Hi. I'm Weapon. [:3] This is my About Me And Stuff page, which is an amalgamation of traditional About Me information and other 'stuff' that seems most suited to being dumped here.
On Earth I'm nineteen, I live in Wales (that's one of the westward protuberances of the British Isles), am striving to be an author, and am doing an a-level in photography.
Neopia? Still nineteen, living in the Haunted Woods, using most of my time to maintain my sites, and it varies whether I'm a human or a green Xweetok.
The Neopets who suffer calling me 'owner' (although actually they don't - they call me 'Weapon' or 'that idiot') are hugely important to me and shall be introduced further down. Other names people have called me include: Weaponary, Weaponface, Star, WS, QW, Weaponfayce, Wephon, Weap, Flightless Wings, WeePea, Westar, Arma, Amelia, Armaface, and Quill. Besides which I like to tell people my full name is Weaponstar 'Armastella' Flightwing of the Ballistas. [;D]
My Blog
The Family and Others
+---- Weaponstar

Known as: Weapon.
Colour & Species: Green Xweetok / Human.
Age: Nineteen.
Current residency: Haunted Woods (Starmilit account).
Not the most responsible girl in Neopia, Weapon spends much of her time away in Neopia Central keeping up with friends and goings on. When she's home she can usually be found shut away in her study, working on her sites.
Her inexpect owner skills used to cause problems, forcing Malina and Zero to take up the slack, but now that everyone is older it's less of an issue.
Weapon has a twin sister, Shady, who lives deeper in the Woods. Those Neopets who grew up with her (Raydth, Syrus and Ace) consider Kelly, Mal and Zero cousins.
Shady is a fictional character - I don't really have a mildly evil twin, fortunately.
+---- Zero555000

Known as: Zero.
Colour & Species: Shadow Eyrie.
Fictional age: Twenty-three.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 15th November, 1988.
Current residency: Neopia Central, pursuing pursuits (Starmilit account).
Zero's paintjob can be intimidating - not to mention his tendency to dress somewhat tough - but his family and friends know him as a quiet, pleasant young man. He is likely to be the most reserved in a group.
He used to live with Weapon and his younger sisters, Mal and Kelly, in the Haunted Woods, but since the family's encounter with Ddianc he has left home to find himself a job (and, perhaps, hoping to run into that lost soul whom he so badly wants to help).
Though always visiting home very often, Zero was glad when such a responsible adult as Rebme joined the household. Apart from Rebme's attempts to convince him the house was haunted by a malignant spirit, he seemed a stable fellow.
Zero was created on the same day I joined. It was only a whole year later that I realised the 15th of November is also Neo's birthday.
+---- Malina555000

Known as:
Colour & Species: Split Eyrie.
Fictional age: Twenty.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 18th November, 1991.
Current residency: Shenkuu, studying (Starmilit account).
Malina was once defined by her role in the household; she cleaned, she tried to learn how to cook from Zero, she argued with Weapon, she looked out for her sister, she went shopping with her friends. It was good, all in all.
But there had to be more to life. She wasn't sure what she even wanted to do until she came across an advertisement on courses in Shenkuu. Design. Textiles. It was miles away and would likely be completely different to life in the Woods. It was perfect.
Mal (she dropped the ina) is well into her studies and has work assisting a make-up artist at a theatre. She still writes home twice a week.
+ Mal is Keeper of Weapon's Screenies.
+---- Raydth

Known as: Raydth, Ray.
Colour & Species: Maraquan Kyrii.
Fictional age: Twenty.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 7th December, 1991.
Current residency: Mystery Island, 'studying' and surfing (Fauxreality account).
The responsibilities of life rarely fall on Raydth's shoulders and he revels in it. He is the prankster, the teasing older brother, the one far more interested in having fun than in academia. But perhaps his position as oldest of three holds some sway, as he has always done well in school (apart from History) and seems to have a serious eye on Syrus and Ace, occasionally prodding them to think about the future.
He is currently away from home, studying and sharing an apartment with a couple of other students, who are as into surfing as he is. And sometimes the three of them will form an impromptu and inexpert band and play on the beaches.
Raydth was originally Xxxxxx###### but was recreated as Raydth on his birthday in 2009.
+---- Rogue778899

