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ladybug_archiveI was visiting SetsunaKou's site again, and I noticed that now she commissions anime fanart done on the computer. She's really good, too! If I had the money, I'd probably commission her to do a Gin/Sherry thing. XD
I also found that she'd written an essay explaining why she doesn't believe that Trowa and Catherine from Gundam W are siblings, even though it's hinted at in the Episode 0 manga. And I love her, but I honestly don't think her arguments hold up very well. XD; The only one that makes much sense to me is the first one, which says that Episode 0 is accepted as a possibility in Japan, and not strict canon.
Then she goes on to argue that Catherine's brother disappeared when he was two, after falling off the moving vehicle the family was in, and that Trowa was found at age 4 by mercenaries. She says he could not have survived two years on his own. Well, of course not, but obviously if Trowa is Triton, someone would have had to have taken care of him for those two years. Such a person could then have easily been killed in the war, causing Trowa to wander around until being found by the mercenaries.
The rest of her arguments consist of the fact that Trowa and Catherine display hints of being romantically attracted. She completely overlooks the fact that the idea in Episode 0 and in the series is that if they're related, they have no idea that they are! And, like Luke and Leia in the first two Star Wars films, they could develop romantic feelings for each other in such a caseor they could as well even if they did know, but I don't think they're like that. I mean, they really have no reason to think that they're related. I don't know how they'd ever find out.
FF.net went down over the weekend, which was irritating, as I had completed another fic for 100 Situations. But they're finally online again, and I posted it. I'm rather proud of it. ^^ It originally started as a random scene of Gin being his usual forceful self and scaring a doctor at a public hospital when he's not allowed to see Vodka, but I decided to make a oneshot out of it. I think Gin's personality comes across very well in it: his pride, his denial, and whatever underlying feelings toward Vodka that he has.
It seems like occasionally I write Gin acting like Sanzo. XD My version of Gin has Sanzo's philosophy that he will never sacrifice himself for someone else, as the one left behind would suffer from that. Or at least, Gin had that idea in the past, according to Akemi. He probably doesn't think much about it anymore.
Akemi has also said that Gin used to say that one should never let go of what's most important, which Gin dismisses in the present as ridiculous. Though, depending on the point in the timeline, he has started to recognize that he is still desperate to not let go. So also, I suppose instead of dismissing the concept as ridiculous, he could be chastising himself for being "ridiculous." It's not made clear, and I think it's best that way. X3 Which is also a Saiyuki sort of thing, being deliberately vague.
I started overhauling my three chapters in that Sailor Moon fic. I've gone through all of chapter 1, and the last scene of chapter 3. Gotta do everything in between. I noticed that Portman originally wasn't such a nutjob at the very beginning, and it seems that the fic is showing somewhat how she ended up the way she is in the YGO fics and in Breakdown.
I'm following the animeverse, mostly, but I'm throwing in the manga thing about the Generals having served as Endymion's protectors before they were brainwashed by Beryl. And I'm still debating what to do with Zoisite. XD; I can't stand her in the anime, mainly because of what she did to Neflyte, but in the manga I like her/him. On the one hand, I could use the manga version (and would probably keep him male, as I find it easier to see him as male in the manga. He just looks so durn feminine in the anime!). But it would actually be more intense to use the anime version, for this reason: when she would regain her memories of the past, what would she think about what she did to Neflyte?
I'm also considering having the Senshi be out of high school in the fic, and either possibly in college, or between high school and college. And actually the main reason I thought of that was so that Naru could be older if I bring Neflyte back. ^^ I imagine all four will be revived, even though I recall that my original sketchy plan was just for Malachite and Jadeite to be alive.
I also did something I never thought I would: I joined DeviantART. I despise the site, always have, but I found a great Black Org fan there and I wanted to contact her. So I got an account to PM her. XD What's amusing is that, independent of that, she joined FF.net to Favorite me and my stories. I'm definitely not going to post my art on the site, though. Side 7 is still what I'll use for that.
And it's finally snowed here! X3 It was supposed to start on Monday, but we weren't getting any here even though other parts of the area were, and it was even sunny in the afternoon. But then it clouded over and started raining heavily toward evening (and lightning even flashed a few times). Then the snow began to fall, and it continued through Tuesday, off and on, and we're supposed to get a little more today. The mountains are still hidden behind clouds.
