Exclusive Insanity

My news from last week: dustwing is allowing me to help judge a fanfic contest! I hope we get a lot of entries. It ends on July 15th. I'm pretty confidant I can handle it; it'll be a nice break from wedding stuff.

I'm psyched! I've never judged a contest before; this will be fun!

Grabbed from yukinoomoni

Comment on this post and I will name a lady in the realm of fiction. Give at least 5 reasons why she is awesome on your own journal and spread the love.

( Tear Grant )

I need to see the rest of this series so I can tell if I'm actually right with these (they're just my impressions based on the first 11 episodes). Stupid Cody and his refusing to watch the rest of the anime until he's finished the game... I should just watch the rest without him and not let him know.

So yesterday I was playing some of the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood opening videos (I haven't actually watched most of the series yet, I just love opening videos) and Cody commented that since the anime is just about finished now, maybe we should watch it.

Cody never got all the way through the first FMA anime. He lost interest somewhere in there (not sure where, and he doesn't even remember). He was interested in the new one because it moves quicker and has more humor (although coming from the guy who re-watched Dragonball Z all the way through, I find the 'it moves quicker' part ironic). I like it because it follows the manga. I liked the first one too (that's kind of obvious, seeing as how I own all the DVDs). But I'm glad this one exists because I get to see Ling animated. Ling is highly amusing.

We got as far as episode 15 last night (started with episode 4, since we'd watched the first three a while back). That means Ling and May made their first appearance. Hee!

I'm looking forward to more.

So, I recently finished reading the five-book series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Which was pretty good.

( Thoughts )

All in all, this series was very fun to read. I'm glad I picked them up, and I recommend anyone who hasn't done so to... well... do so.

I know we never took pictures of our house ('cause I'm lazy), but Cody did take pictures of our entertainment centre and the "library" - so here they are.

The manga

The anime

The games

The entertainment centre

Awesome, huh?

On an unrelated note, my ATLA artbook came in two days ago! I have gone through it all and it is AWESOME. I recommend all fans pick up a copy, because it was so worth the money and the wait!

So, remember that rumor of more Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series?

It looks like it will be a brand new story set in the same world rather than any kind of continuation or side story for the old series.

I'm... glad, and I'm not. I would've liked to find out what happened to Zuko's mother, for one thing, and I love the characters enough to want to see more of them. But, given that the main story is pretty well done, they're probably smart for not revisiting. It's over, let it rest, pretty much (except in fanfiction, of course).

And I do look forward to more stories in the Avatar world! Because it's freakin' cool! There is so much more that could happen there. I'm pretty excited to see what they come up with next, because the creators really are awesome at what they do!

Why am I so amused by this? Someone please tell me.

The Avatar Big Bang fanfic is FINISHED! Sort of. Still have to go through it a couple more times before I feel like letting anyone else look at it. Even then, I'm not sure. I'm too used to reading it; I can't tell where it has problems any more.

But it's done! Finished! Even if it's crap, it's still going to qualify for the June 1 deadline since I'll have at least a rough draft to submit.

I'm not looking at it again until at least tomorrow night. Until then, I'm revelling in the wonderful feeling of OMGDONE.

Or I might work on one of my other fics. I'm masochistic like that.

I am two scenes of writing and three additional scenes of revising away from being finished with the Avatar Big Bang fanfic...

*dies*

Two weeks until the deadline for art. I dunno if this one's getting art seeing as how it's mainly Aang x Katara and may be iffy plotwise, but I. Must. Finish!

... Following which I'll probably immediately start working on Aang and Zuko being driven insane by the crazy girls. When Katara finds out, she will be suitably pissed. Oh, and then after that I have that other long fanfic I haven't even posted here yet! Must work on that one too!

*cough* Yeah, anyway. Not like I have a wedding in two and a half months to get ready for or anything. Ehehe...

Okay. I haven't read anything from this series in a long, long time (since the last book came out), and out of all of the books in the series, I only own the first three (actually, an anthology containing the first three). Because, really, it was those first three books that captured my heart. The rest just never quite measured up to them.

But... OMG... this fanfic made me melt (and yeah, I went ahead and read it despite having not read the newest book yet). Not just because it's adorable and awkward, but because of what the warning says about the pairing being a spoiler.

Oh man, I really hope this is true...

Seriously. I have been waiting for those two to get together since... I don't know. Since I was still in high school. That's over 10 years. Just the possibility that it could have finally happened turns me back into a giddy fangirl. I don't even know if it's true, but it would be incredibly awesome if it was.

I will have to get my hands on this book. I don't know if I can wait for the library copy either. I might just buy the hardcover. Because... yeah.