Listening Changes and Life Update

Hello, readers! It’s been two weeks and I hope you’ve been having fun and keeping busy. I’ve been doing that with learning what I need to do for my new position! There’s a lot to learn and I’m glad everyone’s willing to help me learn it. In other news, it’s becoming more of a pain to look up the first time I’ve mentioned a fic, so I won’t be adding that link to the fanfic descriptions anymore.

I’m also still going through my Pokémon card collection. I’ve got all the extras out and now I’m going through them to see if there are any that people online are interested in. There’s still a lot of bulk, but some are worth a bit. I’ve also started scanning my dvd/blu-ray collection to make a cloud drive so the household can watch them without having to ask me for them and also not rent a movie when I have it because they don’t know/remember about it.

Though I haven’t had as much time to listen, it’s been two weeks and I was close to finishing a few fics so there’s more than what I thought had changed. This is what has changed; first is that I finished Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon Vol 1 and moved onto Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Vol 2. In this one Mukouda continues to travel with his two familiars; Fel and Sui. He’s just arrived in a country and learns he has to re-register with the Adventure’s guild because he’s hasn’t been able to do a quest in a while because of traveling. He aims to slowly build up his rank before continuing on his journey, but will his familiars have something to say about that. Also, it seems more goddesses have learned about him and is this a new familiar? Read all about it in this volume.

I also finished that one and moved onto She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man Vol 5. In this one, Mira continues to look into clues about her missing comrades. She rides the incongruous train to follow the trail looking for Soul Howl. With new comrades and her summons will she get any closer to finding anyone? Find out in this volume.

I also finally finished A Young Girls War Between the Stars and decided to relisten to the DSR series by PixelWriter1, starting from the prequel stories. First is It All Started At The Museum. This one is a one-shot that tells the story of how the four OC magical girls in the main story got their powers and started to do magical girl work. Second is When Ranma Met Aiko (and Tamiko and Fumiko and Misaki). This one is another one-shot that like the title says, is about how Ranma met the four previously mentioned magical girls. This one is set a while before the end of Ranma ½.

Third is Aftermath. This one is a two-shot that tells what happened in the incident after the failed wedding at the end of Ranma ½ from both Kasumi and Ranma’s POVs. The last prequel story is The Fugitives. This directly follows the previous and shows the two how got away started hiding from the Narima Wrecking Crew and were able to live their own life.

Finally, I’m now onto the main fic, Desperately Seeking Ranma. This is a crossover between Ranma ½ and Sailor Moon, but SM is on the sidelines until the later chapters. However, the last arc has been dealing with them. It tells the story of Ranma and Kasumi as magical girls, but told from the POV of Nabuki. She eventually finds them and ends up getting sucked into their orbit (and become a magical girl too). It’s fun and a great fic with 98 chapters. Sadly, it hasn’t been updated since 2016, but the author likes to post that they’ll finish it. Their last post on their profile was in 2022 though.

While not finished, I momentarily paused Black Sky because there was a side story to read, Yesterday’s Tomorrow by Umei no Mai. This one tells of Tsuna’s experiences in the fake future; something he can tell immediately, because *spoiler* he’s not the tenth anymore as he lost the ring battles *spoiler*. He thinks of it more like a video game, and to be frank, it acts like it. This one is finished with 3 longer chapters. Now that it’s finished, it’s back to the main fic and the consequences of that happening, and Dorea and Xanxus are not happy.

Next we finally finished the Game On series that I’d already read. I finished Game On! 3.2 and moved onto Game on! 3.5. This is a one-shot that is the transition chapter between the 3.0 stories and 4.0. It shows how the world changes from Earth to the world of the Naruto world. Tuskiko is much diminished because of helping her people and the aftermath of the human’s war. This is interesting and shows how things are different and the same in this new Naruto world.

When I finished that one, I decided to relisten to Life’s a Pay to Win Game by UnholyExcaliber. If you don’t remember this one, it’s a crossover between Mobseka (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Game is Tough for Mobs) and The Eminence in Shadow. The two worlds are merged and both MCs are born in their respective families. The author does a fantastic job of mixing both plots and making them make sense and interesting. It’s currently complete with 117 chapters, but the author essentially paused it because there’s not much more story for EiS and most likely will continue when either several volumes of it comes out or it finishes.

