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Every kind of nerdery imaginable.: chenipan asked you: I started reading MKR and, boy, that was a great...
This isn’t femslash, but there is Lantis/Eagle, and they are PRETTY together.Also the Lantis/Hikaru/Eagle 3 way pairing which is, seriously, pretty much canon in the comic.
I say read the comic before the cartoon, especially since the comic is much shorter in comparison. It’s a very tight story and the characters are well written, I honestly don’t think I would have enjoyed the cartoon as much without reading the comic first. And when it comes to the two different stories in the two versions for the second arc, it’s nice to already have the comic in mind when watching the episodes.
I have a person bias for the comic because Eagle is 100x prettier in the comic. >.> And I also ship Umi and Ascot, and the comic leans towards that.
And the OAV is lovely! It’s very very AU, but I loved it, and there’s also lots of shipping feels in it.
Given that this is CLAMP, even more than usual, I want to read the manga before watching the anime (I’m definitely more of a manga —> anime type of fan rather than the reversal, even if that often means I’ll get bored at the much slower pace, but I’m just a manga girl at heart!), but I think I’ll try the anime afterwards, if I can manage track it down!
Especially if things go a little differently in the anime—as long as it’s well-written, I don’t mind that! I like being able to have two different stories with the same characters, so long as they’re both genuinely good stories. (This is why I’ll always be fond of Sailor Moon Classic, because it doesn’t matter that much to me that things are different, it was still an incredibly powerful story and kept the spirit of the original.)
Every kind of nerdery imaginable.: chenipan asked you: I started reading MKR and, boy, that was a great...
chenipan asked you:I started reading MKR and, boy, that was a great decision! Thanks for your input on the different translations, considering that I might have been too paranoid to try it out if that weren’t the case. I hate that it seems to have left less of an impression on you, because…
Hun, if you want shipping feels watch.the.anime! I’m a shipper girl as well so I know the feeling of wanting that special ship to make your anime brighter. :D
FIRST SEASON HAS WONDERFUL EMERAUDE/ZAGATO. WONDERFUL I SAY!
SECOND SEASON HAS SO MUCH AWESOME SHIPPING! HIKARUXLANTIS, FUUXFERIO, UMIXASCOT/CLEF, CALDINA/LAFARGA!
For me the anime comes over the manga any day.
COME AT ME BROS!I’ve been wondering about the anime! It’s so long for a six-volume manga, so I’m wary of there being a lot of filler to it and I’m generally a manga > anime type of person, but! MKR was one of the anime series that CLAMP was involved with, wasn’t it? So that intrigues me.
OH, SO I’M NOT WRONG TO BE KIND OF FEELING ZAGATO/EMERAUDE? Because she looks so young and I’m not sure I was supposed to be feeling that….
*wary* I came pre-attached to Lantis/Eagle, but apparently I should be able to ship Lantis/Hikaru/Eagle at least? I haven’t yet met anyone I would ship with Umi (and Clef is so hard to ship, because he looks so young!) but I AM WAITING because I think Umi might be my favorite of the trio (though, Fuu is seriously growing on me and Hikaru is ADORABLE) and I would be all over having a ship for her!UMIxCLEF UMIxCLEF UMIxCLEF -
*clears throat*
UH, that is to say, with Umi there is a CHOICE OF TWO SHIPS and the fact that in Cephiro age and apperance have very little to do with each other and you can change it at will if you have the will is KEY TO BOTH XD And this is the one I follow with all my heart and FAR TOO MANY WORDS because they spark off each other, and they make each other better - get to the Thank You scene in volume two and see if you ship it? And just, uh, if you want a visual of Clef grown up look at the OVA version - which is TOTAL GLORIOUS CRACK but Clef’s got an older form in that and he is (SO VERY PRETTY) UH. YES. *cough*
The other is Ascot, and I fully support the idea he has a crush/loves Umi, but it wouldn’t WORK - she’s too strong willed, and he’s too shy, she’d accidentally squash him all the time!
