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A bit concerned, but hanging in there.....

Wed Jun 18, 2008, 2:16 PM
Hey everyone, just me again. :aww: Well, as some of you may have noticed, I've started uploading the Sailor Sirius fanfiction up here. The only thing that concerned me was that while I was so excited about this, so excited that I would finally get readers and feedback, I found out to my complete and utter surprise that........no one, absolutely NO ONE has read or commented on any of the chapters up so far. Absolutely, 100%, no...one. Nada, zilch, nien, nothing....no one. :confused: Okay, for as long as I could remember, I've always had trouble with getting feedback on the Sailor Sirius fanfiction. Sailor Sirius has been around for quite along time now, and as far as I can see and research, she still hasn't recieved as much acknowledgement, comments, and recognition of other otaku (fan) Sailor Senshi around the internet, years ago and today. I'm not saying that Sailor Sirius is any better or worse than these other fan senshi...I'm just really completely baffled as to why there is such an avoidance to her, despite the fact of her being around alot long that most of these same fan Sailor Senshi....the same ones who are now long gone and abandoned by their creators. :shrug:

Don't worry, I'm not going to rant and rave about this. I've long since stopped taking this silence personally. That certainly won't make things any easier and I'll just end up sounding like some stupid, spoiled, moody, internet teenagey brat, and I'm way above that. I can't make people like or dislike something, just as sure as I can't personally make the sun rise or set. Somehow, I overlooked something in Sailor Sirius's profile and stories...something that makes people feel either uncomfortable or just bored. I don't know. For years I've gone over the stories and fixed up every little mistake and plothole I could find to make this perfect, to make Sailor Sirius fun to read and enjoyable to all people and ages. Somehow I failed, despite my best efforts. I thought Sailor Sirius was awesome, brave, funny, beautiful, and loyal, and I tried very hard to portray that. If I haven't, then I apologize to all the readers out there who just didn't think Sailor Sirius was good enough, as well as my original story, The Dark Fires Of Cyphyrus. I even made an effort to get some interest in that by asking if anyone wanted to color the black and white pic of the Dark Fires girls found here "[link]", but no one responded to that. But you know, despite all that, I'm not giving up. I'm still going to upload the rest of the Sailor Sirius stories here. I won't let this stop me, and I won't give up on my dreams that The Dark Fires Of Cyphyrus will be professionally published one day. :thanks:

And so, I will push on. While I'm optimistic about this, I still can't help but feel a little.....disappointed and saddened that Sailor Sirius bombed so badly here. :lonely: I asked in the last journal if anyone WANTED me to upload, and I got no response, so I went ahead. I really thought and had hope that SOMEONE would be excited Sailor Sirius was here. Oh well. Life goes on, right?

Okay then, enough of that. :movingon: I did manage to see The Incredible Hulk last week-end. I thought it was pretty decent. It wasn't any worse or better than the 2003 one...it still had the Hulk as CGI, and the original actor who played the Hulk in the 70's series made a cameo in it as well as the 2003 version. The only thing is that I guess this new Hulk movie was more leaning towards the original comic rather than the first one. I thought it was a good idea, but you just still didn't have the sense of how Dr. Banner TRULY became the Hulk. I did like how Banner was portrayed in a more human, natural light than in the 2003 movie, and I liked the humor. :) At any rate, cool movie. :nod: Next movie review....The Happening. :excited:

That's it for now. Much love people, and take care until next time. :wave:

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You're such a movies freak :) Anyway, like my dad says: the road to success is 99% hearing 'no' and 1% hearing 'yes' :) so keep in going!

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As a note, I still remember Sirius and I still love her. Heck, I have an uncolored fan art of her sitting in my scraps folder. I will be coloring it soon.

I have deep love for Sirius. My original otaku characters are about as old as she is an are pretty much as unrecognized and unloved as she is. It's sad.

As a side note, I should really remake that image I did with Sirius and my four Guardians since their fuku design has changed drastically since those days.