Known as: Syrus.
Colour & Species: Grey Kyrii.
Fictional age: Sixteen.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 24th December, 1995.
Current residency: Haunted Woods (Shady_neomad_person account).
Syrus is probably the quietest of us all, which could perhaps be blamed on his siblings' extrovert natures. He finds refuge with his cousin Kelly, who does not require him to talk.
Many things worry Syrus. Strangers. Shadows. The Haunted Woods in general. When feeling safe, he enjoys reading plays and anything Neovian.
+ Syrus is Keeper of my About Me And Stuff (you are here! [=D]).
+---- Kelly555000

Known as: Kelly, Kel, Kelz.
Colour & Species: Yellow Bori.
Fictional age: Sixteen.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 12th January, 1996.
Current residency: Haunted Woods, managing Find A Laugh (Weaponstar account).
Sharing Weapon's creativity and ambition, Kelly has spent countless hours helping out with the sites (especially Find A Laugh) along, more lately, with M-City. Perhaps due to how close they have been, she has nurtured herself the discipline Weapon lacks. She rarely gets impatient with her, knowing exactly how to deal with the distractions and lows.
Once consistently shy around strangers, confidence in her ability to talk to people has been slowly growing - with age or experience, she isn't sure. Still, she turns down any offer of a change from her plain yellow.
Still living at home, she has only vague ideas of what she might like to do when she's older. She spends time exercising her imagination muscle and visiting her favourite cousin, Syrus.
+ Kelly is Keeper of Find A Laugh.
+---- Yellowace778899
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Known as: Ace.
Colour & Species: [subject to the Lab Ray]
Fictional age: Eighteen.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 1st May, 1993.
Current residency: Haunted Woods (Weaponstar account).
One might suppose Ace's constant enthusiasm to be a side effect of many months of Lab Ray treatment, but her family would correct this assumption - Ace has always been chronically cheerful.
She has tried many things - babysitting, working at the Deserted Fairground, busking (violin), running a cake stall, and becoming a gypsy to name a few - but she happily admits that nothing holds her interest for long.
She lately took up an extended visit to Weapon's household (she had still been living with Shady and Syrus, deeper in the Woods), the better for her and Weapon to assist with The Faeries' Ruin.
+---- Rebme

Known as: Rebme, Reb.
Colour & Species: Shadow Shoyru.
Fictional age: Thirty-five.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 29th October, 1976.
Current residency: Haunted Woods (Weaponstar account).
Let's set one thing straight: The fact that Rebme fears the maligant spirit he senses in the house, prefering to live in a tent in the garden, does not mean he isn't a perfectly down to earth fellow.
It frustrates him, naturally, that he can't convince the others of the danger they are in, but what more is he supposed to do? He of course continues his self-education - reading as many books as he can to prepare himself for every situation life might present (he believes in 'knowing thine enemy').
Rebme lodged with the household on 30th May, 2006, and has since become very fond of them all and found a permanent place in the family.
Rebme, created in 2004, is one Neopet that I adopted (as you might guess, on 30th May, 2006).
+---- Agiftforlife

Known as: Life.
Colour & Species: Blue Buzz.
Fictional age: Sixteen.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 5th September, 1995.
Current residency: Haunted Woods (Shady_neomad_person account).
Life has lived with Shady's household since 2008, when she took a holiday to the Woods on the week of her birthday. Besides falling in love with all the ghosts and the freaks, she found there the means to begin a project she had been thinking about for years - in the shape of Weapon, who was all too keen to help.
Having grown up in Faerieland as a foster child, it might be no surprise that she is an independant sort of person. Some suspect Faerieland's magic must have rubbed off on her as well, pointing to A Gift For Life's uncannily efficient updates as evidence.
As might be apparent, Life was created expressly to host A Gift For Life.
+ Life is Keeper of A Gift For Life.
+---- Ddianc

Known as: Ddianc, Dee.
Colour & Species: Ice Zafara.
Fictional age: Twenty-seven.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 27th August, 1984.
Current residency: Unknown, travelling (Ddianc account).
Bio to come...
Ddianc is Keeper of Filter Solutions.
+---- Mawf

