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Title: Complete Badasses
Fandom: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle
Genre: CRACK/silliness.
Summary: After the end of Tsubasa, Kurogane and Fai ponder that one great question - Who or what could possibly be more badass than them?
Notes: Stupidity, footnotes and flanderization, ahoy! Don't take it too seriously.
Disclaimer: If I was CLAMP, I wouldn't write anything this silly.
Words: 235

( Without further ado... )

1) Post a list of up to 20 books/movies/anime/TV shows/video games/bands [fannish etc.] that you've had an obsessive fannish love or interest in at some time in your life.
2) Have your f-list guess your favourite character/member from each item.
3) When someone guesses correctly, strike through the item and put the name of your favorite character next to it.

1. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles - Kurogane witchy_elphaba
2. Loveless
3. Discworld
4. Persona 4
5. Raidou Kuzunoha versus the Soulless Army
6. Good Omens - Aziraphale m_a_foxfire
7. Phoenix Wright
8. xxxHolic
9. The Book of Lost Things
10. Dinosaurs (Dinosaurs are totally a fandom.)
11. Tales of Symphonia
12. Okami - Amaterasu m_a_foxfire
13. Legend of Zelda - Link m_a_foxfire
14. Greek Mythology!
15. QI
16. Golden Sun
17. Metal Gear Solid - Snake m_a_foxfire (But there are MOAR.)
18. The Farseer Trilogy
19. Arashi no Yoru Ni - Gabu m_a_foxfire (But there is one remaining I wonder who it could be.)
20. Fire Emblem!

Actually, when I come to think of it (maybe it's a bit selfish to say so), I'm much happier now than I was this time last year.
Even with stupid Christmas test and being super busy. I'm glad.

( Two huge totally not-serious Loveless cosplay pictures under the cut! )

ANON MEME

What I am using this icon because I can. :/

I'm basically about the head off to the land of nod, but I wanted to celebrate for myself that the first Amnesty Student and Youth Group meeting I'm having is tomorrow, yeah...!
After months of being busy/lazy/racing between my teacher-in-support and the principal, it's going to really begin to come to fruition tomorrow.
I've got it planned that we'll help organise a benefit gig for Amnesty and everything! Now, hopefully my public speaking skills will pass muster, even if probably only to 20 people, 1/2 which will be friends and acquiantances anyway, heh.
Certainly, I'm better than I would have been a year ago.
But I forgot to make notes. :O So memorising material + improvisation is go!


Oh, oh, myself and a group of friends are going to Eirtakon, Ireland's anime and manga con, this Saturday. Since the Fool and I are going to cosplay as Natsuo and Youji, the Zeroes, from Loveless, I'll try to get one of my other friends to take a picture or two, and upload it eventually.
I'm quite excited, but this is a busy week! And I have Christmas exams the end of this month, too.
I'll be focusing on study quite a bit for the next two weeks, I think, especially since I managed to fail, somehow, my last Maths test. Which is shameful, so shameful. X_x Higher Level Maths, I will conquer you! Somehow!!
Even if I have to get Grinds.

So I've had this stupid upper respiratory illness the last few days. Cough, runny nose, temperature (of up to about 102ºF/38.9ºC at the worst, wft), tiredness... Plus it made my asthma act up, not cool. So I am raging because I have missed three days in one week of school back in September and now headed for another five this month.
At least it's not just me - it seems a load of girls in my school are ill.
But still. RAEG. It is such a pain to get the notes and everything for the days I've been out. Physics and Chemistry, not so much, but Maths is definitely a pain - I have to get a copy of someone's work from when I was out to understand what the hell we've been doing. German's kind of annoying, too, I have to get someone's hardback on a Thursday, copy what I need down, give it back on Friday.
I have an immune system that lets me down at stupid times. Not the worst of times, thankfully, but STUPID times.
I have a BT Young Scientist entry to work on, too, oh noooo.

Anyway, Tsubasa is ended, huh. I actually really enjoyed the epilogue. The fact that Syaoran has to keep journeying is somewhat silly, to me, but it feels right. Sort of similar to rhythm, or a pattern - it started with the beginning of a journey, and so it ends.
(I suppose that kind of ending wasn't as surprising to me after reading the Dark Tower series, even if that was a bit different.)
Plus, like a couple of people said, it's good for fanfic possibilities, haha!
Although I feel it may be somewhat stupid of me to realise that I feel ready to go back into the KuroFai fandom after the story has ended. Eh, I'm not going to worry too much. Anyway, I have a silly sort-of crack fic written from a few days ago.
(Still trying to think what should happen in the elements short story, it's been ages, though. :x I am sorry! D: )

So, Cy gave me this lovely prompt from that last meme post, for an original story regarding the elements, and I think I've got a bit of a hand on how it should go.
I thought, since I've been reading a lot of mythology and folktales and whatnot lately, I should do it like a sort of fake legend. It's very fun writing that kind of prose, heehee, even though it's a little bit... Lavender, you might say, by nature!

