Bellflower's Domain

xxxHOLiC 195

2009-12-26T14:29:35Z

My initial reaction is: WTF.

Watanuki is a manwhore, haha. God, even Yuuko didn't go around kissing shop clients, and she's, like, the queen of sexy teasing. Argh, if this were RP, everyone would be flaming the OOCness of that Watanuki by now. Ah well, at least I'm super amused at the raging comments from the Dou/Wata fans.

Also, CLAMP doesn't know how to draw kisses, apparently. I wanna say "I don't blame them, kisses are a pain to draw", but they get paid for that, so screw compassion. GO LEARN HOW TO DRAW KISSES, CLAMP.

Also, Mokona is more and more hyper by the chapter. Which is probably a means to outbalance the rest. Poor Mokona.

Aaaaaaaaalso. Still no sign of Himawari. Where is Himawari? ;_;

Ah, well. While I'm at it, have a meme~

ROLE PRAISE
♡♥ my thread! ♥♡

Doctor Who - The End of Time

2009-12-26T04:40:55Z

Omg idek where to start.

No, scratch that.

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH CLAMP IN MY WHO?

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY. First we have Harriet Jones returning from the dead (?) and going "there is no such a thing as a coincidence" and I'm like "whoa, the dead lady is stealing Yuuko's line!" AND YES I DO REALIZE THE NO COINCIDENCES THING IS NOT CLAMP-EXCLUSIVE, but then they had to go and add that bit about the Doctor's "inevitable fate" and I'm like OKAY IT'S HITSUZEN I GET IT.

And then that Joshua guy and his daughter and "I want her never to die" and I'm like WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFF EVERYONE EVER HAS A PROBLEM WITH DEATH AND SCREWING THE UNIVERSE IS PERFECTLY OKAY. And then, of course, the ending with all those Masters. I'm like WEEEEEEEEEEE THE CLONES ARE BACK!

Seriously. This is a sign that I need to write those Who/HOLiC crossovers yesterday. Especially that angsty one with Yuuko and the Doctor discussing their upcoming deaths. I NEED TO WRITE IT SO BADLY, AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH.

But anyway. On to the actual episode.

Just when we think it can't get any more dramatic, ~~Ohkawa~~ Rusty surprises us. By the end of the episode, I was gaping so badly - first with the Master race (and the multiple Masters being all lulzy) and then the Timelords returning and I didn't know whether to be astounded or just laugh my ass off with the Master's good ol antics.

And speaking of the Master. Was I the only one who got pretty scared of him at first? I mean, back in third season, he was a vicious psycho but also lulzy, yet in the beginning of the special, he was just a vicious psycho. With odd powers to boot. It was scary, but I liked it still. It's hopeless, really; I love the Master. |DDD Or maybe it's just that John Simm is bloody brilliant. Or maybe it's both. Idk. THANKFULLY, he went back to lulzy mode by the end. Lol, the master in a dress. XDDD

... also. Um. When the Master was telling the Doctor to listen to the drumming in his head and held his face. I thought they were going to kiss. And I was partially hoping they would. |DDD WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME.

AND AS FOR THE DOCTOR. I cried when he told Donna's grandfather that he was going to die, and that even though he could regenerate, it still felt like dying. He's been through that nine times already, the poor thing. And yes, I'll admit it was partially because dead Ten = bye bye Tennant (lol bad pun?) and yeah. I don't want him to go. ;_;

Aaaaaaalso. Donna is as awesome as ever. And she is so dead, isn't she?

Aaaaanyhoo. It's late and I must go to bed. And plot those crossover fics in my dreams. And while I'm at it, I'll go do some pimping and BEG MY F-LIST TO GIVE/FIND ME A DOCTOR AND/OR A MASTER FOR ANY OF THE GAMES I'M IN. IF YOU DO IT, I'LL HAVE YOUR ALIEN BABIES, I SWEAR. ;_;

Also. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, lovelies. ♥

Baaaawwww. ;_;

2009-12-20T14:56:45Z

AAAAAAAAAAAH, THE COVER OF XXXHOLiC 16. AND BY COVER I MEAN THE WHOLE THING. FHDJKF THAT LOOK ON WATAFACE. AND THE IMAGERY. AND AND. YUUUUUUUKOOOOOOOOO. ;___;

ALSO CLAMP. DON'T THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT RED THREAD LINKING THE TWO. STOP WITH THE AWFUL HINTING ALREADY BECAUSE I REALLY REALLY HATE WHERE THIS IS GOING. DDDDDDDX

A-also. They added a few extra pages there. A bunch of pretty butterflies and smokey background. I baww'ed.

