for this is victory
So I've been playing around on NationStates these days, and I can't believe I didn't find out about it until a few weeks ago when it's been around since 2003.
Basics: You get your own country, you have (an) issue(s) to ponder every (week)day, and you watch how your decisions change your country. I like the simulation, and it's interesting to see the issues that come up.
Anyone want to play with me? :33 I have two countries on there; Liyi, my sensible country, and Renxin, my personal dictatorship. XD;;;; Let's own countries together! ♥
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It's sort of strange to think that I haven't completed a fic since yuletide. I've done some writing here and there, but I feel so unmotivated, as always. :( I wrote a ten-page outline for a troika dystopia, but after writing about 1000 words of the actual fic, I just stopped. The words are always in my mind, but I never want to write them down. Without deadlines, I'm hopeless, but with them I suck. Alas, life.
Now I want to write dumb(& not so dumb) Akatsuki university fic, because apparently those don't exist. :3333
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from lonelywalker
List 6 ships you ship most avidly.
1. Achilles/Patroclus, Iliad
2. Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco
3. Yukimura/Sanada/Yanagi, Prince of Tennis
4. Kisame/Itachi, Naruto
5. Pein/Konan, Naruto
6. Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter
List 3 ships that you used to like, but not anymore.
7. Sasuke/Naruto, Naruto
8. Harry/Draco, Harry Potter
9. Yukimura/Sanada, Prince of Tennis
List 3 ships that you simply don't see.
10. Zoro/Sanji, One Piece
11. Kakashi/Iruka, Naruto
12. Ichigo/Ishida, Bleach
List 2 ships that you're curious about, but don't quite ship. (I'm not sure I have grey areas when it comes to shipping...)
13. William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger, Amazing Grace & British history.
14. Nathan/Peter, Heroes.
1. Why don't you see 11?
Kakashi/Iruka, Naruto
Okay, they talk to each other, like, once ever in the first part of the anime. They don't even seem to be that good of friends; the people Kakashi are usually with in his own generation are the other jounin. Since I don't see the interaction, I can't see the pairing.
2. Do you know anybody who ships 13?
William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger, Amazing Grace & British history
Two other people requested fic of them for yuletide, but that's all I know. :3
3. What would be your ideal circumstances for couple 3?
Yukimura/Sanada/Yanagi, Prince of Tennis
I think canon has already given it to me. :) They are together and care about each other and are awesome.
4. What's your favourite episode/scene of 1?
Achilles/Patroclus, Iliad
My favourite part is when Achilles tells Patroclus that he wishes that only they two exist, and they will conquer Troy together. If that's not love, I don't know what is.
5. Since when do you ship couple 6?
Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter
I think I've loved them ever since I began reading fic for HP. Fics where Lucius abuses Narcissa always seemed off to me, and I think I began to believe in their true love (or what counts as it for them) from there.
6. Why did you stop shipping couple 8?
Harry/Draco, Harry Potter
I think that was when I started realizing that rivalslash just doesn't do it for me. I also started going :| about JKR's blatant dichotomizing in her books, and I kind of lost interest in Harry and started really getting into Slytherin.
7. You have the power so that one couple doesn't exist. Pick either 10 or 12.
Zoro/Sanji, One Piece or Ichigo/Ishida, Bleach
Zoro/Sanji. I prefer them both with other people in the first place, and I would also rather see Nakamaship. Ichigo/Ishida doesn't bother me much, since I don't like either character that much, so it doesn't matter that much.
8. What do you prefer, 2 or 4?
Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco or Kisame/Itachi, Naruto
afjeoaij;fs03ja;fdljsal;fjoeasjf;dlasjfeoa. I CAN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN MY TWO OTPS. I LOVE THEM BOTH. I read more bandom these days, but I honestly love both of these pairings to death. Ryan/Spencer is my favourite type of pairing, the close friends become more kind, and I can't say no to people who've known each other since they were pre-schoolers in sandboxes. But Kisame/Itachi also exhibit this type of silent knowing, and there's so much respect and amicability in their partnership that really no one else in Akatsuki except Pein and Konan have. And yeah, new canon gets in the way of Kisame/Itachi, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN ANYTHING. ;_;
So I guess it'd come down to the particular fics I were reading and which ones were written better...I have to say that I've read far more bad Kisame/Itachi than Ryan/Spencer. :(
9. What interests you about 14?
Nathan/Peter, Heroes
descants told me they are brothers who eyefuck. That's enough to get me interested. :P
10. When did you stop liking 7?
Sasuke/Naruto, Naruto
I don't really remember, but it was a combination of factors. Sasuke got really emo and annoying, and Naruto became major figures in the lives of both Gaara and Neji. So after a while I started liking Gaara/Naruto (and, to a lesser extent, Neji/Naruto) instead. :)
11. When you lost interest for 9, did you lose interest in the canon?
Yukimura/Sanada, Prince of Tennis
By the time I lost interest in this pairing, I had already lost interest in canon. :P
12. What is a song that reminds you of 5?
Pein/Konan, Naruto
lol I can't tell lyrics for shit, but the first thing that came to my mind was Mirah - Cold Cold Water.
