room one darkened eve, the old king is instead receives a surprise visitor. An adept he'd never thought he'd see again appears, halfheartedly offering an unnatural restoration to his failing body. Paithos refuses, though he understands the intent. Amiti will be all right without him, besides, he's not quite an orphan yet. Still, his cyclopean companion makes points he cannot deny: if psynergy is heritable, then what does it mean for the child whose father carries inside of him the warring remnants of Golden Sun?
6) Angels, Demons, Da Vinci Codes
Two-shot. It is the cusp of Sagittarius and Capricorn--the winter solstice. To those who follow the words of the Goddess, the night is holy, said to be the day the world was made. 1) Alex doesn't know why he has come back to this place, but on the eve of holiday, he somehow finds himself sinking in the snow of northern Angara. He avoids the service in the sanctuary where he is sure his cousin is singing carols with her family, and instead finds his way to his former home. The ruined shack still undisturbed, but is surprised to find that the shrine around the burial mounds has been lovingly tended over the years. He is more surprised still to find a cloaked figure there, already prostrate before the wintry tomb. Both are pleased to pretend they are strangers. Both know they are not. They discuss the past, the future, and whether or not any of it could have happened differently. 2) Sing Noel! In the days following the solstice, Amiti finds an unexpected visitor on his doorstep: a young scholar and Mercury adept who claims to be Nowell of Ymir. She already seems to know who he is and doesn't seem to care--at least not in the way Amiti feels she should. She claims to have come to offer her condolences and some familial comfort in the holiday season, however, she certainly seems to have her own agenda as well... Alchemy is discussed, as is the nature of the Golden Sun and the Philosopher's Stone. Nowell has a theory that surpasses even the learnings of her master, but she is not revealing all.
7) Terminal Dystrophic Calcification
Even with the power of Light to balance out that of the Darkness, the psynergy vortexes are still appearing. And with the Umbra Clan's true goals for the Vortexes and Mourning Moon revealed at last, it's looking like Weyard might be done for unless the combined Warriors of Vale and Dawn can do something about it. The Tuaparang must be stopped--at once! Secrets are revealed. Connections are made. Things are looking gloomy for the heroes of Weyard, until the almighty Emperor makes one wrong move... and the Wise One realizes, too late, that he may have made a slight miscalculation some twenty years ago...
8) Moushiwake Arimasen
It's a snowball effect: once you get it started, it just keeps rolling downhill. It's too late to turn back now. Alex can't lie to himself any more. Mia's shrine burns. It's time to end it--all of it. The Wise One now watches his plan go spinning out of control and fears he no longer has the power to reel in his wayward servants. Alex is beyond reason and about to ruin it all. Let the Philosopher's Stone be formed! But there may be one last shot at preventing history from repeating itself... and the Wise One may just have one more ace up his sleeve... In the aftermath of the destruction, Mia gets word that several of Ymir's hunters were bested and booted from their own camp by a naked, unarmed young woman who had appeared seemingly out of nowhere. What's more, this warrior woman is now calling for Mia... and claiming to be the Princess of Ayuthay... But if the Warriors of Vale are going to repair the Wise One's mistakes and truly wield the power of the Golden Sun at last, they're going to have to hurry!
9) Rise Like a Phoenix!
Rather than vengeance... The time has arrived for the final showdown between the Warriors of Vale and Dawn, and their enemies: the Umbra Clan. It swiftly becomes apparent, however, that mere teamwork between old enemies is not going to cut it if the Warriors want to save their world. To truly restore balance, something drastic has to happen...
Preferred Pairings
I'll beta read just about anything, and find many variations of character relationships interesting. But these pairings will get you my immediate attention. ;)
Cardcaptor Sakura:
SAKURA x YUE! (my one and only OTP), Sonomi x Fukitaka, Sonomi x Nadeshiko, Syaoran x Tomoyo
Tsubasa Resrevoir Chronicle:
Sakura x Syaoran, Fai x Kurogane
Kohane x Watanuki
Final Fantasy
IV: Kain x Rydia, Golbez x Kain, Cecil/Kain/Rosa in any combination
V: BARTZ x FARIS!
VI: Terra x Setzer* (why is there not more of this pairing?), Edgar x Relm, Gau x Relm, Locke x Celes, Mog x Molulu (sad ;_;), Kefka x Terra (consensual)
VII: Zack x Aerith, Cloud x Sephiroth, Cloud x Reno, Reno x Rude, Tifa x Rude, Sephiroth x Genesis, Vincent with anyone female.
XIII: Sara x Snow, Lightning x Caius, Noel x Yeul, Lightning x Sazh, Fang x Venille, Fang/Vanille/Lightning, Vanille x Hope
Golden Sun (I'll use English names...please do tell me if I get them wrong. :/)
Isaac x Jenna (Valeshipping), Garrett x Mia (Steamshipping), Felix x Sheba (Lighthouseshipping), Ivan x Feizhi (Purpleshipping), Felix x Alex (Porcelainshipping), Alex x Isaac (Sunshipping), Alex x Veriti (Truthshipping), Amiti x Karis (Stormshipping), Matthew x Sveta (Spiritshipping)
ATLA & Legend of Korra:
Katara x Zuko, Toph x Aang, Toph x Zuko, Sokka x Suki. For Legend of Korra: Verik x Zhuli, Mako x Prince Wu (Crack pairing, yo! XP), Bolin x Opal, Korra x Mako, and Kora/Mako/Asami.
