→ DISCLAIMER: Ramblings, strange punctuations, too many emoticons, SPOILERS about the latest episodes/chapters, My Own Opinion. If you violently disagree about my opinions/tastes, please unleash all hatred in your personal journals XD
→ ANIMANGA/SHOWS RAMBLINGS:
♠ Tales of the Abyss: OMG I AM NEVER READING TVTROPES EVER. I read what happens to Asch and Ion and Luke and asfjkdhgtfkdgsdgs. Holy shit, I think this is the first time that I hated myself for reading spoilers D:
♠ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: I'm glad I didn't continue the anime. I would have just bawled my eyes out at what happens to Hell Kaiser ;__________; <--is spoiled afskjlksgs
♣ Gundam 00: I really wish Marina isn't so useless, so I can ship her with Setsuna. And fighting with singing is so Macross Frontier orz And the Dylandy brothers really have a thing for pretty traps Innovators. I'm sorry, but the Lockon/Anew was like, 'oh everyone is going to be paired up so you need someone. oh, someone's single! *pairs*' type of thing. -____- I'd like... more developments plz. D: The new OP and ED are nice... but the previous songs were nicer =p I loved Stereopony's 'Hitohira no Hanabira' better o.o
♣ Tytania 14: I think, that this is the only episode where Jouslain and Aryabart [I still dunno how to spell his name correctly OTL] are not together/didn't talk to each other. Though I LOL'd at the 'Aryabart will side with Jouslain' comment 8D They are so married ♥ Though I'm happy to see Jouslain's more cunning side this episode =) Though the animation is a bit wonky this ep? :(
♣ Tytania 15: Yay, Jouslain and Aryabart were speaking to each other again. More importantly, I heard Aryabart's voice again, which is Hibari-san's voice. So. Happiness ♥ It really amuses me that the most girly-looking of all Dukes ends up being the most cruel <--Idris;;; And kdgahddja Fan Hyulick, please stop angsting D: The staring-at-the-wallet-followed-by-overused-flashback is getting old :(
♣ Kuroshitsuji Manga: Oh my. Scandalous butler indeed. I still protest that Sebastian also seduced William that night, that's why he managed to get away XD;;; And it's nice to see Soma and Agni giving out useful advice :p I think this chapter shows that Sebastian really only cares about aesthetics and is above feelings of love and lust. However, I think it only made me believe in SebCiel even more orz Their relationship is more than love asgdgjkfdhg *ahem* Circus Arc as most epic arc so far yes/yes? :D
♣ Kuroshitsuji Anime: ...Erm, I'm hoping that even with the anime originals, they can still give a nice ending. Frankly, I'm slightly disappointed that even though it's a manga-canon arc, the quality of animation is filler-level D: Again, I have nothing against fillers, granted that the plot/animation isn't so cringeworthy. Haiz. I think they're buying time for the Circus Arc? *hopes for the Circus Arc to be included orz* Though I LOL'd at the sparkly!Sebastian-and-Ciel-staring-into-each-other OTL If the anime ends with a BL tone, it's going to make all my disappointments disappear LOLOLOLOL *shot* And I still cannot get over the creepy!Sebastian shot at the OP sequence. Hahaha.
♣ Count Cain/Godchild: Finished! \o/ Now I'm off to read more of her works! :)
♣ Eyeshield 21: I just finished marathon-reading chapter 1-310... and. Yamato and Sena as textmates y/y? Though ShinSena is still my OTP for this show. And Hiruma is still awesome. XD | Chapter 314: I am honestly surprised that the vs Germany fight wasn't dragged out 8D Though it's probably to give the vs America fight 30++ chapters hahaha :|
♣ Reborn!: Just seeing Hibari in this chapter = winwinwinwin for me already XDDDD <--Yes, I'm shallow orz And woot, XanxusTsuna hurhur My desire for Final Boss Hibari has grown very strong :] If that wish is impossible, please give me at least a good arc about Hibari? He's the fushigimystery man of the group after all :( And why is Irie Shouichi the reason for Byakuran's actions anyway? :( It's been mentioned like, 70 chapters ago and it's still not answered :( And yes, I like Byakuran/Irie XD
♣ Bleach: WOOT YAY :D 2 filler eps, then, it's the Pendulum Arc! \o/
♣ Manga: asdgfkjghdfkgds Don't butt in the fight, Yammy! :( I want some nice Ulquiorra-Ichigo sexytiems fight XD;; I realized that I kept on editing the dialogue in this chapter. Example: Ichigo: "You're pretty chatty today." *gets bricked* And am I the only one who loves that Ichigo keeps on commenting about Ulquiorra? ;w; *joins Ichigo in the Ulquiorra-observation society*
