Today was fun... I finally got to see "The Ring", so I'm happy. ^.^ It was pretty scary, though I involuntarily covered my eyes during what everyone has said was the scariest moment (the dead girl in the beginning)... ^^;;; And now it's late and it's all dark and quiet and I'm getting seriously freaked out. I wish I didn't have a TV in here. *sniffles and glances at it nervously* Guess who isn't sleeping toniiiight...
listening to: nothing
losing my religion on Saturday, November 9, 2002 at 12:10 a.m.
WAAAAAAAAHHH *runs around panicking* Road test in an hour oh my god I'm not ready for this and if I fail I'll shoot myself wah wah wah wah!
Um, yeah. I'm calm. Definitely. I'm just gonna sit here and listen to really bad 80s music and try not to make so much with the screaming and ripping hair out. ^_^;;;
Happy thoughts, happy thoughts... EEEE! *glomps MD* Y/K/A! *_* I'll give you my firstborn for that! XD And ain't nothing wrong with lusting after Yuuto. *nod nod* So you already have some written? Wah, postpostpost! XD (I'm not desperate or anything, noooo...)
*twitch* *twitch* Wah... I'm going to go work on Eternal Flame now. Working on websites is always good for being distracting, and yet not requiring a lot of brain power and inspiration... everyone, cross your fingers for me, at least until 3:30pm or so... *snifflesniffle*
listening to: True, Spandau Ballet
losing my religion on Wednesday, November 6, 2002 at 01:53 p.m.
Mmmm, controversy.
Well, you know, I really don't think I'm going to get involved. Considering I respect both parties... 'sides, it isn't my place to jump in (yeah, Keri's showing self-restraint, go on and pass out if you must). Fandom sure has been dramariffic lately, though. I think someone should stage a coup. Not that I really know what staging a coup would involve, but it would probably be at least vaguely amusing. Viva, and all that sort of thing.
If you can't tell, I'm bored. And vaguely irritated by the fact that the overhead walkway between the library and the student center, my favorite place to walk between classes, has been closed off until late spring. Dangerous in the winter my ass-- there are walls around it! Anyone who can fall off a walkway that has 4-foot walls surrounding it deserves to go squish.
OK, so I'm mostly just pissed that I now have even less of an excuse to walk past the office 9 times a day. Curses, foiled again...
Oh, and my road test is tomorrow. If I don't get my license I will jump off something high. ... maybe not, I'm afraid of heights, but there will definitely be tears and cursing involved. I think I can actually parallel park now, though. Whee.
Inoue wants Nanjiroh? Damn, I really do need to watch more. o.O XD And Shigure/Kyou would be pretty hot, actually.
MD, I get that webcomic urge all the time. Unfortunately, my drawing skills stalled somewhere at the fourth-grade level, so that ain't happening unless people are willing to gush and ooh and ahh over stick figures. XD Oh well. Knowing my work ethic, even if I could draw, I'd probably draw two or three strips and then get bored with it/run out of inspiration and never work on it again. Hurrah for never finishing anything you start. x.x
Suppose I should go to class. Yep. *nod nod* ... blah. x.x
listening to: On a High, Duncan Sheik
losing my religion on Tuesday, November 5, 2002 at 03:15 p.m.
OK, all recovered. ^^;;; Damned 24-hour viruses. I suppose it was for the best that I didn't go to the movies like I planned to on Saturday, though, considering I might've passed out halfway through. ^^;;; Still haven't seen goddamn Ring yet, though. WAH.
Let's see, what else is going on... well, I'm kinda seeing a counselor now. I can see what people mean when they say psychologists try to blame absolutely everything on your parents XD but hey, my parents suck, so that's fiiiine. And it is helping, I guess. Mostly I have insecurity issues that I need to get over. As any of my friends will tell you. ^^;;;; So yeah, I feel kind of weird doing it, but it's free, so I might as well try it, huh?
