16 June 2009 @ 04:46 pm
Personal Entry No. 5  
First, here's an icon meme from [livejournal.com profile] ju_jei! (I would've translated it into Russian for you, but it's beyond my ability at this point. I'm sorry, I should be keeping up with my Russian more!)


1. Reply "MEME!" to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

Sakura icon

Kinomoto Sakura, the title character of Card Captor Sakura, looking either out onto the sun-filled alleys in Hong Kong or into a magical wardrobe. (I haven't seen the movie, so I can't say for certain what it is.) This is part of set of icons that I saved to my icons folder, but I unfortunately can't find the person who made them.

5 Centimeters Per Second icon

This is apparently Akari Shinohara, from Shinkai Makoto's Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru (5 Centimeters Per Second). The backgrounds from that film are lovely--I've read that Mr. Shinkai painted all of them himself, which would be remarkable if it was true. Regardless, I loved his use of color and light in all of the scenes I've seen thus far. I've only seen screencaps, though--5 Centimeters Per Second is yet another film I haven't watched. :(

Tekkonkinkreet icon

A street scene from Tekkon Kinkreet. The film was shown at my school this past year as part of a series leading up to a lecture by Roland Kelts, the author of Japanamerica and numerous essays on Japanese pop culture.

I saw the film shown the night before (Grave of the Fireflies, which I do not have the sensitivity and grace to discuss), and attended Mr. Kelts's lecture, but...I gave up Tekkon Kinkreet for a night of studying. Thus, it's yet another film I haven't watched. ):( I regret it--even though I didn't care for the animation style when I first saw a screencap in my local newspaper several years ago, upon further investigation I found that I liked it very much. If I ever get the house to myself, I can have a movie marathon of sorts!

Clow icon

Clow Read/Reed, the undisputed origin of the plots for Card Captor Sakura, TSUBASA RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, and xxxHOLiC. He'll likely be the origin of the plot for Gate 7, mark my words.

I made this icon myself--instead of just coloring it and painting in a background, as I do for most of the icons I make, I also drew in just about everything to the right of the front of his neck. (I can't find the original image right now--I usually delete my bases once I've finished with them--but I'm sure some of you know what it is.)

Wataru icon

Mitani Wataru, the protagonist of Miyabe Miyuki's amazing Brave Story. Read it. Read it now! (The icon is actually from the film based on the novel, which is yet another that I haven't seen. >:( )

Unfortunately, the image is somewhat grainy, but it's one of the few good Brave Story icons I've found. (I'm still looking for Kutz icons.)

chrysanthemum icon

This is the icon I use for the "Momoism" posts (i.e., the icon and tutorial posts). I drew the chrysanthemums myself--even though peaches are the recurring theme around here, I just like drawing chrysanthemums more. The text is, literally, "Momoism" (Momoizamu). The whole thing is somewhat too pink for me (like the header of this journal), but I don't feel up to changing it just yet.



And here's another meme, taken from [livejournal.com profile] mairenn_k, which I'm sure you've also all seen before:

Give me a fandom and I'll tell you:

1. The first character I fell in love with.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates.
5. The character I would shag anytime.
6. The character I'd want to be like.
7. The character I'd slap.
8. A pairing that I love.
9. A pairing that I despise.
10. Favorite character.
11. What my five favorite things about the fandom are.
12. What my five least favorite things about the fandom are.
13. Who my five favorite characters are.
14. Who my five least favorite characters are.
15. What my five favorite pairings are.
16. What my five least favorite pairings are.
17. Which character I'm most like.
18. What my deep, dark fandom secret is.

Finally, I have 85 92 icons ready to go. Unfortunately, I've fallen short on my promises--this was supposed to contain a much larger number of Fay, Kurogane, Fujimoto, and Eriol icons than it does now. I'm thinking that I'll set up a requests post soon to make up for it...

...regardless, the next post will definitely be the second icon post.
 
