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Kessen

This is the domain of Kagekatsu, Samurai-enthuisiast, Anime and Video Game junkie, avid reader, movie buff, self-proclaimed Shogun and crazed megalomaniac (Bow before the Shogun!)

Actual Name: Bo Kross a.k.a The First Shogun of the Kross Shogunate.

Hometown: Missoula, Montana

Favorites (Or those the Shogun has approved as worthy of existince)

Anime/Manga: Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, Eureka Seven, Soul Eater, Wolf's Rain, Afro Samurai, Blue Submarine No. 7, Saikano, Avatar, Hellsing Ultimate, Big O, FLCL, Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, Rurouni Kenshin, Evangelion, Samurai Champloo, Mononoke, Berserk, TTGL, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Full Metal Alchemist, Eyeshield 21, Code Geass, Noein, Gundam (UC, Wing, Seed, 00 (Sieg Zeon!), All of Hayao Miyazaki's films.

Movies: Lord of the Rings trilogy, 300, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Sin City, Dirty Harry, Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Blade Runner, Mongol, Batman 89, The Dark Knight, Iron Man, Friday Night Lights, Transformers, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Dr. Strangelove, Any Given Sunday, The Big Lebowski, Ran, Ben-Hur, Quo Vadis, Spartacus, Wall-E, Ratatoille, Finding Nemo, Children of Men, Troy, 007 Series, The Seven Samurai, Downfall, Heat, Apollo 13, Letters From Iwo Jima, Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Casablanca, Gladiator, Man with No Name trilogy, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Unforgiven, Gran Torino, TCCOBB, Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, Shoot Em' Up, The Wind and the Lion, The Searchers, Equilibrium, Narnia series, Sunshine, The Hidden Fortress, Star Wars series, The Green Mile, Kingdom of Heaven, Team America, Shaun of the Dead, 28 Days Later, The Excorcist, Psycho, Hot Fuzz, The Last Samurai, Serenity, Last of the Mohicans. Anything from Disney (Before it got taken over by manufactured blond diva's)

Books: The Bible, Shogun, The Noble House, Whirlwind, King Rat, Harry Turtledove/Timeline-191 series, Harry Potter, The Art of War, The Things they Carried, 1984, The Andromenda Strain, Prey, 1632 series, Shakespeare, Starship Troopers, Prayers for the Assassin, Tom Clancy novels, Band of Brothers, Citizen Soldiers, Almost a Miracle, Anything from Stephen King (Most especially the Dark Tower series.) The Years of Rice and Salt.

TV: South Park, The Simpsons, ("The best thing, is to never try") Family Guy, Band of Brothers, Rome (Titus Pullo is Win), Shogun mini-series, Doctor Who, The Twilight Zone (Rod Serling is the One) HBO Boxing, Battlestar Galactica (Have now embraced both 1978 and 2004 versions), The Bronx is Burning mini-series, Stargate (SG-1 and Atlantis), MST3K, Star Trek DS9, Firefly, Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, Classic Looney Toons (Most of today's cartoons suck snuff)

Games: Kessen series (a.k.a. one of the greatest game series crafted by man in my humble opinion), Killzone series (Four words, Mael Radec is Badass), Metal Gear Solid, R-Type Command, Fight Night, Madden, Call of Duty series, Bladestorm, Dynasty/Samurai Warriors, Indigo Prophecy, Farcry 2, Assassins Creed, Blitz the League series, Fallout 3, GTA serues, Obilvion, Kingdom Hearts, Ace Combat, LittleBigPlanet, Yakuza, Valkyria Chronicles, Lair, Romance of the Three Kingdoms series, Guitar Hero, Soul Calibur, Shadow of Rome, Sid Meier's Pirates, Empire: Total War.

Bands/Composers/Musicians: Muse, Blue October, The Fray, Sigur Ros, Deftones, Papa Roach, Frank Sinatra, Kinky Friedman, Wolfgang Mozart, Ludwig von Beethoven, Brandi Carlile, Johann Pachabel, Gustav Holst, Sergei Prokofiev, FLOW, Yoko Kanno, Moby, Bear McCreary, Hans Zimmer, Frank Murphy, Danny Elfman, Origa, L'arc-en-Cial, Orange Range, Sambomaster, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, BarlowGirl, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Celtic Frost, Explosions in the Sky.

