gratuitous pic post
25 Mar 2022 07:37 pm
Smileon Bonaparte over on the Rue Bonaparte
Smileon Bonaparte over on the Rue Bonaparte
Stuff I've been watching
24 Mar 2022 05:41 pmCaught up on Shadow and Bone which I enjoyed a lot. It's very Young Adult in vibe, in a way that I found refreshing to see in TV shows format, in that you need to not think too much about the plot and everybody is way too young; but it looks very pretty and is well realized to craft atmosphere wonderfully; and the characters are overall endearing.
For context I've read the Six of Crows duology but not the main Grishaverse trilogy (which i've only heard bad thing about) so it was a bit odd to see how the series adapt both stories by mixing them together a bit awkwardly. I love the Crows characters and they did feel like they were a full B plot of the story. ( spoilers )
Finished watching Star Trek: Discovery's S4. Overall that was my favorite season. I liked how the stakes were built, how the vein of optimism was worked and how the show has been increasingly using more of its full cast. I've not liked any of the final of the series a lot and while I still had issue with this one finale ( spoilers ), it was my favorite finale so far.
I've also watched an anime series called Mashiro no Oto, from last year. It's basically a shamisen sport shounen thus proving once more that you can build sport shounen out of everything. It was a lot of fun, greatly helped by the quality of the sountrack. I don't know much about shamisen music, but I enjoyed hearing it immensely. The story is a bit rough and honestly feels more like a first arc to the story (which it probably is, being the adaptation of a light novel) than anything. The characters are fun - I especially appreciated for spirited and sometimes aggressive many of the female characters are. The story had gusto, I really hope there's a second season sometimes to watch. (also I wish I could find an OST for it which I haven't been able to so far).
For context I've read the Six of Crows duology but not the main Grishaverse trilogy (which i've only heard bad thing about) so it was a bit odd to see how the series adapt both stories by mixing them together a bit awkwardly. I love the Crows characters and they did feel like they were a full B plot of the story. ( spoilers )
Finished watching Star Trek: Discovery's S4. Overall that was my favorite season. I liked how the stakes were built, how the vein of optimism was worked and how the show has been increasingly using more of its full cast. I've not liked any of the final of the series a lot and while I still had issue with this one finale ( spoilers ), it was my favorite finale so far.
I've also watched an anime series called Mashiro no Oto, from last year. It's basically a shamisen sport shounen thus proving once more that you can build sport shounen out of everything. It was a lot of fun, greatly helped by the quality of the sountrack. I don't know much about shamisen music, but I enjoyed hearing it immensely. The story is a bit rough and honestly feels more like a first arc to the story (which it probably is, being the adaptation of a light novel) than anything. The characters are fun - I especially appreciated for spirited and sometimes aggressive many of the female characters are. The story had gusto, I really hope there's a second season sometimes to watch. (also I wish I could find an OST for it which I haven't been able to so far).
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18 Mar 2022 09:00 pm
Very nice weather today
I went to visit a small free expo at the institut du monde arabe about Algerian artists
(repost of something I wrote on tumblr in April 2020 for archiving purpose)
In fanfiction, it is extremely frequent to see Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng refer to one another as “brother”, either in dialogue, or described as such through the narrative. This always struck me as hitting the wrong note, because in the actual narrative of Mo Dao Zu Shi there is not a single instance where the word “brother” is used to refer to one another, not even once.
Yet it is obvious why fanfics go there. It does fittingly describe the nature of their relationship. Wei Wuxian was brought back to Yunmeng by Jiang Fengmian to be raised by him in a way that looks much more like an adoption than anything. It is probable that the main reason that he didn’t formally adopt Wei Wuxian was because Yu Ziyuan would never have stood by it. Despite her opposition and her worry that Wei Wuxian might usurp Jiang Cheng’s place as heir to the sect, it is obvious that Wei Wuxian wasn’t treated as a servant (as the son of a servant) or as a simple disciple. He was part of the family unit in more ways than not, and they grew up close and their relationship displayed a kind of intimacy and rivalry that is typical of brotherhood.
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In fanfiction, it is extremely frequent to see Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng refer to one another as “brother”, either in dialogue, or described as such through the narrative. This always struck me as hitting the wrong note, because in the actual narrative of Mo Dao Zu Shi there is not a single instance where the word “brother” is used to refer to one another, not even once.
Yet it is obvious why fanfics go there. It does fittingly describe the nature of their relationship. Wei Wuxian was brought back to Yunmeng by Jiang Fengmian to be raised by him in a way that looks much more like an adoption than anything. It is probable that the main reason that he didn’t formally adopt Wei Wuxian was because Yu Ziyuan would never have stood by it. Despite her opposition and her worry that Wei Wuxian might usurp Jiang Cheng’s place as heir to the sect, it is obvious that Wei Wuxian wasn’t treated as a servant (as the son of a servant) or as a simple disciple. He was part of the family unit in more ways than not, and they grew up close and their relationship displayed a kind of intimacy and rivalry that is typical of brotherhood.
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Clear and Muddy Loss of Love
15 Mar 2022 11:32 amFinally finished reading Clear and Muddy Loss of Love, a f/f Chinese Webnovel. Someone made a very enticing and brilliant fantrailers for it:
In the end it left me somewhat disappointed. I think I appreciated the other f/f novel by the same author, The Female General and the Elder Princess more. Part of it is the novel is so long it kind of outlasts its welcome, the other is that the plot meanders a bit too much. Lots of stuff happen, but despite the story having such a strong hook of vengeance, it feels like it lacks focus on that plot, a sense of the challenges being vanquished by skill and work rather than plot fiat. However, I enjoyed the characters a great deal and had fun reading the largest part of the story. Not sure how highly I recommend it in the end.
In the end it left me somewhat disappointed. I think I appreciated the other f/f novel by the same author, The Female General and the Elder Princess more. Part of it is the novel is so long it kind of outlasts its welcome, the other is that the plot meanders a bit too much. Lots of stuff happen, but despite the story having such a strong hook of vengeance, it feels like it lacks focus on that plot, a sense of the challenges being vanquished by skill and work rather than plot fiat. However, I enjoyed the characters a great deal and had fun reading the largest part of the story. Not sure how highly I recommend it in the end.
Xavier and Magneto contrast
11 Mar 2022 05:26 pman old post on tumblr that's my most popular post there, for archiving purpose:
I think one of the most interesting thing about the way Xavier and Magneto contrast is how you can root their difference of attitude from their background.
