Fannishness

Feb. 2nd, 2010 11:14 pm
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Sorry for the radio silence, it's been a bit busy in rl, about which there will be a long post, later. But first, more fun things.

Films:

Before Sherlock Holmes there was a trailer for Iron Man 2. Other than being amused that villains still get lumbered with stock Russian accent number 2, I think Mickey Rourke's character could be really interesting.

The thing that really made me gleeful about the trailer was the bit where Tony Stark, about to make his big entrance in costume, goes 'a kiss for good luck,' so Pepper kisses the mask and throws it out of the plane.

I hope they give her more to do than just be jealous of Scarlet Johanson's character.

Comics and Manga:

Because I got paid the second half of my money for demonstrating, I went on a bit of a spree. I got the next three volumes of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and a 2000 AD book, which I haven't read before, called Murder 101. Yay, Sinister Dexter, which is probably the one 2000 AD strip you could easily turn into a film.

TV:

Last week's Being Human was interesting, inbetween the exquisite awkwardness of Annie's plan (Oh George, how do you get yourself into these things.), the vampire shennanigans and the reveal.

The thing I really like about Being Human is that, you know that thing when you're watching something, and a character gets a choice between action a and action b and they're both equally valid if not morally then functionally, and you know that they'll go for b because it's the 'right choice'. Being Human doesn't do that, so it gets to do interesting things, see also Karl the vampire from episode 2.

What I will say, is that the start of episode 3 contains the funniest take you'll see on the banality and beaurocracy of evil for quite some time. And also deeply horrifying at the same time.

Spoilers )

I still haven't seen this week's episode because Being Human has reached that pitch of where I want to see the next episode but am terrified by the horrible things they're going to do characters I like.

Meanwhile, also on a vampire tip, I am greatly amused by the Vampire Diaries. They are the epitome of the cheesy but fun. Also - Ian Sommerhalder.
redfiona99: (squee!)
First, shiny new icon. Whee!

Any film! Gambit icon was always going to be my squee! icon, but this was quite literally the shot where I started squeaking in the trailer. I've also seen a more recent cut of it, and they seem to be going with the 'eyes only light up when powered up' thing they did with Storm, which I can deal with.

Thinking about his eyes, I find it amusing that he and Kurogane both have red/black eyes.

Secondly, talking about red/black eyes, I firmly believe that Christopher Daniels would be someone who would have said eyes if he were a comics/cartoon/manga character. I cannot, however, write him. Which is annoying when he's required for a fic.
redfiona99: (tsubasa reservoir chronicle)
lgbtfest fic continues to increase in length. It's about 2/3rds done, and it's already 4200 words.

Other than that, I seem to recall saying I'd go through volumes 18 and 19 of the TRC pointing out some of the more squee-inducing moments. 18 actually has less auto-squee moments but it's very cool nonetheless. It also includes my favourite splash pages:

Deeply spoilery, but cute despite that )

We also get a bit of plot background (For those who read TV tropes, this is where the 30 Xanatos Gambit pile-up starts) and the start of Fai's backstory (deeply spoilery also - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/133/13/ and http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/133/14/)

Spoilery assumptions from said panels )

Following that there is further plot and the first moment of shippiness - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/134/12/

Oh Kurogane )

Sayoran's choice is even worse. But even sweeter - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/134/15/

Spoilers )

Then Sakura does the sweetest, bravest thing )

Then there's the start of the next world, which I can been seen without spoiling anything. And you should, because it's pretty people, in chains. Now, while they later explain the chains, it does still come across as kinky fanservice city. I heartily approve.

http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/136/01/
http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/136/02/
http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/136/03/

At this point the various unfortunate previous occurances have taken their toll, and there's pretty much two distinct groups, with Kurogane and Sayoran on one side and Sakura and Fai on the other, or the people who are trying their hardest to give things and the people who are trying their damnedest not to receive it.

We shan't mention the blood drinking. Because, well, I'm probably the only person with a thing for vampires on my flist.

Then there's another really beautiful splash page. http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/138/01/

And then another particularly beautiful page of Sayoran angsting - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/138/12/

actually, at this point, just assume whoever is in a page is being angsty.

