Introducing The Shameful Narcissist
First of Her Name
President of the Sephiroth Fan Club
and
Worshiper of the One Winged Angel
Queen of Sevens
Forever Final Fantasy Fangirl
Internet Philosopher
Academic Theologian
Puzzle Master
Student
of
Gestalt and Jungian
Psychology
Gaming Writer
or
Writing Gamer
Over Analyzer
Servant to Cats
Daughter of Nobles
Granddaughter to Queens
and
Empress of the Holy House of Taurus
I started this blog primarily as a place to post my fanfiction, but, as things often do, it grew into something more. I cut my writing teeth on video game fanfiction, because I spent the majority of my childhood either reading or gaming so it only made sense to combine the two in some way. I think I knew I was going to be a writer by the time I was six; three years after I learned to read and around two years after I started playing video games with ColecoVision and Atari.
I became obsessed with Final Fantasy VII the first time I played it even though I never finished it on my own. It was my second Final Fantasy after VI, which I was certain would reign supreme as my favorite video game until I played VII and that became my most beloved story of all time. It’s the catalyst and inspiration for numerous essays and stories as well as a comparative point to the ones I read.
Here’s where else you can find me and my work:
Fanfiction.net – AshRose
Archive of Our Own (AO3) – The Shameful Narcissist
Twitter – @ash1rose
YouTube – The Queen of Sevens
Instagram – TheQueenofSevens
Pinterest – ash1rose
DeviantArt – ash1rose
Tumblr – The Queen of Sevens (Searching for an absolute)
I also run an Aeriseph Facebook page where I casually RP (roleplay) Sephiroth when I have the time and mental acuity.
Hopefully you liked my little narcissistic slideshow above. That took me a few months to put together. Finding the appropriate pictures was the most difficult part. I was going to use others for Daughter of Nobles and Granddaughter to Queens, but the ones I wanted would’ve been pulled from someone’s personal page so not public domain, and I don’t fuck around with that. Those two are…probably (and ironically) the least narcissistic of my titles since they refer the meanings of my mother’s and grandmother’s name. I used to be Empress of the Holy House of Taurus through a Patreon contribution, but since I had to lower it, I don’t think I still have the title. Of course I’m still a Taurus, and if you want to call me Your Grace, I’m not going prevent it.
Thank you for the follow!
Hey, so I decided to nominate you for the Liebster Award (I should’ve done so in the first place) instead of this other fellow who isn’t very active. Have fun networking and thanks for always sending me comments and such!
https://thewellredmage.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/liebster-award-1/
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Ah you’re too kind! I’m flattered and so happy I found your blog ♥♥♥
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Awesome! Can’t wait to read your answers!
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Yes! I put it on my schedule to do this weekend. I looked at the questions and I’m super excited. A good portion of them can take visual answers, and I really lucked out in that I most certainly have a favorite/favorites in the categories so asked 🙂
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Haha I got a little uninspired and wanted to keep it simple with all the favorites questions. I’m most interested to hear people’s answers for the first and last two questions hehe!
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Rene Girard is the name of the mythicist I was talking about earlier on my blog. Here’s a link to a video he did talking about myths:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uo3THEzEtc
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Thank you for that. I watched the video! I’ll definitely be looking for more of his to watch/listen to at work.
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So…there’s this thing called The Entertainer Blogger Award that I nominated you for here:
https://dearlilyjune.wordpress.com/2016/08/02/i-feel-stupid-and-contagious-on-the-occasion-that-your-mom-is-called-an-entertainer/
Even if you decide not to “follow the rules” for the award (you rebel!) I just want you to know that I respect you and what you write on your blog.
Just so you don’t think I’m trying to con you into reading my blog against your wishes, I’m copying what I wrote about you there below:
The Shameful Narcissist Speaks–A line in her bio is one of the best I’ve ever read: “a lover of the villainous and fluffy.” Intrigued? You should be.
Thanks for what you do.
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Aw thank you so much! You certainly don’t have to con me into reading your blog. I absolutely love doing it and frankly I think you write about things of more direct impact than me ❤️❤️
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Gosh, I love your blog, I wish mine was even half as awesome and well put together as yours. Great job… !!! Now I will go back to mine and frown. I want to stay here for hours and read all your articles. lol… 🙂
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Gah! Did I reply to this?? I’m so bad at seeing these and I feel awful for missing them. Thank you so much for your kind words, and psh your blog is fine! I totally appreciate you taking the time to read all of my ramblings. I wish I had time to write and post more, but stupid adulthood gets in the way.
