Memoirs of the Angst-Bitch

Returnage occurred yesterday but I managed to depress myself with both the final volume of Banana Fish and Godchild 5. More on those later.

The con was actually quite satisfying. I managed to find three Code Geass doujinshi. There were more but they were hentai and wouldn't identify the pairing and I don't play that for the prices those things go for. But one of my pretties involves Suzaku as Prince Charming and Lelouch as Snow White, set up by Milly of course. Card Captor Sakura flashbacks anyone? Also snagged some Ouran doujinshi with Haruhi because I don't think the yaoi booth guy realizes Haruhi's a GIRL. They were still awesome. Oh and a RikuSora with an ultra cute storyline and a surprise smut ending. The other notable purchases were my Suzaku and Lelouch figures -- I stole Suzaku's Lancelot key. I have pictures to show of these, but they aren't pretty since I can't take pictures of myself to save my life.

I will do a full con report later, complete with bitchings about the worst shoujo ai known to man, the CFUD meet-up that mostly consisted of porn origami and doing naughty things to Shrek, the adorable English voice actors and a fan's baby, the cuteness of the Trigun mangaka, the badge crisis line, my wangsting over refusal to pay $22 for the semi-porny cover of Kallen and Shirley, somehow fatally injuring my wrist on Lelouch's chess piece and much much more.

I realized I missed Heroes. ;_; And Daddy won't tell me what happened.

I love the crack that is the cover for Sound File 3. Lelouch looks damn silly in his glasses. Still not as cracky as the sneak peak of the newest sound file chapter. The end reads to me like Suzaku wiped a piece of rice off Lelouch's face and ate it. ... what? The rest is 100% comedy crack though.

While showing Rache some of Geass this weekend, I realized that I really really do enjoy Lelouch/CC even more than I thought. And I was right, Lelouch really is a bastard to Kallen. If he thinks he can get away with it, he seems to enjoy being a bastard. Like I told Rache, Lelouch is a cocky prick with no self-esteem. Impressive, Lulu.

Watched the OP of RxJ. Dammit, if I didn't already confuse this show with Gankutsuou, the Japanese "You Raise Me Up," which thanks to CFUD's OOC comm is like *the* Franz/Albert song for me, is making things ten times worse.

In other news, I wish to remake the current Geass 300 trailer as it should be. Because as awesome as Suzaku is, ain't nobody can say "TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!" like crazy-ass Zero. With any luck, somebody with more skills and time on their hands will beat me too it, and the result will be a better product.

As I expected, Darker than Black did not win me over with its first episode. Lee reminds me too much of L and I'm not overly interested in the secret powers. I'll give it another go next week and see if anything snags me harder. Romeo x Juliet, on the other hand, was an instant winner, with Zorro!Juliet, flying dragon horses, adorable Benvolio and Albert!Romeo. I'm not sure what's up with the story itself since the Capulets are a bit MIA and I really hope that guy in the beginning turns out to be Paris and not Tybalt, but I like the twist. I don't think I will entirely despise the romance between the main characters this time around.

Your random bitchy comment for the day. Seriously people, if you cannot spell any other name in Code Geass, there is no excuse for misspelling Lelouch. It's in the friggin' title. In English. On every episode. I went back to check my raws before this. Are you blind? This would be like misspelling Naruto. There is no second E. There *is* an O. I don't want to think about how much worse fans can futz this up. It's such a minor thing that I shouldn't care, but as there is so little fanfic, it saddens me to see the main character's name spelled wrong in half of them.

I'm going to wait for RxJ and Darker than Black to be subtitled before I get into them. Following both raws and subtitles takes too much time. Geass was a special case.

Mmm, I think "Breath" by Breaking Benjamin has become my new post-23 theme. Very manic. Possibly Suzaku-POV? I like "So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left" and "I'm waiting, I'm praying, realize, start hating" the best. I originally wanted it for my header image lyrics, but it didn't fit the image. I think I have a good Suzaku icon to text up now though. Perhaps the one with his angry knight self, his dead-eyed hatred at the end of 23 or that new Cornelia/Suzaku image. I need to stop choosing rock songs for Geass. It's my need for something violent.

( As always, lyrics because I love them. )

Stomach virus all but took me out last night. I could barely enjoy my Geass this morning.

I wish I knew who did the manip in this icon so I could properly credit them. It's awesome.

I plan for a speculation post, icon post and another episode reaction post just because I can never get my fill of discussion. For now, when it comes to speculation, I'm sticking with the magazines since I get myself too worked up over other "spoilers."