Like, Xavier comes from a very privileged background and is idealist and optimistic, and Erik is has lived through the Shoah and is cynical and pessimistic. But there’s much more to it than that.
Xavier lived in a dysfunctional family, in which he felt very out of place. He found respite in school - an institutional environment. He saw first hand in Cain how people can turn from victims into abusers because of that abuse. His concept of evil - and of how to fix it - is very personalised. It’s something individuals do, because they’re wrong headed. It’s also something that’s rooted in unbridled force, and in lack of self-control; so Xavier tends to stress the importance of self-control a lot in the way he sets up the school, and he picked Scott - the one who absolutely needed to be in control of his power at all times - as leader.
Erik grew up in a very loving and functional family unit. He has a very solid sense of self and ego despite everything else he’s lived. The evil he’s suffered is institutionalised. It’s not something done by individuals, it’s done on large scale by society as a whole, fostered by indifference, and orchestrated by the use of excessive control. There’s no simple appeal or polite request that can stop it. Only violence was able to counter it. So he’s not interested in fixing it, only in uprooting it.
Yeah, I think their powers also inform them to a great deal. The power that Xavier has means constant awareness. It’s both a potentially overwhelming burden and, as you say, a constant advantage. The constant knowledge that help is a thought away. It also forces him to consider different point of views - literally that’s what his power is - to see people in their individual personhood. And, of course, it’s a constant temptation (again, the importance of self control).
And Xavier had his power since a very early age, and grew up hiding that fact, knowing that he had to hide that fact in fear of repercussions. And in comics, Xavier kept the fact that he himself was a mutant hidden - even as he was presenting himself as a mutant rights advocate and expert - for a ridiculously long time, and was only outed by Cassandra Nova pretending to be himself.
It’s not like Xavier only embodies the idea of passing, because he’s also (most often) disabled in a very visible way; but it’s something that is a much larger element of his makeover.
Erik grew up as a visible minority (by law, visible and stigmatized and soon enough segregated in ghettos); then was a visible refugee (by accent, very probably, at the least) who had to suffer from it; and only then came onto his power. And from then on Magneto spends very little time passing. And when he does, it’s very much being undercover.
There’s a lot of things in the movie about passing/being visible; to a large extent because they lean the most on the LGBT metaphor; of course.
Erik’s power is also, overwhelming, about being powerful. It’s how his character is built around, much like Xavier’s built around thinking through different point of views, communicating and being subtly manipulative. It’s also built onto his survivor’s guilt: He survived so he could be prevent the same things from happening to mutants now that he has the power to do so. He’s the man who can now rip the doors from his hinges (like he couldn’t when he was a child).
Erik’s rejection of humanity is also something that is very interesting to see in the frame of his background. Because for a lot of people, what happened during the Shoah was something that lead to deeps questions about humanity. What does it say about us that we are capable of this, and to let it happen? Does Humanism mean anything in the fact of complete orchestrate dehumanization? and so on.
And Erik was capable to deal with that by rejecting completely on humans, to the difference of mutants. Mutants are new, they provide a tabula rasa, and opportunity to build a revolutionary society where such injustice would not happen. That’s the core of Magneto as a radical figure of mutant supremacy. That’s what he says to Magda when she questions what he is: “You… are not human” – “Far more than human, I suspect. Better than human, I vow.” From the observation of factual difference to the framing this different as an ethical project funded on fundamental othering in one sentence.
So I agree he thinks he isn’t, was not, and will never be one of “them”.
OTOH, he’s perfectly capable of viewing humans as individuals (witness many of his relationships with humans). He just doesn’t do it as part of the ideological construct through which he view the world.
I think one of the most interesting thing about the way Xavier and Magneto contrast is how you can root their difference of attitude from their background.
Like, Xavier comes from a very privileged background and is idealist and optimistic, and Erik is has lived through the Shoah and is cynical and pessimistic. But there’s much more to it than that.
Xavier lived in a dysfunctional family, in which he felt very out of place. He found respite in school - an institutional environment. He saw first hand in Cain how people can turn from victims into abusers because of that abuse. His concept of evil - and of how to fix it - is very personalised. It’s something individuals do, because they’re wrong headed. It’s also something that’s rooted in unbridled force, and in lack of self-control; so Xavier tends to stress the importance of self-control a lot in the way he sets up the school, and he picked Scott - the one who absolutely needed to be in control of his power at all times - as leader.
Erik grew up in a very loving and functional family unit. He has a very solid sense of self and ego despite everything else he’s lived. The evil he’s suffered is institutionalised. It’s not something done by individuals, it’s done on large scale by society as a whole, fostered by indifference, and orchestrated by the use of excessive control. There’s no simple appeal or polite request that can stop it. Only violence was able to counter it. So he’s not interested in fixing it, only in uprooting it.
(from razielangelofsecret)
I feel there’s another side to this.
Charles has always had the benefit of his powers. Not matter how many times he can pledge he won’t use them on someone, we’ve seen he doesn’t always keep his word. He’s had the benefit of foresight through mind reading. He has multiple different view points depending on who is around him.
Erik has only ever seen through one view. The view of the oppressed. The view of the mutant. The view of the downtrodden. He doesn’t see any other way because he has grown up with the one way. He doesn’t think about the people who are putting him down as individuals. He doesn’t sympathize with human beings because he isn’t, was not, and will never be the same as them in his eyes. He has one view, and one method to fix it.
Charles is a man who would use diplomacy to open doors.
Erik is a man who would rip the door from it’s hinges.
Yeah, I think their powers also inform them to a great deal. The power that Xavier has means constant awareness. It’s both a potentially overwhelming burden and, as you say, a constant advantage. The constant knowledge that help is a thought away. It also forces him to consider different point of views - literally that’s what his power is - to see people in their individual personhood. And, of course, it’s a constant temptation (again, the importance of self control).
And Xavier had his power since a very early age, and grew up hiding that fact, knowing that he had to hide that fact in fear of repercussions. And in comics, Xavier kept the fact that he himself was a mutant hidden - even as he was presenting himself as a mutant rights advocate and expert - for a ridiculously long time, and was only outed by Cassandra Nova pretending to be himself.
It’s not like Xavier only embodies the idea of passing, because he’s also (most often) disabled in a very visible way; but it’s something that is a much larger element of his makeover.