I thought, so I don't forget to continue or anything, I should post the first paragraph here to remind me whenever I look over my journal. I'm sort of terrible at keeping on track with these things, I suppose.

"Once, back when the earth was young and the sea also, when the forests were wild and man was barely a thought in the minds of the gods, the great serpents of those two domains acted out a time-hallowed ritual each millennium. That millennial task was a great clash between them, determining whether land or water would be the principle power over the coming epoch."

Ah, maybe I'm not quite at my best with that writing, but trying out different styles is a joy, don't you think?

I'm quite content right now/these last few days - more than one part of my life has been going well!

Last term I wrote a letter explaining about wanting to set up an Amnesty International student and youth group in my school, which I gave to the school's principle before the summer holidays came. So, I was rather in anticipation of whether I would get permission or not. (Lawl, Irish Catholic school ethos. ) On Thursday, I found out from him that he was giving it the go ahead! (Apparently, the same idea was put to the school a few years ago and was turned down.)
Then, on Friday, my English teacher from Junior Cert stopped me at lunch, to say that she had seen the picture, that I was in, along with some other people, from last year's Amnesty fundraising stand at the Mini Marathon. (She's a member of Amnesty too, you see.) I told her about my plan, and she went on a little about how she wanted to try to set up a generic "Human Rights" group, because of the difficulty of setting up an Amnesty group, until I stopped her to say that I had already obtained permission from the principle himself! She said that she'd help set it up, though she's busy.
Just after school, I bumped into Mr. Lee and was able to tell him that I had found a supportive teacher.
So, I can proceed with getting everything up and running! 8D

It turns out my aikido classes have been moved to a Wednesday evening, too, which is perfect - I have a half-day of a Wednesday and it frees up my Friday for study or having friends over!
I'm going to have to make a study schedule for myself, though.

London was good, and I made a clay copy of the PVC Minato Arisato/Persona 3 main character figure, that was apparently available in Japan a while ago, for my most well-known friend, for her birthday. I had it done on time, too! It was very gratifying to see how much she appreciated what I had made for her.

The "You Should Write..." Meme!
my thread here

Throw whatever you like at me, I'll give my best!

I really, really enjoyed the first two installments in the Golden Sun series for GBA. (Despite still needing to get 100% completion, stupid transfer codes/secret dungeons.) The psynergy system was so neat, the djinni were cute, too, the puzzles were interesting, and the graphics and characters had their own charm to them. (Although Airs Rock was a headache-inducing experience.) And just as many other people, I had been holding out for (true!) news about a new game coming out.
And one is! I can't believe it! After five whole years, several rumours and hoaxes, the newest installment is going to be released next summer, apparently. It was announced at E3, which I somehow failed to register until GAMEStm magazine had a little box out on their "ones to watch" page. I'm so excited! More info and a trailer on Joystiq!
I've read that it's set after the events of the first two, so I wonder how far into the future it is, and if the unresolved plotpoints will be dealt with. I think I'll miss the old look for the "summons" a little, though.

Also, I'm going to London on Sunday, staying until Tuesday night and then flying back, with my parents. Mam wants to attend Pure London, the fashion/clothing industry fair, since she's thinking maybe she can go ahead with her dream to open a shop. I'll be checking that out on one of the days, we're visiting relatives, too, and I hope to get some manga, etc.
I want to get the first couple of dvds of Le Chevalier D'Eon, since it looks very cool indeed. (Historical fantasy/mystery set before the French Revolution! With spirit possession and cross-dressing? Sounds good to me, mhm. ) I'd like to get Gankutsuou, too, but I don't think anywhere stocks it. D: I got about £80 sterling, so I should be able to afford a couple of things I can't get easily here. I'm looking forward to visiting the Orbital Manga shop. (I had to restrain myself from binge-buying books in Waterstones' 3 for 2 offer, gahh. S-so tempting, though... I have so many things to read already.)

Edit: Oh, tja, I'll catch up on comments I haven't replied to when I get back. It'll be busy the next couple of days, haha. Got to pack, then going on the trip itself! Also I forgot to check my hotmail until today, to get the notifs.