Oh, and I started downloading Fruits Basket (yes, I know it's licensed... shhhh). CUTE! Though the size of Tohru's eyes scares me a bit sometimes... I really like Shigure. *snickers* Mostly I was inspired to start watching it because of Becky's log about crossing it over with X... it just sounded really cute and amusing. Though... my chibi-Seiichirou. *tackleglomps him* XD XD Anyway, yeah. I've only seen two eps, I have another on my harddrive to watch, but I'm having a hell of a time getting Kazaa to cough up episode 4. *shakes fist at it* I really like most of the characters I've seen so far, except Yuki bothers me in some way I can't quite place. He's creepy. I don't like him. XD But Shigure is cute and Kyou is hilarious and Tohru's two friends crack me up. Hana-chan and her electricity thing is great-- I need a friend like that. XD XD
Ooooohh. And I found something great yesterday. *giggles* Google, like the dutiful little bitch it is, found me a very.... interesting.... RP log. Though it was incomplete, and since I'm pretty sure I know who wrote it... *waves to MD-san* And since I was going to link to her anyway... I might as well take this time to say please please please finish it and/or post more? It was just getting to the good part! *sniffle* Heehee. I'm really pathetic. ^_^
Oh! Oh oh oh! And the X calendar! I just found out from Rachel that Aoki and Karen each got their own pages. Yay, I say, but dammit, I didn't order one! *swears* Oh well, if they're not new pics, I guess it doesn't matter that much... still, I hope it shows up on Ebay or something... Rachel-san, might I humbly ask which pictures of Aoki and Yuuto were used? ^^;;; And by "that bridal type dress" for Karen, do you mean the pic with the water and the birds? o.o
Cool PoT females? What about Shiba? I dunno, I like her. ^^;;; Need to watch more PoT though, as I am way behind. x.x But yeah. I still think the "old reporters" should get together XD XD
Ooh, new ficbitches review. *scurries off to read*
listening to: Take Me As I Am, October Project
losing my religion on Monday, November 4, 2002 at 01:40 p.m.
sick.
fever, chills, headache, half-dead. barely keeping eyes open. should sleep, but blogging. why? no idea. hate to waste perfectly good weekend. paperb due monday... uytterly screwed.
someone send aoki to nurse me back to health. gonna go passout noiw.
listening to: nothing
losing my religion on Sunday, November 3, 2002 at 12:21 a.m.
Sometimes I think fate is laughing at me.
See, as you may or may not know, trashy romance novels are my guilty pleasure. Actually, I mostly just like reading the backs of them; I rarely buy them, but the blurbs on the back are always amusing. So today I'm waiting around for my mom at Walmart, and I head over to the books section and start browsing. First book I pick up, and the male character has a rather familiar name that holds a certain amount of significance for me right now. I laugh ironically and put it down and move on.
Then it happens again. And twice more after that. Now, what are the odds of four out of maybe 15 books having the same name for the male lead character? Especially since I didn't see any other name repeated even once?
Like I said. Fate likes to taunt me. XD
o.o Rachel, that was a great rant. ^_^ Though I'm not as picky as you are about details, I can see why you would be, considering you know a lot about Japan and such. *hands cookies* Very well said.
Eeeeep *is clonked* ^^;;; I know, I know, angst is baaaad. Of course, I was expecting this, because I'm terrible at transitions. My worst years of school were sixth grade and ninth grade, and both of those were transitioning years, so... yeah, first years are cursed for me XD And I don't think the song is morose! It's a bit angsty, true, but I like it. *sniffles* hehehe
So, I'm starting a new project. As soon as I figure out what to do about making a layout for it, that is. >.> I hate making non-blog layouts... In any case, hopefully it will be successful. I'm looking forward to working on it. ^^
listening to: Unstoppable, The Calling
losing my religion on Wednesday, October 30, 2002 at 02:50 p.m.
Bleh. Sorry for angsting, I'll try not to let it happen again. (Read: I'll wait a week or so before doing it again.) ^^
Today was a waste of a great hair day. Now, you all know I'm not an egotistical person, but I gotta say I looked pretty damn good today. Of course, I didn't see anyone I wish to impress. -.-;;; In other news, getting discouraged about lack of friends on campus again, wishing I didn't live at home again, etc. etc., story of my life. At least Carolyn told me my CD reviews for the paper were "eloquent" and that's why she wanted me to write articles. I felt special. *sparkle* She also said that I was one of only two people to get the format for articles right on the first try. ^^
I am now going to social blog, to keep myself from going off on yet another rant on the train wreck that is my life these days. ^^
So, there's a fanfiction debate going on in blogland. Just because I like to hear myself talk, here's what I think... On the one hand, I agree that all authors should be allowed to write what they want, and shouldn't be made to feel guilty for killing off a fan-favorite character. That's just stupid-- there's no obligation for an author to finish everything with a nice tidy fluffy wrapup, and readers shouldn't always expect that.