Pairings I HATE
I'll still consider a request to beta read these, but I've got a strong bias and you'd probably be better off finding someone else. :/
Harry Potter:
Hermione x Draco (I'm *OK* with onesided on Malfoy's end), Snape x Hermione, any Marauder x Marauder or Marauder x Snape (with few exceptions)
Cardcaptor Sakura:
Nakuru x Touya (two-sided especially), Nakuru x Yuki or Ruby Moon x Yue, Eriol x Yue (two-sided or onesided on Yue's part), Eriol x Yuki or Fujitaka x Yuki, Eriol x Tomoyo, mutually reciprocated TYY, ANYTHING that involves Yue and Yukito 'merging' or 'really being the same person'. Basically: You'll have to twist my arm to get me to work on something non-canon compliant.
Final Fantasy:
VI: TERRA x LOCKE! (Dear LORD, kill it with FIRE!!! Pun intended...), Terra x Edgar, Celes x Terra, Leo x Terra, Sabin x ANYONE! O_O
VII: Cid or Vincent with any of the guys, Cloud x Tifa, reciprocated Could x Aerith
XIII: Lightning x Hope.
Golden Sun:
Rief x Karis (Tiarashipping), Karis x Sveta (Zephyrshipping?), Isaac x Mia (Mudshipping). Sorry, guys, I know that last one is popular. Just not my cup of tea. :/
ATLA & Legend of Korra:
Korra x Asami. Sorry, guys. It's not the characters that bother me, nor is it the fans, nor is it even really the concept. I just can't get behind what feels to me like little more than a poorly-written publicity stunt. :/
Pet Peeves in Fan Fics:
2) Comas and unconsciousness. I realize that a large part of the problem is a lack of education, and some lies by Hollywood for the sake of drama. But seriously my fellow writers, when you're dealing with issues of unconscious characters, please consider a few things. First, prolonged unconsciousness doesn't halt all body functions. If someone's out of commission for a while, they're still going to need a means of getting sustenance and water at the very least... and probably some unpleasantness like a lot of diapers and a good caregiver willing to deal with all that. Yes, I do realize this is hard in a lot of settings where technology is low. But you're writers! You're creative geniuses! You can do it. Also please do note that unconsciousness due to injury is a rather severe occurrence, and usually indicates severe brain damage if it lasts more than a minute in the real world.
3) Misunderstandings of anatomy and physiology. I see this a lot in the form of characters receiving injuries that would be rapidly fatal in the real world, but are treated as minor occurrences. These include any massive trauma, but especially to thoracic and abdominal regions as well as damage to the limbs. There's not a lot of places in the human body that one can get stabbed without serious and immediate complications. Do be aware that shoulder and thigh wounds can be one of the fastest ways for someone to bleed to death, and that getting stabbed in the back usually also means getting stabbed in the heart or lung. Drowning has secondary side effects due to water damage, and any prolonged lack of oxygen and/or circulation causes very serious systemic effects. Don't neglect that!
4) Cardiac health deserves its own special section. CPR almost never works in the real world, unfortunately--you generally need defibrillation to save a victim of cardiac arrest. Also do note the seriousness of the condition: I've worked in emergency medicine most of my adult life, and I've only seen 2 patients come out of cardiac arrest without serious, crippling side effects. In fact, most of them die in-hospital. If you're going to come that close to killing someone in your work, don't take it lightly. Also: no one comes back from a 'flat-line'. The condition is called asystole, is considered a non-shockable rhythm, and I have never seen anyone survive it. Another important thing to note, my fellow writers, is the effect of serious illness or injury on cardiac function. Regardless of cause, if someone is dying, their heart rate is going to increase, not decrease. What will often drop is blood pressure, which in turn will make pulses harder to feel. Hey, that's kind of a neat device! Go take advantage of that instead! The sole exception is when patient is dying of either 1) hypothermia, 2) a specific set of cardiac rhythm disorders, or 3) overdose of some drugs commonly called 'downers'. In those cases, you'll see a decrease in heart rate instead. Hey, be educated, my dear writers! ;)
5) Translation issues and folks attempting to incorporate Japanese elements into English fiction. Hey, I totally get it that a lot of us write for awesome video game, anime, manga, and other fandoms whose source material was originally Japanese. And that's great! I'm so glad we live in a global world! Sometimes, however, I see writers attempting to re-incorporate Japanese dialogue and other odd words into their English works, and it just doesn't work out very well I'm afraid. For one thing, it rarely ever takes into account a given character's speech patterns in the Japanese canon, and it can also feel jarring and out of place to the reader if not handled appropriately. If you do want to incorporate some Japanese into your work, please don't hesitate to seek out an editor who speaks the language! I know there are only a few of us among the registered beta readers, but more often than not we would LOVE to help you! The same is true of any questions you might have about a mistranslation in your source material or some nuance of your characters' speech patterns. Please, please come to we few who are familiar with the Japanese versions of your fandoms! We are usually thrilled to talk about our take on the canon! I know I for one am always super excited when a fellow fan asks me for a translation--so come! Work with us! :D
6) Calling an innocent beta reader the anti-Christ! O_O OK, OK, so that was mostly a joke (though this did happen to me on one occasion). This is mostly commentary about all the hate I still sometimes see among members of the same fandom. So listen up, you lot: we may disagree about the nuances of the cannon. We may disagree about which character should be smooching whom. We may disagree about who's the hero, who's the villain, and who is ultimately too far gone to save. But, you know what? We're all pretty awesome writers celebrating our love of the same fandom. Please do try to love and respect each other. Don't flame, and keep your mind open. Hey, that fellow's work may not be your cup of tea, but it still might have redeeming qualities, or even give you something new to think about! Also: walk in the light, my children. Never venture into "that dark shadowy place". It is called Tumblr, my little ones, and it is a dark place--you must never go there. :P
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