Next is more side stories for Stories of the Lone Traveler, but we’re actually almost to the end of this story in the list. The first one is Lone Traveler: Babylon 5 Universes. This one contains all the Babylon 5 crossovers from this ficlets, eventually separated because many people (like me) haven’t watched it and so don’t know much about the characters. It has 18 chapters and is listed as completed. I haven’t finished it because I’m focused on the chapters directly referenced in the main story at this time.

The second one is Lone Traveler: Initiative and is with a crossover world with both Buffy and West Wing in it. LT Harry appears when the military is messing around in Sunnydale. He goes to the president and is lucky because he happened to save Josh’s sister from the fire (that killed her in the main series) in the past. How will they handle it? It’s an interesting little story and is also complete with 8 chapters.

The third and the one I’m currently on, is Lone Traveler: The Greatest Minister in History. LT Harry shows up right after Fudge is elected and helps him to become a competent minister and deal with issues so Harry doesn’t have to. Thus, he becomes the title. It’s also complete with 17 chapters.

Skittering Campione was also completed and I chose to listen to Seerking’s Asylum for Plot Bunnies That Won’t Stop Bugging Me by Seerking. This one is archive of Worm AU first chapters and sometimes first arcs of stories that the author didn’t want to continue and left for others to use if they wanted to (and give them credit). It’s mostly Taylor getting other powers or where things went differently in the main story. There are many crossovers and I’ve talked about most of them before. This author still hasn’t posted at all since last year, but the last time this one was in 2024.

Lastly, I finished My Hero Academia: The Golden Light of Hamon and decided to add a recently finished fic and listen to it. The Finding by kb0 is Harry Potter fic where Harry and Ginny touch before he leaves on the train before first year and have a Greater Finding. This is in essence them finding the best person for them, there are also Lesser Findings (that Arthur and Molly have). This and Harry’s wandless magic that he’s been using for a while are the main first changes. He decides to live at the Burrow and learn magic with Ginny for his first year. There are many more changes in the 39 chapters of the story. It’s worth a read.

Now it’s time for the quest stories; first is Harry Potter and the Bonds of Blood by Darth Marrs. This is a darker soul bond story. Riddle tries to take Ginny’s soul before he’s destroyed but Harry saves her. However, things don’t go back the way they came and their bonded. This is not all good, as they are not automatically in love and clash. They have learn to live with each other and survive. This is complete with 52 chapters.

Second is Harry Potter and the Chance at a New Life by kossboss. This one is a crossover with Stargate: SG1. Harry combines with Riddle’s memories after the basalisk vemon destroys the Horcrux. This eventually leads him to decide to leave the wizarding world (after years of preparation) through the Veil, which is really their version of the Quantum Mirror. He comes out from Stargate’s Mirror long before SG1 finds it. He takes over Pelops when he tries to possess him. Watch as Harry takes over and makes his own kingdom to fight for the galaxy. It’s incomplete with 19 chapters and was last updated in 2024.

Third is the last fic in a series *Content Warning* There is sex, quite a bit, in all of these. As it’s set at the beginning of 5^th year quite a few of them are mid to late teens and adults with Harry. Don’t like, Don’t Read. *Content Warning* So the first one is Harry Potter and the Witch’s Secret by Selector. When Harry arrives at Grimwald Place, the unattached ladies can tell his magic is calling to them as he wasn’t taught to control it. So his magic calls to unattached ladies to help control it through the above-mentioned activity. This is very ridiculous, but it caught my attention when I was younger. It also has some early Underworld elements. It’s complete with 53 chapters

The second one and actual sixth fic for toda is Harry Potter and the Dark Lady. A Dark Lady wants Harry, but only for herself. She and her minions attack to bring him to her side. It’s complete with 36 chapters.

The third one (in both places) is Harry Potter and the Corvinus Strain. This one is the full crossover with the Underworld series. Harry and the girls help and interfere in said events to help get to the ending best for them. It’s also complete with 17 chapters.

The fourth is also the second in a series. The first one is Harry Potter and the Power of Emotion by Melindaleo. Harry is not okay after the end of his fifth year, but will he be able to accept the help he needs to heal? Ginny helps him and they get closer. A 6^th year fic where Harry learns his power is affected by the love of those around him. It’s complete with 37 chapters.

Its sequel is Harry Potter and the Curse of the Damned. Harry has to continue to grow in power while dealing with Vodlie. However, now Voldie knows the prophecy and is working to turn it in his favor. How will Harry end the war? And what is the Curse of the Damned? It’s complete with 33 chapters.

