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May 04, 2007 21:09

I really almost thought that Prince of Tennis couldn't get any stranger. However... the preview for episode 11 of the OVA? They're apparently denying anime canon to use manga canon and tell that story about Tezuka in Kyuushu. ... what the heck? O_o I'm kinda curious, in an oh-my-god-that's-going-to-be-a-trainwreck sort of way ( Read more... )

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dyxlisa May 5 2007, 01:30:38 UTC

Haha, I can only take the batshit of PoT a little at a time... XD;;; (The show AND the fandom.)

Go go go, you can write that paper!! Is there nothing you can expand on? Or other directions you can go? What's the topic anyway? (Not that I could help you since we have totally different fields of study XD;; I think poli sci makes about sense to me as my bio stuff makes to you. XD;) But still, you never know!!

ARTES LOL

lanerose May 5 2007, 02:04:23 UTC

Yeah, it's kinda crazy. ^^;;;

It's about intellectual property, so you might know more about it than you thought. Basically, I'm arguing that they need to repeal laws that preclude people from inventing new technologies that could theoretically circumvent encryption software used by the recording and film industry. (God, it looks like such a mouthful, but I swear it's not that difficult.) Ummm... science and technology versus the arts, in a nutshell? I'm not sure what else I can say - I just added a full page of complete bull hypothetical political strategies for how you would turn it into law. ^^;;;;;;;

And yeah.. XD ::wants Jade fic::

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 02:22:30 UTC

I had to read that a couple of times to understand it, but I finally got it!! Sounds interesting. I wish I had something to say on the topic besides 'let scientists do their thing dammit!!' And then have an ethics committee or something. That being my general feeling. For the specific topic, it's still going to happen underground anyway...that's how technology is, at least, since R&D isn't as ridiculously expensive as it would be in other scientific fields. This being the opinion of a completely uninformed and biased science-oriented person. XD

why isn't there more Jade fic in the fandom?!! D= I love everyone of course so I'm happy with what I can get, but more Jade please!! And more gen too but I'm happier with the amount of gen I find than I thought I'd be. XD

lanerose May 5 2007, 02:42:47 UTC

Exactly! XDD

And I dunno ~ Jade seems to get a pretty decent amount of love to me... but then, the fandom's so tiny that really? Everyone needs more love. XDDD There also is a fairly high percentage of gen. I'll admit, the AschxLuke took me by surprise (it shouldn't have, I know, realistically I've been in fandoms for how long?), but there's a decent amount of it. There are actually two long gen fics to follow, which is more than I can say for FFVII! XDD

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 02:59:24 UTC

Mostly I've seen a lot of Asch and Luke and Guy focus with Jade there to be his snarky self, but I actually have no problem with that so I should just shut up. XD So I guess the sentiment should REALLY be MORE FICS PLEASE. It seems like one of those word-of-mouth fandoms where people trickle in. That's what happened to me after all... So maybe it will grow~ And! Two long gen fics!? Tell me!!!!! I've only encountered one so far (meimi's Nezach) and I loved it to bits, so I'd be really happy with another. I'm so psyched to be in a fandom with gen. *_* Though, the pairings stuff isn't obnoxious either, so I don't mind it that much. At least it doesn't drown out everything else, unlike some (many?) other fandoms ( ... )

lanerose May 5 2007, 03:13:05 UTC

I think half the reason the pairings stuff isn't so obnoxious is A) because there's also a decent amount of gen and B) because for the most part, people stick to canon pairings (Luke/Tear FTW) or other pairings that seem reasonably realistic. I'm going to cry when someone finally writes the Arietta the Wild / Peony or the Van / Anise or the Tear / Legretta fics that are almost inevitable. Because OMG THEIR LOVE IS SOOOO THERE! ... Kill me if we get there, please. I don't want to know.

Meimi's fic is one of the two I was thinking of. The other is Phasis, which is actually Luke/Tear now that I'm looking at it, but so lightly that it might as well be gen ( ... )

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 03:50:19 UTC

Realistic pairings can win me over in no time. Especially since, as you say, there's gen and more story-focused fics to drown that out... I guess I don't necessarily need gen, just story > the romance. That's why I don't read romance novels, after all. (That, and I accidentally checked one out of the library when I was an impressionable young elementary school student and I was scarred for life. Must be why I'm such a prude today. XD ( ... )

lanerose May 5 2007, 04:16:31 UTC

Ditto - Actually, I find that so long as a story is well-written, I can believe even a crack pairing. Admittedly, you have to work freaking *hard* to make a crack pairing look decent, but it can be done. I agree, with stories where there's a romance, the important characteristic that takes a fic from being trash to being good tends to be story >> romance. I'll admit, I like a good trashy romance novel once in a while, but that's the sort of thing that you *really* need to be in the right mood for, or it's just... crappy ( ... )

