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dangermousie

Loving LJ and Marmalade Boy fun

Feb 28, 2006 13:16

Here are four reasons why I love LiveJournal.

crumpeteer has a snarky, hilarious summary of the second half of North & South.

pottersues deals with the story in which Hogwarts puts on a production of Rent, killing both fandoms in the process.

sarcasticchick writes a ‘translation’ of a Fox News interview re: Cheney hunting accident which is to die for.

And ajhalluk discusses why she ( Read more... )

lj, anime, eye candy, politics, slash, n&s, marmalade boy, hp, harry potter, rent, fushigi yuugi, hana yori dango

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plazmah February 28 2006, 18:53:22 UTC

The animation for this show screams "SUPERCUTE!!" ;) I actually like it.

dangermousie February 28 2006, 18:58:49 UTC

It's fun. Have you watched it?

plazmah February 28 2006, 19:05:59 UTC

Nope. To be honest, I thought the title sounded kinda dopey ;)

dangermousie February 28 2006, 19:25:09 UTC

It refers to Yuu. Early on (ep 3 or so), Miki tells him he is like Marmalade: looks good on outside but inside is full of tricks (she doesn't like Marmalade because the skins taste bitter).

katranna February 28 2006, 19:31:28 UTC

Huh, to me the style seems like a cross of Fushigi Yugi and Sailor Moon.

Don't you think Miki looks a lot like Miaka?

dangermousie February 28 2006, 19:38:27 UTC

Hmmm.

Miki:

( ... )

dangermousie February 28 2006, 19:40:15 UTC

P.S. That pic of Miki is misleading re: eyes (I know I keep harping on it but it's something that makes a huge difference to me). Her eyes are drawn much simpler in the anime: just big brown ovals with no shading or complicated pupils. While Miaka's eyes in FY are very complicated and shaded.

katranna February 28 2006, 19:59:13 UTC

Anime maybe, but the manga style of MB looks quite similar to me to FY...

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crumpeteer February 28 2006, 20:17:40 UTC

That second picture screams "oh god, not my eye!".

dangermousie February 28 2006, 20:23:59 UTC

RORFLOL. He does have a pointy nose :P

crumpeteer February 28 2006, 20:31:08 UTC

But not as pointy as Allen's, which is a back up weapon if he ever loses his sword.

dangermousie February 28 2006, 20:33:33 UTC

Ahhhh, Allen.

*drifts off into drool-induced haze*

kitsah February 28 2006, 21:26:58 UTC

So I was reading your post and got curious - would you like totally angsty, flawed characters in a show/movie if there was no OTP? Or is it OTP that drives your love for all things cinema? (And I fully recognize that the best is of course totally angsty flawed love that succeeds against all odds...*grin*)

dangermousie February 28 2006, 21:39:27 UTC

OTP is great, but not necessary. For example, I went crazy for Trigun recently, and while it does have a love interest for the main character, it's never very explicit, or the primary or secondary topic (they never kiss or exchange ILY, though the feeling clearly steadily grows).

Something that has no romance at all, of any variety, is very hard to find unless it's set in prison or similar. Though I did adore the first 4 and a half books of Lymond chronicles and they had no OTP of any kind at all (the last 1 and a half books did), and I fell in love with them without knowing there would be any romance. I stayed all day in bed reading the revelation that was "The Game of Kings" (the first book) and there was no romantic plot.

I am madly in love with Lawrence of Arabia and O'Toole's Lawrence is one of the most amazing character ever created, and one I have a severe thing for, and there is no romance ( ... )

katranna February 28 2006, 23:37:37 UTC

Btw, about that RENTfic?

“What is this show about anyway ‘Mione?” Ron asked, “What are the Characters?”

“Well” Hermione said “It’s about a bunch of 20-somethings who are trying to live in New York City in the late 80’s/early 90’s. They live in abandoned apartment buildings because they have no money and they are living with AIDS. There’s Roger, a musician who is Marks best Friend and roommate. His girlfriend left him a note saying ‘we have AIDS before she killed herself. He falls in love with Mimi, who lives below him and Mark. She is an S&M dancer and a drug addict. There is also Collins and Angel. Collins is a old friend of Mark and Roger who also has AIDS, he falls in love with Angel who is a cross dresser and is also with AIDS.”

“Well” Harry said, “It sure puts our problems into perspective.”

...I am dead.

Not that AIDS and poverty and drugs aren't problems, but, uh... Harry has to worry about the end of the world and such, doesn't he?

But the lovelives of HIV+ bohemians sure make him think about his own importance, eh?

dangermousie March 1 2006, 01:22:38 UTC

ESP!

That was precisely the passage of the fic (I read all 6 lovely chapters) that made me choke on my own tongue. Apocalypse, shmapocalypse. What does Harry have to worry about?

Though Draco Malfoy thinking that now that Hogwarts is putting on a musical theater piece, the year wouldn't be so bad was a close second.