♣ Naruto: Anime = Fillers = I don't want to bother orz. Though I still DL anyway for sharing in the IRC channel D: | Manga = I kinda knew this is going to happen;;;;; I wonder who's going to help out Naruto? Or who's going to call back Pain? I want to see Konan in action :( As in, in more fights, not just as an assist :| And I'm hoping to see Sasuke again. Maybe Madara would send him to stop Pain and then he'll sneer at Naruto's sage mode or something IDK. I just want to see Sasuke;;;;;;;; *gets shot* <--I know, horribly unpopular opinion orz
♣ Ookiku Furikabutte: Yay, I finally got episodes 14-26! I like listening to Junta 8D He's so cute and he laughs at Mihashi's flustered face I am so biased because he shares the same voice as Sasuke and Ishida *shot* And I'm sorry, Junta, but when you started crying, all I can think of was "I get to hear Sasuke's crying. omgomgadkgfd" D: And, Abe is such a bully, tsundere seme ^^||| He and Hetalia's Arthur will get along quite well orz And aside from the resident stalker-bully, I also like Tajima and Izumi ^^;; Though more on Tajima..! *joins the Tajima!Tajima! cheering on EP23* | Ohwait. wtf is up with Rio and Tajima LOL mail address? So Rio is a fan? OTL | Last bit for Oofuri: Abe/Mihashi is really cute. ♥ They keep on misunderstanding each other but they are still so meant to be...! *fangirl babbling*
♣ Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou: ...I ship Natori with Natsume. Holyshit, another reason for me to go to hell 8D They look quite similar and I thought at first that Natori and Natsume were related XD Natori is hot btw. Very hot
♣ Top Chef: I ship Fabio and Stefan. OH GOD SHOOT ME NOW. And then, I realized that, hurhur, Germany x Italy OTP;;;;;;;;; Nevermind shooting me, I'm going to go headdesk myself to oblivion orz Hetalia has infected me now. And speaking of Hetalia...
♣ Hetalia: ZOMG ZOMG ZOMG ANIMEEEEE. *spazzes* B-but, I liked the Drama CD rendition of the World Meeting better. The anime version was a bit rushed. But then again, it's only 5 minutes, so;;;; The ending theme was so gay LOL there's RAINBOWS and I was going, 'lololol Lelouch-fabulous!' And Germany's voice is MANLY asfdkgsjd And Chibitalia is made of cute ♥
♣ Hetalia DJs: I've only seen one DJ scanlation for this fandom o.o Most I see are RAWs. And it makes me a sad bunny :( And, it's like, I dunno when it started, but now, I can't stop shipping US/UK. I know that it's incest if you look at them as brothers or father-and-son, buuuuut. D: They have such an adorable and heartbreaking past, and such a cute-snarky-rivalry present and. I just want Arthur to have his happiness back :( I want them to be together so badly fglhdfjghafadfs;;;;; *resolves to finish that US/UK fic after the Reborn! challenge*
♣ Hetalia wank: I know that the Koreans have a right to be offended, just like everyone who reads Hetalia. I wouldn't rant on whether it's right to abuse that right to be offended, but. Do the protesters (protesters, not all of Korea) really have nothing else to do? They successfully petitioned their way to ban the anime in Japan -and it's not even showing in their country- and now they want to stop all forms of Hetalia merchandise? [web stream, cellphone release, manga, webcomic, magazine] That's going too far, me thinks. I'm sorry, but I think that's just plain ridiculous stupidity. Nobody -I hope, for the sake of humanity and my sanity- is stupid enough to think that what is written in Hetalia is 100% accurate or 100% true. Nobody thinks that all Koreans are obsessed with breasts, incest, or Japan/China. Nobody thinks that Italians are obsessed with siesta and pasta and are generally dumb; nobody thinks that Russians are creepy stalkers. Those are exaggerated stereotypes, and the manga IS NOT OUT TO GET YOU. If you are Korean and you happen to like breasts, the manga IS NOT OUT TO SPITE YOU. It is not saying that the deaths caused by the wars are just nothing. It's a humor/gag/satire/whatever-you-want-to-call-it, but it's NOT A HISTORY TEXTBOOK, NOT A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, NOT A HISTORY ESSAY. It's humor. Dark humor and you may or may not laugh, but it's humor nevertheless. It's not going to have crying sessions about the casualties of the wars D: That's not the point of the comic. I, again, hope that nobody's stupid enough to think that the casualties and damage caused by war are worthless.
