*gratuitous use of Den-O icon*
Also, do feel free to poke me for other interests! I like blathering about things that make me happy.
babylon 5
I met Babylon 5 for the first time in college. Yes, I know, I know, I live a sad sad life.
It took three episodes for me to fall in love. There was *plot*. There was *continuity*. There were canonical lesbians! There were aliens who weren't just humans in funny suits! The aliens who did look human, the Centauri, attempted to *use* that. The Minbari started owning my soul and never really stopped.
Babylon 5 made me incredibly happy, and it made me cry. You know how people talk about shows or movies or books as being about the power of the human spirit, and I always grouse about how I just want a good story? B5 gave me both. It *was* a good story. It was a lot of good stories.
And it was about the power of the human spirit, and the power of several alien spirits. Triumph and hope and joy and fear and despair and knowing you're going to lose, and fighting anyway.
bull-leaping
I've always liked classical history. I have something of a thing for it. Bull-leaping was something I learned about idly, and then came Ny. *waves to a Ny*
You can't talk to Ny for long and not hear about her bull-leaping *thing*, and the way she talked about it made me have to do more research. Gymnastics, where the pommel horse is a live bull that will try and kill you, and where you're performing not for your country but, quite literally, for your life and for your god. Gymnastics with a team, dancing over bloody sand in nothing but jewels and a little cloth. The kind of *guts* that takes.
The beauty there, and the skill, and the reverence.
dnangel
DNAngel. Oh, man, my *show*. My manga. ♥
DNAngel is about a kid named Daisuke Niwa who finds out on his fourteenth birthday that he is the new host of a legendary thief, Dark. Dark comes in and possesses every male Niwa when he turns fourteen, and will continue to do so until said Niwa has his true love requited. Yes, it is a sappy, sappy manga.
However! Enter the. Um. Spectacularly gay. Daisuke's opposite number is Satoshi Hiwatari, born Satoshi Hikari. The Hikari are a family of artists. They created Dark.
They also created Krad, Dark's other half, who possesses every male *Hikari* when he turns fourteen, and will continue to do so until said Hikari has his true love requited. In Satoshi's case? That true love is Daisuke.
Satoshi is a *genius*. He was also raised with the knowledge that he would end up inheriting Krad, so Satoshi has spent his entire life attempting to completely repress all emotions of affection. Every thought of the person he loves will bring Krad out. Krad is a homicidal psychopath who exists for the sole purpose of killing Dark, but he also enjoys hurting other people. Like Satoshi, for whom he also appears to have some sort of twisted affection.
Seeing the conflict yet?
Satoshi is also a cop. Yes, at fourteen. He is the commander in charge of the attempt to capture Legendary Thief Dark. Seriously, *legendary* thief, Dark's been around for about three hundred years.
Daisuke is a sweet, innocent, clumsy sweetheart who genuinely wants to make people happy. Satoshi is an emotionally repressed stalker child, for whom Daisuke is both the Shining Light Of His Existence and the thing most likely to awaken -- and be killed by -- Krad.
I *love my canon*.
ecusa
ECUSA is the acronym which stands for Episcopal Church of the United States, which is the American branch of the worldwide Anglican church. I love my church. The politics of it sometimes drive me absolutely nuts. But I love the concept of the via media that the Anglican church is based on; I love the fact that no matter what sort of service you prefer, you will find one that suits you; I love that we preach the True Body and True Blood but don't *insist* on someone believing it.
The best way to sum up my church, really?
"Protestants have this long list of things you can't believe, like the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception. Catholics have this long list of things you must believe, like the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception.
Episcopalians say, 'Well, the Assumption makes sense to me, but the Immaculate Conception just seems to ruin the whole point of Christ being born of God *and* man. What do you think?'"
jesus/judas
Man, I'm just going to lose every scrap of my dignity, aren't I.
Okay, this interest comes from Jesus Christ Superstar, specifically from the 2000 version, where oh *man* the gay just drips off the screen. Yes, it did in the '73 version, too, but OH MAN. JUDAS. Could you *be* any more obvious about how in love you are with Jesus? PLEASE TRY.
They just. Touching each other all the *time*, significant looks, Judas' *face* when he realizes what he's done -- !
