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I began the series yesterday, and then finished it today after class; at the insistence of friends (mostly raphiael and intaglionyx) I ended up also watching "The End of Evangelion" tonight as well; in fact, I finished it about ten minutes ago.

I really liked the series. A lot; I'll make a post about that later. After watching the movie, however, there is only one thought going through my head right now, and that thought is as follows:

What the actual fuck did I just watch.

As I said, I'll make an actual post later. For now, know that I while I really liked and actually understood the series (that is, I could understand the characters and where they were coming from, and how their motivations and such tied into the events of the series), I actually didn't understand the movie at all (toward the end, at least), and this has caused me to become Very Irrationally Upset and Angry indeed.

That's it, really. Good night.

I posted this on tumblr already, but if you haven't seen it yet, here you go.

( literally a copypasta of the tumblr post, so don't feel obligated to click the link if you don't want to. )

You can comment and post here instead, if you'd like; if you send an ask on tumblr, and it's anon, just let me know who you are. And if you don't want romance, that's fine (since I'm not the greatest at writing it, myself). It doesn't have to be FE, either. Just prompt whatever you want.

And, uh. Yes. That is all. Carry on.

I swear I will make an FE-bruary post soon.

There is a very good chance that I won't post every day, and they likely won't be particularly in-depth or ~meta-y~, but. I shall attempt to do as many as I can.

So, for post numero uno: stories.

(Disclaimer: I am particularly lazy, right now, and definitely writing this to distract myself from other things, and don't feel like going into a lot of depth at the moment, so. Apologies for that.)

( i just really love stories yo )

The short and sweet of it, I guess, is that I love all the stories in FE, and all the numbers of ways you can interpret them. 

The first thing my sister and I were made to do upon coming home for break was to clean and sort out the study, which my mother had been painting, and my bedroom, which my mother had used as a stockroom for the things that were originally in the study. Most of the things that had been moved to facilitate the painting were actually my father's books—which was very cool and all, except nearly all the books were in Telugu or Sanskrit or Hindi. Interesting, but of no particular interest to me. (They were all mostly books about spirituality and religion, anyway.)

Until we found a bunch of my mother's old books from when she was a student, which included a particularly thick volume consisting of Shakespeare's collected works, that had belonged to my grandfather's father, and dated to the time of colonial India. And it's still in lovely condition, too.

Just something I thought the rest of the f-list would find interesting. Carry on.

Happy National Novel Writing Month 2012, and good luck to everyone doing it this year.

Meanwhile, I actually will not be able to start writing until tomorrow, at the earliest. Oops.

But, I have been wanting to get back into writing more for fandom, and just started another playthrough of FE8 earlier today. And it is certainlyhelping with this urge to write. So, feel free to prompt.

The Alphabet Meme
Fandom: FE6-FE8 is a guarantee fill, for the most part, but feel free to request FE9/10 as well if you don't mind waiting.

Easy rules: request a letter, a word that starts with that letter, and a pairing/character/characters/idea for a short story

A.) Atone: Saleh and Gerik (raphiael ).
B.) Benevolent: Kent/Lyn (lyndis ).
C.) Captive:   Karel(/Lyn) (karel ).
D.) Dapper:  Rennac/L'Arachel (ergoipsofacto).
E.)
F.) Fondness: Artur and Lute (lyndis ).
G.)
H.)
I.) Iridescent:  Forde, Eirika (mark_asphodel ).
J.)
K.) Kleptomania: Priscilla (blankspectrum ).
L.) Lazy: Joshua(/Rennac) (queenlua ). 
M.) Mentor: Dorothy and Louise (rosage).
N.) Nautilus:   Canas (ergoipsofacto).
O.)
P.) Prison: Raven (raphiael ).
Q.) Quickness: Marisa (samuraiter )
R.) Ritual: Sue, Shin (writerawakened ).
S.)
T.) Tracing: Forde, Eirika (writerawakened ).
U.)
V.) Victory: Clarine (raphiael ).
W.) Woman warrior:  Lyn (nagasasu).
X.)
Y.)
Z.) Zapped: Ewan (samuraiter )

In other news, it appears that the recent foot problems were actually caused by the gel inserts I'd gotten for my Converse in an attempt to alleviate the already existing issues, and, apparently, the way my feet are, now, arch support will help, but will make my feet hurt all the more.

