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Well, a new TDA would have aired by now in Canada if that in fact happened. I guess I'll find out around midnight-ish when I go around looking for torrents.
Haha, I was pretty amused that I was right in pegging Ulala as Ursula, though I think a lot of people predicted that, so it's hardly something to be proud of. XD Good lord she was awesome, though. By far Dawn's best one-shot rival and one that deserves to be a regular. With Conway. That would be pure madness.
Anyway, seeing that Contest episode did a lot to inspire me for how to handle my own in Chapter 9. I think I'm also going to alter the timeline a bit.
( Meaning Trifecta 9 spoilers, ohmahgawwwwds )
Like I said, with this much future planning, a LOT is subject to change for the future chapters, but now I have some ideas for the story all the way to Chapter 20 now! Bear in mind I'm still just on Chapter 9!
Chapter 9 is 11k words, by the way. I've just now finished the Reggie scene, which is why I wanted to revamp the Trifecta timeline, because I did alter one thing after seeing the episodes.
It's probably just a minor thing, but due to how long it would probably take for Paul to recover from two nasty blows to the head, stage 2 hypothermia and frostbite, and the general things you have to recover from after falling off a cliff... I decided that I would have the Chocovine Contest occur before the Plumeria Contest, rather than afterwards like I initially planned. This just makes things flow a little better continuity-wise and it feels more realistic this way. I wanted to make sure I had that confirmed before I go ahead and start writing the Contest segment. Plus, this means I can make direct references to Another One Gabites the Dust! and insert some of that delicious one-sided HeatTagshipping. ♥
I totally forgot to at first, but for the me-made rivals-of-the-episode, I need to decide on their Pokemon for the battle rounds. I've decided Janelle would have Monferno for the Appeal round, and Mina would have Gible. For the battle round... well, I'd like Janelle to have another Fire-type. With Mina, anything goes, I suppose. As long as it's a sucky Pokemon, because Mina's gimmick is to be a very submissive parallel to Conway, as Janelle is to Paul in some twisted way. You know, the big nasty bully + eager-to-please nerdy sidekick.
Still, having watched Another One Gabites the Dust! now, I have some great ideas for Appeals, so hopefully this is gonna be awesome once I have it written out. 9's felt like such a goddamn drag so far. We need some excitement, dammit...!
Now if only RP would not distract me so much~. It's just way too fun having a Paul that makes the ladies cry and trolls every Ash he sees and has eerie sexy times with Silver, which proves what a narcissist Paul truly is.
Gawh, it feels so good to be bad.
Okay, that's all for now!I Feel:  geeky Tunage: Saliva - I Walk Alone |
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Okay what the hell, Teletoon. No new TDA last weekend? What about this weekend? See, it's odd because it's well known by now they're on this cycle of showing a new episode every week for six weeks - then they rerun those episodes for another 6 weeks - then they go on a cycle of new ones for 6 weeks. That's how it's been since TDA started in January in Canada.
So on June 28th, we were due for the third cycle of new episodes starting with Ocean's Eight - Or Nine. We got that, Courtney's back, yaaaayz. So the following weekend we get... no new episode at all...? What...?
Hoping this isn't some sick new trend they're starting, or even worse, that they're waiting for the USA to catch up. Seriously, why. There's no point in that. J-just give me new episodes already, dammit. ♥;
It's just especially grating since no one has any idea what's coming after this. I'm glad I'm sorta taking a break from TDW right now because it would just be madness to go into that, knowing of all the rumors going into the 14th episode. For some reason the bullshit-makers are very adamant about having Cody return. I have no idea why. I like Cody as much as the next guy (okay, maybe not as much because that kid has scary fangirls), but of all people TO bring back, I don't think he'd really set the world on fire. Not without Noah, anyway~. There's also rumors of Izzy returning again, which is a rumor I wouldn't mind being true since Izzy's my favorite and she can get eliminated all she wants... and the other rumor being LeShawna's the next on the chopping block, which wouldn't be a surprise considering they've been foreshadowing this for quite a few episodes now.
I suspect with Courtney back now, though, the Killer Grips will get their much-overdue hurrah before the teams merge. And that'll somehow lead to LeShawna and Heather getting picked off, and that'll leave us with what the spoilers initially left for us: Duncan, Harold, Courtney, Justin, Beth, and Lindsay.
Other than Izzy, I would have wanted Duncan or Harold to win. Problem being, I'm not sure if they'll try to be "fair" and let a girl win overall this time since Owen won last season. Justin is for-sure staying until the final three, certainly. As far as the girls are concerned, I really don't want Beth or Lindsay to win. I never really cared much for Beth, as she's not really that easy to relate to and she's always been near the bottom of the totem pole as far as favorites are concerned. Lindsay winning would be amusing, but she's sort of turned into a bitch during the recent episodes. So it wouldn't be as awesome as it once was, barring the possibility of her changing down the road.
That would leave Courtney, who's sort of the wildcard considering she just got back. We're still not really sure how intact the Duncan/Courtney relationship is at this point (considering Courtney sort of backstabbed Duncan the last time they truly interacted), or how this would affect Harold's longevity in the game. I'd more realistically see Harold getting further than Duncan, though, since Duncan lasted until the final four last season. And since TDA's been hot on breaking up the canon couples this time around (not necessarily a bad thing, in my opinion), it wouldn't be surprising if they broke up Duncan and Courtney now that she's just gotten back.
There's also the matter of Total Drama: The Musical, aka the third season. I think it was confirmed by a writer of the show that it will consist of both new and old characters, so one has to think... how will the winning segue into a new season? Owen was enough of a team player to give up his $10,000 to compete for $1,000,000... buuuuut, who amongst the remaining characters would do that for another go-around?
Honestly, the only person I can see doing that is Izzy, solely because she is insane. She would either do that or buy the show and turn it into a musical. I think ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kyosukekusaragi and I talked about this before about the hypothetical ending. I think it was something about it coming down to Courtney and Justin and then Izzy swoops in out of nowhere and makes the finals include three competitors. And she sorta comes in out of nowhere to win the whole thing.
I wouldn't mind that, really. I love Izzy enough that she could get away with everything as far as I'm concerned. ♥ I mean, I love Courtney too and I don't suppose I would mind her winning, but I'm just not sure how that would play off. Really, the ones who are still in the game that deserve to win are guys again. Harold's been a huge protagonist this season and he's seriously gotten super-awesome, so it almost feels like he should win. He's sort of odd enough to do something weird like a musical with his winnings, I guess.
Have I mentioned what mad shippings I support largely because of TDA now? Even though Gwen isn't nearly my favorite character (she's somewhere in the middle), I'm making her a huge whore because I love shipping her with DJ and Harold in addition with Duncan and I'm still okay with her and Trent, though I hope they don't hook up again anytime soon. It'll just seem like too much of a cop-out. Still, The Chefshank Redemption and The Aftermath: II both really got me into shipping Gwen with DJ, and those same episodes show a lot of good evidence for her and Duncan as well. I still like Gwen/Geoff too, even if Geoff is sort of an asshole himself now and there's little chance he'll break off with Bridgette.
And... yeah, I still like Duncan/Courtney (a lot more than Gwen/Trent, for sure). I'm still waiting to see how that gets played out. I'd hate for the fandom to affect my mind too much, because the majority of the annoying parts of the fandom consist of rabid Duncan/Courtney shippers. They're sort of the rabid Pokeshippers of the fandom. Or TyKa shippers if you want a Beyblade analogy. Or Takari shippers if you want a Digimon analogy. You know. Like, otherwise sensible ships (even though I hate Pokeshipping and TyKa) that are made very unappealing due to the fact that their fanbase sucks ass.
Doesn't help that a lot of Duncan/Courtney shippers of the rabid variety are also adamantly anti-any ship that has Duncan with Courtney with characters other than each other. No matter what ship's in question, I've never liked that point of view.
In fact, it's sort of funny watching the fanbase overreact when a couple's broken up. The show is called Total Drama, people. You don't get much drama with couples that have few problems and stick together. Besides, that isn't even very realistic. :') It's development for the better, even if it is stirring up the shit.
And I still can't think of a suitable Courtney equivalent for a Pokemon crossover... or a Noah one. The latter's not as important, but I want the Courtney one to be good since Duncan = Paul. lol bias. Due to the RP, I sort of want to make Silver Courtney, except they really don't match in personality at all and everyone's been from the anime continuity so far. Though incorporating other canons wouldn't be a bad idea, necessarily. I mean, that way it'd be easier to fill in some more interesting characters for the Katie/Sadie roles (even if those two aren't interesting or relevant themselves).
Because I'll probably draw this someday. I really suck at drawing Total Drama style, but I totally wanna draw this at some point.
I'm almost 10k into Trifecta 9, and I want to try focusing more on it since we're about halfway through July now. Like I said, largely the RP just distracts me, but getting behind schedule isn't much of a bad thing. It was sort of scaring me to be pumping out chapters at the rate I was. 70k words in 2 months is just... ouch. That plus finally spending some time in the pool and tanning out has made me feel a bit more at ease.
There's that and my monthly hell has come by to visit as of yesterday, it hurts like hell, nothing beyond a narcotic makes a bit of difference guys, and augh god end it already. So if I'm spacey and am not reacting much to your call-outs, that would be why.
So yeah, hello to my new people I met thanks to battlestandby being a dickweed~! So yo insanepurin, suporma, otaku_attack, and autumnrain! This is Shin's life. Full of blunt, vicious tl;dr and no LJ-cut to save you. :')
I'm not pleased about having to wait until next week for that Team Galactic episode preview. That's the sorrow of not living in Japan, of course. Won't get to enjoy Movie 12 until next year, gotta wait an extra week for some good fanfic-relevant canon material to go by... them's the breaks. I wonder if I should fire up Keyhole TV next Thursday anyway and watch Movies 10 and 11 in raw Japanese just for the hell of it. I guess I need to fill that 6 AM void somehow since I often don't fall asleep at least until then.
Oh snap, and Another One Gabites the Dust is tomorrow, isn't it? Shiiiiiiit. Gotta stay up through the morning and watch that somehow. Dubbed Ulala! Who I think most will peg as "Ursula" but we'll just have to see about that!
Oh yeah, nice to hear that Eusine will be making it to the HG/SS remakes after all! Since I never legitimately played the original GSC (my cousin has Gold, but this was before I was even into Pokemon), I have legitimate excitement with the remakes! I wasn't sure what version to get, but I think the RP is giving me a sign and telling me it must be SoulSilver now. I COULD NOT POSSIBLY IMAGINE WHY THE GODS ARE TELLING ME SO.
That'll be fun, though. I'm still 487/493 on Pokemon Diamond, and it's only Legendaries left I need to get. So if it's... six left I need to get, those culprits would be Entei, Suicune, Raikou, Celebi, Latios, and Arceus.
Everything else I've gotten, amazingly. Or, y'know, traded-traded back with. Still. Fuckin' impressive.
I am breeding mystery eggs for once, so if anybody wants some, hit me up on IMs and I'll go WiFi on your asses. Maybe even for a battle. Depending on who you are, I'll either kick your ass or get totally raped by you.
And since my new buds are from Pokemon fandom goodness, I'll go ahead and mention that I did do a detailed analysis of DP128 and 129 with some high-quality screenshots over yonder. I also did a shitload of screencaps for DP131 and 132, but those were mainly for icons. Guess I can post them if they're wanted. Yes, I do fuck with the colors because that's how Shin rolls in these parts.
She is a saturated color whore.
Um... I am very very bummed out about the WWE situation. Forgot to wish Shelton Benjamin a happy 34th birthday yesterday, dammit. But yeah, I'm like AUGH about Edge tearing his Achilles tendon and having to be out until early next year. Right after he got into a sexy tag-team alliance with Jericho, too. Poooo... I mean, Christian and Shelton are trapped in ECW now. What the shit. And I'm sure it's no secret that I'm looking forward to Jeff Hardy leaving as soon as possible (of his own accord, apparently) but they'll probably keep him around now because of this. I am disappointed that we'll have no more Lilian Garcia after this year too, but she is getting married and all... she's invested many years in WWE. It'll just not sound right not hearing her voice on Raw after she leaves. It sort of feels like the pain of knowing that Trish Stratus (still my favorite Diva ever) was retiring. She would be gone, but she was going out while being totally on the top and she was leaving to start her new phase in life, which was to get married. So it's like... gah, I'll miss seeing her, but I feel guilty missing her because I know she's moved onto bigger and better things.
It's always complicated with wrestling. Very inconvenient things always seem to happen just as the story gets good. I guess it'll be nice to keep Legacy around for a while longer. Unlike the majority of the fanbase, I'm much more interested in Ted Jr. than Cody Rhodes. I'm not sure if this is due to bias because I love Ted Sr. and the Jr. looks a lot like young!Randy Orton, or if because I really didn't like Cody Rhodes at first because he was an annoying, bland babyface who was inexplicably winning over more experienced guys (including Shelton) before he turned heel and became more tolerable.
Still, it is a very amusing little group of fail because Randy is so turning into Triple H and the irony of that is fucking hilarious. Randy in general's just become a guy you love to hate, too. He pretty much makes Raw, totally. Raw was KICKASS this week largely due to Ted Sr. being in it and it'll be interesting next week with Dusty Rhodes running the show (this formula of letting random guys be GM for the week is really spicing up the show, much as I miss Vickie Guerrero). Still, Ted Sr. was totally fucking great. Gotta love how he rants about how he HATES the common man because he's so rich... then follows it up with an evil laugh. :') Father-son drama was so, so cool too. I think my friends and I talked about how we were able to relate to Randy's underlings as to explain our preferences. I mean sure, it's cool that Cody's a gamer and likes Legend of Zelda in particular... but Ted Jr.'s a rich, spoiled brat. I was a rich, spoiled brat until I was 14 years old. That shit's in my blood. ♥ And as much of a jerk as my dad was and still is... he's got an awesome evil laugh, too.