13. Which ship do you like the most?
My OTP of OTPs is Achilles/Patroclus. :P It's probably because I'm a sucker for epic tragic love stories. :(
14. Which one do you like the least?
I dislike Sasuke/Naruto and Harry/Draco about equally, although if pushed, I guess I dislike the former a little more. I've come to rather dislike Sasuke as a character, and I think Naruto can do way better than him. :P
15. If you could make two of these couples have a double date, which two would you choose?
To be honest, the only two that would work would be Kisame/Itachi and Pein/Konan. Instead of double date, how about...doubled-up mission? XD
16. Has the second couple kissed yet?
Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco
IF THEY HAVE, NONE OF US WOULD KNOW. I'm tempted to think there was some teenage experimentation between them. ♥
17. Did 4 have a happy ending? If the canon isn't over, do you think it will end well?
Kisame/Itachi, Naruto
SOB. NO. ITACHI JUST DIED. D: And we learn that he was doing everything for Sasuke all along. :( Why are you such a Sasuke fanboy, Kishimoto.
18. What would make you start shipping 13?
William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger, Amazing Grace & British history
If someone wrote slashy fic of them. :P Canon was pretty slashy, but I needs moar to go beyond romantic friendship. :P
19. If only one could happen, which one would you choose: 2 or 6?
Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco or Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter
Lucius/Narcissa are already canon, so take that, question! But if they weren't...I'd still want Ryan/Spencer to happen because I'm more into them right now, and their kind of relationship is the type I like more as well.
20. You have the power to choose the fate of 10. What would happen to them?
Zoro/Sanji, One Piece
Absolutely nothing would happen, that's what. :P
Basics: You get your own country, you have (an) issue(s) to ponder every (week)day, and you watch how your decisions change your country. I like the simulation, and it's interesting to see the issues that come up.
Anyone want to play with me? :33 I have two countries on there; Liyi, my sensible country, and Renxin, my personal dictatorship. XD;;;; Let's own countries together! ♥
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It's sort of strange to think that I haven't completed a fic since yuletide. I've done some writing here and there, but I feel so unmotivated, as always. :( I wrote a ten-page outline for a troika dystopia, but after writing about 1000 words of the actual fic, I just stopped. The words are always in my mind, but I never want to write them down. Without deadlines, I'm hopeless, but with them I suck. Alas, life.
Now I want to write dumb(& not so dumb) Akatsuki university fic, because apparently those don't exist. :3333
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from lonelywalker
List 6 ships you ship most avidly.
1. Achilles/Patroclus, Iliad
2. Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco
3. Yukimura/Sanada/Yanagi, Prince of Tennis
4. Kisame/Itachi, Naruto
5. Pein/Konan, Naruto
6. Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter
List 3 ships that you used to like, but not anymore.
7. Sasuke/Naruto, Naruto
8. Harry/Draco, Harry Potter
9. Yukimura/Sanada, Prince of Tennis
List 3 ships that you simply don't see.
10. Zoro/Sanji, One Piece
11. Kakashi/Iruka, Naruto
12. Ichigo/Ishida, Bleach
List 2 ships that you're curious about, but don't quite ship. (I'm not sure I have grey areas when it comes to shipping...)
13. William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger, Amazing Grace & British history.
14. Nathan/Peter, Heroes.
1. Why don't you see 11?
Kakashi/Iruka, Naruto
Okay, they talk to each other, like, once ever in the first part of the anime. They don't even seem to be that good of friends; the people Kakashi are usually with in his own generation are the other jounin. Since I don't see the interaction, I can't see the pairing.
2. Do you know anybody who ships 13?
William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger, Amazing Grace & British history
Two other people requested fic of them for yuletide, but that's all I know. :3
3. What would be your ideal circumstances for couple 3?
Yukimura/Sanada/Yanagi, Prince of Tennis
I think canon has already given it to me. :) They are together and care about each other and are awesome.