On the other hand, I agree with a lot of what Kim said, and this actually goes back to a fanfic discussion I had with Lika a while back. Happy endings aren't unrealistic. And even if they are, it's fiction, and your reaction to it really depends on the reason you read fiction. If you read it looking for something like real life in a controlled setting, then perhaps happy endings are not something you'd seek out. If you read it for escapism, then sure, you probably want everything to be fluffy and wonderful at the end (this is my end of the spectrum, btw ^^). I think both are perfectly valid reasons, so while it's not fair to condemn someone for writing an unhappy ending, it's not quite fair to condemn someone for wanting a happy one either.
As for deaths being too random or too sudden, I believe that may very well be a valid complaint, though the way I interpret that and the way others interpret it are probably very different. I don't see anything wrong with the deaths themselves; it's just the way the surviving characters react that bothers me in many fics. It's not just fics, either; X TV suffered from the same problem. People die, and... it doesn't matter. Sure, many of the X characters are desensitized to death to a certain degree, considering some of them have spent their whole lives knowing they might have to die for a particular cause. But still, if someone's friend or teammate dies, there's going to be some kind of lingering emotional response. Not showing that response, and moving on with the story as if the dead character was never there in the first place, definitely trivializes the death and makes it seem random and pointless. Yes, death arguably makes a story more realistic and true-to-life, but not if it seems like it's thrown in only to get a particular character and his/her storyline out of the way.
So in the end, I'm not on anyone's side. ^_^ Everyone should just write what they want, though. And I'm all for the idea of writers placing what they want above what their readers want, because I think this fandom in general suffers from a terrible addiction to praise that overrides everything else, including quality. More and more it seems to me that authors are writing expressly for the purpose of getting fangirls to kiss their asses, rather than counting fangirl ass-kissing as a nice but not necessary bonus.
*shrugs* Just some thoughts. And on a completely pointless, fluffy note... this song is freakin' adorable. *sparkles* ^^
listening to: Why Don't You and I, Santana feat. Chad Kroeger
losing my religion on Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 012:21 a.m.
*grumbles* It's cold...
And I'm tired. I'm so tired. I feel so empty and so exhausted. Not physically-- no amount of sleep will make this go away...
It's funny how one person can negate the opinions of many, sometimes. I can't tell you how many people have tried to tell me I am worthy, I am important, I am a good person. People I love and respect and care about deeply... people who actually know me. And yet, because that one person, who probably barely knows my name, is getting along just fine without me...
I know. It isn't rational. These things never are.
I'm not sure why it matters so much. Much more than it ever has before. I want to make some kind of impression so badly... but I have hardly any chances to do so, and whenever I am in a position to say something, I freeze. My throat closes up and my chest tightens and I can't think, I can't breathe.
Give up, they say. Don't they know I would if I could? I can't see anyone else the same way, though. I can't just turn this off like a light switch. I get attached very easily and it's lasting.
*sighs* I guess I just don't know what to do. I'm tired of this same old pattern, all the time. Things are different in college, they told me. People are more mature, more interesting, more worthy. And they are. In fact, some of them are damn near perfect.
The mistake I made was assuming that maturity meant I had any more of a chance. But no... as it turns out... the better they are, the more competition there is...
I'm waiting for a day when I won't come in last. No... I'm waiting for a day when I'm able to compete at all.
listening to: Hikari (English Version), Utada Hikaru
losing my religion on Monday, October 28, 2002 at 05:25 p.m.