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I think you did…. lol… I am just as bad if not worse. No worries. I did not even notice. 🙂
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Hey there! Thank you so much for the follow! I am following you back as well. Just reading your About Me page was super interesting and I can’t wait to read the rest of your blog!! 🙂 Have a wonderful day!
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Certainly! Now I just have to remember to change my settings to get an email when you post! Hope you have a great weekend, too. Thanks for your kind words and your mutual follow ♥
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Hey there! I just wanted you to know I nominated you for the Liebster award- I got nominated recently and I wanted to nominate 5 of my most recent subscribers to thank them for reading my blog! Here’s the entry: https://defythemajority.wordpress.com/2016/11/20/the-liebster-award/
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Thank you so much! I just read and commented on your original post. I’m super excited to do this and will probably get to it over the holiday weekend 😀
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My ears are burning *blushes*
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I just discovered your blog from the Well Red Mage’s blog – I am pleased to have found a fellow fanfic-loving nerd to follow!
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Yassss! The more the merrier. What kind of fanfiction do you read/write?
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I was working on some Avengers fanfic for a while, and I really need to get back to it!
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Loki is my second favorite villain 😀
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Yes!! He is a fab villain. My current Avengers fan-fic has MODOK as the villain. I think he’s highly underutilized 🙂
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Well, I gotta say that for a ‘shy girl’ you sure do get about! 🙂
Tell me what to read on your blog. What are you proud of?
Kindness – Robert.
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I think I’m a little less shy online hehe. Ummm, I’m quite proud of my Final Fantasy VII essays if that’s your thing. I do book reviews pretty often and wish I had more time for essay writing, but alas. Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Final Fantasy is a game, right? A bit like Space Invaders but a bit more detailed, yes? 😉
What kinds of books do you read. I’m into sci-fi more than anything.
And yes – we all tend to be a little more open online. I wonder why that is. 🙂
Kindness – Robert.
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A LOT more detailed lol. It’s as far from Space Invaders as a child’s first alphabet book is from Lord of the Rings. They’re both books, but one is rudimentary and one is epic. FF is an RPG so it’s a game that tells story.
I grew up reading fantasy, but now I’m starting to get into more science fiction. I have Asimov and Bradbury on my to be read list, and there are quite a few games that have made me consider the genre more like Mass Effect.
I know for me I communicate WAY better in writing than I do verbally. I have time to think and plan what I’m going to say whereas in person I often don’t have quick response or I think of something better later. It’s frustrating
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I get scared when I see long messages. It makes me freeze …
But other than that – I’m actually quite talkative. 🙂
How’s your day going?
Kindness – Robert.
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My day is going pretty well! It’s the weekend so it’s catch up time. I have so many blog sub emails to go through, but it’s also a long weekend so I have an extra day to hopefully catch up. Between that, editing, and trying to catch up on book reviews, I’m never bored 🙂
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Excellent! Sounds like you are sorted for things to do. 🙂
Gotta get myself ready for the day now and then step out into the lovely (but elusive) English sunshine.
Have a great one.
Robert.
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Have a wonderful day, too! I lucked out this weekend since it’s a long one for the states so no work tomorrow thank goodness!
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We have a long weekend here in the UK too. Typically it’s doing what it always does on days like this – it’s raining! 😀 Hope the weather is good for you.
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Oh wonderful! Weekends seems to go by far too quickly even when they’re extended. Heck, I’ve been off since Thursday, and it still flew by D:
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Hahaha – I know just what you mean. Four days off and I’m still … No, wait – let me stop myself before I lie here. The truth is that I’m actually quite looking first to going to work tomorrow. I’m a Software Designer and Developer and I thoroughly enjoyed it most days. Tell me again what you do?
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I actually like my job, too! I wish I had more time to do more of my passion: writing, but I can’t say I hate what I do for a living. I’m a control accountant, which is kind of funny to me, because I went to school for psychology and then went to grad school for English, but didn’t graduate. My job is 10 minutes away from where I live, and it’s a very hands off approach with management so I’m mostly left alone to do what I need to. It’s pretty great. There’s pressure in terms of getting things done in a timely manner, but not really any daily deadlines.
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Sounds like you have the ideal kind of job for you. You see, that’s what you used the psychology for – to determine what your nature is like and then find the ideal job to suit the way you are.
