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Kiri ☂ ([personal profile] taotrooper) wrote2007-01-14 11:50 pm

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Two things I've learned this weekend about the way I program:
a) I work better under pressure for deadlines
b) I REALLY prefer Java over all the languages I know fluidly.

But anyway, some fandom comments now.

Holy shit, Arakawa gave us new canon background on alchemy, rentanjutsu, Amestris and Father's plans, and uh, Hohenheim, I guess (although all that, especially the last page, give us more questions than answers).

God, I love this manga. The intrigues and conspiracies blow my mind.

Changing the subject, do you know when you reread/rewatch a fandom and you realize you're loving certain characters or pairings more than before? That you never noticed or had forgotten how great someone is? Or quite the contrary, and you stopped caring about someone you thought better about previously? Because it happens to me all the time. Most of my obsessions tend to be things I overlooked when I first touched the canon.

Because I've been rereading Fruits Basket. And it's really weird because I started as a Kyou fangirl because his strong temper is a lot like mine and I'm quite into that kind of character, and the previous reread I found myself adoring Yuki, even being my favorite from the four lead characters. And now that we're at it, my favorite by far from the Mabudachi Trio ended up being the least I expected, which is Ayame. I don't know what's with that set of brothers, honestly. But when they started giving us Yuki's story and the terrible problems of self-esteem he's had and how he could move on, I respected him so much.

Oh, and my Minor Group I Fangirl (I have one in every fandom) has become the school council ♥ So much love for them! They're so batshit crazy. Manabe is just beyond random awesome XD Kimi might be an obnoxious bitch, but she's so amusing. Nao is also endearing in his bad humor; poor bastard, Earth logic can't be applied to those weirdos. And there's Machi. I find her so fascinating and dysfunctional. The more I reread the scenes with her, the more I love her and Yuki/Machi. Because I don't care what people might say, man. They're a perfect match; it makes so much sense!

But that needs a post of its own.

[identity profile] threeleaf.livejournal.com 2007-01-15 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
YAY for Yuki/Machi! I love that couple sooo much. Machi is one of my favorite characters in Fruits Basket, she's so cool. Manabe is awesome also, and I will always adore Kyo :D

I just finished reading the manga all the chapters avaiable ;_;

[identity profile] sha-chan.livejournal.com 2007-01-15 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Power to the School Defense Corps Student Council! You've never seen a more random group of people XD Poor Yuki and Nao, specially Nao xD;

I'm with you with the Yuki/Machi... poor Machi is bashed almost everywhere. I admit that I didn't care much about her at first (but then, I didn't care much about Yuki either) but she's really an interesting character, and she is PERFECT with Yuki. I love those two ♥

I don't know why but you liking Ayame amuses me a bit ^^;;

[identity profile] bramblyhedge.livejournal.com 2007-01-16 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
School council FTW. It's great how Nao really gets on Yuki's nerves a lot, but they still seem to be friends. *lol*
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[identity profile] rainmage.livejournal.com 2007-01-16 12:41 pm (UTC)(link)
In scanlations? How far are they, by the way? I'm in a yahoo mailing list so I tend to read the raws and check summaries. Or at least used to, because the series ended and all.

That icon is so cute ♥ I love how she's wearing red. I need to get more furuba icons.
ext_387179: A sea turtle swimming (Yotsuba / WTF did I just watch...?)

[identity profile] rainmage.livejournal.com 2007-01-16 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Nao needs more pity, really. At least Yuki got to love those annoying bastards, but Nao just can't get over them XDDDD and he also has to stand Yuki, who's also mental... then again, Yuki also has to stand himself, and he also sees himself as mental so... nevermind! <3

I'm not a lot in the fandom itself, mostly because I'm scared to death of the preteens drooling and screaming "kawaii desu!", except for the Fruity mailing list at yahoo. There's not that much of Machi bashing in there except for the occasional bitter Yukiru fanbrat. But I kind of picture how bad she's getting it. If I have to be fair, I only got interested/obsessed in Yuki and Machi as characters after they got their coherent flashbacks. It was great.

I don't know why but you liking Ayame amuses me a bit ^^;;
Why? XD
ext_387179: A sea turtle swimming (Yuuko / lol internet)

[identity profile] rainmage.livejournal.com 2007-01-16 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm, don't you mean Manabe? Nao is the short one who sees Yuki as a rival (because he has the hots for the president of the Prince Yuki Club) and keeps telling everyone off for doing stupid things.

[identity profile] threeleaf.livejournal.com 2007-01-17 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I read until the 132 chapter in scanlations. I don't know if there are more chapters, I haven't check the raws.