1. Are you unaware of all the sci-fi elements in Dragonball? Aliens? Space travel? Androids, anyone?
2. Wait, where did I even say Dragonball was sci-fi? Why should it be sci-fi? All I was asked was how I got into fandom, are we debating the status of anime as a fannish pursuit?
3. I say 'fuck' too sometimes, apparently this surprises people. Would you like me to demonstrate?
4. I speak fluent cat macro too, should I do more of that?
5. ...on second thoughts, I don't want to ask what impression you have of my usual vocabulary, the answers to that question only depress me.
You could, er, answer the last two of John's questions if you like? The last one of Jade's?
Re: Dragonball. :))) It was shown here a lot of times, dubbed, when I was a kid. I grew up on Dragonball! And YYH as well. Every time my younger cousins whine about how slow the fight scenes are in Bleach/Naruto I pat their heads and tell them about Dragonball (Punch! Exposition! Commentary from the peanut gallery! Lather, rinse, repeat!).
My reasons are pretty much the same, except my first fandom was Slam Dunk, and I was thirteen. Whenever I recall my early fandom days I am filled with mortification-- I was such a fanbrat.
With Doumeki/Watanuki becoming canon: yes. Strangely, I don't write yaoi pairings that are supported in canon, like, say, Gravitation. I'd read fic happily enough, but I'd draw a blank if I ever had to write for them. I mean, why? They got together, and most of the issues were resolved...
3. Awwww. :))) That is awesomeWatanuki. YYYYY to all of the above. *__* Initially Watanuki reminded me of Sanji from One Piece what with the turning-into-mush-in-the-presence-of
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Every time my younger cousins whine about how slow the fight scenes are in Bleach/Naruto I pat their heads and tell them about Dragonball (Punch! Exposition! Commentary from the peanut gallery! Lather, rinse, repeat!).
And there you have put your finger on exactly why I'm so much more fond of the manga than the anime of so many of my favourite shonen series. XD All the shiney animation and colour and voices are all very well, but sometimes, the filler just isn't quite worth it.
Strangely, I don't write yaoi pairings that are supported in canon, like, say, Gravitation. I'd read fic happily enough, but I'd draw a blank if I ever had to write for them. I mean, why? They got together, and most of the issues were resolved...*nodnod* I sometimes think one of the least recognised appeals of a lot of slash pairings is that they're never going to occur in canon, so you have that much more space to invent stuff. I mean, there are archives out there where one writer might have gotten the same
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1. Are you unaware of all the sci-fi elements in Dragonball? Aliens? Space travel? Androids, anyone?
2. Wait, where did I even say Dragonball was sci-fi? Why should it be sci-fi? All I was asked was how I got into fandom, are we debating the status of anime as a fannish pursuit?
3. I say 'fuck' too sometimes, apparently this surprises people. Would you like me to demonstrate?
4. I speak fluent cat macro too, should I do more of that?
5. ...on second thoughts, I don't want to ask what impression you have of my usual vocabulary, the answers to that question only depress me.
You could, er, answer the last two of John's questions if you like? The last one of Jade's?
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Re: Dragonball. :))) It was shown here a lot of times, dubbed, when I was a kid. I grew up on Dragonball! And YYH as well. Every time my younger cousins whine about how slow the fight scenes are in Bleach/Naruto I pat their heads and tell them about Dragonball (Punch! Exposition! Commentary from the peanut gallery! Lather, rinse, repeat!).
My reasons are pretty much the same, except my first fandom was Slam Dunk, and I was thirteen. Whenever I recall my early fandom days I am filled with mortification-- I was such a fanbrat.
With Doumeki/Watanuki becoming canon: yes. Strangely, I don't write yaoi pairings that are supported in canon, like, say, Gravitation. I'd read fic happily enough, but I'd draw a blank if I ever had to write for them. I mean, why? They got together, and most of the issues were resolved...
3. Awwww. :))) That is awesomeWatanuki. YYYYY to all of the above. *__* Initially Watanuki reminded me of Sanji from One Piece what with the turning-into-mush-in-the-presence-of ( ... )
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Every time my younger cousins whine about how slow the fight scenes are in Bleach/Naruto I pat their heads and tell them about Dragonball (Punch! Exposition! Commentary from the peanut gallery! Lather, rinse, repeat!).
And there you have put your finger on exactly why I'm so much more fond of the manga than the anime of so many of my favourite shonen series. XD All the shiney animation and colour and voices are all very well, but sometimes, the filler just isn't quite worth it.
Strangely, I don't write yaoi pairings that are supported in canon, like, say, Gravitation. I'd read fic happily enough, but I'd draw a blank if I ever had to write for them. I mean, why? They got together, and most of the issues were resolved...*nodnod* I sometimes think one of the least recognised appeals of a lot of slash pairings is that they're never going to occur in canon, so you have that much more space to invent stuff. I mean, there are archives out there where one writer might have gotten the same ( ... )
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