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crocordile replied to your photoset:
So the doll clothing experiments continue. I…

CUTE omg!!

Thank you! (I know that’s more the dolls than my clothing attempts- but white shirt #2 is so far no screw-ups). The dolls are $20 each so I really don’t need them all- but I do 😉 And I’m tempted to buy the much cheaper MH or EAH dolls just to attempt and practice repaints. I would love to be able to custom dolls- though I’d be torn between recreating the whole Justice League or making OCs and elves. (I don’t like the hands on the Disney Descendants dolls but they have the skin-tones to make Denishia, even if I draw her with a very wide face perfect with EAH. Because My two dream customs would be Deni and Faelindis)

yavieriel replied to your post:
It is four degrees from freezing outside right…

[laughs at you] my cat is angry because the sliding glass door I normally let her out is frozen shut from condensation on the glass running down and forming ice in the track. On the /inside/ of the door.

It’s 43° outside and really cold, m’kay. I had to wear my H&M jacket (okay I was happy I had an excuse to because it’s really pretty) and even wore gloves! And this morning it was way too cold to chase down my goober hound to keep her from nasty barking wars with the dogs on the other side of the fence (someone has gravely insulted someone else’s mother, I can only assume, from the bass vitriol of these recent string of audio spats). That or because my parents drove up to Dallas very early this morning, so I’m babysitting the brand-new puppy on-top of everything else. She’s cute as hell, but annoying and energetic. Goober doesn’t want to play with her, but does want to protect her from other dogs. As if the hound was territorial enough…

crocordile replied to your post:
3, 6!

Awww orome 😦

That chapter was a cheat because some of it I’d written as a meme reply a year before, but I thought that line especially was quality.

Another line- or at least the beginning of a line because the cadence is that song-like rhythm I seek to write, if from Survivor’s Guilt Coda: 
“No stumbling numb and dumb and mad into a starlight glen…”

squirrelwrangler:

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squirrelwrangler replied to your post:
Finally saw Rogue One the other night when my dad…

my dream is that once Rebels ends they take the x-wing novels and make a kid-friendly but still dark animated show inspired by it (can’t hope for a pure adaptation but c’mon) Dream won’t ever come true but

THAT WOULD BE SO COOL oh man oh man just. Even if they never got to the Wraiths (which, lbr, would be excellent material for a kids’ adaptation with all its ‘ragtag band of misfits’ and humor while still keeping all the storyline of impossible odds and heartwrenching deaths) if they had Isard. The retaking of Coruscant would be a brilliant TV series and would add in some much-needed post-OT pre-ST history. 

As a kid show in the style of Clone Wars (which I watched most of and adored) and Rebels (which I haven’t but seen clips), an X-wings one would be perfect. It would fill the gap of post-OT without getting too far into ST spoiler uncharted territory, plus new cast, new voice actors, but plenty of opportunities for cameo/special rating boosting guest appearances by the OT mains. A squadron would be the reason for an ensemble cast with excuse for episodic plots with a myth arc. Honestly I doubt even a dream version I’d want a retelling of the books, but if it was broad strokes and used both Rogue and Wraith characters/inspiration. Wedge is our older mentor captain character. Mechanic might be new character, maybe Wraith’s Scotty expy but make him an alien or droid. But he’d have more screen-time. Keep a mostly-in-name-only Corran Horn as this brash young hotshot newbie, do his backstory as joining the Rebellion after Endor so he’s our pov character. Have his dad be the padawan in hiding as a cop, very Kanan reminiscent, and maybe to differentiate from Erza and Kanan have “Corran” reject the truth that his dad was a Jedi – he was a cop! – and Corran be reluctant and unwilling to learn about the Force (thus the long-term character arc of accepting the truth). Plus need some Force-users. Mirax as love interest stays to bring in various smuggler and bounty hunter reoccurring characters. Frankly the books have too many human male characters for the kids show, so I’d bring in a bunch of the more colorful Wraiths and others earlier on. Nawara Ven stays because we need a French-accented Twilek. Runt and/Piggy as our quirky alien characters. Piggy stresses his mathematical skills. Runt- little less horse head, keep the code-switching multiple personalities, have fun animating fur. Wes becomes more fanon-Wes the prankster. Isard is perfect for this style tv show with her obvious evil looks (show tones down her actions, but hey, CW and Rebels goes dark). Asyr as our Bothan action girl who joins during the retake of Coruscant (first season myth arc, broad strokes version from the books at best) and teased romance with whoever is a Gavin stand-in. Maybe make her group connected/a remnant of Saw Gerrera’s group to tie into Rebels and Rogue One even better. Definitely mention how the squadron was inspired to name themselves after RO for movie tie in and that Luke Skywalker led them (Mark Hamil’s episode cameos much hyped). Have a mole planted by Isard betray them climax of first season, make it another character though. Still have Tycho/the Tycho stand-in (keep the Alderaan heritage for him as it’s a good character tie to the OT) as to do the frame-up court trials mini-arc for second season. (to cut down on characters I’d almost think about combining Tycho-Gavin and Winter-Asyr). Now my favorite character from the books was Lara and I’d want a version of her arc in third season on- tie her back as an Isard agent going native to parallel contrast season one mole plots (have her as the minor character assistant to the Loor expy to establish her). Kell is too redundant a character for limited tv cast, but someone inherits his love of explosions. I think the krypto virus is a bit too much for the TV show (then again….) but a reduced version of it would be great, and second half of season two going to Thyferra to have a CW-esque invade the jungle planet to rescue it is made for tv. Hmm, maybe that’s where, keeping the we resigned from the New Republic to do this, have them needing to recruit more people and that how to introduce the misfit Wraiths. OOooh, I like!

