The blurb to the next book in the Attolia series...

( Cut though I really wouldn't consider this a spoiler )

-2 As a 1930s wife, I am Very Poor (Failure) Take the test!

For some reason, I am awesomely proud of scoring LESS THAN ZERO.

I'd just like to point out that Amazon has sweetened their preorder deal. If you preorder from then it costs $17.99 for the novel PLUS they will give you a $5 coupon to spend in August. Which kinda brings the cost to $12.99.

Just passing the news along to my flist.

I was browsing the bookstore today, and found the second issue of the Buffy "season 8" comic. I tried to find the first issue when it came out, but couldn't. They will be publishing the whole thing as a book eventually right?

It's just...I need Amy vs Willow!

I was looking at the manga section too, and just felt overwhelmed. I remember the days when it was difficult to get the Sailormoon manga....

Anyway, anyone following the Buffy comic?

Stolen from a_white_rain. There was a 20 OTP meme that went around that I missed, but since I probably couldn't think of 20 OTPs anyway, this is probably better.

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Wow.

Today sucked.

I think it's fair to say that I'm not really too impressed with what's on television these days. And it's not to say it's purely an American network problem; I found the fall season of anime to be kinda boring (and Code Geass crashed and burned for me), and I'm really only watching Heroes with enthusiam. While I followed Hana Yori Dango 2, I wouldn't call it breathtaking tv either. And goodness knows TVB hasn't put out anything interesting in awhile, what with the majority of their abled actors tied up in either one of their mega-episode series currently filming.

So it was delightful to discover "Slings and Arrows". Or as I like to think of it "The show that shows how truly awesome Studio 60 COULD have been".

( To be or not to be... )

http://randomc.animeblogger.net/2007/03/22/code-geass-22/

Spoilers there.

( Spoilers here too )

Hiatus under further notice.

Stolen from, like, everyone.

What character do I remind you of? And why?

You guys are free to pick the fandom, even fandoms I don't know about :)

Stolen from the_firefly

Ask me why I 'ship something. Why I'm into any particular 'ship or even why I'm *not* into another ship? Ex: What is it you like about so-and-so or why don't you like so-and-so? (Basically just ask me to explain m'self about why I like something about a ship, or how I feel about anything in particular about a couple, etc.)

Alternately ask me the same thing about liking/disliking specific characters or general series.

After my initial reaction of, oh HELLS NO, I've come to the following conclusion. It's not so much the idea of a live-action Avatar that horrifies. It's the Hollywoodness of it.

It's not like other manga/anime haven't made decent enough live action versions. But those versions were never dumbed down for their audience, and their producers got it. Live action alone isn't a toxic medium. (Though seriously, magic kung fu animated? Cool. CGI-ed to death? Probably going to be bad no matter what).

But I think we're going to end up with a product that's more Eragon and less, uh, Crouching Tigers, Hidden Dragon in style. Avatar was such a non-commercial show for the most part (it was more about the story than the trading cards if you get my drift), that I don't think people in Hollywood will get it. And I really don't understand why Nick would want to mess with their franchaise this early.

Not to mention the casting. I maintain there is no way they will do this correctly. No way. The cast would have to be entirely non-white if they wanted to follow the show. Given the age range of the characters, they would mostly be non-white unknowns. Do you know any studios that would bank on that? There's a reason why even "Memoirs of a Geisha" ended up with name-branded Chinese actresses in the main roles.

Just saying.

And if they pull the "color-blind casting" card, I'll puke. Seriously.

ETA: Final thought; this really doesn't affect me either way I guess. The only thing I'll go livid over, is if there is any compromise of the original product because of this.

ETAA: Also, this was probably released to trump the other "Avatar" movie, in a battle for the name-rights. I doubt it'll happen for awhile. And I'd like to hear from Mike and Bryan on this.

From tricianna: Live Action Movie Avatar

I seriously think that he was a one-hit wonder director, and that this is a terrible, no good, very bad idea.

If there needed to be a movie, it should have been an animated one. With Mike and Bryan at the helm.

Opinions?

To say I'm not interested in the 7th and final Harry Potter book would be a lie. I am interested...after all, this was the series that took the book publishing world by storm. And I do want to know what happens to Harry and crew in canon. But after the disappointment of HBP, it's more of a morbid curiosity, and a desire to mock further. How will she reunite Harry and Ginny? Will it be just as gag-inducing as HBP?

To be frank, it's fresh fodder I'm after.

I'm not going to pay for it mind. It's either library, borrow from a friend, or stand in the bookstore and read in bits for me. My curiosity is not worth around $17 US.

I can't possibly be the only one waiting for the seventh book in such a twisted sort of manner. A small part of me wants to create a deathly hallows LJ comm similar to hbp_wtf to prepare for it, but it's HP fandom, and I just don't hate myself that much.

Title: A Knight's Tale
Fandom: Code Geass
Characters/Pairings: Cornelia/Gilbert
Rating: PG-13? Nothing explicit, but um, they are uh, 'together' together. Yes, I am a prude. Shuddup. (But seriously, nothing worse than what you'd see at a teen flick)
Disclaimer: Me own nothing. Sunrise own everything.
Summary: The story of a Princess and her Knight. It is not a fairy tale.

( There will never be a happily ever after... )

I haven't written so much fic for a long long time. I knew Code Geass would be a good fandom, fic-wise, for me, but I thought I'd be writing for completely different characters.

Title: A Little Princess
Fandom: Code Geass
Character: Euphemia-centric. Some slight slight slight slight Suzaku/Euphemia if you are inclined to see it.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Sunrise owns all.
Summary: Euphemia is the third Princess of Britannia. Snapshots of her life before the series starts. Spoilers till episode 11.

For all those in fandom who think that Euphie rocks, and for a_white_rain, dragonsquee and tempest_arashi who told me to do it. And who will have to review it since I named them! HA!

( Once upon a time, a Princess was born... )

( Fic notes. IE; I hate writing in open canon. Long. Feel free to skip. )

I recently bought the "The End; NANA starring Mika Nakashima" CD. It's supposedly Mika's first and final NANA album (as opposed to the single albums....this one complies all the songs she's done as "Nana". I hope Olivia does one of these for her Reira songs, although I couldn't find a CD of hers anywhere...I did find the "Truth" single album, but truth be told, I think 'Endless Story' was much better. This time around, "One Color" beats out "Truth" for me).

Anyway, I thought the following pictures were neat, and might be of interest to the icon makers on my flist, since I haven't seen the manga drawn pic scanned by anyone else.

( So it doesn't warp your friends page )