In which I mourn many things, including my weekend

[taotrooper]

1) RIP Diana Wynne Jones ;_; Thank you for filling my bookshelf with fantasy, fairytale deconstructions, and metrosexual wizards. I will miss you, magnificent lady. I should read more of her books, um.

2) I feel kind of bad because there are a lot of dragons in this gen, but I just fished a level 53 Dragonair and it's my favorite dragon and I want to try him out :| I wanted to use only Unova kids and I was doing so well... I don't know what to do. I still had to catch a Deino to try them out, actually.

3) Hey, guys?

REC ME THINGS YOU THINK WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY!

I realized that lately all the games I've played recently have always some dark element that leaves angst and tragedy lingering, and my mind (and the fanworks) always returns to those. It's funny because they're all fluffy and for the NDS, LOL.

I don't mean games alone, though. Actually, anything but games is preferable. Books, manga, TV shows, movies. I have so much stuff to read/watch that I feel overwhelmed and this is why I've been gaming lately. I don't know what to jump into because there's so much to try and I'm eternally undecided.

Things I've read/watched and loved before are fair game too. And if you don't know me enough, then you could tell me what you've been enjoying lately. But no "Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies" recs, please. INB4 people tossing Magical Madoka and Homestruck anyway.

Comments

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

With Transformers it's more like "hi, we'll be happy and silly for a while and then START KILLING PEOPLE YOU LOVE".

Every. Single. Continuity.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Huh. Hmmm, I don't know, with the right mood I could still watch it but for right now...

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Transformers Animated has two whole seasons of happy and silly before it starts killing off regulars.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I know, she RPs as Prowl in our Spanish game.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

I left out an "at least" in that sentence. Guess it's time to go to bed after I finish the episode of Outer Limits that I'm watching.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

... and I recced it as a ~HAPPY FANDOM~ to everyone, then season 3 came out and I was all LOL OOOPS?

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Still happier than Prime!

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

True, Prime is more Beast Wars-ish. Buuuut TFA still sounds a bit too sad for the kind of things she wants to watch right now.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

I just remembered Gunnerkrigg Court - I love that one, and it has a couple of sad moments here and there but there's nothing ~angsty~ about it and it has twists done in a good way. I can't remember if you like reading webcomics or not, though.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Additional warning: The chapter that just ended was high in drama and reader gut-punches, and the current chapter is now dealing with some of the sad fallout. In a humorous way, but it hasn't stopped being a downer yet.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

The thing is, I don't remember the last page I've read so I'd have to marathon everything from the beginning. This is why I'm not up to date.