site update and name pondering

[askerian]

Only the fics for now; I'm still too lazy to do the pics too. Oh Asuka, good idea, keep letting the pics pile up, I'm sure it will make it easier later on. x__x



Multiparts:

-Teamwork 3:
---Chapter 3: Island
---Chapter 4: Allies?
---Chapter 5: Fox
---Sidefic: Bet (Naruto & team Kunoichi)
---Sidefic: Marking (drabble, Naruto & Sakura)
---Sidefic: babydaddy (Kakashi & Aoru)

-Crossed Wires Chapter 12.

Naruto One-shots:
-Wanna have Sex? (narusasu random dialogue with Konoha 11 and Team Snakes flavor)
-Locker Room Therapy (my very first schoolfic AU ♥ T^T)

Final Fantasy 7
-Cloudette and the Yellow Orb (genderbending crack)
-Aeris/Tifa porn ficlet.


I'm thinking about making a page for all the short crossovers -- but if I post them there I'll have to rewrite/polish them too. Oh, why not.

My main problem with them is where to post them on FFnet. XD;; I was thinking of making a collection of fics, but it's not like all of them have one same fandom in common, so which category do I place them in? I feel like no one ever looks in Anime crossovers. Blah, like it matters, they're so short and weird only someone who already reads my stuff would bother looking at them. XD

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I've been wondering whether to change my screen name for a good six months now.

I still like the sound of the name Asuka. A-beginnings are prrt, and S also, and Ka... I just like Ka sounds too. Dynamic in a way? Kureru, though, was only added on to differentiate from another Asuka author in the Gundam Wing fandom. (It's basically just my RL first name in romaji. Ph34r my naming schemes. I should have thought on it harder, seems like no one can spell or remember it. XD;) But, well, I'm not Japanese and it's starting to sound kinda weeabo.

In that vein, I like the sound of Askerian. It's original, it has all the sounds I like... and, it's not me. It's an old character. When people call me Askerian I know they're talking to me, but at the same time it doesn't really feel mine. I'm not a bad-tempered curly-haired unicorn stallion. I used it for many of my accounts around teh internets, but that's it; it's the name of the accounts.

I've been playing with similar sounds, trying to re-spell and tweak them, but the only one that sounds right is Aska (keeps the exact same sounds, AND stops being Japanese, just by taking out one lousy letter! Awesome.) Though I'm wondering if it comes across as Ask-ah or Ass-ka or something. >_>;;; (of course now that i've pointed it out even people who wouldn't have will. u_____u;;; )

... Askah? Askha? Ashka? Hahshkhah! Hell, why not add silent Rs and Ys while I'm at it. DX Besides I think I've seen people with very similar names before. That would be confusing...

Perhaps I should rename the character (Kerian? that would fit him too, AND mean one less A-starting name in the story) and take the Askerian name for myself, though I'm not sure I could stop associating the name and the character in my head. Perhaps I should stay with Asuka Kureru -- it's got some brand recognition that I'd probably lose otherwise...

At any rate people around here could still keep calling me Asuka. I've been going by Asuka so long I'd turn around in the street without thinking twice, so it's not like I'll be going OMG YOU CALLED ME BY THE WRONG NAME. But... I don't know. Been thinking about it, is all.

Comments

[garmiet.livejournal.com]

Reminds me a bit of a charm mentioned in Needful Things by Stephen King: azka. I know it's "z" instead of "s", but I was reminded of it by this entry.

I always thought the name "Askerian" was pretty.


But it's up to you. A lot of times when someone/something that's popular changes something about it, like a name or a sign or something, fans tend to be disappointed. They'll probably want you to stick with "Askerian"/"Asuka Kureru".

But different name or not, your art and stories will be just as good. =)

[askerian]

Ohh, Azka would be pretty. Except I'm unreasonable and want no Zs in my names. But I like it anyway. *keeps in mind*

You vile flatterer you. ♥ XD;

[tephra]

Though I'm wondering if it comes across as Ask-ah or Ass-ka or something. >_>;;;

In all honesty, with my accent, if I didn't know it came from Asuka? It would. Knowing it came from Japanese I use the fuller, rounder, "a" with it rather than my default harsher sort of nasal "a" sound.

Sadly, my accent means a lot of my original character names get stuffed with silent characters so I remember how I intended them to sound. :/

Ahska or Awska probably offends the sensibilities of the anti-silent character faction.

