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[taotrooper]

Remember when I thought that crushing on minor Pokémon characters was sort of low? After my, I don't know, fourth crush or something I was fine with it. I guess the shame just fades. BUT NOW I'M CRUSHING ON ALMOST EVERYONE IN BLACK/WHITE BECAUSE OF FANART. I HAVEN'T PLAYED THAT GAME. I DON'T EVEN WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME. NO, SELF, YOU'RE NOT SHIPPING MAIN GIRL WITH N JUST 'CAUSE IT'S SEXY AND A LESS JERKASS KIND OF FOEYAY. Uuuuuuuuugh.

What else? I don't know if I should sign up for Yuletide. On one hand, the weird parameters to decide "obscure" this year were so suspicious and I understand why the wank. There's going to be a lot of point missed this time. On the other, I like the signup form. There are some fandoms and characters I'd never offer because, for instance, I wouldn't like to get a request for slash or incest or porn in that fandom. So it's easier to cover my back this time. But yeah, I don't know if I'll be able to get inspired in time and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the weirdness going on.

So anyway, let's have a meme to add to the pile of unanswered stuff I have in my list :D

★ Reply with a fandom and I'll tell you the following:

▌ favorite character
▌ least favorite character
▌ prettiest character
▌ character I wanna marry
▌ favorite pairing
▌ favorite episode
▌ unpopular opinion

Comments

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

If there's something I've learned is that you can't choose what to ship, really. XD (Percy and Katara, I'm looking at YOU.)

For the meme, hmm, give me Apollo Justice!

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

At least you know one character and the RP version of the other. I DON'T PERSONALLY KNOW ANY OF THEM, IT'S JUST FOR THE PRETTY. Hell, the main characters in Pokémon are a blank state so anything ever is IC for them -for the rival guy not so much.

▌ favorite character → Klavier
▌ least favorite character → Zak. From minor characters, Brushel grosses me out a lot
▌ prettiest character → I'm gonna go with Ema, because Klavier qualifies as something stronger than "pretty"
▌ character I wanna marry → Kla-- wait, he's too high maintenance XD Apollo, then. I can boss him around The downfall would be that our non-existant children would be 5 feet tall |D
▌ favorite pairing → Big Wins/Little Plum and Klavier/Ema
▌ favorite episode → I like case 3 despite of the endless loops of Guitar's Serenade and the plotholes
▌ unpopular opinion → They might be less developed than the PW guys, BUT FOR ME APOLLO&&TRUCY&&KLAVIER HAVE MORE HEART.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

UGH ZAK IS A JERK DDDX

And yes to everything! Well, I haven't seen enough of the other games to know if I completely agree with the last one (I haven't even seen Maya in action) but I do adore the AJ cast.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

It's why Peachi's Zak series is so funny: because it's depressingly true!

I do like most PW characters, but I honestly don't understand why I find this subcast so adorable and most people don't.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

I feel old-school. CCS!

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Speaking of CCS and Yuletide, did you see that it made the cut for "obscure fandoms"? Check out the list of characters; it includes "Mizuki", "Mizuki Kaho", and "Fujitaka Nadeshiko". If I hadn't found the list via FW, I'd be very tempted to submit some corrections.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

▌ favorite character → Eriol
▌ least favorite character → ...Tomoyo
▌ prettiest character → Yue *points at your icon*. From humans, Clow and Kaho. But really, all characters are pretty because this is CLAMP.
▌ character I wanna marry → I think Touya would be the best wife husband
▌ favorite pairing → Touya/Yukito and Eriol/Kaho
▌ favorite episode → Probably the final battle with Eriol, especially in the manga for the WTF twist (but, a good kind of WTF twist). I was really fond of season three fillers in the anime.
▌ unpopular opinion → God, I had so many! But it's hard to say because what a section of the fandom considers unpopular is not so in another, and so on.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

unpopular opinion → God, I had so many! But it's hard to say because what a section of the fandom considers unpopular is not so in another, and so on.

inorite? You have places like the Pit where anything that's not S+S gets ignored and/or flamed, while TvTropes says that Syaoran is the most common target of Die For Our Ship thanks to the countless Sakura/Tomoyo fans. Then there are the people who bemoan the "fact" that the fandom is run by T/Y-shipping yaoi fangirls, ignoring the comments, reviews, and fansite character profiles that adamantly insist that there's nothing going on between Touya and Yukito or Sakura and Tomoyo and how sick must you be to think such a thing...

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

That fandom is so confusing and everyone drank a different flavor of crack kool-aid.