I need to rewatch this. I just. fdsjlkfdsjkfjdkfdj I *love this pairing*.
metapairings
I think the best way to word why I have this interest is still the way I did before:
Mmmm, Ny. Ny did a post about pairings I tend to madly adore, pairings where multiple people have worn the name and so it's weighted with all of them, where multiple pairings exist within said pairing -- Robin/Robin, Batman/Robin, Wonder Woman/Wonder Girl, Speedy/Robin, Green Arrow/Speedy, Batgirl/Robin, Batman/Batgirl, etc. Like, I once saw Superman/Batman/Robin, which isn't uncommon. *This* Superman/Batman/Robin, though... ToT!Conner/ToT!Tim/Robin!Tim. And of course there's Petra's beauteous scary awesome Batman/Robin of Robin!Tim/toon!Timmy, and Te's ToT!Tim/toon!Timmy, and Gloss' SoY!Tim/SoY!Bruce, and *all of those are equally Batman/Robin*.
*rolls around in the identity porn*
The name Ny coined for these pairings was metapairings, and with Ny's customary gift for words she chose a lovely name. These pairings, you see, when written properly, *do* have that weight. All the force of meta behind them, in fic form.
I really love my fandom, guys. :D
tokusatsu
This is Avery's fault.
Tokusatsu, in a lot of ways, is American superhero comics done live-action. It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever except for how it makes me want to punch people, for a lot of the same reasons comics do. If you've ever watched a Godzilla movie? You've seen toku. If you've ever watched Power Rangers? You've seen a subset of toku, sentai.
If toku is superhero comics, sentai is the Justice League of comics. Sentai means a team running around in silly costumes doing silly poses shouting silly phrases -- Go-Onger, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Gao-Onger.
You can do toku without doing sentai. The Kamen Rider franchise is a good example: Kamen Rider Kiva and Kamen Rider Den-O are shows with one masked hero in a silly costume doing silly poses and shouting silly phrases.
But I love my shows, I really do. GARO and its Japanese Batman (and its massive massive issues with women), Dekaranger and its attempt to depict genuine *heroes* trying to be good people despite their flaws, Den-O and its utter, adorable, silly *joy* in itself (and its occasional cheesiness).
babylon 5
I met Babylon 5 for the first time in college. Yes, I know, I know, I live a sad sad life.
It took three episodes for me to fall in love. There was *plot*. There was *continuity*. There were canonical lesbians! There were aliens who weren't just humans in funny suits! The aliens who did look human, the Centauri, attempted to *use* that. The Minbari started owning my soul and never really stopped.
Babylon 5 made me incredibly happy, and it made me cry. You know how people talk about shows or movies or books as being about the power of the human spirit, and I always grouse about how I just want a good story? B5 gave me both. It *was* a good story. It was a lot of good stories.
And it was about the power of the human spirit, and the power of several alien spirits. Triumph and hope and joy and fear and despair and knowing you're going to lose, and fighting anyway.
bull-leaping
I've always liked classical history. I have something of a thing for it. Bull-leaping was something I learned about idly, and then came Ny. *waves to a Ny*
You can't talk to Ny for long and not hear about her bull-leaping *thing*, and the way she talked about it made me have to do more research. Gymnastics, where the pommel horse is a live bull that will try and kill you, and where you're performing not for your country but, quite literally, for your life and for your god. Gymnastics with a team, dancing over bloody sand in nothing but jewels and a little cloth. The kind of *guts* that takes.
The beauty there, and the skill, and the reverence.
dnangel
DNAngel. Oh, man, my *show*. My manga. ♥
DNAngel is about a kid named Daisuke Niwa who finds out on his fourteenth birthday that he is the new host of a legendary thief, Dark. Dark comes in and possesses every male Niwa when he turns fourteen, and will continue to do so until said Niwa has his true love requited. Yes, it is a sappy, sappy manga.
However! Enter the. Um. Spectacularly gay. Daisuke's opposite number is Satoshi Hiwatari, born Satoshi Hikari. The Hikari are a family of artists. They created Dark.
They also created Krad, Dark's other half, who possesses every male *Hikari* when he turns fourteen, and will continue to do so until said Hikari has his true love requited. In Satoshi's case? That true love is Daisuke.
