R.I.P., Media Play! ;__;
Dec. 17th, 2005 05:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladybug_archiveWah. Media Play is closing. >< They said that they're being crowded out of business by discount stores (i.e., probably Wal-Mart) and such. Right now everything in their store is 20% to 40% off. We were there earlier (and then at Deseret Book), and I was able to get some more stuff for Mom and Dad. ^^ Now I really think my shopping is done, except for one or two other things that I'd get if I could find just the right ones.
I also invested in two Sailor Moon S volumes, because I was afraid that if I waited, they wouldn't be there. I got 4 and 6, my two favorites. They were 20% off of their price of $17.99 each, which is a very good price for anime, and especially when it's the good titles.
I also added some more stuff to Alister's conversation with Dark Alister. I got the idea while pondering in the car. I really like this addition!
Alister gave him a gaze of pure steel. He would not give in to this. But he would also not stand here quietly. He wanted answers. "Why was this shown to me?" he asked again, rephrasing his question.
"Because," Dark Alister said slowly and calmly, pausing to look into Alister's gray orbs, "now, it's your worst nightmare. Secretly you always wanted to be loved, didn't you? After your family was killed, you said your heart had died. And yet there was still a part of you that wanted to continue knowing what it's like to come home and have someone who's glad you got there safely. You longed for a friendly, welcoming smile, even as you pushed people away from you. And even though you've always tried to be so strong, your soul is fragile. Your heart can be easily shattered. Now that you've found love again, in the form of those two fools who think of you as a brother, you can't bear to lose them."
Alister hated this. He hated having all of his deepest feelings laid bare before him, and he hated knowing that everything being said was true. He was being confronted by himself---his own worst enemy.
"That's why you pushed them away," Dark Alister continued. "You knew that if you became attached to them, you wouldn't be able to stand it if you lost them for whatever reason. You were a coward!" He smirked. "You really got attached to them a long time before you could even admit it to yourself. But the more you cared, the more you pushed them away. That was why you quickly left the hospital once your soul was restored at the end of the Doom era. You wanted to get away before you had the chance to meet them again. When you had talked to them both in the souls' holding area, you had realized that you cared about them, and you weren't willing to accept that. So you ran away. You've always been running from something!"
"That's not true!" Alister finally yelled. His gray eyes flashed. "I'm not running now. I finally accepted that I care about them, and then I went looking for them." And he had found them. Perhaps it would seem strange to anyone else, but he felt that Miruko had led him to them. He knew that his younger brother approved of Alister's friends and was happy for him. It made perfect sense to him that the child had been guiding him during his search.
"You're not running?" Dark Alister crossed his arms. "I think you're wrong." He laughed upon seeing Alister's angry and confused expression, and then quickly spoke again before Alister could retort. "But you'll have to figure that out yourself."
I also invested in two Sailor Moon S volumes, because I was afraid that if I waited, they wouldn't be there. I got 4 and 6, my two favorites. They were 20% off of their price of $17.99 each, which is a very good price for anime, and especially when it's the good titles.
I also added some more stuff to Alister's conversation with Dark Alister. I got the idea while pondering in the car. I really like this addition!
Alister gave him a gaze of pure steel. He would not give in to this. But he would also not stand here quietly. He wanted answers. "Why was this shown to me?" he asked again, rephrasing his question.
"Because," Dark Alister said slowly and calmly, pausing to look into Alister's gray orbs, "now, it's your worst nightmare. Secretly you always wanted to be loved, didn't you? After your family was killed, you said your heart had died. And yet there was still a part of you that wanted to continue knowing what it's like to come home and have someone who's glad you got there safely. You longed for a friendly, welcoming smile, even as you pushed people away from you. And even though you've always tried to be so strong, your soul is fragile. Your heart can be easily shattered. Now that you've found love again, in the form of those two fools who think of you as a brother, you can't bear to lose them."
Alister hated this. He hated having all of his deepest feelings laid bare before him, and he hated knowing that everything being said was true. He was being confronted by himself---his own worst enemy.
"That's why you pushed them away," Dark Alister continued. "You knew that if you became attached to them, you wouldn't be able to stand it if you lost them for whatever reason. You were a coward!" He smirked. "You really got attached to them a long time before you could even admit it to yourself. But the more you cared, the more you pushed them away. That was why you quickly left the hospital once your soul was restored at the end of the Doom era. You wanted to get away before you had the chance to meet them again. When you had talked to them both in the souls' holding area, you had realized that you cared about them, and you weren't willing to accept that. So you ran away. You've always been running from something!"
"That's not true!" Alister finally yelled. His gray eyes flashed. "I'm not running now. I finally accepted that I care about them, and then I went looking for them." And he had found them. Perhaps it would seem strange to anyone else, but he felt that Miruko had led him to them. He knew that his younger brother approved of Alister's friends and was happy for him. It made perfect sense to him that the child had been guiding him during his search.
"You're not running?" Dark Alister crossed his arms. "I think you're wrong." He laughed upon seeing Alister's angry and confused expression, and then quickly spoke again before Alister could retort. "But you'll have to figure that out yourself."
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Date: 2005-12-17 06:02 pm (UTC)Oh, that's a really good one! I really love how you can get into the characters' heads and make it feel like I'm watching an episode rather than reading something on the Net.
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