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G'day! I would like to introduce myself as Bushtuckerpenguin, or Tucka for short. It's about time I updated this since I became TONFA's new admin. Yay... or not. It's busy and quite frankly thankless work so please, please, please read and abide by the rules. Put some work into your fic and you'll reap the rewards!

Hmm, about myself eh? I've recently come back from a fieldwork in rural Australia but I would like to thank the OC writers of TONFA for keeping me sane. Everytime I hit an internet cafe I saved as much of the OC's fiction as I could to my memory stick to keep me happy while I, in essence, caught and measured rats. Still, I'm an officially published scientist, even if it is just on goldfish in national parks....

I stumbled into Naruto two years ago and was really impressed with the animation, story and characters. My bishie would be Kabuto, that sneaky, backstabbing bugger he is. I've finally finished all that's been animated of the Naruto anime by many devious means and continue to be amazed by the wonderfully WTF of the latest manga chapters.

That little mate over there is my OC Kana, and I'm not averse to fanart or, for that matter, art trades! Its a quirk of mine that I don't like seeing people using stock pictures for their character reference as I think it shackles the creativity of character creation and know for a fact there are lots of art request sites, lots of edit sites and how to use dolls for that kind of thing. Please don't ask me to draw your character because refusal often offends. Partially because I'm not that brilliant myself and more likely to use edits, such as above, but I am prone to random gift art if I see people working hard on their fic. I like to see the Golden Triad at work, as well as decent length, descriptive passages and plot beyond romance.

But now I'm back and am in a reasonably stable job that should keep me happy for the next two years! I haven't posted my Naruto fanfiction yet, tentatively called Heaven Sent||Hell Bent, but it's limping along so I wouldn't hold my breath. I do however hope to post a writing tutorial series much sooner. I've been writing fanfiction since I was twelve and am currently twentyone. I'd love to spread this expirience and save others a few of the pitfalls I tripped into.

Boy were they pitfalls. *shakes head chuckling* If you saw my first fiction you would understand a lot of my motives. I know how hard it is to begin with, to struggle for recognition as it were amongst so many other authors. I understand Mary-Sue is a stepping stone toward better fanfiction, a learning excercise in characterisation but I also believe if you know why your character could be considered a Mary-Sue you can change it and save yourself a bit of embarrasment or heartbreak when a harsher reviewer comes along. I also understand that being told that a character you put your heart into is a Mary-Sue will rip your guts out so I always do my best to be tactful, give reasons and offer my full support if you have questions or like an opinion.

My presence at TONFA will mostly likely be felt through my reviews. Please believe me that these are reviews and it's a kick to the head when people call them flames. If I have sat down to your fanfiction I usually spend at the very least fifteen minutes composing a constructive review for the chapter. Why would I do so just to be an arse and hurt someones feelings.

I love fanfiction and I like reading the adventures of fanmade characters best. I also like encouraging writers to achieve their potential. I don't do it to recieve reviews on my own fanfiction even if I had one. I don't do it to lord over other writers and I don't do it to feel smug and superior. I don't care if you thank me, but a civil answer means a lot regardless of whether you intend to listen to my advice or not.

It's what the review button is for. It isn't so you can have a conversation with your mates, its so other writers can review your writing, say what they like and don't like about your fanfiction and if your lucky, some advice. If you don't like me reviewing your fanfiction don't hesitate to contact me, preferably politely, and I will abide by your wishes to leave it alone. But please remember, why would I go through all the abuse, and I often get abusive replies, just to be a bastard? Because I care. I like to watch writers blossom. I like to see them with a sense of satisfaction in their own work. I like to see a fanfiction community grow.

Others often ask the general community why their fic isn't getting reviews, and I put the question, how many reviews have you given yourself. To me its the reviewers that is the most important part of a fandom. If you were happy with review I gave you, please pay it forward to another author. Think of the feeling you get when you get a nice long review that points out what they liked about your story, and knowing what you can do to make it even better next time.

If you do like my work, I do have a request thread in the forums where I'm currently giving away banners, so drop in! Here are some examples!