Once a Stranger

by laurus_nobilis

Give me TWO fandoms; I'll tell you about their crossover OTP.

hamsterwoman asked:

Top 5 fictional worlds (any medium) that you would like to see an RPG set in
1) The Coldfire Trilogy : mostly for the genius magic system which I always found very interesting and filled with potential. Also like the mix of standard medieval fantasy with SF elements via planetary romance which allow for some more modern elements in the mix in interesting ways.
2) Fables (the comic book series) or Princess Tutu - co ex equo they have similar theme in term of intersection between fairy tales and reality, in a meta-ish way, but with very different treatment. I think I've seen tries with Fables especially that didn't seem too bad (using the nWoD system), though there's always the risk to mix in too much ideas and concepts in a similar manner to the way Changeling the Dreaming did
3) This Alien Shore : yes another Friedman books, what can I say, I love her setting building. There aren't a lot of SF settings for RPGs and those that do exist tend not to interest me (often to movie/TV conceit of Sci Fi for my taste, or a contrario, to hard SF). This Alien Shore hits a sweet spot of intriguing social SF in a way that's a great set up for adventuring still; holds a lot of diversity of cultures while still being a network, and has a reasonnable justification for having "aliens" who are not too-aliens (they're actually humans!). Had some of the other cool details in the various societies depicted in the book you have a good set up - though one might want to get inspiration from other stuff to properly thicken it.
4) Anita Blake : don't laugh, I really think the series - early on that is - had some pretty neat and solid ideas in term of world building / setting that I wouldn't mind seeing in a contemporary supernatural game overall.
5) American Gods : because if there's something Scion made clear is that there's a need and potential audience for a game that does that; it's just that Scion is a terrible game for it. But yeah, something that plays up Mythological gods & heroes and monsters in a modern setting would be really rad.

(while I doubt Draegarea would have make the cut anyway, though it would make the long list, I have to mention here that House of the Blooded seems to me perfect to make an adaptation of it)

flo_nelja asked:
les cinq fins (livres, séries, films) que tu trouves les plus satisfaisantes. Which for those who don't speak French means ! "the five best endings (books, series, movies) that you find the most satisfying"
1) Revolutionary Girl Utena. Really stands out!
2) The Last Unicorn. "She will remember your heart when men are fairy tales in books written by rabbits. Of all unicorns, she is the only one who knows what regret is - and love. "
3) Usual Suspects ^_^
4) Watchmen
5) Petshop of Horror

incidentally I was the person who created the Bittersweet Ending page on TV Tropes wiki :3

q99 asked:
Top Five Mythical Animals
1) Unicorns! Don't look at me weirdly, a part of my soul is forever 12 :p
2) Dragons, because you can't beat the classics.
3) Flying horses / Pegasus, see 1)
4) Sphinxes
5) Marsupilamis. I mean, the Spirou kind, that should count as mythical (I had plushes of the whole Marsupilami family when I was a kid ^^)

From kind of everyone really

1) What is your opinion of this character? If you like, explain why you like him/her.

2) Is he/she important to the general plot?

3) Can you relate to this character at all? Does he/she grip you emotionally?

4) How much do you like the fandom that this character comes from?

5) Do you ship this character with any other character? Or, are you particularly intrigued by his/her relationship with any other character(s)? (romance-wise or platonic)

6) Is there anything about the character you would change?

7) If you were in the fandom with this character or knew this character in real life, how would you see yourself interacting with him/her?

8) Does this character make the cut as one of your all time favorites (if you like) or least favorites?

9) Would you hype up this character (if you like) or warn about this character (if you dislike) to someone new to fandom?

10) Is this character popular with the fanbase?

(and yes, I still need to finish answering the previous meme I did ^^;;)

Character you’d become best friends with


Haruhi Suzumiya

Okay, don't look weirdly at me. Haruhi totally follows the pattern of the kind of girl I befriend most easily in real. Bossy, headstrong girls with interresting and innovative ideas of how to pass time who don't much fear ridicule. Also she's enough of a geek I would enjoy spend time with her. Okay, she's also something of a jerk, but nobody's perfect and at least she makes life interesting.

For a male best friend I'd be tempted to pick House for the symmetry (I always thought there was big crackful crossover potential between House and Haruhi, riffing of the House versus God theme and playing out of what huge assholes they both are XD), but that's a bit too far in the jerk spectrum even for me ^_^;

Character with your favourite voice/seiyuu

I'm not big on noticing voices in general (a in, it goes underneath my consciousness in the way it affects me). I love Anthys voice; and, for a random choice, K of Gravitation's voice. But for this one, I can't pick anyone but:


Xelloss, of Slayers

Because his voice is 70% of his sexiness (god knows it's not his character design XD). Very melt-y, yes, of course I'll do whatever you say and don't care that you're a demon kind of voice ♥

Character you’d go camping with

Well, I have very little experiences with going campaing; as in the main one i ever had involved week ends with a lot of roleplaying games, so I'm not sure exactly what we're supposed to be looking forward there. But assuming someone who is good in survival situations, easy going enough i know I could spend some time in close quarter without wanting to strangle them, and entertaining enoug, I'll have to go with Damien Vryce (of the Coldfire Trilogy).