Yesterday's dance programs went well, for the record. Far too exhausting, though. And I am stupidly sore as a result.

• Friday's football game.  No mistake, I am glad we won, but against Boise?
• Rangapravesam yesterday. She did well, but it was no where near the calibre usually expected of my guru's arangetrams. I... have many thoughts regarding it.
• Power outage from yesterday evening to around noon today. I was just glad to have an excuse to keep lighting candles and not have anyone yell at me.
• Got the new computer earlier this afternoon. I rather like it. It is tiny and compact and adorable and not a leaden brick of bad software and poor battery life. I rather approve.
• Did I mention that I got a new pair of glasses. They are rather lovely and purple and green. I quite like them.

My sister also burned her foot standing on a manhole, and has since seemed to develop an allergic reaction to the aloe she's been using to soothe the burn. Poor thing has hives and a burn to contend with, now, but I can't seem to stop laughing at her. I am an awful sibling, sometimes.

Oh well.

Overall, I enjoyed it. Anne Hathaway was great, and stupidly attractive. Joseph Gordon-Levitt was the same. Michael Caine never fails to impress me. And there are no words to describe Tom Hardy, with the exception of, "Wow."

And I actually didn't want to bash Christian Bale upside the head with my sneaker. Impressive.

My main issue was actually with the score; Hans Zimmer, in my opinion, is far too predictable. I can identify most contemporary composers for film scores by ear, now, and though each one has their own unique "signature" for their compositions, Zimmer's is...

Essentially, I find that all his music sounds exactly the same, more or less. And it bothers me. Quite a lot.

On the topic of predictability, it seems as if Christopher Nolan is going along the same lines with his directing. I don't remember much of "The Dark Knight" and "Batman Begins", but comparing "The Dark Knight Rises" to films like "Inception" and "Memento", I couldn't help but feel that their were far too many similarities in the direction. (For example, when an emotion-packed scene would shift quickly to barely touch a past "memory", and then move just as quickly to the "current" timeline.)

Regardless, I continue to enjoy his directing abilities. And given the ending of "The Dark Knight Rises", I'm curious to see where it goes.

I remember only a few vague things from the previews. One was for "The Hobbit"; my excitement for it cannot be put into words. (Though I heard someone mention that they're making that into a trilogy as well? I haven't had the opportunity to check up on that bit of information, however.)

The other thing I remember is the preview for "Branded", and wondering what the actual fuck was going on for the entirety of that particular preview.

...that particular train of thought was true of most of the previews, actually. Hm.

Got around to answering meme questions. I am finally done.

Because I don't have much time on my hands for the next week or two, and because there are so many of you with birthdays around this time, happy birthday to all of you. Hope it's grand. Celebrate in style and fuck some shit up. Stay  classy.

Yesterday's stories from work involve being told that I apparently look incredibly good for a twenty-six year old with two children, and I have never been so glad to work across the street from a very cheap (and delicious) ice cream store. Ice cream floats with cinnamon bread is the best.

Next Friday is my last day there. I can't wait.

I had heard, previously, that 2013 would bring with it, Sailor Moon, Teen Titans, and more The Legend of Korra.etc. Good.

And then, a few days ago, I had heard about Xiaolin Showdown (Xiaolin Chronicles) and Code Lyoko being brought back as well in the spring of 2013. Granted, I am a bigger fan of XS than CL, but, still. I am excited.

( tl;dr: I am now very excited for what 2013 will bring in terms of childhood nostalgia. )

How about those opening ceremonies.

I enjoyed the first half or so quite a lot, and then ended up missing part of it, and then watched it again from where they started playing "Bohemian Rhapsody". And then it rather devolved, and I wasn't quite a fan any more.

But if there was a way to get the audio they used for the beginning portions, up to the hospital and the things they did with the greatest villains from classic English children's literature, I would do it. Because the music they used was great. (Again, until the end. I was not very impressed.) And I still cannot get over the deaf percussionist.

I have to say, though, that knowing that an egotistical dark wizard could be defeated so easily by a legion of flying nannies with umbrellas is strangely comforting.

Oh. And am I the only one who found the design of the actual cauldron for the Olympic flame rather... unappealing in design? It was interesting, in a sense, but on an aesthetic level, I was not a fan.

But. Rio de Janeiro hosts the Olympics in 2016. I already can't wait to see what it will be like. (The realization that I will be twenty-four years old, then, is more jarring than it has an right to be.)