fic, dr. who, reviews, Naruto, Mercedes Lackey - Phoenix and Ashes

It is really hard to find good Yu Yu Hakushou fanfic. I've never seen a fandom so overrun by mary sues and ooc-ness... okay, I lie - I've been in both the HP and LOTR fandoms - but considering this is a smaller anime fandom - the ratio of bad fic to good is ridiculously high. I mean, even in the Inuyasha fandom I at least found several fics that were in character and canon. Even the authors you hope have a bit of taste in YuYu are writing and reading mary sues. I'd turn to reading slash but I really don't see much subtext in the canon and even if I did (I do have a vague recollection of something early on in the show/manga that had me giggling about Kurama and Hiei for a bit...), I find Kurama/Hiei rather boring.

Met up with rinzei on Friday. We had a lot of fun talking, and I introduced her to Dr. Who. We watched Pyramids of Mars because I wanted to start with the 4th doctor (Tom Baker will always have my heart *L*) and because I haven't seen it either so it was new for both of us. It certainly wasn't meant to be that way, but that episode is one of the funniest Dr. Who's I've ever seen. The costumes! The death! The really faux egyptian trappings! The witty dialogue! The unintentionally funny dialogue! I'd still say Stones of Blood is my favourite, but Pyramids of Mars is quite up there.

Have you ever wondered about reviewers who leave reviews for the first chapter of a multichaptered fic telling you how much they love it, yet referencing events that happen in later chapters? Why do they leave reviews for the first chapter? This has always puzzled and bothered me, and perhaps shows that I'm too anal for my own good.

My bro and I watched more Naruto this weekend. We've finished the Neji fight in the Sound Four arc. I keep wanting a Shikamaru plushie to hug because his thoughts about Chouji are heartbreaking. He's got that same mature look on his face he had when he was fighting during the aftermath of the Chuunin exam. Neji's fight was pretty to watch. I kept wanting to pause it and take screencaps and make icons *L* I've decided the Hyuuga's must have their own shampoo and conditioner line and that's how they really obtained all their status. I spend most of my time watching Neji fight wondering how he keeps his hair like that (that, and thinking that if they had spinning office chairs in the Naruto world (which they so can, if they can have bloody video games and cameras!) Neji was so the little boy you could find at all hours spinning round and round in his uncle's office).

I read Mercedes Lackey's Phoenix and Ashes this weekend, mostly because I was curious to see what a novel of hers would be like that's set outside of Valdamer (or whatever that world is called). I got rather sick of those other novels, and I read nearly every one except for the gryphon ones when I was younger. ( Cut for length. I wouldn't worry about spoilers since who cares )

fic, dr. who, reviews, Naruto, Mercedes Lackey - Phoenix and Ashes

It is really hard to find good Yu Yu Hakushou fanfic. I've never seen a fandom so overrun by mary sues and ooc-ness... okay, I lie - I've been in both the HP and LOTR fandoms - but considering this is a smaller anime fandom - the ratio of bad fic to good is ridiculously high. I mean, even in the Inuyasha fandom I at least found several fics that were in character and canon. Even the authors you hope have a bit of taste in YuYu are writing and reading mary sues. I'd turn to reading slash but I really don't see much subtext in the canon and even if I did (I do have a vague recollection of something early on in the show/manga that had me giggling about Kurama and Hiei for a bit...), I find Kurama/Hiei rather boring.

Met up with rinzei on Friday. We had a lot of fun talking, and I introduced her to Dr. Who. We watched Pyramids of Mars because I wanted to start with the 4th doctor (Tom Baker will always have my heart *L*) and because I haven't seen it either so it was new for both of us. It certainly wasn't meant to be that way, but that episode is one of the funniest Dr. Who's I've ever seen. The costumes! The death! The really faux egyptian trappings! The witty dialogue! The unintentionally funny dialogue! I'd still say Stones of Blood is my favourite, but Pyramids of Mars is quite up there.

Have you ever wondered about reviewers who leave reviews for the first chapter of a multichaptered fic telling you how much they love it, yet referencing events that happen in later chapters? Why do they leave reviews for the first chapter? This has always puzzled and bothered me, and perhaps shows that I'm too anal for my own good.

My bro and I watched more Naruto this weekend. We've finished the Neji fight in the Sound Four arc. I keep wanting a Shikamaru plushie to hug because his thoughts about Chouji are heartbreaking. He's got that same mature look on his face he had when he was fighting during the aftermath of the Chuunin exam. Neji's fight was pretty to watch. I kept wanting to pause it and take screencaps and make icons *L* I've decided the Hyuuga's must have their own shampoo and conditioner line and that's how they really obtained all their status. I spend most of my time watching Neji fight wondering how he keeps his hair like that (that, and thinking that if they had spinning office chairs in the Naruto world (which they so can, if they can have bloody video games and cameras!) Neji was so the little boy you could find at all hours spinning round and round in his uncle's office).

I read Mercedes Lackey's Phoenix and Ashes this weekend, mostly because I was curious to see what a novel of hers would be like that's set outside of Valdamer (or whatever that world is called). I got rather sick of those other novels, and I read nearly every one except for the gryphon ones when I was younger. ( Cut for length. I wouldn't worry about spoilers since who cares )