Erik grew up as a visible minority (by law, visible and stigmatized and soon enough segregated in ghettos); then was a visible refugee (by accent, very probably, at the least) who had to suffer from it; and only then came onto his power. And from then on Magneto spends very little time passing. And when he does, it’s very much being undercover.
There’s a lot of things in the movie about passing/being visible; to a large extent because they lean the most on the LGBT metaphor; of course.
Erik’s power is also, overwhelming, about being powerful. It’s how his character is built around, much like Xavier’s built around thinking through different point of views, communicating and being subtly manipulative. It’s also built onto his survivor’s guilt: He survived so he could be prevent the same things from happening to mutants now that he has the power to do so. He’s the man who can now rip the doors from his hinges (like he couldn’t when he was a child).
Erik’s rejection of humanity is also something that is very interesting to see in the frame of his background. Because for a lot of people, what happened during the Shoah was something that lead to deeps questions about humanity. What does it say about us that we are capable of this, and to let it happen? Does Humanism mean anything in the fact of complete orchestrate dehumanization? and so on.
And Erik was capable to deal with that by rejecting completely on humans, to the difference of mutants. Mutants are new, they provide a tabula rasa, and opportunity to build a revolutionary society where such injustice would not happen. That’s the core of Magneto as a radical figure of mutant supremacy. That’s what he says to Magda when she questions what he is: “You… are not human” – “Far more than human, I suspect. Better than human, I vow.” From the observation of factual difference to the framing this different as an ethical project funded on fundamental othering in one sentence.
So I agree he thinks he isn’t, was not, and will never be one of “them”.
OTOH, he’s perfectly capable of viewing humans as individuals (witness many of his relationships with humans). He just doesn’t do it as part of the ideological construct through which he view the world.
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3 Mar 2022 08:05 pmI said I wanted to get back to posting here but actually posting is very difficult. I'm all out of habit for blogging regularly in a talking about myself kind of way.
Let's try a bit...
I've just finishing catching up on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel; which is overall pretty marvelous indeed. I didn't know at all what to get into except that it was kinda Jewish and it's been a delight. Less often laugh out loudly funny than one would except given the premise... more often being amused in the inside kind of funny. Sometimes hard to catch all the references (a friend had to tell me that Lenny Bruce was a real historical person. In my defense, stand up comics are one of the thing that the almighty imperialist American media machine exports internationally very little of, comparatively speaking). Although the most disorientating moment was seeing men and women sit side by side at a fancy synagogue. I found the series weirdly anxiety-inducing but I think that's mostly due to me being in a period of anxiety than really due to the story (depending on one's resistance to people throwing out money in stupid ways). The series is supposed to end this season in the next couple of weeks, so that's something to look forward to.
I'm gonna watch the first episode of S2 of Picard tonight; and I continue to enjoy the current Discovery season a whole lot.
Otherwise I've been trying to start watching Steven Universe (finally) and so far it's not grabbing me much unfortunately. I'm only 10 episodes in and a friend told me it was supposed to be slow until the 26th episode but still. Not sure if I'll manage to make it that far.
Let's try a bit...
I've just finishing catching up on The Marvelous Mrs Maisel; which is overall pretty marvelous indeed. I didn't know at all what to get into except that it was kinda Jewish and it's been a delight. Less often laugh out loudly funny than one would except given the premise... more often being amused in the inside kind of funny. Sometimes hard to catch all the references (a friend had to tell me that Lenny Bruce was a real historical person. In my defense, stand up comics are one of the thing that the almighty imperialist American media machine exports internationally very little of, comparatively speaking). Although the most disorientating moment was seeing men and women sit side by side at a fancy synagogue. I found the series weirdly anxiety-inducing but I think that's mostly due to me being in a period of anxiety than really due to the story (depending on one's resistance to people throwing out money in stupid ways). The series is supposed to end this season in the next couple of weeks, so that's something to look forward to.
I'm gonna watch the first episode of S2 of Picard tonight; and I continue to enjoy the current Discovery season a whole lot.
Otherwise I've been trying to start watching Steven Universe (finally) and so far it's not grabbing me much unfortunately. I'm only 10 episodes in and a friend told me it was supposed to be slow until the 26th episode but still. Not sure if I'll manage to make it that far.
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20 Feb 2022 05:02 pmI've been feeling pretty lonely over on tumblr lately. Been wondering if I should try posting here again. Not sure where to start and I doubt anybody still cares.
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3 Dec 2015 07:21 pmJust caught up with Killjoys.
Very nice show, starts good with a bit of cheese and builds up to pretty damn good quite quickly. Great world-building especially, with a very evocative tone of noir and pulp built with the recurrent supportive cast. Definitely makes you want to see more of them and of the back-story.
The main cast is good - three characters only, the main one a woman of color with a mysterious past of being trained as an assassin who is extremely badass, and two brother, one a former soldier also with a past, and the second the tech guy / heart of the group. I'm not quite in love, except for the female character being awesome, but they're fun enough.
Plotting's decent, and fairly efficient in term of the story moving fast.
Definitely scratches a farscape / firefly / cowboy bebop / shadowrun IN SPACE itch that I'd been missing for a while!!
Very nice show, starts good with a bit of cheese and builds up to pretty damn good quite quickly. Great world-building especially, with a very evocative tone of noir and pulp built with the recurrent supportive cast. Definitely makes you want to see more of them and of the back-story.
The main cast is good - three characters only, the main one a woman of color with a mysterious past of being trained as an assassin who is extremely badass, and two brother, one a former soldier also with a past, and the second the tech guy / heart of the group. I'm not quite in love, except for the female character being awesome, but they're fun enough.
Plotting's decent, and fairly efficient in term of the story moving fast.
Definitely scratches a farscape / firefly / cowboy bebop / shadowrun IN SPACE itch that I'd been missing for a while!!
I finished writing a full fledged fanfic for the first time in... forever (2008? Around that. I wrote a few very short pieces in between but very slap dash). It's for a minor fandom and a secondary cast of character, so unsurprisingly it didn't exactly draw a lot of attention. I don't a lot of people who read this (amongst the people who still read their lj/dw flist in the first place) are familiar with it, but for my own piece of mind, I like posting it here as well:
Green and Golden (5748 words) by Salinea
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn, Fire Emblem Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Naesala/Leanne, Naesala/Reyson
Characters: Naesala (Fire Emblem), Reyson (Fire Emblem), Leanne (Fire Emblem), Nealuchi (Fire Emblem)
Additional Tags: Dramatic Irony, Irony, Puppy Love, Coming of Age, Pre-Canon, Fantastic Racism, Fluff and Angst
Summary: I trust you remember that when you and your sister were young, it was I, and not Tibarn, who watched over you?
