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ceruleansan, I hope you know this is ALL YOUR FAULT. YOU STARTED IT!And if I get plotbunnied and start writing Fullmetal Alchemist fanfiction, I KNOW WHO I'M COMING AFTER TO BETA MY FICS! *angry stare*
Yeah, so I've kind of gotten, er... well, let's use a light form of "obsessed," shall we? Interested in the FMA series. CeruleanSan had me downloading scanlations from StopTazmo, and I've managed to get up to Chapter 20 or thereabouts. She wanted a new convert to the whole Ed x Winry pairing, and I'm so far inclined to agree with her-- a bit. There really isn't a whole ton of romance or innuendo, or backstory beyond how Ed and Al got to where they are.
I admit- parts of the manga are extremely funny, but I don't think ANY manga has ever had me crying so much within a few chapters. Yu-Gi-Oh only brought me to tears when I realized IT WAS OVER, not at any point during the first arc. Even Sailormoon, with the DEATH! and the TRAGIC!OMG etc... even in the live-action, it was always toward the END that I was sobbing like a baby. And okay, FMA didn't have me sobbing like a baby, but the sad parts (people getting murdered, kittens being dead, etc.) had me sniffling and wishing I could click away-- but I couldn't. :P
So I download about 3 chapters at a time while doing something else online. I read them all once they've finished downloading, and once I get 700 MB worth (which may take awhile; I've got something like 97 MB now, and that's *20* chapters!), I'll burn it to CD.
Sucky thing is that the quality really went down around Ch. 18. I don't mean the manga or even the scans- just the translating. All of a sudden, words were horribly misspelled, apostrophes and commas were left out, and chapter titles weren't translated at all anymore. Some omake bits and cover scans were left out altogether! It was kinda sad. If anyone knows where the HQ scans are, I'll wait longer-- just so I can read scanlations in REAL English, not that kindergarten crap that passes for English these days. (I like "Engrish," but there's no humor in stuff that's halfway between Engrish and English. It's called LAZINESS.)
UGH! One more week until I get paid, two more weeks until "finals" (I actually don't have finals for all of my classes. I do have tons of WORK to get done, especially by the end of this week, so I better get cracking.), and three weeks until FANIME! I still haven't reserved a shuttle to the airport and back again though, and Mom hasn't paid me or covered any portion of the hotel room yet. I should call her about that (well, she DID offer! It'll shave some off the money she still owes me, at any rate). At least I'll have April's paycheck (or will it be May's?) to cover Fanime and the like, and I'll be making MORE money in the summer, assuming I get more hours (which I hope I do).
Ooh, and for Mother's Day weekend, I'm going to San Diego on the choo-choo! :D I'm going to make Scott's mom a card, because even if I don't see her, she's been way nice to me. I know I'm going to see Scott at least on Friday night/Saturday morning, so he can pass the card on. I think I'll be at Joyce's for Sunday, but I don't know what exactly we're doing. (I hope Joyce wins her court case today against the insurance guys, because it'd be sucky for her and Baba to try and celebrate Mother's Day if she DIDN'T win.)
Lastly but not leastly, I solved the third-to-last puzzle in the Da Vinci Code quest today (and I don't even know how to play chess!), and I beat Chac on my first try yesterday back on Level 80 of Via Infinitio. Trema and Paragon (Oversouled), HERE I COME! Well, sort of. (Hey, where do you get the Iron Dukes, anyway?) I really need to get up to Level 99, because on Level 81, you start encountering Elder Drakes and Mushroom Clouds as random encounters. I know Charm Bangles and Lure Bracers have no effect in Via Infinitio, but I forgot-- do Ribbons still work? I know Chac can still cast Stony Glare, but it's kind of like Flare seems like a spell, but isn't-- it seems like it would be a status-inflicting attack, but it's not, yet it still causes Petrification. At least, I think it's that way.
In any case, I need to figure out what's up with the Chocobos-- even though I have the max 14 at the Ranch, I still:
a) haven't gotten the Amazing Chocobo
b) haven't found the Mi'ihen Dunegon
c) haven't gotten access to the Ranch Ruin Depths
And I need to do at least b) and c) in order to get everyone up to Level 99, ALL DRESSPHERES MASTERED (which will take a while, guaranteed, but most girls are pretty close. It's the Special Dresspheres and the weaker DSes I'm worried about) and hopefully get closer to the whole "all enemies oversouled" razz. I got Concherer, Kulkukan, Rukh, and others Oversouled in Via Infinitio, but there's still plenty more... dumb early-stage ones too. I hate how Oversoul works: if you Oversoul an enemy of X type, all X types oversoul, and if you defeat X-type (even if it's not Y monster), then any monster of that type that you encounter (until the next oversoul) will NOT oversoul (unless it's with a monster that can cause Oversoul Fever, which is rare). That is to say, I need to get a Lupine-type fiend oversouled. Specifically, the Wild Wolf. But if I oversoul another Lupine-type and defeat it, and then encounter a Wild Wolf, the Wild Wolf will not oversoul! :P And running away from such easy battles annoys me. :P
The first 15 people to comment to this post will get a "drabble" request done by me. I put drabble in quotes because everyone knows I can't write to a small word limit, let alone 100 words. However, I'll put a max on of 1000 words. If you want to TRY and impose a smaller limit, feel free.
I'll write for any of the following fandoms, with any situation/pairing you choose (save those that truly squick me, which, let's be honest, are any slash relationships, and the occasional incestuous one).
* Yu-Gi-Oh
* Sailormoon
* Inuyasha (up to ep. 73 animeverse, manga 30)
* Ranma 1/2
* Full Metal Panic
* Fullmetal Alchemist (up to Ch. 20 in the manga)
* Fushigi Yuugi (except Genbu Kaiden)
* Escaflowne
* ??? (there are others that I'll write for, but I can't list them all. So if you can think of one that I might know, feel free to ask.)
Reserved! (when I complete a drabble, I'll have a link beside the requester's name. Finished ficlets will be in their own separate entries.)
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atlantian_magic Full Metal Panic. Sousuke/Kaname. Req: kiss2.
geniusgirl Fullmetal Alchemist. Ed/Winry. No req.3.
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dollupdame.Ugh, still need a new LJ layout (got sick of the Lisa Frank kitties). DAMN YOU MUSE! Where ARE you!?
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It was good talking to you on saturday, minus the crappy signals! <3
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*whispers* Since I commented, does that mean I can request a drabble? If so, can I get a FMP! Sousuke/Kaname drabble with a kiss? *pleads*
Oh, and uno mas
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Of course, in cases like mine, I use many tags for a single entry, so it might take some perusing to discover what is so X-tag related about this entry, or Y-tag related about that entry.
You get started by typing tags (best if they're only a few words, or a short phrase) in the Tags: box of either your client (e.x. Semagic) or the Update Journal... box. You can't do it from My LJ (the portal), because not all the options are there.
Does that explain things? ^^;
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Oh, yeah, ST is getting so lazy... I already know I'm missing TONS of funny omake... I can't WAIT till more mangas get officially translated ;_;.
Oh, I have the scans for the Riza omake, so come online.
And yes, for EdWinry-ness, I shall do anything :D *obsessed*
*loves the icon*
And yes, BLAME ME WHEN IT'S FMA THAT HAS YOU ADDICTED, WHY DON'T YOU!