Post by secretangel106 on Nov 1, 2008 13:40:31 GMT -5
Hi all!
I'm secretangel106, and I've been a big fan of Tommy/Kim for a LONG time. I'll openly admit, I'm far too old for this nonsense... and yet, I somehow can't help myself. I watched power rangers while I was an awkward, dorky middle schooler, and I think I found solace in the "perfect world" it portrayed, which I now know was completely unrealistic. I stopped watching after Kim left, and unfortunately I have no real interest in any of the other incarnations... Not yet, anyway.
I stumbled upon T/K fanfiction while I was in college and used to read it addictively, alone in my dorm room. Despite the fact that I've outgrown my dorky awkwardness (to some degree), I still feel myself drawn into this little world of Angel Grove/Reefside/wherever the characters happen to be, and I find myself diving into whatever T/K material I can find whenever I have some time alone. I use it now as a solace from the real world, a return to my childhood, and while I'm certainly very happy with where my life has taken me, emerging myself in nostalgia is a welcome vacation from reality.
Since I started my sporadic fanfic addiction, stories have been bouncing around in my head, and I've just recently started writing them down. My first fiction, The Falcon Oracle, flew through my brain and into my fingers, and I had a hard time pulling myself away to work on other, more productive things. I love the feeling of writing and posting, and that inspired me to start my second fic, To Have and To Hold. This story has not flowed quite as well, and what started out as a great idea just dying to be put on paper has tapered into something a little more forced. I've committed myself to finishing it, though, and it will be done... sooner or later.
Every time I think my writing's anywhere close to good, I find myself reading something by one of the more "legendary" fanfic authors - like Cheryl Roberts, Shawn30, or jtreviso - and I realize that I still sound like a total amateur. Thank you to all of you for sharing your voice with the rest of us, and for keeping me inspired to work harder to improve my writing.
That's it for this longer-than-necessary introduction. I look forward to surrounding myself with other fans of the show, even if you're all much younger than I am. What can I say - I'm still a big dork at heart.
I'm secretangel106, and I've been a big fan of Tommy/Kim for a LONG time. I'll openly admit, I'm far too old for this nonsense... and yet, I somehow can't help myself. I watched power rangers while I was an awkward, dorky middle schooler, and I think I found solace in the "perfect world" it portrayed, which I now know was completely unrealistic. I stopped watching after Kim left, and unfortunately I have no real interest in any of the other incarnations... Not yet, anyway.
I stumbled upon T/K fanfiction while I was in college and used to read it addictively, alone in my dorm room. Despite the fact that I've outgrown my dorky awkwardness (to some degree), I still feel myself drawn into this little world of Angel Grove/Reefside/wherever the characters happen to be, and I find myself diving into whatever T/K material I can find whenever I have some time alone. I use it now as a solace from the real world, a return to my childhood, and while I'm certainly very happy with where my life has taken me, emerging myself in nostalgia is a welcome vacation from reality.
Since I started my sporadic fanfic addiction, stories have been bouncing around in my head, and I've just recently started writing them down. My first fiction, The Falcon Oracle, flew through my brain and into my fingers, and I had a hard time pulling myself away to work on other, more productive things. I love the feeling of writing and posting, and that inspired me to start my second fic, To Have and To Hold. This story has not flowed quite as well, and what started out as a great idea just dying to be put on paper has tapered into something a little more forced. I've committed myself to finishing it, though, and it will be done... sooner or later.
Every time I think my writing's anywhere close to good, I find myself reading something by one of the more "legendary" fanfic authors - like Cheryl Roberts, Shawn30, or jtreviso - and I realize that I still sound like a total amateur. Thank you to all of you for sharing your voice with the rest of us, and for keeping me inspired to work harder to improve my writing.
That's it for this longer-than-necessary introduction. I look forward to surrounding myself with other fans of the show, even if you're all much younger than I am. What can I say - I'm still a big dork at heart.