...way out on the corner of fucked up and evil...

I'm never going on rabbit.org again. Last night, Anne-Marie and I were eating my (delicious) curry and discussing the amazingness of Colin Farrell when, halfway through a sentance I look over at Thlayli to find him lying on his side, motionless, and for a brief moment convince myself he's gone into stasis and is dying. I rush to his side, panic filling me like some off-colour joke involving ass-sex... and he wakes up, gives me the filthiest look in the history of human-rabbit interaction, and hops into his wooden lodge to continue dreaming his bunny dreams. This leads me to the conclusion that I would make a terrible mother. Not because I'm lazy, selfish, short-tempered and prone to unpredictable mood swings, although all of those are true. Not even because I hate children and think their proper role is the main course in a Sunday roast (mmm-mm, crispy). But because I would be one of those awful parents who talks about their goddamn cuntprize nonstop and thinks it has lukemia every time it sneezes.

In other news, Monday was a day of Strange Coincidences for Froodles. See, back when I was but a young Froodlet, fresh out of highschool and attending my Very First Anime Convention Ever, I met a yaoifiend by the name of Genevieve. Many years passed, I came to university and Southampton seemed an indecently long way to travel just to watch Card Captor Sakura subs. We lost touch.

Fastforward to modern-day. The Froodle sits in Borders, reading The Charioteer (excellent book, recommend to all Mary Renault fans and... pretty much everyone ever, actually) and waiting for a friend to show up. Said friend being something of an idiot, fails to realise the clocks have gone forward and shows up an hour late. We drink coffee, I mock him, he criticises Wolf's Rain, I use the phrase "Bondage Wolf" in public, the usual. Time marches on, and soon we go our seperate ways. I'm walking home, debating whether to grab a sandwich to eat later or simply order takeout, when I see a strangely familar figure coming towards me.

Yeah, it's Genevieve. Turns out her job relocated up here about a month ago. We went for coffee and then she cooked me dinner and we watched Get Backers and I designed a silly character on City of Heroes (she wouldn't let me call him Sneaky McGrue, though apparently Hooded Laser is acceptable). How weird and cool is that?

Now, I think I'm going to go and watch Firefly and try and figure out how Simon manages to be so adorable while at the same time being the lovechild of Lindsey and Early!Wesley. Initial suspicions point to his waistcoats emitting some kind of "ravish me please" vibe. To quote Kaylee, "You just wanna take a bite of him all over."

Aha, sneaked in one minute before midnight. Do I rule or what?

Finally got around to watching Samurai Deeper Kyo dvds I've had since January - was initially put off because Kyoshiro reminded me a bit too much of Carrot from Sorcerer Hunters. Luckily for me, Demon Eyes Kyo takes over his body fairly quickly and runs around being badass for much of the series.

(Note: Froodle has only seen up to episode 18; anyone who tells her what happens in the last two volumes will be hunted down like a rabid dog)

Generally, would be much improved by getting rid of the Kenyo/Kanyo/big stupid monsters with big stupid monster voices and just having Kyo fight regular human baddies. Well, not regular exactly, but not big stupid monsters. Almost had a heart attack at one point in the series:

Random big stupid monster: Grr! Little gay general bloke! You are very powerful! Are you a Kanyo?
Me: Nooooooooooooooooo!
Little gay general bloke: No, I am too cool and pretty.
Me: Phew.

That bloke with one red and one blue eye (Miguel? Migelia?) sounds like Antonio Banderas. When he introduced himself, part of me was expecting "I am PUSS! ... in boots."

Akira is a pervy Kyo fanboy. He's well going to molest Kyo's body if Kyo doesn't get it back. Was pissing myself during that bit where he finds Kyo's body in the ice and is all, "My Lord Kyo... *rubrubgrind*" and Yuya is like, *disturbed face*.

Kyo looks like Garv from Slayers Try. Seriously. I think it's the hair.

Speaking of which, have just realised that the woman who does Yuya's voice is the same woman who played Amelia in Slayers and Ash in Pokemon. I knew there was a reason she pissed me off.

Kyo/Kyoshiro is played by the guy who was Mikage - aka the older of the two little gay dead boys in the basement - in Utena. That makes me laugh.

Kyo!Kyoshiro looks like OVA Kenshin, only not as ugly.

DVDs as a whole could do with some liner notes. I likes me liner notes. They make me feel all knowledgable. There are some funny moments in the outtakes, mixed in with the usual line-flubbing. personal favourites:

Sasuke: I recognise those nuts!

Yuya: Is what that woman says true? Did you really kill her sister?
Kyo: Whiny bitch has gotta blame someone. Oops, that's not what he says...

Still, nothing comes close to the outtakes on the first Orphen dvds:

David Matranga (as Orphen): Oh, shut up, Hilary. You're just jealous because I'm the fucking lead in this show and you're a sexually ambiguous troll!
Spike Spencer (as Majik): Don't get too full of yourself, Matranga. Remember, I was Shinji, the lead in Evangelion.
DM: Just like you Spike, living in the past.

Matranga-as-Orphen: *hysterical wailing and sobbing during what is supposed to be a "single manly tear" scene*
Spike-as-Majik: Good god, get a grip David. You're such a ham.
Matranga-as-Orphen: *more wailing*
Spike-as-Majik: Just because the show is named after you doesn't mean it's a soliloquy. Shelley and I get just as much fanmail as you!
Shelley Calene-Black-as-Cleo: Mmm-hmm.

Random bloke: And only one person came to Cape Day and they... spontaneously combusted! *cries*
Orphen: I wish I had been invited to Cape Day.

Majik: Mathter, Mathter, don't, no don't you do it, that man saved us, me and Cleo both, we think he'th a thweetie!

Leki (little blue magical puppy thing that follows Cleo around): I hate this fucking kid. Get in the fucking pot! *jumps on kid's head* Grr!

Leki: I'm going to eat you.

Leki: White trash bitch.

Stephanie *in deep man's voice*: Easy there, David. I'm just... not that kind of girl.
Matranga: You know, Karen does a much better job in this role.

Spike-as-Majik: I can't do this any more! The fans say you change the script too much! You're evil! *runs away crying*
Cleo: He's right!
Spooky wizard bloke: I know the script is different from the original, but Orphen was being groomed for TV! There's no lesbian subtext in Sailor Moon anymore, no blood or booze in Outlaw Star... listen, I'll make it up to you. From now on every disc will have five episodes instead of three, and they'll all stick closer to the original script! Rarr!
Matranga-as-Orphen: Okay, so we're going to stick closer to the translation. Just don't make me say those stupid spells, alright? The only one who can pull that off is Helen Mirran in Excaliber.
Stephanie-in-spooky-wizard-bloke's-voice: I know, David, but they do sound good in Japanese.
Matranga-as-Orphen: They can watch the subtitled version. That's what it's there for.

(I guess he got over his spell-hatred, since he manages Sanzo's incantations in Saiyuki)

Also: Sasuke is Hakkai. Regular Hakkai, not Surfer Hakkai, but it's still too much Hakkai for my liking.

On the subject of Hakkai, how much is Akabane/Dr Jackal from Get Backers the bastard offspring of him and Alucard from Hellsing? You know it's true.

Need to get me those last 2 volumes of SDK. Sigh... so much anime, so little cash.

Man, I'm a dork.