The splash for volume 140 is foot fetish/gothic loli heaven - http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/140/01/

And features Sayoran angsting, Kurogane getting blasted to avoid angsting (this appears to be his method of dealing with everything), Fai angsting and Sakura going through fifteen thousand mortal torments because of how she feels about Sayoran and the spoiler -
http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/140/14/
http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/140/15/
http://www.onemanga.com/Tsubasa_Reservoir_Chronicles/140/16/

I like how they're handling the spoiler )
redfiona99: (tsubasa reservoir chronicle)
First a question - anyone know a decent shop in the UK for manga? Forbidden Planet keep being ridiculously late and behind, but I'd rather by from a specialist than from Amazon, which is my fallback.

Secondly Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles Squee (spoilers for everything up to and including volume 17) )

Basically - eeeee! There shall be thoughts on 18 and 19 at some point in the future.

As to the American football, who should I be trying to convince people to cheer for at our Superbowl party?
redfiona99: (tsubasa reservoir chronicle)
So I'm writing fic about my OTP who includes the guy in this icon. And I thought I'd managed to avoid the sex scene that I didn't want to write (first time [with each other] scenes are just not something I'm good at writing, although I do prefer writing them to first time, first time scenes), because I got them to the effectively communicating stage, rather than talking at each other or chasing each other with katanas, and I was going to do a fade to black for the night they spend back in Spoilers Up to Volume 11 )

They're dashed awkward to write too, because one of them is Mr. Represses Everything and the other is My Smile Hides Something, so I want to do the whole thing where this is one of the few times where they're honest with each other, without it being cliched and waaah! I'm really not sure I can pull it off.
redfiona99: (tsubasa reservoir chronicle)
I feel unspeakably bad about not writing more for the Torchwood/Dr. Who Porn battle, but it's been a bit manic recently. Went home for a dentist's appointment and fencing at the weekend. The fencing went reasonably well. I came 28th out of 40, went out to the person ranked fourth, but she didn't manage to get the 15 hits in 9 minutes so I took her to time and she only won by 3 points (12-9). Also, I hopefully have ranking points.

Saw some TNA and wept because people were not joking about the rat on a pole match. Also, the idea of Abyss in a barbed wire match worries me. The AJ v Tiger Mask match was fun though as was Shark Boy & Curry Man v the Rock and Rave Infection, who would probably be quite good heels with a better script, in particular Lance Hoyt's character.

Grandmother likes Curry Man.

Am presently undergoing withdrawl from Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles (hence the icon). Hopefully 14 and 15 as well as 16 will be in Forbidden Planet when I go looking. That or 1,2 and 3 of XXXoholic.

I shall now pootle along to Wyndi's journal in the hope that her toga party post contains instructions in the making of togas from bedsheets.
redfiona99: (tsubasa reservoir chronicle)
I was floating about hither and thither and someone said that the voice cast for the English dub of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles had been announced, and I was like 'hmm, who would I really want as Kurogane?' (the one in my icon, btw). The voice in my head when I'm reading the manga is Brian Drummond (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0238546/) who was Zechs in Gundam Wing, but I said that I'd be happy with whoever did the voice for Picolo in Dragon Ball Z as a reasonable substitute, since they have very similar voices.

And while it's not Brian Drummond doing it, it's Chris Sabbat (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754526/) who did indeed voice Picolo. So I am not going to complain, at least not until I see it.
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Went to the biology postgrads quiz, won, received a prize of chocolatey goodness. Went to see the Prestige, which other people don't seem to like as much as I do.

Went shopping on Saturday, bought the most smooth and lovely pair of brown cords. And a Tigger bra. Which is lovely as well as being cute. Also volume 4 of Tsubasa and 2 and 3 of Trigun Maximum which I fear I shall have to re-read again to get any of.

Then I went out to the big metal club in Leicester which was fun. Sadly wasn't quite old enough to go out to clubs at the height of nu-metal so was incredibly pleased to be able to dance to stuff like 'Let the bodies hit the floor'. Met a few more people who I knew including one very random and deeply amusing theatre bod.

Got home at about 3.45, got to bed at 4.15, woke up at 10, went back to sleep, ignored my alarm at 11, finally woke up at 2 in the afternoon. So I might not be going to Retribution often ;)

Went to fencing, was somewhat disgruntled to find out that at next week's women's BUSA I'll only be fighting foil, not epee. Pleased a bit too because my epee sucks, except, you know, I'm better than at least two of the people actually doing epee for the team.

But yes, stayed in the pub till kicking out time, had lots of fun and am now perkily at work. And the proud owner of a pair of university of Leicester football socks in uni colours. Don't worry, there will be photos later.

Also discovered far more than I ever wanted to know about certain male fencers.

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