a circle through the leaves
Ehe, somehow, I'm back! My fever has finally burnt off, leaving me with only my throat infection and a terrible sore throat to bear, but heh, that's nothing! I'd take this over that awful headache I had for a week in a row anytime.
I somehow managed to drag myself to my MDA interview yesterday, too! I initially planned to postpone it, but the person-in-charge told me they would KIV my app "for now" - and in feverish analysis, that meant NO GURL YOU GOT YOUR CHANCE AND LOST IT, so I barged down to the office an hour before my allotted time to reclaim it back. Everyone was so nice about it! I lost my previous 3.15 pm slot but got the last slot that day at 5.45 pm, and spent the time between mending my throat with warm milk tea and reading the notes I wrote in my journal like say, 402384 times, no biggie. (´ε｀)
Despite feeling like absolute crap though, I met so many nice people in the corporate building at Fusionopolis. The moment I stepped into the lift, a businessman from the fourteenth floor offered me interview advice to get over my nerves - "Imagine all of the judges naked - it helps, really. I do it all the time." - and I literally exploded with laughter. Some adults are just cool like that. (๑´▿`๑)
The receptionist and this lady called Megan from the talent department were so kind too! They kept offering me drinks, and Megan even specially spoke to the panel about my throat infection in the case I started going into a coughing fit during the interview. Megan prepared a glass of water just for me during the interview and kept smiling at me encouragingly while I was talking a;lsdkfjasdf! (●´◡`●) Aaaah, she's so adorable I can't.
The judges were, surprisingly, really nice too. I read on a forum thread that "the interview is very pressurising and the panel of judges put on poker faces to stress you out". B-but these judges from Singtel were so nice! They kept smiling at me, and so many times we burst out into laughter during the interview. They are such cool people. Even if I'm not the person they're scouting for (a graphic designer, it seems, while I went on about illustration orz), I'm glad they made the experience so enjoyable for me. (●´◡`●)
During the interview, I magically stopped coughing and spoke the most coherently I did for a long time - but the moment I got out of the building, I chain-coughed all the way home. Everyone in the train shunned me. /sobs ヽ(;´д｀)ノ
BUT IT'S OVER. There's only the interview for one of one more local university left - Lasalle College of the Arts - and I'm done! To celebrate this, let me indulge myself a little (please bear with me!).
When I was left to my own devices during my days of compulsive fever-sleep and life in my bed, I started playing my sister's Pokemon FireRed! I started getting really intrigued by the backgrounds of the protagonists Red and Green so I read up on them... AND I AM IRRETRIEVABLY IN LOVE WITH MASARASHIPPING NOW SOMEONE HELP ME.
MasaraShipping is Green/Red from gameverse. When I say Red, I mean R E D. Ash from the anime has nothing on Red. Red is the emotionally detached, darker and in my opinion, even slightly mentally unstable (I mean, who the hell goes to live in the cold on the peak of Mt. Silver for years without even contacting his mother) protagonist of the first gen Pokemon games.
Green was Red's best friend turned rival during their teenage years, and later, the Viridian Gym leader in HGSS. He's more emotional, competitive and easily riled up - though in HGSS, his attitude is more mature and he really gives off these ~*~sempai~*~ vibes. While I am never really a fan of rival ships, I really like the way fandom interpreted their relationship in HGSS. Here, let's take it from someone else:
Green however, will not stop mentioning Red. When you first meet him, he greets you by saying he used to be the champion--Until that bastard Red came an usurped his position. You can tell he's pretty bitter but also just a little obsessed with Red. Also, it's hilarious that he'll only take photos with you after you've beaten Red. (And...somehow he knows when you have...I wonder how :D)
The fandom is very cracky and fun. It's general consensus that Green is a worrywart for Red, and Red is a legendary trainer with no common sense who relies on Green to bring the groceries up to Shirogane mountain. It's also a running gag that Red is never cold in short sleeves out in the blizzard (one also has to lack some common sense to train in a goddamn blizzard).
The pair can also be very angsty because their relationship is just not the same as before, Red and Green are essentially childhood friends (before Green went rebellious and competitive). Now Green is a gym leader with his own duties and Red is...a legend who never ever comes home (his mother says he never even calls). They're on completely different levels now and Green is, really, no longer Red's rival. But on the other hand, you can feel that Green has some respect for Red and there is no longer animosity between them. It's interesting to see what fandom can do with these ideas.
― from here
Pokemon gameverse fandom is really flexible and largely based on headcanon and I love it this way, fufufu. You can tell I'm a real sap for angst and fluff, and Green/Red is the epitome of just that. The way fandom interprets it can be on both spectrums of pure crack or even rather poetically tragic. Look, I'm crazed, I even compiled a small rec list after prowling through fics compulsively during my fever.
Big Damn Heroes, by lark
(PG-13) Green isn't sure who saves whom anymore.
Whiteout, by lark
(PG-13) He feared the worst. The worst came.
Dare, by lark
(PG-13) This was not how he expected their first kiss to go.
Never Say I Do, by chrysa
(PG-13) University!AU. Green has answered a lot of difficult questions before, but it's the hardest one he's ever had to ask.
Morning Rush, by lark
(R) Red wrecks a kid's day, amusing Green in the process.
Uh, why did I rec so many from the same author. But nonetheless, I'll end off this embarrassing post with my theme song for this pairing a;lsdkfjasdf what am I doing. This song is from this beautiful fanmix.
Antebellum, by Vienna Teng
I know the border lines we drew between us
Keep the weapons down,
Keep the wounded safe;
I know our antebellum innocence
Was never meant to see the light of our armistice.