Satoshi is a *genius*. He was also raised with the knowledge that he would end up inheriting Krad, so Satoshi has spent his entire life attempting to completely repress all emotions of affection. Every thought of the person he loves will bring Krad out. Krad is a homicidal psychopath who exists for the sole purpose of killing Dark, but he also enjoys hurting other people. Like Satoshi, for whom he also appears to have some sort of twisted affection.
Seeing the conflict yet?
Satoshi is also a cop. Yes, at fourteen. He is the commander in charge of the attempt to capture Legendary Thief Dark. Seriously, *legendary* thief, Dark's been around for about three hundred years.
Daisuke is a sweet, innocent, clumsy sweetheart who genuinely wants to make people happy. Satoshi is an emotionally repressed stalker child, for whom Daisuke is both the Shining Light Of His Existence and the thing most likely to awaken -- and be killed by -- Krad.
I *love my canon*.
ecusa
ECUSA is the acronym which stands for Episcopal Church of the United States, which is the American branch of the worldwide Anglican church. I love my church. The politics of it sometimes drive me absolutely nuts. But I love the concept of the via media that the Anglican church is based on; I love the fact that no matter what sort of service you prefer, you will find one that suits you; I love that we preach the True Body and True Blood but don't *insist* on someone believing it.
The best way to sum up my church, really?
"Protestants have this long list of things you can't believe, like the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception. Catholics have this long list of things you must believe, like the Assumption and the Immaculate Conception.
Episcopalians say, 'Well, the Assumption makes sense to me, but the Immaculate Conception just seems to ruin the whole point of Christ being born of God *and* man. What do you think?'"
jesus/judas
Man, I'm just going to lose every scrap of my dignity, aren't I.
Okay, this interest comes from Jesus Christ Superstar, specifically from the 2000 version, where oh *man* the gay just drips off the screen. Yes, it did in the '73 version, too, but OH MAN. JUDAS. Could you *be* any more obvious about how in love you are with Jesus? PLEASE TRY.
They just. Touching each other all the *time*, significant looks, Judas' *face* when he realizes what he's done -- !
I need to rewatch this. I just. fdsjlkfdsjkfjdkfdj I *love this pairing*.
metapairings
I think the best way to word why I have this interest is still the way I did before:
Mmmm, Ny. Ny did a post about pairings I tend to madly adore, pairings where multiple people have worn the name and so it's weighted with all of them, where multiple pairings exist within said pairing -- Robin/Robin, Batman/Robin, Wonder Woman/Wonder Girl, Speedy/Robin, Green Arrow/Speedy, Batgirl/Robin, Batman/Batgirl, etc. Like, I once saw Superman/Batman/Robin, which isn't uncommon. *This* Superman/Batman/Robin, though... ToT!Conner/ToT!Tim/Robin!Tim. And of course there's Petra's beauteous scary awesome Batman/Robin of Robin!Tim/toon!Timmy, and Te's ToT!Tim/toon!Timmy, and Gloss' SoY!Tim/SoY!Bruce, and *all of those are equally Batman/Robin*.
*rolls around in the identity porn*
The name Ny coined for these pairings was metapairings, and with Ny's customary gift for words she chose a lovely name. These pairings, you see, when written properly, *do* have that weight. All the force of meta behind them, in fic form.
I really love my fandom, guys. :D
tokusatsu
This is Avery's fault.
Tokusatsu, in a lot of ways, is American superhero comics done live-action. It is a thing of beauty and a joy forever except for how it makes me want to punch people, for a lot of the same reasons comics do. If you've ever watched a Godzilla movie? You've seen toku. If you've ever watched Power Rangers? You've seen a subset of toku, sentai.
If toku is superhero comics, sentai is the Justice League of comics. Sentai means a team running around in silly costumes doing silly poses shouting silly phrases -- Go-Onger, Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger, Gao-Onger.
You can do toku without doing sentai. The Kamen Rider franchise is a good example: Kamen Rider Kiva and Kamen Rider Den-O are shows with one masked hero in a silly costume doing silly poses and shouting silly phrases.
But I love my shows, I really do. GARO and its Japanese Batman (and its massive massive issues with women), Dekaranger and its attempt to depict genuine *heroes* trying to be good people despite their flaws, Den-O and its utter, adorable, silly *joy* in itself (and its occasional cheesiness).