So~! That's my rant! I think I'll try out this Rosetta Stone thingy to please my unstable mother before attempting to get myself together long enough to write some stuff before it's time for WWE Smackdown and some awesome replaying of Super Mario Galaxy.
god I can't wait for Galaxy 2.I Feel:  uncomfortable Tunage: Amy Grant - Baby Baby |
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List 10 OVER 9000 of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you based on the patterns they've spotted.
... Alrighty then!
Tales of Series: Genis Sage, Raine Sage, Mithos Yggdrasill, Seles Wilder, Arche Klaine, Chloe Valens, Norma Beatty, Jay, Natalia Luzu Kimlasca Lanvaldear, Jade Curtiss, Anise Tatlin, Sync.
Total Drama Series: Izzy, Duncan, Harold, Chris McLean, Noah, Courtney, Justin, LeShawna, DJ.
Digimon: Mimi Tachikawa, Jyou Kido, Koushiro Izumi, Daisuke Motomiya, Jenrya Lee, Junpei Shibayama, Terriermon, Impmon, Arukenimon, Ranamon, Mercuremon.
Pokemon: Brock, Ash, Max, Paul, Conway, Jessie, James, Meowth, Harley.
WWE: Shelton Benjamin, Edge, Christian, Chris Jericho, Trish Stratus, Melina, Beth Phoenix, Kurt Angle, Ric Flair, Eddie Guerrero, Booker T, Santino Marella, John Morrison.
Well, those are of relevant fandoms, anyway. I got bored already.
It always seems to rain on July 4th over here. Like mother nature itself is going out of its way to ruin the fireworks for this particular state every single year. At least I'm not going to spend time with my dad's side of the family this time around, which makes me not really care about the state of the weather now.
Now that I'm not being shoved into any family gatherings on my mom's side the family, I should take this slow period of RPing to my advantage and actually write some stuff.
WON'T THAT BE NICE.I Feel:  bored |
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This just made me the happiest girl in the world for the past few days. And apparently this is CarbonCopyshipping, rather than Spiffyshipping as I originally pegged it, since that seems to only apply to Specialverse Silver. CarbonCopy is at least a much more suitable name in this situation. XD
Speaking of ship names, the neverending list of ship names for Pokemon got updated yesterday. I finally went ahead and decided to name some of my own for the first time, and they all went through clear as a while! They're officially on the list. So I actually coined:
LameBrainshipping: Barry x Conway. They're going to interact a lot in Trifecta (whenever Barry actually appears); had this in mind for ages, then decided to name it early since the "lamebrain" term was used in a line during the dub of the first Iron Island episode, if I'm not mistaken... and it's very interchangeable. Barry IS a lamebrain, Conway is lame since he's a nerd but also very brainy because of that.
DPGSshipping: Ash x Paul x Gold x Silver. Mainly based on the antics going on in both ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) dear_mun and pokedressing. It's obviously short for DiamondPearlGoldSilver, so the four boys are representing the games in that order, even if Ash and Paul aren't from the games. Paul's dub name's at least BASED off Pearl, and Ash went ahead and decided to look like Lucas for this series anyway.
RnBshipping: Roark x Reggie. Because they're childhood friends in Trifecta and I'm kinda surprised no one named this yet, considering the other wacky nevermets that've gotten named. RnB, outside of being a music genre, is mainly Trifecta-based as well. Roark and Reggie have names that begin with R, and their dads' names both begin with B (Brandon and Byron). Thus, R and B!
Trifectashipping: Brandon x Byron x Palmer. In which I become a huge fucking egomaniac. Obviously named after the fic and the fact that in said fic, these three are childhood friends that stood the test of time. They'll be getting flashback segments of their childhood later on in the story.
Shatteredshipping: Paul x Soul (HGSS Girl). I actually didn't name this, but I was involved in the naming process, and it's specifically because of my Paul that the pairing was named this way. In the DR, Soul accidentally bumped into Paul and this eventually resulted in Paul's usual stream of insults that made Soul cry and run off. She later tore up a bit of her guidebook afterwards because of what he said as well. ♥ I suppose he came close to "shattering" her dreams. :')
Aaaaand... it's July. How is Trifecta 9 doing?
... 7,244 words!!
Yeah, amazing, right? I estimated to have this fic done before July, but it's still not even close. Mainly, I do blame the RP, but this isn't entirely a bad thing. Being technically behind my schedule means I won't have to pace myself before the dub of DP118 comes out. So that makes it easier on me. I'm also largely RPing with Paul, meaning that muse stays sharp as a knife, meaning the writing quality won't suffer. I still know what's all gonna go down, so it's just a matter of getting my head in the game.
It's good I got my ritalin dosage upped and I can get it today. The current dosage I was on really was wearing off, as I'm becoming distracted by music and background noises again. So I'm reverting back to my inattentive self. Hopefully this'll change soon with the higher dosage.
Also, Total Drama Action is back with new episodes in Canada! So it's double-duty in that department and I should start actually doing things on TDW again. You'd think they'd give me a holler on my Talk page if they really needed me (since I do get email alerts for them). I've made that clear, so if they don't contact me, I figure I'm not needed~! I was getting a little burned out, so a break is nice to have. I've been working off-and-on TDW since what, December?
Of course I'll still be watching the episodes and loving them. I may even go out of my way to continue providing the high-quality screencaps for the new material since I'm pretty much the best source to go to beyond the official sources themselves (and they're finally giving out some of their official art). I'm just really tired of having to re-space pages out over and over again because some users can't seem to understand the concept of aesthetic appeal and how CRAPPY pages look when the seconds are disjointed and pictures are overlapping the fucking text.
That's really the worst part of it outside of the vandalism. But it's cool, it's cool.
Courtney is officially back, the elimination is quite surprising and I think LeShawna's getting a little bit of foreshadowing. I think the Killer Grips have won a grand total of one time since the teams were formed, anyway. Uber Courtney is probably going to destroy them.
I'll be keeping an eye on our US TDA since it seems they ARE still editing the dialog (Alien Resur-eggtion got one edited line), and that means Beach Blanket Bogus is definitely going to get some edited dialog since crap/sucking are quite present in that episode. It's a shame. I was hoping since 6teen's gone by almost completely unedited that CN would leave TDA as-is, but I guess that's not the case.
Anime-wise, seems we're getting a bit of a break on the plot in D/P, though I've got my eye out on that upcoming Galactic episode that'll be airing just before Movie 12 is released. I'm sure I won't be done with Chapter 10 by then, so all will be well.
I've even doodled a bit, but that's backburner stuff because huminahuminahumina things are going LIKE CRAZY these days! Even finally got to enjoy the pool this week... to a degree (it was windy so Shin was freezing ♥;). Hopefully more nasty weather will be back so I can enjoy the pool better.
also whyyyyyyyyyyyy whyyyyyyyyyy was Shelton Benjamin put back on ECW?! Why do they hate me so?! That means I'll actually have to WATCH ECW again if I want to see him! Goddammit!!
Oh yeah. And jobs. I shouldn't keep forgetting that I don't have one. Derp. Okay I'm done.I Feel:  busy Tunage: Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round |
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People, I'm just a tad bit freaked at the moment! Reason? I have a giant fucking asshole dwelling within me. And it culminated in this bastard child of my creation: battlestandby, aka Paul/Shinji of the Pokemon anime, also taking on my fic's canon now (which really doesn't change his character at all - just gives him some handicaps AND A THEORY MADE CANON). I made him a while ago to curb the boredom pains during my self-inflicted hiatus, but since that's come and gone, I used him sporadically. Until now.
He poisoned dear_mun a few times. Most recently, his bitching earned him nearly 300 comments and it caused me to be a hardcore Spiffyshipper (which is... believe it or not... Silver/Paul). He also got his bitch ass choked out by Cyrus and gleefully trolled Ash a few times. All in all, a good day's work. My Paul muse hates my guts, but that's hardly news. ALL characters I play hate my guts to some degree. That is because I am a sadist, everybody. :')
So the allure of further-developed Spiffyshipping led Paul to pokedressing, where he re-met, battled, and broke the platonic barrier with Silver all in one post. That also escalated to the vicinity of 270+ comments. In the strangest damn way, it was rather awesome. Apparently the lurkers agree, too! So I guess we did something right. I owe it to the awesome Silver mun as well. ♥
So after giving a little sugar to Silver, Paul made his intro post on the DR, which seems to have capped off at over 500 comments. I think Paul made nearly every girl who replied to him cry, plus Shaymin. I pride myself on making him the biggest dickweed possible. Kinda reminds me of a Ric Flair quote: "To be the man, you gotta BEAT the man!" And I've totally beaten Paul to a pulp. I, myself, am a natural asshole and not afraid to admit this. Genuine assholes will do good in playing asshole-type characters. ♥
Another Ash got trolled in this post, but most definitely the biggest part is where Silver stepped in and it eventually stemmed off into those two trying to figure out how the hell a relationship works. Silver and Paul are incredibly fail at it. But just because Paul's got himself a sweetheart doesn't mean he's no longer an asshole!
In fact, he might've gotten worse. In his most recent trolling of Ash (which was started by Silver, actually!), he and Silver pretty much ganged up on Ash, taunted him, and proceeded to break his brain by kissing right in front of him when they realized the idiot didn't know what the word "intimate" meant.
I do have to note that Paul's wuv for Silver was strong enough to convince me to get a paid account for the little motherfucker. It is only for a month, but still. What the hell. Normal Shin would never do this, especially when she has virtually no money! This is the Paul muse's way of getting back at me, I think.
How will the madness continue? I don't know, but it's fucking engrossing. I really need to be writing Chapter 9 right now. XD At least all this mushyness has convinced me to throw in a quasi-Curtainshipping scene after I finish the scene I'm currently end (which is very close to being done). Still just in the 7k vicinity, but I'm sure this chapter will be a nightmare.
Monday night sort of made me love Vince McMahon. When you see the dude piggyback riding on his limo driver, how can you not love that man? Especially when he viciously admits that he's never been in a gas station in his life. That is just fucking rich.
People need to give Vince lemon cars more often, man.
I have been sketching some stuff, but nothing's really ready to be colored except perhaps the little children that'll be appearing at the very end of Trifecta, and when I mean "end", I mean a fucking Epilogue that takes place 20 years after the present story ends. Since Paul's an asexual prick in this story, he will not be having any kids, of course.
A lot of them turned out cute, though. I made five, but they only come from two pairings; twins for one pairing and then a set of three separate kids for the other couple with a potential fourth on the way. TRY AND GUESS WHICH PAIRINGS, HUH.
Buuuut... phew. Hopeless job hunting continues, the real world sucks... no wonder I'm so buried into fandom right now.
OH YEAH AND TOTAL DRAMA ACTION. Yeah yeah yeah, it's in the US now, but Ocean's Eight - Or Nine has come out in Canada, and it is the Courtney motherfucking returns episode which leaves off a LOT of drama! I should be getting to work on Total Drama Wiki, but gawh. I've burned out a bit on it for the time being. I worked my ass off trying to have that thing meet quality standards and I provided the vast majority of the good-quality pictures, so I think I deserve a damn break.
But now that the NEW TDA episodes are back in cycle for this summer, it's time to get excited over what's gonna happen next since we really have no idea now!
Since I'm waiting till daytime to have Paul bitch about what I've done to him on dear_mun, I'm going to see how far into Chapter 9 I can get~!
Yeah... I'll just wish myself luck on that one.
Oh, one final thing:
I did screencap quite a bit of DP131, but mainly for the Paul shots and his Pokemon for the icons. This one, though, I capped for showing what the passing mention of Brandon was about. I have DP132, which I totally will screencap at one point since it's a sexy Iwane episode~.
I have had ideas in alterations for the plot. Main thing being that Paul does not (re) challenge Candice until after his full battle with Ash, as far as my story's concerned. Also, I'm definitely having an in-between chapter squished in with the DP128+9 and DP131+2 chapters (which will be two separate ones, obviously). The in-between chapter's going to feature the next full family reunion of Paul, Reggie and Brandon due to the magic of loopholes, they'll find out he has no more Regis, meaning I will have to build a new half of Brandon's team due to this. I've already decided his "starter" will be one of them - it'll play a role in the flashbacks featuring Brandon and his gang.
My idea is that for pure, sheer coincidence, Brandon, Byron, and Palmer get their Sinnoh starter Pokemon when they turn 10, just like any other trainer. Brandon would get Turtwig, Byron would get Piplup (due to the fact that its final evolution, Empoleon, is partially Steel-typed), and Palmer would get Chimchar (suits his personality). The catch? THEY'RE ALL SHINY.
So yeah, their starters would be alternate-colored, and quite aged by the present timeline, which may explain why they would not be used often then. But Brandon would be forced to pull his shiny Torterra out of retirement after the events of DP129. ♥
I'm totally not decided on the numbering right now, but it looks like I could have this paved out to Chapter 15 once I concentrate.