The shift to Ao3 does mean a lot less comments, I hadn't quite realised how disheartening that (I mostly leave kudos over comments when I read fics myself). Not that I dislike kudos - I'm always happy receiving them ^^ - but when you have the expectation of a newly posted fic, it does feel a bit... lacking in interaction, I guess. It doesn't help that in the first place the shift to tumblr means much less in-depth fannish interaction. *sighs* Such in the stuff.
So yeah, I haven't written on DW/LJ myself in forever. I always want to post reviews of books I'm reading or such, but I can't summon the motivation for it. Fandom wise, obviously I'm still very much in the fire emblem fandom (mostly Tellius, but also Jugdral remains on my mind. I'm liking the Elibe games but not so much in a fannish way) and I've actually been reading a whole lot of final fantasy 7 fanfics (as my pinboard can attest). Not reading much comics anymore (I vaguely follow and want to get back in it, but also lack the motivation for it) and haven't felt like reading MCU fanfics lately either. Can't say I'm much excited for Age of Apocalypse either given how disappointing i found DoFP.
Green and Golden (5748 words) by Salinea
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Fire Emblem: Soen no Kiseki/Akatsuki no Megami | Fire Emblem Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn, Fire Emblem Series
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Naesala/Leanne, Naesala/Reyson
Characters: Naesala (Fire Emblem), Reyson (Fire Emblem), Leanne (Fire Emblem), Nealuchi (Fire Emblem)
Additional Tags: Dramatic Irony, Irony, Puppy Love, Coming of Age, Pre-Canon, Fantastic Racism, Fluff and Angst
Summary: I trust you remember that when you and your sister were young, it was I, and not Tibarn, who watched over you?
The shift to Ao3 does mean a lot less comments, I hadn't quite realised how disheartening that (I mostly leave kudos over comments when I read fics myself). Not that I dislike kudos - I'm always happy receiving them ^^ - but when you have the expectation of a newly posted fic, it does feel a bit... lacking in interaction, I guess. It doesn't help that in the first place the shift to tumblr means much less in-depth fannish interaction. *sighs* Such in the stuff.
So yeah, I haven't written on DW/LJ myself in forever. I always want to post reviews of books I'm reading or such, but I can't summon the motivation for it. Fandom wise, obviously I'm still very much in the fire emblem fandom (mostly Tellius, but also Jugdral remains on my mind. I'm liking the Elibe games but not so much in a fannish way) and I've actually been reading a whole lot of final fantasy 7 fanfics (as my pinboard can attest). Not reading much comics anymore (I vaguely follow and want to get back in it, but also lack the motivation for it) and haven't felt like reading MCU fanfics lately either. Can't say I'm much excited for Age of Apocalypse either given how disappointing i found DoFP.
Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Swords
9 Mar 2015 09:44 pmSo my adventures in video games have continued with me trying to play FE 7 (the first Fire Emblem I played on my own instead of with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
runespoor, although she still provided imput for support advices in particular XD) and I've been documenting my playthrough on tumblr: http://demoiselledefortune.tumblr.com/tagged/dem-plays-fe7/chrono
I finished the game this week end. It’s a pretty awesome game.
My favourite part was the three lords, who are all great in term of characterisations and have awesome interaction with one another. Of the FE I’ve played so far, they are my fave set of lords!
On of the other hand, of the FE I’ve played so far, Nergal is probably my least favourite villain >_>; Also all the narrative around Ninian was pretty awfully sexist :(
Anyway, there were a lot of other awesome, loveable characters, and some which I would not call loveable but who were interesting. A short list of my favourite would be Nino, Erk, Serra, Legault, Mathew, Rebecca, Sain, Canas, Fiora, Pent and Louise, Guy, Rath... and I'll keep it at that because I said it was a SHORT list. XD
The overall story is… I’d say serviceable without being great (certainly no worse than Path of Radiance). The most interesting part of it was the Bern shenanigans, the Black Fang as tragic villains and Nino.
I found the motif of bad and exploitative parenthood unfolded in a very interesting way (and especially as a commentary of Nergal as a would be transcendent immortal vampire), as was the motif of found family. (well tragic family shenanigans is one of my fave things ^^).
So I will want to play FE7 again on Hector mode; and I will also want to play FE6. I’m not actually sure in what order I should do that so do you guys have suggestions?
runespoor, although she still provided imput for support advices in particular XD) and I've been documenting my playthrough on tumblr: http://demoiselledefortune.tumblr.com/tagged/dem-plays-fe7/chronoI finished the game this week end. It’s a pretty awesome game.
My favourite part was the three lords, who are all great in term of characterisations and have awesome interaction with one another. Of the FE I’ve played so far, they are my fave set of lords!
On of the other hand, of the FE I’ve played so far, Nergal is probably my least favourite villain >_>; Also all the narrative around Ninian was pretty awfully sexist :(
Anyway, there were a lot of other awesome, loveable characters, and some which I would not call loveable but who were interesting. A short list of my favourite would be Nino, Erk, Serra, Legault, Mathew, Rebecca, Sain, Canas, Fiora, Pent and Louise, Guy, Rath... and I'll keep it at that because I said it was a SHORT list. XD
The overall story is… I’d say serviceable without being great (certainly no worse than Path of Radiance). The most interesting part of it was the Bern shenanigans, the Black Fang as tragic villains and Nino.
I found the motif of bad and exploitative parenthood unfolded in a very interesting way (and especially as a commentary of Nergal as a would be transcendent immortal vampire), as was the motif of found family. (well tragic family shenanigans is one of my fave things ^^).
So I will want to play FE7 again on Hector mode; and I will also want to play FE6. I’m not actually sure in what order I should do that so do you guys have suggestions?
I thought it would be interesting to look at characters’ affinities and see what it tells us about them and about the writers’ intention about them. While Affinities have a direct effect on gameplay via the support bonus and some of them are probably picked based on game balance (see the amount of Earth Affinity people in the Dawn’s Brigade), nevertheless the concept of Elements conveys a rich imagery which often seems at least partially relevant.
( elemental musings under the cut )
( elemental musings under the cut )
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14 Jan 2015 01:50 amWatched the first two episodes of Yuri Kuma Arashi.