/breathes

Anyway. I'm procrastinating already. And I have a pretty time-consuming list of stuff to do today:

Write Christmas cards at long last;
Get some activity going, RP-wise. Especially Discedo;
... work on that that event aftermath post for Midian, while I'm at it;
Write Christmas drabbles to go with the cards;
Finish wrapping Christmas presents;

And even though this is listed in order of priority, I'm pretty sure I won't follow that. |D At least I'll try to keep the Christmas cards short this year?

RP meme~

2009-12-17T01:21:21Z

K I S S OR T E L L
The Mistletoe with a Twist Meme
~*~Part Deux~*~

Yuuko's thread~

I'll update this post later, in case I throw in any more characters. For now, go poke her, go /o/

Plushie picspam!

2009-12-16T14:42:47Z

As promised, here's some picspam of my ~extensive~ plushie collection! ♥

Ta-da! My aaaaarmy! *A* Ffff that last one is a cell phone pic, as I only later realized I had totally forgotten about that shelf and then got too lazy to go fetch the camera again. |D

Anyway! You can't really see in those pictures because of the angle (high shelves + short Ruby = bad combination) but there are 2-3 rows of plushies on each shelf. Sometimes four. It was hell to stuff them all up there. And the sad part is that I keep wanting to buy more, ahaha. |DDD

And now for some of my lulziest plushies!

This is Fantinho, the Coca Cola... elephant. Yes, children, that's what too much soda will do to you. And what's with the life-guard thing, anyway? "Hi, I just saved your life, now have some Coke and be haaa~aappy! ♥" Idk, I just always found this one super lulzy and cute. Also, the name comes from a short version of "little elephant" in Portuguese. My naming capabilities, lemme show you.

Pair of kitties! The grey one I bought for myself, and the striped one I got from kuro_senseibr a good while ago. These two happened by accident; as I was trying to find some space for them up there, I temporarily left them on my desktop and... idk. The striped one looks like it's throwing itself all over the other one, like it was all tired and stuff - and it kind of is, what with the half-lidded eyes. So yeah, thought it was cute and left them there. |D These two are nameless, though, so I'm taking suggestions~

Another accidental moment! Since they're at the very edge of the shelf and clinging to each other, it looks like the one on the left is going all "aaaaaaah don't let me fall, don't let me fall!11". Which is funny because the one on the right is actually in a more dangerous place. And the whole thing gets plain hilarious when you realize the super scared one is actually the male dog. Haha, my OTP patterns follow me even in plushie land. XD I TAKE NAMES FOR THESE TWO, AS WELL.

Turtles! There's nothing incredibly special about them and they're actually pretty tine, but... they're so dhsjkhksaj cuuuuuute. ;__; And I'm tempted to name them "Squirtle-chan" and "Shellshocker-chan", though only Lau will get the RP references. XD

This is Syaoran. Yes, Syaoran, the puppy. tsukioka_su named this one, blame her. XD And the lazy thing is all sprawled out on my printer, but it looks so cute there. ♥ I need to get him a Sakura. ;;

And these bunnies right here are Clow and Yuuko~! Surrounded by my Mokona army ~~and a four-eyed doll that Yuuko is not very happy Clow is standing next to~~~! This is because Tsu named a couple of her plushies "Fay" and "Kurogane" and told me I should get a pair of my own and name them Clow and Yuuko. Aaaaand since I apparently have a tradition of naming bunnies after my OTPs (I have a pair named Kitana and Liu Kang, and a threesome that goes by Kikyou, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha |DD) then yeah. Love them, they're cute. ♥

... also, is it only me, or does Clow look like he's having ideas (there's this ~glint~ in his eyes and all!) and Yuuko is just too busy with her carrot to care? XD

Aaaaand that's it for now! I still have the bigger ones that I haven't properly unpacked, but there will be pictures later. ♥

I liiiiiiiiive~~

2009-12-15T15:35:19Z

OMG HI DEAR F-LIST OF MINE HOW HAVE YOU BEEEEEEEEN? ♥♥♥

No, seriously. I haven't checked you in a while. Or written anything. And don't even get me started on RP tags. O HAY THERE, SANTA-SAN. I WANTED A TARDIS FOR CHRISTMAS, NOT A BUSY LIFE. Now I need a time-stopping ~~wizard~~ device. ;_;

