Ok. Okokok. I've put this off long enough, and lord knows I'm too lazy to search through other people's tags for their goodies, so here we go.

(Though this took way longer than I thought it would, I gave myself a computer virus in the process, and it still doesn't look exactly how I'd like it to, WHATEVER. ಠ3ಠ)

SAIYUKI WRITING

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Okay, so because of far-reaching and ridiculous in-fighting in the fandom a while ago and the utterly consuming obsession that is the new STXI fandom and the fact that Tokyopop are whores who take way too long to license and print her shit in English, I've been feeling a bit bleh about the Saiyuki fandom.

But oh, OH, I want this for my birthday.  SO ( Read more... )

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So I was doing research on flower symbolism for a school project, and I came across some interesting information.  There is a type of flower called a "snowdrop" and, unlike other most of the other flowers I came across in my research that had multiple meanings, this one only had one recognized symbolism: hope.

And here I'd thought the Snowdrop arc ( Read more... )

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Xpyne and I have found hours of entertainment in discussing psychology and personality in Saiyuki, especially in regards to the ikkou and Ni Jianyi.  Minekura’s characters are the most complex and fleshed-out that we’ve ever seen in a manga, so the idea of being able to pick apart their temperaments and motives and what it is that makes their ( Read more... )

What's with me and cosplay Saiyuki pictures? LOL well, here's one I actually drew over a year ago but I never finished coloring it until
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I compiled some info I researched a year or so ago for a recent response to kambeiadaro's interesting translation of the phrase "Makai Tenjou!" and it occurred to me that perhaps the flist would be interested in said info.  So, here it is.  Feel free to ignore this if you saw the other post.

The Maten Sutra that Sanzo chants is based off the Heart Sutra. I don ( Read more... )

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Wake Up Heart
By Solitaire

Chapter 3: Expect the...

“...What?”

It seemed Sanzo was slow in coming awake fully, but that was nothing new.  Soon enough he would be barking at them to get in the jeep and stop wasting time, so Hakkai resolved to enjoy it while it lasted.  Gojyo, on the other hand, was quickly becoming frustrated.

“I asked if you slept well ( Read more... )

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Wake Up Heart
By Solitaire

Chapter 2: Uncool

Sanzo moved down the hall with the support of the wall and it was slow, painful going, but he needed two seconds of quiet so he could think, and he certainly wouldn’t get it if he went back to his own room, not with the chimp in there.

The veranda out behind the inn was empty, thankfully, and by the time ( Read more... )