Saturday, May 22, 2010

delays, delays

I said I started collecting a new manga series, but I can't tell you about it just yet; Amazon screwed up the shipping of one of the volumes, so I had to cancel it and order it from a different website. Ain't that a gyp?

While that's coming, I suppose I'll talk more about the Nasuverse. I already said that my favorite Fate character is a tie between Tohsaka and Ilya. However, who do you think I find to be the most attractive? Are you ready?

Aoi Tohsaka.

I can see why the fanboys adore Rin so much; her mother's gorgeous! Too bad she only appears in Fate/Zero. I would love to read that someday; some people say that Fate/Zero is better than Fate/Stay Night. Huh, interesting. (I need to stop watching Retsupurae.)

Oh, I also signed up for the Beast's Lair forums. I don't know why though; I can't see myself posting there very often.

Oh, also, in Fate, I liked how you can name your save files. I came up with a few interesting save names. Observe. (note: some are blacked out because of spoilers.)

In the Fate route:

"I'm surrounded on all sides by girls." Harem comedies are like this, huh?

"SUMMON SABER ALREADY, GOD DAMN IT!" Yeah, even I was thinking Shirou was being stupid here; WHY DID HE WAIT THAT LONG TO SUMMON HER!?!?! Oh, probably because he didn't want to kill his friend Shinji. Right.

"EX-CAL-I-BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!" It's like watching Dragonball Z, only if, you know, Dragonball Z was good.

"Help! I'm being hit on by a child!" Shirou is bound to a chair, and Ilya is acting rather suggestive . . . an example of Foe Yay?

"Girls I can never look at the same ever again." This happened after Shirou, Saber and Rin . . . uh, yeah.

"Gilgamesh is a prick." Ya think!?

Unlimited Blade Works route:

"Tohsaka is being a bully." So, she tries to kill Shirou early on, actually succeeds in one bad end, and yet falls in love with him at the end. I think Tohsaka might be conflicted on the inside.

"Tohsaka: scariest teenage girl ever." Anytime she smiles. That is all.

"Archer is fucking with me; I swear." I said Archer's an asshole, didn't I? The proof is in the pudding!

Heaven's Feel route:

"OH NO! NOT SAKURA! (What!? Someone had to say it!)" Yes, I'm aware Sakura is a common girl's name in Japan. It's almost like their equivalent of our Sarah. Or Jessica. Or . . . Sarah Jessica Parker? Nevermind.

"HSQ Surpassed; what now!?" I referenced tvtropes after an awesome scene; how cool is that?

"FINISH HER!" Why did I reference fucking Mortal Kombat right before such a dramatic sequence? Am I out of my fucking mind?

In other news, we found an old 4.1 PC speaker system in the garage which I'm using as a backup system for the time being. Good; now I can watch more space frogs doing silly things.

And getting back to Nasu, I found something on Beast's Lair that will interest fanfic readers such as myself.

This thread contains short stories (and reactions from forumers) by PataHikari. Having started reading these fics, I can say they are very well done. None of the fics are overly long, so read it if you're into the Nasuverse.

LATE EDIT: That version of BL is dead. Just go to the current one to find Pata's fics.

Oh, FYI, Pata and I have a lot in common. We both are NOT dub haters, we both love Umineko, and we both love writing. He, like me, is also writing original fiction . . . supposedly, he hasn't uploaded anything yet.