Think about it. For example, my best friend died. I'll talk about him, the fun memories, the anecdotes, the good times, the bad times. I won't go around adding, 'oh but he died.' everytime I talk about him. Even though I don't remind people everytime that 'oh but he died', it doesn't mean that I think his death was just nothing. Unless it's a heart-to-heart grieving session, I won't go around saying that. If it's a reminiscing talk about memories, I wouldn't say that because it doesn't fit. I regard Hetalia in the same way. Crappy analogy, but it's getting late and I want to sleep :/ Another example. When I feel bad for Alfred leaving Arthur, I feel bad for Arthur not for England. There's a difference. In Hetalia, I'd feel bad for England's colonies for leaving him alone and heartbroken. IRL, of course I'd want the colonies to be liberated. ...Why do I feel like I'm the only one who can differentiate things this way? Most the haters think that ZOMGUH8MAICOUNTRYUFUCKER! or ZOMGUTHINKWARISGOOD :/
♣ Clarification: I don't hate Koreans. I hate the protesters for their strange logic :/ tl;dr: hopefully that news is just a false one and/or hopefully the anti-petition works well :]
→RL STUFF:
• So. I've known, for quite some time, that I already have a reserved one-way ticket to HELL EXPRESS. [reasons include, but certainly not limited to: approving shota for Kuroshitsuji, actively slashing nations I blame you, Arthur and Alfred, shipping Natori with Natsume, shipping Fabio with Stefan, etc]. Now, I've found another reason. :D I've always found RPS a bit... strange. Not the eww-that's-disgusting strange, but more of the, I-don't-get-it strange. And then, here came the fic from
thehoyden, one of my most favorite HnG authors. And it's RPS and oh god it's about David Cook and David Archuleta and asjgfdgdsghs I like it. OTL I... dunno if I should be excited or horrified. Oh internets and fandom, never stop corrupting me. :D
• Speaking of corruption, my Chinese New Year was spent in my friend's place :D He held a party for the Filipino students/alumni from NTU and there was a lot of good food and pleasant company :D I liked the food better *shot* peace V We played the game, 'Werewolves', a Mafia Game? which is a more complicated version of Killer, Killer and is similar to Rabbit Doubt, Sheep Hunter?, and many others :] Anyway, we learned there who are the best liars, who are the failures at being quiet, etc etc. I've realized that I have a good sense of knowing who the 'werewolves' are. IDK what that tells about me orz
• After the 'Werewolves' game and dinner, we played 'Bare With Me'. It's a... sex game? There are cards with sex-related questions [e.g. 'To stop a man's orgasm, you...'] and then people write down their answers. Then, the moderator will collect the answers and ask the players who they think wrote the answer. I've... only been guessed twice out of many many questions yay \o/ My seniors were unable to guess which one's mine because they all think I'm an innocent junior LOLOLOL I feel so corrupted, but victorious XDDD
→2009 ANIME:
♪ Following: Hetalia, Maria†Holic, Zoku Natsume Yuujin-Chou, Chrome Shelled Regios, Kurokami The Animation, Shikabane Hime Kuro
♪ On the verge of dropping: Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo, RIDE BACK
♪ Want to watch: VIPER’S CREED, Kemono no Souja Erin
♪ Dropped: White Album
→2009 TV SHOWS:
♪ Following: Top Chef, House, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory, American Idol, Merlin <--just catching up
♪ Still not sure: Demons, Trust Me, Lie To Me, 24
♪ Dropped: Gossip Girl, Heroes, Prison Break, Desperate Housewives, True Blood
♪ Might pick up: 30 Rock, One Tree Hill, Psych, Chuck, Dexter
→UPCOMING:
♦ Tri-University Party
♦ Career Fair - holy shit, my resume is still not finished asjdgfdasf
♦ Meeting with project professor - who somehow disappeared? Nobody seems to have been able to contact him amongst my project-mates 8D
♦ Movies: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, 100 Days with Mr. Arrogant, Bride Wars (lol), and A LOT MORE
♦ Shows: Episode 8-13 of Merlin [...lol Arthur/Merlin *shot*] + Trust Me S1E1 [new US TV show] + House S5E13 + Simpsons S20E9
♦ Anime: Tales of Abyss 17 + Kurokami 3, Natsume Yuujinchou 4 + Soul Eater 41
► Fics: I'm focusing all of my fic-writing time to write my KHR_undercover entry :] Please look forward to it!
► khr_undercover: The first 2 people who guess which is my fic from the guess-the-writer-challenge can request a oneshot with a fandom and pairing of their choice :) And I'll make sure to post it within two weeks from date of request! :D [available fandoms: Naruto-Bleach-DGM-Gundam00- Beyblade-YGO-KHR-PoT-FMA-CG-Kuroshitsuji-others] [pairings: yaoi, yuri, het] [rating: all] [genre: all]
Much love,
Seto's Darkness ♥
(who's still rather dizzy from all the food and CNY celebrations)