I also found that she'd written an essay explaining why she doesn't believe that Trowa and Catherine from Gundam W are siblings, even though it's hinted at in the Episode 0 manga. And I love her, but I honestly don't think her arguments hold up very well. XD; The only one that makes much sense to me is the first one, which says that Episode 0 is accepted as a possibility in Japan, and not strict canon.
Then she goes on to argue that Catherine's brother disappeared when he was two, after falling off the moving vehicle the family was in, and that Trowa was found at age 4 by mercenaries. She says he could not have survived two years on his own. Well, of course not, but obviously if Trowa is Triton, someone would have had to have taken care of him for those two years. Such a person could then have easily been killed in the war, causing Trowa to wander around until being found by the mercenaries.
The rest of her arguments consist of the fact that Trowa and Catherine display hints of being romantically attracted. She completely overlooks the fact that the idea in Episode 0 and in the series is that if they're related, they have no idea that they are! And, like Luke and Leia in the first two Star Wars films, they could develop romantic feelings for each other in such a case
FF.net went down over the weekend, which was irritating, as I had completed another fic for 100 Situations. But they're finally online again, and I posted it. I'm rather proud of it. ^^ It originally started as a random scene of Gin being his usual forceful self and scaring a doctor at a public hospital when he's not allowed to see Vodka, but I decided to make a oneshot out of it. I think Gin's personality comes across very well in it: his pride, his denial, and whatever underlying feelings toward Vodka that he has.
It seems like occasionally I write Gin acting like Sanzo. XD My version of Gin has Sanzo's philosophy that he will never sacrifice himself for someone else, as the one left behind would suffer from that. Or at least, Gin had that idea in the past, according to Akemi. He probably doesn't think much about it anymore.
Akemi has also said that Gin used to say that one should never let go of what's most important, which Gin dismisses in the present as ridiculous. Though, depending on the point in the timeline, he has started to recognize that he is still desperate to not let go. So also, I suppose instead of dismissing the concept as ridiculous, he could be chastising himself for being "ridiculous." It's not made clear, and I think it's best that way. X3 Which is also a Saiyuki sort of thing, being deliberately vague.
I started overhauling my three chapters in that Sailor Moon fic. I've gone through all of chapter 1, and the last scene of chapter 3. Gotta do everything in between. I noticed that Portman originally wasn't such a nutjob at the very beginning, and it seems that the fic is showing somewhat how she ended up the way she is in the YGO fics and in Breakdown.
I'm following the animeverse, mostly, but I'm throwing in the manga thing about the Generals having served as Endymion's protectors before they were brainwashed by Beryl. And I'm still debating what to do with Zoisite. XD; I can't stand her in the anime, mainly because of what she did to Neflyte, but in the manga I like her/him. On the one hand, I could use the manga version (and would probably keep him male, as I find it easier to see him as male in the manga. He just looks so durn feminine in the anime!). But it would actually be more intense to use the anime version, for this reason: when she would regain her memories of the past, what would she think about what she did to Neflyte?
I'm also considering having the Senshi be out of high school in the fic, and either possibly in college, or between high school and college. And actually the main reason I thought of that was so that Naru could be older if I bring Neflyte back. ^^ I imagine all four will be revived, even though I recall that my original sketchy plan was just for Malachite and Jadeite to be alive.
I also did something I never thought I would: I joined DeviantART. I despise the site, always have, but I found a great Black Org fan there and I wanted to contact her. So I got an account to PM her. XD What's amusing is that, independent of that, she joined FF.net to Favorite me and my stories. I'm definitely not going to post my art on the site, though. Side 7 is still what I'll use for that.
And it's finally snowed here! X3 It was supposed to start on Monday, but we weren't getting any here even though other parts of the area were, and it was even sunny in the afternoon. But then it clouded over and started raining heavily toward evening (and lightning even flashed a few times). Then the snow began to fall, and it continued through Tuesday, off and on, and we're supposed to get a little more today. The mountains are still hidden behind clouds.
