Haven't posted in nearly a week

[petronia]

I've been combating unspecified stress by reading fic. >_> If you've written FFXII fic, chances are at this point I've read it [1]; not to say I've commented or anything, since I'm still at the stage where my insights fall along the lines of "LOL, I forgot that happened in the plot!" Mostly I guess sororial unit and I just discuss our thoughts with each other? I did post a couple of times on the topic but in carnet. In retrospect I have no idea why I did that. ^^; (Subdee reposted her end of the discussion here.)

At this point I don't know if/what I'm going to write. I have a history of reading loads of BL fic for FF games and simultaneously failing-to-write complicated personal histories of minor female characters, often someone's mum. (Julia, Hilda, Tidus's unnamed-geez mother.) If the pattern holds it'll be Penelo, I suspect, though sororial unit suggests Larsa!mum. XD Basically in the Ivalice games you get the impression everybody's mother was a beautiful kindly lady who died tragically of consumption and had no interest in politics at all. At some inspired point in the past I may have been cleverpants enough to write Balthier but right now I don't believe it.

I do like how everyone in this game is either a Head of State, an Adjunct to Head of State, or a Pirate... I've just deleted a whole thing re: how this means there are fundamentally only six types of pairing dynamic. KEEP ME AWAY FROM MATH, PLEASE. I think my problem is that I'm arse at probability/combinatorics and am subconsciously attempting to teach myself using fandom.

Also watched a few Youtube cutscenes of the Japanese dub, out of curiosity. This course of action is recommended if you've ever wanted to hear Otsuka Akio breathe menacingly through a helmet. [2] In fact, according to Wikipedia Dr. Cid is played by Otsuka Akio's father. I never knew it was a seiyuu DYNASTY but I guess I'm schooled. ...And he's married to the seiyuu who plays Drace. Um.

I only recognized about 1/4 of the Japanese VAs anyway but the ones I did... like Vayne is the VA who did Akabane and I can't decide whether that's good or bad. I had to look up Basch's because I went nuts not being able to place him and it turns out he was Kuze out of GitS:SAC2. Note that Otsuka Akio does Batou. It's a "resistance, not rebellion" joke all on its own.

Speaking of Basch it turns out Penelo refers to him as "ojisama". I laughed for like ten minutes.

In other news, I wrote my piece for the hail2jojo Sketch or Drabble game, to be reposted here as soon as I clean it up. Then I have to fill my drabble_trade request. So at least January will look barely passable when I compile the 2007 fic meme. XD I did write a scene in "Senza Fine", but now I have a better idea, so I'm going to redo it.

sub_divided, I got the books. ^_^ Also ordered some Steven Brust and that huge Amber compendium so I'm set for months to come, eheh.

O and real life: Igloofest both days, only a couple of sets per, but there is an upper bound to how long one can dance outdoors in -20C weather. Friday was Ghislain Poirier + DJ Food, Saturday Nôze + Mini. All acts I've caught before, counting what I saw of Nôze at MUTEK. They were just as WTF as the first time, in fact more so since they took all their clothes off and as aforementioned it was -20C. XD;

5$ entry, 2$ grilled sausage (real one, not hot dog), ease of booze smuggling. Good times!



[1] Actually, if you've written any fic this month, chances are I've read it. Even if it's Kingdom Hearts or Smallville or something.

[2] Or if it's never occurred to you, but now...