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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.

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 )

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.

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.