Of course, DP136 (the final episode before Movie 12 is released) was revealed to be a Team Galactic episode, so I want to pay close attention to what goes on in that department since Galactic's gonna be playing quite a role in Chapter 10.
Lots of exciting stuff! Now that we're into fillers for a few weeks, hopefully that'll give me some downtime to concentrate on the story, amongst other things.
And finally-finally (I LIIIIIIIIIIED~!), wanna get this goddamn crossover out of my head and into paper:
( Crossing over Pokemon into Total Drama Island/Action )
Alrighty then! I've written my heart out for you people! Enjoy it now, why don't you?!I Feel:  derpy Tunage: Pat Benatar - We Belong |
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Alright, time to look in-depth into these episodes! People are welcome to put a word in as well! Just bear in mind most speculation I'm doing is for the sake of fic-talk and should not necessarily reflect my stance on the canon. ♥; And yeah, expect some fic spoilers to a degree.
So let's get this bloodbath started!
( Battle Pyramid! Shinji vs Jindai!! )
( Resurrected Regigigas! J Returns!! )
Okay, that was all crazy! I'm out! I still have half an hour left before DP132 airs!I Feel:  excited |
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A little preview of a project I think I'll be working on tonight thanks to bandanna_boy_17!
DP128 and 129 have been subbed, so finally there is a full understanding of what's going on! And yes, Reggie actually had a reason to be in fucking Snowpoint, thank god. I was not looking forward to making up a reason myself.
My VLC player is being sort of a bitch, but I'm gonna take some significant screencaps to clear things up and those of you who care can make commentary on how I'll be able to adapt these two episodes into my story (which won't be for a while).
Oh yeah, for kicks I also downloaded DP118. That bitch will be SO FUCKING EASY to adapt now that I've actually seen it. ♥ I'll have lots of leeway, and therefore fun when I get to Chapter 11.
That'll all be in another post forthcoming (hey, it's something to do while I wait for DP132 to air in Japan around 6 AM tomorrow!).
I just broke the 7k barrier in wordcount for Trifecta 9, for those wondering. This chapter will cover DP109 through DP112. So by the end of 9, I will likely throw in a reference to Chocovine Town, as that will be the next Contest for Dawn (and would be going on during Chapter 10).
For the record: I've made up two towns of my own for Chapter 9. One is Butterbridge Town, which is where Conway and Paul are stationed right before Route 216 (metaphorical cookies to whoever gets the reference in the town's name). Plumeria Town will be the other made-up area that will be featured later on. How joyous.
Well, if DP118 comes to the US on August 9th as I've predicted, then there are... nine weeks to go before 128 airs in the US (since I doubt we'll be getting DP120 dubbed; that's the clip show). So, uh... that's just a little over two months. So it sounds like Octoberish...? Hooboy.
Alright, getting to work now~!I Feel:  happy |
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Uhhhhhh okay! So New Super Mario Bros. Wii is going to include... the motherfudgin' Koopalings. Since I never could get myself to enjoy Superstar Saga, I didn't get to enjoy their crappy cameo there so uh... YEAH. SIGN ME UP FOR THIS SHIT. I loved Bowser's seven little demonspawns from hell. Granted I... knew them best in their cartoon incarnations (hence I have a tendency to call them Kooky and Bully and Kootie Pie and Cheatsy and Bigmouth on reflex rather than Ludwig and Roy and Wendy and Larry and Morton Jr.), but they were fucking great Super Mario villains and I was pissed as all hell when it came to be that Bowser Jr. totally took their place.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.
I started Trifecta 9 yesterday, fitting as it was the 15th then, so that's totally in the timeframe I wanted. Juuuuust broke 4k words. Or seven pages. Admittedly I got a bit lazy in almost-killing Paul when it came to rescuing that asshole. I just felt it better to skip right onto where Conway feels like shit for playing with his life on a bet even though this is really Paul's just desserts for being a prick. I spared no expense in fully detailing Paul's near-demise (even though it was a long time to go without any dialog to write), of course. I just felt it would be boring as shit to actually write out the segment where they dig his ass out of the snow. Let's cut to the ANGST because there's another subplot I want to open up before Paul comes to.
In Chapter 9, there will be a couple of OCs (who will probably never be seen again after this) that play a significant role in the story. I went ahead and designed them before starting this chapter, but I've been experimenting with a new sort of thing that I think I should gage your reactions on:
Initial Product > Stage 2 > Final Product
So basically what I've done is thaaaat... after inking what I've drawn and scanning it, I manually go in and thin out the lines myself. Since I'm sort of a sloppy artist, I figured maybe my stuff wouldn't look so shitty if I just thinned out my lines a bit. It's too bad there's no convenient way to do this since it takes up so much fucking time, but... I dunno. You think it looks better thinned out?
These two will be informal rivals-of-the-chapter for Paul and Conway, though it isn't exactly mutual. Girl with fiery hair is Janelle while the dull-looking one is Mina. I'm sure there are many parallels that can be drawn here, but they both have signature Pokemon that'll be featured in the chapter. Janelle will have Monferno (sort of a foreshadowing of events to come in a certain episode that will air in a couple of days!) while Mina has Gible.
I guarantee you that this will be a trainwreck.
In a fit of boredom, I drew the fictional offspring that won't appear until the story's epilogue, whenever that will be! Hahaha! Oh god they all look stupid.
Um. Guh. That's all I've got now. Goddamn is it a good thing I got the ritalin upped this time around. I'm really beginning to lose my concentration on everything.I Feel:  tired |
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So yeah, I'm wondering if I've suddenly gotten on like, some weirdass 30-day cycle or something. I should totally be bleeding by now. My last two week-long unadulterated tortures were on the 14th of May and the 14th of April. So now it's June and if I start on the fucking 14th again, I'm going to break shit. But what I wouldn't mind is if it just waited another week because I'll totally have something to block out the pain by then. I'm quite sensitive to the pain, indeed.
I also wasn't aware there was medication specifically suited for those with Asperger's Syndrome, but my therapist told me about it and said I should inquire my psychologist (who prescribes my meds) of trying it out next time I see him (which is the 16th). He did mention that the side-effects are along the lines of... making-your-boobs-bigger and they might lactate. Which, uh, I guess may be bearable considering mine aren't all that big to begin with. As long as back-aching doesn't ensue. There's also the matter of how expensive it is, though, since it seems to be pretty much the only thing specifically for Asperger's, meaning it likely costs an arm and a leg. We're not really in the money situation to be blowing it on experimenting new medications.
And yes, I've been applying. Applying in itself is a fucking chore, especially when they're really assholes about it and want you to give three references that aren't relatives or employers (which... ALL of my mainstay references are; employers, at least). What the hell. I also hate the fucking assessments that take half an hour to complete, are very redundant, and ask very irrelevant questions. I assume this is how I get fucked out of a lot of jobs. Not only am I really bad at these psychological tests, but my brutal honesty makes me feel bad about even lying about myself a little.
Like I cannot say with a straight face that I can do multiple things at once and LOVE doing it and LOVE all people and NEVER EVER am bothered by personal problems and am totally organized. I mean, all of that is a total lie. But if I tell the truth, I won't even make it to an interview. And even if I did, I'm convinced they'll peg me as a liar on the interview and then I don't get the job anyway. I have a very... conspiracy theorist-kind of view on how getting a job works.
But it's like, you know, saying you're absolutely perfect in those kinds of tests is sketchy. I mean, there is not one person in this world that isn't guilty of at least ONE of the negative things they list. So if one flippantly says they're perfect on the test, isn't that even more suspicious than admitting imperfections? I mean, I would not buy for a second any applicant whose assessment results scored perfectly on everything. It's just not realistic. I would never sell myself as a perfect employee right out of the gate. I just sell myself as one who's willing to do her best, adapt to the business as quickly as possible, and become an asset rather than a liability.
See, I'm at least consistent about that. And I'm not lying in that regard, so I'm bringing up all my positive traits up forward while being honest at the same time. Why the hell does that not impress employers? It really doesn't help when the scant few jobs in Kentucky require, what, 3-5 years of prior experience, making it a waste of time for me to even apply? The vast majority of the available jobs out there require a buttload of prior experience and it's like. Is it THAT costly to just train your motherfucking employees? How the hell do we get experience if we can't get our foot in the door to begin with?
I think being unemployed for so long has caused my brain to wrap around this because failure of this kind is really quite incomprehensible. But... shit. What do you guys make of this? Those logic-defying assessments? What do those really prove?
So, uh, Total Drama Action is premiering in the States later tonight, though I've already watched Monster Cash back when it premiered in January (near my birthday, even!) in Canada. I'll go ahead and watch the States airing anyway. Not like I have anything better to do on a Thursday night.
I promised to pace myself this summer in regards to the fic so I don't get caught up in another drought before our dub of DP118 airs. So I've got two chapters to get written down before the adaption chapter, and DP118 is probably not due until August 9th, I estimate. I've got half of June and the entirety of July. Now, considering Chapter 8, which was 38k words, which I started on May 22nd (or 23rd, forget which) and completed on June 5th. Now, there were a few days where I didn't write jack squat, so taking that into consideration, it took me... perhaps a week and a half at most to write all of Chapter 8.
And I do expect Chapters 9 and 10 to be monsters. Seriously, I didn't think 8 was going to be that big considering what little I had planned for it. So if that turned out huge, 9 and 10 are destined to be the same way since both chapters have something major planned... especially 10.
I'm hoping 10 will be big enough to take up most of July. That's when the story gets major villain action.
Having said that, I'm still "taking a break", so to speak (but I don't think a day's gone by where I haven't reread parts of my fic yet) and trying to decide on a good time to start Chapter 9. Logically the 15th - 20th might be optimal, but I'm not sure if I can wait that long. But I figure I should try to do something else... so I drew a little bit again (mainly the two minor OCs who'll play a big part in Chapter 9), and I forgot I never did upload any of my pictures! I totally need to do that considering I have two WWE events plus cats to offload.
Speaking of WWE... crazy shit! Apparently a drug test was done over the last weekend and they'll announce the list of suspended wrestlers who failed the test at some point. So now there's a lot of mystery as to who's going to be going away for a month or two. I am a little bummed that Vickie quit this week since I loved her character and her lovely "EXCUSE ME!" banter. Leaves a lot of speculation as to who'll take her place...
Oh yeah, Shelton Benjamin turns 34 in less than a month. ♥
I do hope Wellness does not rid me of any of my lovely Canadians, though. Edge was shafted once through that and there are rumors that this could be his second strike.
Totally didn't realize it until last week, but... then again, I really don't like the show anyway, but I was surprised to learn about a 4th season of Winx Club. It's a very recent thing (episodes were premiering in Italy from April until May) and they've really amped up their super-sparkly color magic this time around. Their opening is a total mindfuck of cute and colorful, and even moreso are the new Believix transformations (it's funny that... by this point in the series, all of the girls are quite of legal age now; at least 19-20 years old). I can't believe it takes nearly 3 minutes to cycle through those 6 transformations (well, there's also Roxy's which would send it over that mark as well).
I also really want the music from this new season. That's the main reason beyond Italian shoujo magic that I even bother with this show. I've always said... I dunno what it is about Italy, but it's like they have inherent good taste in music because I've never run into an Italian dub theme of an anime that I didn't like. That is fucking impressive. So naturally music from their homebrew stuff would be good, even if the show itself is lacking, uh... substance.
Unfortunately, I think it's too early into the season to get any music from it. I'm still trying to find a good Enchantix MP3.
Got to see DP131 this morning! I really found all of the pseudo-official stuff kind of unnecessary (especially since the battle didn't start proper until after the show was half-over), but I gotta wonder what all was precisely said... again, because I have to adapt this episode and the next one eventually. No doubt I'll have a custom chapter between the DP128+9 chapter and the DP131+2 chapter because we all know it'll be a chapter in itself to see Paul prep for his mega-battle with Reggie nearby. Plus I think there's a nice loophole that'll allow those two to see their should-be dad post-DP129 (it helps that his Battle Pyramid was shot down in 129, so it's not like he can immediately go anywhere). I'm pretty sure this would be the point where Reggie and Paul find out that Brandon pretty much left Kanto of his own accord and is obligated to bring back Regigigas (or something just as good) before returning to the Battle Frontier. Hence they learn at this point that he is rather fucked because he not only failed to get Regigigas, but he had to give up his other three Regis to protect it.
I think Paul would be pretty giddy to hear that, actually. Especially after he just got smashed by said Regis... I'm sure he'd be an asshole and rub it in. Reggie would have to settle him down and remind Paul that they're financially fucked if Brandon's job is in jeopardy. We'd have moar family drama before the big nasty battle! Haha! By this point I'll have to think of an alternate path for Brandon to go because he just isn't the type who'd give up and return to Kanto empty-handed. He'll find something else. Sinnoh is riddled with Legendaries as it is.
Back to the actual DP131, I was happy to see Paul's Weavile do some fancy shit, even though... it failed to make any difference and got knocked out relatively quickly without taking out any of Ash's Pokemon. Wah. Nice that Ash's Gliscor was proving to be quite strong against Torterra. Torterra having Stone Edge, though? lol. I just had Paul deciding on having Torterra learn that move in Chapter 8. Only I'm pretty sure Torterra used Crunch as well (well, what else could the bite have been?), which Paul decided against having it learn in the fic... unless he changes his mind later, which he totally will after splitting with Conway. Once Paul gets rid of Conway, he'll be on this, like, Conway Sabbatical where he wants nothing to do with Conway or anything of the adventures they had together. That means Paul will store away or toss out the heavy coat he'll end up having by the end of Chapter 9, and most significantly Paul will not be using Conway's strategy against Candice, which is going to result in a loss when he goes against her the first time. That prompts him to go into hardcore training mode and return to Candice just as Ash finished beating her. I'm totally gonna work around that.
