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I even read somewhere that one photomodel, with whom He lived for a while, said that He had such a disgusting nature, she then missed her dog more than her lover.

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She didn't say he had a disgusting nature; just that she did miss her dog more.

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And I wonder if we would be interested in Him so much if He was married, had children?

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Definitely.

1) Writing about his characters (namely Neo and Ted) in fanfic started out as something fun, as a joke really; but after about ten months of this I became extremely attached to them, almost on a personal level. From there I began to appreciate Keanu as an actor, in particular how he had successfully played two such different characters.

2) Going online, I encountered people insulting Keanu's acting, among other things claiming that he always played the same character. This ran completely contrary to my experience as mentioned above, and I have a chronically unhealthy habit of getting into arguments. Before I knew it I was defending him and yelling at fish, and found other fans who were doing the same. This eventually led to the Keanu SWAT Team. We realised that people kept using the same unoriginal insults, so I compiled a list of counterarguments, decided to make a website to post them on, and thus WINM was born.

3) I started hanging out on other Keanu fansites and learning more about him. I liked what I read, and my respect for Keanu as a person grew. A few months later, Keanuweb shut down. Shortly after that, CK crashed, taking with it what was then the last existing Keanu articles archive on the Internet. I didn't want it to be lost forever, so I offered to rebuild it, and people - mostly inkhuldra and Fiercelyred - sent me the articles that they had saved. I recovered 840 from the CK archive out of its original thousand or so.

4) In the process of restoring the archive, I read every single one of those 840 articles and interviews. I became absolutely fascinated by Keanu's life and personality, and became even more of a fan. People still kept sending in articles, and I thought I might just as well continue adding on to the archive. I discovered other old, forgotten parts of the Internet with more articles, and salvaged those to add on. The archive more than doubled in size, and is still growing to this day.

...so that's the how. As for the why:

- first and foremost, I love his characters. Each one of them is to me a completely unique individual, with their own individual personalities, dreams, quirks... after writing about them, they almost feel like good friends. And Neo was one of the first movie characters I completely related to.

- I also love his films, and how they encompass just about every genre that exists. Looking at his filmography is like looking across the breadth of film history. So many of his films were cinematic milestones.

- He's not a typical Hollywood celebrity chasing after luxury and wealth. He acts because it's his passion in life and he loves it; not for the money. He doesn't need huge mansions; he's satisfied with living in a hotel room. He doesn't need racks of expensive clothes; he's fine with a basic, simple wardrobe. He wears his shoes until they need to be duct-taped to stay together, then continues wearing them. He's not part of the Hollywood celebrity machine. And that's refreshing.

- The insults he receives from all over the place often feel like straight-up bullying to me, and as someone who used to be bullied in school, it makes me want to defend him.

- Keanu is basically a constant inspiration in my life, and I have an extreme amount of respect for him. I'm inspired by how he survived so much tragedy and hard times and yet managed to pull through it all. He's my role model in many ways: in his kindness, modesty, generosity, politeness, work ethic, determination, thirst for knowledge and perpetual drive to become a better person, and when I grow up, I want to be like that.

I'm sorry you were bullied. (Actually I had already guessed that you were more or less bullied after reading the Kenselton Hotel trilogy.) *feels embarassed* In any other school in the US, I would most definitely be bullied too, but I live in a county where bullying, gangs and drugs is total joke and are the stuff of faraway myth. I've never seen anyone be bullied in my life. :/

Random question: what should I name the random snail that appeared in the fish tank and now coexists with Bill, Ted, Klaatu, Constantine, BlooferLady and Lokifire? (I decided on names! :)

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SHADOWSPARK, 90% of the time all you say is "..........."

Squidgy.

Or Sludgy.

Or Squishy.

Etc.

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- Keanu is basically a constant inspiration in my life, and I have an extreme amount of respect for him. I'm inspired by how he survived so much tragedy and hard times and yet managed to pull through it all. He's my role model in many ways: in his kindness, modesty, generosity, politeness, work ethic, determination, thirst for knowledge and perpetual drive to become a better person, and when I grow up, I want to be like that.

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Ditto, Ani, ditto.

I'm sorry to talk about sex so much, I know it's tacky ;p Really, I do respect the man for a lot more than his physical appeal, but but he is REALLY physically appealing. I mostly respect him for his generosity towards cancer research. I just found out today that my dad's been diagnosed with liver cancer- you can imagine my love for people who are fighting this nasty fucking disease with all their hearts. BTW Anakin, and you don't have to answer but if your glorification of the man has nothing to do with his physical attributes, then really, what does this mean . . .

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want. Keanu/Connie slash nao. :|

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We love you Ani, it's all in good fun. ;) And I seriously need distractions right now.