4. What's your favourite episode/scene of 1?
Achilles/Patroclus, Iliad
My favourite part is when Achilles tells Patroclus that he wishes that only they two exist, and they will conquer Troy together. If that's not love, I don't know what is.
5. Since when do you ship couple 6?
Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter
I think I've loved them ever since I began reading fic for HP. Fics where Lucius abuses Narcissa always seemed off to me, and I think I began to believe in their true love (or what counts as it for them) from there.
6. Why did you stop shipping couple 8?
Harry/Draco, Harry Potter
I think that was when I started realizing that rivalslash just doesn't do it for me. I also started going :| about JKR's blatant dichotomizing in her books, and I kind of lost interest in Harry and started really getting into Slytherin.
7. You have the power so that one couple doesn't exist. Pick either 10 or 12.
Zoro/Sanji, One Piece or Ichigo/Ishida, Bleach
Zoro/Sanji. I prefer them both with other people in the first place, and I would also rather see Nakamaship. Ichigo/Ishida doesn't bother me much, since I don't like either character that much, so it doesn't matter that much.
8. What do you prefer, 2 or 4?
Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco or Kisame/Itachi, Naruto
afjeoaij;fs03ja;fdljsal;fjoeasjf;dlasjfeoa. I CAN'T CHOOSE BETWEEN MY TWO OTPS. I LOVE THEM BOTH. I read more bandom these days, but I honestly love both of these pairings to death. Ryan/Spencer is my favourite type of pairing, the close friends become more kind, and I can't say no to people who've known each other since they were pre-schoolers in sandboxes. But Kisame/Itachi also exhibit this type of silent knowing, and there's so much respect and amicability in their partnership that really no one else in Akatsuki except Pein and Konan have. And yeah, new canon gets in the way of Kisame/Itachi, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN ANYTHING. ;_;
So I guess it'd come down to the particular fics I were reading and which ones were written better...I have to say that I've read far more bad Kisame/Itachi than Ryan/Spencer. :(
9. What interests you about 14?
Nathan/Peter, Heroes
descants told me they are brothers who eyefuck. That's enough to get me interested. :P
10. When did you stop liking 7?
Sasuke/Naruto, Naruto
I don't really remember, but it was a combination of factors. Sasuke got really emo and annoying, and Naruto became major figures in the lives of both Gaara and Neji. So after a while I started liking Gaara/Naruto (and, to a lesser extent, Neji/Naruto) instead. :)
11. When you lost interest for 9, did you lose interest in the canon?
Yukimura/Sanada, Prince of Tennis
By the time I lost interest in this pairing, I had already lost interest in canon. :P
12. What is a song that reminds you of 5?
Pein/Konan, Naruto
lol I can't tell lyrics for shit, but the first thing that came to my mind was Mirah - Cold Cold Water.
13. Which ship do you like the most?
My OTP of OTPs is Achilles/Patroclus. :P It's probably because I'm a sucker for epic tragic love stories. :(
14. Which one do you like the least?
I dislike Sasuke/Naruto and Harry/Draco about equally, although if pushed, I guess I dislike the former a little more. I've come to rather dislike Sasuke as a character, and I think Naruto can do way better than him. :P
15. If you could make two of these couples have a double date, which two would you choose?
To be honest, the only two that would work would be Kisame/Itachi and Pein/Konan. Instead of double date, how about...doubled-up mission? XD
16. Has the second couple kissed yet?
Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco
IF THEY HAVE, NONE OF US WOULD KNOW. I'm tempted to think there was some teenage experimentation between them. ♥
17. Did 4 have a happy ending? If the canon isn't over, do you think it will end well?
Kisame/Itachi, Naruto
SOB. NO. ITACHI JUST DIED. D: And we learn that he was doing everything for Sasuke all along. :( Why are you such a Sasuke fanboy, Kishimoto.
18. What would make you start shipping 13?
William Wilberforce/William Pitt the Younger, Amazing Grace & British history
If someone wrote slashy fic of them. :P Canon was pretty slashy, but I needs moar to go beyond romantic friendship. :P
19. If only one could happen, which one would you choose: 2 or 6?
Ryan/Spencer, Panic at the Disco or Lucius/Narcissa, Harry Potter
Lucius/Narcissa are already canon, so take that, question! But if they weren't...I'd still want Ryan/Spencer to happen because I'm more into them right now, and their kind of relationship is the type I like more as well.
20. You have the power to choose the fate of 10. What would happen to them?
Zoro/Sanji, One Piece
Absolutely nothing would happen, that's what. :P