Drop the "A" and go with Oska or Ozka? :D

My own name here is a combination of the "fan name" I've been using online for 15 or so years, and my real name (because people are squatting on Tephra and Teph here at LJ, *grrrr*).

[askerian]

Aw crud. Okay, nevermind Aska. u__u And Ahska I would typo as Ash-ka all the time.

Drop the "A" and go with Oska or Ozka? :D

Urgh no, I kind of hate most O-starting names for some unfathomable reason. XD; Well, it works for some characters/people but I can't see myself with one of those. XD

I like Tephra. It's pretty. u.u

[inverts.livejournal.com]

Name changes are kind of weird, yeah. My current journal isn't really much of a name/handle for me, though I expect new people I meet may start calling me by it, which will be weird. I still kind of identify as Sailor Comet. XD; It's a good thing I also introduced myself as "Sam" a lot of places because that carries over while I leave Sailor Comet behind.

So uh, I guess I don't have much helpful to say. If you change it, inevitably it'll take a while to adjust and you might never totally leave the old name behind. But hey, this is the internets! You can change your name far easier than in RL. 8D When I was in GW fandom, I knew one author who changed her handle every 6 months or year. (Maybe she kept them longer, but it sure seemed like she changed 'em quickly.)

I wouldn't worry too much about sounding weeabo though. Like garmiet above me said, whatever name you have, your art & all is still awesome. Judging you on a name is silly, and many of us have online handles we outgrow after a while. I know I'm not the only one who went by my preteen mary-sue name for years. I guess that's just part of the fun of choosing your own name online. XDb


...Cloudette and the yellow orb you say? My eternal weakness for genderbending fun is telling me to investigate this further....

[askerian]

Yeah, Inverts feels like an account name, not a personal handle to me. XD You're Sam.

Oh Internet. Such subtle geekery.


It's not like I really care that some people will think "weeaboo"; it's just that Japan/anime is not quite as big a part of my interests anymore and i'm not all into the "i wish I were japanese" thing; it feels a bit weird to have a pseudo-japanese name. But in the end I'll probably keep going with the same name XD mm inertia.


Cloudette and the yellow orb! u.u

[hakkai-duo.livejournal.com]

Aww I really like Askerian, but I guess I understand. Though If you keep Asuka Kureru, I don't think it would be that bad, that is what a majority of your fans know you by.

If you don't mind me asking, what is your real name? I can't figure out what Kureru is supposed to represent, though I am not French, so I might never figure it out lol ^.^;;;

[askerian]

XDD;;;

K(u)rer(u) => Krer => Claire. Now that I think of it I'm not even sure they'd romanize it like that. *ponderponder*

[uminohikari.livejournal.com]

I...would pronounce Aska as ass-ka, tbh

(Also, my username is totally more weeabo than yours)

[askerian]

*snicker* Okay, nevermind then. Goodbye Aska.

Hm, I don't know about that. Yours sounds like a poetic visual picture; mine sounds like I named myself after my favorite character. The only way I could sound more weeabo is if I went by Asuka Uchiha. XDDD

[uneko.livejournal.com]

forgive my typos. I sliced the shit out of my finger earlier while cutting tomatoes and, aparently, being a scratching post...

Dun like Aska. Or.. it's okay, but it hits that weeabo thing for me. Why? well, it's not Japanese, no, but.. Ehm.. In Japanese, it's common to subvocalize or mostly drop the 'u' sorts of sounds.. desu is des', kuso is k'so, etc.. Asuka, given that treatment, is Aska. To me, it COULD sounds like someone went "that characters name is Asuka.. but.. everyone SAYS it's Aska. And that make more sense, so I'll call myself Aska."

Or, y'know, not... ^^;

Maybe.. play with the syllables or something? Akasu? Akuresu? Kuresuka?

Those all sound Japanese though...

I dunno. I've been having this same debate myself for years. my email and stuff all use a log in name of a character who I don't even like to think about anymore (bad RL experiences), and others.. other.. I've been the other for about 10 years. and while ColbyWolf fits me. at the same time... meeeeh.

perhaps you should take it from a different angle an try to come up with a completely new idea or name. Sometimes you really do just need to clear off he table, so to speak, and start from scratch.

As for brandname recognition.. I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to transition. start signing fics as So-and-so, previously known as AsukaKureru... etc..

I dunno.

[askerian]

Aw! *sends pettings*

That's a reasoning I didn't think about. Another vote against it then. Okies.

