As of earlier this week, it's come to my attention that my reputation has officially hit rock bottom.
Most of my friends visiting this page know that I'm not the most popular woman on the internet, but I'm pleased to announce that I've officially moved from being the least popular FFVII fan on the internet to being all-out hated in my day to day life.
So here's the story.
A friend of mine (unnamed so as not to draw negative attention to her) and I were browsing through the mall, being fan girls, admiring wall scrolls, talking FFVII...the type of things I've been known to do. Anyway, we stopped into one of the comic stores and were continuing our discussion when we were approached by two guys where were also fans and overheard our discussion.
Now, I would have ignored them if I were alone, but my friend started talking to them.
And, she apparently missed the memo about not making it public that I wrote Shinra High and Shinra SOLDIER.
See, we actually met because she read my work online, and eventually she met me through a few of our mutual friends who knew I was the authoress of the two aforementioned works.
And while it isn't the first time I've met a fan, this meeting in the comic book store marked my first meeting with the sad little people on the internet who would like nothing more than to see me get hit by a bus / electricuted by my toaster / killed by a sniper.
And the situation escalated pretty fast after my friend told them who I was as far as my internet self.
They put together that I was the 'infamous' Sephirothslave...and before I knew what was happening in between futile attempts to verbally defend myself, we were going at it. The bigger of the two guys lunged at me, and rather than standing there and getting pummeled, I engaged.
I've been well-trained in martial arts, so I simply grabbed the front of his shirt and drove my knee into his balls. I'm pleased to say I doubt he'll be able to father children, and he went down.
The comic store worker, my friend and his friend were standing there in shock and horror, so I told her I'd see her later and asked her to remember in the future that there are poeple who don't like me on the internet, and thus don't like me in person.
After that, I took off and laid rubber out of the parking lot.
All I have to say about this in retrospect is that I'm glad I invested in martial arts lessons for the past few years, because it wouldn't do to spoil my reputation as a bad-ass bitch and lose a fight. Since I've finally been found by people who would happily strangle the life out of me, I fear I may be fighting a lot more now.
If the guy who attacked me happens to read this, I pity him. It's terrible that people like him have no lives of their own and instead diegn to attempt to make my life difficult.
Aside from that, I thought it was an amusing encounter.

And just FYI, you don't have to take martial arts to kick a guy's balls. Just so you know.
excellent Tae-Bo skills there!