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This Month's Recommended Video:
Nishino Kana [西野カナ]

Style.




This Month's Recommended Anime:
Soul Eater

Synopsis: At the Shinigami Weaponry Vocational School [Shibusen], humans known as Meisters study. Each Meister has their own partner; a weapon capable of taking on a human form. The story follows three of these Meisters and their Weapons. They are Maka Alban and her weapon Soul Eater, Black Star and his weapon Tsubaki, and Death the Kid and his weapons Patricia and Elizabeth Thompson. They attend the school, do homework, fight evil souls, and most important, they try to help their weapons reach Death Scythe status, in which they are eligible for use by the leader of all the Meisters and Weapons, the Shinigami-sama (Death God) himself.

Why: If you haven't jumped on the Soul Eater band waggon yet, you don't know what you're missing. This shounen series has just enough shoujo in it (thanks to main female character Maka) that it appeals to males and females no matter what the age or genre preferance. The characters each have their own endearing quircks and personalities that makes it hard to hate or dislike any of them. You'll never find the characters spending 100 episodes so that they can learn a new technique or get stronger. What else do I need to say to convince you to watch this amazing series? Oh, right. And there's a character obsessed with Symmetry. Need I say more?


Quote of the Month:
About Barack Obama winning the 2008 American Presidential elections by Unknown.





And of course, AVATAR IS KOOOOL! <33

Beware f-list, although I don't think you'll eat me alive, this post is not Twilight friendly. Not even a little bit.


I've only read the first two books in the Twilight series. I read the first one because a girl in choir was and it was about vampires. That was all I needed to know. I finished reading it because I just can't leave-off in the middle of books. Anything else, oh yeah, definitely, but books? I don't know why, but I can't. Fastforward a year later, my choir class is going on a trip to California, and on the plane I sit next to the girl who let me borrow her Twilight book, and I find out there's a second one and she has it with her. Thank God, because I'd forgotten my reading material at home and I've got a four hour plane ride to sit through and nothing to keep me busy. It takes me an hour, but I finally annoy her enough that she lets me borrow it and I don't put it down until we land (by which time I have finished it) and even before I step away from the books and start to actually consider them, I know the only redeeming characters in those books are Jacob (who I continue to love until this day) and Alice (who's awesomeness is physically impossible to deny.)

Then the last two books come out, and I don't bother reading them because by then I've already discouvered why I always found reading the Twilight series to be so... weird. There's no plot until the last 100 pages of the books, the other 350 pages are full of nothing but Bella whining and thinking about Edward, and when I finished reading New Moon, it finally hit me how many signs there were of an abusive relationship between Bella and Edward.

This beautiful, professional article sums up what has always been my biggest problem with the Twilight series: the abusive relationships between not only the main characters, but also some of the minor ones.

I understand that the writing is horrible and there is little to no substance in the books, and that most of the rest of the world understands this too. The Twilight series is plain old escape-fiction and is nothing more than fantasy, and most of the human race above the age of sixteen understands this. But in a story about an abusive relationship and a girl who's A-O.K. with that, filled with attempted rape, violence, and the most disgusting and truthfully disturbing birth-- NO, that's not even a birth, death scene, I have to point out: it's not the sixteen year olds and the twenty year olds and the 'Twimoms' who are the targeted age group; it's tweens. Girls between the ages of eight and thirteen present the largest age group reading this and you are fooling yourself if you really believe they know how to separate the book's fiction from reality.

But never mind that; who in their right mind would let their ten year old daughter read the attempted rape scenes in Eclipse, or the scene where Edward callously rips off Victoria's head? Or the so-called 'birth' scene that literally left me horrified? Me, a horror movie vet who's seen everything there is and has more Stephen King and Darren Shan (even if you don't know him, trust me, I'm still to this day disturbed by the death scene of the protagonist in Bec and he's written the most gruesome deaths I've ever read) books under my belt then I should be able to stomach? And friends, sisters, adults, moms are encouraging their tween and pre-teens to read these books?

It scares me how obsessive people have become with these books, and how oblivious and/or quickly to brush the inappropriate actions in these books under the rug. Shivers.

I'm not saying this is the most horrible series in the world, because I have unfortunately read worse, and I'm not trying to attack anyone. I very much have a love-hate relationship with Twilight, and have never really expressed my feelings on the books because I'm seen what they can do and have thus become quiet terrified of the fandom, but after reading the most hilarious individual chapter recaps of New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn (1, 2, 3) and I got over the humour, my frustration with the series reared its ugly head and I had to get it out some how.

To sum up my feelings, allow me to quote cleolinda:





(Fair warning now, if anyone gets ugly about this, post will be comment-locked.)





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So I just found out how to get the internet on my Wii after like a year and a half of owning the thing. XD

This is my first and last post from my Wii (at least until I figure out how to hook a keyboard up to it lol) and so now please excuse me while I go play some Super Mario Galaxy.



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THERE BE SPOILERS BELOW OF THE GIANT WHALE VARIETY.


Dear Supernatural,

( I have never hated a show so much before. )



I am now going to write my first (and most likely last) Jo inspired fanfiction. Whether you liked her or not, she deserves at least this much.