But how much would I give to have it back again?
How much did we lose
To live this way?
... what have I just done. /slinkers away
I somehow managed to drag myself to my MDA interview yesterday, too! I initially planned to postpone it, but the person-in-charge told me they would KIV my app "for now" - and in feverish analysis, that meant NO GURL YOU GOT YOUR CHANCE AND LOST IT, so I barged down to the office an hour before my allotted time to reclaim it back. Everyone was so nice about it! I lost my previous 3.15 pm slot but got the last slot that day at 5.45 pm, and spent the time between mending my throat with warm milk tea and reading the notes I wrote in my journal like say, 402384 times, no biggie. (´ε｀)
Despite feeling like absolute crap though, I met so many nice people in the corporate building at Fusionopolis. The moment I stepped into the lift, a businessman from the fourteenth floor offered me interview advice to get over my nerves - "Imagine all of the judges naked - it helps, really. I do it all the time." - and I literally exploded with laughter. Some adults are just cool like that. (๑´▿`๑)
The receptionist and this lady called Megan from the talent department were so kind too! They kept offering me drinks, and Megan even specially spoke to the panel about my throat infection in the case I started going into a coughing fit during the interview. Megan prepared a glass of water just for me during the interview and kept smiling at me encouragingly while I was talking a;lsdkfjasdf! (●´◡`●) Aaaah, she's so adorable I can't.
The judges were, surprisingly, really nice too. I read on a forum thread that "the interview is very pressurising and the panel of judges put on poker faces to stress you out". B-but these judges from Singtel were so nice! They kept smiling at me, and so many times we burst out into laughter during the interview. They are such cool people. Even if I'm not the person they're scouting for (a graphic designer, it seems, while I went on about illustration orz), I'm glad they made the experience so enjoyable for me. (●´◡`●)
During the interview, I magically stopped coughing and spoke the most coherently I did for a long time - but the moment I got out of the building, I chain-coughed all the way home. Everyone in the train shunned me. /sobs ヽ(;´д｀)ノ
BUT IT'S OVER. There's only the interview for one of one more local university left - Lasalle College of the Arts - and I'm done! To celebrate this, let me indulge myself a little (please bear with me!).
When I was left to my own devices during my days of compulsive fever-sleep and life in my bed, I started playing my sister's Pokemon FireRed! I started getting really intrigued by the backgrounds of the protagonists Red and Green so I read up on them... AND I AM IRRETRIEVABLY IN LOVE WITH MASARASHIPPING NOW SOMEONE HELP ME.
MasaraShipping is Green/Red from gameverse. When I say Red, I mean R E D. Ash from the anime has nothing on Red. Red is the emotionally detached, darker and in my opinion, even slightly mentally unstable (I mean, who the hell goes to live in the cold on the peak of Mt. Silver for years without even contacting his mother) protagonist of the first gen Pokemon games.
Green was Red's best friend turned rival during their teenage years, and later, the Viridian Gym leader in HGSS. He's more emotional, competitive and easily riled up - though in HGSS, his attitude is more mature and he really gives off these ~*~sempai~*~ vibes. While I am never really a fan of rival ships, I really like the way fandom interpreted their relationship in HGSS. Here, let's take it from someone else:
Green however, will not stop mentioning Red. When you first meet him, he greets you by saying he used to be the champion--Until that bastard Red came an usurped his position. You can tell he's pretty bitter but also just a little obsessed with Red. Also, it's hilarious that he'll only take photos with you after you've beaten Red. (And...somehow he knows when you have...I wonder how :D)
The fandom is very cracky and fun. It's general consensus that Green is a worrywart for Red, and Red is a legendary trainer with no common sense who relies on Green to bring the groceries up to Shirogane mountain. It's also a running gag that Red is never cold in short sleeves out in the blizzard (one also has to lack some common sense to train in a goddamn blizzard).
The pair can also be very angsty because their relationship is just not the same as before, Red and Green are essentially childhood friends (before Green went rebellious and competitive). Now Green is a gym leader with his own duties and Red is...a legend who never ever comes home (his mother says he never even calls). They're on completely different levels now and Green is, really, no longer Red's rival. But on the other hand, you can feel that Green has some respect for Red and there is no longer animosity between them. It's interesting to see what fandom can do with these ideas.
― from here
Pokemon gameverse fandom is really flexible and largely based on headcanon and I love it this way, fufufu. You can tell I'm a real sap for angst and fluff, and Green/Red is the epitome of just that. The way fandom interprets it can be on both spectrums of pure crack or even rather poetically tragic. Look, I'm crazed, I even compiled a small rec list after prowling through fics compulsively during my fever.
Big Damn Heroes, by lark
(PG-13) Green isn't sure who saves whom anymore.
Whiteout, by lark
(PG-13) He feared the worst. The worst came.
Dare, by lark
(PG-13) This was not how he expected their first kiss to go.
Never Say I Do, by chrysa
(PG-13) University!AU. Green has answered a lot of difficult questions before, but it's the hardest one he's ever had to ask.
Morning Rush, by lark
(R) Red wrecks a kid's day, amusing Green in the process.
Uh, why did I rec so many from the same author. But nonetheless, I'll end off this embarrassing post with my theme song for this pairing a;lsdkfjasdf what am I doing. This song is from this beautiful fanmix.
Antebellum, by Vienna Teng
I know the border lines we drew between us
Keep the weapons down,
Keep the wounded safe;
I know our antebellum innocence
Was never meant to see the light of our armistice.
But how much would I give to have it back again?
How much did we lose
To live this way?
... what have I just done. /slinkers away