you are precisely my cup of tea

[jiyuuhonpou]

There's a "we're still on LJ" friending meme that's making the rounds, which is great, I'm really happy for y'all and imma let you finish, but...

Friending memes tend to be hit or miss, at least in my experience. You either hit it off really well with people you meet from them or you end up with a bunch of people on your friends list that rarely, if ever, post in their own journals (or post about things you can't really comment on), and maybe comment on your journal once in a blue moon, if you're lucky. In short - some people you get to know pretty well, and some people you go "who is this person again...?"

So let's have a conversation, f-list. Ask me a question about anything from "what is your favorite color" to "what is your headcanon for Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou". I'll answer and ask you a question in return, too :)

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Comments

[kasumicc.livejournal.com]

I've always wondered how Japanese people react to you...I mean, you speak japanese and that makes things certainly easier, but don't they feel intimidated with someone that's a foreigner to them? o.o Sure, there's people like Hoshi, but I always considered those to be a rarity...

...there are novels for those who don't want to be caught reading manga?! These publishers sure think on everything x'DDDDDDDD

Well, second season of Shana may feel like a rollercoaster for many people. The most part of the first 10 episodes are nothing but fillers about secondary characters with little plot progression. While I don't mind slice-of-life myself, the lack of progression sure was a bit infuriating to me at times xD And the last two episodes are said to be a made up ending to give closure to the season. For the novel purists, they're inconsistent with the novel and pretty much a mess. Myself, I found them alright, but even I felt that they were kind of unnecessary.
As for the third season, I can't give an opinion yet since I'm just starting it. But comments say that third season's heavy on plot since they have to fit several novels onto it. Therefore, there's no place for fillers making it really good so far xD

Fandoms? That would be it, I think. As I complained on Twitter, I'm finding it difficult to find active Shana communities. Penguindrum, it was a great ride but theorizing and speculation seem to have died as the series ended. And gaming-wise, I'm well into playing Tales of the Abyss, and Zelda: Skyward Sword. But I don't have fandom involvement on those. And I knoooow, I should watch BBC!Sherlock at last xD; I'll probably do so in February...

Ah, I hear you about movie!Sherlock. They're NOTHING like the books, but the tension and the action makes it sooooo entertaining *o*

[kawaiipinay.livejournal.com]

The people I've talked to on Twitter get a kick out of it the first time around (although I had one person ask me to describe American high school life LMAO) and so did the people I meet in RL, but the novelty fades away pretty quickly. I mean, I haven't really met anyone fandom-wise that was like OH NOES A GAIJIN but maybe everyone's just being polite? LOL.

The thing with the first season was that I didn't care about Yoshida and I really didn't like Hecate, so I think that what turned me off watching Season 2? I do like action and plot advancement so if that's what's been happening so far in Season 3 then I will just have to sit down and watch everything after all XD;; But yeah, even when I first watched Shana (in like 2006???) the English fandom was really small.

YES WATCH BBC!SHERLOCK!!!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH *_______________* There are a lot of people that like BBC!Sherlock but dislike the movie - I think if you watch both with an open mind you can enjoy both of them ^___^ Granted there's a lot less explosions and shootouts/fight scenes in BBCSherlock, but the dialogue is sharp and witty and the actors do a great job of portraying the characters XD

[kasumicc.livejournal.com]

Funny thing about season 2 is that it made me start liking Yoshida (I found her just plainly annoying in season 1). As for Hecate, you won't see much of her in season 2 but in exchange, you'll see a lot of *spoiler*Hecate's sockpuppet*spoiler* so that may be a problem for you xD

I did watch a bit of BBC!Sherlock waaay back in the day, when season 1 was just being aired :|a I don't know what stopped me, though. I think it was the fact that they talk so fast, so I had trouble figuring out what they were saying xD; I'm sure there must be subs around by now, though.