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That is very typical with so many otaku characters and very few of them managed to stay alive this far. You signed up here only a while ago and it takes time. :/ Of course, it has been quite a while since Sailor Moon was aired on any TV shows. I used to get a lot of comments and guestbook entries on my SM fanfic mangas during SM's peak popularity, but since we are running out of new SM fans, I'm getting fewer and fewer comments on those fanfic mangas.
I do like Sailor Sirius and Chibi-Sirius a lot and the fact that they are African-Americans are quite a warm welcome addition to the "Fan World of SailorMoon". I do believe I have done few artworks of your memorable characters. :)
The thing is not to make any expectations like how I'm not making any expectations for my original Pacificators manga. :) Just look it as your educational hobby and keep going. :thumbsup::neom:

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Heya;

Just to let you know, this is going to be a long reply, not to mention the fact that it might seem... well, I don't know... Opinionated, maybe? I've also got a few comments about things. First off, just because nobody's posted something about the stories, doesn't mean that the stories don't get read. It could be that they're like me and read it and mean to comment & haven't gotten around to it (for me, I can't really comment on chapters that I've already read several times and liked just the way they were) or don't want to just say "Cool" or "Neato/Nifty" because one word replies is just so... short. I mean... if someone said Cool, Neato or Nifty to something I posted, I'd want to know WHY they thought it was... but since I usually can't think of something other than one word replies at times, I just don't reply at all.

Don't get me wrong, I too have attempted to post some of my stories here... one of them took several months to get one single responce before I mentioned that I've finally had a chance to upload all of the stories onto the site I made for it. The others? Nothing whatsoever... usually (unless I actually asked someone to tell me what they thought if they had the time).

And I've mentioned to you before in AIM/MSN/Y! messenger that I like Sailor Sirius. In fact, I'm kinda jealous that you've got so many chapters and art about her. I wish I could get some of the people that had drawn pictures of Sailor Sirius et al could draw for me (like Mike Moon and Leo & Ban to name a few)... I just can't afford to commission people to do pictures for me, and usually I'm a bit too nervous to ask people outright to draw them.

As for the silence that comes from Sailor Sirius visitors, have you considered making the site more interactive? Giving them something other to do than just reading the stories and looking at the pictures? What about going through review sites? I know that there's one otaku senshi review account here on deviantart that are quite detailed about their reviews and update as often as they can located at [link] I might not always agree with what reviewers (in general) have to say about my senshi/site/characters/whathaveyou, but the review is at least something to consider, is it not? :)

You're not the only one that feels ignored as I'm sure that many people feel that way. I know I do more often than not. And sometimes it just feels like the only way I can get a responce is to...vent about not getting a responce. Venting is good. It at least gets the feelings out in the open instead of bottling things up.

By the way, you know we still have an unfinished crossover to finish up, right? ;)

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Hey there! :) You know, it took me a minute or two to finally remember who you were. :laughing: Anyway, thank you for your comment, it was very thoughtful and gave me alot to think. Yes, I do know some people are just not in the mood or have the time to write comments, I understand that, but I actually don't mind the "Cool!" or "Neato!" posts, because it lets me know that even if they don't say much, at least they read or visited. I don't really need to know the "why". :giggle: But that's just me. I do agree with you that just because no one comments, doesn't mean they are not reading. :thanks: I didn't really mean to vent like that, it just puzzled me for a bit, you know? And please, you don NOT have to be jealous of the pics I got....they are YEARS old and FAR in between, and I haven't heard from the artist in years. ^^; As for being interactive...since I don't know too much computer graphics nor do I draw or have prizes to give, I don't have much to offer. :shrug: But someday soon. A crossover? Seriously? :confused: Please, you have to bring back my memory. :aww: Take care!
Thank you so much for your wonderful and thoughtful comment Jeff! :hug: Yes, it will take time, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who felt this way about being ignored. :thanks: Friends like you give me the encouragement to hang on in there, and I will. :aww: Heh, well, Sailor Sirius is Black, but alot of people forget she's not American. :) Growing up in New York, I've known many Black people...both from America and from overseas. The Black people from overseas just consider themselves as Black, nothing else, as the ones from American call themselves Black Americans or African Americans. I've always thought that was interesting. :aww: Anyway, thanks, and as always, best of luck on Pacificators! :D
Thank you so much for your thoughtful words, I appreciate it! :hug: Oh my gosh, I would LOOOOVE to see any fanart you have of her! :excited: Keep me updated, okay? :glomp:
I will keep it going, thank you! :hug: Eheheh, yeah, I guess I'm a movie freak! ^^; Why not, I love movies, and my dream is to see my name in the credits of a movie one day! :w00t!:
Will do. I'll color Sirius after I finish with this art trade I'm working on right now.

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Alright, I'll be waiting. :aww:

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