Memoirs of the Angst-Bitch

Hmm, it seems I forgot to renew my account. I hate when this happens. Anyway since I'm trying to keep myself away from the OVA-licious versions of the twins for now. God, why does it have to be so hard I am back on my Sweeney Todd kick.

Upon recommendations from rackhamrose, I sought out the Sweeney Todd in Concert version, with Patti LuPone and George Hearn. ( I think this is actually my favorite version, despite the lack of sets and the tendency of victims to just walk off the stage. )

Oh yeah, I forgot to say how amazing the dress that Christian and Chris made for their challenge was. I should have known they would be an astounding team. Chris isn't really cut out for this show, but I do love how well he gets along with everyone. He's just a lovable teddy.

Argh Tsubasa! Why must your actual plot deprive me of my twins? I swear I need someone who reads Tsubasa regularly and can just tell me when my X characters show up. I hate disappointment.

( Geass spoilers have perked up their tricksy little heads, being as pocked with questions as ever. )

I'm such a dork. I was driving home from work and listening to Peter Cetera's "Glory of Love" from The Karate Kid. Then for some reason, my brain suddenly went "OMG Ariel/San." And now I can't take myself seriously. It's probably just Ari's hero complex. They're such reverse master/servant. Probably because San pretends to be such a pushover, except when he's flashing those fangs and saving Ari's ass. Stupid influences and their encouraging me to make my werewolves more gay. I blame Ari.

( Tsubasa manga spoilers of relevance )

TomTom says I can chill at his place this weekend. So much happiness. We're going to rewatch Heroes and be dorks. Then there will be Dr. Who.

I told someone the other day that telling me a series is gay is not enough to make me watch it. This is true. Gay is fangirly and pretty. What I want is a.)psychosis or b.) partnership. If the said gay has either of these elements and in a non-cliched way, then yes you have me SOLD. On this note, I wish I had more time to watch/read new series. I still have to rewatch a certain magical series.

Icon inspired by fic by verity_isle. I kept whining at twostepsideways to give me fanart so she whipped up this spiffy image, and I love her for it. XD My Suzaku is good to me.

I'm loving the fanfiction already presenting itself on the Geass comm lately. I still have to work up a response to the sequel to "Emperor's Waltz" since the whole mysterious sickness/crazy thing kept driving me up the wall. But everything else was just so sad and cruel and perfect. I better watch out before I write my review here. I also admit to enjoying the latest SuzaLulu smut. I had mild issues with Suzaku's characterization here and there, but the overall feel of the fic worked for me, and I think the writer nailed Lelouch's voice, which few smut writers have been able to do. Plus, who can turn down chess and math metaphors and hot first-times? Extra love for hinting at Ore!Suzaku. I am incredibly harsh on smutfics, but this one kind of did hit ALL of my buttons. I was intrigued throughout. I don't know why it is that I prefer NC-17 much more out of SuzaLulu than any of the other pairings I've even been into. It's not as though they lend themselves well to the idea. It's just so very satisfying when done right. I wonder if it's the pretty or if it's just the culmination of everything there is between them. Ah well. If I can't contribute my own fan perspectives, at least I can enjoy those of others.

This reminds me, I should log more of the crack Geass RP conversations I have in PMs.

Also, when I heard Tamaki's seiyuu would be voicing Tsubasa's Kamui I was sad. Not because Tamaki's seiyuu isn't good, but because a wicked wicked part of me wanted FukuJun. I regret nothing.

I just got the chance to call up Sis and say "Dude, where's my car?"

Random thing I typed up some time last night but was too zonked to share.

( Crack interpretation and prediction on Angel/Seal storyline in Tsubasa. )

Won't be around today due to spending time with the usual gang. Let's hope this chases away that damn depression of mine.

Also, telling Rache how the Gravitation characters *really* are was awesome. Love how she all but wailed when she learned that our dear lil' Ryuuichi was actually 31. XD And nobody ever remembers that Eiri is only 22. Adult my ass. Then there's Tohma and his 32ness and Tatsuha and his 16ness. Tatsuha scares me.

So I've been going back over the Tsubasa translations/scans for the latest chapters (I'm only concerned about X world since I *tried* to understand the Syaoran thing and NO). I think I almost understand some things but am not 100 percent.

If you are not up-to-date with Tsubasa AND remotely care about spoilers, yell at me and I might cut this. Otherwise, I figure everyone who cares already knows this stuff.