Thing is. The rest of the new furniture finally arrived, so I'm going everywhere trying to get things into place again. And that means carrying around a lot of heavy boxes and breaking my back. And that means less computer time because, by the time I'm done for the day, I just want to lie down and pass out from exhaustion. Which sucks because my brain is still working and I want to tag/post/write fic and my body just won't cooperate. Which is... very, very weird. Ah well.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE. My plushie army is now properly taking up half the wall - seriously, two and a half shelves worth of plushies. Plus a few that are too big to go on the shelves, so they stay on my bed. Aaaaand a few others taking up some of my desk space. It's beautiful. *A* Expect plushie picspam later~~

BUT YEAH, POINT OF THIS ENTRY. TELL ME HOW YOU'VE BEEN, F-LIST. I MISS YOU. ;_;

That time of the year~

2009-12-07T14:58:33Z

Omai. It's December already. Time for a

HOLIDAY CARD EXCHANGE~! ♥

You should know the drill by now, but in case you don't, here's the deal! If you'd like to get a card from me, please to be responding to this post with your address and, if not your real name for safety/whatever reasons, an alias people know you by so the card will actually get to your hands. If you want to actually exchange cards, let me know so I can send you my address.

Also. The screened post is the same as last year, so if you can see your comment there, then obviously I already have your address and you can just comment on this here post instead. o/ Unless you have moved, in which case I'll need your current one. |DD

And finally, if you'd like fic to go with your card, ~~go ask Rhap-chan I suck at this fic business~~ leave me a character/pairing from any fandom I know and I'll try to whip up a drabble. Try being the keyword here, so I make no promises. If you don't get one, it doesn't mean I don't love you, only that the muse was uncooperative. ;;

Aaaaaah! A

2009-12-04T15:51:23Z

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH, THAT IS SO CUTE AND LULZY. SANTA!DOCTOOOOOOOOR. ♥♥♥

Aaaah, I can't wait until the Christmas special is out! I mean, it'll be pretty sad to see Tennant go, but the Master's return will make up for it. And I need more Who in my life so I can ~~plot evil plots~~ be a happy fangirl, eee~! ♥

Meme-ness /o/

2009-12-03T16:38:40Z

THE FANFICTION LOVE MEME

Because I've been doing a lot of that these days. |D

I can has new journal?

2009-11-29T17:53:39Z

No, I'm not actually moving journals or anything. Or at least not my personal journal. I rather like this one.

However, after last night's sleep-induced spam (I should totally follow rhap_chan 's rule to never post after 3AM, fff) , I realized I don't do writing-related ramblings nearly as often as I'd like And that's mostly because I don't want to bother my f-list even more so than I already do, haha. Really, I think only a few of my LJ friends are interested in writing (as a hobby in general, that is) and would actually understand/relate to/care about my rants. That and, well, put up with my merciless spam ~~and my shameless egocentricity.~~

And then I suddenly thought of a perfect journal name, too, and so it was decided: afictionada will be my writing ramblings journal! ♥

Seriously, perfect, perfect username and I was surprised it wasn't taken already. It's a pun with the Spanish word aficionado (a person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a usually fervently pursued interest or activity) inflected as a female noun and, well, fiction, of course. I love my brain sometimes. ♥

So, if you're curious about what goes through my mind as I write my stuff, my random plotbunnies or the things I'm actually planning to work on in the near future - and given you can handle the spam, of course |DD - feel free to add it! It will probably be semi-locked, for the sake of keeping my original ideas known only to my trusty people. Not that I think they're actually worth stealing but, hey, it never hurts to take safety measures.

ALSO. I'm going to need some writing-related icons. Oh wise f-list of mine, can you point me to a few~? ♥

eeeeeeeeee~~

2009-11-29T04:59:23Z

ffffffff 31_days . why do you make it clow/yuuko month and inspire me to write just when everyone is doing nanowrimo and they neglect yoooooouuuuuu?

i mean. the top two posts in the comm are mine. same pairing. same lameness. i feel like a dirty spammer, eeeeeeee.

and now i'm spamming the flist, eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~~ /spams like a dirty spammer

also, i'm not capitalizing words. you know what this means? i'm up and blogging too late in the night again. but i had to fiiiiiinish this because eeeeeeeeee it's clow/yuuko moooooonth~~~~~~~~ ♥

/goes to sleep now, promise

fffff XD

2009-11-26T13:17:41Z

Just a while ago, I was listening to I Can't Decide and my grandmother came in to tell me she loved the song~~!