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Character you look like the most

You know, all the characters I can remotely think that look like me - dark curly hair, voluptuous kind of body - are so ridiculously hot that I'm blushing to answer this. Obviously I'm not that hot, but characters in series tend to be, so please forgive the vain answer:

Lust of Fullmetal Alchemist.



I kind of always wanted to cosplay her too (if I wasn't too lazy to make a cosplay).

I guess I could also have used Hermione again, except I decided I wouldn't use twice the same characters ;) (that means I'll have to find another answer for #30 of course)

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Character who would probably be your rival



Hermione is just the right amount of similar to me in some ways and very different from me in other ways that sets my teeth with a kind of annoyance and would have totally make her my rival in school. On the one hand, I was totally the sort of kid who constantly raised their hand to answer a teacher's question, on the other hand, I was more the intuitive and chaotically organised kind of person who wasn't likely to spend a lot of time organising notes (or doing homeworks in general). I think Hermione could have easily get to be on a competitive mode :)

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Character you'd like to go shopping with

Toph, because "does this make my butt looks big" would be a great set up for one of those "why do you people keep forgetting that I AM BLIND!" jokes, and then she's get fed up an destroy the store which would be awesome

That depends what do you mean by shopping. I'm not a big fan of shopping for clothing, but if it was that, Ciani of Farady because she'd give advices based on what clothes would piss off my boss most, which is really a must. Now that I think about it, Gerald Tarrant would also be a hillarious in that he had a good sense of aesthetics but would never have the patience for actual stores shopping so there would be snark, and threats of violence.

If it was the kind of shopping, I actually enjoy, like books and geeky stuff... maybe Wendy Watson from The Middleman (which I just recently watched ^^), because good and sensible female geek characters are hard to find.

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Your least favourite character

Bill Adama



At some point of watching nBSG, Adama had the dubious honour of overtaking my previous "most hated character" (which would have been Stannis Baratheon). I think it was "A Day in the Life" that clinched it, though I definitely didn't have much love for the man before.

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Meme stolen avidly from laurus_nobilis
Check my fandoms, my favorite characters, the pairings I like the most, my kinks, my fictional crushes, anything. Now, in a friendly and possibly teasing way, point out the obvious and not so obvious trends or fetishes you see in my tastes. Maybe I'm nuts for all vampire stories, or have a thing for men who smoke, or I'm fond for the tsundere archetype, or I'm into rival slash. Let's point out all of those you've noticed I tend to squee about during our friendship.

I was tagged by bronze_ribbon

1. What songs are you currently addicted to?

12 Kingdoms OP, Pandora Heart Melody, Back on my feet, Kiseki no Umi... as often, I'm kind of in an anime soundtrack period ;) oh, and Eppure Sentire.

2. What are you currently reading?
I, errr, started the Persian Boy a few months ago... when was it, February, March? I haven't read much since. Unless you count manga and a few fics.

3. What was the last movie you saw?

The Empress and the Warriors. It was okay, but not great

4. What makes you angriest/most frustrated right now?

Right now? Dunno. I'm pretty chill. Most recently, myself.

5. Favourite book and why?

I hate when meme asked this question. How could I name only one favourite book x_x Especially right now, with how little reading I've done in the last months.

6. What are your current addictions?

the internets, anime series, the internets.

7. What is your favourite t-shirt?

Errr. I have this red-pink one on I rather like.

8. Something about you that most people don't know? Extra points if it is interesting.

I wrote for a supplement for a roleplaying games back when I was around 20. I'm pretty sure I only got that job because a guy who was already working on a supplement wanted to get into my pants and convinced his friend of hiring me. It was fun writing it though.

9. What was the last thing you bought?

I bought a bunch of manga today : Vol1 of Shiki, Vol 1&2 of The Day of the Revolution, vol1-3 of Tsuru

10. Do you have more friends online or off?

Online! Most of my offline friends are also online friends of course.

11. Something that made you laugh today?

it was something like... "the younger Summer gets no love" on that WIW Buffy thread at rpg.net

12. Favourite non-alcoholic beverage?

tea

13. What was the last thing you ate?

A biscuit.

14. What are your current favourite pairings?

Right now it's Oz/Alice/Gilbert, in so far as a threesome counts as a pairing :p

15. Favourite website(s)?

Livejournal, RPG.net, Shadowforum

16. What are your plans for tomorrow?

Get myself a phone and a shower curtain-thingy, get to meet friends in a bar and get drunk.

17. What kind of music is contained in your hard drive?
errr, most of them?

18. Favourite colour?
Green and red.

19. Pet peeve?
I've got a bunch but I never remember them until they irk me.

20. Guilty pleasure(s)?
Stupid BL manga.