…thinking too much about this.

oh- had to add- Lujayne or a character similar have to have that ‘older cool big sis’ character to have more female characters, have her definitely bond with younger ‘Corran’, make her a veteran Rebel – and definitely kill her off in the first season for shock and pathos- rallying cry as they take Coruscant is ‘For Jujayne!’. Have to keep the drama of another character being her younger sister who later joins the squadron under the ghost of her martyred sister. ‘Inyri’ would be a member of a rival smuggler crew we’d met during a Mirax-themed episode, introduce her before Lujayne’s death as to have the sisters play off each other.  She’d start off bratty and evolve (fandom hopefully won’t hate her)

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squirrelwrangler replied to your post:
Finally saw Rogue One the other night when my dad…

my dream is that once Rebels ends they take the x-wing novels and make a kid-friendly but still dark animated show inspired by it (can’t hope for a pure adaptation but c’mon) Dream won’t ever come true but

THAT WOULD BE SO COOL oh man oh man just. Even if they never got to the Wraiths (which, lbr, would be excellent material for a kids’ adaptation with all its ‘ragtag band of misfits’ and humor while still keeping all the storyline of impossible odds and heartwrenching deaths) if they had Isard. The retaking of Coruscant would be a brilliant TV series and would add in some much-needed post-OT pre-ST history. 

As a kid show in the style of Clone Wars (which I watched most of and adored) and Rebels (which I haven’t but seen clips), an X-wings one would be perfect. It would fill the gap of post-OT without getting too far into ST spoiler uncharted territory, plus new cast, new voice actors, but plenty of opportunities for cameo/special rating boosting guest appearances by the OT mains. A squadron would be the reason for an ensemble cast with excuse for episodic plots with a myth arc. Honestly I doubt even a dream version I’d want a retelling of the books, but if it was broad strokes and used both Rogue and Wraith characters/inspiration. Wedge is our older mentor captain character. Mechanic might be new character, maybe Wraith’s Scotty expy but make him an alien or droid. But he’d have more screen-time. Keep a mostly-in-name-only Corran Horn as this brash young hotshot newbie, do his backstory as joining the Rebellion after Endor so he’s our pov character. Have his dad be the padawan in hiding as a cop, very Kanan reminiscent, and maybe to differentiate from Erza and Kanan have “Corran” reject the truth that his dad was a Jedi – he was a cop! – and Corran be reluctant and unwilling to learn about the Force (thus the long-term character arc of accepting the truth). Plus need some Force-users. Mirax as love interest stays to bring in various smuggler and bounty hunter reoccurring characters. Frankly the books have too many human male characters for the kids show, so I’d bring in a bunch of the more colorful Wraiths and others earlier on. Nawara Ven stays because we need a French-accented Twilek. Runt and/Piggy as our quirky alien characters. Piggy stresses his mathematical skills. Runt- little less horse head, keep the code-switching multiple personalities, have fun animating fur. Wes becomes more fanon-Wes the prankster. Isard is perfect for this style tv show with her obvious evil looks (show tones down her actions, but hey, CW and Rebels goes dark). Asyr as our Bothan action girl who joins during the retake of Coruscant (first season myth arc, broad strokes version from the books at best) and teased romance with whoever is a Gavin stand-in. Maybe make her group connected/a remnant of Saw Gerrera’s group to tie into Rebels and Rogue One even better. Definitely mention how the squadron was inspired to name themselves after RO for movie tie in and that Luke Skywalker led them (Mark Hamil’s episode cameos much hyped). Have a mole planted by Isard betray them climax of first season, make it another character though. Still have Tycho/the Tycho stand-in (keep the Alderaan heritage for him as it’s a good character tie to the OT) as to do the frame-up court trials mini-arc for second season. (to cut down on characters I’d almost think about combining Tycho-Gavin and Winter-Asyr). Now my favorite character from the books was Lara and I’d want a version of her arc in third season on- tie her back as an Isard agent going native to parallel contrast season one mole plots (have her as the minor character assistant to the Loor expy to establish her). Kell is too redundant a character for limited tv cast, but someone inherits his love of explosions. I think the krypto virus is a bit too much for the TV show (then again….) but a reduced version of it would be great, and second half of season two going to Thyferra to have a CW-esque invade the jungle planet to rescue it is made for tv. Hmm, maybe that’s where, keeping the we resigned from the New Republic to do this, have them needing to recruit more people and that how to introduce the misfit Wraiths. OOooh, I like!