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(no subject) - (Anonymous) on March 4th, 2010 11:41 pm (UTC)
[identity profile] outou.livejournal.com on June 17th, 2009 02:59 am (UTC)
1. The first character I fell in love with: Sakura.

2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do: That would be a tie between Kurogane, Mokona, and Yuuko. I wasn't interested in Kurogane at first, and Mokona just annoyed me to no end (there's this song on the Best Vocal Collection that makes me want to kill myself). Yuuko seemed too selfish and unjust to me--which is far, far different than how she seems now.

3. The character everyone else loves that I don’t: OH GOD THOSE VAMPIRE TWINS. ಠAಠ

Also, I'm not as interested in Fay as the rest of the fandom--I don't dislike him, but I don't love him, either. I feel the same way about Syaoran/Junior: I like him well enough, but I don't understand why he has such devoted fangirls.

I also find King Fujitaka and Queen Nadeshiko disturbing, but that's another story for another day.

4. The character I love that everyone else hates: Well, I don't think the fandom appreciates Clow's virtues--they either ignore him, insult him by calling him a chauvinist or a man whore, or make him seem ridiculously effeminate. He was a wise and noble person!

On another note, there was Sakura bashing (especially when certain people celebrated her "death"), but that fortunately doesn't seem to be going on anymore.

5. The character I would shag anytime: NO.

6. The character I'd want to be like: Clow and Yuuko, to the extent that I would like the strength to follow my convictions to the end.

7. The character I'd slap: Fei Wang. I think everyone (in the fandom and the series) wants to slap Fei Wang.

I've also wanted to slap Junior on multiple occasions, but he's a much more forgivable case. That poor kid.

8. A pairing that I love: Clow/Yuuko. That's about it--I don't really get into shipping, to be honest.

9. A pairing that I despise: Anything pairing Syaoran with someone other than Sakura, Kurogane/Tomoyo, Fay/Chii, and Yuuko/Watanuki.

10. Favorite character: YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS BY NOW.

11. What my five favorite things about the fandom are: It's produced some wonderful (http://allelegia.web.fc2.com/main.html) artwork (http://bokuto.sakura.ne.jp/top.html), above all else. Some of the fans have a great sense of humor, and there's been some very thought-provoking discussions on the series. Also, the icons are amazing. :D

That's...four things. :\

12. What my five least favorite things about the fandom are: About 85% of the fandom. No, really--there are so many unobservant, thick-headed people in this fandom. I know that sounds rude, but it frustrates me to no end when someone persists in saying that Junior's parents are CCS|Sakura and Xiaolang, etc., etc. I also get annoyed at some fans' tendency to jump to conclusions, and to spread their conclusions around in as matter-of-fact a manner as if they were canon.

I don't like the way the fans portray the characters' relationships at times--especially Kurogane and Fay, since the latter is almost always reduced to a beautiful and weak..."uke."

I've already wrote about how upset I get with the fandom's portrayal of Clow and the unfair bashing of certain characters, so that would be all five.

13. Who my five favorite characters are: Clow, Sakura, Kurogane, Yuuko, and Tomoyo.

14. Who my five least favorite characters are: Fei Wang, Kamui, Subaru, Seishirou, and...Queen Nadeshiko. She selflessly sacrificed herself to save her daughter, but I can't help but think of her as just another cog in Fei Wang's plans. I know it's wrong for me to dislike her just because of that.

15. What my five favorite pairings are: Clow/Yuuko, Kurogane/Fay, Kurogane/Mokona, Fujitaka's relationship with Syaoran, and Clow's relationship with Sakura.

16. What my five least favorite pairings are: I've listed five above.

17. Which character I'm most like: That's...a difficult question. I think I'm just going to say "Shuuko" and leave it at that.

18. What my deep, dark fandom secret is: During the Infinity and Celes arcs, I only read this manga because Clow sometimes popped up in the background. /is ashamed
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