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[cypsiman2]

Leave a comment on this post and I will pick three of your fandoms. Then you get to answer the following questions:


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1. The first character I first fell in love with: Aang, such an honest guy who's really struggling to do the right thing.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Zuko, mostly because of backlash against the more enthused fanboys and fangirls.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: None, I love them all.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Aang, apparently the limit on deus ex machina is two, not three.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: None.
6. The character I would shag anytime: I'll go with...Ty Lee.
7. The character I'd want to be like: Aang.
8. The character I'd slap: Zuko, you putz, no text message break ups!
9. A pairing that I love: Kataang
10. A pairing that I despise: Zutara
11. Favorite character: Katara. Aang may have been my first love, but Katara really is on a whole 'nother level.
12. My five favorite characters: Aang, Katara, Toph, Azula, Mai
13. My five least favorite characters: None
14. Which character I am most like: Sokka. I tend to make a lot of wisecracks anyway.
15. My deep, dark fandom secret: I really, honestly don't get why fandom thinks Fire/Water is so significant in the series. It isn't!

.Hack:
1. The first character I first fell in love with: Mimiru, very energetic and eager to help.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Haseo, I never would have expected his development to have been so complex and involved.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: None, I love everyone in their own way.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Mistral. Screw all the haters, energetic pregnant housewife who helps save the world for the win!
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: None.
6. The character I would shag anytime: Pi. Because Pi is delicious!
7. The character I'd want to be like: Kite, I wouldn't mind becoming a legendary hero.
8. The character I'd slap: Zelkova. Stop being so damn mysterious!
9. A pairing that I love: Tsukasa/Subaru
10. A pairing that I despise: I don't despise it, but I don't like what Haseo/Endrance does to Endrance's character.
11. Favorite character: Ovan. Damn, but did he know how to run a Xanatos Roulette
12. My five favorite characters: Subaru, Crim, Sanjuro, Kuhn, Atoli
13. My five least favorite characters: None.
14. Which character I am most like: In all honesty, Elk/Endrance; I'm a bit of a shut-in, though nowhere near as neurotic thankfully.
15. My deep, dark fandom secret: I like both versions of The World.

Yugioh:
1. The first character I first fell in love with: Anzu. She is just one of the most human characters ever.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Yami, he came across as too much 'standard issue hero', until I got to the manga and saw what he came from. Whoa.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't: Yami Malik, mostly because everyone else seems to have a completely different conception of what Yami Malik is like from the actual canon.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Anzu. Oh no, a girl, she'll ruin everything with her friendship speeches, aihhh!
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer: Seto Kaiba. I've mellowed out on him a lot. If it weren't for Mokuba, I'd have forgotten about him entirely.
6. The character I would shag anytime: Mai Kujaku. For fricks sake, look at her!
7. The character I'd want to be like: Yugi. That gentle strength is something to admire.
8. The character I'd slap: Seto Kaiba, please to stop being in denial!
9. A pairing that I love: Anzu/Yuugi. Hits way too many of my buttons for me not to love it.
10. A pairing that I despise: Seto/Jounouchi.
11. Favorite character: Anzu.
12. My five favorite characters: Yugi, Anzu, Jounouchi, Honda, Otogi.
13. My five least favorite characters: The anime filler characters with the exception of Rebecca and Vivian.
14. Which character I am most like: Early Yugi, very quiet and meek in person.
15. My deep, dark fandom secret: I hate that people are so unaware of the manga

Comments

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

Well, like I said before, it's a matter of the whole presentation of Thief King Bakura. Still, I see what you mean. *shrugs along with you*

Yeah, if more Manga-to-Anime adaptations followed the model of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood or Dragonball Kai, serial anime would be much more enjoyable to watch.

Oh god, the BMG episode of GX...it's funny, but the dub actually tried to make sense of what she was doing there. The original? Seemed like her being around was just an excuse to advertise a few cards, and boobs. I'm definitely going to enjoy ranting on that episode, when I get to it.

And yes, the fact that EVERYONE has that potential, it's just a matter of developing it and training it, is what makes the whole Ba/Ka system so interesting. But no, GX and 5Ds just loves themselves some super special awesome chosen ones, normal people and the power of friendship need not apply. And "over here" is...?

You're welcome!

[koi-no-soshan.livejournal.com]

They did? How? And gah, I really dislike all of the sexual use of the BMG- she's the Kaa of a girl who's what, probably about thirteen? I don't mind younger characters being romantically/sexually involved when it's appropriate for the culture and time period they're in, but using them for sexual imagery is not on.

It does seem that some people naturally have more powerful Kaa, but that's a different creature to the typical 'special chosen magic-users' thing, and it's also shown that someone's Kaa can grow in strength, so again it's not the same sort of barrier. If I ever get the chance in an AU or something, I'd really like to explore the potential of some of the modern characters concerning magic. I always got the impression that Jounouchi would have a rather powerful Kaa, and definitely lots of potential, for instance. (Also Anzu would so have a pretty Kaa which could kick someone's head in)

I like to think of the Ishtars as magic users a bit, too. If magical documents still exist today in the real world then there should be some in YGO's world, and Malik and Ishizu would probably have the necessary experience, given their time using the Rod and Tauk.

By 'over here' I mean western fantasy.

[cypsiman2.livejournal.com]

Well, when I say 'boobs', I'm just referring to the fact that Black Magician Girl has a very fanservice oriented design, and pretty much all anyone talks about in that episode is how cute Black Magician Girl is. It wasn't anything more vulgar or crude from the original manga or anime, it's just that the fundamental pointlessness leaves the fanservice as the only real reason why they brought her in like that.

Some people are stronger, smarter, tougher, faster, but that's always a matter of degree and you can always train yourself to improve on any of these traits, and this would be even more so in the case of magical potential. And yeah, Jounouchi and Anzu would have some damn impressive Kaas, that's for sure. (And Yuugi would so fanboy over how awesome Anzu was with her Kaa. Though that might just be the shipper in me talking.)

Yeah, the Ishtars are definitely experienced with matters of magic even outside of the Millennium Items.

Ah, I see. Yeah, western fantasy is super big on chosen ones.