Hello there. Welcome to my world of Random Thoughts. In this world I’ll be posting stuff about anime and manga. Not to mention various other topics. I may post the occasional music video every now and than. And from time to time, I’ll just talk about my life in general. But first, here are a few things about me.

I was born an only child, for one thing. Originally I was planning to go into art professionally, but recently I’ve been more inclined towards writing. I still do the occasional wallpaper every now and then though, and I also still draw a little. But much of my energy these days goes into writing fan fiction. I’ve also recently become interested in archive and library work, which is something I’ve discovered I’m good at. Finally, like most people on the Internet, I like cats.

Favorite Anime/Manga

Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew, Card Captor Sakura, Vampire Princess Miyu, Dragon Ball Z, Code Geass, Digimon (Adventure and Tamers), Pokemon (Misty era), Gundam SEED, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Strawberry Panic, Rideback, Full Metal Panic, Slayers, Psyren, El Cazador de la Bruja, Sword Art Online, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Yurikuma Arashi, Kill la Kill, Parasyte: The Maxim, One Punch Man, and Mob Psycho 100.

Other Anime/Manga I Like

Buso Renkin, Gurren Lagann, InuYasha, Kannazuki no Miko, Shattered Angels, Bleach, Naruto, Durarara!!, Spice and Wolf, This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, Dragonaut: The Resonance, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Trinity Blood, Blue Gender, Eden of the East, Last Exile, Soul Eater, Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040, Space Dandy, Black Lagoon, Citrus, Riddle Story of Devil, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Favorite TV Shows

Original Star Trek, Star Trek the Next Generation, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Star Trek Voyager, Magnum P.I., Numbers, Shark, The Simpsons, The West Wing, Hawaii Five-O (Remake), NCIS, NCIS Los Angeles, NCIS New Orleans, Blue Bloods, Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, Leverage, The Mentalist, Elementary, MASH, Bones, The Red Green Show, Almost Human, Rizzoli & Isles, Supergirl, and Sherlock.

Other TV Shows I Like

Murder She Wrote, Simon & Simon, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Powerpuff Girls, The Closer, Major Crimes, Columbo, Matlock, Futurama, JAG, The Rockford Files, Unforgettable, Emergency, Mysteries at the Museum, Castle, Covert Affairs, Alias, Due South, Nash Bridges, Body of Proof, Longmire, The Flash, Arrow, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, It Takes a Thief, Frasier, Home Improvement, and Last Man Standing.

Favorite Movies

Summer Wars, Short Circuit, The Abyss, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, Tron, Tron: Legacy, Highlander, The Ghost and the Darkness, Dark Shadows, Ghostbusters, Twister, Apollo 13, Alien, Aliens, Predator, Predator 2, The Martian, Rocky (1-3), Creed, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man (1-3), Original Star Wars Trilogy, Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, Star Trek (The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home, The Undiscovered Country), Star Trek Next Generation (First Contact, Insurrection, Nemesis), and the Star Trek Reboot Films (Star Trek, Into Darkness).

Favorite Musical Groups/Artists

Phil Collins (and Genesis), Journey, Styx, Boston, Queen, Heart, Meat Loaf, Billy Joel, John Denver, Survivor, Chicago (and Peter Cetera), and Josh Groban.

In addition to being a fairly good wallpaper artist, I'm also a fan fiction writer who's written quite a few stories on FanFiction.Net. To check those stories out, CLICK HERE

That’s pretty much all you need to know about me. I'm not sure how often I'll post something here, but I'll try to as often as I can. In the meantime, I hope you all enjoy visiting.

Dead Again

What's dead you ask? My inspiration for making wallpapers. I lost it a few weeks ago, then I got it back and made sixteen wallpapers. Now once again I have nothing. Don't worry, I'll get it back again sooner or later. The only thing I can do is browse through some of the images that I've had saved on my computer for awhile. Or I'll look for some new ones. Eventually something will come to me. Probably not in the next couple of days though. Tomorrow I'll be busy, and I have plans on Saturday. Plus I have this one fanfic that I feel I should get back to soon. I actually have three unfinished fanfics at the moment, but two are kinda on hiatus. Whether that hiatus is permanent or not, I don't know. Anyway, don't be surprised if you don't see any new wallpapers from me for the next week or so. I'll get back to it though. Just gotta get some new ideas. I'll keep an eye on the challenges and see if anything strikes me.

