Nanoha: Reflection
I read a bit more of Flawless and realised that the author had decided, for reasons unknown, to write in a love triangle.
I swear to god.
You've written a well-thought out dystopian future, you've got all the elements needed for a good story (or...you're getting there), you've got some interesting characters (or at least, not boring), you've already tortured the protagonist half to death, and now...
...now, of course, of course we have to have the boyfriend get jealous of another guy because the girl is invited to a party with another boy and for god's sake this is not how it works. Please can we go back to the dystopian future already? This is just embarrassing to read.
I really wish romance was not part of YA books at all. More often than not, it ruins the whole damn set-up that the author was trying to create.
I know your target audience likes romance and all that, but this is ridiculous.
I was immersed in your dystopian future setting and now you've broken my immersion with your love triangle bullshit.
I watched Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection yesterday.
I thought it was going to be disappointing, after Vivid.
Boy was I wrong.
This film was nothing short of amazing. It had everything that I wanted StrikerS to be, and more.
The Wolkenritter weren't shafted anymore. They were relevant.
We got background on Nanoha's friends and family for once. We had more depth on the mother-daughter relationship between Lindy and Fate. We had damn good fight scenes. In fact, it was really action-heavy - more so than ANY season of Nanoha.
We had new villains with interesting backstories and kickass designs.
^her face just seconds before she slaughters every member of the cast at lightning speed with her bladed swords or whatever the hell you call them.
I was just blown away and loved every minute of it.
This was what StrikerS should have been. This was what I was missing from the Nanoha fandom.
You know what the only shitty thing was?
It ended in a cliffhanger.
Right at the end of the movie when everyone has the main villain surrounded and is about to let all hell break loose...a fucking cliffhanger.
Well I guess I didn't read the small print. It's a two-parter.
I will just have to wait for Nanoha: Detonation in about a year so I can watch the rest of this awesomeness.
It was so weird watching Nanoha again for the first time in like...nearly 10 years? But this was so, so worth it.
I swear to god.
You've written a well-thought out dystopian future, you've got all the elements needed for a good story (or...you're getting there), you've got some interesting characters (or at least, not boring), you've already tortured the protagonist half to death, and now...
...now, of course, of course we have to have the boyfriend get jealous of another guy because the girl is invited to a party with another boy and for god's sake this is not how it works. Please can we go back to the dystopian future already? This is just embarrassing to read.
I really wish romance was not part of YA books at all. More often than not, it ruins the whole damn set-up that the author was trying to create.
I know your target audience likes romance and all that, but this is ridiculous.
I was immersed in your dystopian future setting and now you've broken my immersion with your love triangle bullshit.
I watched Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection yesterday.
I thought it was going to be disappointing, after Vivid.
Boy was I wrong.
This film was nothing short of amazing. It had everything that I wanted StrikerS to be, and more.
The Wolkenritter weren't shafted anymore. They were relevant.
We got background on Nanoha's friends and family for once. We had more depth on the mother-daughter relationship between Lindy and Fate. We had damn good fight scenes. In fact, it was really action-heavy - more so than ANY season of Nanoha.
We had new villains with interesting backstories and kickass designs.
^her face just seconds before she slaughters every member of the cast at lightning speed with her bladed swords or whatever the hell you call them.
I was just blown away and loved every minute of it.
This was what StrikerS should have been. This was what I was missing from the Nanoha fandom.
You know what the only shitty thing was?
It ended in a cliffhanger.
Right at the end of the movie when everyone has the main villain surrounded and is about to let all hell break loose...a fucking cliffhanger.
Well I guess I didn't read the small print. It's a two-parter.
I will just have to wait for Nanoha: Detonation in about a year so I can watch the rest of this awesomeness.
It was so weird watching Nanoha again for the first time in like...nearly 10 years? But this was so, so worth it.