What it is: A highly allegorical tale about the concept of justice, civil responsibility, bribery and a city, centred around one statue. With an almost noir-ish flavour, I fancy.
Notes: Written a while back, lost, found again, finally typed up, and thankfully with editing and spellings checked.
A single instance of swearing, just so those who might take umbrage at it are aware.
Number of words: 530 (About one A4 page, both sides.)

( Click to read. )

So, I've been reading a couple of things, mostly xxholic, tsubasa and the Complete Sherlock Holmes. But aside from the ones everyone already knows of (at least, I think most of my flist is familiar with them anyhow) I've been reading some new manga, and found an amazing webcomic. <3

So, first off! Pandora Hearts, by Jun Mochizuki, which I've been trying to get my friends to read so I can blather at them about it, haha. The summary on mangafox is pretty good, eg, Oz gets sent to the abyss, meets a chain called b-rabbit (or Alice!), they escape, the plot starts rolling forward, ooooh. It's sort of, ah, a refreshingly twisted-seeming manga? You could say it's in between normal fantasy plots and the really crazy manga. I mean, Oz is practically a stepford smiler subversion of regular shounen manga heroes, Alice sometimes swings from hungry and goofy to scary (she's the "bloodstained black rabbit", after all) and Gilbert... Is almost, but not quite, an example of a male yandere, oh dear. I mean, if he wasn't a lame seaweed-haired guy who's mostly well-meaning. The rest of the cast are quite firmly in dysfunction junction, too. I feel a bit bad for finding reading it so fun, but I suppose it's a bitlike Higurashi no Naku koro ni to me. If I didn't, I'd get disgusted at some of the characters, and it wouldn't be as enjoyable.

Also, there's Hero which is a beautiful, thoughtful albeit slow-moving webcomic with a really interesting format in regards to the illustrations, dialogue and narration. It allows the narrative to be in first-person, and keeps the pages clear for the quite frankly amazing skills of the creator to fill. It usually updates with three pages every week, and it's great when I actually remember that, because it's one of those things where you really want to see what will happen next.

( On a different note... )

Okay, so technically Over The Top Games were the developers, but I thought it would be a good subject line. /shot
So, on WiiWare, there is apparently a game coming out called NyxQuest coming out. All well and good, except the heroine is a random winged being called Nyx, is searching for her friend Icarus (who apparently did not get into trouble/die a horrible death through his own stupidity) and trying to defeat the "evil sun god Helios."
Makes me dizzy just thinking about it, and right after I used up my handwaving power on dismissing the logic of Ice Age 3 as being a completely lot cause, too.
Why do I have to become aware of these things right after completely overdosing on stories from greek mythology, arghhhh?
Or maybe it's not as bad as I thought, and there's a reveal later on in the game or somesuch...
Ehh, it just bothers me a little, because the plot/use of characters seems to make very little sense to me. If you're wondering what in the world I'm rabbiting on about, 'tis here.

Seriously, from what I've seen from The Fool's P3 playthrough, even that's got a far better grasp of greek mythology. Can't comment on anything aside from my compendium progress in P4, since I haven't the foggiest clue about Japanese mythology/Shinto/etc at all.
Hopefully the Encyclopedia of Mythology I got will rectify that.
Also Thomas Bulfinch's Age of Fable is a great resource, which I have in paperback, whoo. ♥

m_a_foxfire tagged me with Kurogane.

( On with the show! )

...AND I MUST POSSESS IT.
Surprisingly, the title has nearly nothing whatsoever to do with this post. Fandom, life and GENERAL UPDATE coming your way for great, if not lawyerly, justice.

HEY! You! Yes, you! Member of mah f-list! I'm a bit late with this, but please go here, find out about Smoke's great plan for world domination way of annoying her friend/bringing some lulz/pimping his anime review blog, ja?
These kind of things are fun anyway, mmhm~
You know you want to~

I AM NOW OFFICIALLY SICK OF THE MARRIAGE-PARTY THAT IS MAMMA MIA.
Firstly, it's a rubbish movie, in my opinion, secondly I would have preferred to do something better for half of my school show, and lastly I had to dress up in summer clothes and a fwoofy white skirt (...) to go dance and sing to tracks from the thing on a float in my local parade. Because apparently my mam thought it would be fun? And a good family activity?

Either way I am reminded that Abba songs thrown together in a blender do not make a good storyline, and that I hate wearing skirts with a fiery loathing more burning than a bonfire. S-so impractical, cold, uncomfortable, really... So, yeah, give me trousers or give me a worse mood than normal. XD Cosplay is alright, though, I can make exceptions.