Not sure what to make of it yet… but I think my favorite bit of symbolism is the only male characters present being the judges putting the characters’ love on trial as the arbitrators of beauty, coolness and sexiness. Yeaaaaaah.
Quite a lot of stuff on invisibleness, too. Hmm.
Not sure what to make of it yet… but I think my favorite bit of symbolism is the only male characters present being the judges putting the characters’ love on trial as the arbitrators of beauty, coolness and sexiness. Yeaaaaaah.
Quite a lot of stuff on invisibleness, too. Hmm.
meme from tumblr
13 Jan 2015 10:24 pmSEND ME A FANDOM AND I'LL NAME EVERYTHING I SHIP IN THAT FANDOM
Of the sequel shows I'm watching...
Kamisama Kiss is probably the one with the most solid new first episode, with a proper story as such and back in great form.
Durarara x2 I found pretty disappointing in that it didn't try at all to kick-start a whole new season and basically relied on our already existing love of the series and characters to carry itself and didn't have a great sense of rhythm. But then again it's Durarara so it's not like it wasn't sufficient but I hope they'll get back in the groove well soon enough.
Aldonah Zero is somewhere in a middle. It mostly focusses on re-establishing the new status quo after a slight cliffhanger ending + time skip. Doing so by withholding a flashback reveal to the end is somewhat clumsy but worked well enough. It leaves questions but not too many related to the cliffhanger itself, so it seems we're back to pick up the plot very quickly which I'm thankful for.
Probably won't bother trying the new season of Tokyo Ghoul.
Kamisama Kiss is probably the one with the most solid new first episode, with a proper story as such and back in great form.
Durarara x2 I found pretty disappointing in that it didn't try at all to kick-start a whole new season and basically relied on our already existing love of the series and characters to carry itself and didn't have a great sense of rhythm. But then again it's Durarara so it's not like it wasn't sufficient but I hope they'll get back in the groove well soon enough.
Aldonah Zero is somewhere in a middle. It mostly focusses on re-establishing the new status quo after a slight cliffhanger ending + time skip. Doing so by withholding a flashback reveal to the end is somewhat clumsy but worked well enough. It leaves questions but not too many related to the cliffhanger itself, so it seems we're back to pick up the plot very quickly which I'm thankful for.
Probably won't bother trying the new season of Tokyo Ghoul.
Stolen from flo_nelja
For reference, a list of the books I read.
How many books read in 2014?
About 50.
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio?
All fiction
Male/Female authors?
Only 8 books by a male writer this year, the rest by one or two female writers.
Favorite books read?
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore was not flawless but is probably the one that will stay the most with me for its complicated treatment of how one recovers of trauma on a country wide scale.
Least favorite?
Precious Dragon by Liz Williams bored me enough I decided to drop that seire sof book. Also I thought The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P Beaulieu was thoroughly confused and mediocre.
Oldest book read?
Probably the Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, lol. (Which I thought felt rather painfully British at times.)
Newest?
Probably the Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. At least it is the "new hot book people are talking about".
Longest book title?
Well I reread "First Against the Wall" which is always a nice, long title.
Shortest title?
Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
How many re-reads?
About 6
Most books read by one author this year?
I read 10 books by Kate Elliott between the Crown of Stars and the Spirit Walker series.
Any in translation?
All in English.
How many of this year's books were from the library?
Zero. Haven't been much to the library this year.
Book that most changed my perspective:
I don't know that any really did that >_<
Favorite character:
Especially liked the protagonists of Kate Elliott's Spirit Walker trilogy (Cat, Vai and Bee), Alain in her Crown of Stars, Bitterblue in Bitterblue, Oda in the Kate Griffith books, and Sin in Sarah Rees Brennan's Demon series. Oh the protagonist from Slow River was pretty awesomely well realised as well.
Not counting characters from the books I've reread this year because OF COURSE I'm ridiculously fond of them.
Favorite scene:
hahahahahaha, go away.
Favorite quote:
Sorry, I don't write them out while I read, what do you expect?
Most inspirational in terms of own writing?
I don't know. Maybe Song of the Basilisk because Patricia McKillip's writing is always stunningly and hauntingly beautiful.
How many you'd actually read again?
Not quite sure, I could see myself reread about 5 of them (not counting those that were already rereads).
(she had two of them, but I got lazy).
flo_neljaFor reference, a list of the books I read.
How many books read in 2014?
About 50.
Fiction/Non-Fiction ratio?
All fiction
Male/Female authors?
Only 8 books by a male writer this year, the rest by one or two female writers.
Favorite books read?
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore was not flawless but is probably the one that will stay the most with me for its complicated treatment of how one recovers of trauma on a country wide scale.
Least favorite?
Precious Dragon by Liz Williams bored me enough I decided to drop that seire sof book. Also I thought The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P Beaulieu was thoroughly confused and mediocre.
Oldest book read?
Probably the Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff, lol. (Which I thought felt rather painfully British at times.)
Newest?
Probably the Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. At least it is the "new hot book people are talking about".
Longest book title?
Well I reread "First Against the Wall" which is always a nice, long title.
Shortest title?
Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
How many re-reads?
About 6
Most books read by one author this year?
I read 10 books by Kate Elliott between the Crown of Stars and the Spirit Walker series.
Any in translation?
All in English.
How many of this year's books were from the library?
Zero. Haven't been much to the library this year.
Book that most changed my perspective:
I don't know that any really did that >_<
Favorite character:
Especially liked the protagonists of Kate Elliott's Spirit Walker trilogy (Cat, Vai and Bee), Alain in her Crown of Stars, Bitterblue in Bitterblue, Oda in the Kate Griffith books, and Sin in Sarah Rees Brennan's Demon series. Oh the protagonist from Slow River was pretty awesomely well realised as well.
Not counting characters from the books I've reread this year because OF COURSE I'm ridiculously fond of them.
Favorite scene:
hahahahahaha, go away.
Favorite quote:
Sorry, I don't write them out while I read, what do you expect?
Most inspirational in terms of own writing?
I don't know. Maybe Song of the Basilisk because Patricia McKillip's writing is always stunningly and hauntingly beautiful.
How many you'd actually read again?
Not quite sure, I could see myself reread about 5 of them (not counting those that were already rereads).
(she had two of them, but I got lazy).
