24 Oct 2009

kaigou: this is what I do, darling (heero solider)
note: I don't know when I'll be watching the last episodes, since that depends on whether I'm up to it tomorrow, or maybe it'll be Sunday. So please refrain from the spoilers or the really heavy-handed hints, mmkay? I'll let you know when I'm done so you can consider it open season at that point, but not yet.

ep19: I'd be sad, but... come on, wouldn't you people know by now never to trust someone with unnaturally colored hair? Unless it's pink and in pigtails, which I suppose is the exception, but if the hair matches the eyes, PROBLEM. Just sayin'. The bit with the naked people and the sparkles, though... am I the only one who felt like I'd been sucked into an alternate shojo dimension at that point?

This bit with the song, I'm guessing, is someone's attempt to make the obligatory pacifist-trope somehow relevant. It's not working. Not for me, at least. And here I liked Marina in S1, but now she's too much of a damn saint and not enough of, well, at least a few flaws. I mean, at least Kujou/Noriega drinks heavily to make up for the rest of her brilliance. (Am I the only one who thinks of Cujo whenever someone says her name?)

ep20: hey! no last name! amazing!

...and sudden character motivation, then character development, followed immediately by character DEATH. ooookay.  )

*stares at blank screen*

DONE.

I feel like I need a vacation. Or something really mindless to watch.
kaigou: this is what I do, darling (grumpy cat)
continued from: Part the First.

[Ayup, Recession & DogEmp, I promised, and I do deliver. Belated, but I deliver.]

So the upshot is that the summer of '05, I cajoled my boss into realizing I needed an assistant, Duo was available, and there you go. (It remains an open question exactly how Duo feels about this, but hey, who's asking Duo, anyway?) During one of our interminable deadline-is-tomorrow cram sessions, I happened to mention that Sharon (a venerable member of the GW fandom and one of its greatest, if not the greatest, 1x2x1 fans) preferred her fic with the boys at a relatively young age -- certainly no more than mid-twenties. Duo observed that no one stays that young forever, and then promptly shoved his braid up his shirt (I am NOT making this up) so only the tail bit was showing under the collar and said, "look! chest hair!"

And so it began. )

Yes, good times for all, and naturally that meant we needed to do a sequel. Question is: how do you top breaking the hearts of some of the greatest and longest-lasting fans of the series?

Answer: you add APPLESAUCE.

Final installment, coming soon!