OF COURSE I CARE. I really look forward to your comments, you know. I get really excited when I find that there is a new one.
Holy shit, it seems your screen is even larger than mine. Craaazy. I do so love having a big screen, though. It might make the laptop-size a pain in the ass, and finding wallpapers is a pain (I've resorted to just making my own) but it's nice to be able to see things.
I enjoy your Norway rambling. Like many people, I like reading things I happen to agree with. ;p Anyway. I like your description of your impression of a Norwegian. Not something I'd really considered before. The image of the tough cold-water fisherman actually makes me think of a Newfoundlander, and now that I'm thinking on that subject, it seems fitting, almost coincidentally fitting - as I tend to associate Norway with Newfoundland (ff, obvious) and in my head, when writing his dialogue, I tend to imagine his accent as a Newfoundlander accent (a very clipped, townie version of it, but a Newfoundlander accent nontheless). But, er, that's all tangental. Moving on~
You do have a point that Hidekaz doesn't draw him looking all girly and stuff. Looking back through what I have saved, he seems pretty sturdy to me. Not soft. And he just looks short 'cause he's in a lineup with Denmark and Sweden, who would make almost anyone look short. But I guess people just tend to run with it. On the subject of the hairpin, I think it's partly practicality; not wanting his hair to end up sticking in all directions like Denmark's (fff) and also just a remnant of viking vanity (they were very focused on appearance, after all, and certainly had an eye for shiny things).
CLEARLY one can't be feminine without being a little damnsel, as there are no hardcore females evarrrr (gods, that hurt to type). Sigh. Y'know, sometimes I wish Nor had been a girl instead, just because it'd be totally awesome to have another totally badass chica in the series (like Hungary, only in this case an ex-viking. Yessssss). Ah, well. Wasn't meant to be. And people would probably like, run with it in an entirely different direction anyway.... Sigh.
Anyway, on the subject of style - yeah, I guess American comic influence would have something to do with expecting men to look like men. Though of course, as you mentioned, sometimes things are a little too much. I'd say even frequently. That's part of what turned me off from American comic stuff early on I guess. Though part of me thinks now that I just wasn't reading the right stuff.
I used to want a tablet, back in the day, but I realized quite shortly that I'm such a whore for real media work that surely I would never use it. Mmmmmcolouredpencils.
RARGH RARGH RARGH NOBODY EVER WRITES ABOUT HISTORY well, uh, I'm going to try soon, but that doesn't count. Er. Anyway. YES. PEOPLE NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'm getting bored with seeing the American Revolution over and over and over again. I mean, okay, big thing, but... fgs there's other things to write about. Sometimes I think that maybe people just haven't thought about it yet. I hope so.
MORE DENMARK BEING A JACKASS YES. I'm not a huge fan of the guy actually, but geeze is he ever fun to write. Considering most of the people I tend to write about, it isn't often that I get the opportunity to write someone being a lovable douche (or just a douche, period). But gahhh, writing. SO MANY LITTLE THINGS. And what with this past week when I couldn't take the time to write, they're just sitting. WELL I'll try to get it done now, I guess. Hack away at them until they're all done.
LJ = my one true love. Well, maybe not, but close. Gah, I could never leave. I got an account at Dreamwidth and thought about crossposting but I dunno, man. Can't be bothered. (And you know, I think 'Dreamwidth' is a ridiculous name). And I can't stand Facebook. A lot of people at my school/my previous school use it, so I have an account so they can contact me, but I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF THAT SITE. It just seems so... mindless and inane, much like Myspace.
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Holy shit, it seems your screen is even larger than mine. Craaazy. I do so love having a big screen, though. It might make the laptop-size a pain in the ass, and finding wallpapers is a pain (I've resorted to just making my own) but it's nice to be able to see things.
I enjoy your Norway rambling. Like many people, I like reading things I happen to agree with. ;p Anyway. I like your description of your impression of a Norwegian. Not something I'd really considered before. The image of the tough cold-water fisherman actually makes me think of a Newfoundlander, and now that I'm thinking on that subject, it seems fitting, almost coincidentally fitting - as I tend to associate Norway with Newfoundland (ff, obvious) and in my head, when writing his dialogue, I tend to imagine his accent as a Newfoundlander accent (a very clipped, townie version of it, but a Newfoundlander accent nontheless). But, er, that's all tangental. Moving on~
You do have a point that Hidekaz doesn't draw him looking all girly and stuff. Looking back through what I have saved, he seems pretty sturdy to me. Not soft. And he just looks short 'cause he's in a lineup with Denmark and Sweden, who would make almost anyone look short. But I guess people just tend to run with it. On the subject of the hairpin, I think it's partly practicality; not wanting his hair to end up sticking in all directions like Denmark's (fff) and also just a remnant of viking vanity (they were very focused on appearance, after all, and certainly had an eye for shiny things).
CLEARLY one can't be feminine without being a little damnsel, as there are no hardcore females evarrrr (gods, that hurt to type). Sigh. Y'know, sometimes I wish Nor had been a girl instead, just because it'd be totally awesome to have another totally badass chica in the series (like Hungary, only in this case an ex-viking. Yessssss). Ah, well. Wasn't meant to be. And people would probably like, run with it in an entirely different direction anyway.... Sigh.
Anyway, on the subject of style - yeah, I guess American comic influence would have something to do with expecting men to look like men. Though of course, as you mentioned, sometimes things are a little too much. I'd say even frequently. That's part of what turned me off from American comic stuff early on I guess. Though part of me thinks now that I just wasn't reading the right stuff.
I used to want a tablet, back in the day, but I realized quite shortly that I'm such a whore for real media work that surely I would never use it. Mmmmmcolouredpencils.
RARGH RARGH RARGH NOBODY EVER WRITES ABOUT HISTORY well, uh, I'm going to try soon, but that doesn't count. Er. Anyway. YES. PEOPLE NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I'm getting bored with seeing the American Revolution over and over and over again. I mean, okay, big thing, but... fgs there's other things to write about. Sometimes I think that maybe people just haven't thought about it yet. I hope so.
MORE DENMARK BEING A JACKASS YES. I'm not a huge fan of the guy actually, but geeze is he ever fun to write. Considering most of the people I tend to write about, it isn't often that I get the opportunity to write someone being a lovable douche (or just a douche, period). But gahhh, writing. SO MANY LITTLE THINGS. And what with this past week when I couldn't take the time to write, they're just sitting. WELL I'll try to get it done now, I guess. Hack away at them until they're all done.
LJ = my one true love. Well, maybe not, but close. Gah, I could never leave. I got an account at Dreamwidth and thought about crossposting but I dunno, man. Can't be bothered. (And you know, I think 'Dreamwidth' is a ridiculous name). And I can't stand Facebook. A lot of people at my school/my previous school use it, so I have an account so they can contact me, but I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE POINT OF THAT SITE. It just seems so... mindless and inane, much like Myspace.