[xxxholic Parody] Insanity as a Selling Point
I wrote it because sometimes, we need to laugh at the things we love. ^^U
Now if you feel up to it, get your crack goggles on, and dig in!
(For all those who think this looks familiar, yes, it’s the same one I posted on my journal a while back, but it’s longer, not f-locked and has been seen by the keen eyes of my betas , who are most ( Read more... )
Now if you feel up to it, get your crack goggles on, and dig in!
(For all those who think this looks familiar, yes, it’s the same one I posted on my journal a while back, but it’s longer, not f-locked and has been seen by the keen eyes of my betas , who are most ( Read more... )
I LAUGHED FOREVER. Thank you for this. XD
also: Saint Seiya parody say what~?
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Saint Seiya was HUGE in Latin America and Spain in the 90's, though I'm not sure if it was ever broadcasted in English-speaking countries. It was called "Calleros del Zodíaco" ("Zodiac Knights") over here, and the Latin American edition of the MAD magazine published a short parody, called "Caballeros del Zobaco" ("Armpit Knights"). It was a thoroughly cruel and absolutely hilarious look at a show that shaped part of my childhood and teenage years, so of course I couldn't resist the temptation to do the same thing to xxxholic now that it's been part of my twenties since the start.
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I love Saint Seiya dearly - I'm a more recent convert, since the recent redoing of the English dub (which was terrific btw), being both too young and too English-speaking to have enjoyed it when it was huge in Latin America. I wish I spoke enough Spanish to read the parody-- that show is completely wonderful and amazingly easy to tear apart. |D
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I personally rather liked Nachi. He just had very rotten luck to be faced with Ikki in his very first fight... *pats pats*
(I honestly learned all the names and "titles" of all the characters that ever showed up in the old series, and can still recall most of them... it's only the ones in the Hades saga that I never learned because it hadn't been animated yet and I didn't have access to the manga)
I wish I spoke enough Spanish to read the parodyI don't have it anymore and I honestly don't think I can get it back, but I still remember many of the jokes ( ... )
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I'm not as familiar with Hades, because I watched the first arc two or three times but haven't finished reading/watching Hades arc yet. It's great, though, because I love Andromeda!
HAHAHAHAHAHA THOSE NAMES. Andromeda is the most androgynous character I've ever seen in anything ever. FITTING.
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It certainly didn't help that his cloth has boobs... first episode I ever watched, I clearly remember asking my friend (who'd been watching for longer than me): "who's the girl in the pink armour?" ^^UU
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But seriously, cute/effeminate guys is what made this show popular! It was about the first show meant for guys who got a huge female following simply because the characters weren't all ugly (compare it with "Fist of the North Star" or "Dragon Ball" to get why I'm saying this...)
It seems ridiculous now when most shows can attract a following from the opposite gender, but this show started in 1986... things were different then. Just to give you a measure of how influential Saint Seiya was: Saint Seiya Doujinshi popularized the term "yaoi"... it was by no means the first one to have fan-made same-sex stories about it, but because it was so darn popular (and because they had such few women in the show) it became normal for a shounen series to have doujinshi made by women about their male characters afterwards...
And want to know something more? CLAMP started as a doujinshi group making, among other things, doujinshi about Saint Seiya.
'Nuff said.
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I did not know that about CLAMP! I mean, I knew they got their start making doujinshi, but I had no idea they did Saint Seiya doujinshi. ...honestly I wish very much I knew how to track down because early CLAMP style + Saint Seiya can only be amazing.
Man, makes me wish I'd been around to have been in the fandom when it was so big - it's pretty quiet now, which is sad. It's such a terrific show.
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By the way, I also grew up on Saint Seiya (so nostalgic) - you wouldn’t still have that other parody to share? Spanish is fine…
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By the way, I also grew up on Saint Seiya (so nostalgic) - you wouldn’t still have that other parody to share? Spanish is fine…
I'm afraid I don't have it anymore, and I dont think I can get it back... I originally got it from a friend who'd scanned it from her magazine, and I lost it when a virus destroyed several years' worth of stuff from my old computer. I don't even remember who it was that sent it ot me in the first place, and even if I did, I don't have contact with those friends any longer. Sorry. :/
...that said, a few minutes and careful use of search terms later, I've found the original source after years of not being in the fandom. My google-fu impresses even me. O_O
Read it here!
(I left the original comment I typed just because it amuses me how pessimistic I sound before trying to do a search. I'd originally stopped before posting it just in case I managed to find it again, but I didn't honestly think I would. XD)
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It's interesting to know St. Seiya was so influential in Lat Am as well - my introduction to it was in Italy back in early nineties - it was huge in Europe as well, but somehow bypassed US when at its height... So sad, too - it is a wonderful series. It was my into to manga as well, so its quite special - although I didn't know about the Hade Arc until much later! Which is quite lucky, judging by your comments - no crazy waiting (or heartbreat over Seiya - although Dragon was almays my favorite).
This os OT, but was Samurai roopers aka Rounin Warriors also big in Lat Am? It was in Italy...
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was Samurai roopers aka Rounin Warriors also big in Lat Am?
Well, I don't think they ever showed it in Spanish-speaking countries, but they did show it in Brazil, and some people, who for some reason received a Brazillian channel, were able to watch it.
I wasn't one of them, though. In fact, I had to ask a friend to tape Saint Seiya for me to watch, because I didn't have cable TV. ^^U
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