internets celebrities!

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so there's this pair of video bloggers, the Internets Celebrities, that i used to watch on youtube all the time. they make, in their words, "short video essays about social justice, food, and free shit."

...which is about right. Checkmate is about check-cashing spots and America's most valuable resource: poor people. Cereal is Dope (my personal favorite) is well, self-explanatory...although some of the facts they reveal about cereals may make you die from laughter be UNSETTLING. And Free Shit is, um, well yeah i don't have to say anything huh?

anyway, i had stopped checking their website about a year ago because they didn't seem to be updating anymore, but i found out today they've started making new videos! their most recent one is Jean aka Scott, the Homeless Celebrity, and while it's not one of their best it still delivers some quality lulz. if you've got the time they're well worth checking out!

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switching over to nerdy meme whore mode!

Post one of my fandoms and the number of any of these questions (as many or few as you like) and I'll tell you the answer!

1. The first character I fell in love with:
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now:
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 are my five favorite things about the fandom.
12. What are my five least favorite things about the fandom.
13. Who are my five favorite characters.
14. Who are my five least favorite characters.
15. What are my five favorite pairings.
16. What are my five least favorite pairings.
17. Which character are you most like.
18. What is my deep, dark fandom secret.

um, fandoms i can do most of these ?s for: Azumanga Daioh!, Chrono Trigger/Cross, Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden, all the Final Fantasy games EXCEPT I, II, and V, Left 4 Dead, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Phantasy Star series, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Skies of Arcadia, Soulcalibur, and...i think that's it?

asking about multiple fandoms is ok, i guess, if you want to hear me blather on forever!

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Setsuka is really...self-contained? i love her to bits, but her story is so straightforward, so simple, and so disconnected from the rest of Soulcalibur...it's hard for me to think of something to write about that's actually unique and interesting.

and oh god this is beautiful. *melts into a puddle of fangirlish goo*

i haven't read a whole lot of Raphael/Siegfried - it wasn't my first 'ship (i actually can't remember what was, hah) and in any case it doesn't seem particularly popular - but from what i've encountered it's hit or miss - when it's done badly it's downright painful, but when someone knows what they're doing, it's amazing.

though that could apply to any pairing involving Raphael, really.

on a 'things i'd love to write' list, a not-terrible Raphael/Siegfried fic is at the top, but tbh i'm not sure i have the writing chops for it. i've tried, but everything i've done is wholly mediocre. :| i mean, it's not a complete waste, but it's not particularly good, either - it's just kind of...there. *sigh*

(re: translation - despite not understanding French at all after 5 years of classes and having family members who speak it - what is here is lyrical, smooth and natural, and there are a lot of professional translators who aren't capable of conveying that. i think your translation is quite solid.)

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Nine years of sporadic French education finally come to fruition! Thank you. :)

(I actually majored in French for a year before cutting my losses and switching back to English, ostensibly for better career opportunities. Brilliant decision, I know.)

It's been so long since I started compiling the good SC fics for my community over at FF.net, but I remember kind of informally separating the generally well-written pairings from the...less fortunate ones when I first started wading through. Pound-for-pound, Raph/Sieg was pretty good; there were a few bad fics here and there, but overall, the offerings were pretty decent, IIRC. Definitely on the higher end of the scale (on the other end, well, I'm still looking for a decent Link/Cass fic. Not because I want to read it—just because I want someone to prove to me that it exists).

Of course, the SC fandom also seems to have a fair bit of homophobia, but I guess you get that everywhere.

Also, your fifty sentences of Raph/Sieg were brilliant:

He should not feel so safe in the bed of his enemy - but there are still times when he wakes up with the memory of blood splashing on a twisted claw of an arm, and on those nights, Siegfried revels in the touch of a man who kills as easily as he kisses.

Beautiful, beautiful stuff. I love your descriptions of Raph.