1. Original speculation says the Fuuma hints that Subaru and Kamui are not twins. That's not the interpretation I'm getting from reading the translations on what he says in the chapter. It seems more like when he first encountered Kamui in Tokyo, he was confused that the other twin wasn't there. This points toward Subaru since he adds that he's happy they're reunited now. Sad because it kills my hopes for a Hokuto. Someone tell me I'm wrong.

2. Two, original speculation said Seishirou was getting old. Translation says exactly opposite. In fact, when taking into consideration Kamui's over-protectiveness of Subaru's blood, his blatant jealousy and irritation whenever Seishirou's name is brought up and his distate for "bait," I'm thinking the reason Subaru asked about Seishirou is because he wanted to know how his (Subaru's) blood was affecting him. So I'm going to connect 1 and 2 and say that Subaru fed Seishirou. I doubt this means that Seishirou is a complete vampire but I'm also thinking it might be paralleled with what's going on with Kurogane and Fai. But since I haven't read Seishirou's chapters in Tsubasa in a long time, I'm not super clear on this. I know Syaoran said something about Seishirou mentioning bait too, but I think that's a separate issue.

3. Kamui is sooo jealous. I find that funny. I love his little twitches of disgust when he sees Subaru ask about Seishirou. I also think that he's leading this little run-along between him and Subaru because Subaru seems conflicted. I think Subaru wants to see Seishirou. I'm seeing inklings of the same one-sided obsession once displayed between Kamui and Subaru in X. We'll see if that holds true. I do believe if the main group does leave X world soon, the Seishirou issue will have to be resolved later in the story.

4. Kamui is a sad panda and part of me wonders how he functioned before he met Subaru. Because although the manga refers to them as twins, I'm not entirely sure it means brothers. I think it just has to do with them both being allowed to travel worlds together with Yuuko's help. I have nothing to base this on, it just makes sense to me. That and I doubt Kamui would have ever let Subaru out of his sight long enough for Subaru to meet Seishirou were they truly related. I think Subaru would have had to met Seishirou beforehand, met and bonded/sobstoried with Kamui and then they picked up the travel spell. Whereas, I do see Seishirou and Fuuma as actual brothers.

These are all crack theories based on thoroughly scanning chapters 109 through 132 so if you have better Tsubasa-based knowledge, do set me straight.

Yes, I'm still awake. Damn insomnia.

Fuck yeah, X world is still in operation and ( ZOMG spoiler )

So I learned that aside from our initial welcome to X world with the smexy Fuuma vs. Kamui fight, we've had absolutely no decent shots of Kamui and Fuuma together. Quite an opposite from the plethora of Kamui and Subaru we've been given. So I took it upon myself to generate an icon so I could remember what my original ship was.

( The madness that was creating this icon cut so as to not put half of you to sleep in the morning. ) I'm also incredibly pleased with the icon. I think it's almost hard to tell that pic's a total manip.

I can sleep in peace.

( Spoiler for Tsubasa 127 )



Not sure when getting off work today. Only 3 more chapters to go on AS summaries. Watch 16 come out just to bite me in the ass.

Oh my precious Internet, you have returned to me. I don't know how or why, but I'm grateful.

Con report to follow as I have work soon. Highlights did include FMA movie, Yuri Lowenthal and Kate Higgins answering phone calls as Sasuke and Sakura, Gankutsuou doujinshi, time-jump Sasuke cosplayers and meeting up with various people. Swag pictures will also follow but include: Gorgeous Carat 2, Gorgeous Carat Galaxy, Angel Sanctury 15, Yugioh Duelist 16, D-Grayman 2, Empty Heart, Prince of Tennis 13 & 14, Air Gear 1, Black Knight 1, four volumes of Cain Saga in Japanese, three volumes of Naruto in Japanese, DNAngel 11 in Japanese, Tsubasa (the X Saga) in Japanese, Gankutsuou DVD 5, Kyou Kara Maou DVD 8, 7 Gankutsuo doujinshi, 3 Gundam Wing doujinshi, 3 Yugioh doujinshi, forgot how many Naruto doujinshi, 6 various fanarts, 4 various pencil boards, 3 items signed by Lowenthal, 1 signed by Higgins that I can't find and one Kingdom Key charm.

Going to be reading manga for a bit this week since I want to at least put a dent in what I bought at the con.

About Tsubasa, I don't know what Clamp is doing, and I have no doubt it's crackilicous and possibly random, but I am nothing more than a shallow fangirl who can't help but fawn over the vampire beauties I have been given. They're so cute and protective and canon-breaking. It's adorable. Uh...Fai and Kurogane are cool too or something.

Yes, we are depressed as usual. I think it's a post-con thing. I need to go back to watching my Sailormoon.