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Date: 2006-11-30 02:46 pm (UTC)It's disgusting that people are flamed not only for drawing their chosen pairing, but a pairing that's actually nearly canon. -.-;
Apparently the majority of the "romantic attraction" moments are from things such as CDs and whatnot, which actually, strictly speaking, shouldn't be accepted as canon any more than Episode 0, now that I think of it. Here's the essay, if you want to see what you think of it: http://setsunakou.tripod.com/episodezero/episodezero.html
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Date: 2006-12-01 06:39 am (UTC)Somebody actually ended up drawing a Jou/Mai pic with a big "you guys are immature and suck" rant at the bottom of it. I liked that person. Seriously, though, if I wasn't so attached to the series, I'd flee the fandom screaming.
...ah. SetsunaKou. Her. I know her. She likes to rant about how Seto/Shizuka is canon because Shizuka is Kisara reincarnated. Which is...actually sort of impossible, really. To say nothing of the fact that I'm a little squicky towards anyone who sees a need to pair up every single character in a series with someone.
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Date: 2006-12-01 06:55 am (UTC)One thing I'm certain of is that I will not enter the Gundam W fandom. XD;
Yes, while I adore Setsuna's products (especially the plush!), her views on romance are headache-inducing. And the pictures she does of the plushies kissing creep me out. XD; Where does she do her ranting about Shizuka and Kisara, and what possible evidence can she provide for that absurd theory?
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Date: 2006-12-01 07:28 am (UTC)Funny you should mention Gundam W, actually. o.o; I was just visiting an old site for it that I liked very much...it was taped conversations of two girls snarking about bad anime dubs. GW's dub was watchable, though...and the voice actors could act, and they left in the original BGM! *sighs happily* It's also nice that the more rabid fangirls have sort of been weeded out, now that the show's not so mainstream anymore...
The plushies and stuff are cute, but...Honda and Miho? Otogi and Vivian? Bakura and Rebecca? o_o;
ignoring for the moment that I have a bizarre fondness for Rebecca x Otogi...and I think it was on deviantART...or at least, she had all of her mirror images of Kaiba groping Shizuka and Set groping Kisara there. ...and Kisara, um, can't reincarnate. Her soul's stuck in a stone tablet/card. That's why Blue-Eyes is so fond of Kaiba.no subject
Date: 2006-12-01 07:36 am (UTC)I actually tried to watch Gundam W in Japanese a few times, and I decided that for that show, I prefer the English dub. It just seems weird, to watch a show in Japanese when only one of the main characters is Japanese. XD And Gundam W definitely had one of the best English dubs I've heard.
Glad to hear that there aren't so many rabid Gundam W fans anymore! That's always pleasant.
Yes, those pairings are really outlandish. @__@; And Miho's only a nice girl in the manga. In the anime ... blurgh. In the anime, I just shake my head and wonder why Tristan can't crush on a better girl. XD; Anime Miho isn't even worth his time. She never even gives him a second look.
I know Kisara can't reincarnate, which is why the idea of her being Shizuka is just nuts. XD; I just wondered if Setsuna even tried to back up that idea of hers, or if she knew it was impossible and decided to leave a gaping plothole instead.
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Date: 2006-12-01 07:50 am (UTC)I've never actually watched Gundam W in Japanese, so I can't really compare...I had to make do with the midnight "uncut" dubbed versions. At least they let Heero say "kill." Some day I'll need to hit Siren up for fansubs, though...first I've got to finish Rozen Maiden.
Some people are hoping the same thing will happen for the Yuugiou fandom...now that the show's essentially over, the fly-by fangirls will lose interest and wander away. Of course, then snark will be obsolete, and that would be sort of sad.
Miho...exists for perhaps two or three pages in the manga, and has one line. She's all shy and quiet. I'm not sure whose brilliant idea it was to turn her into a major character as well as an abrasive gold-digging tramp, but it doesn't work for me. Not only that, to keep her there, they have her do things other characters were supposed to be doing. That always really bugged me. I'm also not sure how big scary thuggish Honda became an upright hall-monitor in that series. o_x;
Ehn...I don't think she ever gave it a real explanation, but she did say repeatedly "if Seto was there in Egypt, then Shizuka had to be too, don't you agree?"