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taotrooper) wrote2007-10-24 04:31 pm
taotrooper) wrote2007-10-24 04:31 pm
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Color me exhausted
What a tiresome week. And I still have to survive today's lab classes, and tomorrow's dentist. I'm so, so tired I've forgotten to reply in so many posts, and I can't even say witty things to the arguments brought on my last post.
Oh the slightly brighter side, I've found ideas to work for one of the Yuletide requests. I'll just need to, um, reread all the manga and find the time to write it. I feel torn because I can either write a character study in a character who's awesome but rarely mentioned in fic (...I guess, I haven't poked the fandom enough), or write crazy postcanon shenanigans for a pairing that's lots of fun. Each option is glee-worthy, but the genfic is more fleshed out in my mind right now.
And now a quick rant about squicks, inspired by something that came up in the last post. I have squicks, yes. I have perhaps too many squicks if you think about it. But when it comes to my pairings, I discover there are a few that would make a lot of people roll their eyes or go WTF.There are several adult-in-kid-disguise/adult (or teen). There's that wolf/humanoid one. Right now I'm rereading The Two Towers at the moment, and I remembered I've always sort of liked Legolas/Gimli in the books. How come I don't find any revolting, some might say? Dude, I don't find them kinky, either! They don't turn me on, I never go looking for porn of these unconventional ones (in physical age or differences of species) because, as a matter of fact, I wouldn't stomach them either as they are. The issue here comes from the fact that at least I ship personalities instead of looks, and in my personal fanon these characters would love the other because of what's in the inside, not implying a physical deviantion. I'm a romantic, and prefer the idea of love/friendship turned love/inner trait attraction than, say, lust via fetish. That's how I pair people up, regardless of age, gender, race, species, position, whatever.
It's probably too cheesy, but I want to believe Kaho dates Eriol because he has a fascinating yet shy mind, and that Ushiwaka cares about Amaterasu because he admires her deeply and wants her to trust him, and that Legolas and Gimli travel together for a while because they have fun together in this innocent, orc-killing way and don't give a damn about the huge cultural (and height?) difference.It might be a naive and too open-minded approach to think in such an idealized way of loving, in a world wide web where porn is the reason to ship. But honest, I don't want to see any fanwork higher to PG-13 for these ships, really. I have other multiple normal ships to perv on, so I have no need for sexually-oriented pedophile or bestiality. Give me gen, give me platonic romance, give me anything else! I swear I don't pair people up for squick factors. I'm just too open-mindedly naive.
ETA: I forgot to say. But sexier stuff with adult!Eriol|Clef|Loki|Heimdall or human!Amaterasu? BRING IT, SURE THING.
Comment, and I will comment back with a picture of the fictional character that most reminds me of you.Then post the same in your journal.
(Warning: there are some of you I don't know too well, so I'll state it in your replies if I can't come up with anything.)
Meanwhile, this meme is weird shit XD I've been told I remind of Yuuko and Kaho. I DON'T SEE IT LOL. How can I be like Yuuko when I'm as mature and cool as a chimpanzee?
Oh the slightly brighter side, I've found ideas to work for one of the Yuletide requests. I'll just need to, um, reread all the manga and find the time to write it. I feel torn because I can either write a character study in a character who's awesome but rarely mentioned in fic (...I guess, I haven't poked the fandom enough), or write crazy postcanon shenanigans for a pairing that's lots of fun. Each option is glee-worthy, but the genfic is more fleshed out in my mind right now.
And now a quick rant about squicks, inspired by something that came up in the last post. I have squicks, yes. I have perhaps too many squicks if you think about it. But when it comes to my pairings, I discover there are a few that would make a lot of people roll their eyes or go WTF.There are several adult-in-kid-disguise/adult (or teen). There's that wolf/humanoid one. Right now I'm rereading The Two Towers at the moment, and I remembered I've always sort of liked Legolas/Gimli in the books. How come I don't find any revolting, some might say? Dude, I don't find them kinky, either! They don't turn me on, I never go looking for porn of these unconventional ones (in physical age or differences of species) because, as a matter of fact, I wouldn't stomach them either as they are. The issue here comes from the fact that at least I ship personalities instead of looks, and in my personal fanon these characters would love the other because of what's in the inside, not implying a physical deviantion. I'm a romantic, and prefer the idea of love/friendship turned love/inner trait attraction than, say, lust via fetish. That's how I pair people up, regardless of age, gender, race, species, position, whatever.
