Petronia

I'll do the questions at the end later, if they haven't been covered yet by my extensive rambling. :P

( Six pairings I like )

( Three ships I've abandoned )

( More than three ships I've never liked - possibly controversial??? )

( Two ships that have piqued my interest )

LAUGHING. Candidate for biggest nerd-out by members of the "respectable" scientific community since Planet Xena. But think, it could have been worse - the researchers could have insisted that their discovery be illustrated in moe-chara style. LIGASE-TAN WILL BIND YOUR SYNAPSES WITH LOVE.

Those of you who're Ph.D.-tracked, I'm looking at you.

In other hilarious news, apparently there are Viewfinder side-stories out? ( Love Prize 3, Naked Truth Zero )

Other updates: ( TRC 159-165, Holic 139-144. Contains spoilers. )

I've also read up to FMA vol.11, halfway through. Am however missing vol.15 which stands to become a problem in the near future. ^^;

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: non-Fantasia of course. I liked it a lot - it may be my favorite movie thus far - but I think I'm in the minority on this! ( Cut in case anyone is worried about spoilers. )

In other news, T is putting together an FMA cosplay group for Otakuthon. I >_> in advance (since my hair is now too long to do any character except Lust, and uhhh that outfit).

Now reading the manga I got off Sakki, up to volume 3. This... moves pretty fast. I forgot how much I like Scar; nowadays as well as liking characters because they fit my "type", I like some characters as characters, because they're unusual in some way.

fabulous_papaya - got the books and CD too, thanks!

( FFXII tardery, technical not spoilerish )

FMA (now up to episode 38): the comments seem equally divided between "you ain't seen nothin' yet" and "stop watching now". XD I was pretty flummoxed is all, and not certain of understanding - the cast is numerous and the focus of action not always clear, let alone allegiances. There's a lot of running in circles (and yet somehow Ed and Al's inquiry advances?). Too the relentless emotional hammering is sometimes effective and sometimes chain-jerk. I do like Izumi a lot though. T and I intend to keep watching to the end, after which I'll probably read the manga, but really it's for the compulsive quality of the thing.

GetBackers: read the chapter summaries on getbackers, which helpfully begin where the last tankoubon left off. *CRIES*!! But I guess ( spoilers )

Am uploading music, so stay tuned. ♥

More rigmarole with DHL, but the books came. >_>

* xxxHolic reading guide, new edition
* Steel Ball Run 10
* Sweet Blue Flowers 2

The Araki versus Nekoi interview is exactly what you imagine and more. I am translating. There is also an Ayamine Rando fanart spread, just like he blogged there would be - I am amazed at his restraint in not making Yuuko over(t)ly boobtastic. XD; The Holic characters look entirely natural in GetBackers!artstyle, even though Ayamine complained it was haaaard.

Watched more FMA with Tania last night, now up to episode 23 or was it 24. The angst continues apace. ^^; Also umm kind of spoilered myself for FFXII because I came downstairs in the morning to find my sister watching a cutscene sequence and a certain character did something with his sunglasses and I couldn't make myself look away after that. XD;;;

Fullmetal Alchemist to ep.4. This is not at all in the same order as the manga. Also, depressing. T said the affecting little song that plays when their house burns down is for some reason in Russian and has lyrics about um how sad it is their mother died and all their efforts gone for naught.

Big mystery of series to date: why is Roy sexy? I mean, anime characters are allowed to be as sexy as their creators are able and willing to draw them but Roy is sexier than the sum of his parts. He violates the principle of equivalent exchange. His hotness is the Philosopher's Stone.

Spiral to ep.5. After every episode T and I looked at each other and were like, "Is this series good... or... not?" And were never able to decide, so kept watching.

Big mysteries of series to date: are Ayumu's brother and Ritsuka-outta-Loveless's brother actually the same person? Does this series = (Loveless - cat ears + Weiss Kreuz - bad clothes and stupidity + "logical deduction") * Sukisho's animation style, or is there more to come? Is Mikhail going to ask for his ficlet onna card request to be changed now that I've seen this?

...I can't decide which LJ to post to so I'll go with the more embarrassing one. Didn't watch Kyou Kara Maou tonight but remind me to write about how observing Conrad effing Weller in action finally gave me an understanding of that conversation with fable about Mary Renault, eons ago.