Known as: Mawf, Scable Runes.
Colour & Species: Pirate Buzz.
Fictional age: Thirty-three.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 13th January, 1979.
Current residency: N/A (Ddianc account).
Scable Runes... the sort of name, as he says, that gives you the impression 'scable' is an adjective. One could describe Scable as, besides a piratical Buzz, being a dishonest but oft benevolent man whose motivations are hard to pin down. He isn't safe, but he wouldn't hurt a fly. And he's written a story (Scable Runes - Truths for the Liar) that may or may not be entirely true.
Scable is not connected with the 'family' of most of my Neopets.
+---- Fhef

Known as: Fhef.
Colour & Species: Snot Grundo.
Fictional age: Nineteen.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 18th March, 1992.
Current residency: Sakhmet, making music (Fauxreality account).
Some think hanging around in the Lost Desert has turned this snot-coloured Grundo a little strange... others think he already was strange, and such is why he hangs there. But nobody really knows except Fhef, and he - so often taciturn - isn't telling. He's happiest coaxing tunes from discarded rubbish. If you're lucky, he may open up about his beliefs in subliminal messaging. About the sort of message he might want to send to the world though, he won't speak. You'll just have to listen to his music.
Fhef is not connected with the 'family' of most of my Neopets.
+---- MoltaraCity

Known as: M-City, City, M.
Colour & Species: Invisible Zafara.
Fictional age: Nineteen.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 13th November, 1992.
Current residency: Haunted Woods (Weaponstar account).
M-City enjoys photography, humour, and the little pleasures of every day. He and Weapon met in Neopia Central one time and got on like a fire gobbling up a house.
Probably the most laidback of the household, most don't even notice he's there. He likes to help with the sites a bit, especially when a new layout is required.
M-City was created the day Moltara was discovered, in 2009.
+ M-City is Keeper of my blog.
+---- Kimeyah

Known as: Kimeyah, Kimey, Kim.
Colour & Species: Robot Zafara.
Fictional age: Twenty-two.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 28th August, 1989.
Current residency: Unknown, travelling (Ddianc account).
Bio to come...
+---- Haffleh

Known as: Haffleh.
Colour & Species: Mallow Grundo.
Fictional age: ???.
Quasi-fictional birthdate: 14th November, ???.
Current residency: ??? (Fauxreality account).
Bio to come...
+ Haffleh is Keeper of The Triv' Quiz.
Birthday Calendar (2012)
- 12th Jan: Kelly (15-16)
- 13th Jan: Scable (32-33)
- 18th Mar: Fhef (19-20)
- 1st May: Ace (18-19)
- 27th Aug: Dee (27-28)
- 28th Aug: Kim (22-23)
- 5th Sept: Life (16-17)
- 29th Oct: Rebme (35-36)
- 13th Nov: M-City (19-20)
- 14th Nov: Haffleh
- 15th Nov: Zero (23-24)
- 18th Nov: Mal (20-21)
- 7th Dec: Raydth (20-21)
- 24th Dec: Syrus (16-17)
Neopian Times Work
+---- A World of Screenies

Category: Article (instructive).
I love how they made a new version of the same image from How to Make Good Screenshots, which this guide was written to replace. That is really quite awesome.
+---- Rock Paper Scissors - A Study

Category: Article (semi-instructive).
I love the image, so cute. [^.^] Well, this one took me a while! I've never done 'a study' like this before, or at least not such a long one. Not such a long long long one. [O.x]
+---- Scable Runes - Truths for the Liar

Category: Short Story.
Yay for them realising Scable actually exists and using his picture for the image. [=D] I was a bit concerned about how (not) easy it might be to imagine him from just the description; the mask completely transforms a Buzz's head. Anyway, so, this is a first person account from the man himself, who has quite a story to tell (hopefully it's one of the true ones). This man is blind and likes to pretend he's deaf. Strange at all? The story may be slightly weird, but I'm really hoping it's believable enough. [n.n;] Dear Rable Scunes has to be one of my favourite of my characters, and that's saying quite a bit. I think I'm still learning about him. His original incarnation was actually as an elf, in a world of my own, and I think my thinking of him more as a man than a Neopet has helped his character be deeper than you might envisage in a happy, fluffy creature. Not that I think Neopets are all happy, fluffy creatures... but I often do find it hard to imagine otherwise when reading the Neopian Times. [=(] It's a guilt of mine.
+---- Fooling Myself

