I've been in Japan for a month and this is still not finished, so...
Long time no see: the 30 Days Meme.
Since I was already in meme mode and all.
day 26 - Favorite Concert DVD
Another hard one. T___T I can't really decide between Time, AAA08 and 5x10. AAA08 and 5x10 both have awesome bonus material, and I really love those pseudo-acoustic live mini-sets they do with the band... but maybe it's still Time? After all, Time was my very first concert! And we all know the Time album is one of the best ones they released. And there's the glass piano Niji, and Fight Song in the air, and crying Aiba-chan, and Sho-chan NOT making an ass out of himself during his solo, and awesome Ohno-dancing, and the polonaise Carnival Night...
... ok, let's just say time. Though I really think I watch those three concerts all equally often.
day 27 - Favorite Live Performance
Now here comes the weird part. I love concerts, but for some reason I don't really care all that much about performances in music shows and the like. Don't ask me why, I can't really explain it myself. They're fun! Really! Only sometimes I don't even bother to download and watch them. I don't know. Anyway. I think I'll say the Yurase ima wo/Troublemaker one at the MSta special with Sho in Canada. Because I thought the way they made him be there and actually be part of the choreography via pre-recorded video was really, really cool, and by far more clever (and probably more expensive) than their last few PVs (I haven't watched Hatenai Sora yet though. I'm waiting till I can go and pick up my own copy.)
day 28 - A Fanwork (made by you or others)
You know, I actually had planned to release a new video here. Only it seems I pissed of my muse somehow, and it decided to bite me in the butt and then go on vacation. So I have an idea for a vid and no real inspiration what to do with it. ://
So I do the next best thing I can think of: I pimp something!
You know that RPG I've been gushing about for weeks? (At this point Sery rolls her eyes at me)
If you don't know, that circumstance will be rectified in just a moment. X3
Being Human - An Asian Entertainment AU RPG
beinghuman_rp
As you can all clearly see from the title, this is an RPG using personalities from the Asian entertainment world, in an AU setting. Though to be honest, at the moment, all characters except one are Japanese. The RPG was founded by Arashi fans, and thus, Arashi were the first characters to appear, and are kind of the main focus. So at least for me, it's more of an Arashi RPG with Asian Entertainment side characters. The only sad thing is that the Jun player either lives in a different time zone or has a really busy RL, either way she's not online much, so we don't really see a lot of Jun at the moment. :/
Now about the AU setting. First thing, the setting is not an Asian country, but New York city. And the players are really diligent with that. Not only do all the characters have adresses that you can find with Google, they also all have Jobs at companies and shops and gastronomic establishments that really exist. Which is actually really fun, because you can just google the places and for example look at their food menue. XD
The second, and most important thing: The Being Human part of it all. I don't know if anyone of you has ever heard of it, but there's a British TV series called Being Human. I've only ever seen the first episode, but the main plot revolves around a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing an apartment, and the werewolf being in denial about the wolf in him, and the vampire struggling with trying to not hurt anybody, and the ghost having an issue with her former boyfriend who killed her. I hear it's actually really good, I just never came around to watching the rest of it.
Anyway, in terms of the RPG, this means that a lot (though not all) of the characters are not entirely human. But don't worry, this does not mean this is a Vampires vs. Werewolfs RPG or anything. Oh no. In fact, at the moment there is NO vampire to be found in the entire RPG. The players showed a lot more originality when designing their characters.
I had actually typed up introductions of the main characters, but they became so long that it makes more sense to just give you the link to the player applications later. But let me tease you a little:
Nino, the fairy, working at a café, who's a little brat still even though he's several hundred years old already, who starts GLOWING when normal people blush.
Ohno, the merman prince from Okinawa, who's a professional dancer and who's been living together with Nino for the last two months. His mother, who could be Domyouji-mama's sister personality-wise, has showed up a little while ago and is making a fuss about her precious son fooling around with some no-name fay, so the shit is about to hit the fan soon! Look forward to some major Ohmiya angst!
Sho, the human with the magical curse that prevents him from telling anything but the truth to people he has feelings for. He's lately been going out with an Incubus, so there's not only hot Ohmiya sex, but also hot Sakuraiba sex!
Aiba, the SEX DEMON. You read that right. The SEX DEMON who owns a sex shop. XDDD Which basically means that Aiba is just himself, only even more perverted than usually.
Misono, the Zashiki Warashi (best you look that up on wiki). MISONO IS AWESOME!! She works at Aiba's sex shop, and she's been living with Super Junior's Yesung, and she has a collection of dolls and plushies that she talks about like they're real people. She also has some real issues to work out with Nino and I'm really looking forward to their future interactions.
Other characters:
Jun, the Elf
Horikita Maki, the Werewolf
Kuroki Meisa, the half-Witch
Yesung, the Werewolf
Toma, the Fallen Star. (Are you reading, Carry? The FALLEN STAR. As in, STAR THAT FELL FROM THE SKY. How awesome is that? XDDDD)
So yeah. That's Being Human. Did I mention the hot Ohmiya and Sakuraiba sex scenes? And that Aiba and Misono have the MOST FUN scenes ever? And that there's lots of adorable interactions? And that the RP totally reads like a fanfic (and that at least one well known Arashi fic writer is one of the players)?
http://community.livejournal.com/beinghuman_ooc/806.html <- Closer introductions of the characters (though be aware that there's some people in here who applied and then sadly never bothered playing)
http://community.livejournal.com/beinghuman_rp/tag/*timeline <- The timeline, which would be the chapter list if this was a fanfic. Just start at week 1 and work your way forward in time. ^^
Since I was already in meme mode and all.
day 26 - Favorite Concert DVD
Another hard one. T___T I can't really decide between Time, AAA08 and 5x10. AAA08 and 5x10 both have awesome bonus material, and I really love those pseudo-acoustic live mini-sets they do with the band... but maybe it's still Time? After all, Time was my very first concert! And we all know the Time album is one of the best ones they released. And there's the glass piano Niji, and Fight Song in the air, and crying Aiba-chan, and Sho-chan NOT making an ass out of himself during his solo, and awesome Ohno-dancing, and the polonaise Carnival Night...