It's probably too cheesy, but I want to believe Kaho dates Eriol because he has a fascinating yet shy mind, and that Ushiwaka cares about Amaterasu because he admires her deeply and wants her to trust him, and that Legolas and Gimli travel together for a while because they have fun together in this innocent, orc-killing way and don't give a damn about the huge cultural (and height?) difference.It might be a naive and too open-minded approach to think in such an idealized way of loving, in a world wide web where porn is the reason to ship. But honest, I don't want to see any fanwork higher to PG-13 for these ships, really. I have other multiple normal ships to perv on, so I have no need for sexually-oriented pedophile or bestiality. Give me gen, give me platonic romance, give me anything else! I swear I don't pair people up for squick factors. I'm just too open-mindedly naive.
ETA: I forgot to say. But sexier stuff with adult!Eriol|Clef|Loki|Heimdall or human!Amaterasu? BRING IT, SURE THING.
Comment, and I will comment back with a picture of the fictional character that most reminds me of you.
(Warning: there are some of you I don't know too well, so I'll state it in your replies if I can't come up with anything.)
Meanwhile, this meme is weird shit XD I've been told I remind of Yuuko and Kaho. I DON'T SEE IT LOL. How can I be like Yuuko when I'm as mature and cool as a chimpanzee?
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......... And I just thought of Winry :O
[comment for teh meme]
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I really have no idea why, but something in between her
and Ioryogi. I don't get it either, no.
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IAWTC!1!1!
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legalas an "adult", but they tend to be unrecognizable shit. And by "adult", I mean +17 body and not the mind part, because they're all adults in that account.no subject
Also, Commenting for the meme ;D
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at least I hit the back button when she's acting like a cliché female in a hentai anime or something.I still don't know you enough, sorry D: I have no idea.
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I'm going for Spanish on this one ;D
Dios, yo veo a Ammy como TODO menos una blushing lolita. Me la imagino bastante tomboyish y algo aérea... de esas personas que tienen un attention span de 2 segundos y luego te ignoran. De carácter fuerte y bastante independiente xD pero cariñosa a su manera. Siempre he querido hacer un fanart de ella humana, pero me da algo de miedo que precisamente se vea OOC.
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I think fandom tries to get too rational sometimes, actually. We shouldn't feel the need to analyze why we like A but not B, why X squicks us but Y doesn't. Doing it for fun, sure, but feeling the need to explain it to others... nnngh. (I'm not saying that's what you're doing here, though! I just mention it because *I* felt the need to do it sometimes, but know I'm in the "I like what I like and don't care about anyone else" stage.)
Also: *comments*
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But in fandom stuff, like the one in my icon.
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COMMENTING |D
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But comment!
I plan on replying to the tl;dr, but don't have time to do so before work. I need to leave in a few. I'll do so when I return.
Again, because I copy-pasted wrong
Because she's fangirly and sweet, yet doesn't take crap from people, and loves animals.
Re: Again, because I copy-pasted wrong
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(about the meme, I immediately thought of Ame Warashi XD) *comments*
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Something between
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Hey, even if I like porn there are pairings where I only want gen. \o/ Totally I agree with you.
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Oh man, I'm not sure, you don't strike me as anyone from fandom XD Let me try, but I don't promise resemblance...
A bit of
No, don't know why O.o
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Estoy de acuerdc con quien dice Ame Warashi, pero también me recuerdas a Chiharu :P
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Es que en el anime le pusieron muy serio :P
Hasta ahora recibo la notificación U_U
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hi Prince of Tennis. But for me the fun part is the interaction, as much or more than the chemistry. It's okay to have 100% shallow pairings and all, but I get more attached to my more serious ones.no subject
"Then Legolas repaid his promise to Gimli and went with him to the Glittering Caves; and when they returned he was silent, and would only say that Gimli alone could find fit words to speak of them."
And they presumably spent the rest of their lives together, and definitely left for the West together. I think they definitely loved each other, but in a platonic way, after being comrades for so long and learning so much from each other.
MEME?
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I don't know you enough, but I'd dare say
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Por cierto, parece que para todo el mundo este ciclo (o semestre) esta pesado x3 Espero que te este yendo bien!!