Paul's Magmortar is fuckin' huuuuuuueg, though. Like a gargantuan fatass. I was amused that Reggie mentioned Brandon in this episode (not sure in what context, though). I'm really pumped for DP132 and I don't care if the result's been spoiled because Chimchar is going to finally evolve. And evidently it'll be only Monferno against four of Paul's Pokemon. So this well-explains why Ash would be down in the dumps in DP133. ♥ Heeeeee gon' get raped in this battle.
Also happy that it's all but confirmed that Brock will be the one to see Uxie in DP133! Brock being relevant pleases me! Everyone hates on the guy because he stuck around while Misty didn't, but I think Brock still has genuine potential... it's just that he's stuck as the lowest form of a main character so the best we can ever get are occasional episodes that focus on him. But what makes him worth it every episode is when he gets fucking ass-rammed by Croagunk. I don't know why I get so much joy out of seeing Croagunk Poison Jab his ass all the time, but I do wonder why people aren't enjoying it as much as I am.
DP134 and 135 were revealed to be what seems to be filler. A Tangrowth episode (and another pitiful attempt at trying to make Dawn's Contest arc interesting?) and a very vague episode about Dawn trying to perform on a show. With "Everybody Participate!" in the title, it makes me wonder if there'll be certain character cameos about. I want to keep my eye out on that. Will they seriously still be in northern Sinnoh by this point...?
haahahaha I'm not LJ-cutting this motherfuckers. Suck it. My attention span suddenly just disappeared.I Feel:  dorky |
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 are you shitting me.
I... did not even consider such a possibility.
BUT GODDAMMIT NOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND I'M FUCKING STOKED.
You know, it's. Just. Super Mario Galaxy totally ran my life (as well as my friends') last summer. HAVING A NEW ONE TO RUN OUR LIVES? ♥ OMG. My original Galaxy is finally at my grandmother's as my cousins have relinquished it, so all I need to do is pick it up, and on Friday we can RELIVE THE MAGIC~ while we wait for #2 to come out! IT'S GONNA HAVE YOSHI TOO HOLY SHIT.
Apparently New Super Mario Bros. 2 will be on Wii (even though the original was on DS?) as well! H'OHMYGOD. New Zelda is announced, but way way far away from us right now.
Fuuuuuck man. Yeah, no matter how old I get, I'm always going to mark out for new Mario platformers because they literally give me the best times of my life. And there is a reason for that. Because they are godly and I'd sell my soul to have Miyamoto's creative genius.
I CAN LISTEN TO MARIO GALAXY MUSIC AND NOT FEEL SAD ANYMORE YAAAAAY~ and haha everyone wants their own Wiimote equivalent now. Microsoft, Sony. ♥ Don't be jealous! Hee, not trying to reek of fanGIRL too much, but dude you seriously have to admit it's hilarious that the other two are going out of their way to be Wii-like now. It kinda makes all the post-E3 2006 memories even funnier. Since I lack a PS3+PSP and 360, I really don't give a fuck what either of them are doing this year. It's not like I can afford either system until forever and they just wanna cater to their gun-lovers and their war-lovers and their gory-guts-fighting-lovers. Yeah. That stuff doesn't entertain me. Maybe even I'm too much of a chick to "appreciate" that stuff.
If I didn't abhor the concept of MMOs, I'd probably be shitting myself over Star Wars: The Old Republic since that's at least PC and I loved the other two Republic games. Still, the MMO aspect scares me away a bit. At least there's still The Sims 3 to look forward to being able to afford someday. After I heard that you can be a total kleptomaniac in that game, I started getting GIDDY~. Guh, may have to burn some videos and stuff to CD first and clear up some space first, though. Even if I still have 112 GB left on my HD, the computer's been running like pure shit lately and I mostly blame it on McAfee for being a fail virus-protector.
But still, I must reiterate holy shit Super Mario Galaxy 2. The first one is pure magic. Hell-raising magic, but still magic. There's even a scene in Chapter 8 of Travels of the Trifecta! that's inspired by the music of that game in a way. Well it's like, I wanted outer space to be a minor focus so I could have an excuse imagining SMG music playing during it. I'm sure you'll figure out which scene that is when I finish and post this chapter.
Speaking of, it took me the equivalent length of Chapter 7's entirety to finally get to the Gym Battle segment, which I more-or-less hyped as this chapter's main event. Chapter 7 was around the area of 24,000 words. So... YEAH. I'm presently about 26,500 words into the story, so this chapter is for sure beating my old record that I just set two months ago.
NO I AM NOT SPLITTING THIS UP INTO TWO PARTS. I made very specific plans from this chapter on until Chapter 11. I am not screwing up my numbering because I will most definitely GO INSANE if that happens. You know how bad I am with numbers.
At least I'm getting into the homestretch of completing this. First match has just ended (of like, five, I estimate... sob). I feel kind of bad considering the recent episodes have reawakened the Brandon love in a lot of people (because he's the shit), and Brandon won't be in this chapter at all. If this chapter wasn't growing so far out of control, I would've BSed a scene with him, but it looks like that'll have to wait until Chapter 9. But...! If nothing else, he is referenced many times in this chapter, so that's like the next-best thing. A lot of these scenes might seem useless at first, but they're actually setting up a giant chain of future events, so there's a fuckshitload of foreshadowing involved. Those of you who got spoiled will be able to point them all out.
Oh yeah, DP130's on at 6 AM! Hoo. I guess a semi-filler (since it involves Looker, it can't honestly be called filler but the plot otherwise SCREAMS filler) isn't too bad considering we're on a steady stream of plot-heavy episodes which'll be continuing next week. THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE A PREVIEW FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE ASH/PAUL BATTLE, MAN ♥
I managed to catch the last half of Home Alone 2 after getting home today, which is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love the first two to death. The others can DIAF, but the wintery, Christmasy nature and WAFF moments in that movie could work well to inspire some plans I'll be having for my Snowpoint City adaption chapters.
So yeah~! Um, weird sleeping schedule has gotten me to wake up during mornings again. It's freaky as all shit. Due to my unpredictable nature, I can't say for certain when Chapter 8 will get done, but considering all I have to do is finish the Gym Battle and set up The Bet (which'll be expanded upon in Chapter 9), I'd say it would definitely be done within next week, if not within the next few days (depends on how much I get dragged in for socializing).
And, much ♥s to blackjackrocket who sent me some Pokemon cards, as well as Shin!Oh! Dady!!!, which is a Pokemon doujinshi focusing on Brandon, Byron, and Palmer (you know, the trio of the past who'll incidentally star in the fic's flashback segments) and how they fail as being fathers for Paul and Reggie, Roark, and Barry respectively. I've already got the pages someone else scanned and partially translated, but there's a warm feeling inside me knowing I actually own it now. ♥~ I'm very much appreciative, though. And even though I don't play card games, I adore the cards I got too. :') I got a love for shiny things with cute pictures of Pokemon I like (and ones important to the fic) on them!
Okay WOW overwhelming happiness, and to think I wasn't feeling it totally until I heard about Mario Galaxy 2. SEE HOW MAGICAL IT IS?
But ow I thought it was like, a kidney hurting me all day or something which is why I was sorta down, but the pain's spread throughout my stomach and I just noticed I'm a week and a half away from the 14th, which was the date of my last two periods. This is the kind of pain I usually experience before starting, so it looks like it's coming a bit earlier this month. Uggghhh. Do not need menstruation slowing me down, because I am fresh out of anything that's going to make that pain bearable and won't be getting anything anytime soon.
Too bad I'm not seeing my psychologist (who prescribes all my meds) until the 16th. If I were like this seeing him today instead of my therapist, no doubt I'd be begging for just a week's worth of some hardcore painkiller. Being a girl really sucks every month.
AT LEAST THE GOOD THINGS TO COME MAKE ME SMILE IN SPITE OF THE PAIN. ♥I Feel:  cheerful Tunage: Super Mario Galaxy - Cosmos Illusion |
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ooookay, I probably should have NOT told my mom about my sudden semi-popularity due to the success of Travels of the Trifecta! (no, I didn't tell her the name and WHAT KIND of fanfic it was), because now she is giving me shit about not writing my own original stories since that is the only way I can make my writing profitable.
Thing is, she's not exactly an author herself, so she doesn't quite understand the "I can't force myself to love my own characters" part of my problem that plays into why I don't write original fiction and have no interest in doing so. Yes, I'll admit the fact that the rest of the world views fanfiction as mere practice for their own self-centered bullshit drives me even further away from wanting to ever write my own original story, but all in all I just can't make one through force. If I have no heart in it, undeniably it's going to suck. And personally, I do not pride myself on writing crap.
I may call my older stories crap on several occasions, but that's on the sole virtue that I was young when I wrote several of my stories. By idea alone, I think the vast majority of the stories I've written over the years are actually very good and clever ones. My immature youth just poorly executes said ideas. Nowadays, even my self-hating self has a hard time calling my own writing crap. But the only reason I have good story ideas is because I've had something to expand on and "make better", in a sense. I've understood over the years that I excel in expanding upon ideas rather than making up the core details. I think my analogy was that rather than being good at baking a cake, I excelled in decorating the cake once it's been made.
Still kinda makes sense to me, but I guess there's no real job out there where I can do my "expanding". Except maybe being a TV writer. But I really don't want to go to California for that.
In a way it feels wrong, but it also feels like it only feels wrong because everyone else is making me feel guilty that I'm "limiting" myself. Problem is, I think I work the opposite way everyone else does: making original stories feel like a limitation for me, rather than fanfiction. I understand the boundaries that go with fanfiction, but I've worked rather comfortably within them. With original stories, there's immeasurable amounts of pressure in making a coherent plot, worrying about how original it really is, and being able to make characters that aren't total hacks. That pressure gets to me to the point where it's no longer fun for me to write an original story, and usually my automatic reaction is to hate everything I create. If I can't get myself to love it, it's undoubtedly going to suck because I know that's the general rule: stories with no heart put into them (and this goes for fanfiction too) will always suck.
By extension, I guess, I've realized similar things are true about the way I draw, especially after I colored this (which I did not draw; only colored). I like the ideas behind what I do draw, but they always come out like utter crap whenever I make them. Fanart like this, which is a lot like what I do actually draw (can't count how many multi-series crossovers I've concocted over the years in my head), is virtually flawless and my coloring actually doesn't hinder it (in fact, I've yet to see someone actually color this better than me). Incidentally, this picture has gotten more than double the Favorites than anything I've ever actually drawn, which must be saying something. So even with FANART, I struggle because my talent is limited, so if I drew something original (which I have virtually no desire to do because I have zero inspiration for it), it'd be double the crap because I don't even have a good idea backing me up.
If you're wondering, no, I have no semblance of an idea of what I'd want to write for an original story. I have no idea what characters I would want and I have no real desire to find out, because I really just don't want to make an original story. Yes, I'm aware that's where the money is and that's the only way to get true public recognition, but I'm not going to get any of that (in a positive manner, at least) if the idea sucks, and since my heart isn't in it, then yes, it's going to suck.
This must be what love is like or something. Never really makes sense. I'm fully aware that I'm likely wasting potential, even though I loathe to think of it that way because it really feels like I'm not. I just know my heart's always been in my fanfiction and never in my original stuff. I get bored with my own stuff so quickly, it isn't even funny. And most of the time, I'm forcing myself to even try it in the first place. If I have to force myself to make something original, that ought to give you a good idea of just how firm I am in my position. My heart really has chosen where it wants to be, and even if it's the "wrong" place, I'm choosing to make the best of it rather than hate myself over making the wrong decision.
But when people like my mom realize my situation, it makes me want to go right into hating myself when I realize I have no job, no apparent ability to be hired (which has been a problem since before the economy started sucking), and no skill that anyone in northern Kentucky wants. You know, even though being able to type 120 wpm should immediately land me in Data Entry at best, and I'd happily take that as a job. Anything involving sitting my butt at a computer will make me content. I'm relatively good with handling my money when I actually have it (mainly because I almost never go shopping for anything other than food and the bare necessities), so I wouldn't mind if the job wasn't the highest-paying... though by Kentucky standards I'd have to say I'd want something that isn't minimum wage. It was $5.15 last time I worked, and I'm pretty sure that's either gone up or down since then. I'm going on two straight years without working as of a few days ago. It isn't like I haven't been trying.
But... you know, I have friends with better credentials than me on my FList right now struggling to get employed, when by all means people should be begging to take them on because of their qualifications. Beyond two letters of recommendation from my past bosses, my typing speed and general office skill, and my tendency to never ask for a break/vacation unless absolutely necessary (like when I got that week off at GameStop so I could recover from the oral surgery I had - y'know, the one where I got eight teeth pulled out at once), I really don't have anything. Sure, I have four years' worth of college experience, but I've done jack and shit with it and have no major, which really reflects my lack of direction in life to every potential employer out there.
