Random Stuff

Jessi-Chi has now told me in detail about both the Howl's Moving Castle movie and the book upon which it was based. I am so glad that the movie omitted some of the things in the book. @__@ At one part, she said that the witch takes these two guys, takes them apart, and then takes pieces from each of them to put together. And I don't say this very often, but I think this calls for it. WTH??! That is so sick. -___-; That's a million times worse than anything in the Harry Potter fandom. Thank goodness that's not in the movie version.... I don't see as how it had any relevance to the main plot anyway. That's probably why Miyazaki-sama removed it, and the other stuff, as well. I told her I'd probably like the movie version best, if I liked either one. XD; The movie version sounds more magical, like Miyazaki-sama's stuff always is, while it sounds like the book is trying to make fun of all the fairy tale clichés and hence, is probably more humourous (and it sounds like it has very dark humour at that).

I finally got chapter 4 for Life After the Tears done. I included a civil author's note in which I requested for people to stop leaving "reviews" that were only questions about other stories. That's so frustrating when they do that. Now I need to make good on what I promised Aubrie before she left and get the next chapter of Phantom of the Theatre done.

And I finally broke down and had to admit that I like Winx Club, in spite of its flaws (which I still say it has). XD; A couple of weeks ago I joined the LJ community for it, and I'm happy to report that the people there are very mature and intelligent. I was afraid that I'd only find rabid fangirls. XD; Thank goodness, I haven't seen even one in that club! ^^; The community mommy is very firm about idiots staying out. She just booted one earlier. Now I wish I could see W.I.T.C.H. as well, so I could compare the two shows. I often see people saying how alike they are.

Doppelganger

One of the Saint Tail DVDs finally has come in at the library! Really, I've been waiting years to see that show. XD; Albertson's used to have the first two DVDs in their rental section, and for months I wanted to get them. When I turned 18 I tried to register so I could rent them, but the rental place had some dumb rules (such as that I had to show a telephone bill before I could register), so I wasn't able to do it. ><; The bills would be in Dad's name, after all, not mine. Ugh. Anyway, so then finally the library got the DVDs and I wondered if Albertson's had donated their copies, because I never see them there any more and the library has the same volumes. I put myself on the waiting lists and that was months ago, in April or so. I'm hoping that now one of them finally came in, we can go get it tonight, along with the other stuff that's on hold.

In the morning I rewatched a couple of the Magic Knight Rayearth episodes that I own. They were the final episodes of the series and it made me both want to write a sequel that picks up right where the anime left off, and to create Alexander for the YGO fandom. XD;

Alexander, like Nova, is a doppelganger, a shadow of one's heart. He resembles his "creator" immensely, but he has two wings similar to the Change of Heart card: an angel wing and a demon wing. I'm still trying to decide if his motives will be similar to Nova's. So that the readers will understand, I'll explain about her. Nova was created during an intense moment of self-hatred for Hikaru, when she was forced to kill Princess Emeraude. As a result, Nova says that she loves everything Hikaru hates and hates everything Hikaru loves. She is always trying to kill Umi and Fuu, and later goes after Lantis. But! Here's the kicker: She believes that she's doing what Hikaru wants, because she believes what Hikaru was wondering at the moment of Nova's creation: Do people have to die in order to be together forever? Nova is naive, actually, and innocent as a child, which makes her all the more dangerous (and tragic).

Okay, so, with that information in mind, this is what I've been musing on for Alexander: I think he probably does love his creator and hate everything else, and he may want to kill his creator's loved ones, but I don't know that I want him to have the same motive as Nova. Nova should only be the inspiration for the character, after all, and not the pattern for everything he does. I do have in mind when Alexander was created: The point when his creator was being forced against his will to attack and injure his best friends. This caused such immense self-hatred that unconsciously he made a shadow of his heart. As to why Alexander has the wings, they're mostly symbolic. He has bad plans, but his intentions are good. Which actually describes the creator very well during a certain part of his life. Wow. **just realized that.**

Possible motives for Alexander:

--Because his creator wondered if it was always his lot to kill his loved ones, Alexander had decided to spare him the burden and kill them himself. Then he'll kill the creator, too, because he knows that at the moment of his (Alexander's) birth, the creator wanted more than anything to die, rather than to hurt his loved ones.
--Something similar to Nova's motive, but I don't think that would exactly fit the situation.
--Alexander is not after the creator's loved ones, but only wishes to kill the creator, because of the reason stated above.

And who is Alexander's creator? Just think about the various forms of that name. XD I picked the name Alexander for a reason. **often ponders for ages on just the right name for a character.**