... I can't stop laughing now.

MAY SHE NEVER ASK WHAT THE LYRICS MEAN. GOD, THE LYRICS. THIS IS MY "I AM RAGING MAD AND WANT TO KILL SOMEONE YET CYNICALLY PRETEND TO BE FINE AND CHEERY" SONG FOR A REASON. XD

Seriously, though. Can't stop laughing.

Icon is highly appropriate.

2009-11-22T00:02:45Z

Re: I watched Inuyasha - Kanketsu-hen episode 08.

;____________;

JDSDJFKJFL GODDAMN I SWEAR I CRIED A RIVER ALL OVER AGAIN. THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY KIKYOU DEATHS I CAN TAKE. And trust me, if we count the manga and the anime, she dies a whole lot.

BUT SERIOUSLY. WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO LOOK ALL PEACEFUL AND JFGJDKLJDL CUTE WHEN SHE'S DYING, WHYYYYYYY. MY POOR HEART. ;_____;

As for the episode itself, well. It was rushed as always, but when you're trying to fit 30+ manga volumes into 26 anime episodes, it's pretty understandable. The important parts were kept, though, and Kikyou's final chapter was animated panel by panel - they even threw in a new scene that wasn't originally in the manga, so Kikyou could say goodbye to her little sister who actually looks decades older than her. Ahaha what's with me and the dead ladies who never age.

... also, now that I think about it. Kikyou once said that Time doesn't move for the dead. Which bears an odd resemblance to a certain witch I know. DAMN YOU, OHKAWA, STOP ~~SMOKING CRACK~~ DRINKING TEA WITH THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY FANDOMS. DDDX

A-and. I know it's been forever and this would be the most time-consuming canon-review of the history of ever, but. I kind of want to play as Kikyou again. SOMEONE GIVE ME INUYASHA CHARACTERS TO PLAY AGAINST, RIGHT NOW. Especially Naraku. I know I'm a sucker for villains with emotional motives, but. But. DAMMIT I CRIED WHEN HE DIED. ~~Even though he kinda killed my favorite character ahaha I'm so fucked up.~~ Also, have I mentioned he has a dazzling evil smile~?

Oh, well. Guess I'll have to settle with fic, unless my ~*~awesome f-list~*~ provides me a nice little cast~ /stares at certain people

ETA: OMG WTF SOMEONE RESERVED KAGOME AT DISCEDO A WHILE AFTER I POSTED THIS ENTRY. IT'S A SIIIIIIIGN.

Doctor Who - Waters of Mars

2009-11-20T17:23:05Z

Commenting as I watch it so I won't break from the habit! /o/

--
Captain: State your name, rank and intention.
Doctor: The Doctor; doctor; fun.

GOD I HAD MISSED THIS. XDDDDDDDD
--

Bawwww, historical moments, a point fixed in time. The Doctor can't help them. ;;
--

Ahaha, Gadget makes for the perfect lift. And the controller looks like he's getting zapped. XD
--

L-lol, the Doctor saves the robot, too. ROBOTS HAVE ~FEELINGS~
--

Doctor: ... Right. I should leave. It's fine with me. I should leave. No point in checking the ice field, no point at all.

/waits

/waaaaits

AAAAADELAAAAAAAAAAAAAIDE!!!!! /runs to the rescue

He's such a softy. ;;
--

... the Dalek spared chibi!Adelaide? Omai.
--

Poor Doctor, standing there and watching. AND HE KNOWS THOSE PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE. ;_;
--

"Your death creates the future."

... must feel nice, having to tell someone that. ;___; /pets the Doctor
--

... the Doctor came back. And he's not supposed to interfere.

EVERYONE IS STUPID! \O/
--

"We're not just fighting the flood! We're fighting Time itself! AND I'M GONNA WIN!"

... seriously, everyone is stupid. /unpets :|
--

So basically I loved the episode, though the ending got me icon-facing at the Doctor. You've gone too far, Mr. Time Lord Victorious.

BUT YAY, THE MASTER. :DDDDDDDDD

Eeee~

2009-11-20T15:19:48Z

M-my internet.

IT LIVES~! ♥♥♥

And to celebrate this great feat, I come with xxxHOLiC 193 comments~! Yeah, yeah, I'm still reading this thing.