The fifth fic and last fic for today is Harry Potter and the Daft Morons by Sinyk. This is another favorite fics with a smart Harry. Harry uses the first task of the Triwizard tournament to reveal a lot of manipulations that he’s had to deal with. How does he know this? Because he is immune to mind magic and so when he’s been Obliviated, he remembers. Harry works to deal with the daft morons around him to get the wizarding world back on track. It’s a Harry/Hermione/Daphne/Fleur story. Sadly incomplete with 84 chapters and not updated since 2018.

That’s it for this week. It’s a bit longer than I thought with all the side stories in the listening list. Have a great two weeks and as always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.

Start of the Harry Potters (It’ll Be a Few Posts)

There’s not much to say for this week. It was a normal week, except that I had a long drive on Monday to go pick up a vehicle. I also started working on a past timeline for my fanfic. It’s mostly for me so I know what I’ve decided and don’t contradict it. The main reason I did this is because a comment (one of the few) on my fic wanted to know if was including Vigilantes in the story.

I’d actually never read it, so I just recently (this week) read most of it and found multiple timelines to try and get where in the original story it fits. Turns out I started the fic during the time skip in Vigilantes. That means I just need to mention the two main vigilantes in a few scenes for continuity (and that my view of a certain character’s thoughts about vigilantes was correct so I don’t need to change it). Not sure if I want my Izuku involved in the after time skip events as I really don’t want AfO to look into Izuku until later (and he’s heavily involved in that part of Vigilantes). I’ll be posting the sixth chapter this week, so look forward to it!

Now it’s time for the listening list changes; first is that I finished Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Vol 1 and moved onto She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man Vol 4. In this one, Mira follows some clues to see if they’ll help her find one of the missing Wise Men, Soul Howl. However, strong monsters are causing problems and she has to help. Then she finds a conflict between Chimera Clausen and the Isuzu Alliance. The former is kidnapping spirits, and the latter is trying to stop and take the former down. How will Mira deal with this? Find out in this volume!

Then I finished Game On! 3.0 and moved onto Game On! 3.1 by nordiamus. This one follows in the same life, but with a new hero as Tsukiko tries find her missing pack. This crosses over with Yu Yu Hakusho from the very beginning. Kagome’s brother, Souta, now a high schooler, sees Yusuke die and lets Tsukiko know. Seeing that something is wrong with the process, being Death’s sister, she decides to intervene. How will her intervention affect things and will she find her pack? Find out in this completed fic.

I also ran into and completed another side story for Stories of the Lone Traveler and so I’m back at it. It was Lone Traveler: Building a Better Burrow by dunuelos. In this one, the Lone Traveler finds himself at the Burrow as they’re planning to expand from the first floor. LT Harry decides to help them make a neater house while also upgrading the wards. It’s actually a complete story!

Finally, I also finished Naruto: Rise of the Lord of Foxes and did my random roll and it rolled to Cloudy, with a Chance of Freedom by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a KHR and Harry Potter crossover I first mentioned here. In it, Skull de Mort is sent much farther back in time after the future arc and ends up in his young body. Turns out he’s really Harry Potter and decides to change things so he’s not screwed over. He finds most of the other Arcabaleno before he even gets to Hogwarts. He changes many things, but one of the biggest is bringing Viper back into the Black Family. Slight warning for those who are interested in Yaoi (boyxboy), there is a slight bit later in the story (don’t like, don’t read). It’s incomplete with 41 chapters and was last updated in 2018.

Next is the quest list, and as I mentioned these are all Harry Potter fics or a least crossovers. First is Harry and Ginny: A Love Story by Epeefencer. This is a Harry Potter AU that I first mentioned here. Harry is drawn to Ginny after the chamber and they figure out it’s a soul bond. McGonagall helps them to stay together and keep everything from old Dumbles. It’s interesting, but sadly is unfinished. It has 33 chapters which doesn’t even get them to third year. It was last updated in 2015.

Second is Harry Goes on Holiday by kb0. This is a Harry Potter two-shot set after fifth year. The Grangers convince Harry to come back with them for the summer and a vacation in Australia. There he meets a nice girl and makes him question what he wants to do with his life. This is completed and an interesting way to deal with his scar.

