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Randomly:
1) I got my Yuletide assignment! It's oddly specific, which is a bit worrying as my first instinct is a "don't wanna" - right now it feels a lot like writing to spec. But will think on it.
2) I had a belated epiphany in which I realised that 'Pillar of Tennis' (as in Prince of Tennis) is a reference to the Chinese concept of 挑大梁 (tiǎo dà liáng, i.e. to play a leading role, or to bear a heavy responsibility) which probably transformed into the equivalent/similar Japanese cultural concept (挑 means to carry; 大梁 means the big/main pillar). And which is again hilarious because PoT is exactly like theatre, so when Tezuka exhorted Echizen to become the pillar of Seigaku, he's also hoping that Echizen becomes the main performer. Exactly right, then.
3) Discovered some deleted scenes of Nirvana in Fire: part 1 and part 2
4) And always, a reminder why I like Yujin so much: where Lord Marquis Yan agrees to help Mei Changsu
5) Apparently my Patronus is a Marsh Harrier.
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1) I got my Yuletide assignment! It's oddly specific, which is a bit worrying as my first instinct is a "don't wanna" - right now it feels a lot like writing to spec. But will think on it.
2) I had a belated epiphany in which I realised that 'Pillar of Tennis' (as in Prince of Tennis) is a reference to the Chinese concept of 挑大梁 (tiǎo dà liáng, i.e. to play a leading role, or to bear a heavy responsibility) which probably transformed into the equivalent/similar Japanese cultural concept (挑 means to carry; 大梁 means the big/main pillar). And which is again hilarious because PoT is exactly like theatre, so when Tezuka exhorted Echizen to become the pillar of Seigaku, he's also hoping that Echizen becomes the main performer. Exactly right, then.
3) Discovered some deleted scenes of Nirvana in Fire: part 1 and part 2
4) And always, a reminder why I like Yujin so much: where Lord Marquis Yan agrees to help Mei Changsu
5) Apparently my Patronus is a Marsh Harrier.
This entry was originally posted at http://issenllo.dreamwidth.org/70569.html. Comment either here or there.