Journey into Mystery

1. So new FMA anime on the works

On one hand, I'm not bitter enough to say it's going to suck enormously regardless of how they do it. On the other, I've been brokenhearted enough by anime of my favorite things (incidentally, it wasn't Hagaren itself but XXXHOLiC what kicked me in the nuts the most) not to going to be jumping for joy if/when they say it's based on manga. It could bring good things and funny scenes, perhaps, but BONES does have a history of putting cactus juice in their screenwriters' drinking water. So, I can't be sure they're not going to screw it up, but I'm not grinch enough to be sure so soon it will be screwed up. Benefit of the doubt and all.

(And I'll be sort of pissed if they do an almost flawless adaptation of the manga but it doesn't become as liked as the first series (or more). Or people don't watch it because they've already seen one FMA anime, or try to boycott it because it's not Edward And Alphonse's Most Excellent Gypsy Adventures In Nazi Germany. Urgh.)

2. So new Slayers anime gets C&D'd

I guess this means no relying on LJ to know when clandestine subs will come out, right? GodDAMMIT, I hate it enough when we foreign fans are screwed up by American licenses. But it's even more annoying if it's not even licensed yet to begin with! The levels of paranoia are just so high. I don't know about you guys, but I'll pretty much check illegal torrent sites once or twice a week in hopes to see a sub or resort to slow-as-hell Spanish fansub groups if it doesn't work. I'm not bothering with raws and text translations. I'm multitask, but not that desperate.

I've been trying to post this for an hour now. Stupid modem.

And of course, as soon as the computer problems end...

...THE BACK/NECK PROBLEMS RISE AGAIN LIKE A ZOMBIE. A PAINFULLY SHARP-TEETH ZOMBIE.

So I'll be MIA for some time. I'm taking a break from the computer. Like, I only popped in to tell you not to expect RP replies from me today (damn, and I really wanted to go on with the epic Tamaki cross-examination).

But really, it's a good thing the pending manga chapters were out today. I already talked about FMA 83 ♥

But I have to add something in regards of TRC 190: ( this time not that wanky )

1. During Cognitive Science class, the professor was talking about how we tend to associate and relate information with other things or words, to the point what we remember is altered by these relations and it's not trustworthy anymore.

So he gives as an example how eyewitnesses in legal trials sometimes give unintentional wrong testimonies in court, because they "remember" things that never really happened just by associations. They could see broken crystals in a car crash if they think the smash was strong enough, even though no windshields or mirrors were even broken in fact.

And I'm mentally all "DUUUUR! Suddenly Phoenix Wright games make more sense!"

Did you know that in the early 40's the judges and prosecutors took the eyewitnesses' testimonies as reliable facts, and thought that human memory worked like a recording tape? It wasn't until psychological experiments kicked in and proved otherwise that the legal system in the US and other countries didn't change to reflect this.

GOOD THING. DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WOULD BE SO SCREWED.

2. The bus' radio rickrolled me today O_o I'm not sure, however, if it was

a) The 70's-80's-90's station, and if it's that then it was just regular schedule
b) A really mean DJ who has been in the English-speaking side of the Internet and did it for the lulz
c) A really mean listener who has been in the English-speaking side of the Internet and requested Rick Astley for the lulz (not that people here know what that is)

It was probably option a, but still.

3. I'M EVEN MORE IN AWE FOR CHAPTER 82. Man, Arakawa, you reminded me why I loved that kid so much ♥ ♥ Now that I know what he told him, it makes so much sense and it's so much more awesome. asdgasghagsfhg

Creo que ya entiendo porqué me negaba un poco a listar personajes favoritos en el friending meme de Mansión, aparte del hecho de tener cerebro de pollo para recordar tantos. Es porque siento que la mitad resultaría completamente desconocidos XDDD ("Ushi-quién?!")

Anyway, that fanon meme. Sorry some of these will shorter. I guess that means I don't have so many suppositions and think of them as canon says they are?

( Mokona Modoki )

( Ling Yao (contains spoilers for FMA manga) )

YES, I'M DONE WITH YULETIDE.

