It's raining dead! Hallelujah!

[taotrooper]

Guys, forget last night's weird post about pairings in Okami. I was kind of under the influences of PMS. Still, I'm not deleting it because I'm not entirely ashamed, and the idea of a Princess Tutu/Ranma crossover (Fakir falls in the spring of the drowned duck!) is still awesome today.

In the 2627th installment of "I'm a bad, broken CLAMP fangirl", I actually cracked up at this week's chapter. Hard. I know it's tacky and some of you are kind of crying and stuff, but it's the funniest thing I've seen today.

By the way, wasn't Madhouse in the end. The OVAs will be done by P.I.G. I think that's pretty neat, with probabilities of two almost blondy Syaorans and badly-drawn crying Mokona.

And when finally my fandom wanks about shipping, it's pretty lame. Gee, XXXHOLiC fans, you so boring.

For slightly happier news: MY NINTENDO DS ARRIVED TODAY :D Of course, right now it's under custody so I won't play with it until next week. It's black. I think I'm gonna call it either Yuuko or Robin.

Any suggestions for games? I'm looking for something addictive and amusing, perhaps in the puzzle department but not necessarily, that's not too short (I find Phoenix Wright games short, sorry). It can be an RPG, I guess, as long as it's not too hard or requires a lot of leveling up. No Pokémon, though. The more inventive, the better. It can be for GBA, but I also want suggestions for DS games.

By the way, American and Japanese DS games can be used in European consoles, right? I don't think I'll import any, but it's a good thing to know.

ETA: I almost forgot, I'm kind of nervous about the LJ Animanga Iconmakers Awards at review's. Yup, in the end I was nom'd and barely made it to the votings. I have no chance in CLAMP but it doesn't bother me at all. However, I have such silly hopes for Best Crack, although I'll most likely get my ass kicked. It was hard to find samples that weren't too fandom-in-joke or needed a long explanation on obscure memes.

ETA2: Kobato totally is CardHOLiCverse. First the fortune-teller, now the Piffle Princess combi and the Sucky Suki Dakara Suki main characters. It's a matter of time before Watanuki gets a new neighbor with another a talking plushie, me thinks. Which would kind of seal Kobato!Chitose as his landlady. Which wouldn't be that scary if it wasn't for the human!Chii twins factor. Then again, maybe most rented apartment blocks in that world look like that?

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[etrangere.livejournal.com]

and the idea of a Princess Tutu/Ranma crossover (Fakir falls in the spring of the drowned duck!) is still awesome today.
OMG I love it!

Merde (that's the French break a leg) for the inconmaker awards hon ♥

All these icons you compete against in Clamp? They're pretty, but they're so BORING. Don't people try to make things interesting/clever/profound/pertinent occasionnally? *hides from the people there who do read your journal*

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

It could be awesome. Most Fakir/Ahiru fic, I've heard, have her turning into a girl again, so HIM turning into a duck could be amusing. The Ranma premise would be a perfect compromise. And even without the shipping stuff, it's the kind of crack I like.

Thank you ^_^

Heh, that's how CLAMP iconmakers usually are. It's not my style; I can't do mine pretty enough and I'm fixated in minor stuff. This is why my samples are so weird compared to them (I have one CCS icon that's not Sakura or Tomoyo, one of Gohou Drug, one of Duklyon; the Kendappa one isn't entirely rare). I like the textless manga-coloring trend a lot, even if it's not original or meaningful, but I can't get it done well enough. There are probably deep iconists out there, but they might not be "elite" enough to be nominated (then again, I'm not either deep or elite O_o)

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it would be definitly crackful, and fun ^^ I love the role reversal as well.

I don't dislike the coloured manga as such, but seeing a trend everywhere and in all icons makes it very very dull.
There's a few icons I like among them, it's just surprising how few they are : the Clow card by knight chylde, the sighing girl by Nefadol (nice framing), Nikosakura's Yuuko (really pretty colouring work); silverq's "woeism" (cute^^)... by comparison all of yours are interesting (well except the kero one, but I don't like kero so not objective).

As for the subject matters, it's really silly if that's how people judge icons x_x;

I see people with your icons in random places all the time. You might be more elite/popular than you think.