Category: Short Story (autobiographical).
Fooling Myself features Hazel, Sherry and Ronan from Never Upon A Time, though there's a considerable time difference and the two pieces don't really have much to do with each other. (I'm working on a story that will fill in the holes in their past, but can't say when/if it'll be finished, I'm afraid.) [-nods at category-] Right, autobiographical. Not that I don't often include my experiences in stories, but this one... well. [=3]
+---- A Little Further Up

Category: Article (autobiographical).
Being a follow on from that article, An Endless Ladder, I wrote about two years ago. Can it be that long? [=O] Well yes, so I thought it was about time for another. [n.n] It's not hugely interesting. I have to admit, I was driven by unwriterly aims with this one.
+---- Never Upon A Time

Category: Short Story.
Aw, she's so pretty! -bows to the NT artists- That is so Hazel. Thank you! Well. Hazel, yes. Who is Hazel, and what's she doing sitting there? She's a young Zafara, and she's waiting for her brother. Now go read it before I give anything away. [D8] Heh. Trying to think what my inspiration was, but I'm not sure there was anything specific. It just appeared, and who could resist writing such an ambiguous tale? [xD] I enjoyed it a lot, and I do hope you will.
+---- Five Going On Twenty

Category: Short Story.
The idea for Maric sprouted from another idea a member of the guild I'm in once suggested - which was, if offering NP and items for pets is against Neopian law, then how come we can buy and sell Draik eggs and Krawk petpets? That would (presumably) have been an article, but what I really wanted to write was a story. Enter my first try at a kind of first person retrospective style. Interestingly, I had intended the narrator to be female. Maric wasn't having that though. [^^]
+---- How To Make Good Screenshots

Category: Article (instructive).
This article supersedes my earlier advice found in How to Make Good Screenshots, which is so out-of-date that it has grown mould and now supports a small community of Petpetpets.
Fifty-eight issues since Ladder and I decided it was about time I made an appearance. A rather silly reason, but hey. Besides, I'd already written the guide some time ago, for a petpage - I just had to rid it of the formatting and go over it again for any mistakes. Hence the little FAQ at the bottom; I doubt I'd have considered putting that in if I'd written the guide with the NT in mind (Why not? Good question).
+---- An Endless Ladder

Category: Article (autobiographical).
I think now I put in one too many ending lines, but oh well. [n.n;] My article was featured on the Times's front page, under the heading "Success Story Speaks", which rather pleased me. Not to mention the lovely neomail I recieved about it.
+---- Count Von Roo: Amendments

Category: Article (humorous).
It was nearly Halloween, and I was playing up my 'obsessiveness' of this character, so what did you expect? I've always liked stories where the persecuted (vampires, werewolves, et cetera) get to be on the good side. Even better: they're a bit iffy, and are having problems being accepted and all that so-typical stuff. So I came up with this. Fun for me, and some dodgy word-play for you.
+---- An Interview With Hannah & Gwyl

Category: Article (humorous).
Ooh, they used a caption contest image. We-ell, it was that which started me thinking about the competition likely to arise between those two, so I can't complain. So... well, to my later embarrassment, this thing here is yet another of the plague of 'interviews' that hit the Times round about then. Not that there's anything wrong with getting a couple of Neopia's characters together for a verbal scrap, but I'd say we did have an inundation at the time. Also, I look back on it and don't see where I used any writing skills. Unlike with, say, AMFTS (my first piece published) - I read back over that a week or so ago and was pleasantly surprised when I didn't start mentally picking it to shreds.
+---- It's Not Worth It

Category: Short Story.
Six issues later, this /very/ tame story appeared in the Times. You're likely to have read something like it before. I just hope I managed to make this my own enough for it to be an all right read. [=/] (P.S. is it just me, or is Drano pretending to be an overly happy zombie in that picture? [xD])
+---- A Mad Flight Through Space