So. CLAMP is all about pulling cheap shots and this time they gave us the one thing that makes Rou!Watanuki even remotely alike the good ol' Watanuki I ~~used to~~ love: the emo moments. He's stupid and I really don't like how he's trying to become Yuuko, but he still breaks my heart.

Also, we learn that he does have more powers than just seeing ghosts, though those powers have been sealed by Yuuko. It does make a lot more sense, seeing as he's Sakura and Syaoran's alternate son and a descendant of Clow, but now fandom is going all up in arms at the possibility of FWR being an afterimage of Watanuki's wish and I'm just. No. No, dammit, no. I don't care how messed up TRC is and how the timeloop seems to Explain Everything; considering FWR was second in power only to Clow himself and how the Official Expositor of Things Left Unexplained (re: Fay) has said his true character was destroyed, then it feels more reasonable to assume he was a part of Clow, not Watanuki. Even if Wataface eventually reveals his true power, it seems no Clow-descendant can ever be stronger than The Man himself, and therefore could never spawn someone like FWR.

That, and I'm really, really hoping they won't mess with Watanuki any further. Clow has a history of being convoluted, so it's easier to deal with his being so fucked up.

Also, THERE WAS YUUKO. GOD I MISSED HER AND SHE LOOKED SO PRETTY AND PEACEFUL AND STUFF. ;_; And she's like the new Clow or something, in the sense people talk about her and she's not there anymore but CLAMP will still randomly throw in an image or two. And it feels horrible. I mean, with Clow? He was never seen alive in any of the series he's involved with, so that's fine. But Yuuko? As much as I expected her to die, I was pretty sure it would happen by the end of the manga and then there wouldn't be any of this. Bawwww.

Which reminds me. In a more lulzy note, I think I'll start referring to Clow, FWR and Watanuki as Pining-for-Yuuko #1, Pining-for-Yuuko #2 and Pining-for-Yuuko #3 respectively. Seriously, they're all obsessed with the woman.

... I think I should be Pining-for-Yuuko #4.

8DDD;

2009-11-19T03:51:10Z

GUISE, GUISE.

I JUST MADE MY MOM WATCH THE FIRST EPISODE OF NEW WHO WITH ME.

AND NOW SHE WANTS TO WATCH THE REST.

8DDDDDDDDD;;

BE PROUD OF ME, MY FELLOW WHO GEEKS.

Meme!

2009-11-10T14:25:21Z

- Comment with the character's personality traits that you think are also mine;
-You can comment only on the ones whose canon you know, or according to the way you see them through our interactions;
- \o/
- ???
- PROFIT.

I. Currently played:
1. Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHOLiC/TRC)
2. (Clone) Princess Sakura (TRC)
3. Mokona Soel Modoki (TRC)
4. Jack Sparrow (PotC)
5. Enma Ai (Jigoku Shoujo)
6. Nakuru Akizuki/Ruby Moon (CCS)
7. Renge Houshakuji (Ouran)

II. Previously played:
1. Sakura Kinomoto (CCS)
2. Clow Reed (... er. CLAMP)
3. Kikyou (Inuyasha)

III. Played at Fourth Wall Event:
1. Himawari Kunogi (xxxHOLiC)

I can see things in common between three of my muses there. 8DDD; I don't think I have anything in common with teeny!Sakura, though. ALSO, I DON'T CARE IF WE'VE NEVER PLAYED TOGETHER. DO EEEEET. /o/

/goes back to writing

Write, write, write!

2009-11-09T14:03:31Z

I think the spirit of NaNoWriMo has caught up with me or something! Over the course of one week, I've written all of three fics - and even though it doesn't sound like a lot, it's more than I sometimes write in a whole month, so yeah. DO NOT RAIN ON MY PARADE. :|

All three of them were of the cheesy/angsty/cheesy angst variety, though, so I'm. Pretty sick of that at the moment. 8DD; AND IT DOESN'T HELP THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE SUGGESTED ANGSTY PROMPTS, EITHER, SO I'M STUCK WITH A LOT OF THAT. But I still want to write silly/lulzy fic for those two, and I've been struck by one of my sudden bolts of inspiration again and I got a few ideas, so yay! ♥

... except now I can't seem to make up my mind about which one to write first, either. |DDD; Oddly enough, one of the fics I'm in the mood for writing is pretty bittersweet, sob.There's no escaping, is there?

