(not Luna??!)
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reenkaYou know what's really kind of silly? (I make this mistake a lot, btw.) Over-identifying with people I like (or, characters, but I won't even get into that). I mean, at heart, it's just a faulty assumption-type thing. Over-generalizing is often at the root of most evil along with the usual drive for power and fear of death (but I won't get into that, heh).
I mean, I'm not Luna. Rinse & repeat three times, as necessary: I'm not Luna. I'm not Luna. I'm not Luna. Woo, what a relief. (Btw, if anyone wants a Luna-centric fic, I just found `Butterbeer Caps', which seems good.)
I keep trying to root it out of me (well, half-heartedly), but it won't go.
So if I see someone who seems to "get" the beauty of Buffy/Spike -aaaand- the beauty of Kyou/Tohru, all of a sudden I'm like, OMG WE R SOULM8ES!!1 (well... sort of), and then I'm crashing down to earth 'cause they also like Heero/Relena (OMG TEH EVAL, OMG) and Harry/Luna (which... isn't -bad-, precisely, just really not... romantic at all). But that's because I a) shouldn't extrapolate someone's view on romance just from a couple of things they believe (and I don't even know if they believe the same things I do about said relationships); b) shouldn't project myself so blatantly onto Luna (or whatever character) that I feel a bit silly shipping her with -anyone-. (I mean, I should know-- Luna "just isn't ready"). On the other hand, if you made Luna darker-- or better yet, mad (OMG PLOT BUNNY)-- you could do a Hamlet/Ophelia thing. Woo, I can see Ophelia!Luna. But then she'd have to die :D
It seems either people heavily identify with each other, thus kind of stealing another person's individual identity in a way, or they project their vision of the Other (that is to say, their ideals of what's perfectly Attractive-- or horrid-- in someone else), thus idealizing them past the point of possessing any real humanity. Bleh.
I don't even know if many people define themselves or rather, see a trend of similar rationales for the "way they ship" like I do. That is to say, every ship I believe in fits into a trend in my mind, of the way I generally perceive "romance" in the first place. Because, as should be obvious, pretty much -everything- is premade 'meta' a.k.a. 'on Plato's crack' in my head. :>
Basically, all the couples I like have something about their "spirit" in common, so I assume if someone likes more than one example of romance as I do, we must both be seeing this "spirit" (which makes me think we're ourselves compatible for friendship).
So that's why it boggles my mind that people can possibly like Buffy/Spike (a passionate, fighting-opposites-attract tragicomic sort of insane romance) and Heero/Relena (a lukewarm, idealize-your-anima/animus, the-hero-gets-the-girl cliche). It's like, duuude, Heero/Duo is much more like B/S (in my head)-- 'cause like, they're opposites-yet-equals in the whole complementary cliche sort of way.
Then it occurs to me to rethink Heero/Relena, and possibly you can see how Buffy/Spike can also be about the idealizing-the-anima cliche from Spike's pov (though that's not what I like about the pairing at all), and suddenly it all makes sense. You can definitely see how Heero/Relena is like Kyou/Tohru, which I adore (ACK ACK ACK STOP ABORT PANIC). In fact, I tend to blatantly ignore the unhealthyness of a boy idealizing his female love interest and focus on their disagreements and the romantic friction-- bleh, thus leading myself into a quagmire (I used a big word!) of sloppy thinking & projection-onto-perfectly-innocent-characters.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
But it all makes sense in my head, I SWEAR!!1
I mean, I'm not Luna. Rinse & repeat three times, as necessary: I'm not Luna. I'm not Luna. I'm not Luna. Woo, what a relief. (Btw, if anyone wants a Luna-centric fic, I just found `Butterbeer Caps', which seems good.)
I keep trying to root it out of me (well, half-heartedly), but it won't go.
So if I see someone who seems to "get" the beauty of Buffy/Spike -aaaand- the beauty of Kyou/Tohru, all of a sudden I'm like, OMG WE R SOULM8ES!!1 (well... sort of), and then I'm crashing down to earth 'cause they also like Heero/Relena (OMG TEH EVAL, OMG) and Harry/Luna (which... isn't -bad-, precisely, just really not... romantic at all). But that's because I a) shouldn't extrapolate someone's view on romance just from a couple of things they believe (and I don't even know if they believe the same things I do about said relationships); b) shouldn't project myself so blatantly onto Luna (or whatever character) that I feel a bit silly shipping her with -anyone-. (I mean, I should know-- Luna "just isn't ready"). On the other hand, if you made Luna darker-- or better yet, mad (OMG PLOT BUNNY)-- you could do a Hamlet/Ophelia thing. Woo, I can see Ophelia!Luna. But then she'd have to die :D
It seems either people heavily identify with each other, thus kind of stealing another person's individual identity in a way, or they project their vision of the Other (that is to say, their ideals of what's perfectly Attractive-- or horrid-- in someone else), thus idealizing them past the point of possessing any real humanity. Bleh.
