a place where i can see the entirety of the world
Sorry for the people who asked me meme questions, because it's really quite late for me to answer. Real life (and fic, admittedly, which I'm still so far from finishing ;_;) has taken over for a while. But wait no more, for below are my answers to the meme :DDD
Questions from sac527:
1. Platinum pair runs into the Doukyousei boys. What happens?
I'm not sure Niou would be interested in the Doukyousei boys, to be honest. He'll probably find Saijou too quiet for his liking, because he wouldn't have the courage to tell Niou off like Yagyuu does. Niou will probably be merciless with Saijou; pranks, mind-screwing and all. Kusakabe might either be a target of pranks, because he is kinda dorky, or they might hit it off. If they met before Kusakabe started liking Saijou, they might have a buddy-buddy relationship where Kusakabe asks Niou for advice and of course Niou gives him advice that's all wrong.
Yagyuu would most probably be the respectful self he is.
Those above are quite proper answers. For the less proper version:
Of course they hit it off, and form an OT4 to replace Kusakabe's band and then they hit it off again, if you know what I mean. I can't choose between backstage or outright exhibitionism during a performance, which Yagyuu and Saijou would insist to not have happened.
2. Have you read "I am a Piano" by Nakamura Asumiko? If you were an instrument, what would you be?
A triangle. Because I'm nearly tone deaf and scream when hit with a stick.
3. Which one of Isaac and Miria's exploits was your favorite?
I love it when they met Eve. Stealing something because they don't want people to fight for it? Precious. And then from the light novels, in 2002 where they don't even realize they've become immortal. Oh, God, where else can you find people like Isaac and Miria?
4. Can you tell me another bedtime story? <3
Once upon a time, Sanada and Yukimura have a match. It never happened. The end ;___;
Curse you, animators. How dare you deprive me of the child of God and his fukubuchou?
Well. A happier fairytale, because I feel bad telling that kind of bedtime story:
Once upon a time, lived a fukubuchou who, after a clash with the child of God, grew black tentacles. With them he gained humongous, enormous power. Soon after, he became known as the Emperor; all of Rikkai is content under his conquest.
Tales of his manly, conquering tentacles eventually reached the faraway kingdom of Hyotei, where a proud King rules. "Ridiculous!" the King ejaculated from his throne, "Tentacles to rival mine?"
Unable to accept that another's tentacles are more colossal that his own, the King rode to Rikkai.
"Emperor!" he called from below the Rikkai castle when he arrived. "I have come to challenge your tentacles in a fair brawl!"
The Emperor, the epitome of virility that he is, never backed down from a confrontation; with tentacles massive and rising in the air, he met the King head on. The struggle carried on for days and night, never slowing nor reducing in fervour.
Eventually, however, both men tire, and their tentacles become limp and lowered. They lie on the floor, energy spent and harshly panting.
"This is the first time anyone has matched my prowess in a tentacle-to-tentacle combat," the King gasped from his prone position on the ground. "I congratulate you, Emperor.
"The same to you, King," the Emperor groaned. "I will welcome you in Rikkai anytime, should you desire another round."
With that, they shook tentacles, and lived happily ever after. The end.
W-what has Tenipuri turned me into?
5. You've turned into your favorite cake! What have you become?
MOLTEN LAVA CAKE. With vanilla ice-cream.
6. What would you like to see in season 2 of Tiger&Bunny?
More Sky High, because he is the dorkiest dork a dork can be. I won't object to more screentime for the girls either, because both of them are awesome. But I think I want more Lunatic the most, yum. There are fanarts of Lunatic x Kaede going around, and that is very much a crack pairing and sort of a squick for me, but I'd love any kind of interaction between them.
And I'd want more Engrish, because the next episode previews where Bunny reads the next episode titles in Engrish squeezes the heart out of me. His see ya's especially, I find too charming.
7. How do you take your coffee?
Depends on my mood, really. Usually without anything, just pure black coffee, because I need to wake up, but if I feel indulgent I might put a piece of chocolate inside and let it melt and then add some frothed milk :D Or for summers, ice coffee with some skim milk.
Questions from isarae
1. Rec me some TezuFuji fic! (Or hey, any memorable Tenipuri fic...) Lol, I wrote that as 'tezufuji fuck' and then 'fick'. Heh.