Shamelessly stolen from aeternitasbeach and took a while to get through as I'm sick, for those who don't know.


Pick five of your favourite shows, in no particular order, before you read the below questions, then answer them!
1. Glee
2. Fringe
3. Merlin
4. Doctor Who
5. Supernatural

01. Who's your favourite character in 2? Fringe
PETEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR. Peter Bishop, hands down. His father coming in at a close second. Peter is just, indescribably hot and sexy and insanely smart in the 'could-rule-the-wold-one-day-if-I-really-wanted-to' kinda way, without ever coming off as a geek in the slightest. He's also funny and suave and whether he's interacting with a main character in the show, or a minor one, there is always chemistry.

02. Who's your least favourite character in 1? Glee
That's a hard one. I do have issues with a lot of the characters in Glee, but I'm not sure who I like the least. Honestly, it's probably a tie between Quinn and Finn.

03. What's your favourite episode of 4? Doctor Who
ANY EPISODE WITH DONNA NOBLE/CATHERINE TATE IN IT? 8DD ....huh? what do you mean that doesn't count?! OKAYFINE. Now this is actually hard, as I can pick my favourite episode from any of the other shows, but Doctor Who? It is honestly one of the hardest decisions I'll ever make. So instead, I'm going to give my favourite episode from each season! =D
Season 1: Rose (it's the first episode and after seeing it, I knew there was no going back)
Season 2: Love & Monsters (similar to Blink. this kind of episode, where you see the DW world from the eyes of a stranger, just brings so much depth and perspective to the series and it's protagonist. lovelovelove)
Season 3: Blink (see above)
Season 4: Turn Left (this was the hardest because there's only one episode in this entire season I did not like, and even then that had some of the best Doctor/Donna moments xD)

04. What's your favourite season of 5? Supernatural
Season one. Unlike most fans, I've not had any problems or issues with any of the other seasons, but season one was is just where all the magic happens. The interaction between Sam and Dean and they're dad, the relative innocence of the boys (when compared to how they are now in season five) the monsters, and all the laughs because while it could be very serious, the writers made sure they didn't wear us down with all the death and feelings of hopelessness. There was just a kind of lightheartedness about the season that perfectly blended the heartbreaking reality of their job with the strong bond of love family shares.

05. Who is your favourite ship in 3? Merlin
Um, I don't have one actually. I'm not active in the fandom though I have written some Arthur/Merlin one-shots/drabbles as gifts to i_am_krazy, so I guess, based on that, Arthur/Merlin? If only because I write them? xD

06. Who is your anti-ship in 2? Fringe
Fringe? I don't have one, honestly. Although if I had to pick one, it would probably be Peter/Walter(his father). Because srsly fandom, there is a lot I can put up with, and I'll be the first to admit I've shipped incest (mind you they were brother and sister and no more than five years apart) but really? Father and son? I dunno, personally I just find it to be a whole lotta wrong. Also, they're like thirty years apart. Ew.

07. How long have you watched 1? Glee
Since Fox starting airing it? I was also one of few people (at least that I know personally) that saw the pilot episode back when it was aired this past summer in June or July.

08. How did you become interested in 3? Merlin
It was back when they had just aired the final episode on the BBC, when a LJer I stalk watch updated that a friend had just introduced her to this series called Merlin and after watching the first episode she knew it was love. I was in the middle of my Doctor Who/British drama phase, so I decided that I absolutely had to give Merlin a chance. And I'm so glad I did.

09. Who's your favourite actor/actress in 4? Doctor Who
DONNA NOBLE AKA. THE AMAZING AND SUPERFANTABULOUS CATHERINE TATE! I lovelovelovelovelove her. David Tennant would be my second pick for sure, then Christopher Eccleston. I never even knew C-Tate was a comedian (as I'd never heard of her before Doctor Who) but after falling in love with her so, I looked for some more things she'd been in and found out she'd wrote for/preformed in The Catherine Tate show, which has some of the most hilarious skits in it that I've ever seen. Don't believe me? Go watch this right now! (though I warn you, it helps to have seen the C-Tate show to get the Lauren character and her "Do I look bovvered?" joke, and to have a vague understanding of DW, but it is one of the funniest skits I have ever seen.)

10. Which do you prefer: Show 1, 2 or 5? Glee, Fringe, Supernatural
This is a hard one to answer, but I'm going to say Supernatural because Fringe and SPN are on at the same time, and 98% of the time I do chose SPN over Fringe, so I guess that's that.

11. Which show have you seen more episodes of, 1 or 3? Glee, Merlin
Merlin because 1) It's on its second season which = more episodes and 2) I've re-watched the first season of Merlin and a couple season two episodes so over-all, Merlin. (Though realistically, I don't think this question's all that fair.)

12. If you could be anyone from 4, who would you be? Doctor Who
The Doctor's companion! Oh, you mean someone specific? Well that's a hard one, seeing as most every character dies. Not the Doctor, that's for sure, because there exists no more a disturbed, depressed, (and though I love him dearly) pitied character invented for television. I think it would have to be either Martha Jones or Sarah Jane Smith. Both have had to go through incredibly horrible things that would most likely break a normal human, but that's part of what makes their characters so amazing. I think I'd pick Martha in the end though, because despite what she went through with the Master, I think she was the one that ended up with the closest thing to a 'happy ending'.

