[OOC] Question Meme

Mar 26, 2011 23:22

... Judai has 913 comments which is kind of close to 1000 comments and I feel like doing a question meme. So. QUESTION MEME.

I play Judai and Lambdadelta. :|b

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topdecking March 27 2011, 20:58:03 UTC
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is a show about a school devoted to children's trading card games, and possibly that one canon you've heard about that everyone hates. And well. Yeah, it is completely silly, ridiculous (even when it is taking itself seriously), and even I can't defend its writing sometimes. But, well, fun things are fun! And GX is definitely a very fun series. It also, interestingly enough for a shounen trading card game series, really subverts and deconstructs some tropes typical of the genre (such as there being actual, very serious consequences of reckless typical shounen idiot hero behavior) and just ... in general has a lot of things you typically wouldn't expect to see in a kids' show. Additionally, as GX is a show mostly about how the characters grow up in the three years they attend Duel Academia, there's plenty of character growth, with many of the characters coming out of the show completely different from how they went into it. So if you want to kill time with a really dumb show that has nice character development and some fairly intriguing concepts, you might want to give GX a try.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni is. Guh! My forever canon. I'll try not to gush too much.

Umineko is a unique, very meta-fictiony story. Here, I will just copy the plot summary from the canon section of my app: "When the filthy rich Ushiromiya family gathers at their private island, Rokkenjima - a place permeated by the legend of a witch named Beatrice - for their annual family conference, things don't go quite as planned; a typhoon hits and the family is killed off one by one in a series of closed room murders. Even after everyone is dead, it remains unclear what could have caused their deaths. Was it an intricately planned murder carried out by human hands, or was it a magic ritual of the witch Beatrice? Our now deceased hero, Ushiromiya Battler, vehemently denies that magic could truly exist to cause these murders, and is dragged by the witch Beatrice to a meta-world dimension where the two engage in a game of logic and wits to prove their own explanation of the crime."

So yeah. Umineko is incredibly convoluted and I'll be the first to admit it has a lot of flaws, but, in my opinion, its strengths are more than enough to blow that out of the water. It has an amazing soundtrack, a cast brimming with incredibly kickass ladies, and an awesome sense of epic over-the-topness. And most notably of all, it has an incredibly diverse and fleshed out cast of characters, and is at its core a story about understanding people; even though many of its characters are often not very likeable people, the author still manages to make you really understand and sympathize with them. Umineko may not be perfect, but it's a story with a whole lot of heart. I very highly recommend it!! (Though I recommend reading the visual novels. The anime was, in my opinion, pretty awful. And while the manga is decent, it's pretty far behind.)

Here, have a fanmade video that shows off most of the cast and gives off a better idea of what it's like than I probably can!

Pimp a GONE character to me!

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mightlovedogs March 28 2011, 00:32:57 UTC
Gasp I realized when I was reading your comment that a while ago I'd actually been meaning to check out Umineko no Naku Koro ni but I'd somehow forgotten about it. /adds it to the list!

Diana Ladris is my favorite character in GONE. She's fourteen, a former Coates Academy student, and Caine's girlfriend (he's the main... mutant antagonist THERE ARE LIKE THREE DIFFERENT ANTAGONIST GROUPS IN THIS SERIES). Her "superpower" is the ability to read the power level of others, which she compares to cell phone reception. She's extremely manipulative and self-serving and describes herself as a "bad girl," but interestingly, she's often the one to try and stop the Coates kids from crossing a certain line.

What are both of your characters' favorite and least favorite things about camp so far?

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certifiably March 28 2011, 01:33:25 UTC
Judai's favorite thing is making new friends! And just in general getting the chance to see all sorts of cool new things. His least favorite thing is definitely that no one plays Duel Monsters.

Lambda's favorite thing is Rika. Her least favorite thing is no sugar.

What made you decide to app Brianna over Diana?

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topdecking March 28 2011, 01:36:03 UTC
ALSO YES YOU SHOULD TOTALLY TRY UMINEKO. \o/ And if you need any help getting your hands on the novels, I'd be more than happy to help~!

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mightlovedogs March 28 2011, 01:56:23 UTC
I WILL TAKE YOU UP ON THAT SOMETIME. 8D

Honestly, I felt like I could do more with Brianna. She's easy to jump people with and to throw into lots of different kinds of posts! Diana is more worldly, but a lot of her character is more internal, whereas Brianna is all about the external and being in your face. Also, admittedly, I have a super speed ping. BEST SUPERPOWER. I love both characters, just in different ways!

AND UH... I fail at coming up with more questions. :C

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