[sha-chan.livejournal.com]

Kyou Kara Maou )o)

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

▌ favorite character → Murata
▌ least favorite character → The king of Big Shimaron, I can't remember his fucking name
▌ prettiest character → females: Cheri and Anissina; males: the Shinou, Yozak, and Saralegui
▌ character I wanna marry → JENNIFER LOL. Or Gwendal
▌ favorite pairing → I don't think I ship strongly here. I like tiny ships here and there, but I don't have big favorites.
▌ favorite episode → SHIT, I HAVE NO IDEA, THEY'RE >100 EPISODES D:
▌ unpopular opinion → The politics and cultural differences are so much fun, and so is the crack. Meanwhile, almost everyone is into it (or turned off) for the slash while it has a lot of cool things besides that. I think it's the second best "portal fantasy" anime I've ever watched.

[sha-chan.livejournal.com]

I totally agree with you on the last one. It bothers me that it's the thing most people focus on, when there's so much more to it :|

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

It's great when it's serious, it's great when it's funny. If it wasn't for stuff like Wolfram's nightgowns or Günther's fanboying, I'd completely forget that there's supposed to be ghei fanbait :'D

[paella]

Symphonia?

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

▌ favorite character → Zelos, Raine, Sheena
▌ least favorite character → ...Kratos, which is probably also my unpopular opinion
▌ prettiest character → Everyone is pretty! I'll say Zelos, though.
▌ character I wanna marry → Regal would totally be the best husband, if he could ever move on
▌ favorite pairing → I do sort of like Zelos/Sheena, but not to actively search for fanworks, and some days I wake up thinking they'd be better in a foursome with Lloyd and Colette. But I'm not sure I'm able to OT4 anything. I'm very gen in this fandom.
▌ favorite episode → I liked the faux drama when everyone on the party is left behind so Lloyd can continue, to then everyone be brought in time by a repentant Zelos. It was such a relief they were all okay.
▌ unpopular opinion → Just because Kratos sides with his son in the end doesn't make him suddenly a decent dad to me and deserving of anything. I understand it's not entirely his fault and his life is ~tragic~, but I can't help but feel Dirk was the one who brought up Lloyd and is truly his father (FFS, the kid recites dwarven vows like trufax). Then again, I just don't like Kratos so much and I'm really harsh on parent characters. And it pains me that I'm indifferent to the Mithos-Martel-Yuan-Kratos group because I normally love background flashback characters.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

I can't help but feel Dirk was the one who brought up Lloyd and is truly his father

Don't feel bad about that, that's how Lloyd feels, too. Even after he accepts Kratos as his father, it's as a second dad.

Re: Lloyd/Colette/Sheena/Zelos OT4, I've mentioned it before, but I stand by my Sims 2 household. Don't think I could write fic based on it, though.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I know, but I don't get why most of the fandom seem to love Kratos and Lloyd's father-son dynamics instead of Dirk and Lloyd's. There's... barely one. Maybe they just like the drama, I guess. Or Kratos' bishounen-ness. I liked it better when it was called the first Star Wars trilogy.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

I love Dirk and Lloyd's father-son relationship more, too, because Lloyd makes it so clear that he thinks of Dirk as his father, always has, always will. That's not something very common with adopted characters in fantasy stories.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

And the fact Dirk is his dad first is what makes Lloyd's plot (and therefore a good part of the overall game's) underneath. Being raised by someone of a completely different race has made him so open to friendship with anyone different to him, no prejudice at all. This is particularly poignant for the Sage siblings, who can then learn to trust humans thanks to Lloyd.

[sairei.livejournal.com]

If nothing else, I'm playing B/W for the characters. I LOVE THEM ALL

Zelda!

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I think this game is onto me, especially the characters. Female professor, cute megane boy frienemy, cute ditzy blonde girl frienemy, rival with motivation beyond SMELL YA LATER and a Soujirou Seta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seta_S%C5%8Djir%C5%8D) sort of resolution, ridiculous yet deep down deep plot, more dragon legendaries. Bastards.

▌ favorite character → That's hard, but I'm going to say Ocarina!Zelda because I love Sheik's ninja shenanigans and cryptic purple prose. And Tetra. And Midna
▌ least favorite character → DOES BEN COUNT? ;A; j/k It's hard because even the more vile and annoying characters have redeeming sides (yes, even Navi, and the trainwreck that is Tingle is mockable), so I'll say... the Ocean King because his fishy mind must be ALL KINDS OF AWFUL to have the worst temple in Hyrule history EVER. Fuck your sand.
▌ prettiest character → All incarnations of adult Link that looks like a LOTR elf are pretty, LOL. All Zeldas, including alter egos. Midna in her true form, Malon, Din, Nayru, Maple... there's a lot of cute girls, I'd be here all day. I'm convinced Kafei must be hot when he's not a shota.
▌ character I wanna marry → Man, I have no idea. I guess all Links eventually settle down because there's a hero bloodline so. The question is which one of them. Hopefully none that includes a ranch, I don't want to be a farmer.
▌ favorite pairing → I ship OOT!Link/Sheik|Zelda so hard. I thought at that time it was my first slash video game pairing and then... yeah. I haven't finished TP yet but something tells me I'm going to like Midna/Zelda.
▌ favorite episode → My favorite game is Ocarina like almost everyone ever. Why so unoriginal, self.
▌ unpopular opinion → I've never been in the fandom, so I have no idea what's unpopular or not. Maybe that I don't care if Sheik is (physically and mentally) a dude or a dudette or whether she/he counts as a transexual or not. She's hot either way. I do like the idea of being a girl crossdressing and binding her breasts vs Zelda growing a penis with Triforce magic, but that's me liking crossdressing girls and I'm fine with any headcanon.