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 05:04:32 UTC

We can vent about the cliffie together later then. XD And wow, it's nice to hear that Abyss has a high ratio of good stuff on FFN. That's such a rare thing for any fandom I tried in the past. @_@ I'm happy to see that author whose story you recced me has a bunch more Abyss oneshots, so that'll be a happy afternoon of reading for me~ Yeah, no OTP here! All the characters have such great dynamics with each other. And yeah, I totally agree, Guy/Natalia is the only one I've seen so far I just can't get into. Though I don't really like Jade/Dist stuff too, now that I think of it.

...good point. Good het is as hard to find as gen. I automatically skip over stuff with Mary Sues or high school etc. so I never seem to count them. And FF7 and PoT pairing stuff is CRAZY. Please never do that Abyss fandom. ;__; Usually the fandom needs to get pretty big before it gets like that at least. Princess Tutu fandom has stayed small and has reasonable pairing stuff. Still can't find much I feel like reading in it though. XD ( ... )

lanerose May 5 2007, 05:10:14 UTC

Ahh... the only depressing thing is that Griffinkhan is one of a very small number of Abyss writers on FFN. Meimi cross-posts all her stuff, and between the two of them, I think they make up half the fandom or so. ^^;;; I agree - I'm not a huge Jade/Dist fan, either, but at least with that pairing I can sort of kind of see where they're coming from. The Guy/Natalia is what kills me.

And true! about Tutu still being sane. Of course, the flip side is that Tutu has next to nothing, and rarely anything worth the read. ^^;;; Ditto for FFX from what little I've read, but maybe I just didn't look hard enough.

... I feel almost guilty because I haven't done any work since the last time I replied to one of your comments. But we shall do this!!! Oh yes!!! STUDY LIKE WOAH~!!!!

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 05:24:08 UTC

;__; I guess we'll just have to try and fight the good fight and write stuff too?? At least Meimi is working on a sequel (set of sequels?) to Nezach. Totally something I'm looking forward to. ♥

I guess you have to take the batshit with the good, huh? ;_; No way to win in fandom~ Someday I want to see if there's some bell-shaped curve when it comes to good vs. bad fics and if size of fandom really does correlate with more bad fic and good fic. Aaand if a small sample size also follows the bell-shaped curve or skews the results one direction or the other. At what sample size would it start following the bell-shaped curve? Could we determine a optimal fandom size where you get a good amount of good fics with a reasonable amount of crazy?

I think I'm going to stab myself now for typing that.

WE CAN DO EET!! (but instead I'm writing replies and eating pringles XD)

lanerose May 5 2007, 05:35:02 UTC

Don't we always fight the good fight? Let's keep on it!!! I'm definitely waiting for those sequels, too. ^.^;;;

I've wondered about that, too. The only problem is that I worry that respondents to any polls wouldn't take it seriously because... geez... it's fandom, and that kinda says it all.

And please don't stab yourself for thinking about that. It's interesting, even if stats as a class kinda sucks.

GO WORK!!! ::shooes you towards your books and reaches for her own::

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 05:40:14 UTC

The only solution is to sample each fandom myself, and I shudder to think of the hell I'd go through doing that and how I'd emerge from it. @___@ Suffering for (social) science is for crazy people! then why am I not doing it?

YAY GO US FOR REALS! No more replying, really XD; Bye~~~

lanerose May 5 2007, 06:08:35 UTC

No. We will not suffer that, even in the name of science. It would be too horrible.

And let's not talk about how many words in this comment I've managed to misspell and correct so far. I'm tired, yay bed! Page and a half of the second paper of doom written, with 18 hours to go! Woohoo~!!! Good luck with studying!!!! ♥ Bye~!!! ♥

dyxlisa May 5 2007, 06:24:35 UTC

good night~~ Good luck with that paper! YOU CAN DO EEET Especially after you have some sleep under your belt. XD

Ok, neuro lecture #9 of 11, it's just you and me. Bring it on.

lanerose May 5 2007, 04:21:25 UTC

Ah, here it is! A short, Jade-filled break for you: Consanguine by Griffinkhan. Summary as follows: Sometimes, she half wished he had died in Akzeriuth. At least then she could keep her few good memories of him, and never have her vision jolted by the truth.

So good~!!! ^_^

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