Folding Fan

Because I can totally be bought. And also, no one wants me to start writing this myself come on you guys.

( Arashi )


( Misc. Japanese Live-action )


( Anime )


( Western Media (okay, really just Merlin)(And now Lord of the Rings, too) )

Since three weeks ago, I have taken finals, graduated from college, helped my sister pack up and clean her whole apartment, and driven across the country.

Two weeks from now, I will be getting married, flying to japan for two weeks, coming back and packing up/cleaning MY whole apartment, and moving to Seattle. Where I'll have to find a new place and move in. And then I'm going to England with my grandmom.

So if you're wondering where I am, that's it. I probably won't be around with any great regularity until September, but I DO definitely intend to come back. In the mean time, as always, feel free to friend me/defriend me/whatever. Leave me a comment on this post if you want me to friend you back or anything.

If you post something you think I'd like, I'd LOVE it if you wanted to drop me a link. I expect I'll be so stupidly far behind on my F-list (hah--as though I'm not now) that I'll just kind of throw my hands up and go from whenever I have free time again. And I KNOW I'll end up missing something awesome. -_-;

Non-Tl;Dr version? I'm fine, see you in September. <3

I'm running a meme over at my DW page: http://mitsuhachi.dreamwidth.org/54023.html

Go give me prompts!

Arashi fanart, from the multi-author series the Arashi Road Trip, which is kind of amazingly awesome. This particular image is from part 41. <3 Still_ciircee is epic win.

We went to see the new Star Trek movie tonight.

...Some of you might know that I am kind of a movie curmudgeon; I expect to hate nearly everything I see, and have significant complaints about even my favorite movies. And I was never a big Star Trek fan anyway--no hatin, just not a lot of interest besides a vague appreciation of Spock. But I walked out of this movie kind of stunned because... I-I have no complaints! It was just genuinely awesome the whole time.

I love every character there was, and feel that the casting director should win an internet. The reasoning behind the differences with the original stuff seemed reasonable and made sense. I actually laughed out loud during certain scenes; others had me holding my breath. The pacing was well developed and I never got bored during scenes.

It probably also doesn't surprise anyone that I was in a total Fangirl Flail over Young!Spock the whole time; Arrogant, highly intelligent and competent, reserved, dark hair/eyes and pale skin--why no, I don't totally have a type, why do you ask cough, Snape, cough. I found his heterosexuality a bit pastede on yey! but I can't say I'm actually complaining because a) the woman is really hot and also pretty freaking awesome in her own right and b) the friendship with Kirk is kept so awesome anyway that I don't really mind the lessening of sexual tension (though I also wouldn't say it's entirely missing). I am completely ready to slash Spock with everybody ever in the entire movie, up to and including Spock/Spock. <3

All in all, I had a lovely evening. :Db

/Edit: Oldschool Spock is also hot. <3

So this is brief and weird and probably OOC as hell because I haven't touched the canon in months and I think my Felix muse is channeling Matsumoto Jun rather too much for anyone's comfort. But I wanted something new to celebrate the move to Dreamwidth and I can't do digital art in class the way I can scribble something out. So. I promise I'll stop pretending I can write and go back to the pretty pictures soon. :D

In the meantime, have some ( Mildly Not-Worksafe Felix/Mildmay )

Note: I've only read through The Virtu, so please don't spoil me for later stuff.

Normally, I'd save a post like this for my personal journal, but...just in case someone on my flist hasn't heard about the swine flu that's going around? Please be careful, yeah? It's not a huge deal yet, but...you know. Washing your hands a few extra times during the day isn't a huge deal either. Stay safe, guys. <3

Also, to make this post not totally off topic, I'm offering my usual mathom meme again. Give me a character/characters and some sort of prompt, and I'll respond, without any promises about what it'll be. You might get a new icon, or a drabble, or a sketch or a full-out picture or story, but you'll have SOMETHING. It'll probably be a little thing, since school is still insane, but I miss playing with you guys. So ask away. <3 <3

This is what happens when people actually agree with me that Elrond raising four kids essentially by himself is nifty. ;alksdgl;askdgj I wish all of my friends would read LOTR, just for these kinds of discussions. <3 From arianne's recent LOTR genfic, Common Speech.

