Geeky As Charged

Have you ever had those moments where, while walking around or doing something random, you notice something that reminds you of a fan work? It seems to happen to me a lot, so I'm going to start a new feature called "Geeky As Charged"! It won't be a weekly post or anything, but everytime I notice something, I'll make a small little post with the Geeky As Charged tag and possibly on the title too. OK! Explanations are over, so let's go!

Today's Geeky As Charged: I went to see the relatively new "Sherlock Holmes" movie the other day, and the only thing I could think of after was DezoPenguin's AU Mai-HiME series featuring Shizuru as Holmes and Natsuki as Watson. As of now, it's up to the third story. Here is one, two, and three. He also has a side-story up.

Sad, innit? Also, have a complimentary image! It's not official fanart for this fanfiction, but I think it works OK with DezoPenguin's series.

Sasameki Koto

Pre-Edit Edit: It occurred to me that I kept telling you guys to go and read Sasameki Koto but I didn't include a link to do so. Orz I'm sorry. But yeah, go here for the greatness that is Sasameki Koto!. And if you can't get there for some reason, go here instead and then click on the project page to find the previous chapters~

With the end of the year 2009 also comes the end of the winter anime season. And one of the things I'm saddest to see go is Sasameki Koto. I'll also miss Kobato, but it hasn't ended yet, so it's not applicable. XD I was going to try and release this post before the new year, but I ended up getting sidetracked and not finishing before midnight. Orz I was going to try to release this post sometime during the very start of the new year, but ended up getting sidetracked. *headdesk* BUT ANYWAY. THE SASAMEKI KOTO POST IS FINALLY HERE.

This post will be very image heavy. There might also be some NSFW images. Please proceed with caution.

Fandom wins and woes

So, I should be sleeping right now, but instead I'm going to post a little something for you guys. Doesn't this show how much I love you? Please disregard the still in progress post on Sasameki Koto. Today- well, tonight really- was pretty awesome yuri-wise. Not because of any new series or anything. Just, my favorite story EVER got updated today, and it was as awesome as ever. If you know at least a little bit about Negima and if you like Konosetsu, go ahead and check it out. I promise it's worth your time.

While we're on the subject of fandom, I might as well discuss some of my views about fandoms. I'm not going to lie, I'm largely removed from the various fandoms I like. I don't join every possible forum about my favorite pairings or series and, while I do buy the merchandise of my favorite series, I don't obsessively collect everything. I read a lot of fanfiction and try to get my hands on whatever doujin is out there, but my one epic fanfiction masterpiece is still in my head and not on paper. And I'd die trying to draw a doujin. So you could call me a passive fan. But recently, it seems that shipping wars are again growing.

I was lucky when I entered my first fandom. I came into it years after it had been popular, so the shipping wars- if any, actually- were pretty much over and done with. It also helped that I was pretty naive and open-minded and didn't really care who got with who as long as the story was good. I was lucky with the next big fandom too, as the major shipping war in that fandom had also largely vanished to the backburners (though of course there were a few battles here and there still raging). In one of my more recent fandoms, though, it seems that the war is going to come back. And that brings me to my main thought: Why can't people block themselves from reading something they don't like?

I've read of plenty of stories where authors get flamed just for writing a pairing that the flamer doesn't like. Why does this happen? I mean, really, it's not like you, as a reader, are compelled and must read every single story in the fandom. And while I can understand getting angry if the author intentionally mislabels his/her stories as one pairing when in reality it is another, most of the time the author clearly states about which pairing the story is written. It really irritates me that people in the fandom will flame an author just for writing something they don't like when it's the fan's fault for reading it in the first place. That's like getting a cleaver with a clear warning sign about how dangerous it is, purposefully chopping off a body part or something, and then trying to sue the maker of the cleaver for your injury. How stupid is that? And then it makes the rest of the fandom look stupid too. So I just want to say to the people who do this: Fuck you and I hope you get a lobotomy or some other gruesome death. You are the people that make fandoms look bad and you are the reason that shipping wars happen. Go take your Helen-of-Troy acts somewhere else, and GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FANDOM.

plzkthxbai.

This is what happens when I don't get my sleep and instead trawl the internets. So now I will sleep and hopefully that post I've been promising will finally come out. Orz Also, a small image to keep you company:

...Oops.