★ Anime series
Kill La Kill
Tokyo Ravens
Nobunagun
Noragami
Pilot’s Love Song
Sore demo Sekai wa Utsukushi
Ping Pong
Samurai Flamenco
Nobunaga Concerto
Aldnoah Zero S1
Tokyo Ghoul
Zankyuu no Terror
Barakamon
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaku-kun
Ao Haru Ride
Love Stage
Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji
★ Anime series I rewatched
Gatchaman Crowds
Durarara!!
Chihayafuru S1&2
Fruits Basket
Star Driver
Rideback
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Shion no Ou
Kurega Hime
Uchouten Kazoku
Kill la Kill
★ Western series
Sleepy Hollow S1 (twiced
The Bletchley Circle S2
True Detective S1
Community S5
The Good Wife S5
Marvel Agents of Shield S1
Archer S5
★ Books
Mist of Prophecies by Steven Saylor
Judgement of Caesar by Steven Saylor
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
Cold Steel by Kate Elliott
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffith
The Magpie Lord: A Charm of Magpies by CJ Charles
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffith
Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor
A Matter of Oaths by Helen S Wright
A Case of Possession by CJ Charles
Point of Hope by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett
Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett
The Neon Court by Kate Griffin
Dynasty of Ghost by PL Nunn
Eona by Alison Goodman
The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor
The Tempering of Men by Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
When True Night Falls by Celia Friedman (reread)
Precious Dragon by Liz Williams
The Administration series by Manna Francis (reread)
Durarara!! v4
The Creation by Gore Vidal
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Demon’s Surrender by Sarah Reeds Brennan
The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P Beaulieu
Laying the Ghost by Jane Davitt
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin
Runemarks by Joannes Harris
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
King’s Dragon by Kate Elliott
Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott
The Burning Stone by Kate Elliott
Child of Flame by Kate Elliott
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia McKillip
The Gathering Storm by Kate Elliott
In the Ruins by Kate Elliott
The Crown of Seven by Kate Elliott
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller
★ Comics and manga
I was very crap at keeping track of what I read this year. There’s a bunch of Marvel NOW series which came to an end, and I also read the Infinity Gauntlet.
Manga wise I read (to the end, at last) Banana Fish and Beauty Pop. And a bunch of BL heh.
★ Games
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Batten Kaitos Origin
Tales of Xillia
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
★ Movies
Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Frozen
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Maleficent
Summer War (rewatch)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Millennium Actress (rewatch)
Kill La Kill
Tokyo Ravens
Nobunagun
Noragami
Pilot’s Love Song
Sore demo Sekai wa Utsukushi
Ping Pong
Samurai Flamenco
Nobunaga Concerto
Aldnoah Zero S1
Tokyo Ghoul
Zankyuu no Terror
Barakamon
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaku-kun
Ao Haru Ride
Love Stage
Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji
★ Anime series I rewatched
Gatchaman Crowds
Durarara!!
Chihayafuru S1&2
Fruits Basket
Star Driver
Rideback
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Shion no Ou
Kurega Hime
Uchouten Kazoku
Kill la Kill
★ Western series
Sleepy Hollow S1 (twiced
The Bletchley Circle S2
True Detective S1
Community S5
The Good Wife S5
Marvel Agents of Shield S1
Archer S5
★ Books
Mist of Prophecies by Steven Saylor
Judgement of Caesar by Steven Saylor
Cold Magic by Kate Elliott
Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
Cold Steel by Kate Elliott
A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffith
The Magpie Lord: A Charm of Magpies by CJ Charles
The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffith
Triumph of Caesar by Steven Saylor
A Matter of Oaths by Helen S Wright
A Case of Possession by CJ Charles
Point of Hope by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett
Point of Dreams by Melissa Scott & Lisa Barnett
The Neon Court by Kate Griffin
Dynasty of Ghost by PL Nunn
Eona by Alison Goodman
The Seven Wonders by Steven Saylor
The Tempering of Men by Sarah Monette & Elizabeth Bear
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
When True Night Falls by Celia Friedman (reread)
Precious Dragon by Liz Williams
The Administration series by Manna Francis (reread)
Durarara!! v4
The Creation by Gore Vidal
The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Demon’s Covenant by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Demon’s Surrender by Sarah Reeds Brennan
The Winds of Khalakovo by Bradley P Beaulieu
Laying the Ghost by Jane Davitt
The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin
Runemarks by Joannes Harris
Slow River by Nicola Griffith
Stealing Fire by Jo Graham
Blackout / All Clear by Connie Willis
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie
King’s Dragon by Kate Elliott
Prince of Dogs by Kate Elliott
The Burning Stone by Kate Elliott
Child of Flame by Kate Elliott
Song for the Basilisk by Patricia McKillip
The Gathering Storm by Kate Elliott
In the Ruins by Kate Elliott
The Crown of Seven by Kate Elliott
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
The Riven Kingdom by Karen Miller
★ Comics and manga
I was very crap at keeping track of what I read this year. There’s a bunch of Marvel NOW series which came to an end, and I also read the Infinity Gauntlet.
Manga wise I read (to the end, at last) Banana Fish and Beauty Pop. And a bunch of BL heh.
★ Games
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Batten Kaitos Origin
Tales of Xillia
Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War
★ Movies
Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Frozen
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Maleficent
Summer War (rewatch)
Guardians of the Galaxy
Millennium Actress (rewatch)
more experiences in video games
12 Nov 2014 10:56 pmSo yeah, I finished playing Tales of Xillia the other day.
I was playing with runespoor who’d finished the Milla version of the game just before, so we were doing the Jude version of the game.
I mostly liked it a lot, at least I very much enjoyed the characters and ambiance and gameplay. I have a bit more mixed feelings about the plot and themes.
( Read more... )
Next game I’m playing with Runespoor is Fire Emblem 4. :3
I was playing with runespoor who’d finished the Milla version of the game just before, so we were doing the Jude version of the game.
I mostly liked it a lot, at least I very much enjoyed the characters and ambiance and gameplay. I have a bit more mixed feelings about the plot and themes.
( Read more... )
Next game I’m playing with Runespoor is Fire Emblem 4. :3
might as well post this here too...
27 Sep 2014 02:02 amSo to do a recap of this week’s American TV shows:
- The Good Wife: Yes, good, show. I still love you the most. Especially you, Kalinda. OMG Eli even got to be COMPETENT. That’s wonderful. Keep on with it. Don’t make me stress too much about Cary though, show, I rather like him, all in all and I don’t watch you to be stressed.
