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1. Via megwrites: recessional is hosting a Downswing party, where you can complain about stuff, talk about happy things, or post macros.
Via inkstone: 50books_poc is asking for recs for Hugo-eligible works.

2. Rebuild of Evangelion: After so many manga spin-offs, finally Gainax decides to reboot the series. At this point I've only watched 2.0. The Angels' new designs are prettier, more dreamlike. Less angst from Shinji is always good. When the credits roll, I noticed the seiyuu's names aren't accompanied by their respective roles - nice.

3. Legend of the Condor Heroes 2008: Grumpy old ~~fan~~thing that I am, my comments on the series are usually about what I don't like. So now I'm posting what I do like about it. ( Cut for possible minor spoilers )

Current Mood: energetic
Current Music: Boom Boom Boys - Koda Kumi

Hangeng "saves" the Chinese New Year, from the 2012 CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
( Here )

Belatedly discovered Dreamwidth's various site skins. *switches to purple*

The Pillars of the Earth TV series: Finished watching it.
( Spoilers for the book and the TV series )

Current Mood: augh
Current Music: The DJ Is Mine - Wonder Girls

...a Donnie Yen and Vincent Zhao collaboration. I am excite! And guessing Zhang Hanyu will be the bad guy.

The Pillars of the Earth TV series: Watched the first three episodes. The characterization is partly made less dramatic, partly reinterpreted by the script and actors. I'm still blinking at the fact that Matthew McFadyen is Philip - the guy's physically imposing and Philip is not, which is part of his characterization (again).
( Spoilers for the series )

Current Mood: wheehee
Current Music: Never Let You Go ~死んでも離さない~ - 2AM

& A response to Jim C. Hines's Striking A Pose, plus comparisons with men on book covers.

& This has happened at least four times in the past twelve months: I would walk past street lamps and they turn off by themselves. It's a little creepy. gurundie said I absorb electricity. (There's a plot bunny in here somewhere)

& Haven't been able to access my own Tumblr since this morning and Tumblr said both my accounts are "not found." What the hell. I've e-mailed the support team, without too much optimism. ETA: They've restored both my accounts only a few hours after I e-mailed them. A pleasant surprise.

& Hunter x Hunter 332: Was it someone from my dwcircle/flist who said that little is glossed over in the world of HxH? Because Leorio, that is TMI, dude.

& A new Saint Seiya TV series without Yokoyama Seiji? (And without Araki Shingo, it goes without saying) I. Can't process this yet. *crawls under bed*

Current Mood: whut
Current Music: 许诺 - Raymond Lam & Eva Huang

Idols:
Indonesian - The making of JKT48's Heavy Rotation PV. That PV seems very (Indonesian) family friendly compared to the original.
Korean - Teen Top's CAP apologizes for his shocking comment. TW for mention of child abuse in his comment, quoted in the article.

Writing:
. Browsing through my WIPs and abandoned ideas, I discovered that I once started a wuxia story which also has kids with superpowers. In retrospect, that feels redundant, since this is wuxia where people can be on the move for days on end or fly across rooftops.
. Turns out there are only two kinds of villains I can write: the cool, calculating one and the revenge-driven one. Nooo.

Saint Seiya: Am rewatching the ~~Dead Boyfriends~~ Asgard Arc. Expect ranting in the near future. What's funny is that, anime filler though this arc may be, it has a scene that passes the Bechdel test (Saori and Freya talking about Hilda). Can't remember any scene in canon for which I can say the same.
Manigoldo Gaiden ch 5: ( Tsk, tsk. )

Current Mood: restless
Current Music: OH YEAH - GD & TOP feat. BOM (from 2NE1)

Leaked Legend of Korra clips make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Check the comments for more clips.

Via inkstone: a bingo card for authors who respond to negative reviews. Rock on, 2012.

The fandom snowflake challenge:

Day 15: In your own space, share a favorite memory about fandom.

Meeting great new friends via fandom. Maintaining existing friendships via fandom. Winning a fanfic contest (a long time ago).

