Eliyes

picked up from poisonivory: [when you see this, post a poem in your journal]

One of the things people are surprised to learn my father and I have in common is a love of poetry. This one is a favourite of his that has become a favourite of mine.

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,
I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew.
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

"High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee Jr.

Lifted from poisonivory:

ONE. Give me a character, a series, or a pairing and in return I'll give you three reasons why I love that character, that series, or that pairing (unless of course I don't love that character, that series, or that pairing, in which case I guess we'll just sort of stare awkwardly at each other through the internet).


and, separately, lifted from taichara:

TWO. Give me a character/characters/relationship I've written/fangirled about, and I'll give you a bit of my personal headcanon for them.

You'll have to say if you want it to be about a pairing or two (or whatever) characters if you've asked for more than one, and feel free to make multiple requests.


Let me know which you want me to answer by the numbers!

Comment with the name of a female character (in any show, movie, book, comic, etc that you think I'm familiar with) and I'll tell you one thing I love about her. In return, you can do the same in your journal (if you like!).

Separately:

Comment with the name of a male character (in any show, movie, book, comic, etc that you think I'm familiar with) and I'll tell you one thing I love about him. In return, you can do the same in your journal (if you like!).

And I'd like to do one for genderless or multigendered characters, but there's just not enough in non-SF stuff for me to be sure anyone is familiar with them... Feel free to think of one and ask, though!

I really don't get to use this icon enough.

5 Questions Meme

-Comment with "Resistance is Futile!"
-I'll reply with 5 questions to satisfy my curiosity.
-Update your LJ with the answers
-Include this explanation (if you like or want) to ask other people.

taichara asked me:

1. What character(s) are you really attached to that you never thought you would be? (Pod excluded)

Ha! Kiryuu Touga. ;P


2. What would convince you that you needed to give up on a fandom?

If it was making me really unhappy all the time.


3. Would you ever move out West?

Yep. I'm from out West!


4. Ninjas or pirates?

No disrespect to your ancestors, but ninjas are clearly superiour.


5. Do you think you might think of going to Japan again?

Er. Yes, maybe? I'd like to visit before I decide anything about moving there, but I would really like to visit.

Comment and I'll give you three fandoms, for which you must answer these:

01: What got you into this fandom in the first place?
02: Do you think you'll stay in this fandom or eventually move on?
03: Favorite episodes/books/movies/etc.?
04: Do you participate in this fandom (fanfiction, graphics, discussions)?
05: Do you think that more people should get into this fandom?


taichara gave me Yoroiden Samurai Troopers, Starsky & Hutch, and King of Fighters.

THESE WERE KINDA HARD ONES. :O

And also, ( I seem to have gotten rid of a lot of my icons. D: )

P.S. If I have already given you three fandoms, I won't again, unless you specifically request it.

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

a_trill gave me:

1. Iceman Probably one of my favourite comic book characters. I like the dichotomy of his ice powers and form with his hothead and warm heart. And I like that he's the class clown without being mean about it. Every class clown I ever met was a bully; Bobby isn't. He would do anything for his friends.

2. NCIS I like cop shows. NCIS is an awesome and generally well-written example of the genre. I like most of the ensemble cast.

3. Aurion I like genderswap. And, as I said above, I like Iceman -- Aurion is a published genderswapped version of Iceman! And she's adorable, and more confident in her powers than the adult male version is these days.

4. Star Trek Baby's First Fandom. I was raised by Trekkies. I met my best friend because of Star Trek. I'm currently in an active fannish phase, but even when I'm not, Star Trek is entwined with my grey matter. I could wax philosophic about Roddenbury's vision here, but I shan't. ;3

5. Boostle Two superheroes I might not like nearly as much apart, but who just go great together.

From poisonivory:
If anyone would like to give me a fandom that you'd like me to share three of my unpopular (or "likely to piss off someone somewhere") opinions about, feel free to comment.

Just to clarify, comment with the fandom you want my opinions on.


*In My Goddess-Like Opinion -- man, these kids today with their txting think they invented the impenetrable acronym...


ETA: I just found another wording for this meme! XD

Name a fandom, and I'll give you the scoop on at least three of my unpopular opinions related to that fandom.

And then we can fight with knives! :D

Blatantly stolen from 20thcenturyvole:

Give me a character from any fandom, tv show, movie, book you know that I know and I will tell you:
a. My favorite thing about that character.
b. My least favorite thing about that character.
c. One person I would ship them with in their own verse.
d. One crossover ship for them I think would be neat.
e. One crossover universe for them I think would be even neater.
f. Their ship from hell.
g. Their song.
h. The title of their biography or autobiography.
i. The last bad dream they had.
j. How they're gonna shuffle off the mortal coil, if they haven't already.

misskalloway tagged me for ( Character Meme: Ribbons )

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misskalloway gave me ( Character Meme: Murrue Ramius )

taichara gave me ( Character Meme: Mwu La Flaga )

Aaaand then I got a couple more, so I'm just gonna add them to this post, 'cause I feel like it! ;D

misskalloway gave me ( Character Meme: Miss Abigail Scuito )


And then taichara gave me another one!

( Character Meme: Second Judge Wyvern Rhadamanthys, Celestial Star of Heaven's Fury )

anibunny gave me this one.

( Character Meme: Ohtori Akio )

Okay, so taichara told me to do "Babel or Dante, your choice ;3", knowing that I am mysteriously attached to both of them. Slightly moreso to Dante, but only slightly.

I'm 'a cheat and do both at once.

( Silver Saints Kerberos Dante and Kentauros Babel )

taichara gave me ( Wufei Chang from Gundam Wing )

*wriggles like a puppy* From taichara --

( Character Meme: Saionji Kyouichi )

I have definitely assigned more than 5 of these now, so if you don't want a character, but want to comment, that's okay too! Just let me know in your comment that you don't want to do the meme. I am cool with that. (Especially in this instance, since, as you can tell, I kinda love talking about this guy. X3)