Fun with Googlisms. (got link from Beth
kerianne is not subtle ((hee hee, of course not.))
kerianne is finding her way
kerianne is a beautiful little girl who has a great personality and is very social
kerianne is 8 months pregnant ((impossible, I'm afraid. -.-))
keri is a live amateur webcam girl nude ((.... *glances around nervously* no I'm not...))
keri is teh mast4r ((l33t!!!))
keri is the moving yet unsentimental story of a girl coming to terms with the loss of her life's foundation
keri is the method of pulling your toe to knee than kicking up
keri is born to harmony glendennin on the estate of baron hope emanuel lampi du aragon ((... suuure. o.O;;))
keri is truly an enchantress ((*smug smile*))
keri is has talent in areas to be discovered by you ((oooh yeah baby. discover my talents. *wiggles eyebrows*))
keri is my baby; and yet sometimes she is my rock ((aaawwww...))
keri is the author of god's whisper in a mother's chaos ((o.O;;;))
keri is downright scary ((wah. *sniffles*))
keri is the perfect drunken party girl ((not last I checked... o.O))
keri is having a showdown with her brother ((at least this one is accurate. XD))
keri is flirting with him more ((riiight.))
keri is *really* married ((*really* really?))
keri is a curvacious and "mature" siberian white tiger ((now I'm a furry? um... no.))
keri is an avid x ((...fan? crazy obsessive? ^_^))
keri is one of the roughest girls ((heehee.))
keri is fearing for her's and john's life ((who the hell's john?))
keri is a functioning alcoholic with a fully stocked medicine
keri is trying to spend time alone with him ((perhaps so... -.-))
And now for the really amusing ones. *giggles*
aoki is damn near sexy ((*cackles* thats right!))
aoki is self absorbed and really is 5"4 ((that's short...))
aoki is a bit of a pervert in the anime sense of the word ((wah, is not!))
aoki is no stranger to playing masterfully in the senior open ((hehe, this sounds dirty.))
aoki is not into hybrid orchids ((... good to know...))
aoki is wearing a long wig and dancing in his own "unique" latin style ((..... *SNORRRRTTT* XD XD XD))
aoki is seen walking hakkai to the nearest café for tea
aoki is like a wild cat on heat ((*falls over laughing*))
aoki is especially high on melanie bartels ((eh? o.O))
karen is a little slut ((wah...))
karen is shown with a large gather of molten glass on the end of her punty ((okay, I checked this out and it's nothing dirty... but it sounds wrong, doesn't it? x.x))
yuuto is strapped to the iron frame of beast with leather straps holding his hands and legs ((smut! *dances*))
yuuto is entirely above going after jailbait ((*snicker* that's what you think))
yuuto is usually in charge of cooking and cleaning ((awww, he's a domesticated manwhore XD))
yuuto is being remarkably uninteresting ((awwww...))
yuuto is kind of like seishirou back during the year of the bet ((... how? o.O))
yuuto is done with his shower ((hee hee))
yuuto is our pimp ((mackin da hoes))
yuuto is caught and introduced repeatedly to the wall ((ow...))
yuuto is soo totally flirting with him ((*snerk* of course))
yuuto is aoki's bisexual stalker ((Nayami's fault XD))
yuuto is the magical piece of talking clay from the maxx ((....))
yuuto is surely much more fun than doing shuuichi ((of course he is... of course he is.))
Okay. I think I'm done for now. XDDD
listening to: Here's to the Night, Eve 6
losing my religion on Friday, October 25, 2002 at 11:31 p.m.
It could be just another A/K fic wherein the easiest way to get them screwing is to kill off the family...
*sniffles* Something wrong with that? Besides, I don't think you can use the phrase "just another" for a genre that consists of about three fics, hehe. But anyway, I liked the beginning of this fic... and hell, I hope it is a reason to get them together and not what you said. Because that's just depressing. ^^;;; I did e-mail feedback to the author and she wrote back saying surprising things were going to happen with that situation, though, so maybe we're both wrong. In any case, I'm looking forward to finding out. ^_^
Oh, and I bet your "tiers of importance" look a hell of a lot different from mine. XD
Oh, thanks to everyone who commented on the layout ^___^ but why is everyone so skeptical about my song choice? *sniffles* I think it works... it doesn't make that much sense to begin with, so it's open to interpretation, and it just fit dammit. I was going to use this song or this one but I figured they were both a little too autobiographical. *coughs* Wheee angst.