OR, OR, you can always go the femslash route, which would also be RATHER EASY with Umi with Tarta or with Tatra. XD Though I never see that anywhere. ^^;
I love the anime - there IS filler, especially in the first series, and it’s not anything like so pretty, but I love the voice actors and, gah, so much more fodder for shipping. XD I love the manga best, but as a supplement~
(I’m sorry, I’ve been watching the anime ALL DAY, the feelings are kind of EXPLODING OUT OF ME ALL OVER THE HOUSE at this point. XD)
I am leaving this on my blog to come back to in reference, for when I get a bit further in. But also to say, I looked up Clef in the OAV and, OKAY, YES, I COULD SHIP THAT MUCH MORE EASILY. I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to get over the visual, because I did it with Eriol/Kaho in CCS (but, then, we knew what Clow looked like and it was a pretty safe bet that that’s what Eriol was going to look like when he finally aged up, so I had a much stronger reference there, but also I don’t think Eriol and Kaho did anything while he was in that child’s body) but having a visual is a big step towards helping with that.
I am also DEFINITELY not opposed to some femslash in this series! Like, Presea/Hikaru is already pushing my buttons somewhat (because SERIOUSLY) and I’m not sure I could pick just two of the trio to ship, since they’re such an adorable unit together, but I would definitely be willing to be convinced.
*eyes the anime curiously*
Every kind of nerdery imaginable.: chenipan asked you: I started reading MKR and, boy, that was a great...
chenipan asked you:I started reading MKR and, boy, that was a great decision! Thanks for your input on the different translations, considering that I might have been too paranoid to try it out if that weren’t the case. I hate that it seems to have left less of an impression on you, because…
Hun, if you want shipping feels watch.the.anime! I’m a shipper girl as well so I know the feeling of wanting that special ship to make your anime brighter. :D
FIRST SEASON HAS WONDERFUL EMERAUDE/ZAGATO. WONDERFUL I SAY!
SECOND SEASON HAS SO MUCH AWESOME SHIPPING! HIKARUXLANTIS, FUUXFERIO, UMIXASCOT/CLEF, CALDINA/LAFARGA!
For me the anime comes over the manga any day.
COME AT ME BROS!
I’ve been wondering about the anime! It’s so long for a six-volume manga, so I’m wary of there being a lot of filler to it and I’m generally a manga > anime type of person, but! MKR was one of the anime series that CLAMP was involved with, wasn’t it? So that intrigues me.
OH, SO I’M NOT WRONG TO BE KIND OF FEELING ZAGATO/EMERAUDE? Because she looks so young and I’m not sure I was supposed to be feeling that….
*wary* I came pre-attached to Lantis/Eagle, but apparently I should be able to ship Lantis/Hikaru/Eagle at least? I haven’t yet met anyone I would ship with Umi (and Clef is so hard to ship, because he looks so young!) but I AM WAITING because I think Umi might be my favorite of the trio (though, Fuu is seriously growing on me and Hikaru is ADORABLE) and I would be all over having a ship for her!
Excuse me, I seem to be having another attack of the feels. Of course they’re going to see each other again someday! And there will be so much hand-holding and adorable blushing and just sitting near each other so their knees bump against each others’ accidentally every so often and then more blushing and they’ll talk about all sorts of adorable things, probably mostly about the modern world, and everyone will spontaneously combust because they are TOO CUTE TO BELIEVE.
I THINK THE ATTACK OF FEELS IS CONTAGIOUS AND I CAUGHT IT.
Yes of course they’re going to see each other again! And I love your description of them, with their knees bumping against each other awww yes that’s exactly how I picture them. Really sweet and loving but always a little bit unsure. Because they’re each other’s first love and so they’re still a little bit nervous, and a little shy. But always happy.
I’m about to spontaneously combust just imagining it.
UGH, FEELINGS. I agree that I think they would be really shy around each other at first, even knowing their feelings are mutual. They would steadily grow more comfortable around each other, I like to think their conversations would probably be a lot like in SuperS in the anime—Chibi-Usa still has so much growing up to do, she’s going to go through so much, and there are going to be times when she needs to talk to someone other than her mom or her dad, so she goes to Elysion to talk to Helios and they can spend hours just talking about anything.
Okay, goopy feelings out of the way, I have a question: Uh, who/what is Helios riding in this scene? Is he… riding himself back to Elysion? ….wha—?
Excuse me, I seem to be having another attack of the feels. Of course they’re going to see each other again someday! And there will be so much hand-holding and adorable blushing and just sitting near each other so their knees bump against each others’ accidentally every so often and then more blushing and they’ll talk about all sorts of adorable things, probably mostly about the modern world, and everyone will spontaneously combust because they are TOO CUTE TO BELIEVE.
This battle always gets me. Look at how huge Nehelenia is! Even that mirror is bigger than Usagi! But, every time I read this part of the story, I never doubt, not even for a second, that Usagi has the power to take Nehelenia down.