I don't want something completely new, because I'm not trying for a clean break. It's more of a slow evolution, I suppose, but even so it's not a particularly significant one.

bah, i think i'll be lazy and not change anything. Maybe at some point the perfect name will appear and I'll change it, but for now I'd be liable to change my mind a week later. XD;

[sarolynne.livejournal.com]

...I always think of you as Askerian, even though I should know better. But it's just what I see most often in relation to your name. Still, I can see why that would be a problem. You could try to play with that some? "ask" sound would still be there, which you like.

It looks kind of masculine to me though--if Askerian needed to come up with a name to pass with after being genderswitched, what would it be?

(...I'm clearly no good at this. Naming characters is fairly easy. But for handles and such? Bleh. If I had to rename my LJ at the moment, I'd probably end up being kappalicious. Which is just a ridiculous in joke.)

[askerian]

Kappalicious is cute but I still forbid you to rename. I'd have to actually remember it. >__>

♥

If askerian needed to pass after being genderswitched he'd still go by askerian because fuck it, he's a guy. no rly he is. >(((( Also rian endings are damn hard to change to female versions. D: askeria just looks like a fantasy amazon island. XD

[windandwater.livejournal.com]

Can't help you with the name thing, as most people know me as Sailor Seraphim, which means I cannot say anything about any name EVER.

[askerian]

I ... think of you as Sera? If that helps. XDD;;;;;

also it kinda suits you anyway. because what do we think when we think of sailor seraphim? Why, of course a schoolgirl with tentacles. Of course.

It's 120% appropriate. u.u

[gothicstargrl.livejournal.com]

Probably unhelpful, but whenever I see your posts I say "Ashka-chama!" (Which is, er, basically Asuka-sama all cutesy babytalk-y, because I am fangirly and twee. XD;;;) So I always think of you as Asuka, and any variations of that would be easily recognizable in my opinion. ♥

And hey, you could always go the cliche fantasty route and put apostrophes in one variation, like As'ka or A'ska! And then you can get all furious and go into a capslock rage when people put the apostrophes in the wrong place. < /kidding> XD

Also also, when you mentioned upthread to someone that you hate most O-starting names, I got a very significant "*POUT* >:|" feeling from Orochi-borous. It was funny as hell. XD (I've been roleplaying for story purposes all morning, and whenever I've been in-character with him he's been SUPER dramaqueeny. Like, more than normal, if such a thing is possible. *grin* Even Bucket-suke is teasing him about it, and when an Uchiha is calling you dramatic, you might as well have the Tragedy mask stapled to your forehead.)

[askerian]

u-uwah you're so cute. T^T *tackleglompsquish*

... Eww apostrophes. I never know how to pronounce them. XD ... that means I could get angry at people for mispronouncing them any way they actually pronounce it. *__* Ufufufufu. >3

*... gigglesnort* Oh, pooor Oro-chan. u.u

appropriate icon?

[na-no-nai.livejournal.com]

Because I found you by writing first (on mm.org) long before I found you on eljay, I always think of you as Asuka. Askerian was always The Eljay Name for me. And since I've had that association for so long, it'll probably be a hard one for me to break. That being said, though, I can understand the periodic urge to change one's name. My username at all the fanfic archives is lame. And my eljay handle was something I picked because everything else I could think of was unavailable. (it's supposed to mean nameless. hurr) But I've never really associated myself with it either.

So uh, basically I'm completely unhelpful, but I understand where you're coming from. :3

Re: appropriate icon?

[askerian]

It's okay, I'd probably keep Asuka as my name for friends anyway. XD It's just the kureru that bugs me. And Asuka Askerian just looks weird. *mopes*

I'm never sure what to call you though. XD You evil sneaky person. Mischief Maker so isn't an actual name.

[(Anonymous)]

my little mind-voice always read asuka as three syllables - aska wouldn't be the same name to me. though i can understand kureru seeming a bit weeabo by now.

maybe asuka askerian? alliteration, brand recognition, and apparently well-used across all your accounts too. all in one so you get recognized easily in many places.

out of curiosity, what is kureru the romanji of?

[/delurk]

[askerian]

XD; Asuka Kerian maybe. ... I dunno, it doesn't look right. But then again I'm so used to Kureru, even with how silly it is.

It's supposed to be Claire but it doesn't look right to two of my japanese-speaking buddies. They're American so there might be a difference in pronunciation of the final R that would mean a difference in romaji, but then again I might just have been even more weeabo than I thought and gotten it wrong. XDDD

Back then I liked Kureru because it's also a verb that meant "to be given" or something like that. Ahh. XD;

[kiwi-socks.livejournal.com]

...I call you "Aahzka" and friend says "Azooka". We're probably both wrong, so what is the correct way? .__.