I am filled with approval of your misspelling. Heh.
Oh I have so much. I think I'll make your eyes bleed.
Okay, for starters, there's a rec website, fleetingfancies, and that's where I started looking for Tenipuri fic. The rec-er has a very specific view of characters, which may not be to your liking, but for the most part her recs are good. There'll be an overlap of her recs below, because I can't really remember what she recced.
For individual authors, I like:
chrissie: she has a beautiful, detailed writing style with great imagery and metaphors. Her Tezuka point of view is awesome and believable, and her Fuji is the kind of ephemeral and transient and just beautiful, maybe a bit on the manipulative side. Her Yuuta is awesome too.
evaporate (thedayafter, ithil, maaya; she has a number of accounts): hilarious Fuji and a quiet, elegant style. Her stories are mostly gen, slice-of-life with a smattering of introspection.
one-if-by-land and two-if-by-sea: they're two different authors but they have similar styles and characterization, although one-if-by-land's sentences are more run-on. Mostly angsty. I'll have to admit their characterizations are not for everyone, because their Fuji is evil. Not the evil kind of evil, just very destructive and keeps pushing boundaries. I recommend asymmetrical by two-if-by-sea. It's a very melancholic, introspective fic with a lot of layers and it's heartbreaking. Heaps of symbolism. Sometimes verging on confusing, actually, but that's where the fun is. Will have to dig around one-if-by-land's journal for fic, though, I don't think she has a masterlist.
Branch: she's very good at describing feeling, I think. Has some smut, apparently whenever the author needs a break from all the seriousness. I recommend Fly, which is a spin-off of a longer Platinum-centric fic Challenge, which is totally a definitive Rikkai piece.
For individual fics not from authors above:
Twelve Matches, by lysapadin. It's bordering gen and just a very beautiful Fuji piece, shows his interactions with a lot of other characters. I recommend the author too, although she writes mostly Fujicest and other stuff. Her SanaYuki stories are awesome too, sometimes subtly hilarious and most other times plain hot.
Crossing the Desert, by asael. Plain hilarious and also sweet.
Orange Crush, by whisper132. Amazing, real, shows that both of them are still very adolescent. I like it that the author doesn't just have them ignore that they're both males, and gay, and how serious and scary that can be for a teenager.
These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head at the moment. There are probably a few dozen more, but I can't for the life of me track them down. The fleetingfancies website is a good place to start, though.
2. Which move or phrase in Tenipuri do you think is the most innuendo-filled?
"Ooh, ecstasy." Hands down. Well played, Konomi, well played. I don't know how that passed the censors; it's the name a drug, for one, and jam-packed of innuendo to anybody who listens, in and out of context. Seriously. Ecstasy. But I suppose having Shiraishi say that in English helps. There's also that scene with Shiraishi and Bane at the yakiniku party, "Tonight, we're going all night." Okay. Now that I really don't know. It doesn't seem to have a saving grace, because with them half-naked like that surely the animators know what they're doing?
3. What's your favourite flavour of Pocky?
Chocolate hazelnut. I don't know if that's an official flavour, but otherwise chocolate it is. Anything with chocolate makes me happy, really.
4. How many languages do you know?
I'm fluent in only two, but I have a passing knowledge of two or three more. Usually it's 'can read and/or listen but can't speak', but I've never motivated myself enough to actually finish learning a language, you know? It's a problem I have. Besides, if it's not used often forgetting a language becomes too easy, and I've never actually needed to use a language other than the two I know.
5. Ran Mao is chasing after you with a lawnmower and tentacles. What do you do?
Hell, if Ran Mao wants to approach me with tentacles I'm not gonna stop her. Come to mama, you sexy little baby. I'll have you know I feel dirty typing that. The lawnmower is a small price to pay.
6. Go to the bakery for a snack. What do you buy?
Pastry! A croissant! A cinnamon roll! Anything my tummy wants. Chocolate croissants are awesome, and some scones are to die for. So are the cheese scrolls, and even the cheese breadsticks, and then there are the cakes. You put me in a bakery and I will never leave.
7. A member of Tenipuri makes a contract with a demon butler. Who, and what for?
Mizuki. For permanent perm.