Nonono, the sparklies came later (or was it earlier? can't remember o.o;;). In that one shot where Aoki looked prettier than Subaru. XD XD Of course, your layout is cute, I already told you that. Even though Aoki is making a dorky face. *giggles*
Mrrr. *sighs* I didn't do my psychology homework. I'd skip, but I wanna talk to people. And math is gonna be as boring as ever-- maybe I'll get some writing done... I've taken to playing my CD player very quietly during boring classes, that way I can listen to the professor and music at the same time XD I love college. *sparkles* Now if only I could make some friends. XP Spose I should give it time...
listening to: Deny, Default
losing my religion on Thursday, October 24, 2002 at 12:41 p.m.
*dies giggling*
I just saw Bridget's second Squicky Clique pairing... er... pairing plus one, that is.
A/Y/K? And I thought I was the only one. ^_~ (BTW, if you see this, your Halloween fic on CLAMPesque was really adorable. ^.^)
listening to: nothing
losing my religion on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 09:51 a.m.
O_O Beth, you wrote something A/K? *looks pathetic* This is me begging you to please type it up and show me. I'm addicted, y'know. I can be very persuasive. *snicker* Seriously, I'd love to read it. *sparkles and looks cute and hopeful* ^.^
Oh, and I liked the rant about fandomination.net's stupid rules. Me and my chat buddies were just tearing into those the other day. As a rant on someone's blog about their personal fanfiction pet peeves, it'd be understandable, though I still think some of the conditions would be too petty and picky to be taken seriously... I don't think it's fair to dismiss entire genres such as chatfics and songfics, because some are quite well-done. (Incidentally, FF.net did not take down MY chatfic. Either I managed to slip it in under their noses, or they read it and decided it was coherent enough to stay. Either way, I feel pretty smug. ^_^)
Anyway, as a list of rules for submission, it's ridiculous, especially for a site that claims to want to be a replacement for FF.net. I see they have a humongous disclaimer up saying "these are just suggestions, if your fic is well-written you don't have to worry" but honestly, give a bunch of random people the power to remove any fics they wish, and they're gonna let it go to their head. They'll start using the picky little rules to justify removing a fic by an author they don't like, or one about a couple they don't favor, or with a valid characterization that they just don't agree with... It's just too easy to abuse. -.-
*sniffles* In other news, I want to see The Ring so bad it hurts. I'm a horror movie junkie and I can't wait to get the crap scared out of me. (Let's see how enthusiastic I'll be after I see it and can't sleep for a week XD) Unfortunately my usual movie buddy has work every day until next weekend, and I'm too chicken to go alone, so I have to wait till then. *pout*
Ooh, but I finally got a good idea for an original novel! I didn't think I was even capable of coming up with non-fanfiction ideas, but it was at the back of my mind all day and finally something hit me. ^.^ Excited about getting started on it, though I do have some fanfic projects I should be working on, too... Don't worry, guys, I won't neglect the one I know several of you want me to finish. ^_~
listening to: Black, Pete Yorn
losing my religion on Monday, October 21, 2002 at 03:13 p.m.
New layout! *sparkle* I wanted something angsty, hehe. And I heard the song in the shower this morning and decided it fit well with this scene (considering it was almost a confession, hence "said too much" but "haven't said enough" ^_^). Yay me. ^.^
listening to: Barely Breathing, Duncan Sheik
losing my religion on Sunday, October 20, 2002 at 08:03 p.m.
I love this song. ^.^
Yeah, so... I promise I will post here soon. Probably tonight or tomorrow. It's just been an absolutely insane week. x.x (I'll send you my avatar soon too. ^^;;;)
I'm not quite as angsty as I was last time I posted... though things are far from perfect, and probably will be for a while, but hell, I can deal. *stretches*
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Hehe. Meeee? Cynical? Never. XD
Just saw this (the September 23rd entry)... Yeah, I know I'm really late, but it just showed up in my tracker. Anyway, yeah, I was half-joking about the "cult of Subaru". But really, if you're going to be obsessive, you might as well be proud about it. I wouldn't be offended if someone referred to me as a cultist for one of my favorite characters. *snicker*
Somehow I also managed to miss this. *slaps forehead* I need to read more carefully XD Anyway, Sarah, I'm glad you liked the fic. *sparkles* Even though I still hate myself for writing it, I'm strangely proud of it XD I guess because I wrote a fic about them that was actually in-character for the most part, without being hugely biased. ^^;;; And yes, "Paper Moon" is cute, but I was disappointed that it wasn't more romantic. Because I'm difficult like that, hehe.