Third is Harry Loves Ginny and Ginny Loves Harry by Epeefencer. This is compilation Harry Potter fic of various ways Harry and Ginny could have gotten together earlier throughout the books. There’s no rhyme or reason to the order, but it’s essentially multiple one-shots. There’s 45 chapters and since it’s this kind of fic, it’ll only be completed when the author quits writing. However, it was last updated in 2015 and the author hasn’t posted since 2022.

Fourth is Harry Potter: Archangel by Phantom1s. This is a Harry Potter AU (with a slight Avengers crossover) that I first mentioned here. Harry’s accidental magic takes him the Flamels at a young age and they take care of him. He meets Tony Stark and makes a magical Ironman suit. He saves Ginny and Hermione (5^th and 6^th year) in Diagon and meets his soul mate for the first time (Ginny, Hermione is not the child of who you think she is). It’s about the two of them and friends dealing with Voldie and helping the Magical world. It’s complete with 28 chapters.

Fifth is Harry Potter: Ironwizard by kb0. Ironically, this one is another Harry Potter with an Ironman suit AU that first mentioned here. After fifth year, Hermione helps Harry make a Magical Ironman suit based on the comics. Harry uses that to deal with Voldie and ends up with Hermione. It’s complete with 10 chapters.

Sixth and last is Harry Potter: Lily’s Child by kb0. This one is a Harry Potter AU where Lily survives and raises Harry away from England. Harry is trained to combat Voldie and they come back in the middle of what would be his fifth year. It’s sadly barely started with only 3 chapters.

That’s it for the week. I have the yearly company-wide meeting this week, so yay. Hope you have a great week and as always – May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.

Sorry This is Late, But I Have News!

Hello, readers! Sorry this is so late, I have a few reasons for that, so let me tell you. It was a short work week three weeks ago for me because of the 4^th of July here in the USA. Had a long day of driving 2 hours each way to switch work vehicles, but that was fine. It gave me some time to listen to my stories. As I mentioned in the last post, I posted the 5^th chapter of my fic. Still a very lukewarm response to it, meaning I’m barely getting any reviews so I don’t know if it’s good or bad, so I’m considering posting it on Spacebattles and other sites.

I spent a good bit of Friday and Saturday sorting and scanning old docs and cards so I could get rid of extra papers. The Rents and I went to go see a fireworks show on Saturday and then saw a Batman parody at a theater on Sunday that meant most of my writing time was gone. Then I was distracted by the new season of anime starting, birthday celebrations, prep for the trip I went on last weekend and … an offer of a new position!

Yep, the person who got the previous IT position I interviewed for (see back in January) left two weeks ago, why I really don’t know it was very quick as far as I know. They offered me the position as my interview was still active, it is for six months in case this happens, and I accepted. I don’t start until midish next month, but I’m excited!

This past week I just never got around to finishing this post, but I had a day of training Thursday for a piece of equipment we have. Once something is late, if I don’t focus on it, I find it hard to restart. I’m working on it…

So there have been several changes in my listening list, but not that many comparably. First, I finished She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man Vol 3 and listened to Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life Vol 4 which just came out. The Crimson Vow take a job to find a missing team and stumble upon a conspiracy. Some beastmen have captured the team and others and are excavating the area. Will the team be able to save everyone and find out what is going on? And is there another group behind this? Find out in this Volume!

I finished that one and continued onto Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Vol 1 by Ren Eguchi. This is another Isekai novel, but Mukouda was accidentally summoned with three students to be Heroes! However, all he has the Online Shopping skill and be suspicious of the ruling party, he leaves the country as soon as possible. Before he leaves, he and the adventures he hired to lead him to the next country run into a Fenrir who wants Mukouda’s food. Liking it, the newly named Fel becomes his familiar and they begin to travel around to keep eating good food. Where will their travels lead them?

After that, I completed Game On! 2.0 and moved onto it’s sequel, Game On! 3.0. This is a Harry Potter and InuYasha crossover, mostly. As previously mentioned, Harriet is reborn again, this time into the past of her former world. She’s born as Sesshomaru’s daughter and spends several decades growing up and stronger before the chosen hero, Kagome, is born. She befriends her and makes sure she’s ready for her role as a hero. How will her presence change things?

Then, I finished A Different Universe and went back to Stories of the Lone Traveler for a few chapters until I reached the spin-off Results of a Proper Introduction. When the Lone Traveler arrives in this universe just before Harry has his trip Diagon Alley, he gives advice to the goblins and some to the Dursleys before he leaves a letter for his counterpart about what he wished he’d known before going to Hogwarts and leaving before meeting him. It follows that Harry and what happens to him. Sadly, it only goes to the Christmas of his first year. So, I’m back to the main fic until another spin-off comes up.