Category: Short Story (humorous).
I love the image for this. Go NT artists! They used the same image as the 'attention grabber' in the News. AMFTS stars an inept pilot (Starmilit) and her cynical/cowardly flight partner, a blue mynci (Bananamenace). It's meant to be a bit silly, a bit funny, a bit plotless. Just a bit of fun, really. Although I had played with some ideas for a sequel, I'm sorry to say S and B never returned to the Times. (If you noticed one of my side accounts is called Starmilit - don't be surprised. There's also a pet called Bananamenace out there somewhere, though I don't own him anymore.)
Other Neopian Activities
- [unknown]: Published in Poetry Gallery 773
- 27/06/08: Third place in the Random Contest Join the Cup! (my entry can be found on my screenshot page).
- 09/08/08: Second place in the Random Contest Home Sweet Home (I'm right down the bottom).
- 23/08/08: Third place in the Random Contest Usukicon Guide.
- 18/02/09: You are now eligible to use Neopian Times Star as an avatar on the NeoBoards!
- 26/08/09: Congratulations! You have guessed correctly in the Lenny Conundrum game (round 322). You have won 489 NP!
- 20/01/10: Congratulations! You have guessed correctly in the Lenny Conundrum game (round 340). You have won 548 NP!
- 17/02/10: Congratulations! You have guessed correctly in the Lenny Conundrum game (round 344). You have won 677 NP!
- 16/12/10: CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your score of 44,145 beats the score of 43,000 by Hannah in the BETTER THAN YOU competition! You have won 3,000 NP, a cool trophy and a great item! Well done!
2 Syllables: Missing Item List
2 Syllables is my monster of a gallery, located here. The theme is items with no more and no less than two syllables in their name. There are rather a lot that qualify, so I've compiled a list for practicality and so that you can scoff at how far I am from completion. [^.~]Clam Chop
Aquatic Petpet
Bleamix
Bubbles
Crabby
Flippy
Frowny
Goldy
Gulper
Khura
Pooka
Sharky
Smiley
Baked
Ice Loaf
Battle Magic
Bent Fork
Bent Sword
Blood Grub
Blow Torch
Cake Bomb
Cloud Rod
Curse Stick
Fruit Bomb
Grabber
Grarrl Claw
Grey Lance
Grey Staff
Grey Sword
Ice Club
Ice Dice
Iced Spoon
Negg Chucks
P-Bomb
Rock Mines
Rock Slide
Sad Spell
Skarls Sword
Sludge Bomb
Thieves Dirk
Zaptwig
Book
Gebmids
Jimmi
Quest Spells
Candy
Bullseyes
Chocoon
Coffee
Dark Tea
Collectible Cards
Faleinn
Jahbal
Krawk Card
Meruth
Meuka
Sargug
Defence Magic
Knights Helm
Desert Petpet
Blue Geb
Green Geb
Green Nuk
Khonsu
Pink Geb
Red Khnum
Snow Geb
Desert Scroll
Pox Curse
Faerie Petpet
Blue Floud
Flosset
Green Floud
Grey Gwortz
Red Floud
Fanciful Fauna
Pygui
Quilin
Food
Bunwich
Canned Ham
Cho Sticks
Frump Soup
Globlin
Grape Pop
Green Ham
Grey Toast
Grog Light
Gum Balls
Heart Fruit
Hogshead
Hotfish
Keel Haul
Lime Negg
Meat Stars
Peabone
Ranegg
Sloth Negg
Strong Shake
Furniture
Barn Door
Cheese Chair
Cheese Lamp
Cheese Mat
Jump Rope
Moon Orb
Spoon Chair
Gardening
Bamboo
Clay Bridge
Dead Tree
Igloo
Mud Pit
Sand Fort
Snow Grarrl