How do you feel about me sharing with you that my left nostril was a bit blocked but now it feels absolutely wonderful because I just removed a nice dry bogie from the left (outer) wall. If’n you’re not that kind of a girl I’ll never mention it again. 😀
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Exactly! I don’t regret majoring in psych in the least, though I kind of wish I’d just double majored in English instead of going to grad school and accruing a momentous amount of debt, but what’s done is done. I don’t regret my studies on that either. It’s been invaluable to me in terms of writing and examining narratives so that I can write about them, and since that’s my passion, I can’t regret it.
Bahahaha! Since I often deal with allergies, this doesn’t bother me in the least :p
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Hahaha – nice to meet a girl who knows stuff and yet is still down to earth enough to cope with … allergies. 🙂
You actually talk more like a shameless narcissist than the opposite.
Have a beautiful etc.
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I must cope with them *achoo* they like to attack me especially around the autumn/winter months D:
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S’funny that you get them in autumn/winter *bless you* because hay-fever season here in the UK is in Spring?
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Oh that’s just me and my poor luck hehe. Most people suffer through it during this time of the year, and since last winter wasn’t very cold, it’s been even worse. There’s been a film of pollen on my car since April! My nose is a little itchy, but I’m not nearly as bad as some of my friends! Allergy meds are hit or miss. Sometimes they work perfectly and don’t make me drowsy; other times they do nothing and I want to fall asleep at my desk.
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Well in that case – roll on Spring! 🙂
Git anything exciting planned for the weekend?
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Not really. Just catching up on the massive amount of projects I always have. I still have four book reviews to write o.O
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You’re a quick reader then. 🙂
I had a spell where I did book reviews in Goodreads. I must have done a few hundred of them before I got into blogging instead. I can see why you enjoy it.
Good luck on the projects.
Kindness – Robert.
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I’m trying to get back to my school days reading speed. I breezed through 60 books one summer without even trying. Alas I don’t have time to do that anymore, but scheduling out when I read things has helped immensely! I just copy and paste whatever I review here onto Goodreads so I cheat a little lol. Then I do the same for Amazon, though I have to be careful since they have some stricter censorship rules, and I’ve had reviews rejected before due to that.
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Censorship rules? I can’t imagine what you would write that they would censor? I would love to be illuminated though! 🙂
I think Amazon owns Goodreads so I wonder if that is part of the problem?
Sixty books in a summer – that’s really going at it. I read 108 per year and sometimes I get behind.
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Oh well you can’t curse I believe. I wrote a review where I used some choice language, and I think that’s considered taboo since Amazon can be accessed by anyone. It was okay; I get it. Goodreads doesn’t care about it! But then you have to sign into Goodreads and I think there’s an age limit?
108 per year is extremely impressive! I’m almost to 30 right now because I’m flying through this graphic novel series Saga. I pretty much just buy the next one as soon as I finish the last. So good.
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Eesh, I just checked and I’m on 51 books already this year – 5 ahead of target! I really do need to slow down. Perhaps it’s time to start on the Dickens again. I bought an interesting book today – published in 1969 (and this copy sure looks like it) it’s called The Marijuana Papers. I’ve never taken drugs (recreationally) but this looks really fascinating. It’s all these papers on effects, chemistry and history of Maryjane including its relationship to sex and academic achievement.
Can’t find you on Goodreads but I found Saga and it looks really, really good! So I’ve ordered volume one from the library, and they also have volumes two through seven. It’s all your fault if I like this and get hooked!! 🙂
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That’s awesome! What’s your favorite Dickens novel? I have Great Expectations on my TBR list, but I tried reading it before in high school. I couldn’t get into it, but I figured I’d give it another try since I’m older now. I have seen the movie with Gwyneth Paltrow. It’s a few decades old now, but I remember liking it.
I HIGHLY recommend Saga. What’s your name on Goodreads? I can find and friend you 🙂
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Favourite one so far … hmm. I guess the one that spring to mind is The Pickwick Papers. Its the most light hearted. I started to read them all, in the order they were published. I think I got about seven in before I took a holiday. The rest are there, on a shelf, waiting for me.
I’ll get an email when Saga arrives. Looking forward to it.
On Goodreads you should be able to find me on https://www.goodreads.com/robertcday
Have a great day. 🙂
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I can’t wait to hear what you think of Saga! I should received Volume 5 in the mail tomorrow and I have Volume 4 sitting on my coffee table.
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Can’t come soon enough. 🙂 I love it just from seeing the snippets on the Goodreads reviews!
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My Little Pony! I was a major fan of Rainbow Brite as well. Cheers!
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Who is your favorite pony? I don’t really remember the old one, but with the new one I love Fluttershy 🙂
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