ANYWAY. HELP ME, F-LIST KENOBI. Pick a number from 1 to 3, and that will be the one I write first. There's silly!fic, crack!fic and angst!fic there, but I'm not telling you which one is which. RANDOM IS THE WAY TO GO. :DDDb

Maybe by the end of this week, the gigantenormous list of doom can downsize to double digits! Double digits would be nice. *__*''

/off to do homework in the meantime

Laaaaaaau~~

2009-11-07T23:27:36Z

Todavia no he logrado terminar tu regalo, así que te vas a quedar con un ~~dibujo terriblemente mal hecho en unos tantos minutos~~ Suppi borracho y una Nakuru ~~ev0l~~ ~*~completamente inocente~*~ mientras lo hago. Prontito lo tendrás. ;;

Que tengas un gran día y que comas muchos dulces y que te diviertas mucho y que todos tus deseos se conviertan en realidad. Pero solo porque no eres Clow y no debes tener ningun deseo peligroso, ¿verdad? Te adoro muchísimo. ♥♥♥

Y como dice la tradición, mis mensajes son siempre muy cortitos. |DDD AL ESPAÑOL NO LE GUSTAN LAS RUBYS. ;_;

Writing woes.

2009-11-05T14:02:01Z

Sob, why is it that just when I decide to catch up on my gigantenormous fic writing project, half the prompt list for 31_days reminds me of the pairing I'm supposed to be writing for? DDDDDDX

jfdklsjfkd idk. Combining prompts is go? AND MAYBE THAT WILL MOTIVATE ME TO ACTUALLY WRITE A FIC A DAY. ~~yeah right~~

Also, CLAMP. Give me my ability to write silly/lulzy fic back. Seriously, your over the top ways killed it. And most of the fics I already have ideas for are either angsty, cheesy or cheesy angst. Bittersweet at most. WHERE IS THE LULZ, I NEED THE LULZ.

/goes back to writing

~~hi f-list how have you been~~

Shiny old fandoms~!

2009-10-25T19:32:05Z

I was browsing through my old fandoms the other day (the other day = when TRC ended) and I came to realize Yuu Watase is probably the mangaka that has disappointed me the least. And by that I mean there's very, very little disappointment there.

I mean. While she pretty much only writes Shoujo and that's not my favorite kind of story, she manages to write an interesting (yet not overly convoluted) overarching plot that keeps me hooked. Plus, she has a gorgeous drawing style, and yet manages to deliver her monthly chapters without any delay or neverending breaks (HELLO CLAMP). And she may have gotten carried away with Fushigi Yuugi, but the rest of her series are neither too long not too short; they're just the right size, really.

And on a more selfish note, SHE GIVES ME FANSERVICE. :| I mean, in Fushigi Yuugi, my OTP was pretty much the main villain and one of his "assistants", so obviously the story wasn't focused on them-- yet when the series ended, these series of novels were realeased, featuring the group of villains and elaborating on their past. It gets even better with Ayashi no Ceres, as my OTP is similar to Clow/Yuuko - in the sense that They Started It All and yet Rarely Show Up In the actual story. But then they got a shiny one-shot just for them and it features their past together and it's jfklsdjflks drop-dead gorgeous and full of shiny fanservice and it makes Ruby very happy, oh yes it does. *A* ♥♥♥

And since I very recently found the scans, I'll be nice and share~! SO GO DOWNLOAD AND READ IT. IT'S PRETTY SHORT AND BEAUTIFUL AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ THE ACTUAL MANGA TO UNDERSTAND IT AND IF YOU DON'T I'LL BE SAD THAT NO ONE EVER READS MY RECS. ~~emotional blackmail what is that~~ Also, the Ruby appeal factor (aka angst, tragedy and death) only comes later and there's barely a vague reference to it in the one-shot, so it's mostly ~~cheesy~~ happy. :DDb AND AND. Here's Ayashi no Ceres' theme song, too, for those music lovers out there. It's absolutely gorgeous, too. ♥

Aaaaand while I'm at it, I'll make a public announcement and sell my soul to CLAMP. That is to say, if they ever give me a shiny one-shot like that and it actually tells us what the fuck was up with Clow and Yuuko (and possibly FWR), I swear I'll read every single series they've ever written and every single series they have yet to write/finish, back to back. HOWEVER, here's the fine print: they have to do it exactly like that Ayashi no Ceres one-shot, with the exact same kind of fanservice. If you wanna know what kind of ~special fanservice~ this is, go download it. 8DDDb

