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I'm back in Reading. The train fairies were good to us and it only took about 3 hrs.

squee_fest_uk taught me many things this year: jpop bands have junior divisions; Captain Jack has slept with any one you care to name; watching ageing boy bands dancing is sweetly hilarious; not all pudding is tasty; everybody loves Gojyo; FAKE is really a bit scary; it is possible for drunk fangirls to paint toenails at 2am without spilling any; getting in and out of a shiny red sports car turns out not to be as glamourous as I thought it would be, for example when you get your leg trapped in the bucket seats; X-Kai manga is really really bad! Petshop of Horrors anime is even creepier than the manga, wow.

new_kate gave me a Russian TV version of Sherlock Holmes - it's beautiful. I have such a lot of love for Russian Watson - he gets so angry when Holmes gets engaged to the housemaid in the adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton that he storms off to his room, and then Holmes puts his arm round him and eventually makes him giggle in a highly charming way. They have a beautiful friendship - reallly watching this gave me a new perspective on them and their odd and intense domesticity. I also love that all the sets and scenery are almost but not quite English-looking. Holmes's mouse-coloured dressing gown is perfect.

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[inksheddings.livejournal.com]

FAKE is really a bit scary

You're going to have to explain that one. *g* I have a friend who saw the anime before reading the manga, and wasn't terribly sure she ought to read it. I convinced her otherwise.

Sounds like you certainly had an interesting time! :D

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

I found the weird sexual politics to be just too tedious, really. I know yaoi is full of strangeness, but. The kids were betting on whether Dee was going to rape Ryo or not, or would Ryo put up a fight? Also, everyone in the anime seemed to want to stop them having sex, but whyyyyy?

[inksheddings.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the anime is a little off-putting that way, I agree. The manga has a little of that, but not nearly so much, and the story that's spread over the entire seven volumes makes a lot more sense. The characters are actually fleshed out really well, in my opinion (for yaoi). The anime's not a great example of the manga at all.

But! It's certainly not going to be everyone's cup of tea. *g*

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

True, and to be honest seeing it late in the evening after a very long weekend probably didn't help my brain take it in very well.

[inksheddings.livejournal.com]

Ha! My convert friend, after watching the anime, asked if all yaoi was so obsessed with rape, so you are not alone in feeling this way after viewing it. :D

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

I didn't like the anime, and I quite enjoyed the manga. As is evidenced by the fact I own them all! Will lend them to you next time I see you. :-)

[notfromvenus.livejournal.com]

Yay for the Russian Watson! He so pwns any other Watson ever.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Oh! You know of the Russian Watson! This is great. Isn't he wonderful? I love him to bits, and also how sweet Holmes is to him.

[i-am-zan.livejournal.com]

Russian W & H sounds intriguing indeed!

^__^

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

They are so in love!!!

Hehehe.

[toscas-kiss.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a good time! :-)

Ah, but what colour were the toenails?

A mouse-coloured dressing gown? [giggles]

[baka-gaijin.livejournal.com]

~ is insanely jealous of you ~

Your squee-fest sounds like louds of fun!