- Sleepy Hollow: ( small spoiler )
- Gotham: Well you do the city Gotham pretty good, so that’s a big point in your favourite, and I also I loved baby Selina so far and even baby Bruce. I never like Bruce, wtf. I’m actually not sure what to make of what you’re doing with Renée yet (and Cris) but she’s one of my fav SO DONT MESS UP. I’m afraid your Gordon bores me. I fear this is my white male protagonist fatigue more than anything, cuz he’s not badly acted or anything. Fish Moony is delightful tho, so there’s that. You need to improve on the writing front fast though, otherwise you’ll be as mediocre Agents of Shield.
- Agents of SHIELD: Oh show, I’m afraid you’re on a countdown. Improve quickly and stop mistreating your female characters quickly. Stop making Coulson so fucking aggravating, I’m starting to hate seeing him on screen if you keep doing that raising music and it’s so cheesy and I want to throw things at my screen. ( spoiler ) So basically you have a few episodes to improve quickly or I give up on you. Cheers!
- How to Get Away With Murder: Good writing, good plot set up, intriguing characters if not yet quite what I would call sympathetic yet. But I like plotty stories too, I can roll with that rather than character appeal for now. I like the use of male seducing, too, interesting gender reversal in how it was handled. Don’t get too excited with the fancy jumpcut shit, it’s not 2007 any more and it just looks silly. Just, be smart and not too creepy and we’ll be great friends.
so yeah, hi! Anybody still reading?
- The Good Wife: Yes, good, show. I still love you the most. Especially you, Kalinda. OMG Eli even got to be COMPETENT. That’s wonderful. Keep on with it. Don’t make me stress too much about Cary though, show, I rather like him, all in all and I don’t watch you to be stressed.
- Sleepy Hollow: ( small spoiler )
- Gotham: Well you do the city Gotham pretty good, so that’s a big point in your favourite, and I also I loved baby Selina so far and even baby Bruce. I never like Bruce, wtf. I’m actually not sure what to make of what you’re doing with Renée yet (and Cris) but she’s one of my fav SO DONT MESS UP. I’m afraid your Gordon bores me. I fear this is my white male protagonist fatigue more than anything, cuz he’s not badly acted or anything. Fish Moony is delightful tho, so there’s that. You need to improve on the writing front fast though, otherwise you’ll be as mediocre Agents of Shield.
- Agents of SHIELD: Oh show, I’m afraid you’re on a countdown. Improve quickly and stop mistreating your female characters quickly. Stop making Coulson so fucking aggravating, I’m starting to hate seeing him on screen if you keep doing that raising music and it’s so cheesy and I want to throw things at my screen. ( spoiler ) So basically you have a few episodes to improve quickly or I give up on you. Cheers!
- How to Get Away With Murder: Good writing, good plot set up, intriguing characters if not yet quite what I would call sympathetic yet. But I like plotty stories too, I can roll with that rather than character appeal for now. I like the use of male seducing, too, interesting gender reversal in how it was handled. Don’t get too excited with the fancy jumpcut shit, it’s not 2007 any more and it just looks silly. Just, be smart and not too creepy and we’ll be great friends.
so yeah, hi! Anybody still reading?
crossposted from tumblr
29 Jul 2014 02:42 amSomeone on failfandomanon asked for comics recs to learn about Magneto at his morally ambiguous best, and I spent a half an hour typing a huge ass long answer and was late to meet a friend >_>. Anyway, I’ve cleaned it up and clarified some stuff and decided I might as well share it here:
In order of chronology of the character
Magneto - Testament by Greg Pak: Magneto’s youth during the Shoah. Very good and heartbreaking. Highly Reccomended.
Classic X-Men #12 (A Fire in the Night) by Claremont: After the war Magneto tries to settle in Ukraine with his wife & child. It does not go well. Essential reading.
Uncanny X-Men #161 by Claremont: Magneto meets Charles Xavier in a hospital in Israel. It goes well until it doesn’t. Essential reading.
Classic X-Men #19 (I, Magneto) by Claremont: Magneto goes Nazi hunting for the CIA. It does not go well. Highly recommended.
Uncanny X-Men #150 by Claremont: Magneto tries to stop nuclear proliferation by threatening the world’s governments with his power. The first issue in which Claremont gave Magneto’s depth and recreated him as a Holocaust survivor.
God Loves, Man Kills by Claremont: Somebody is targeting mutants. Magneto seeks the X-Men to help. Highly recommended and fairly standalone.
Secret Wars by Shooter: An overly powerful entity decided to summon a bunch of villains and heroes and have them fight against one another for his entertainment. Magneto was summoned among the heroes, to everybody’s shock. Not absolutely necessary but takes place in the lapse of time when Magneto was getting more nuanced and Xavier was using the chance to try to convince his friend to amend his way. Lots of other cool stuff in it otherwise (Doom is the star of this show tho).
Uncanny X-Men #196 by Claremont: Magneto chats with Rachel, who came from the future in which Magneto’s worst nightmares happened.
Uncanny X-Men #199 by Claremont: Kitty takes Magneto to a Holocaust survivors reunion.
Uncanny X-Men #200 by Claremont: Magneto is put on trial. It does not go well. Both of those are highly recommended.
New Mutants v1 #21-75: Charles left Magneto in charge of the kids at his school. It does not go well. In particular issues #35, 38-40, 50-52 by Claremont are highly recommended. #60-61, 64, 73-75 by Louise Simonson for how it goes to hell, but I don’t much like Simonson’s take on the character.
X-Men vs Avengers by Stern & Shooter: The Avengers question Xavier’s choice of substitute teacher. It does not go well.
X-Men vs the Fantastic Four by Claremont - Magneto tries to save Kitty Pryde’s life.
Uncanny X-Men 274-275 by Claremont - Magneto and Rogue in the Savage Land and old ghosts. Highly recommended.
X-Men 1-3 by Jim Lee and Claremont - Magneto’s descent into heartbreaking crazy villainy again and Claremont’s farewell to the X-Men for a while.
IGNORE SHITTY 90S EVENTS
Well, except for:
Legion Quest (Uncanny X-Men #320- X-Men #40- UXM 321 & XM-41) by Nicieza, Lobdell and Waid - Xavier’s crazy and crazy powerful son goes back in the past to Xavier and Magneto’s first meeting in Israel to try to kill Magneto before he becomes a supervillain. It does not go well.