~Darkarax

A Halloween Rant

Ladies and gentleman, Rin & Len Kagamine!

Well, it's once again Halloween, and this year I'm just not that into it. I haven't made a single jack-o-lantern this year. Of course, that's mostly because I forgot about it this year. Plus it's a lot of work. I think that if I remember to do it next year, I'll only do one. In the past I've done three. Anyway, the reason why I'm just not into Halloween this year is that the horror movies that have been shown this month have been kind of a disappointment for me. Usually what I do on Halloween anymore is just watch at least one horror movie of some kind, and October is usually when you'd expect to find the best horror/sci-fi movies on TV. This year has been kind of a letdown. Last year was too a little, but not as bad as this year. The Syfy Channel hasn't shown anything good, but then the Syfy Channel has gone way down hill over the years. That's a different topic altogether though.

Then of course there's AMC. They've shown two or three okay horror movies, but most of what they've shown are zombie movies. Why the heck are zombie movies so big? What ever happened to good old-fashioned vampire or werewolf movies? Do people no longer think they're scary because of that Twilight *bleep*? It has seemed like vampires and werewolves have been romanticized a bit over the last decade or so. Or at least are now portrayed in a more positive light, and that's okay. A couple of good vampire heroes that spring to mind are Miyu from Vampire Princess Miyu and Moka from Rosario + Vampire. Not that Rosario + Vampire is my favorite anime/manga series. I read the manga for awhile, but got tired of it. Anyway, a vampire still makes an awesome villain, and werewolves still make formidable movie monsters. A few examples of good werewolf movies I can think of off the top of my head are the original Howling, Stephen King's Silver Bullet, and Project Metal Beast. Actually Project Metal Beast is kinda cheesy, but it's an interesting concept. A military experiment gives a werewolf metal skin.

Anyway, it all seems to be about zombie movies these days. What is the big deal about zombies? Every zombie movie is the same, a virus kills off the majority of the human race, reanimates the corpses as flesh-eating monsters, and the few humans who are left try to fight off the zombie hoard. It's the same story every film, and it's depressing. I don't like depressing movies. Granted, few horror films have happy endings, but zombie movies go over the top with it. As I've said, it's the same story every film, yet they're so popular. There are even TV shows about zombies now. There's that show called The Walking Dead on AMC, and then there's the anime series High School of the Dead. How do you end shows like that? I find it hard to believe that they could have a happy ending.

Okay, so maybe vampire and werewolves are a little out of style these days when it comes to horror, but there are other options than zombie movies. Like Alien movies for example. Thanks to the old War of the Worlds radio broadcast and The Simpsons Halloween specials (Tree House of Horror), aliens have been a part of Halloween for years, and there are a few really good horror movies featuring aliens. The best examples would of course be the movies Alien and Aliens. There are other alternatives too, like movies about ghosts. The best examples I can think of are the first two Poltergeist movies. Another alternative would be a movie about demons. One year I saw the last half of the movie Hellraiser. That film looked interesting to me, and the gore was fake enough not to bother me. I don't like horror films with too much blood and gore. Anyway, the puzzle box that brought forth the demons, or whatever they were, was a nice touch.

So that concludes my little rant I guess. This year's batch of horror movies have been a disappointment, but I still have some stuff to watch. Last year I recorded some of the Friday the 13th movies and never got around to watching them. I'll never understand why it never occurs to the characters in those types of movies to just cut off the head of the unkillable psycho killer, other than the simple fact that it would end the series. Obviously, none of the people in those movies have seen Highlander. Anyway, I also actually have both Alien and Aliens on DVD, so I could just put those in I guess. I just needed to get this rant off my chest. Thanks for reading.

~Darkarax

Just a Little Reminder

Just thought I'd remind everyone that my Give Into the Darkside! wallpaper challenge is coming close to an end. For those of you who are interested and have not yet entered, now is the time to do so. There's only a little over a week left in it. I haven't decided yet if I'll post the winners here in this world or not. I probably won't, but who knows? Anyway, the clock is ticking.

More Music

I've kinda been getting more into the Volcaliods lately. Luka in particular. Here's a cool little song I found on Youtube. Sorry it's not subtitled.

More Random Music

Here's another Vocaliod video that I found. The song is pretty cool. The story itself is a bit of a downer though.