Personal Likes: Chocolate, Chinese cuisine, History, Oriental Culture, Fishing, Hunting, Music, Video Games, Classic Coke (Death to Pepsi!) Movies, Green Bay Packers, New York Yankees, (Do not let Red Sox heretics tell you different) Pizza, Political debate, dry humor.

Dislikes: Our entire government (Dems and Repubs on both counts) Fascists, Racists, Extremists, Corporate Fatcats, Boston Red Sox, New England Patriots, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos, sterotypes, Celebrity snobs, Self-indulgent fangirls, The Twilight series, console fanboys, sportswriters, shock jocks, Ted Turner, Pat Robertson, Jack Chick, Jeremiah Wright, the Westboro Church, Rush Limbaugh, Keith Olbermann, Sean Hannity, Barack Obama, John McCain, Al Gore, George Bush (But then again who doesn't?), the Clintons, the Kennedy family.

Most Respected Persons: Jesus Christ, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, John Stuart Mill, Samuel Gompers, Thomas Jefferson, Barry Goldwater, Helen Keller, Peter Ustinov, Dwight Eisenhower, Curtis LeMay, Pope John Paul II, Lech Welesea, Sophie Scholl, Our soldiers serving overseas, my father, mother, sister, and all in my family.

What I like in fanfictions:

The Shogun enjoys fanfics that are well written and include a good plot and character development as well as a fleshed-out romance. One of his favorites is Historical AU's. Also enjoys the occasional crack humor fic.

My own personal views on the world

I believe there is a God, but I also he believes He prefers if people share the good Faith through love, not by fear or hatred as Fundies or Evangelicals.

Without freedom, without independence of thought, logic, choice, or faith, we are nothing more than slaves, so take pride in your freedom, and defend it from those who try to take it.

The world can seem like a messed up place at times, but I think we're nowhere near a doomsday level, still, ultimately what you think of the world, is based on your own thoughts, not of others. Make your own decision.

Life is very precious to everyone, so maybe if you have the time, take a look at what your life is, and how you wish to make it.

Above all my philosophy is, just go out and enjoy your life, because it is your own.

Favorite Quotes, Some for inspiration, some for reflection, and some for sheer randomness or psychotic behavior, or it could be all them, you decide.

"It's Morning in America"

Ronald Reagan

"A through vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything on real issues"

Theodore Roosevelt

"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virture"

Barry Goldwater

"If you can do it, it ain't bragging"

Yogi Berra

"Ah, Fuck it Dude, Let's go bowling"

John Goodman, The Big Lebowski

"All War is based on Deception."

Sun Tzu

"Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas"

Lewis Black

"War is Hell."

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman

"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx is Burning."

Howard Cosell

"Gentleman! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!"

Peter Sellars, Dr. Strangelove

"Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one want's to go now"

Kenny Chesney

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought."

John Paul II

"I imagine Hell like this, Italian punctuality, German humour, and English wine."

Peter Ustinov

"True courage is being scared to death, and saddling up anyway"

John Wayne

"So no more running, I aim to misbehave"

Nathan Fillion, Serenity

"No, I'm sorry Shaun"

Nick Frost, Shaun of the Dead

"I promise, I will never die"

Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Team America

"SILENCE!!, I kill you!"

Jeff Dunham

"Captain Sobel, We salute the rank, not the man"

Damien Lewis, Band of Brothers

"HE STOLE MY BALLOONS!!"

Jack Nicholson, Batman 89

"Makes you want to laugh, doesn't it Arty?"

Mark Hamill, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

"You know why I prefer a knife? Guns are too quick, you can't savor those little emotions."

Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight

"As a vampire you were nothing more than a pathetic piece of shit, now your nothing but dog shit."

Crispin Freeman, Hellsing Ultimate

"Challenge me, when you feel ready to duel a god."

Ron Perlman, Afro Samurai

"Unleash the whirlwind of our wrath! Our guns never tire, and we have beaten back the foe. Send them running!"

Brian Cox, Killzone 2

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion, I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All these moments will be lost in time, like...tears in rain, time to die"

Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner

That's what to know about the future Shogun of the world. Now swear undying loyalty to me and the reward shall be chocolate, lots of chocolate (If your allergic, just tell me what you would rather prefer).

March and win the land for the Shogunate,

To Victory!