X-Men Unlimited #2 by Nicieza – A story of vengeance and grief.
ANYWAY ON TO THE 00S
Excalibur v3 #1-14 by Claremont - Xavier and Magneto hang out in the ruins of Genosha. Not very good but very, very slashy.
House of M (main series) by Bendis - Magneto’s dream has been made true and replaced reality. His family is the stuff of Greek tragedy.
House of M - Civil War by Gage - How Magneto’s dream came true in the House of M alternate reality.
X-Men Legacy #208-210 by Carey - Xavier was shot in the head during the Messiah Complex events. A depowered Magneto helps him finding himself again.
Magneto gets repowered and then joins the X-Men who are living on an artificial island made of the ruins of Asteroid M off the coast of San Francisco and has declared themselves to be their own nation. Because if they’re copying him he might as well join them, ya know.
(This is Uncanny X-Men #516, but I don’t much like how this issue is written so it’s not highly recommended. OTOH I’m pretty fond of UXM #518-522, in which Magneto does his best to show his use to the X-Men).
Nation X #1 (The Ghost of Asteroid M) by Spurrier - Short story about Magneto settling in with the X-Men and especially their students
Uncanny X-Men #534.1 by Gillen - The X-Men ask their PR agent to deal with Magneto’s joining their team. Hilarity ensues.
X-Men Legacy #231-259 by Carey - Magneto as a member of Rogue’s team. Not always very Magneto focussed, but Carey writes one of the best Magneto outside of Claremont so… Also the Magneto/Rogue romance, if that rocks your boat.
Uncanny X-Men v2 #1-3 by Gillen – Magneto as a member of Cyclops new Extinction team, which he boasts as the world’s mightiest heroes, vs Sinister. Not essential, but has a couple of great Mags moments and is a great mood setting for that point of time in the X-Men.
Magneto: Not a Hero by Skottie Young - A mini about Magneto’s clone re-appearing and starting to kill people in his name. Highly recommended.
Uncanny X-Men v2 #13, #15-20 by Gillen - the Avengers and the X-Men went to war and a few of X-Men became the host of the Phoenix Force. Oh, also Sinister is attacking. What does Mags do?
Avengers vs X-Men – Consequences by Gillen - The Avengers won and the X-Men are on the run. What does Mags do?
All New X-Men #1-5 + Uncanny X-Men v3 #1-3, #8, #16, 21-22 by Bendis – Cyclops’ group of hunted X-Men try to a be a radical force for good for mutants and train new recruits. Magneto plays a dangerous game with SHIELD trying to uncover who is resurrected the Sentinel program.
Magneto v1 1-on going by Bunn - Magneto left Cyclops to go and hunt the enemies of mutantkind by himself. Very good and very dark.
No More Humans by Carey - Humans have mysteriously disappeared from earth, leaving only mutants. What does Mags do? Carey still writes the best Magneto outside of Claremont.
Outside of continuity:
X-Men – Mythos: A rewriting of the first mission of X-Men against the mutant terrorist Magneto.
I thought it was bad.
The first half was actually okay. Enough to raise up my hope so I could be disappointed by the second half, basically.
( more details, including spoilery ones )
The first half was actually okay. Enough to raise up my hope so I could be disappointed by the second half, basically.
( more details, including spoilery ones )
So remember how runespoor had me play Tales of Symphonia?
Well next she made me play Fire Emblem 9/10.
Actually we played Path of Radiance... I think in the spring? I don't actually remember, but I remember we spent the summer with FF9 and Kingdom Heart 2 and fall with FF7 (the final fantasies, I was the one who had already played with them though I hadn't finished either up till then) and I think PoR was before, so.
And in the last few weeks we did Radiant Dawn (there was a big gap because of technical difficulties with the data transfer and all sorts of stuff).
Anyway PoR didn't make that much of an impression on me... it's a fairly nice, but fairly straightforward story. I'm really not much into strategy game, and most of the time "playing" meant moving the characters where runespoor was telling me to. I also found the way that the characters we use in the game to fight the battles and the characters who have the most storytime focus are somewhat... not quite the same a bit hard in term of emotional involvement. Still, I didn't dislike it, by a far mile, I was enjoying the game and found quite a few characters to like. I latched very quickly on Soren and he remained by favorite through the game; also Jill has a most awesome character journey and I also found the birds interaction very entertaining and Ranulf pretty great.
Radiant Dawn worked on another level for me still. Part of it may have been being more used to the gameplay & storytelling style; but also because it's a story that works in a much more interesting and multi layered way. I love the way that each part somewhat deconstructs what has gone before XD I found the way we shifted PoV from sides was brilliant. Part 3 was my favorite, and also liked part 4 a lot (although I wish they had had more discussions addressing the awkwardness of it - likewise the last part and ending doesn't have enough discussions addressing reveals for my taste). ( hitherby spoilers )
Well next she made me play Fire Emblem 9/10.
Actually we played Path of Radiance... I think in the spring? I don't actually remember, but I remember we spent the summer with FF9 and Kingdom Heart 2 and fall with FF7 (the final fantasies, I was the one who had already played with them though I hadn't finished either up till then) and I think PoR was before, so.
And in the last few weeks we did Radiant Dawn (there was a big gap because of technical difficulties with the data transfer and all sorts of stuff).
Anyway PoR didn't make that much of an impression on me... it's a fairly nice, but fairly straightforward story. I'm really not much into strategy game, and most of the time "playing" meant moving the characters where runespoor was telling me to. I also found the way that the characters we use in the game to fight the battles and the characters who have the most storytime focus are somewhat... not quite the same a bit hard in term of emotional involvement. Still, I didn't dislike it, by a far mile, I was enjoying the game and found quite a few characters to like. I latched very quickly on Soren and he remained by favorite through the game; also Jill has a most awesome character journey and I also found the birds interaction very entertaining and Ranulf pretty great.
Radiant Dawn worked on another level for me still. Part of it may have been being more used to the gameplay & storytelling style; but also because it's a story that works in a much more interesting and multi layered way. I love the way that each part somewhat deconstructs what has gone before XD I found the way we shifted PoV from sides was brilliant. Part 3 was my favorite, and also liked part 4 a lot (although I wish they had had more discussions addressing the awkwardness of it - likewise the last part and ending doesn't have enough discussions addressing reveals for my taste). ( hitherby spoilers )
