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egelantier tagged me for a meme! so here we go.
instructions: comment on this entry, and i'll give you three themes by the lines of "username and [some idea or concept or thing]'. you then post what you have to say on these themes in your own livejournal, and tag me back.
( in which i use proper punctuation )
instructions: comment on this entry, and i'll give you three themes by the lines of "username and [some idea or concept or thing]'. you then post what you have to say on these themes in your own livejournal, and tag me back.
( in which i use proper punctuation )
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acanti and travelling
acanti and origin stories
acanti and music
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I've always wanted to ask--when in countries where you don't speak the language, how do you get by? This is my #2 fear that prevents me from burning the midnight oil and going places.
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Ahhh, so studying up beforehand and general fearlessness. :D I totally did the writing down thing the last time I was in Japan.
(#1 is general phobia of unfamiliar locations. so i admire your ability to travel very much! I armchair-enjoyed that period when you were in college and took advantage of being in Europe to go all over the continent, that looked like fun.)
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not so much fearlessness, just not really travelling to places that are very tricky tourist-wise, i guess. :D;; like, russia is one country i definitely want to visit someday, but i feel like knowing the language/travelling with someone who does would be particularly important there, so. :| also i have a lot of other fears, e.g. travelling to places where you need lots of jabs beforehand (so i haven't, whoops).
(ah, fair enough! i've still managed to travel a bit post-uni but have been very lazy about linking my facebook photo albums on LJ...)
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(i might try out horimiya! the description sounds very intriguing).
i agree with you re: complicated fraught friendships, but for myself i'd also add us-against-the-world: friendships that are completely (not always healthily) rock-steady in a face of common enemy or enmity. the loalty holding fast.
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(i hope you like it, if you do check it out!! it's sweet and delicate and funny. there's a bit of stuff about society's unfortunate expectations re: gender, but i think the text presents those expectations without necessarily endorsing them...)
i can definitely see how those are compelling! i think i quite like us-against-the-world dynamics but in larger groups, so e.g. i have a soft spot for stories about plucky resistance groups, not that i've come across many of those.
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and the art is beautiful, clean and calm and full of air. I love it.
(i kind of ship miyamura/tooru right now, i must admit. mostly because of how matter-of-fact miyamura is about it).
re: plucky resistance group: have you read laurie marks' elemental logic series? eventually it's about a plucky poly family group overthrowing the invasion and trying to rebuild their country.
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i really like simple, clean art styles so i'm glad that aspect works for you too, cafe kichijouji de is another manga with such art, i think, but it's basically just a pure comedy series.
(hahaha, i can definitely understand that. if a fandom existed i would happily read such fic. i do like that about miyamura, too.)
thanks for the rec! i confess, i have a bit of a hard time with worldbuilding-heavy narratives, but the resistance angle and the queer-as-default setting sound interesting -- i'll give it a try.
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i am trying to watch mushishi again (made it through the first few episodes / chapters of the manga but it is so creepy to watch/read alone because some of the scenes really freak me out, i am SUCH A WUSS)! and i will always associate the soundtrack with the finnish summer, especially during the midnight sun.
re: travelling, i am only recently starting to come to terms with being a tourist instead of a Traveller. i still feel super awkward and self-conscious whipping out a big-ass camera and taking pics, especially from weird angles :/ and travelling alone is indeed liberating but kinda terrifying too, especially as someone who dreads approaching strangers in the first place. add a language barrier and... eek, i would probably have more cool experiences if i have moral support along! although i still feel like an idiot then.
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lalwen and snow
lalwen and the lure of new languages
lalwen and photography
oh man i don't blame you, episode 2 of mushishi definitely freaked me out. but i think it gets less creepy and more just melancholic/otherworldly later on! the soundtrack always felt quiet and cold to me, so it's interesting that you'll associate it with summer now.
luckily i have a consumer model, not a DSLR. :p and yeah, moral support definitely helps. i do unfortunately end up badgering my travel partners into doing more of the talking, unless we're in a country where i know the language and they don't.
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as for the soundtrack, i think i associate it with summer here because of the endless stream of light, and the abundance of nature/forests/green -- both of which feel very surreal and atmospheric (and yes, otherworldly) to me, just like the soundtrack itself. and summer here is quiet and cold :D
i am usually beaten (not physically!) into speaking to strangers by my mum and aunt, who cannot understand my reticence and have no qualms approaching others for assistance despite their inferior language skills. >.
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