Everything in her expression and body language says that she’s going to do this, that she has the power to win here, that she will not be beaten, that her determination will not crumble. It says that she is going to stand up and she will save everyone. Because Usagi is pure strength and willpower and everything badass.
Oh I know I get so sad looking at those. I don’t have the money to actually pay for things but I love collecting the trees. X3
That is the hardest part of the game—when you want to buy things for FC and you don’t have enough to spend it freely and they’re only going to be in the market for two weeks before a WHOLE NEW SET of temptation-laden things comes around, sob. I have a weakness for anything with water in it, especially waterfalls, which I CAN’T EVEN FIT THEM ALL ON MY FARM, but I still keep buying them (with the FC I save up from Claire coming around or from the quizzes they offer) because of the driving need to have them.
But, collecting foals from neighbors! And, yessss, trees. Though, I’m getting kind of bitter about the trees because Zynga has released SO MANY of them lately and I can’t keep track of what I do/don’t have anymore and so many of them are just repaint jobs and I don’t like orchards (room I could be using for decorations + they never look quite right when you try to stack the trees in them in a specific order) so asl;dfkjaslkj!!
OKAY, THIS TIME IT’S THE LAST ONE FOR TONIGHT, HONEST.
This is my Hawaiian Paradise farm, which is a bit messy, but also a bit JUST THE WAY I WANT IT. The problem with the Hawaiian Paradise farm being split between water and land, is that it’s cut diagonally across the farm and, when the farm expands, it does so the usual way—down + to the left. Which means, my carefully crafted little top right corner with all the cute houses and restaurant and stuff? Does not get any new space up there, it’s still bumping up against the crop spaces I need.
This is SUPER ANNOYING because I still have a crapload of buildings in storage that I want to use because they fit the theme so well! (Also, my water section is a mess, I have done basically nothing with it, so ignore that it’s kind of haphazard and shit.) But I am pleased with the way that decorated section is shaping up and FUCK YES I DO HAVE A LAVA CASTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF MY FARM. AND YES THAT IS A LAVA PEGASUS. AND A LAVA TIGER.
See, this is why I play Farmville—because that shit is AWESOME.
wow that looks amazing!! :D makes me wanna play farmville xD
Like, I totally understand the stigma against Farmville—it can be time consuming, it’s not a “real game”, it’s frustrating that so many things cost more cash than you have, etc. But I genuinely love it because it’s a great way to spend a few minutes on-line without really having to think about what I want to do, I just do my crops and some other maintenance. OR I SPEND FIVE HOURS DECORATING. You guys have no idea how much I love to decorate and Farmville gives me FIVE FARMS (soon to be six) to decorate however I want! With THEMES.
You can play it without giving money to Zynga, you can meet neighbors through the Zynga forums, people who are there JUST to play Farmville, especially if you get a separate account, because then you’re just there to give gifts and click on the links people need you for and collect the adorable as shit animal babies from your friends! (Which is definitely how I recommend playing—don’t try to play on a real account, you need one just for Farmville, because it’s truly a social game, you need friends to help you out in it. But there are TONS of people in the forums for that!)
I JUST HAVE A LOT OF FARMVILLE FEELINGS OKAY.
Did I say I was done talking about Farmville? Yeah, well, I changed my mind.
Okay, this is my home farm. It is driving me absolutely bugfuck because I have been working on this fucker for MONTHS. Every time I start to think it’s coming together, I realize, no, I hate it and I have to practically start over. Not easy, when I’ve painstakingly put so much out just so and it’s not like I have enough storage for all this shit. And, of course, a bird’s eye view like this doesn’t really do it justice, nor is it anywhere near complete.
However, it is starting to come together in a way that I don’t entirely hate. Those clover fences have been soooo good for me because they are actually the kind of fence that I want to use! It matches the spring/fairy-esque feel I’m going for and they’re dark enough that they actually set off all the flowers really well AND, YES, THANK YOU, the dainty fences that you can craft in the Craft Shop actually look pretty good with them!
As a bonus, there’s a close up of my little romantic area to show the point of how a bird’s eye view makes the farm look like crap, but you zoom in and AHHH I WANT TO LIVE ON MY FARM, OKAY. IT IS SO CUTE AND FLOWERY AND TASTY.
(And, yes, I need all those cows. That is how I make a shitload of coins and coconuts and eventually jade. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP HARVESTING MY COWS WHEN THEY VISIT, I AM USING THEM, YOU JERKS.)