…thinking too much about this.

anghraine replied to your post :


Something I hadn’t admitted before, but because…

Heh, it’s okay! That’s near word for word what the OT gen felt about the PT (except not as obnoxious as they could be :P), so it’s not really surprising that a lot of the PT would feel it about the ST.

Yeah, it’s that as a child going into Star Wars it was framed with PT as one half, the part with all the mystery I was interested in, and the OT as just another half. And while I love much of the OT and parts of the the old EU (a very small part), as awful as parts of the PT are, it holds my affection above the OT if I have to separate them out. And some of my biggest complaints about TFA are actually that I see it having the same exact sins as badly written parts of the EU that I read, like those Kevin J Anderson novels that I was so delighted TFA booted them from canon. Sun-crusher and Kyp and *shudders*

But also I didn’t realize how much I …not dislike but … *conflicted feelings* about the NuTrek films by JJ Abrams until I watched Star Trek Beyond and how much that felt more like an update and expansion of Star Trek. (Just re-watched STB, hence these feelings).

I’m trying not to be obnoxious, because it isn’t so much hate as just a lot of apathy (which in an audience is worse) or hoping that so much of what I felt were gaping plot holes, poor world-crafting decisions, and/or lack of characterization is because they are saving them for the next films, trying to do what Episode V and VI did for IV. Give me a good excuse for Snoke, movie. 

But the style and tonality disconnect i felt is weird, because the TV shows wouldn’t feel “off” to me in dialogue or visual choices. 

Hmm. Zahn’s Star Wars novels felt like “Star Wars but not quite” to me, with story choices and the dialogue quirks giving that vibe. That those books had to be one parallel universe over from main canon SW. Which I think that might be where TFA has to be for me.

I know RO felt like a more coherently plotted and cohesively shot movie to me, opposite of what you felt. Even if plot was requiring Episode IV, which isn’t ‘cohesive stand alone film’. But idk. it’s all subjective feelings

crocordile replied to your post:
The Fourth Of The Twelve

Beren had been courteous, if skittish. Consael had been charmed. >> ONE OF US ONE OF US

I loved those lines.

It was very organic how Consael’s story became about ‘ohshit Beren is too awesome y’all don’t even see it’. Especially because his connection to le Gaston Noldo and how Tolkien set up the contrast between Celegorm and Beren. And Beren’s Nan Dungortheb epic-ness shouldn’t be overlooked.

need to expand the Consael observes Beren in Nargothrond parts, and a little more about Aglar.

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The end of Goblin episode 2 when Eun Tak’s dads…

SO annoyed dramafever only has the first two free. (also- have long rec lists if u want more k-dramas)

Kissasian has the first six subbed (I’ve only watched two so far but I assume they’re all free?). (Really? I’ll have a look, I could do with a break from only watching toku. I particularly like period dramas if you know any good ones.)

Okay, historical k-dramas are my favs, too.

The two I recommend most if you don’t want angst, the two I have completely re-watched, are Arang and the Magistrate (which has some fantasy, and I think you’d get a kick out of the soundtrack which is a mix of suitably spooky and modern rap) and Sungkyunkwan Scandal (great, great, great, even if the plot has a problem towards the end). If you like the male lead in the second one, Rooftop Prince is a modern rom-com, but the gimmick involves a time-travelling prince and three companions, so it’s a bit of both. Joseon Gunman has the lead from Arang and the time period is right before the Japanese occupation. It’s basically Count of Monte Cristo with rifles. Faith has time-travel but it’s a modern girl transported to the past, I love both leads and especially the king and queen and the main villain is great (has magic/superpowers, starts off very ambitious and can’t quite pull it off, villain of the second half is definitely weaker. But it doesn’t have the traditional k-drama love triangle problem.) Moon Embraces the Sun is good. I’ve heard good things about The Return of Iljimae (don’t confuse with Iljimae) and Moonlight Hidden by Clouds. Iljimae, obviously is a Robin Hood ‘esque folk hero. I started Cruel Palace: War of the Flowers, which has the scheming concubine as the lead and gives off a similar vibe as Queens in the Palace (Chinese), from what I’ve seen. (I tend to like lighter historical dramas or ones that have time travel or other magic, but there are so many series about concubines and palace maids and doctors rising through the ranks). I watched more of Empress Ki and Scarlet Heart: Ryeo than in hindsight I might have (the latter is a remake of a Chinese series). I honestly can’t remember the names of the Chinese historical I have watched – and the Japanese ones are Ryomaden (WATCH! especially if you liked the RuroKen films) and two involving time travel and Oda Nobunaga (that those two elements together can qualify as their own subcategory of show amuses me)

rencat replied to your photoset:
final doll kimono, with obi belt. As you can see…

She looks amazing! And I see your Wheel of Time books heeeyyy

Thank you! And yep, that’s the second shelf of the bookcase with all the WoT- I have up to Knife of Dreams, though that’s the only one with the new artwork. (AHHUGH, the vastly superior new covers) I started reading them in sophomore or junior year of high school- staying up all night and reading through the class day as to finish the first eight books in about a week and a half. (There’s also the big white book you can see in the pics). I know the RuroKen omnibuses would have been more appropriate a backdrop but they’re a shelf down and behind the Dicsworld novels.