Description
I'd been online friends with Arc since her fanfiction archive agreed to host my stories (as well it might: I'm ferociously well-known, and it must have been quite a boost for them, acquiring me). But our friendship took a significant leap forward when some of my fans started chattering about celebrating my upcoming birthday by sending me cards and gifts." I was pretty chuffed about this, but there was one difficulty. Arc only has about twenty people friends on livejournal, so she hadn't even heard about the proposed present-giving until I'd brought her up to speed.
That's the problem with Arc, you know: she refuses to cultivate people properly, or brighten herself up at all. I mean, if she just had more of a sense of style, she could probably make it to MNF status--particularly with my help, since, as I don't mind telling you, I am easily the Big Name Fan of at least two fandoms. But she just has no aptitude, I suppose, for putting herself out there. Even her screen-name, Archivist 12, is forgettable. You'd never guess she runs 'Penn'd Passion" from that, would you? But she's sensible, even if she's a trifle dull, and I always turn to her for advice.