So, yeah. YOU CAN STILL BUY A FAN BACK, CLAMP. JUST PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT. :DDb

RP things~

2009-10-24T21:42:27Z

To make up for the crappy real life post from before, here's some happy roleplay stuff~! ♥

First and foremost, I GOT MY WATANUKI AT DISCEDO~~! ♥♥♥ And yes, my cheerfulness might come off as weird to anyone who knows how much I dislike this whole xxxHOLiC Rou deal, but. This is the cute and flaily and adorable and I wanted to say "not!stupid" but this is Clow-people we're talking about here so less-stupid Watanuki that I've always loved, so I'm haaaaaappy~! Although I'll admit, playing against a post-Yuuko!death Watanuki might've been a fun experience, if only for the awkward tiemz. Clearly, I don't put my characters through enough torture. |DD

Still in Disco news, I'm surprised at the sheer amount of people who have replied to my permissions post! I mean, I expected a few characters, yes, but the permissions form was kinda longish and I'm pretty much the only one benefitting from it, so players didn't really have all that much motivation to reply. Despite all that, I think we're down to 40-50 characters so far-- that's a friggin' lot of people enabling my metagaming o__o! Waah, discedians are so nice and helpful! ;; ♥

As for Con-chan, OMFG WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THE AMAZING NPC'S XDDD? Really, "The Fangirl", "The Cosplayer", "The Parents"-- if you've ever been to an anime convention, you know these are all very realistic "characters" prone to show up at any given time. Fun plottings must be plotted~~ And I still say we need a Renge over there; she'd pwn the Fangirl NPC anytime.

Also, I was very pleasantly surprised to find doumeki playing Touya over there! /waves at Sherri~ And of course, now I'm tempted to bring in either Nakuru or Sakura because I'VE NEVER PLAYED AGAINST A TOUYA AS EITHER OF THEM AND THAT IS PLAIN SACRILEGIOUS. It's kinda funny how I claim I'll leave CLAMP fandom, yet I keep getting the urge to play old school!CLAMP characters WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME. DDDDX /enables ~certain people~ in the f-list to join tiny but growing CLAMP cast~~~~

Aaaaand last but certainly not least, MIDIAN FOURTHWALL THINGY IS COMING, EEEEEEEE~~~ I still need to make that other post to work out the last details and stuff, I know, but I'm being lazy. |DDD I'LL TRY TO GET TO IT LATER TONIGHT, PROMISE.

/happily scampers off~~

Eeee. =___=

2009-10-23T14:11:15Z

Dear body,

Are we done being sick now? Really, it's been a week already, and I'm getting pretty tired of the on-and-off sickness. Getting better from that cold/sore throat only to be struck with killing stomach aches right afterward is especially annoying, you know. What's next? More fever? Migraines?

I am utterly amused to see my medication has opium in it, though-- in very, very small doses, yes, but still. And it kind of tastes like alcohol, too. I suppose there's a reason why they warn you to not take more than 160 drops a day. |DDD ~~...hmmm.~~

Ah, well. At least today I feel well enough to actually sit upright for longer than an hour. That's progress! /o/

/drags self to do some long due catching up with everything ever

No love ~~because, really, I don't wanna kill you,~~

~Ruby

Because I promised I'd post this. 8D

2009-10-18T13:10:34Z

So, while on MSN last night, I had this interesting exchange with Lau. AND NOW I KNOW HER ~*~REAL NAME~*~

(01:33) Ruby: I'M SEME HERE. =|
(01:34) Laura: WELL TOO BAD. I'VE TOLD YOU A MILLION TIMES I'M NOT UKE
(01:34) Ruby: YOU'RE. LESS!SEME, THEN.
(01:34) Laura: I'm not seme either. SEME AND UKE HAVE NO MEANING TO ME
(01:35) Laura: I'M LAU PERIOD
(01:35) Ruby: OKAY THEN YOU'RE JUST TOPPABLE.
(01:35) Laura: ... see, *that* makes sense to me XD
(01:35) Ruby: ... Lau Period. XD;
(01:35) Laura: ...........................................
(01:35) Laura: CLEARLY IT IS BEDTIME FOR ME ALREADY

I was LOL'ing at that for the rest of the night, too. AND YES, I'M EVIL FOR POSTING THIS AND I DON'T CARE. ♥

Also, on a slightly unrelated note, I went to bed after three in the morning, got up at nine-something and feel oddly awake despite having had little sleep. I do not understand my body. :o

What I do understand is that I'm getting a fever from my sore throat. Yeeeeeey.