( Adûnaic, worksafe )

The mother picture for the summer triptych. Because apparently nothing motivates me like hearing that someone liked something about my work. <3 And also because it's been cold and rainy, and I am so so so ready for summer.

( Litha, worksafe )

In the continuing story of things there is no excuse audience for, have some boyband fanart. Because clearly, the world needed Arashi as girls and also superheros. Brought to you by my continuing conviction that Sakurai Sho would have a COMPLETELY BOMB body as a woman, and also by too much cold medicine and too little sleep.

( Storm Watch, worksafe except for being on CRAAAAAACK. )

*cries* You guys, I spent SO LONG working on this wtf is wrong with me. T_T

Just a quick headshot, to sort of get my hand back in. It's been a rough month or so, and I haven't really done anything, so... I'm sorry? I'll try to post more.

( Texture, Color, Detail. Worksafe )

THINK POSITIVE MEME

In the midst of doing research for something else entirely (sigh, internet) I came across this awesome set of instructional videos on hojojutsu, or medieval japanese restraint techniques (yes, this is what kinbaku/shibari grows out of later). Noting that this is supposed to be rather dangerous if you don't know what you're doing, I still thought it might be relevant to the interests of some people on my friendslist-- for fictional purposes, if nothing else.

The bit here in part 3, that starts at about 11 minutes in? My favorite. <3

I just woke up from an improptu nap, in which I had the BEST DREAM EVER. <3

( Final Fantasy 7/Kingdom Hearts/Interview with the Vampire Cracktastic fusion-thing )

Dear Subconscious,

Moar of this, plz. This was nice. <3

Lots of love,
Me

CHINEN. Who said you could be hot? T_T Go back to school, seriously.



I don't know who that's supposed to be at the end. Takey maybe? OH NO, IT'S THE SEMPAI! RUN! But seriously. Read these lyrics. Cherry is still slang for a virgin, right? In japanese? I just. And then I remember that they're fifteen and I want to kill myself a little.

I am so out of the loop on everything ever, you guys. Arashi came out with a new single back in like...august? Late august, I think? And I have just now gotten around to actually sitting down and listening to it and watching the PV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4uNNTgE-6I&feature=related


( I TOLD YOU ARASHI COULD SING AND DANCE. )

Their other single, from November, was called Beautiful Days, and it was the theme for Nino's drama Ryuusei no Kizuna, which I never got around to seeing any of. I really like it, myself, but it probably wouldn't convert anyone who wasn't already a fan. It's just. A lot of Arashi's music, to me, reads a lot like a friend giving you a hug when you're having a hard time and saying "It's going to be okay. Keep trying your best, and it's going to be alright." Which is geeky in the extreme, I know, because...that's their image, and they're manufactured to be that way. But still. Their music makes me really happy. <3

New single, Believe, in March. Here's hoping it doesn't take me half a year again to get around to listening to it? *fail*

Always exciting, having teachers unexpectedly collect your notes! :DDDb

Some of you may know, I'm near-pathologically incapable of just sitting still and listening quietly; I either drift off and play inside my own head, or I start talking way too much. So I doodle, on any scrap of paper you leave me with long enough. You might imagine, this makes for either obnoxious class behavior or ...rather interesting notes.

Hopefully my polisci teacher is the kind of girl who appreciates mostly-naked, tattooed pict!Britain? *cringe*

England, also from Mith's Shells for Teeth and Weeds for Tongue. Worksafe for obsession, thick coastal fog, and England's inability to refrain from poking his bruises.

( America was at that battle, America was standing against him, England struck him like a soldier and America bruised him back and shed blood upon him, and England’s gloved hand has been circling the welt on his right hip for the better part of two days. )

Night and Fog!England coming up soon, but in the meantime, since the image WOULD NOT GET OUT OF MY HEAD, have this sketchy piece. From Mith's "Shells for Teeth and Weeds for Tongue", wherein England gets off on his own Imperialism, America makes the misery face, and absolutely no one is surprised by Mitsu's continuing oral fixation. I'm gonna call this one NSFW, due to questions of consent.

( 'Taste your rebellion and my forgiveness,' he would have said, bending to kiss, 'taste my benevolence.' )

For Puella_Nerdii, who has been very patient with me, for Yule.

( Drunk!Cheesecake!Roland, worksafe )