[askerian]

XD;;; Umm, lemme think.

Do you know how the japanese pronounce Sasuke? With the middle u almost entirely silent and very quick? Kinda Sas'ke? I think that would be similar. I don't think it's a long A at either end. ... but now I don't know how to indicate the kind of A I mean, because you weird english-speaking people have like a dozen ways to say it and I don't really speak english. Uh. Ummmm. like Ah more than Ey? ... argh.

[askerian]

It's funny all the associations people have with the name Asuka. Most think it comes from Evangelion, or some other random show, and I don't think anyone ever managed to get it right.

Granted the place I took it from was a very obscure cyborg manga named Xenon that was dropped in the middle of publication. (It was the name of the male protagonist.) So, yeah, kinda unsurprising. >__>;;;


Now that I think on it, I'm not certain how to pronounce kureru myself so you're in good company. XDDD

[nev-longbottom.livejournal.com]

Askerian always sounded like a species or culture. Like if someone asked:
"So, you're what exactly?"
The response would be:"

"I'm German!
or
"Who me? Why I'm East Asian"
or
"Didn't you know I'm Askerian?"

[askerian]

*... snickergiggle*

Apparently it's also the name of a town or village somewhere in ... some middle east country, i'm not sure. I tried to google it but the first three pages are either about me or some weird "asker : Ian" or stuff like that. XDDDD

to be or not to be

[ishanatur.livejournal.com]

honestly, when i saw the name ahska i read it as ashka (first syllable emphasis) for the longest... and i really liked it that way. but i agree with others, you might lose a few fans if you changed your name plus i like both asuka kureru and askerian
but its up to you

[lilai.livejournal.com]

Et bien... disons que je pense que tellement de monde te connait dans les fandoms (autant en français qu'en anglais) que changer de nom aura inévitablement un impact. Quand je suis arrivé sur LJ je t'ai reconnu au nom, alors que j'aurais eu du mal a te trouver nul part a travers les deux contacts que j'avais à l'époque.
J'ai toujours bien aimé Asuka, pour moi il y a Asuka (toi) et les autres Asuka ne sont que des "autres" probablement parce que tu est la première que j'ai croisé avec ce pseudo. Le "Kureru" m'a souvent semblé mineur, il est là justement pour évité la confusion...
C'est vrai que choisir un pseudo n'est pas simple. Personnellement j'aime les nom en "l"... Mon pseudo a considérablement raccourcis avec le temps. Loreilaï Yuy c'est un pur nom de fangirl, he ? (mais au départ le pseudo comprenait un deuxième nom de famille et des infos variés). J'aime beaucoup Askerian aussi mais je pense que renommé le personnage n'aura aucun effet, tu continuera à y référer par Askerian et le nom ne deviendra jamais ton pseudo complètement, comme tu l'a dis c'est le nom du compte.
Beaucoup de fans risque de perdre ta trace si tu changes de nom, tout ceux qui n'ont pas de compte chose ou chose ou qui ont leurs favoris dans leur têtes et pas dans leurs fichiers, ou qui change de pc... ect.
De toute façon, depuis le temps on est habitué a voir des nom japonisant partout et dans n'importe quel fandom ^^;; Changer de nom donne un peu l'impression que tu rejettes ton passé sous "Asuka Kureru" (j'avais déjà trouver bizarre de te trouver sous Askerian ici quand je suis arrivé en 2004).
Et puis, les gens qui compte vraiment, je suppose qu'il te donne aussi des surnoms, non ? Dérivé de ton nom ou de ton pseudo ? Alors que tu change de noms ou pas il continuerons a te surnommer. Et pour une grande majorité du fandom tu resteras Asuka ou Askerian. Le résultat sera probablement que les "nouveaux" t'appellerons d'une façon, et les "anciens" d'une autre, et tu auras trois noms (en comptant le vrai), ce qui sera perturbant pour tout le monde.

"j'ai lu la nouvelle fic d'Asuka, elle est trooop bien"
"Laquelle ?"
"blabla"
"mais non, blabla c'est de untel."
"Ah, t'es sur ?"
ect... xD

Aprés si tu a envie de changer de nom, tu as parfaitement le droit, mais tu risque de regretté un peu Asuka, les osuvenirs, l'habitude et tout ^^

Voilà, c'était ma petite pierre pour ton mur de question.

(Et moi j'aimais bien Askah ^^; )