Heehee, the "Shuichi's Question" video is hilarious! I never knew quite how perverted that song could be until it was set to yaoi XD XD
*giggles* Yeah, we're crackheads. I really hope I don't hear "Mrs. Robinson" on the radio anytime soon, because I won't be able to keep a straight face XDDD
I suppose I should be coming up with questions for my interview... XP I can't wait till it's over, truthfully. I think I'm going to stick with reviews for a while after this. ^^;;;
listening to: The Game of Love, Santana feat. Michelle Branch
losing my religion on Saturday, October 19, 2002 at 11:03 a.m.
*sighs* Well, the whole Keiichi thing lasted about a day, and from there it's been downhill to Subaruland, angstiest place on earth. It's really not helping that my dad decided to have a psychotic episode yesterday and start screaming at my mom and I for really no reason at all. He's got a bug up his ass about the fact that I'd ever even consider wanting to live on my own. I don't just have to live at home, I have to be happy about it and not want anything else until he's prepared to let me wish to be independent, I guess. Bullshit.
And not only am I fighting with my parents all the time, but I have to take my fucking driver's test in 2 weeks and I still can't parallel park, I don't feel like I'm really making any friends here and I think living off-campus is making that much more difficult when I'm not even good at it to begin with, I probably bombed my politics exam, and I'm beginning to wonder if I'm even capable of finding romantic happiness. But other than that, everything's just lovely.
I haven't been able to make myself go to class in two days. I really meant to, yesterday, but every time it came time for me to get up and leave the library and go sit in a classroom and be talked at about stuff that couldn't possibly be farther from my mind right now... I just couldn't do it. Basically all I want to do is sleep, play Kingdom Hearts, and cry. This can't be healthy...
Social blogging later. You know, when I regain the will to move.
listening to: Such Reveries, Duncan Sheik
losing my religion on Thursday, October 17, 2002 at 02:36 p.m.
Weeelll... it seems I have switched into Keiichi mode. I'm weirdly genki and it's starting to scare me, because by all accounts and considering my usual reaction to such things, I ought to be a sniffly wreck right about now. But nope-- perhaps I have finally managed to develop defense mechanisms, ne? *stretches* Playing a shitload of Kingdom Hearts helped. Beating the shit out of Heartless is quite therapeutic. :D
What's my issue? Mmm, not important. Just another bit of proof for Karen's "all the good men are taken or gay" statement. (And no, not the gay part, before you ask. XD) And yeah, it really, really sucks, but... I dunno. Maybe I've gotten more mature-- scary though, ne? o.O;;;
But moving on into other news... *sniffles* The new dates for Shoujocon are unfortunately very close to when classes start for me, and therefore I might have trouble convincing people to let me go. >.>;;; Cool that it's in NY this time, though it's still quite a ways from me. I wanna goooo~~~~! *cries rivers*
Yaaaay :D Yeeesss, A/K are the best het couple. Ever. In the entire universe. XD Somebody needs to fight with me, though. *pouts* Anyone on here like Yuuto/Karen? *snicker*
In conclusion... this is a gooood CD. *purrs*
listening to: On Her Mind, Duncan Sheik
losing my religion on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 at 02:02 a.m.
All right... I'll start making sense again. XD (The really amusing part is that both of the below random pointless entries were written about the same thing. Me? Moody? Naaahhh. ^^;;;)
*bounces* God I'm in a great mood. ^___^ I wonder how long this will last... never fear, I'll probably be back to my usual angsty self again in a few days. But until then... *bounces more*
Oooh, and they finally updated the online version of my college's newspaper, so my article is up! Check me out. Hehe. Hurrah for Keri's journalistic debut. ^___^ And while you're at it, look at the rest. 'Cause we kick ass, yes we do. ^.^
For this week I reviewed an Ani DiFranco live album. Normally not my kind of thing, but it wasn't bad, really. Unfortunately the review turned out a bit incoherent, because... I was distracted *snicker* Wednesday was a good day, yes it was. The future looks bright. We might actually get to have-- gasp-- actual conversations. We shall see, hmm? ^___^
I'm about to send in my application for X Wars (as soon as I think of a power that isn't lame)... lookit me, I'm the first supporter of a straight couple to sign up. Imagine that. *giggles* I certainly hope I'm not the only one, though... *looks cute and lonely and pathetic* Come on, you don't even have to be for A/K! There are others! Sorashi, Kusa/Yuzu, Yuuto/Satsuki... hell, I'd even like it if someone joined up for Yuuto/Karen so I could kick their ass into next year XD XD Not that yaoi couples aren't great too... can I be a secondary Yuuto/Sorata supporter, I wonder? *grin* Or Sei/Yuuto, that's good too.