Even when employers go out of their way to compliment me (like the one where the guy outright said I was the only applicant who did a cover letter right), there's still always some excuse for why I'm ultimately never hired. Sometimes I have to do extra stuff in order to get a callback and I do everything I'm told, but still never get a callback, and I never have the balls to actually call them myself and ask why not. I'm scared to death of making a bad impression anywhere because I'm convinced it'll ruin my chances of getting employed ever again, and ever since I knew I had Asperger's Syndrome (which, mind you, I was twenty years old before ever being diagnosed, meaning this plus the ADD is probably why my grades sucked royally in high school and now it's far too late to do anything about it or the horrible grades I've gotten in college), I'm now convinced that I must be doing something wrong at interviews. But since potential employers rarely tell me why exactly someone else was chosen over me, I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Therefore, I have no means of fixing the problem. So every time I interview, I'm going to do something I'm completely unaware of that offends the one interviewing me and I won't know what or how.
And it really doesn't help that I didn't grow up here. Not that Monticello could have really given me anything glamorous, but at least there, everyone knew my dad and constantly pestered him for free legal advice. To get on his good side, a lot of people probably would have hired me. I don't have that luxury here in northern Kentucky. I have very few ties and I'm convinced that my most recent job was the only job I ever got on my own merits without anyone else's help or influence. I'm sure it was purely luck, because I had no prior experience to what I was going to do. But of course, after just a little bit of training, I was getting higher percentages than just about every other employee within a couple of weeks. The people at my last job were really sad to see me go when I was forced to quit due to moving after the antics that happened with my mother and I. If I were still attending college, I'd be more than happy to return to that job, but since I can't afford college anymore, I can't go back.
I'd sooner rip out my intestinal tract and play jumprope with it on the highway than go back to GameStop or Kroger. My first job is not feasible to return to since that was only a Co-op job from high school (though I'd love to return there as well if I could). It figures the IRS would flake out on me the second I wasn't tied up with full-time college.
I can't count how many times I've bitched about not being able to get a job (I guess in two years, it's been a LOT and that's not even counting the past incidents where I had a jobless drought), but you know, it's things like that that inflict guilt on me. My mom's killing herself to support both of us and I can't contribute, much as I would love to, I can't because no one will hire me. So when she pulls a guilt trip like this about how I'm not utilizing a talent I actually have to make money to help the two of us out, I can't help but feel like shit over it. I probably never should've told her about my sudden spring of popularity due to the fic's success (since she's been asking who I talk to on Skype all the time now), but I guess it was hard not to since writing the fic is one of the few things making me happy these days.
And being told that one of the few things that makes me happy is a bad thing? Well, that just really stings.
Yeah you know what, not LJ-cutting. Enjoy endless walls of tl;dr, motherfuckers.
Uh, so, June! Well, summer was quick to get here. While it's already way too hot, I'll always take that over being way too cold. I've been on a frenzy writing Chapter 8 of Trifecta, so, uh... I'm at 21k now. Yeah, that's right. Over 21,000 words. This is going to undoubtedly surpass Chapter 7 by a long shot since I have yet to even start the Gym Battle that I promised this chapter would feature. And you know me; I'm a stickler with my promises. I went through my entire nearly-2-month hiatus without ever starting Chapter 8 and did not begin it until a few days after DP128 aired. I did that because I promised I wouldn't start it until after I saw that episode, and I followed through with it.
So if I can follow through with that, I can easily follow through with my promise about what'll be in my chapter. I don't care how much you a-holes cry about how long the chapter is. GET A FUCKING SANDWICH (or two) AND ENJOY. It's two months' worth of repressed creativity, so naturally it's going to balloon out of control. I probably really should have wrote on something else during the dead period... I'm just way too afraid of becoming distracted. That's my worst enemy these days.
I'm still really confused about what the result was in DP129 because apparently everyone but me, blackjackrocket, and a handful of others TOTALLY FUCKING MISSED IT... but Bulbapedia, last I checked it, still listed Brandon's Regis as still being with him, so I have no idea what the fuck really went on at the end of that episode since I was certain he left all three behind to protect Regigigas until it recovered.
So yeah, fun little plot alteration I'll have to incorporate and figure out how to resolve! Brandon totally didn't get Gigas; looked like he was about to before J decided to interfere, so I'm curious about what exactly what said during these key moments... but no one wants to fucking translate them. Sad. I mostly enjoyed the episode even though how it ended was total and utter bullshit (since when can Regigigas magically cure people of petrification? Why the hell is it an orb?!) because it really made up for how Movie 11 made Regigigas look like a pussy. Gigas was motherfuckin' TORE UP. Even better than it influenced its Regi followers to walk around and destroy shit along with it randomly. That's totally intense. I'm disappointed Paul and Reggie weren't there, but I know Paul at least will be back next week and the week after that to - and it's been more-or-less confirmed now thanks to DP133's description (Uxie episode~!) - kick Ash's fucking ass for having a Brave Symbol while he and his brother don't. See Ash? See that? That there is very belated karma. This is what you get for beating Brandon via DEM maneuver. You get your ass flattened by his angry-as-shit-son (they didn't say yes or no, goddammit!).
Also? Called it. Again. I am fucking awesome. I fucking told people Paul would get Obi-Wan Kenobi (Episode IV edition) syndrome after being humiliated by Brandon. Now it's going to fucking happen. YOU'RE WELCOME.
(better hope to god I can do these Adaption Chapters justice, because it looks like I'll have to make a LOT of them)
Wonder how long it takes these fansubs to come out, because there were still no answers for certain things I wanted to know about DP128, too. I really want to know the full extent of what happened in these two episodes before I solidify my future plans. Thankfully I'm nowhere near that area in real time at the moment, so there is time to burn. I'm still at the equivalent of DP107 as of Chapter 8. I may or may not timeskip ahead a few days after the Gym Battle - actually, I'll have to if I want to end Chapter 8 with The Bet. But I'm still well behind the events of DP128 - 132, so things are cool for right now. I'm just having a rare moment of impatience and wanna know this shit. :')
Evidently I'm getting a new bed mattress at some point today. I think my mom exaggerates about how bad mine is, but I can't complain if I'm getting a better one. I realized while I slept this morning that I ended up putting both my arms to sleep at different intervals. That can't be good. It's always because of how I position myself when I sleep - I often do that one-arm-over-my-head thing and that causes the raised arm to lose blood circulation. The other one got numbed out when I realized I was pressing my other elbow against it (yes, somehow I was able to sleep like that) and cut off circulation that way.
I think growing up with giant beds all to myself has made me both spoiled and roll over all over the place in bed throughout the night - not because I have trouble sleeping, but because... well, I don't know. All I know is most of the time, when I sleep, I can sleep relatively well. My mom really needs to stop trying to hold conversations with me while I'm sleeping, though. Not only does that reek of WAY BEYOND INSENSITIVE (I've never done that with *her* before), but it sorta fucks my head up because I'll kinda-sorta remember it but not really. Oh yeah, especially when it's cold, I'll always cocoon myself in my blankets because that's the only way to really conceal your body heat. Unfortunately, that also leads to fucking up the bedsheets, too. Meaning I have to fix it. I really do not like fixing beds. It is so, so goddamn annoying and time-consuming. My bed's not nearly as bad as my mother's (king-sized) bed, at least.
Well alright. That's sufficient venting to kick the month off with. Also I gotta note that I think I haven't communicated with my dad at all since like January or February. Most likely the former. Usually he calls me at least every month, but he's not done so since the winter-time. Since he often likes to brag to me about how good his life is going, I can only assume his life is sucking ass right now and he's regretting the decisions he's made. He never ever likes to tell me when things are sucking on his end.
He's getting his just desserts if he is having a hard time right now. I really want him to realize what exactly he's doing, but I'm not holding my breath. For now I'll just be content that he's paying for what he did to me by being saddled with a godawful wife who's nearly my age and a son he really had no business having in the first place.
Yes. As long as I never look at him, that half-brother doesn't exist to me. 22-year age gap? Yeah. I'm nobody's sister. I am totally, totally still an only child. He thinks he can take that away from me and shove the baby in my face, but if he wants to play that way, then I don't want him in my life. He had his chance to make things up to me and he totally blew it. Now I know better than to listen to him, and if nothing else, I finally know who my father is after going several years not seeing it for myself (going completely off my mom's account instead, that is). I'm not happy knowing he's a never-changing jerk, but I am happy to finally be secure in knowing that, now that I've truly experienced just how bad a jerk he can be.
I guess overall, it's surprising how his lack of contact hasn't bugged me the way it usually does. Can't complain, I suppose, if it actually isn't torturing me for once. Like I said at the beginning of the post, love is always complicated and never makes sense. I understand that's not just limited to romantic love, now - platonic/family love and love for what you do plays out the exact same way.
Just wish that love would play out in a manner that would get me money. Sigh. Arright, I'm done. Enjoy your laborious scrolling, guys.I Feel:  guilty Tunage: Rev Theory - Voices |
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I swear I change this icon more often than I change clothes. I think this one's gonna stick, though. One would be hard-pressed to make a cuter picture involving these three in particular. Now of course watch Japan go ahead and jinx me.
Aaaaand yeah. All last week I was giggling like an idiot over how Japan was getting "Battle Pyramid! Shinji vs Jindai!" while we were getting... "Ancient Family Matters!", which specifically features family tension between Gym Leaders Byron and Roark, who are canonly father and son in all forms of media. I do love dub!Byron. Coincidentally enough, much of Chapter 8 will be occurring during the equivalent of this episode.
Buuuut no, the theory was not confirmed in DP128. Paul got completely sweeped by Brandon 0-6, which made me very happy (and I got to watch this live via Keyhole TV, so that was exciting! I totally plan to do this for the next several episodes). This is going to make for some awesome fic fodder. As for the theory being unconfirmed, yeah... both Paul and Reggie used "Jindai-san" to refer to their should-be father, while Brandon uses "shounen" (boy) for Paul, just as he does (still) with Ash, but calls Reggie "Reiji-kun". So that sort of throws a kink into my works, as Brandon has been calling both of his sons boy/kid in my story, Reggie calls Brandon "Dad" (and I think "Father" in the earlier chapters), and Paul will only call Brandon "Old Man". Which by Japanese logic means he should be getting a "KAAAAAAA!"/"NOOOOOO!" every five seconds, but oh well. :')
Anyway, I think I can work around it in a way that shouldn't be too contrived. Paul of course probably wouldn't want Ash to know at all about his relation to Brandon (mind you, this is just how I'm speculating it for the fic, not the actual show) because Ash noses in on his business enough as it is, and him finding out about Brandon would just irritate Paul all the more. I think he'd have some influence on Reggie too and make gestures at him to clam up about it. Therefore, they would both cover up the truth and pretend they only know Brandon on a professional level. Hence, the use of Jindai-san/whatever equivalent they'll use for the dub... meaning I'd have to wait a long-ass time for that adaption. That means either another long-ass drought or I resort to filler chapters.
Brandon, on the other hand... the way the episode's set up, I'm not sure how Paul/Reggie could try to let him know that they're covering this up since it seems neither of them knew he was coming to Snowpoint (of course, they would know in the fic, meaning they'd be feigning surprise there), and more than that, apparently it's never explained why Reggie is in Snowpoint in the first place! I figured it must be for something important, considering how Snowpoint City is a long-ass way from Veilstone City (so much that Reggie needed to drive there, evidently!), but the dude's running a breeding center too, yo. Who's taking care of his Pokemon while he's dicking around in the snow? Paul evidently had no idea his brother was coming to Snowpoint either, so that just leads to more confusion as to why Reggie is in Snowpoint, since Paul would be the only logical reason why he'd go out of his way. You can't seriously say Reggie went all this way to Snowpoint just to say hi to the guy who beat him into retirement.
There would have to be a closer connection to Reggie and Brandon beyond that for this kind of reunion to happen. Of course, they jammed so much into this episode that it was nigh-impossible to explain much in great detail (I loved the episode, but it seemed to go by in a flash because so much was going on!), but relation or no relation, there's something to the Brandon-Paul-Reggie connection in canon for certain. I really hope they get around to explaining that by the time Ash and Paul have their two-episode battle in mid-June. And yeah, funny that it was Reggie of all people who set up that match between them approximately 10 days from then (meaning the time gap of DP128 - DP131 is approximately ten days; gotta make a note of that).
This also leads speculation as to who other than Dawn and Brock will be witnessing this epic battle. Until we get the VA credits, we'll have no idea, but since Reggie's the one who organized this, I like to think he'll be there (meaning for all the funeral/Galactic stuff that'll be going on in Veilstone simultaneously, it'll just be Conway and Maylene for that ride until Conway meets up with Barry). Reggie will have to not be in The Know about that situation, or else he probably wouldn't be as casual and happy as he's been in DP128. No way to squeeze in a Paul/Reggie scene where Reggie's like "Uh, you know, Paul... it was announced in the newspapers that Conway died on Route 216 and he was with you at the time... mind explaining that?"
I would really dig it if Brandon were there, but somehow I think they'll be done with him after DP129, which sucks. 129 looks exciting, though, what with J stirring up shit and Brandon gets turned into stone!! This is after he does a fucking suicide dive off from the top of Regigigas (which seems to be tied up in Ariados' web stuff, just as Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Mikoto are - meaning of the known participating protagonists in this battle, Brandon's the only one who doesn't get tied up). Now, because all of the other protagonists are tied up, it really makes me hope that the explosive shit going down as a result of Regigias' awakening makes Reggie and Paul (and maybe Candice too) turn around and return to the scene to the rescue. I guess just as easily Ash and the others will find a way to break free, but I really want Reggie and Paul in this episode. I'd totally die of happiness if those two got emotional over seeing their should-be dad as a FUCKING STATUE.
