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[louiselux]

I'm feeling all a bit multifannish at the moment, which is really different and not normal for me. Usually I'm all a bit blinkered to anything but my current objects of lust. I don't know. I still otp Roger/Rafa like anything-- gah, I love them, they are made of unicorns and rainbows-- but the fandom is maybe too small to really wallow in it as one would like.

Merlin is more pretty to me than it was a few months ago, and I really liked the first episode of series two, where Arthur was a total douchebag to Merlin and Merlin was all sad and wistful and, well, jealous about having his place usurped by Cedric and his awesome hair. Colin Morgan is really pretty, even with giant ears. He is really really pretty. Like, a lot. I also like how Bradley James seems to be actually officer class in real life too, judging from the interviews I've seen of him.

Jensen Ackles is also really really pretty. Oh, god, look at my theme. Supernatural is one of those programmes that I think I am never going to write fic for - and that's a bit freeing actually. Like watching a really good tennis match where you're not invested in the outcome. That's not to say I don't care about the outcome, just that I don't have to take it quite so personally if the plot/real life doesn't go the way I want.

So, anyway, my thesis concludes with people on TV are pretty. That basically sums up everything on my mind right now.

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[avierra.livejournal.com]

Supernatural is really hard not to get caught up in. I am not sure why it is so compelling, except that I really dig fantasy/supernatural stuff. Plus the over-the-top angst floats my boat as well. >_> And Dean, such a hottie. (Sam isn't my type. >_>)

I tend to intensely like one thing at a time as well. I enjoy Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and Dogs (Haine and Badou... and OMG I heart their totally screwed-up mentally and emotionally, psychotic selves so much), but have no desire to write for them. Saiyuki is pretty much floating my boat in the biggest way. I want answers from that tease Minekura!!

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

For me, it's the foaming tidal waves of gay incest angst in Spn - it's just so addictive. But I don't want to write it. It doesn't get me the way some fandoms do, where I just have to write stuff. Saiyuki is totally the opposite. Oh Minekura. <3 We are going to be her bitches for approximately ever. I love her.

What's Dogs, if I may ask?

[avierra.livejournal.com]

Dogs is a manga by Miwa Shirow that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. There are 4 protagonists. (Supposedly-- but the main focus is on Haine Rammsteiner, who is a person who has been experimented upon, with the result that he is effectively unkillable. There is some hinting that the experimentation was done for military purposes; Haine seemingly represents the highest form of the experiment. The scientist who experimented upon him subjected him and others to all sorts of mental and physical torture as children, with the result that Haine is extremely mentally unstable. The "dog" refers to the beast in Haine that sometimes escapes his control in times of stress.) He and his partner, the also very damaged Badou Nails, fight crime together, since they are looking to find and reclaim children who have been experimented upon, as well as others who might be able to tell them more about the experiments and who ordered them and so on.

The other two protagonists are an ex-assassin (Mihai) and a quietly lethal young swordswoman (Naoto). The four of them act and react together in various ways. Badou sort of functions as the glue who holds everyone together-- he is effective in his own way, but not up to the level of the others.

The artwork is very spare, but I love the snark and the exploration of the relationships-- Mihai is much older and acts as something of a mentor to the others; Badou and Haine fight crime together and deny they have "that sort" of relationship (although they are known around town as White Hair and Cyclops); Naoto reluctantly works with the rest of them to avenge the death of her family (and she and Haine are at each others throats with Badou in the middle between them).

It's just wonderful, and I eagerly await each new chapter. :)

Here's a link that pretty much perfectly sets up the tone of HainexBadou :D Haine and Badou (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c246/saintelmosacid/ae_dogs-bNc-ch02-024.jpg)

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Oh, they are pretty! Also I am tempted. I like their snarkiness and the long haired one (Haine?) has a really Gojyo-like vibe. Yum!

Thanks for the info!