*blush* Really, I made an impression on you about A/K? *sparkles* That makes me happy! That's all I really want to do... is get people to respect them and not see them as totally implausible as a couple, or worse yet, boring. They're just so cute together... ^.^ And I hate it when people say it's OOC for them to be together, while at the same time supporting portrayals of Seishirou and Subaru where they're living happily ever after and all is forgiven. Not that I'm saying fluffy S/S is always implausible (I have seen it done well... just not recently XP), but it's just as much of a diversion from canon as A/K being together, so if people are gonna act like canon sticklers, they should at least be consistent. Okay, end rant. In any case, Shi-chan, I'm honored to have changed your mind even a little (especially since you got into Yuuto/Karen first *smug smile* XD j/k). ^___^
Awwww, Kira, it sucks that things are going so badly for you... I hope they improve soon. :_:
O_O That's it! The perfect solution! Shimako can run off with Daisuke! XDDD And thank you for finally admitting your mad pants-ripping-off passion for Aoki. But he's still mine. So stick with your second-rate knockoff windmaster. *raspberries and runs away really fast* XD XD
Hmmmm... *muses* I'd like to write a fic for the game challenge on CLAMPesque... not that I'd post it there, because nobody likes me there, but it's an interesting idea. Now if only I could think of a good game that hasn't been taken yet...
*sniffles* Either I have a minor cold, or allergies, but either way, it's irritating. My throat has been sore for a while and my nose is starting to get stuffy. Bleh, bleh. Stilllll... my mood is not ruined. :D :D
listening to: Closing Time, Semisonic
losing my religion on Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 05:08 p.m.
And to continue the trend of utterly meaningless random entries...
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That will be all. *skips off*
listening to: really irritating Yu-Gi-Oh game music
losing my religion on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 04:26 p.m.
I am slowly going insane. ^^
... Okay, maybe not so slowly. Aaaargh.
listening to: Wannabe, Nine Days
losing my religion on Tuesday, October 8, 2002 at 03:26 p.m.
So... I picked up the first X DVD yesterday. *snicker* The dub is... how can I put this... ah yes, fucking terrible should suffice. XD Nearly everyone is either very badly acted, or completely not suited for their character. Individual responses to the voices are as follows:
Kamui: Not terrible acting-wise, but sounds a bit too old and manly to be our favorite Angst Brat. My annoyance is multiplied by the fact that everyone pronounces his name "Kam-a-wee". ><;;;
Sorata: Ugh... grating. If TV Sorata had any charm at all left, this voice obliterates it. And hearing him say "You're funny, duuuude!" during the Yuuto/Sorata fight scene just ruined its glorious slashiness for me. *pout*
Arashi: Well... let's see. She played Milly in Trigun. I'm hard-pressed to think of two characters more different than Milly and Arashi. XD There's a certain dignity and seriousness lacking in the performance; not that I'm saying Arashi should be icy and emotionless, but she shouldn't sound just like any other teenage girl, either. (On a side note, if they were going to use somebody from the Trigun dub, why couldn't it have been Johnny Yong Bosch? *sniffle* He would've been decent as Sorata, maybe...)
Yuzuriha: OUCH. As Argustar put it, she must have gone to the nails-on-the-chalkboard school of anime dubbing. She's shrill, high-pitched, and makes poor Yuzu sound like a whiny airhead.
Subaru: Eh. He's not awful, he's not great, he's just there.
Aoki: Now... I was all set to defend poor Aoki, since everyone's been saying the voice didn't fit him at all... but now that I've actually heard it, I can see that they were right. ^^;;; He's a good actor, I can tell, but his voice is a little too... brash to be Aoki. And I really doubt that he can do blushy flustering well. We'll see how he handles episode 19; until then, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but what I heard really didn't impress me.