Meme~!

2009-10-12T16:03:02Z

~ Leave me a comment saying SOMETHING RANDOM, AS LONG AS IT'S IN CAPS.
~ I'll respond by asking you five (or so) questions so I can get to know you better.
~ Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
~ Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.

1. What sparked your first interest in CLAMP?
CCSakura, definitely. I think it was one of the first fandoms I ever really got into-- as in, writing fanfic for and stuff. The alias I go by until today, "Ruby", is totally because of Nakuru/Ruby Moon, my favorite female(?) character at the time and the one I could relate to the most I HAVE NO IDEA WHY. 8D Little-known fact: on my first round of CCS, I used to fangirl over Yue; it was only after the 348535th round or so that Yue was left aside and the fangirlish love moved on to Clow. |DDb My OMGGGG CLAAAAMP interest only came later, though, with TRC and xxxHOLiC-- in that order-- and then I went back and read a good portion of their works. It helped that their most popular series were all released over here, ffffff.

2. If you had to be stuck in one part of the world, never to leave, where would you be?
Somewhere with snow. Preferably mountains, but it could be the North/South Pole, for all I care. It would probably be a very short-lived stay because my health issues say the extreme cold would kill me, BUT I'D DIE A HAPPY DEATH. :|b

3. Is there a song you could put on repeat for hours on end and not get sick of it?
... there are many, in fact. XD I DO THAT A LOT, OKAY. Let's see, there's Sotsugyou by Tackey and Tsubasa (fff Tsubasa), Scarlet II by Iwao Junko, and currently the repeat option is being abused by I Can't Decide by The Scissor Sisters and Enma Ai, from the Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae OST. Just to name a few. |D

4. What's something you've always wanted to try, be it an activity, a food, or anything?
Go skiing. Because of all the shiny snow. Can you tell I'm a snow-deprived child? ;_;

5. Did you have any childhood heroes? If so, who and why were they your hero?
Um, I used to watch this Japanese tokusatsu named Juspion/Jaspion, the Justice Champion, and I totally loved him. I guess I was an otaku since my early childhood or something, idk. XD Funny fact: my love killed people even as a child, and then years later I watched it again and my love killed someone else. Yay?

01. How can you be simultaneously so innocent and so devious?
I'm a ~~schizo~~ ~~weirdo~~ ~~bipolar~~ ~~CLAMP character~~ ~~all of the above~~ very complicated Ruby. I have this childish, bubbly, happy-go-lucky side and this dark, angsty side that not-so-secretly hates the world. And then I have my third half(?) that is obnoxiously determined and wants to take over this dreaded world and make it into a happy-go-luckier place. |D IT'S ALSO WHERE MY CUTE AND SCARY WAYS COME FROM. ♥

02. Let's say you could be born again - everything the same, except the where. Where would you choose to be born if given a do-over?
ffff I was talking about that just the other day. XD I think I'd want to be born somewhere in Europe. Possibly France or Italy because of the pretty languages, the delicious food (and the inability to go fat that the French have apparently been blessed with!) and because they're the very best when it comes to fashion. And I'm such a whore for fashion. AND THEY HAVE COLD WEATHER, TOO. ♥

03. What do you think Christmas in a Can would taste/smell like? Would it vary from region to region?
I think it would vary from person to person, actually. :o Idk, Christmas has different meanings for different people, so it would probably taste and smell differently, too. BUT THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE SO AMAZING ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN A CAN. ♥

04. Do you ever paint your nails? If so, what colors? If not... um. Why not?
Occasionaly, mostly when I have a fancy party to go to, or when I'm in a cosplay that pretty much requires painted nails-- re: Yuuko. As for what colors, it depends on the occasion: if it's cosplay, I'll go with darker tones, but otherwise, I usually go with French manicure. It's so cute. ♥

05. What is your opinion on coffee? Yay or nay? Flavored? Plain? Latte? Cappuccino? Cold? Hot? Froth? Expensive? Cheap? WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
I'm not a huge fan of coffee, but I do like it occasionally-- my mother is the coffee-addict in the house, though. And I don't really have a favorite type? I mean, as long as it's not too strong, it's all god with me. Oh, cappuccino is a good choice, too!

ALSO, GUYS. I feel like writing, but I'm too lazy to work on the longer fics I have in mind, so. Pick a number from 1-108 so I can go drabble-happy, will you? ♥