I don't even know if many people define themselves or rather, see a trend of similar rationales for the "way they ship" like I do. That is to say, every ship I believe in fits into a trend in my mind, of the way I generally perceive "romance" in the first place. Because, as should be obvious, pretty much -everything- is premade 'meta' a.k.a. 'on Plato's crack' in my head. :>
Basically, all the couples I like have something about their "spirit" in common, so I assume if someone likes more than one example of romance as I do, we must both be seeing this "spirit" (which makes me think we're ourselves compatible for friendship).
So that's why it boggles my mind that people can possibly like Buffy/Spike (a passionate, fighting-opposites-attract tragicomic sort of insane romance) and Heero/Relena (a lukewarm, idealize-your-anima/animus, the-hero-gets-the-girl cliche). It's like, duuude, Heero/Duo is much more like B/S (in my head)-- 'cause like, they're opposites-yet-equals in the whole complementary cliche sort of way.
Then it occurs to me to rethink Heero/Relena, and possibly you can see how Buffy/Spike can also be about the idealizing-the-anima cliche from Spike's pov (though that's not what I like about the pairing at all), and suddenly it all makes sense. You can definitely see how Heero/Relena is like Kyou/Tohru, which I adore (ACK ACK ACK STOP ABORT PANIC). In fact, I tend to blatantly ignore the unhealthyness of a boy idealizing his female love interest and focus on their disagreements and the romantic friction-- bleh, thus leading myself into a quagmire (I used a big word!) of sloppy thinking & projection-onto-perfectly-innocent-characters.
Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.
But it all makes sense in my head, I SWEAR!!1
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Date: 2004-06-24 09:18 pm (UTC)Gah – yes. The sword fighting in that movie (the one with all the ice, yes?) was amazing. It’s going to be a real challenge too, which is great. Don’t know how long it’ll end up being – depends on the plot and how many times I can redraw a leg without wanting to cry – but I love the way you’ve outlined it there. (And also, write it. Write it now. Because really, how much of a setup do you need? Their wands are gone, they’re in a castle that could double as Ye Olde Weaponry Shoppe… pointy things ahoy!)
That’s about as anime as I can get, apparently. Only two shades per area, which was a real pain to figure out. But my ambition, such as it is, does not extend to making 3000+ frames with my realistic shading. No. *shudders*
They are a little aged up – hope that’s okay for you. It’s for the video, which is set after the death of, um, almost everyone. Based sort of on my dark!Harry picture. Lots of people dying and fighting and angst. And making out against walls, because Sara volunteered to be a beta-viewer, and I cater like anything to the people who give me comments. :D
Recs! Granate is right this minute thoroughly and comprehensively rocking my world, and I thank you for it. And them also, but mostly you.
Read ‘The Arrangement’. Read it. If you like Wufei, you will *love* it. It’s funny, but GW is the only fandom where I’ve ever gotten into threesomes. I think it works for me if they slant it as none of them being entirely whole, so that even a pairing isn’t stable enough to survive for long, and none of them being exactly conventional either. And then there’s the angst, which is exactly my type – no fault. *grins*
And I will not respond to the sword comments, because I just stopped laughing. And… *snerk* (But you’re right, too. Make a good picture in itself, that would.)
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Date: 2004-06-25 08:40 pm (UTC)God, I love making out against walls. Well, I mean, not -me-, I mean. Other people. Yeah ^^; Your character designs work well in motion, too. 'Course, it's H/D animated, you could do stick figures and I'd be all OMG TEH LURVE!!1!!!11! >:O >:O etc. Because I am just that lame.
Whoa, baby. I'm like all about the Heero/Duo-into-the-old-age-sunset-together thing, and I'm not that way with H/D, even, 'cause I think Heero's pretty stable like dat, see, and Duo wants a family, andandandand..!..!..!! heee. I just want to read a threesome where it doesn't work out and there's no happy ending-- or at least, the happy ending is, only 1x2 is together at the end, MUWAHAHAH. I could dig that :D :D :D
I totally spent like, a half hour yesterday, looking up what 'broadsword' and 'rapier' actually look like-- you wouldn't BELIEVE how many SCA manuals there are, ahahahahah. And like, sword-sparring societies. And like. Duuuuuude ^^; Yeah.
I totally think Draco would have asked for a rapier for his birthday at some point. Like, a magical one that like... uh... enhances one's magic powers??? Or gives strength and flexibility?? OR JUST LOOKS REALLY COOL. Or he could've gotten the Malfoy Rapier for his 16th, ya know, AHAHAH *hacks, coughs*
Clearly we appreciate a similar vein of extremely dorky humor :> :>