Karen: The exception to the rule-- they got this one right. Her voice isn't too high or too low (*cough* not like the original seiyuu), the acting's good, and she basically sounds like I'd imagine Karen would sound-- both gentle and seductive at the same time. Very very nice. Can't wait to see how she interprets episode 19. :D
Fuuma: Pretty good, I'd say. I'm obviously not a Fuuma fan, so I can't really judge how well he handles the role, but he seems to be a decent actor and the voice isn't painfully wrong for the character, so I'd say he's all right.
Seishirou: Sounds like a game show host, I swear. He delivers all his lines in a faintly bored and ironic tone, which doesn't really work for the character. His delivery of "You're so adorable, Subaru-kun" couldn't have been any more flat (and he pronounces "Subaru" really irritatingly ><). Not good.
Kakyou: TOO GODDAMN MANLY. Next!
Satsuki: Not bored enough. She was all right in the scene in the OAV where Inuki dies, but she lacks Satsuki's blankness and utter apathy for the human race.
Yuuto: Eh. Another one that's just there.
Kusanagi: Pretty decent, from what little I heard of him. I hope he doesn't fall into the "big stupid lug" portrayal, though.
Nataku: Well-done, actually. Just androgynous enough. I was really hoping they wouldn't give Nataku a deep manly voice, since they did so for Kakyou and Kamui... XD
Hinoto/Kanoe: Haven't heard enough of them to judge, but they both sounded okay to me.
Kotori: Sounds like a fucking phone sex operator, I swear to God. She's from the same "be as annoyingly breathy as possible and take lots of pointless pauses" school of voice acting as Yuna's VA. But then, Kotori's a dip, so maybe that works.
Daisuke: I swear he lapsed into a Jersey accent at some point. Ouch. Otherwise, he's not terrible but he's just not Daisuke. Once again, too manly-- he was angry, but he didn't sputter and fluster like Daisuke should.
So, that's my report. As you can tell, it was pretty bad. Not only that, but the pronunciations are terrible... besides the aforementioned "Kam-a-wee" and Seishirou's mangling of "Subaru", Sakurazukamori is pronounced "Sah-koo-ra-zukamori". Ouch. Flashbacks to the CCS dub. So far there's nothing flagrantly wrong like "Kimeragi", lol, but it's still fairly bad.
They changed quite a few lines, too. Not only did they have Sorata say "dude", they changed my favorite line in the entire series, "Now we can thrash around as much as we want", to "Now we can fight as much as we want". Boooo-ring. (Though the line is intact in the subs, and they left in the whole "you look like a pimp" exchange. Go figure.) Makes me wonder what they'll do with "The last time I saw your technique it was highly impressive"... *snerk*
Oh, and "-sans" don't translate well. Something of the drama of the A/K scene in the OAV is lost when Karen's screaming "Mr. Aoki!" instead of "Aoki-san". -.-;;; And they had him call her "Miss Kasumi" instead of "Karen", which is a very minor thing but still pissed me off-- it takes away some of the intimacy of the scene and their relationship. Grrrr.
Oh well. Socialness:
No Schwarz? *sniffle* What's the point in even watching, then, if it's not cheesy and there's no Schwarz? Hmph. Another perfectly good guilty pleasure ruined. And no more Schu/Aya-chan for me. *sniffles and huggles fansubs* I'll always like you best, original series...
Well, yes, I suppose it does. ^^
Why did you whap me? o_O;;; And I don't think you liking Jun or Pierrot is wrong at all. You can babble to me, I don't mind-- I certainly babble to you enough about stupider stuff. I say screw what other people think of your goals... if you really want something you should try for it, and even if it doesn't turn out right, that doesn't mean it was pointless or silly. In a way I can relate... my mom keeps telling me I should "focus on people I actually know". As if it's that easy to just stop liking someone... and as if I should have to be limited to the people I can easily see every day. It's going to be difficult, I know, but I want to try... *sighs* Eh, hopefully things will work out for both of us, ne? ^_^
*cries* Meanie! I didn't say you couldn't like it, I just don't understand why people get so obsessed with it... and you knew that. :P
listening to: Alone, Heart
losing my religion on Sunday, October 6, 2002 at 12:47 p.m.