Avatar 3x12: I'm not going to spoil it, but it was soooo dorky XD Very LOL to Zuko's fail expenses. And Toph is awesome.

FMA 78: ( Mmmm hobo Hoho )

And you know, I have a pet peeve. Seeing someone saying "oh, even though [main character's name] didn't appear, it was a pretty good chapter!" boils my blood as much as someone bashing it because of the lack (or existence) of him/her/it. It just sounds condescending. The fact people may think -even subconsciously- less of a chapter, episode, or arc if it lacks the protagonist is appalling. I mean, I've loved main characters in many series, but secondary and minor characters can (and will, depending of the fandom) manage to make things very interesting by themselves! I can understand finding it boring if you dislike the focus character, because it's happened to me a lot, but looking down on everything all the time if your hero(ine) is MIA? Graaah.

1. In which I talk about weird programming shit:

I haven't fixed teh interwebz the network card driver on Ubuntu yet, so I'm still screwed on that part, but I could install (manually, and downloading them prior on the desktop) the rest of the packages the C compiler needed. So I could finish this week's part on the OS2 practice.

Of course, I had a fright when the chmod() command wasn't working correctly -the exercise was writing a program to change one or more files' permission modes, so it was kinda the whole point- and only the owner user mode would change. Then I noticed there was nothing wrong with my program: it was that I was testing it on my USB key files. When testing it in the home directory, everything worked like a charm <3

2. Oh snap, I DO have manga to buy urgently!

I'll probably go this afternoon after class to get one single volume of something that came out last week and I totally didn't notice. Now, this is awful because I'm saving for Phantom Hourglass and this fucks it up, but you see: Fullmetal Alchemist #8. Sorry, Link. I MUST buy it. Why?

XING CHARACTERS, BABY. XING. XING. XING. SHEEEEEEEEEEEEN.

I'm not sure if I should dread or look forward to Norma's romanizations.

Also, CAN I HAS NU HAGAREN CHAPTER SOON PLZ?

3. You'd think roleplaying him would shut his voice up in my head:

Please, guys. Tell me it's a bad idea to claim Ushiwaka from Okami in one of those themed fic comms. Tell me I never finish my claims -sometimes I never start them!- and I have too many in hiatus/block now. Tell me I should stop thinking about that jerk and return to the Eriol-tachi to update my CCS WIP. Tell me nobody's going to read them. Mind you, I may write Okami fic for myself and to amuse me, but let's face it: the lack of feedback still depresses me a lot and makes me wonder if I suck.

The thing is I'm only getting plotbunnies for him T____T And I want them out of my head like you wouldn't believe.

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Going to lunch now.

...The gore gore gore gore gore.

( Spoilers for next Tsubasa )

Chapter #72 of FMA~ It had action, and shipping, and people confronting Scar. So it's great stuff! Good plan at the end! And Winry rocked, from what little I could understand.

Also, I just discovered there's this female panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo at Washington D.C. called... Mei Xiang.

I kid you not. It amused me so, and made me wonder if Arakawa took the name from her...

And for the rest of the people who don't care about FMA, you can always see the cute panda family photos on the link above? :3

Ya know, I've been checking FMA raw scans for layout purposes, and I'll tell you something:

I MISS LING SO MUCH WHILE READING ;_____;

I kind of felt guilty for not missing him for the last months, because the plot is just getting so interesting up north. Maybe my other fandoms and my love for not-so-recurrent characters conditioned me for that. I don't really suffer for the lack of my favorite characters if the story is pretty good; now, if things do get boring, then I resort to remember the good times I had, and that makes me nostalgic/wanky about the character(s) I love who won't show up. But FMA is so awesome and I like the main players so much, I seldom miss the minor guys (although I'm so glad when they reappear, it's pretty cool). This is why I never understood why so many fans whine because Ed/Roy/Havoc/Envy/Mobuta/whoever isn't in that month's chapter to bring sexy back, therefore the chapter sucks ass. Pleeeeeeease.

This is why it came as a surprise to feel Ling's absence so strong by rereading. I had almost forgotten why I loved him and the Ling-tachi so much. Sigh.

( Icon meme because I feel like it )