Current Mood: busy
Current Music: GIRL FRIEND - TEEN TOP

The fandom snowflake challenge:

Day 13: In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon.

Hunter x Hunter:
Killua: (annoyed) You said it's okay to die for a friend!
Gon: (even more annoyed) It's okay for me, but not for Killua!
I LOL-ed, because that line tells a lot about Gon, the good-natured if generic shounen hero.

Day 14: In your own space, ask for help.

Cheer me on for my

fivetimesbb? I need to think up five things and currently have come up with only one.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Current Music: 佛说 - Mickey He

Ocean Heaven (2010): Wang Xincheng (Jet Li) is terminally ill and worried that his autistic son Dafu (Wen Zhang) won't survive without him. He teaches Dafu basic everyday skills and looks for places where Dafu can live. That's the gist of the movie - the rest are just details.
Wen Zhang's research on autism is obvious, although I may not be in a position to say how good his performance is. The story being focused on the two men, the women are mostly defined by their relationship to Wang and Dafu - Lingling (Kwai Lun-mei), for instance, whose brief acquaintance with Dafu teaches him about separation. (No, she doesn't die) Overall, the movie is hopeful and at times poignantly repetitive in its portrayal of living with an autistic person.

The Three Musketeers: This be the 2011 steampunk-ized version. Milla Jovovich's Milady ftw. I'm also amused that Orlando Bloom decides Buckingham is a fairytale villain and must act accordingly.

The fandom snowflake challenge:

Day 11: In your own space, ask for recs.

Fullmetal Alchemist: Is there such a thing a humorous Roy/Olivier fic?

Avatar: The Last Airbender: June on a mission. Short fics welcome.

Whistle! genfics...

Day 12: Rec at least three fanworks that you think would make a good intro into XYZ fandom.

Hm, this is hard. I don't know that many fanworks that fall under that category. That having been said, if I want to try attracting someone into Fullmetal Alchemist, I'll post a link to this gif set. Because who doesn't love tough ladies?

Current Mood: sore
Current Music: 평생 (For KISS Me) - U-KISS

The fandom snowflake challenge:

Day 9: In your own space, create a fanwork.

And thus, Tsukino Usagi icons.

Day 10: In your own space, talk about a creator.

Adachi Mitsuru, who's been a mangaka for about 40 years, is mostly known for writing teen rom-com masquerading as sports manga (or is it the other way around...). He also writes manga for older readers, and the ones I've come across are usually melancholy in tone. He loves breaking the fourth wall, sometimes for pages on end. Which is, um, entertaining? Like his good friend Takahashi Rumiko, he sticks to the "classic" (for lack of a better word) and clean art style. I like his sense of humor and his characters' usually very human reaction to tragedy. His works might have been published earlier in Indonesia had it not been for his penchant for gratuitous pantyshots.

Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: Super Girl - Super Junior-M

♣ How to write about the Middle East.

Readers will be put off if you don't mention the markets in Arabia. They are always loud and dirty. There is always someone who is spitting phlegm.

Saw the same principle at work in novels set in Hong Kong.

♣ ( Writing in 2012 )

♣ Conclusion after watching Journey to the West 2011: I like Nie Yuan better with hair. Anyway, Indonesian wuxia fandom is hoping that, after LocH 2008, the same TV station will continue with RoCH 2006 and HSDS 2009. Let the Zhang Jizhong invasion begin.

♣ The fandom snowflake challenge:

Day 8: In your own space, talk about a talent (or talents) you have.

I'm apparently good at writing fanfics that make the reader go, "Hope there's a sequel to this!" and I'd be like, "But that's all there is to it..." Haha. (Okay, it's not funny - it may indicate that I am unable to write stories with satisfying conclusions)

Current Mood: nerdy
Current Music: 미치겠어 - TEEN TOP

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green tea in the morning

Another rainy Saturday

It's not raining as much as it should be

On my to-watch list is...

Bzzt.

Girl asking second girl to help a third girl might be a rarity in shounen manga

This year continues to look promising

Bored with rain

Movies I watched recently

What would she do without memes?

And women who need men to think for them, of course

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