User:BrickBreak
"Tonight, I sit in the eye of the storm. As fire boils around me, I press forward, winds and lightning lashing my wings. I am no match for what I face. Yet I will not back down, and though fear may place it's stranglehold on my heart, courage will see me through. With tears in my eyes, I hit full throttle. My engines become an inferno, and my weapons light up, awaiting my command.
If I die tonight, I will do so fighting for everything I believe in."
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Diary Of An Unknown Soldier | Saint Viktor
About me
Well, why not.
I am 19 years old, from Portugal. And yes, despite everything that's happened, you know, economy and everything, I'm still pretty proud of my nationality. I'm a city boy: I was borne, grew up, and still live in the same house in Lisbon. I only left the country once, for my finalists trip.
I'm a university student, in Cellular and Molecular Biology. And with all honesty, I'm living my dream (well, if we count out being a fighter pilot, but that's another thing). It's tough: only 50 students per year, and a high entry grade (15.8/20 in my year; I had 15.76, got in after some spots cleared up), and the amount of work is huge, but we are kinda seen as the part of the elite of the natural sciences in country. We also get along great, and there's only one bad thing about it: I'm not the best anymore :P
I also recently started to practice fencing, dragged along by a friend of mine (well... she just happens to be a former national champ :P). My current weapon is the épée, but I'm also practicing sabre on the side, and may switch to it depending on how well I do.
...And yes, this is also part of the reason why I <3 Sayaka :)
As you can see from teh top of the page, I am also an aviation nut, especially military aviation. At least an hour per day, my brain runs on jet fuel. My old dream, and the Ace Combat series are the reasons for it. The fighter you can see above is the beautiful, beautiful JAS 39 Gripen, and if you ask me that thing must have been made by dreams, awesome, and Chuck Norris' tears.
As a result of this, I often discuss in military forums, and from there I've also learned my share of assorted weaponry and vehicles.
I see obstacles in life as a battle. Maybe that's why I keep writing stuff like what I wrote below this profile, the two Ace Combat fanfics I wrote and can bee seen above, below the Gripen, and scribble "NEVER SURRENDER!" and stuff of the like in the inside cover of my notebooks. It's not like I think I'm about to die if I fail or it's going to be the end of the world or anything, I just really, really don't like backing down from anything.
An example: last semester, there was this test I was simply not passing, not even by divine intervention. I stuck to my desk trying to figure things out until the end, but at the end I was still far from a passing grade. And by handing it in, I'd be forfeiting one of two chances at a final exam. So, I had to give up on the test, by writing "I give up" on the cover, to be allowed to have both chances.
It took me five minutes to write it, and by the time I was done, my hand was shaking.
I am an absolutely incurable optimist. I ALWAYS believe things will turn out OK, not matter what. And if they don't, well, I just gotta truck onwards. I keep getting people blasting at my ears, saying I'm too optimistic and confusing it for irresponsibility, but I've learned to deal with it.
Truth is, I am a bit irresponsible, but not that much. Just because I don't start pulling my hair off when I have two days left to the deadline of an important assignment and I've got nothing yet...
I mean, I can understand why people aren't like this, specially in my country, where we are in the middle of a huge economical mumbo-jumbo, and I myself am from a poor neighborhood, so I understand their problems. But again, this is precisely when we need optimism the most: I walk around town, and see everyone stumbling around with a huge frown, and I think we need more optimistic people to cheer this fucking depressed country up.
For everything that is sacred, DO NOT ask me for help in anything involving Japanese. Hell, I don't even know the difference between the scripts. I believe my English is quite proficient, although not without it's flaws: if I randomly create a huge page, by all means do go after mean and clean up random grammar mistakes and sentence order. I've had English classes from my first through my eleventh grade, but since then internet has been my only way of maintaining it. I've already lost my French due to lack of use :(
Still, being Portuguese, I naturally have some degree of understanding of other Latin languages: Spanish, French and Italian, especially the first.
As for my anime history, well, like most people, it started with Saturday morning cartoons. Pokemon, Digimon (oh hell, Digimon Tamers/3 was and still is a blast) Yu-Gi-Oh, that sort of stuff. There was also something rare at the end of the nineties, here in Portugal, and never again seen since then: animation that wasn't specifically for kids, outside the morning timeslot! Specifically, Saint Seiya and the unforgettable Dragon Ball. But then, everything disappeared overnight. Like, EVERYTHING. If you want cartoons on network TV, you have to wake up at the wee hours of Saturday: anything after 9PM will only get you Disney live-action, and any other day will give you news/talk-shows.
Then came that blessing from the gods we like to call cable TV. Still not much, but it introduced me to, erm, well.... Naruto. And I followed it there for a year and a half, until it suddenly randomly reset to the start of Shippuden, like 50 episodes from catching up. That was when I said "the fuck with this" and started watching anime online. Then came Elfen Lied, the Saint Seiya OVA's, and everything just sorta got pulled along. Still, I consider myself inexperienced when it comes to anime: Autumn 2010 being the first season there I watched anime from the start (Panty and Stocking <3). So, there are a lot of things that are still new to me, particularly regarding the culture, but I hope those faults will be addressed in the future.
I am quite open when it comes to genres: hell, look at this, I'm so into a freaking mahou shoujo that I'm helping in it's wiki! Most of the anime I watch come from friend's recommendations, so, along with my open mind, I rarely dislike an anime. But as a rule of thumb, even though I do enjoy a psychological anime, it should also have at least a bit of action in it.
As for stuff I've done around here, the Weapons page is my baby. Also, working on manga characters for the moment.Kazumi DoneKaoru CheckUmika BibbityPleiades Saints BobbityYuuri BOO!
And on the seventh day, he rested...
Jubey Or maybe not.
A warrior's last prayer
Tonight, I face the demons that dwell in my heart.
Give me wisdom, for it was my naiveness that brought me here. I was blinded by the light, and was unable to see the shadows of this world, until it was too late.
Give me strength, for it was my weakness that brought me here. Weakness of body, for allowing the darkness to surround me. Weakness of spirit, for allowing it to affect me. And weakness of mind, for being unable to fight it.
Give me courage, for it was my cowardice that brought me here. When, being unable to see or fight, I ran. I abandoned what I held dear, and let my regrets overcome me. I allowed myself to have second guesses when I must have not.
But do not give me guidance. For now, I am able to see it. I see the growing darkness that threatens to overcast the light. My light.
It is the fate destiny holds for me.
But I will not comply willingly.
For my words, whoever vague and misguided, were not false. I am true to my beliefs. I am faithful to my heart. I loyal to my word.
Draw your sword! Fight me with everything you've got! And if my light is to fade, then I will make it shine brighter, at least one more time!
The Puella's Creed
This is my soul gem. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My soul gem is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. My soul gem, without me, is useless. Without my soul gem, I am useless. I must fire my weapons true. I must be stronger than my enemy who is trying to kill humans. I must kill him before he kills me.
My soul gem and myself know that what counts in this war is not the arrows we fire, the slash of our swords, nor the noise of our bullets. We know that it is the witches we kill.
My soul gem is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its purity, its weapons and its shields. I will ever guard it against the ravages of witches and familiars as I will ever guard my family, my friends, my city and all humanity against damage. I will keep my soul gem clean and ready. We will become part of each other.
Before Madoka, I swear this creed. My soul gem and myself are the defenders of this world. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of mankind. So be it, until victory is ours and there are no witches, but peace!
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