[outou.livejournal.com]

I'll say Pokemon, since somebody had to.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Goddammit! Okay, the only game I've actually played is SoulSilver, so this is why I'm only mentioning Johto and Kanto characters. I don't really know the others.

▌ favorite character → Eusine. Or Lance
▌ least favorite character → Whitney. You're a gym leader, people are going to beat you and your jerk Miltank frequently, cry moar
▌ prettiest character → Morty and Clair. In games I haven't played, definitely Cynthia. In B/W, the female professor and N.
▌ character I wanna marry → Er, I have no idea. You don't see enough of any of their personalities?
▌ favorite pairing → Morty/Eusine. And Touko/N and Bell/Cheren, fuck you Pixiv. When I watched loose episodes of the anime years ago, I liked Jessie/James.
▌ favorite episode → If we go for the anime, I liked the episode when they go to Pokémon Tower and a group of ghosties troll the shit out of Ash and Team Rocket. In the games, that radio infiltration part was fun and frustrating at the same time.
▌ unpopular opinion → I want to punch Silver in the face? I know he'll redeem himself, but he was such an asshole for such a long time.

[doxorz.livejournal.com]

~*Fullmetal Alchemisttt*~

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

▌ favorite character → I love a million characters, but my top one is Ling
▌ least favorite character → Envy. I love to hate people like Bradley and Kimbley because they're so cool in their evil, but Envy is just nasty lame with zero charisma. And Tucker, too.
▌ prettiest character → Riza. Call me weird, but Scar's brother
▌ character I wanna marry → I wanted to say Izumi but she's already taken and happily so. DEFINITELY ALPHONSE, NGL
▌ favorite pairing → Ling/Lan, Al/Mei, Ed/Win, EVERY MARRIED PAIRING EVER
▌ favorite episode → I sincerely refuse to choose. I suck at chapter numbers anyway
▌ unpopular opinion → It's hard to say because there are so many subfandoms, and what it's unpopular in one is globally accepted in the others. I wanted to say that the female characters in the manga and Brotherhood are awesome, mostly because I hate all that Winry and Mei bashing going on, but in my niche of the fandom they're loved a lot. So I'll just be over here wishing that there was more post!canon Al/Mei in Pixiv and fanfics.

[doxorz.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, you are not alone whatsoever. My entire group of friends and I wish every day for more post!canon Al/May fic and fanart.

Also, we think so alike when it comes to FMA! Especially the whole marrying Al thing. He'd be the best and May is so lucky D:

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine even found doujinshi (she doesn't scan her books, sadly), but there's still not much fanfic or fanart. I honestly don't understand. You have a chance to put Al in Chinese clothes, people! ;A;

*bumps fist*

[doxorz.livejournal.com]

My friend schellibie has definitely done something related to post!canon Al and May, whether its fanart or fanfic or what have you.
So if you haven't already checked out her stuff, I recommend that you do so!

But other than that, I so agree. There is so much potential for awesome with the Al/May ship, and I wish that fandom gave them more attention.
Al gets to be in Chinese clothes! Al gets to be in Xing! We can have Al/Ling bromances and Al/Lanfan friendships and awkward-yet-lovely Al/May romance!

Oh, fandom.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

The name rings a bell, so I think I've read at least one of her fics! I'll check it out when I have the time, thanks! I do want more people to get into the ship.

I WANT ALL THAT PLUS NERDY XINGUESE ALCHEMY LESSONS. Now that he has a body, it shouldn't be that hard for him to feel the Earth's feng shui energy.

[doxorz.livejournal.com]

Al/May is her OTP for the series, and she's drawn lots of fanart for them, lol.
Here's her dA.

ME TOO!
And Al and May going exploring all across the world.
and their kids would be SO ADORABLE

[mairenn-k.livejournal.com]

Hm, Vinland Saga?

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

▌ favorite character → Askeladd and Canute
▌ least favorite character → I have no idea
▌ prettiest character → Ylfa. And okay, fine, Canute
▌ character I wanna marry → THORS (THORFINN'S DAD), NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
▌ favorite pairing → I don't think I ship anything
▌ favorite episode → Any chapter with Thorkell in it because suddenly shit gets epic
▌ unpopular opinion → I have no idea how unpopular this is, but please. CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE PLOT FAST, MANGA? I feel bad about this because Einar and his bromance with Thorfinn is cute, but I'm reading this for the MOTHERFUCKING VIKINGS. I'm bored out of my mind of Farmville Saga. Also, I want a cool recurrent female character. And a pony.