Also gotta note how happy I am that they are making Regigigas a total beast in this episode, which should more than make up for its pathetic cameo in Movie 11. Seriously, it just club-smashed all three of the other Regis at once with both arms. And it looked brutal! Whether or not Brandon actually gets Regigigas in this episode will be a concern since that's a rather important plot element (Brandon wants to battle Paul and Reggie in an official battle once he got Regigigas to celebrate - with no Regigigas, what have we to celebrate...?). If he doesn't get it, though, at least I'm relatively early in the story as to where I can alter my major plots without fucking anything up, I guess. I could find other reasons. Just won't be as awesome.
There's also the point that for all the awesome shit that's happening in Snowpoint City, we're totally never going to see it or the Regigigas temple again, meaning I could always have Brandon get Gigas later and the anime will be none the wiser. Unless, of course, when they inevitably have Palmer intro'ed in the anime and they say he has that Regigigas. Then I'd be fucked. I still really want there to be some history with Brandon and Palmer. Not only will it connect the two Battle Frontiers perfectly, but it's going to make the inevitable Paul-Barry dynamic a lot cooler, too!
Plus, like the random Japanese blogger said, all of Ash's rivals should be descended from important people. Gary is Professor Oak's grandson. Barry is Tower Tycoon Palmer's son, and he'll undoubtedly lead the new Battle Frontier. Paul's the most active and noteworthy rival Ash has ever had (sorry Gary ~ I love you to bits, but you've only appeared in 20 of the 600 episodes and you aren't nearly the dick that Paul is), so he should have the same notoriety as well. Being Brandon's son would be a big deal - especially since they've just now reaffirmed Brandon as a total and complete badass in the anime. And holy hell is he ever a badass.
And really... they've been subtly building up this plot point since the beginning of last year. There's got to be more to it. They could have easily replaced Brandon with Palmer in these episodes (since he has Regigigas in the games), and I was about to assume that they were going to do that since Brandon is from the Gen III games, which are old news, and thus has no reason to be in the D/P anime as far as advertising reasons go. Of course, it's perfectly logical that he is there for storyline reasons, because he's the only character in the anime who has all three Regis, which are required to be with you in order to AWAKEN Gigas in the games and no doubt they would be referencing that. He'd also totally want that Regigigas, yes. That's why it's a rather important element in my story!
Still, I assumed they'd never go my route and have Brandon actually go to Sinnoh, to Snowpoint specifically, to get Regigigas. I released the chapter of him doing so (well, leaving Kanto en route to Sinnoh for this very reason) a week before DP120 (the clip show) announced that Brandon was returning during the Snowpoint City arc to - gasp! - see Regigigas!
I predicted that the only logical outcome of Brandon vs Paul would be for Paul to lose. I did half-expect Brandon to totally and completely sweep him. I am glad he did. I also predicted the humiliation of said loss would send Paul on a downward spiral, he'd go batshit, have the "strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" syndrome, and then pummel the shit out of Ash the next time they battled just to show Ash that he's still got it, and THEN Ash beats him at the League. I totally didn't expect said battle was going to be only 2 episodes after 128, but the sooner the better! I'm adapting all of this to my story in the future!
So yeah! For all that, I'm predicting that we are so not done yet with the Brandon/Paul/Reggie thing. I think everyone who's completely dismissed the theory is jumping the gun right now since we're only just now beginning this arc of epic-ness, and things can easily change and who knows what might be revealed before the end of the two-parter battle. Judging from the badly-translated blog pages I've been perusing, a lot of the Japanese fans are still holding out on some hope. And if they're not giving up hope, then I'm totally not. They're the ones who totally understand what's going on since it's their native language, after all! If they've found a loophole, then I'm all for it!
Because seriously, there are still some oddities that have still remained a mystery to the English-speakers. Such as what exactly Brandon shouted at Reggie in the flashback segment (that seems to still bother him in the present day), and how Paul and Brandon insist they need no referee for their battle because they'll play by their "own" rules - and for only watching Brandon in the stands for one battle how many years ago, Paul seems to follow in tune with Brandon very well. You know. That shit is just a little suspicious.
I expect, since Paul and Ash battle at Lake Acuity, that this will segue straight into the Team Galactic storyline with Uxie.
Now, DP130 (which introduces Looker!) sounds extremely filler going by the plot description, but since it IS introducing a game character who might or might not play at part in this Galactic thing (he's a detective, after all!). We're not sure if any of our awesome supporting cast will be joining the main cast on the Ampharos train or not (I'd love it if Paul was there, but I half-expect he'll be hitching a ride in Reggie's car to the lake). Still, that aside, we are hitting a steady stream of awesome, epic, non-filler and storyline-filled episodes. It's a little overwhelming, but hell, I'll take it!
So I think that's all I wanted to vent about the actual anime for now, haha.
I have started Chapter 8, by the way! It's been difficult since everyone and their pet kangaroo have been distracting me all weekend long and I've only had a little time to myself, but I've got a good start going on and I'm approximately 4,000 words into the story at present. Still in the first scene, but the sleepover will be sort of a long scene, anyway. I've officially introduced Franny, at least, which was trickier than I expected as I have come to remember how much I hate writing my own OCs. I think I got through it okay, though. Just gotta intro Conway's parents and do some strategizing, and then it's on with co-habituating with DP107!
And having seen that episode, I do totally plan to have a scene that will include a Roark cameo. Won't that just be nice? I guess this episode helps me decide on the status of Roark's mom, who will be an extremely minor character - still alive, still married!
There is already angst in the chapter, too. :') Wonderful family angst. I'm actually basing a lot of Conway's family life on my own. I used to be rich, had inattentive parents (but an only child, so no bitchy older sibling), and the way I'm describing Conway's house is similar to my old one - cream-colored marble floors and a giant-ass chandelier. Aw, projecting myself onto Conway is creepy. ♥ He handles it better than me, though. For now, at least.
Moooooving on from all that, I swear when things calm the fuck down I'll be able to post up some photos. merry_loon was awesome enough to get me a USB cable for my old camera, meaning I can also post the pictures from the Raw show we attended back in October! That's when Jericho had all these great facial expressions. ♥
And I fucking love Cartoon Network for showing its abundance of TDA previews, because it looks like Izzy is returning again at some point! I hope that's what it insinuates, at least! She's shown eating pancakes with ketchup, which I don't recall her doing in any episode before, so hopefully that's a good sign! Looks like Heather and Harold get into a huge bitch-fight as well, which is awesome~. And I must reaffirm my love for both Duncan and Harold. ♥
Of course, now I have to attend to my adminly duties and hopefully continue fic-writing, so I'll end off here! Because real life outside of the wrestling event and watching wrestling in general has been a total bore and nothing-doing as usual~!I Feel:  hyper |
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*Cucco crows*
The Final Day
-- 24 Hours Remain
Okay, actually it's more like, uh... less than that? I can barely count right when I'm wide awake, people. Doing it while still in the stages of waking up? Not gonna happen.
But yeah! DP128!!! Japan is 13 hours ahead of the EST zone, meaning the episode will essentially be airing at 6 AM tomorrow here. Why do I care about this in particular? Well, I managed to download a program by the name of Keyhole TV which gives scarily-convenient live feed of Japanese cable. All I had to do is download the damn thing and NOW I CAN WATCH JAPANESE CABLE.
I've learned some things after watching for a couple of days:
- They're really pushing for Tokyo to be the site of the 2016 Olympics. For the life of me I cannot imagine the general public being alright with being cramped in that city for such an event.
- Their programming during the late morning/early afternoon is just as crappy and boring as the programming in our country.
- They're freaking out about the swine flu just as much, if not more than we've been.
- They have Dora the Explorer. Which, instead of being an English show teaching Spanish like it is here, it's a Japanese show teaching English in Japan. That's right. Japan smote the Spanish right out of Dora. :')
- Why can't our commercials be this wonderfully psychotic?: 
Keyhole does have a tendency to lag, but it's overall run very well on my computer. I watched Japanese-dubbed Friends and Jaws earlier this week, too. So yeah, I'll have a way to watch DP128 live tomorrow morning! That doesn't mean I don't still want better-quality footage. You minions should get cracking. I am definitely declaring the hiatus over once I've seen DP128 and figured out the details, so Chapter 8 will be underway by the end of this week! Depending on what gets revealed, we'll see how long it takes for the chapter to be completed. Is it sad I already have tentative titles for the next three chapters without even starting them? Really. I have this planned:
Chapter 8: "Super Smash-Brawlin' Maylene!"
Chapter 9: "Disco Monferno!"
Chapter 10: "Mars Attacks!"
(lol)
I am terrible.
Pokemon Sunday surprised me in showing more footage from 128, though it wasn't much. Still, it pretty much confirms Paul has totally flipped his shit and it shows Ursaring getting a lethal blow, meaning it's in troooouble. I totally approve of all of this. Candice is also confirmed to be present in this episode, so it's awesome to not only have another episode for her awesome self, but it makes her yet another witness to what would be a very shameful loss for Paul. He will have *quite* an audience when he battles Brandon. ♥
Even better, just the other day ago, the titles for the newest two episodes were confirmed and are set to air June 11th and 18th. The titles alone make me very eager for this week. Why?
DP131: Full Battle! Shinji vs Satoshi!! (Part 1)
DP132: Full Battle! Shinji vs Satoshi!! (Part 2)
... ohhhhhh HELL YEAH.
It may be jumping the gun to say so, but the names of those titles alone tell me that Paul is very likely losing the match against Brandon (which is AWESOME), which I speculated would be the best way to go weeks ago because I said the loss would be a turning point for Ash and Paul's rivalry; Paul would finally take Ash seriously as a rival, and the next time they battle before the League, Paul would have a "Strike me down and I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine" scenario that is initiated upon the humiliating loss with Brandon.
So while Paul gets his ass handed to him this week due to the fact that he's a dumbass who thought he could beat an awesome PYRAMID KING, Ash is going to be the one on the receiving end of the wrath Paul brings forth as a result of said loss. Paul reaffirms himself as a threat by smashing Ash in the battle before the League, and Ash can finally beat him come the League.
"Full Battle" really insinuates a 6-on-6 match; especially since there's two episodes dedicated to this. There's no telling if it'll be interrupted or not (as they are at Lake Acuity by this point), but THIS should be the point where Chimchar evolves to Monferno FINALLY FINALLY. This one screams the opportunity more than any other. Paul's also finally going to have a Magmortar by this point (or it might evolve during the Brandon battle, but as far as we've seen, it's still a Magmar there for some time). So yeah. For all the time they're giving this, I expect whatever could not be crammed into DP128 of Paul's backstory to be littered throughout these two episodes intermittently throughout the battle. We have no idea who else will bear witness to this fight beyond Brock and Dawn, but there's QUITE a number of viable people we'd like to see watching this! We'll just have to wait and see... or wait for the VA credits to pop out of god-knows-where.
Still, if all goes as hoped... then I'll have fucking called it. Again. Granted, I didn't think that they would get to the resulting Ash/Paul battle this soon (only 2 episodes after 128!!)... more like the arriving-at-Sunyshore timeframe, but this is good! I'd rather not wait~! Because I GET TO ADAPT THIS SWEET-ASS BATTLE INTO MY STORY.
(Folks, we may be hitting quite a stream of adaption chapters once we get to Snowpoint. :') You better pray I can do 118's justice or this'll be sad!)
I'm getting a little clarity on the idea of how Chapter 12 would play out now that all of this is known, but that's on the backburner as I focus my energies on getting those chapters leading up to 12 written! Granted, I ought to have plenty of time this summer to plan out the distant future since I have to pace myself chapter-wise until the dub of DP118 comes to the States in August.
Things are looking real good on this front, though. I'm keeping an open mind because SOMETHING can still fuck me up, I just know it, but right now things are excellent. The THEORY is all but accepted by the masses and really being pushed for becoming canon on both sides of the ocean (I've got the Japanese fanart to prove it), so this is turning out to be quite a lovely scenario.
I also have to express how happy I am that I GOT FANART specifically for this fic now!! Oh god it's historic because I almost never get art based on my writing, and whenever I do, it's usually by someone I know really well. ♥; That doesn't make it any less special, but having fanart made by someone I just recently met? HOLY HELL WHAT'S GOING ON I DON'T THINK I'M SHIN ANYMORE. And it's from one of the best scenes I have so far, too~ I have to say it's really weird to see people say how they used to not care for/hate the characters of Paul, Brandon, or Conway based on the anime, but then completely changed their minds after reading my fic. Like, MORE THAN ONE PERSON HAS EXPRESSED THIS. I am somehow WARPING MINDS?! S-since when was I able to do that?
I guess I should just be happy that it's all for the greater good. :')
Beyond the Pokemon, what else? Well, I just attended my WWE event with the AWESOME CAMERA and took SHITLOADS OF PICTURES, meaning when I get unlazy enough to upload them and show them off, you can see just how great the seats were this time around! AND DUDE. We not only made it for ECW and Smackdown, but we were getting taped for Superstars as well! THREE SHOWS. What the friggin' amazing.
None of my guys won, and while Cincinnati's crowd is loud and enthusiastic, they were also largely a bunch of screaming Hardy-fags (and Mysterio too??), which is pretty goddamn annoying. I really don't get why they kept cheering for JTG in the tag match either; I mean John Fucking Morrison is in the ring; why aren't you cheering for him?! He's the established face! No disrespect for JTG, as I've got nothing against Cryme Tyme, but Shad and JTG are tweener trolls.
