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[yuuago]

Well, I did absolutely nothing that I'd originally intended to do this long weekend, but that's all right. It was enjoyable anyway. Went out for coffee on Friday with someone I work with. Very unusual experience, but that went okay.

Watched No.6 over the course of two days, and enjoyed it. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting - maybe something that moved a bit more quickly - but it was pretty good. Throughout the thing I couldn't help thinking, though, that if this series had existed when I was around 15 or so, I would have latched onto it and never let go. It's exactly the kind of thing I would have loved. Anyway, I'll be reading the translations of the novels or whatever it was, for sure, eventually.

My birthday is next week. To be honest, I'm not looking forward to it so much. Anything that requires increased interaction with my family has been very "do not want" as of late because frankly, I see more than enough of them as it is, and I don't want to see any more of them. It's annoying to have to deal with unpleasant people that I don't like when all I want is some peace and quiet, especially since I'll be getting home at 7 that day and won't have much time to myself. ... Ah, well.

... Just remembered that I had intended to open up a summer posting session of Nordipalooza for people who wrote stuff previously but didn't finish it. And I never got around to it. Oops? Uh. Hmm. I wonder if I should still do that.

I am constantly tired because of the heat and really, I'd just like to take an all-day nap, haa.

Didn't get as much writing done this weekend as I'd planned, but I did get some. Hopefully eventually this thing will be finished; I'm sick of looking at it. Some of the roleplaying I've been doing lately has made me really want to write Norway/Spain, and I do sort of have an idea, but I'm sure by the time I get around to starting something new I'll have a different shiny idea, eh. Maybe the different shiny idea will be a history fic, even. Hard to tell. But almost every time I read some nonfiction, I get an idea, so who knows.

I'm sure that I had something more interesting to talk about, but I really can't remember. Maybe it's because of the heat.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

I am glad you liked No. 6! One day I will rewatch it and try to sincerely reconcile myself with the ending, but man - I was watching as it aired and that ending just made me so mad, that's hard to come back to...

[yuuago]

Hmm, would you like to elaborate? [/chinhands] I didn't really have any particular issue with the ending, but I finished watching at around 1 AM, so... maybe it's just that I was exhausted.

[hokuton_punch]

I was mad that THEY SEPARATED. Even though I immediately decided that it was just long enough for Nezumi to go get his books or whatever, I was still really mad that they went their separate ways. ONE EXTRA MINUTE TO SHOW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RECONNECT LATER, THAT WAS ALL I WANTED.

Also, it did feel kind of rushed, and I wish they'd had another episode to deal with all the reveals and general worldbuilding, but I could have lived without it if they'd just put in that extra minute. D: I was also pretty exhausted by the end considering what a rollercoaster of emotions that last episode was - I cried actual tears at a point or two. I got a lot more invested in it than I thought I would, haha. (And now I'm really annoyed that the one No. 6 icon I have is currently inactive, I need to cough up more money for icon space but it's so pricey on DW...)

[yuuago]

Ahhh I see! Hmm, I dunno'... I like that it was open-ended that way, because it leaves so much possibility for interpretation.

I've heard that it was kind of rushed, yeah. Apparently the novel handles it better. Have you read it? I haven't gotten around to that yet.

I might have to re-watch some time, because none of it had nearly as much of an effect on me as I expected it would (again, probably because of exhaustion). The only thing that really got me was - as I mentioned - that inside-twisting feeling that wow, this was the series I'd always wanted when I was a teenager, but couldn't see because it didn't exist yet. (Hand-holding and waltzing and on-screen kissing -- twice!!!)

[hokuton_punch]

That is fair enough! By that point I was just OTPing them really hard and anything other than THEY WILL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER TOGETHER DAMNIT was unacceptable to me. XD I am not normally much of an OTPer, but Nezumi and Shion did it for me.

I haven't tried the novels at all, the couple of times I have tried reading light novel translations I've just - bounced off the prose really hard. I don't know if it's bad translation or if the style generally is not my taste, but it does make me sad whenever I hear about how awesome light novels can be (I would totally read the hell out of the Baccano! ones).

I do really want to rewatch it some time! Maybe I just need someone to watch/rewatch it with. Because yeah, THAT WALTZING. ;o; AND THE HANDHOLDING. OH MY HEART.