... ok, let's just say time. Though I really think I watch those three concerts all equally often.
day 27 - Favorite Live Performance
Now here comes the weird part. I love concerts, but for some reason I don't really care all that much about performances in music shows and the like. Don't ask me why, I can't really explain it myself. They're fun! Really! Only sometimes I don't even bother to download and watch them. I don't know. Anyway. I think I'll say the Yurase ima wo/Troublemaker one at the MSta special with Sho in Canada. Because I thought the way they made him be there and actually be part of the choreography via pre-recorded video was really, really cool, and by far more clever (and probably more expensive) than their last few PVs (I haven't watched Hatenai Sora yet though. I'm waiting till I can go and pick up my own copy.)
day 28 - A Fanwork (made by you or others)
You know, I actually had planned to release a new video here. Only it seems I pissed of my muse somehow, and it decided to bite me in the butt and then go on vacation. So I have an idea for a vid and no real inspiration what to do with it. ://
So I do the next best thing I can think of: I pimp something!
You know that RPG I've been gushing about for weeks? (At this point Sery rolls her eyes at me)
If you don't know, that circumstance will be rectified in just a moment. X3
Being Human - An Asian Entertainment AU RPG
beinghuman_rp
As you can all clearly see from the title, this is an RPG using personalities from the Asian entertainment world, in an AU setting. Though to be honest, at the moment, all characters except one are Japanese. The RPG was founded by Arashi fans, and thus, Arashi were the first characters to appear, and are kind of the main focus. So at least for me, it's more of an Arashi RPG with Asian Entertainment side characters. The only sad thing is that the Jun player either lives in a different time zone or has a really busy RL, either way she's not online much, so we don't really see a lot of Jun at the moment. :/
Now about the AU setting. First thing, the setting is not an Asian country, but New York city. And the players are really diligent with that. Not only do all the characters have adresses that you can find with Google, they also all have Jobs at companies and shops and gastronomic establishments that really exist. Which is actually really fun, because you can just google the places and for example look at their food menue. XD
The second, and most important thing: The Being Human part of it all. I don't know if anyone of you has ever heard of it, but there's a British TV series called Being Human. I've only ever seen the first episode, but the main plot revolves around a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost sharing an apartment, and the werewolf being in denial about the wolf in him, and the vampire struggling with trying to not hurt anybody, and the ghost having an issue with her former boyfriend who killed her. I hear it's actually really good, I just never came around to watching the rest of it.
Anyway, in terms of the RPG, this means that a lot (though not all) of the characters are not entirely human. But don't worry, this does not mean this is a Vampires vs. Werewolfs RPG or anything. Oh no. In fact, at the moment there is NO vampire to be found in the entire RPG. The players showed a lot more originality when designing their characters.
I had actually typed up introductions of the main characters, but they became so long that it makes more sense to just give you the link to the player applications later. But let me tease you a little:
Nino, the fairy, working at a café, who's a little brat still even though he's several hundred years old already, who starts GLOWING when normal people blush.
Ohno, the merman prince from Okinawa, who's a professional dancer and who's been living together with Nino for the last two months. His mother, who could be Domyouji-mama's sister personality-wise, has showed up a little while ago and is making a fuss about her precious son fooling around with some no-name fay, so the shit is about to hit the fan soon! Look forward to some major Ohmiya angst!
Sho, the human with the magical curse that prevents him from telling anything but the truth to people he has feelings for. He's lately been going out with an Incubus, so there's not only hot Ohmiya sex, but also hot Sakuraiba sex!
Aiba, the SEX DEMON. You read that right. The SEX DEMON who owns a sex shop. XDDD Which basically means that Aiba is just himself, only even more perverted than usually.
Misono, the Zashiki Warashi (best you look that up on wiki). MISONO IS AWESOME!! She works at Aiba's sex shop, and she's been living with Super Junior's Yesung, and she has a collection of dolls and plushies that she talks about like they're real people. She also has some real issues to work out with Nino and I'm really looking forward to their future interactions.
Other characters:
Jun, the Elf
Horikita Maki, the Werewolf
Kuroki Meisa, the half-Witch
Yesung, the Werewolf
Toma, the Fallen Star. (Are you reading, Carry? The FALLEN STAR. As in, STAR THAT FELL FROM THE SKY. How awesome is that? XDDDD)
So yeah. That's Being Human. Did I mention the hot Ohmiya and Sakuraiba sex scenes? And that Aiba and Misono have the MOST FUN scenes ever? And that there's lots of adorable interactions? And that the RP totally reads like a fanfic (and that at least one well known Arashi fic writer is one of the players)?
http://community.livejournal.com/beinghuman_ooc/806.html <- Closer introductions of the characters (though be aware that there's some people in here who applied and then sadly never bothered playing)
http://community.livejournal.com/beinghuman_rp/tag/*timeline <- The timeline, which would be the chapter list if this was a fanfic. Just start at week 1 and work your way forward in time. ^^