STILL!! Got to see SHELTON BENJAMIN live for the first time since February 2005, and this time around it wasn't a lame-o DQ match against a nasty guy I had to watch the poor guy take part in! Got to see Charlie Haas live, too! Oh yeah, and copious amounts of Christian, Edge, AND Jericho! I GOT A SHITLOAD OF THE CANADIAN TRIFECTA. And dude, the Neo Hart Foundation is the shit. That's another Canadian Trifecta of Doom. Or in WWE terms, they'd be the Canadian parallel of Legacy. ♥
I have to apologize to 47nite, though, since I went all the way to Kinkos to print out the symbol he took so much time to make for me specifically for the event for a poster... I tried emailing it to myself before I left, but Yahoo decided to fuck up and forget how to attach files at that very moment and I was pressed for time. I didn't think to load it on LJ or Photobucket since I figured it'd be a snap to just snag it off DeviantArt.... but NOOOOOO, apparently Kinkos BLOCKED THAT SITE FROM EVER BEING USED DUE TO "NUDITY".
What the fuck, man. DA requires tasteful nudity; it's hardly a prime suspect site! If they wanted to prevent the porn, they should've just blocked Google or something. Assholes.
But yeah. Couldn't print it out at home since my printer is out of ink and my mom's low on money, so she can't afford to reload it (plus on my printer, it just wouldn't be doing the symbol justice). So I'm really sorry about that, Alejandro. ._.
I'll be watching like a hawk to see if me and my friends are viewable in the crowds this week! We got some good seats, so hopefully we're in quite a few shots!
I do think Louisville probably got the better show overall, though. They got Ric Flair AND Basic Thuganomics rocking their arena. Goddammit!!
So be careful if you come near me today, people! I fully expect to be crazy and unpredictable until I see my freaking anime for small children!I Feel:  fdgsgdshf |
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May. 16th, 2009 @ 09:47 pm
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Finally found the time to hatch my eggs given to me by bandanna_boy_17 and blackjackrocket yesterday. I forgot who gave me what, but I ended up with~
- Ledyba, which I was too lazy to name.
- SPIRITOMB, which I named DUNDUNDUNN.
- Bagon, which I named SHARPTOOTH.
- Shuckle, which I named TOO LATE because I needed a Shuckle for a long-ass time until I was finally traded one earlier on Friday before this Egg hatched. :')
- Lickitung, which I named PINK!!.
- Voltorb, which I named DEATHBALL.
And since Juuchan was nice enough to give me all of her Regis, I was finally able to awaken my own Regigigas in the game. ♥ And I used a Master Ball on it since I was given like three of those by her as well. ♥ Annnnd of course I named my Regigigas BRANDON. He's Careful-Natured and "somewhat stubborn". :D Likes the bitter food. Sounds like him.
If only I were unlazy enough to get my own Cresselia and Giratina out of my game. It's just SO ANNOYING. Still! 486 of the little bastards down... 7 more to go!
Wonder if I can get it complete before Heart Gold and Soul Silver come out. ♥;
Alright crap I need something else to do.I Feel:  accomplished Tunage: Mo~tto! Ojamajo Doremi - Momoko no Nihonbunkakenkyujo |
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Oh, wowie has this month flown by! And I haven't updated in 15 days, huh?! What's all that about? Madness! Well, I'll fix that because I have quite a bit to talk about!
And... why yes the new icon is from a screencap of the preview of DP128 which will be airing in Japan next week on Thursday~. I know most of you on my FList won't help me (except for maybe my recent recruits! Belated hiyeee to blackjackrocket, bandanna_boy_17, and nekusagi!), but whoever finds me the footage of DP128 first will get LOTS AND LOTS of love from me in some form or way that I don't know how that will be in the form of quite yet! I don't know. I just know I'll be tearing shit apart trying to find it myself. I wonder if I'll even be able to get myself to go to sleep that night. Maybe I should skew my sleeping schedule to wake up super-early and stay up all day... and then I won't sleep through anything! Genius?!
But yeah. I particularly loved this shot of Paul (and yes, this is him really freaking upset in the middle of battle against Brandon) because it reminded me of a certain fanart that Jindai Ruins completed not very long ago that had Paul in a very similar expression.
I'll gush more on the Pokemon anime in the bit. Gotta get the more boring stuff out of the way first. And the slightly more interesting stuff, too.
Uhh, my weekly hell hit a couple of days ago, which may explain the slump in activity, considering this one is rather late (it started exactly a month since the first day of the last cycle), which I'm not sure if it meant to compensate for my last cycle being two weeks early or not... either way, it was rather aggravating to have hormonal issues going on for so long. The high level of tree pollen is still out and about and making my life miserable and I REALLY hope it goes away soon so I can breathe like a normal person again...
I also hope my stomach gets over whatever gastro-intestinal hell it's put itself through over the last two months, because I've officially lost quite a bit of weight as a result of how bad I've been feeling all this time. I'm probably going against all traits of my gender in saying so, not caring, but I usually weigh around the 160-163 vicinity. I was just weighed last weekend for a medical exam, and I was reported to have weighed 148 pounds. That is a very steep drop, as I can't even remember the last time I've weighed so little. It's been at least three years!
If I really have lost all that weight, I guess I should probably make the effort to keep it off since I noticed my hips seemed quite a bit slimmer today while I was grocery shopping. I usually don't pay attention to that kind of thing at all, but it was very off-putting... I guess even I know it's usually not normal to lose so much weight in a relatively short period of time. I hope it stays warm now, though. I really was not liking those mornings where it was getting into the mid-to-low 40s.
And... job-hunting. Might as well get back on that since my mom's back on the guilt-trip train. Though it's not encouraging after seeing several of my friends, active in job-searching who live in cities that thrive much more than mine, still struggling to find employment anywhere. I've been having trouble getting hired before the economy started sucking major ass. Now that it's down the hole, it's hard to see how I'll even have a chance. Competition just gets that much tighter and I have no means to compete.
Still, I'll be better off worrying about that after next week since next week is a MAJOR, MAJOR week of fun and activity. Monday will be Raw, as usual; Tuesday will be LIVE ECW/Smackdown for me and my friends~! I'll be seeing Shelton Benjamin, my favorite wrestler, live for the first time since February 2005!; Wednesday's the only day where nothing goes on; Thursday is Pokemon DP128!; Friday is watching Smackdown on TV and hopefully seeing myself in the crowd on TV!
Lots of good times... lots of memories to be had. Not to mention, after Thursday (or whenever I can get my hands on DP128), my fanfic hiatus is over and I can finally start writing again!
Now... I've been jonesing all week for the DP128 preview, and I even took the liberty of making screencaps to talk about it appropriately, so I'll put it in a cut so let's talk about it!
( Jiikai - Pokemon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Pyramid! Shinji vs Jindai!! )
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It's MAY! Finally~!
Huzzah! Come at my way, all aspects of life that dare to oppose me!
I maintain that this month is going to kick ass!
There is just way too much to look forward to within these 31 days for it to suck!
Weather, just keep being warm/temperate and we'll be cool, too!
I still want pizza.
But!! My fanfic D-Day is now less than 4 weeks away! My live Smackdown event is also less than 4 weeks away! There will be a new TDA in 2 days (though I won't get to see it until Monday, most likely)! The last Battle Dimension is tomorrow, but it's not that much of an interesting episode... b-but Galactic Battle starts next Saturday! So I'll have to watch that just to see the new intro. And naturally Japan's gonna have some good stuff in store for Pokemon every Thursday this week, beginning with Super Perky Lesbian Candice! We get her for two weeks, then it's straight on to the Paul and Brandon variety half-hour, guest-starring Pokemon Hunter J and Regigigas!
It's going to be a delightful May! I can just feel it!
So HOW. ABOUT. THAT?!I Feel: optimistic Tunage: Um Jammer Lammy - Taste of Teriyaki |
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Okay, TDA episode 10 is made much better by watching it. XD It was a reward challenge (I think more-or-less confirming that the outset of the show will be elimination challenge, reward challenge to compensate for the lack of contestants to fill a 26-episode series) and consisted of Harold's saving everyone's sorry asses and Izzy being pissed off at everyone, which is just great. Not to mention Duncan inflicting physical harm upon Harold is always great, as is LeShawna and Heather inflicting the same on each other. ♥ and ahahaahaha oh god JUSTIN FINALLY SUSTAINED ACTUAL INJURIES. It was fun to see him cry. Can't wait for this weekend's WAR-THEMED CHALLENGE!
I'm a bit surprised, but it looks like there will be no breaks for the Pokemon D/P dub this time around between seasons! D/P Battle Dimension segues right into D/P Galactic Battle! Well, this works out for me, I think. If there aren't any breaks at all this summer, that means the dub equivalent of DP118 should be hitting the States around August 8th... that's provided I counted right, because I only do that correctly maybe 20% of the time nowadays. Still, that's much sooner than I expected to have a dub of DP118. That was a more distant-future concern I was having, to be honest. ♥;
Of course, watch it be the middle of summer and I'll be eating my words as I itch to start Chapter 12 after plowing the fuck through the next three once DP128 and DP129 air. Technically, I could just watch a sub of DP118 and go the adaption blind, but Chapter 11 (weeee're expecting it to be 11, anyway) will be my first adaption of an anime episode, meaning it's one of the few things that has to be more faithful than usual to the canon, and basing it off the English version... that's tricky when there's no English script to work off from. >D Granted, when it comes to most non-Team Rocket stuff, they've been dubbing most dialog rather faithfully as far as I've seen (to the point where Dogasu actually kinda got bored with doing D/P episode comparisons and has been doing old Kanto League episodes for the past few months now), but I don't trust myself enough to actually try to adlib it on my own. :D; Of course, it won't be a straight 100% adaption of the episode since this'd be 100% from Paul's perspective, meaning Ash's gang are second bananas (I still can't help but find it mildly hilarious how Conway's actually getting tossed out on his own just before Paul actually meets up with Ash and Dawn, which was the main reason why Conway took to following Paul in the first place~), so I'd at least be able to put a whole bunch of filler into the chapter before getting into where I have to pay attention to and adapt from a script. Or I could make a filler chapter and set myself off entirely...
I mean, one must remember that in a period of two months, I created Chapters 2 through 7 of this story! Chapter 1 is the only exception as I started that way back in November, then just stalled on it, randomly picked up on it again in February, and went on a wild and blazing trail until just the beginning of this month after learning about where the canon was going and putting out one last gigantic chapter. So I wrote roughly 70,000 words of fic in two months. I almost wonder if maybe I should take my time on Chapter 8 after all and not be in such a rush to have it out before June.
6 chapters and 70,000 words in just two months, and that was fuckin' winter time when I was sick and yucky. Summertime, I'm usually kicking ass, so that'll make things even worse unless I'm just dying to go outside. So assuming I do get Chapter 8 out before June, that means I've got Chapters 9 and 10 (and maybe some of 11) to play around with for the summer that I have to make last until August 8th. I guess in simple terms, that could mean 1 chapter a month. Dedicate June to 9, July to 10, and August to 11. Since The dub of DP118 would be the very start of the second week of August, time-wise, that would manage out nicely. So maybe this wouldn't be too terribly bad. I can have a whole week to work out filler in 11 before getting to the meatier stuff.
I also have to take into consideration that the chapter sizes have gotten considerably huger since the story began. By what should come as a surprise to nobody, Chapter 1 is the shortest at just a smidgen under 5k. Chapters grew at roughly 2k or so as time went on. 4 and 5 about evened out with 4 at 11k and 5 at 12k. 6 went under the average by just being 7k, and then 7 went way way way over the average by being 27k, more than twice as long as the second-longest chapter. The second-longest was Chapter 5 at 12k, and that was the Byron Gym Battle. It was almost solely the Byron Gym Battle (only very short beginning and ending scenes sandwiching the battle parts and only one scene switch).
So take into account Chapter 8... it will also be a Gym Battle. Not one with Paul, mind you, but I still imagine Conway vs Maylene's going to be eating up quite a few words, especially since this'd be Conway's first gym battle. It's the same battle size, 3-vs-3. So that's most likely at least 12k to contend with just from that battle alone. That's ignoring the introduction to Conway's suckass family and the sleepover and Reggie being a freak and the battle's aftermath and Paul/Conway setting off to continue the journey where they are faced with setting up the scene that will serve as the plot to the next chapter. All of that's going to take a hell of a lot of writing to it, too. So my guess? 8's going to be another huge chapter!
And 9... I don't even want to imagine 9. 9's going to be fun, but Contest just reeks of a giant mass of words I can't even begin to count. 10's going to be the hugest plot-based chapter in the story yet, so that's a guaranteed monster. Then 11's mister adaption. So even if it's just an adaption of a 22-minute segment, knowing how I can stretch things like that out and adding in my naturally-made crap? That'll be long too. How about we just say every chapter from here on out is going to be longer than sin, okay? I tried, people. I just can't write things of a reasonable length without making your eyes melt out of your sockets. At least, not for very long.