I also finished Legion and moved onto Worm – Waterworks by Seerking. It’s a Worm AU that I first mentioned here. Taylor triggers with hydrokinetic power along with being a water Tinker. She decides to be the best hero she can to save her city, but knows she has to hid her base. This Taylor also is convinced to leave the school and homeschool. How will she follow her Queen of Escalation title in this one, read and find out. It has 25 chapters and is on the author’s update list, but he hasn’t posted anything since last year.

I also finished that one and started The Rising of the Shield Heroine by Tale Swapper. This is a Shield Hero and Worm crossover I first mentioned here. When Taylor triggers, the four holy weapons intervene, and she chooses the Shield and becomes the Gamer. QA is transformed into a copy of her that runs Halp. Now she has to become a Hero with these weird powers and maybe find out a bit about her situation. Not finished and was last updated in 2022.

Lastly, I got a bit bored with Ashes of the Past in Johto at some point. So, I rolled for a fic with a random number generator and it fell on Naruto: Rise of the Lord of Foxes by VFSNAKE. This is a Naruto and Bleach crossover (slightly) where things go wrong at the Valley of the End. Naruto wins against Sasuke, but Kakashi shows up and almost kills him. The Kyuubi reveals to a dying Naruto that his real name is Zangetsu and that he can save him. Zangetsu (from Bleach) has Naruto take the hilt from Zabuza’s sword and it reveals its name to be Zaraki Kenpachi. Naruto takes that name and begins to help Water country to prove his strength. He’ll eventually take revenge on Konoha and save Hinata from a horrible fate. This is complete, even if it’s a bit weird.

Now, let’s go onto the quest and start the Hs. First is Hacker Magician Smoke by Night Raydes. This one is a Harry Potter AU that I first mentioned in a previous quest, here. This one has Harry as very technologically savvy and he learns how to hack magic. He learns that Dumbles and his ilk have been controlling the Wizarding World from behind the scenes. He makes himself a third party in the war and plans to make changes. This is interesting, but sadly unfinished with 17 chapters.

Second is Hagrid’s Fame by White Angel of Auralon. This is a Harry Potter one-shot I first mentioned here. Hagrid goes investigating when the Chamber is opened and finds out what the creature is. He is not expelled and in fact has a large hand in dealing with the Wizarding War. Read and find out how!

Third is Hagrid’s First Lesson by White Angel of Auralon. This is another Harry Potter one-shot with a focus on Hagrid. When he becomes a teacher before Harry’s third year, Hagrid decides to get in contact with Newt Scamander for advice. This changes how he goes about his first lesson and how the students see him.

Fourth is Haigha by DeusVerve. This is a My Hero Academia AU where Izuku is kidnapped after meeting All Might. He escapes five months late but is drastically changed. Unfortunately, he doesn’t remember much of his time in captivity. With a new appearance and abilities, will Izuku become the hero he always wanted? Or is he just a ticking time bomb? Find out in this 29-chapter story. It’s incomplete but was finally updated for the first time in while in March.

Fifth is Hail Odysseus by Brennus. This is a Harry Potter AU where Grindelwald fakes his death and escapes when Harry’s young. He takes him in and also fakes his death. Years later, Harry shows up for his seventh year and is Sorted into Slytherin. There he finds Ginny Weasley in Slytherin. Will Harry be able to get all his goals done? And how does Ginny fit into this? Find out in this completed fic.

Sixth is Happy Little Accidents by sakurademonalchemist. This is Harry Potter and Twisted Wonderland crossover. Malleus is turned into a child in an accident and Fem Harry (Aurora) finds him near her house. She takes him to Diagon and takes care of him. How will things end up? Well, you only have 8 chapters to find out as it’s incomplete. Sadly it was last updated in 2022.

Seventh is Harmonic Symphony by sakurademonalchemist. This is a KHR AU that I first mentioned here. In it, Tsuna finds a violin when he’s younger and ends up getting closer to some of his guardians early. This leads to a very fun version of Harmony. It’s sadly unfinished with 22 chapters that ends in the time travel arc. It was last updated in 2017.

I’ll end here as the next ones start the trend of starting with Harry for a long while. I hope everyone has a great end of the month. See you in a week and as always – May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!