13. How would you kill off your favourite character in 1? Glee
Mr. Schuester. Horrible break dancing accident. So. Tragic.

14. Give a random quote from 1? Glee
A random quote? HAH! Have two.

ARTIE: I wanna be very clear: I still have the use of my penis.

SUE: If I have a pregnant girl doing a handspring into a double layout, the judges aren't going to be admiring her impeccable form, they're going to be wondering if the centrifugal force is going to make the baby's head start crowning.

15. Which character from 5 would be a good guest star on 2? Supernatural, Fringe
Season 2 Sam, back when his demon powers when active. Or both brothers. I'm pretty sure Walter would be more than happy to help the brothers solve some kind of Supernatural crime while Peter shakes his head and Olivia fights with her moral high ground stance over whether she should report the Winchesters or not.

16. Would a 3/4 crossover work? Merlin/Doctor Who
*snort* That like asking if peanut butter tastes good with jam. That's the beauty of Doctor Who: time traveling, demension hopping space ship makes any and everything possible.

17. Pair two characters in 1 that would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple. Glee
Puck/Mercedes.

...what? Okay it makes absolutely no sense, but they're my fav male and female characters, okay? shutupidek.

18. Has 5 inspired you in any way? Supernatural
Well I've only written one SPN fanfic, and that was a short drabble with a Transformers crossover, so no, not really. However it has made me take things, such as salting entries and saying 'Christo' to random people, very seriously.

19. Overall, which show has a better cast, 2 or 4? Fringe, Doctor Who
WHAT?WHATWHATWHATWHAT? I have to actually answer this? Totally unfair, as I am rediculously biased when it comes to Doctor Who. Unfortunately the actors picked for Fringe are bloody amazing, so it's no easy choice. The win, however, is going to go to Doctor Who, because it's the only series I've ever watched where I've loved the main actors, but am constantly blown away by the preformance of all the minor actors that only appear in one or two episodes. For that reason, I'm afraid Fringe looses. (I'm so so sorry Peter/Walter/Astrid/Olivia. I still love you, I swear!)

20. Which has better theme music, 3 or 5? Merlin, Supernatural
Oh gosh. I have to say Supernatural as I am a sucker for classic rock. (you can blame my dad for that, 100%) Although Merlin does have nice instrumental theme music.

So the meme didn't say to tag anybody, but I'm going to anyway!
I taggs i_am_krazy, ylmik_wisty, jazmin22 and arthoniel! I wana see what you guys say!

Gonna go die in bed now as I should have been asleep two hours ago. Night~



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So for those on my f-list who don't know, I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year. (Nation Novel Writing Month for those who don't know.)

And yet, while I was writing last night, my muse did a complete 360' and was hit with this Merlin fic idea. "No," I told myself when I started to open a new word document, but my hands did not obey and so today I find myself continuing to write an AU Merlin fic that's hit 4 pages already and is not even close to finished. I some how wrote the beginning and the end yesterday and have now started to work on the middle.

Why, muse, are you doing this to me? kid!Arthur and kid!Merlin and super cute and adorable and you're channeling them very well especially thanks to the Peter Pan soundtrack, and you've even created an entire mytho to this world in under 12 hours, but what was so bad about psychopathic ghosts and sexy mythological gods?

idek.

(also think I might be sick. mum is staying away from me as if I carry the plague and has suggested I go get vaccinated from H1N1 because now that I'm coughing, I'm apparently going to die if I don't. Srsly?)


-B

Because yes, I did really do this, and no, I won't be wearing it again because the track suit I found out later had holes in bad places, but damn was it ever epic.

SO TODAY, IT WAS "COME IN YOUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME" AT DANCE, AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING TO WEAR (i need to buy me some new costumes) AND THEN I SAW THIS OLD, SUPER SHORT CHEAP BLOND WIG I BOUGHT A YEAR AGO AND GOT THE MOST BRILLIANT IDEA EVER.

SO I PULLED MY REALLY-OLD-BUT-STILL-IN-WEARING-CONDITION BLUE TRACK SUIT OUT FROM STORAGE AND POP'D THE WIG ON AND WENT AS SUE SYLVESTER FROM GLEE.

IT WAS TOTALLY FUCKING AWESOME.

AND THAT'S HOW SUE SEES IT.


B.

I don't want to be the Witch. 8S

Like really, really don't want to be her.

Ugh. Shoot me. DX

I just got back home from Roosters, a local club.

My thinking power's dulled and my brain's fuzzy, but I had a blast.

Happy nineteenth birthday, self!

Now to try to sleep it off and hopefully wake up before every one arrives for my birthday dinner tomorrow.


-B

HAPPY BIRTHDAY aeternitasbeach!!!!!

All my love and best wishes to you on your special day, and I hope that your birthday is TOTALLY AWESOME!! <3333



-B