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So browsing through things on Netflix Streaming eventually led to me discovering that they have a little bit of Inuyasha. Almost all my anime-loving friends watched it, but I never did for various reasons (including no access, heh). So I decided to try a little and see what I thought. I remembered years ago occasionally seeing the dub at Media Play and not being too impressed with the voice work.
I have a lot of mixed feelings. I love the Feudal Japan setting and the emphasis on Japanese folklore and myths! I am fascinated by Japanese culture and that's just up my alley. I don't like most of Kagome's "Sit!" commands. (I'm told the anime really overused it instead of only doing it when it was deserved or needed, like the manga did.) I'd forgotten about that flea thing, which years ago was one of the reasons why I wasn't interested. (The "Sit" thing was another.) I found both the flea and Sesshoumaru's toad helper rather WTH, and I think I saw episode 6 with them at Media Play and they were a large part of why I went "WTH is this ... no thank you." I seem to distinctly remember seeing the scene of the flea biting Kagome to wake her up, and various scenes with the toad whining, and the whole fight about the sword and Kagome ending up being the one to pull it out. I do love how Inuyasha and Kagome both have a ton of character development throughout the series and come to genuinely love each other.
I also love the second ending song, and the (slightly altered) line which I realized fit Nesbitt beautifully and led to me making this icon.
I'll probably keep sampling it here and there, but I don't know that it will ever be a big favorite of mine.
On the other hand, I also finally tried We Bare Bears and it's just adorable! It's so nice to see such a cute, happy cartoon. It's filled with friendship and familial squee and amusing adventures. I always went WTH at the grammatically incorrect and slightly eyebrow-raising title and didn't expect much from it, but it's so sweet and pure. I adore it!
For months I've had a story partially written where Johnson is assaulted by his former secretary, but I've always waffled on finishing and posting it. I finally got the inspiration to do so when Crystal told me about an episode of Perfect Strangers that addressed the topic that men can be (and are) sexually assaulted too. I feel it's important for that to be brought out, and I got the fic up after writing all the rest of it out. I'm glad it's up, but super worn-out from writing such a heavy fic. I also just came from writing that one about Noa's death too. I want cute and fluffy stuff now. And maybe a nice, gently spooky Halloween fic.
Rockapella is finally going to be here again! And it's reserved seating, gah. Having a time of it figuring out how my friend and I are going to get tickets before all the best seats are taken.... I can't get them right now, and if anyone gets them online there's that annoying extra fee.
I had a $5 promo code from QVC I wanted to use, so I've been on the look-out for anything I might like to buy. A couple of weeks ago a purple penguin plush caught my eye and I got that. I also discovered I had another $5 credit in my account, so I got $10 off! I'm also doing Easy Pay. There are a lot of lovely things I wish I could get from QVC, but I have to restrain myself even though Easy Pay makes it so tempting. My penguin arrived Wednesday and I decided he's the brother of my blue penguin plush Richard, lol. I always liked penguins; two penguin plushies were among my favorite childhood plushies. Crump being so nuts about them makes me take a lot of stock in them again.
And I did that character quiz yet again, this time for Nesbitt: http://meromeroyui.deviantart.com
I have a lot of mixed feelings. I love the Feudal Japan setting and the emphasis on Japanese folklore and myths! I am fascinated by Japanese culture and that's just up my alley. I don't like most of Kagome's "Sit!" commands. (I'm told the anime really overused it instead of only doing it when it was deserved or needed, like the manga did.) I'd forgotten about that flea thing, which years ago was one of the reasons why I wasn't interested. (The "Sit" thing was another.) I found both the flea and Sesshoumaru's toad helper rather WTH, and I think I saw episode 6 with them at Media Play and they were a large part of why I went "WTH is this ... no thank you." I seem to distinctly remember seeing the scene of the flea biting Kagome to wake her up, and various scenes with the toad whining, and the whole fight about the sword and Kagome ending up being the one to pull it out. I do love how Inuyasha and Kagome both have a ton of character development throughout the series and come to genuinely love each other.
I also love the second ending song, and the (slightly altered) line which I realized fit Nesbitt beautifully and led to me making this icon.
I'll probably keep sampling it here and there, but I don't know that it will ever be a big favorite of mine.
On the other hand, I also finally tried We Bare Bears and it's just adorable! It's so nice to see such a cute, happy cartoon. It's filled with friendship and familial squee and amusing adventures. I always went WTH at the grammatically incorrect and slightly eyebrow-raising title and didn't expect much from it, but it's so sweet and pure. I adore it!
For months I've had a story partially written where Johnson is assaulted by his former secretary, but I've always waffled on finishing and posting it. I finally got the inspiration to do so when Crystal told me about an episode of Perfect Strangers that addressed the topic that men can be (and are) sexually assaulted too. I feel it's important for that to be brought out, and I got the fic up after writing all the rest of it out. I'm glad it's up, but super worn-out from writing such a heavy fic. I also just came from writing that one about Noa's death too. I want cute and fluffy stuff now. And maybe a nice, gently spooky Halloween fic.
Rockapella is finally going to be here again! And it's reserved seating, gah. Having a time of it figuring out how my friend and I are going to get tickets before all the best seats are taken.... I can't get them right now, and if anyone gets them online there's that annoying extra fee.
I had a $5 promo code from QVC I wanted to use, so I've been on the look-out for anything I might like to buy. A couple of weeks ago a purple penguin plush caught my eye and I got that. I also discovered I had another $5 credit in my account, so I got $10 off! I'm also doing Easy Pay. There are a lot of lovely things I wish I could get from QVC, but I have to restrain myself even though Easy Pay makes it so tempting. My penguin arrived Wednesday and I decided he's the brother of my blue penguin plush Richard, lol. I always liked penguins; two penguin plushies were among my favorite childhood plushies. Crump being so nuts about them makes me take a lot of stock in them again.
And I did that character quiz yet again, this time for Nesbitt: http://meromeroyui.deviantart.com