Damn. I had this nice post laid out that I was going to release on New Year's Eve. And then that passed. I decided to post it on New Year's Day instead. And that passed. Now I still don't have it done and I haven't posted in about a week. Please forgive me. Orz

Normally, as compensation for leaving you guys with nothing to read, I would post something big, but that post is still in the works, unfortunately. So instead, I'll give you some of my news updates. Of the past anime season, Kobato is still going (pleasedon'tstopat13pleasedon'tstopat13pleasedon'tstopat13), Sasameki Koto has ended, which a post about is forthcoming, and Kimi ni Todoke is on hold because I can't stand the arc they are at right now. With my anime watch list pretty much empty, I'm going to try to catch up on old stuff, namely Aoi Hana, which I was going to watch when it came out, but was unfortunately with family and without a laptop. I heard it was good though. Besides watching old anime, I've also gotten really into Vocaloid. This is bad in many ways. One: It is similar to iDOLM@STER in that there are many characters and I like all most many of them. Two: It is similar to iDOLM@STER in that I've gotten hooked on it. So part of the reason I haven't been posting is because I've been trawling Danbooru the net for pics of Luka, who is one of my favorites. And I might go back to doing that now, so see ya! 8D

Shin Koihime Musou

....Why do I set myself up for this? I knew this would not be good when I first heard of it, I knew that I probably wouldn't like it after the end of the first season, and I knew I didn't like it as I watched it. So why did I watch all of it? One word: Fanservice. And it is because of this fanservice that there will be no pictures in today's post because I'm sitting in my family room and if I searched through the no doubt softcore porn filled pictures right now, it would lead to awkward questions. So instead you'll have to look them up yourselves. Or something. Anyway, Shin Koihime Musou and its prequel Koihime Musou (not to be confused with the visual novel, which has considerably less yuri than the anime, I'm pretty sure) are remakes of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in anime form. Except all most of the characters all changed genders and have considerable... assets, we shall say. I would put a spoiler tag EXCEPT THAT THERE'S NOTHING TO SPOIL. AT ALL. Really, the plot is so... And the characters are very... Yeah. You'd really have to watch it yourself just to understand what the heck is going on but that's only if you can keep yourselves from watching the bouncing brea- ba- assets. Of course, the only thing of importance to me is the fanservice yuri. And GAWD THERE IS A LOT OF YURI. XD You can pretty much pair up everybody above the 4'8" line and it'd be OK ('cause everyone under that is lolibait). And episode 7 of the first season is... Well, let's just say it gets a little steamy, shall we? 8D

And that's it for today! Look at that, only one paragraph. That just goes to show how little of anything this series has. Oh, and because I forgot to do it yesterday, Merry Christmas! >_>

(If anybody's wondering, I got Beatles Rock Band and a WHOLE BUNCH OF YURI for Christmas. That's why today's rating is 10! Yes!!!)

Canaan

All right, now that finals is over, it's back to business! Today's post is going to be about Canaan! And no, not the religious place. The fourth BeeTrain girls-with-guns anime! Yay~ Today's post comes with pictures because people apparently like them. 8D

Opinion Wanted!

So, I know it's been a while since I posted anything. This isn't because of lack of interest or effort on my part. On the contrary, I've been trying to write out my post for Canaan for the past several days and have been failing miserably at it, as can be seen by the lack of a post. XD But thinking about it, I realized that my difficulty with writing anything isn't because I can't think of anything to say; rather, it's because I can't think of any good pictures to put in my posts. So here's the question: Should I not include pictures so that I have more posts or should I include pictures and then take ridiculously long to post something? I know what my preferences are, but I want to know what my scant few readers think. So option 1 or option 2?


We I eagerly await your thoughts! ...If there are any. Orz

Needless 24

This'll just be a short little post, no pictures or anything.

Oh, yeah, and SPOILER ALERT. Just to let you know.

Much Ado about Yuri... Not.

Well, a new week has gone by, and again, nothing new has happened. Wait, that's not true! The latest English translation of my favoritest favorite manga EVAR came out four days ago! Yes! But they don't have it in the local bookstores! No!

Orz

Somehow these things always happen to me. In other news, though, it will probably be another week before I can post something of importance. I am currently immersed in the hell that is FINALS WEEK, so... Yeah. But that's real life, so we're not going to talk about it. Instead, I want to direct you to the 'work' I've recently been doing. It's not exactly yuri, but, it's relevant. Ish. If you have high power yuri goggles on.

But now I'm off to real life. Next time, we should be seeing some old school yuri. Maybe. >_>

Love Shuffle

Yo, hisashiburi. Or something like that. I am ashamed to say that my resolution to have semi-regular updates has already been broken. Orz It hasn't even been a month yet... Indeed, I am a failure.

But rather than get into depressing matters, let's talk about my 'latest' craze. Thanks to the recommendation of a friend of mine (you know who you are), I was directed to a J-drama. Now I know what you might be thinking. Besides 'pie.' Or 'Pfft, like she could ever read my mind.' The truth is, I can't. I've just always wanted to say that phrase. "Orz Anyway, the drama is Love Shuffle! Yay, panda!