I am very close to getting as many pictures of the Figumate Otacon!girlyfig as I can, some clay, paint and wires. So I can make my own - it would be shoddier, sure, but cheaper and MY GOD MAN do I really need to get a piece of plastic shipped from Japan? I think not. But yes, that girlyfig is some kind of trap, meiner Meinung nach. (In my opinion.)

Oh! Oh! I want to draw some Art Nouveau style Tsubasa fanart, one piece each of Sakura, Syaoran, Fai, Kurogane and the white Mokona. I might even do a xxxHolic group one and Kurogane/Fai battle couple picture (you get what I mean, I'm sure) if I actually get it going ( like a snowball, my enthusiasm will only increase once it's started rolling.) So, any suggestions for relevant symboloism? We all know Clamp do love them some symbolism, and Art Nouveau is practically rife with it as a rule. I think I'll include the Kudan, at least, and everyone's starting outfits.

Somehow I ended up (don't ask, I'm not sure how myself) reading some rather odd harem fanservice manga. With a battle tournament. Mysterious beings. And (apparently) a random sort-of hermaphrodite. (Who was a man but is now partially a woman? CONFUSING.) And the power of love. Random cliches strewn around everywhere. And severe clothing damage in practically every fight, crossed with hilariously un-natural looking boobage. :/ I am laughing, and still enjoying it, even with the fanservice annoying me. Not sure how I've managed that. Ehh, it's hardly a secret that I'm a bit of a covert pervert but all of the elements seem like a formula for a manga that is no good whatsoever! At all! I'm still not even sure if it does work! Curses, cursesssssss!

In other news, getting a work experience placement now feels like an unattainable goal, and it's next week.

So, I finished a particular drawing/design of a Phoenix last week, and I've just now got around to doing all that uploading business on dA.
I'd love to know what people think; I'm really glad I have it finished, and without any major mess-ups! So, here it is - go on, click, take a look at it in full view.


Firebird by ~LadyGyrfalcon on deviantART

Other than that, I've had the flu for the last few days, so I've been out of school, sneezing, warmer than normal and basically floating through the day in a haze of tiredness and dizzy feelings.
Oh, and I picked up some more Tsubasa icons (surprise, surprise) from caffeine_buzz. The one used for this post, a shocked one and a sadface. Since I needed more of a range - I still need an angry one! So little space. XD

Since apparently I stumble across the strangest quizzes and can't help but want to find out what my results are... It's a seduction styles quiz result?






Hehe?

I finished Metal Gear Solid:the Twin Snakes (the remake, yeah...) on Monday! I took down my stats, fffff.

Game level: Very Easy (Since I'm lame like that. I'll work my way up, though! I'll definately re-play the game a couple of times 'til I get better.)
Play time: 15:28:27
Continue: 07 times
Alert mode: 22 times
Enemies: 94 killed (It would have been much higher, but I tried to use the M9 as much as possible.)
Rations: 39 used

Code name: Cat (Ehe...)
Ahh, I'm so bad at it, I only got two dog tags. Liquid's and Vulcan Raven's ones. It's very fun, though. Moreso than I thought it would be. The gameplay is irritatingly addictive; I don't usually like stealth games or sneaking around, but I could help find it interesting. Unlike the sneaking sections in the Legend of Zelda games, man, those are annoying. XD
Oh! I got the "good ending", too! Meryl survived! Hooray!

My Political Views
I am a left social libertarian
Left: 4.47, Libertarian: 3.62

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My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -3.76

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My Culture War Stance
Score: -6.84

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So, as I may or may not have mentioned, my class are doing a project about HIV/AIDS in Ireland and around the world for our YSI (Young Social Innovators) project. The title is "Hope Is Vital/Adolescents In Desperate Situations." Which is pretty snappy, I must say.
I'm in the sub-group working on an education back about HIV and AIDS. We hope to use it in our school firstly, then the surrounding area, the county and maybe even all over Ireland. (We're hoping we can get sponsorship for it. YSI in itself is a school-year long project and a contest, but everyone wants to try and make a lasting difference. Not just in and around the community, but also wherever we can have some positive effect with what we're doing.)
The topic I'm working on for the education pack, which I really ought to get back to right now, is "Stigma and Discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS." Although I got roped into making an eight-page powerpoint presentation by myself for World AIDS Day back on December 1st!
I've added one of these banners to my profile page, to show my support for The Red Tape, a kind of art-based money raising campaign for the international AIDS charity AVERT which has rather comprehensive information about the topic, aside from just their campaigns.
Or, well, this banner sums it up quickly, and better than I could: