Ramblings and Musings of the Insane, Philosophical Ladybug

On Wednesday I went out to buy sheet protectors so that I could print up LATT. (Since it's so big, I wanted a binder instead of just staples.) I also wanted to get the 3-disc DuckTales boxset that Disney just released. DuckTales was a big part of my early childhood, as were all the early Disney Afternoon shows. In order to acquire those two items, I had to accompany Dad to a meeting. XD; The places I wanted to go to were three blocks away from the meeting place. So I did get what I wanted and got LATT printed up. ^^

I am really surprised at some of the stuff they allowed to be shown even in DuckTales. XD I thought that show was directed more to a younger audience than, say, Darkwing Duck, but I found a lot of jokes in DuckTales that kids would never get (and that I hadn't gotten when I first watched it). The big scene shocker for me was when they allowed (in silhouette form, but still) someone to strangle Scrooge unconscious. .__. Seriously, you actually saw the attacker squeeze his neck until he went limp. I have a hard time believing that would be allowed today. XD; I bet Toon Disney edited that scene out when they showed DuckTales there.

Another thing I was really pleased about is that the 27 episodes they included in this first set were randomly picked. They didn't just have the first 27 episodes of the series. By having them picked randomly, I got a lot of my old favorites in the set, including the genie one. ^^

I just got done with the prologue for the follow-up to LATT! I posted it just now. Alexander gets some moments. XD And I've decided that this fic can be my annual Christmas fic, since I'm nowhere near done with POTT (which takes place in February). LATT took place in summer, but I never said exactly when, so I decided that it could have been late summer, in September, and then I moved things ahead a few months in the follow-up so that Alexander's wing can heal and that the action can start. The follow-up has a German title. XD Why? Because it looks cool, and better than the phrase would have looked in English.

... And I love my Siegfried icon. XD On Saturday I watched a couple of Doom episodes and then I wanted to see the clip where Siegfried mops the floor with Weevil and Rex, since I hate what the writers started doing to them beginning with Doom arc. I noticed the expression Siegfried had after Weevil summoned his monsters, and I knew it was icon material.

Speaking of episodes, I finally got to see Mana in this past Saturday's YGO episode! I was surprised by how much I like her. It ended right before Yami B and Mahado started their duel. (You know, I've seen so many spellings for his name, that I really don't know what's correct any more.) And they kept the flashback scene where Mahado got bitten by the snake, though they didn't actually show the snake biting him. And Yami Y sounded like Yugi in that part. ^^ They did keep him sucking out the venom, which I was somewhat surprised about. It's an important part, but they've cut out important parts before. XD; I love how the censors seem to be loosening up.

This dialogue amused me:

Tristan: Every time I open a door, there's fifty more!
Joey: Even the doors have doors! ><

And Seto talked to the Millennium Eye. XD

Seto: ... What are you looking at? >< . . . Someone shoot me. I'm talking to an ancient golden eyeball.

I don't remember if he actually said "shoot me," but I thought of that probably because he used the phrase in LATT when he talked to the Dark Magician. XD

EDIT: Poked around in Sarah's LJ and found this unique quiz:

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I may now use up to 100 different icons. So I finally went and snagged some of Aubrie's bases that I wanted and put text on a couple. The one I'm using is one, and I have the one with the child Siegfried. I'm still trying to think of the perfect caption for the unconscious Seto one.

And Siegfried went rather mad in the RP during the business dinner of DOOOM. XD Well, not actually. He was either possessed or mind-controlled and he was saying nonsense to Yaminah, calling her the lost maiden of the Valkyries and kissing her on the lips. LOL. Yaminah thought he was drunk until he announced that he was using Siegfried as a host and said that he wished it could have been someone less ostentatious. In his right mind, however, Siegfried did dance with Yaminah before this other incident happened. He likes tormenting her, it seems. But he was rather disgusted when he learned of what he had been doing while possessed. Kissing her was definitely not something he wanted to do.

Alexander crashed the business dinner too. XD Everyone was staring at him, poor thing. That will probably get in the papers in the morning. He came to tell Dartz that Chris was missing, so Dartz had to hurry and leave.

DSM and I started our RP, too. ^^ She agreed to take Raphael, and she plays him expertly! I love her Pegasus, too. XD He addressed Siegfried as "Sieggy-boy."

I'm very hyped up for the YGO episode, as usual. Lots of Shadi and Yami B! It's so great that Shadi's back. XD And I loved seeing the Ishtars last week, even though it was only for a moment. I'm still surprised that they actually let Shadi say in the dub that Yami B had killed him. I really thought it had happened five years ago, though, and not centuries ago. I do not believe that Shadi is Shada, and giving Shada a different voice from Shadi certainly adds to my opinion. XD; And I'm still skeptical of Shadi being a spirit. How could he have pulled Tristan and Duke up then? I don't think of him as a poltergeist.

I think LATT will be fourteen chapters and the epilogue. I'm about halfway through chapter 13, and it will end with them at the Orichalcos temple. Then chapter 14 will detail the rest of what happened and the epilogue will introduce Alexander and name him.

http://www.ADVfilms.com is having another anime sale, through Halloween. If anyone wants to cash in on more deals like they had at Labor Day, now's the time! ^^ And they finally sent Saiyuki #9, which was on backorder. **pets it.**

And the Ishtars come back in the episode today. X3 That's going to be so great! Shadi's supposed to be back, too. Gotta love the mystery man.

I finished that picture of Musketeer and Alucard. Side7's still down, so I put it on Photobucket. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Marik4Me/beourguest.jpg You can see a piece of Alucard's real hair peeking out. She looks so perky. XD And I imagine them to be singing the last part of the song, when it gets a lot faster.

I love writing for Siegfried, I really do. XD Yesterday morning I wrote some stuff where he and Joey clashed and it was great. I guess Siegfried appeals to my mischievous side, because he's usually being a wiseguy and telling people off in an amusing way. I love how he's so smooth and calm. Then Alister appeals to my serious side, Valon to my playful side, and Raphael to my loyal side. And none of them seem to care what anyone thinks of them; they all just go through life being themselves, though they do tend to at least try to hide their vulnerable sides. I like to think that I am myself, without any facades. What you see is what you get. XD; Though I don't like appearing vulnerable and won't, if I can help it.

Alexander's story, whenever I get to it, will probably be a multi-chapter fic. I don't think I could deliver his tale to the best of its ability if I squeezed it into a one-shot. Before I started writing The Darkness Within, I briefly considered having it be a one-shot. I'm glad I didn't go that route. ^^;

Meantime, however, I need to figure out what to do with Duke in LATT. I was plotting with Stacey and came up with a basic plan, but now I need to fill in the details. I also need to decide when to have the first battle in Candy Clouds. Perhaps it should just be starting at the end of chapter 5 and then go on into chapter 6.