I agree with many people that 20 did not have enough Lelouch. I adore Euphemia and Suzaku in fighting mode is always a thing of beauty, but I do need a good chunk of Lelouch because them alone is not quite as gripping. ( More on details )

I was led to believe by rumors a while back that Geass would be two seasons. While I would still love for this to be the case because I will miss my Lulu something fearsome, I'm no longer sure it it is legit. The plot has been moving considerably quicker lately and appears to be building to a finale. It pisses me off because we wasted a perfectly good episode on a recap early on, not 17.5; I like 17.5. I think it was 8.5. I reviewed the rumor post today and noticed that most of what it said would happen has occurred. I hope this holds true for Schneizel because Lulu needs someone to fight, and the guy seems like a big teddy bear to me. But the rumor post also constantly referred to a second and third part. I could see the second part as being the stuff after Mao since it is true the story has been hauling ass since then. But what would the third part be? The final three episodes? I think the universally accept amount of episodes for this series as of now is 25, meaning Geass has six episodes to reach a conclusion and solve its many mysteries: C.C., who killed Marianne, what the hell is up with Suzaku's Coordinator skills, will Lelouch lose to Geass and what will happen to the Rebellion. If they can do it properly, more power to them, but I'm extremely wary right about now. Don't disappoint me, Sunrise.

For now this post is just to list the stuff I bought at Katsucon, mostly American manga. It might include reactions to Cantarella 6, Godchild 4 and some more Eyeshield later on.

( I miss my Walden )

I think we'll do this journal entry in sections because this week has been amusing yet mostly uneventful.

Before that, am I the only one who watches Episode 23 of Gankutsuou and during THE BIG SCENE starts subconsciously hearing the ending theme from Christine's final scene with the Phantom. You know, the "Pitiful creature of darkness, what kind of life have you known? God grant me courage to show you you are not alone." ... Yeah, it's probably just me.

Riff Trax: Best thing ever. Seriously. If you miss MST3K on Sci-Fi, here's the next best thing. This made Daredevil watchable. They hate Colin Farrell almost as much as me. Ah kindred spirits. Although nothing could salvage The Grudge. "Wow, this movie doles out terror by the thimblefull." Matrix was also fun.

( Thus I blather on about Eyeshield, Dr. Who, Geass and anything else I might have fangirled lately. )

Work chooses to torment me again today. But all must see the awesome trailer for RomeoxJuliet that rubyd linked on her journal. I hate Romeo and Juliet with a burning passion since I blame it for all of the stupid suicide fics teenagers fantasize about whenever they enter a fandom and I also was never fond of the main characters. But I'm willing to put aside that grudge for something that comes from the people who did Gankutsuou. I realize that GONZO is only doing the designs, but I will still remain optimistic if the trailer's anything to go by. Romeo has a flying horse and Juliet cross-dresses and has a sword. Need I say more?

I need to form me an anime club so I can watch the huge backlog of stuff I have. I rarely feel like marathoning things without someone to be amused with me.

( Year in Review Meme )

Hanging with Comp Sci again. Might catch The Fountain. I probably won't be back until Monday. Damn, I should have watched the DN movie and the DN episode when I was in my slump yesterday. Did I even dl the DN episode?

Geass had character development for Cornelia, which impressed me. It's cliched but it's something. She wuvs her sister. That means she and LuLu have something in common. While I originally believed LuLu could manipulate this weakness for his own means, I wonder if his own familial relationships will cause him to waver. LuLu's army is so cool.

Watching dubbed Bleach last night reminded me how much I really love Ishida, even if my father did mess up recording the first few minutes. He's just so fake bad ass. Same thing from dubbed Neji, who sits like a girl btw. It's been so long since I've seen/read any of these episodes that I almost forgot what the characters were really like.

Trinity Blood also had a good episode. The one thing I can't stand about the series is that it has so much potential to be more than it is. Vampires that are actually an alien race but are prone to all the usual weaknesses of a vampire but also who cannot turn anyone vs. humans led by the Vatican. What is not cool about that? Apparently plot and storyline that doesn't move at the speed of a train on molasses. Aside from Cat (can't remember her whole name right now) and Trez, I hate any character who isn't a vampire. The vampires are prettier and more fun to watch. This series would work so much better if it wasn't so friggin' episodic. Ok I admit it, this episode struck my fancy because the young noble vamp and his manservant were cute.

Sorry for anyone who's tried to contact me when it looked like I may have been online. I keep passing out and forgetting to turn off AIM.

Also, does anyone know of awesome things to do in Florida for a party or such? Looking to stay away from the amusement parks naturally. But nature parks and things like that are just fine. Also no beaches. I'm not a beach girl.