Tombstone
Geraptiku Petpet
Tootum
Gift
Bent Cup
Log Bridge
Negg Charm
Grooming
Rose Brush
Instrument
Banjo
Bassoon
Bronze Gong
French Horn
Pan Flute
Space Drum
Kiko Lake Carpentry
Shell Stool
Magic Item
Air Spell
Frost Bow
Slorg Flakes
Tech Bow
Medieval Food
Bread Wreath
Roast Pork
Medieval Petpet
Mortog
Symol
Turmac
Vullard
Zebie
Moltaran Petpets
Magmut
Mystic Mushroom
Dark Shroom
Neovian Pastries
Kaussant
Neovian Press
Love Hurts
Petpet
Babith
Black Splyke
Blue Splyke
Blue Warf
Bogie
Brown Warf
Cadro
Chezzoom
Chiruck
Clay Warf
Darblat
Dung Warf
Floobix
Flowper
Foobug
Frogler
Fungree
Ghost Warf
Ghost Whoot
Graffle
Green Warf
Green Whoot
Grey Splyke
Grey Warf
Gulpfir
Hasee
Kookith
Noil
Pink Warf
Red Splyke
Skindle
Snow Splyke
Snow Warf
Turdle
Weebly
Petpetpet
Blechy
Breebly
Bumbluz
Cooty
Ditrey
Draphly
Flankin
Greevix
Itchi
Jermite
Lightmite
Moffit
Mootix
Pinchit
Rainblug
Scriblet
Skidget
Skuffler
Squippit
Strale
Veespa
Pirate Petpet
Barlow
Blorbis
Krikket
Palmplat
Stahkee
Swabby
Weewoo
Robot Petpet
Black Wain
Blue Wain
Fleurbik
Green Wain
Red Wain
Zoomik
School
Charcoal
Kau Tape
Snot Pen
Snow Food
Ice Cheese
Space Battle
Sleep Ray
Space Food
Cloned Corn
Sloth Wrap
Special
Bread Crumbs
False Lips
Fish Negg
Ice Chip
Mud Boots
Nest Seed
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Space Map
Thorn Nail
Spooky Food
Bone Dog
Brain Stew
Ghost Puff
Screamed Corn
Slime Soup
The Stuff
Tomb Chips
Worm Stew
Spooky Petpet
Bat Boy
Black Slorg
Blue Bloop
Blue Sklyde
Blue Slorg
Brown Slorg
Clompkin
Cloud Slorg
Dung Slorg
Furwitch
Ghost Slorg
Gold Slorg
Green Bloop
Gremble
Grey Slorg
Ice Slorg
Meepit
Pink Bloop
Pink Sklyde
Pink Slorg
Pofew
Pwerko
Red Bloop
Red Slorg
Schnelly
Short Fuse
Sketch Slorg
Slorgclops
Snomorg
Snorlkin
Snow Sklyde
Snow Slorg
White Slorg
Zomutt
Stamp
Stone Stamp
Toy
Chewed Stick
Clacker
Fake Gum
Koi Kite
Red Bike
Snot Blocks
Spite Doll
Sticker
Toy Horn
White Bike
Tropical Food
Blairnut
Blopple
Cramjar
Gwermal
Mint Stew
Phear
Plantcake
Purplum
Songray
TeaLeef
Turnla
Tyrannian Food
Hutcakes
Tyrannian Furniture
Dung Chair
Stone Sink
Tyrannian Petpet
Blue Krawk
Blue Rock
Brown Krawk
Cloud Krawk
Gathow
Green Rock
Pink Krawk
Pink Rock
Red Krawk
White Krawk
Tyrannian Weaponry
Fur Boots
Stone Club
Utility Fish
Clampfish
Fanfish
Knifefish
Lampfish
Sawfish
Sharklight
Slidefish
Spoonfish
Toyfish
Wrenchfish
Wintery Petpet
Blue Fir
Brown Fir
Feepit
Grey Fir
White Felf
White Fir
Xampher
Wonderous Weaponry
Kunai
Items that will not be added to the gallery:
Bone Axe
Boom Stick
Grarrg Tooth
Green Spell
Rock Shard
Rock Sling
Scouts Hook
Slime Net
Debateable Pronunciation
After much fruitless discussion I decided to base 2 Syllables on how I pronounce things, not on how so-and-so source says certain words ought to be pronounced. So, in case you wondered:
Elestone [3]
Noil [2]
Strale [2]
Fire [2]
Shield [2]
Tale [1]
Tail [1]
Other (I don't know why, but they don't seem to be obtainable.)
Isfet
Credits
About Me © Weaponstar, 2009-11.
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