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Jul 21, 2013 18:03

-I am beginning attempt #5,821 to organize my life and be more productive. It involves a whiteboard and lists! Oh boy! I can't wait to see how long this takes to end in failure ( Read more... )

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redhoundstooth July 23 2013, 02:42:34 UTC
I can see it now. "W-WHY ANYONE WOULD HERALD A FILTHY THING LIKE YOU IS BEYOND ME ANYWAY." Oh but lolololol at the fact that his fans are all sexy Nazgul.

I am halfway through with Aqualord and as entertaining as it is (Lyos is such a little brat but an adorable brat), I can't help but think it doesn't give as much oomph as TRY does, but that's probably just my bias speaking since I'm such a sucker for world-building and the mystical lore of it all. TRY could have used a little more heartwarming or slap-your-knee moments that NEXT can fulfill, but I still like the seriousness of it all. OHMYGOSH THAT PROPHECY IS NO BULLSHIT THIS BIRACIAL GODMONSTER LIVED A BAD LIFE AND NOW HE CRAYCRAY HE WANTS TO KILL US ALL WE'RE IN A RATRACE WITH ETHEREAL BEINGS FOR STUFF THAT COULD HELP US SURVIVE AND OH WAIT NVM WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER BOOM DE YADA. In some ways, I think the ending of TRY could have been a better series ending than Evo-R served (the last episode of Evo-R really was badass though. Xellos saving everyone twice! <3)

LOL so I guess that's to say Kanzaka doesn't totally favor Xellos/Lina? Well at least he's in a way, on-board with the idea of Xellos having someone in his spectrum to give or take his crap in a sexual tension-y way. I guess he thought since the series seems to love M/F pairs of a sort, Xellos should have one too. I'm *so* glad that Filia isn't a Mary-Sue though. I love all the positives and negatives of her character. I love how she is the perfect foil to him, and even to the other characters. She's great. He's great. Together they're sexy.

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llybian July 23 2013, 02:59:49 UTC
XP I'm sure if pressed she'd probably surprise herself by thinking of more than a few reasons why people like him.

I have to get back to Aqualord because I never got around to finishing it and it's been so long that I'd have to start from the beginning, but yeah. Try goes so deep but still has so much stuff to build on. For so long that *was* the ending of Slayers and it was a pretty satisfying one. I really would've loved to see some of the stuff that felt like it was simmering under the surface come to a boil after Try. The dragons trying desperately to recover after their huge loss of numbers, the monsters perhaps adjusting their goals as Zelas seems to start to take more control over things with Hellmaster gone... So much good stuff to work with there.

I've heard that basically Kanzaka never intended for there to be any romance when he was writing the novels since it wasn't something he had a lot of faith in himself writing, but the Lina/Gourry thing sort of just HAPPENED without him really planning it which would explain it if he has something of a fondness for it. But yeah... pairing someone up with Xellos could've gone SO wrong under so many circumstances, but with Filia... it just works. She's a great character even without Xellos around to make sparks fly and she doesn't put up with his bullshit. I was perfectly satisfied to never pair Xellos up with anyone for a good long time... but Filia? Hell yeah.

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