Anyway... outside of fic business, while it does seem my Wii has mysteriously keeled over, I was very surprised to learn last night that I'm still under warranty! So sending the thing back to Nintendo to be fixed won't cost me a dime! I was convinced we had bought that thing like last March or something, but it must have been last April after all. Even then, I didn't imagine we actually had a full year warranty (and it figures the machine would crap out so dangerously close to when it would expire - same exact thing happened to my Playstation 2 many years ago). This is definitely a good sign, seeing as it's going to cost $200 to get my car door fixed now. ♥; I've had the longest on-going feud with my driver's seat window where it's very choosy about when it wants to go down and go up regardless of when I want it do (it's electronic). It seems to be dependent on how warm/cool the weather is, and slamming the door shut also can get the window to see things your way, but doing that so much is now making my entire door about ready to shatter into pieces. Uh, whoops~! It's not my goddamn fault the window wants to be a prick. I just don't want to waste gas by using the A/C when it's just as refreshing and cheaper to roll down the freaking window! Is that so much to ask? (Hell, I rarely have to use the A/C ~ I usually reserve that shit for when it gets above 90)
So of course the window wants to be like this when it's going to rain tonight and I have to be somewhere tomorrow. AS IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT. Good god. I wonder if it's even a good idea to park my car with its damn window down out in the middle of town in Covington... okay yeah I'm calling grandma to drive me tomorrow. Last thing I need over my head is a stolen car. o_o
It's a good thing I A) have no pride and B) hate driving, otherwise this might just humiliate me at 23. Instead I'm just aggravated I'll have to go through the trouble of putting plastic over my car door tonight. Because this shit loves to be timely.
Oh, yeah! Smack on, WWE Backlash for switching all the major titles around! Randy, Christian, and Edge getting to be the figureheads of their respective brands now? An Edge+Christian scene backstage? Might we be hinting towards a Canadian Trifecta on Smackdown after all? I would be way into that if we had some by the time Smackdown hits Cincinnati. We all know how Shin likes her Trifectas.
Shin always likes her things to come in threes. Three always was my closest thing to a lucky number.I Feel:  thoughtful |
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Well, a title for Chapter 8 just came to me out of nowhere and I haven't even started on it yet. I likely won't be starting on it at least until after I see DP128, possibly DP129 (but not likely, since Chapter 8 isn't reliant on what happens in these episodes at all - that won't be an issue till Chapter 10)... actually, I'm probably gonna start it once I'm able to see DP128 so I can ensure that I can have a new chapter out at least before June hits. If I wait until DP129 airs to do that, I'll only have 3 days left in May to try and accomplish such a task. XD
Anyway, tentative title for Chapter 8 is "Smash-Brawlin' Maylene!" or "Smash-Brawlin' Melee!" and if you're failing to see a reference there then get the fuck out right now. Either way, even if it ISN'T for Paul, it's still a Gym Battle chapter, and that suddenly came to mind when I thought about the reasoning of why we dubbed Sumomo to Maylene in the first place. Not to mention you can play Lucario in Brawl. And Brawl was released in Japan right around the time Maylene was introduced into the anime, if I recall correctly. Just seems like a fateful match!
( Never gonna give this fic up, never gonna let it down... )
I also haven't been talking much about the Total Drama Action (which has just aired in Canada now~ probably won't get to actually see it on the 'net until tomorrow; the torrent people have really dropped the ball since the new episodes started showing up again)! And I have to say a lot of the stuff has really been moving~! It's nice to not have her around hogging the show for once, but I can't deny it's weird not having Gwen around since she was such a fuckin' omnipresence for so long. XD Still, it's different and nice!
TDA as of late has really gotten me to love Harold now. I swear he's pretty much my favorite character under Izzy and Duncan right now, which I wasn't expecting. I always liked Harold, but damn, I never liked him this much. I think it started once he admitted to perving on Gwen. That just about killed me right then and there. ♥ Since then he's almost fuckin' stolen the show for me ever since. Justin continues to be godly as well, and I love how he continues to find his way out of challenges. I really hope they amp up his evil tendencies soon (maybe they did this week?)!
And BOO-FUCKIN'-YEAH to bringing back Izzy, as well as the Owen/Izzy lovin'! It's easily pretty much my favorite couple in the show and I was shocked to not see very much of it at all, especially when Izzy was first voted off, but her return has brought on some REALLY freakishly awesome moments! Owen getting turned on by Izzy biting him still sticks out in my memory, most notably. XD
OH OH OH and I can't forget the random GAY MOMENT between Chris and Chef during The Chefshank Redemption that they never really explained! It was just so random and out-there and just... it just really needs to be seen. Chris really came off like he was trying to ask Chef out on a date, we'll just say.
I really hope it was a Grip who wasn't Justin or Izzy (won't be Owen, so that leaves Lindsay or Beth) who was voted off this week if it wasn't a reward challenge. I'd like to try not to spoil myself for once, but since I'm an admin at the Total Drama Wiki, I imagine it's inevitable. :') It's just painful waiting so many hours to get some kind of footage when I used to just have to wait until 1/2 AM or so to get a high-quality torrent of the full episode for download. Goddammit, Canada, why so difficult? Courtney's waiting in the wings a few episodes from now. So I really want Harold to stick around because that's guaranteed madness. Shoot, if it weren't for Izzy and Duncan, I'd want Harold to win the damn thing!
(A funny thing I noticed in TDI is that Izzy was originally the seventh camper voted off, and after she returned, she was the seventh-to-last camper eliminated, so she placed 7th. So she kinda got an inverse-operation of placement. Since Geoff and Bridgette's double-elimination make this tricky, you can say Izzy was either the 3rd or 4th castmate originally voted off, meaning she could potentially make the Final Four or Final Three if they did things this way again!)
Courtney's going to be on the Killer Grips, so she's actually going to be an adversary of both Harold AND Duncan. ♥; Which may make things interesting. I'm still curious if LeShawna still wants to make an alliance with Harold and Duncan... maybe I should shut up and watch this week's episode first... when it becomes available...
SUMMER SOMEHOW ALREADY GOT HERE?! It almost reached 90 degrees today! It practically segued straight from winter to summer over here. We get no medium when it comes to this time of year; another reason why I hate Spring. I swear at least there are some times we get some semblance of Fall. Spring? We get cold, we get allergies, and suddenly it's 90 degrees.
Oh well. Can't complain too much. This beats the pants off freezing to death. Now I just have to wonder if this is gonna stay. According to the extended forecast, signs are kinda-sorta pointing to Yes. If that's the case... sigh... that means I'll have to switch the seasonal wardrobe very very soon... and I really really hate doing that...
Seems I was right, more or less, about the coughing. Its presence is still barely there, but it's almost totally snuffed out and I think the warm weather is doing its job. Hopefully that means I won't have to go to the doctor after all!
Shoot, I forgot May means I'll need to scrounge up some money for another year of paid account happiness, too. Well, that shouldn't be too hard.
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ALRIGHT! I NO LONGER HAVE TO LIVE IN THE DARK!
May 21, 2009: DP128: Battle Pyramid! Jindai Vs. Shinji!
May 28, 2009: DP129: Regigigas Resurrection! J Again!!
So this stuff was teased since DP120, but what wasn't actually known until now was that A) the Paul vs Brandon and Regigigas stuff would actually be two separate episodes and B) Hunter J would fucking reappear after a very long-ass time of not doing so! J is one of those D/P anime-exclusive villainesses who just happens to rock and really needs to appear more often than she does, so not only making a long-overdue reappearance (though it was somewhat-expected since Jupiter was hiring her for the Fairy subplot... though this ain't quite it) but doing so for Regigigas and we're going to have Brandon (and possibly Paul) kicking her ass? Holy goddamn hell that is going to be great. That is one excellent follow-up to Paul vs. Brandon which I still can't believe is getting an episode to itself. That's just great! Aahahahahaha!!! Now I just have to hope Brandon wins that because things are just going to be much more interesting that way to have Paul lose and snap his shit when he finally learns about Ash having a Brave Symbol. I guarantee that by all logic, that's going to finally make Paul take the rivalry seriously, and THAT - .... THAT is when you would want to evolve Chimchar to Monferno, and then subsequently have Paul utterly destroy Ash in battle. That way, Brandon is still a badass, Paul is suddenly a lot scarier than before (and you thought it wasn't possible!) and even though it's more-or-less a given Ash will beat Paul in the League, at least this gives off a good air of suspense and an interesting uphill battle for Ash, because you know he'll have to train his ass off to actually get to the point to where he can actually knock off Paul. While he's actually beaten Paul once by now, it was still just a PokeRinger competition rather than an actual battle. Going strictly by battles, they're still at two draws and two losses on Ash's end.
This is all looking really, really good and almost nobody can find room to complain about what's to come in May at all. May is going to easily be the best month this year for the anime yet. First half will be Candice, second half will be Brandon/Paul/Regigigas/J. That is fuckin' packed, people. You know what makes this even better? DP128 is airing the same week I'm going to my WWE Smackdown event in Cincinnati that Tuesday the 19th. So not only am I finally going to be able to see my long-awaited Paul vs Brandon smackdown, I'll FINALLY be able to see Shelton Benjamin at a live event for the first time since February 2005, and by the end of that week I'll hopefully be able to see myself on TV from that event! Can you seriously ask for a better week than that? And in addition to all that, the hiatus for Travels of the Trifecta! will be over! I will officially be able to start posting new chapters again!
Granted, I'm most certainly going to wait until DP129 airs before finishing anything new (so I guess it WILL be June before the fic sees new material!), but I don't think it'll hurt to go ahead and at least start Chapter 8 once I've seen DP128, and contrary to my lazy nature, I'm actually going to watch DP128 raw/subbed as soon as I can because this is totally a special occasion. Still, Chapter 8 is primarily focusing on Conway anyway (his family compared to Paul's, the sleepover, and his Gym Battle with Maylene before El Bet ends the chapter) so there isn't much in there that would compromise the plot the way, say... Chapter 10 would. So Chapter 9 would be relatively safe as well. Chapter 10's the iffy one, where I'll definitely have to make sure the Team Galactic plans mesh into what I'm doing, but by the looks of things, it seems I can have Mars be after Conway for not only the Uxie book, but also the Regigigas book that Conway doesn't even have in his possession anymore! Hah!
And on the upside, depending on what goes about, I might even have some interim stuff for Brandon to do. That'll be good, since the best I have planned for him after he captures Regigigas (I'm trying not to think that it'll have to be an "if" situation) is a bunch of flashback sequences of him as a child adventuring with the kid versions of Byron and Palmer where it'll develop all of those characters, as well as the young Andrea, Miss Dead Plot Device. I'm not sure if it would benefit or derail the story at this point in time, but I think it might be interesting if I pulled it off well enough. It could be easy to imagine: Brandon's the serious, down-to-earth leader of the group, Byron is the impulsive and inspired one who always quarrels with Brandon, and Palmer is the flighty dumbass who comes up with the cockamamie ideas/theories and is overall very simple-minded but can inadvertently stumble upon ingenious ideas and methods on accidents, or even ways to save all their lives whenever they are in peril. And yes, Palmer would still be impatient. That would mean that Byron and Palmer are relatively immature, squabbling kids who need Brandon in order to be a cohesive group, and through his influence, both of them were able to grow up, mature, and become successful on their own. XD
Andrea's role would essentially be that of The Wannabe/The Girl, aka The One Who Wants To Be In The Group But Can't. Because she is a girl. Also because she can't keep up very well, and none of the boys really want to give her a chance. Why? Because they're nasty little boys. Future husband Brandon really isn't much better about it than his buds, but over the years would soften up not only because of the magical thing called puberty, but also I expect there will be situations where Andrea tries so hard to join the boys on their adventures that she ends up in a few life-threatening incidents (sliding off a steep cliff, pitfalls, quicksand, generally getting lost and separated from the group), often with only Brandon at her side because while Byron and Palmer just taunt her like assholes, Brandon scolds Andrea and gives her legitimate reasons why she doesn't belong in the group. But naturally, if they get stuck in a lot of situations together by themselves, there is inevitable bonding to be had!
There probably would be stereotypical Brandon-saving-Andrea's-life, but there'd also be a good bit of surprise on Brandon's end where Andrea can hold her own a lot better than Brandon gave her credit for. A lot of that's going to be distant-future fanfic fodder, but still, the story is one focused on family and that's an area that has very little explanation to it...! Incidentally, I visually have an idea of what a young version of Byron's future wife would look like (aka the future mom of Roark!) and for some reason I keep imagining as they grow up that they'd have a relationship like Cid and Shera from Final Fantasy VII. I don't know why. Palmer would be the immature idiot who can't get a girl and brushes it off by making fun of Brandon and Byron for hooking up with chicks and settling down so early on while he continues on adventuring in his youthful adult years, which would explain why Palmer apparently does not have a kid in their late teens/early 20s like Reggie and Roark. But by some miracle Palmer would have found a woman eventually so he could damn the entire world by spawning Barry.
I dunno. It might be something worth poking into. XD On a sadder note, I think my Wii might have died as a result of a random power outage that occurred earlier today. Wasn't a thunderstorm or anything; power just went out. Thing is, Wii's connected to a surge protector and everything else connected with it still works just fine, but the Wii absolutely will not turn on at all. That's more than a little concerning. ._. I hope it won't be too much of a pain to fix, because the last thing I need is my beloved console to die out on me.
Still, CAN'T HELP BUT BE EXCITED. Hahahaha!I Feel: ttly partying nao Tunage: South Park - Gay Fish |
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Meme-stealing time!
Make a list of all the characters in your icons. (Although you may have more than one icon of a single character, they only go on the list once.) Alphabetize it. Take the first two people on the list; that's your first pairing for battle. Second two people; second pairing for battle. Etc. Then write your reaction to each battle.
I do things the hardcore way. I'm including groups. Prepare yourself, people!
( This won't be pretty! )
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