Themes galore plus live-action anime

[tarigwaemir]

Sherman Fairchild on the Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret

The recent explosion of oh-so-cool theme communities on my friends list is not-so-good for my sanity. But! Go join 20_aus (as the name says, for AU fics) and 3measures (for OT3s)!

I've been trying to decide on a proper OT3 (that I'm capable of writing, I mean) for 3measures, and to my horror and dismay, the only one I can think of at the moment is Colin/Mary/Dickon from The Secret Garden. I can't pull off a Yorkshire accent! Woe is me. I did sign up for Yankumi/Shin at 20_aus (I've been on a Gokusen kick all weekend), and only by great self-restraint did I stop myself from signing up for Gilbert/Anne as well. >_> (I have this urge to write Gilbert/Anne AUs in exotic but grand historical settings like ancient Egypt or Damascus or Chang'an, never mind the total implausibility of it all. Yankumi/Shin on the other hand would be in every mystery subgenre ever imagined. Quite possibly version Mafia and version Triad too. ^_^)

I spent my weekend sleeping, recovering from my awful cold, and pretending to do homework while in fact actually watching J-drama. Thanks to team7 for alerting us all to the existence of the new Hana Yori Dango drama. I watched the raw yesterday, after downloading off of D-addicts, and enjoyed it much more than Meteor Garden (uh, don't kill me for saying that). It feels more like the manga, in any case, and the actors are all pretty decent. Matsumoto Jun actually looks like Doumyoji to my amazement. Also, I, um, watched the first five episodes of the Gokusen live-action drama, after rereading all the scans. Which makes for a total of about six hours spent staring at Matsumoto Jun's face (he plays Shin in Gokusen too). >_> I started off thinking he wasn't that good-looking, but by the third episode, I ended up being somewhat fascinated by his eyebrows. ^_^

I prefer the manga to the drama, but for a live-action adaptation, Gokusen is rather excellently done. ^_^ I don't know if I'll necessarily finish the series though. I foresee Hana Yori Dango, on the other hand, becoming my dose of procrastination every weekend.

To assure you that I haven't been (completely) drowning myself in shoujo, I finally read the last chapter of Rin! this weekend. Wah. *_* Where is the fic, if any?

Yours &c.

Comments

[lacewood]

You're writing Gokusen AU? MADAM, ALLOW ME TO PROCLAIM MY DEEP AND UNDYING LOVE! *___________* And I'm sure you'll be able to think of an OT3 if you think hard enough? :D

[troisroyaumes]

I aim to please~! Gokusen is LOVE. XD (Although I don't think anyone can match your Cthulthu crossover, which was brilliant beyond words. ^_^)

[memlu.livejournal.com]

You do realize last night, I was trying to figure out who to annoy into snagging Yankumi and Shin at 20_aus. (Pei Yi? no, she's looking at original stuff. --who else do I know who's into Gokusen! D:!!) So this makes me very happy, don't know about anyone else. *g* Eeee, I'm so very excited.

Also, shoot, because of the HYD drama coming out I had to go looking for scans again -- it's been months since I last read it, SACRILEGE -- and blitzed through twenty last night. God, I keep forgetting how deep my love for Doumyoji and Tsukushi (--separate and together!) is, and how awesome Rui becomes when he finally gets a personality. 3>

And I adore Matsumoto Jun, if only for his hair. (IT'S SO SPRINGY. AND LIGHT. AND MANAGEABLE.)

[lacewood]

IT'S SO SPRINGY. AND LIGHT. AND MANAGEABLE
You haven't seen his Doumyoji hair yet, have you? XDXDXD *makes vague, amused noises about Medusa*

And amazing, what claiming to be tearing my hair out re: original fic will save me from. <3 *ducks*

[memlu.livejournal.com]

I saw two itty-bitty screencaps and thought, EVEN THAT LOOKS NICELY SHAPED. XD;;

--what. PEI YI, I'M ON TO YOU. >O

[lacewood]

... True. It could have probably looked WORSE. At least it looked... nice and shiny and bouncy? *splutter* XD

And WHAT. IT'S TRUE. I AM WRITING AND IT IS KICKING MY ASS. D:

[troisroyaumes]

You know, I never understood how Doumyoji's hairstyle was possible in real life until I saw the drama. XD;;;;

[lacewood]

It looks like they made the poor boy PERM IT, it amuses me BEYOND BELIEF. XDXDXD I give him credit for almost managing to make it look okay! Even if not quite. ... And he had such nice hair before too. XD

[troisroyaumes]

Hee, well, I hope the fics will live up to your expectations. Also, I noticed you claimed Howl/Sophie! ::waits patiently for Mem's HMC fic:: ^______^

I haven't read HYD in years and yet it all came back to me like yesterday when I started watching the drama. I hope they throw in the beauty pageant arc--that was when I finally looked up from my bleary-eyed reading and realized, "Wow, this series is on crack." XD

MatsuJun's hair is the Eighth (or Ninth, depending on how you count) Wonder of the World. ^_^

[blankmeridian.livejournal.com]

The mere existence of more than one Colin/Mary/Dickon fanfic in the universe would completely override the lack of Yorkshire accent. dooo iiiiit.

[troisroyaumes]

My goodness, you're almost convincing me that it's possible. Heh, we'll have to see...^_^;;

[lucathia]

Ooo...a new Hana Yori Dango drama?

I didn't like Meteor Garden at all. The actors...they couldn't act at all! And Matsumoto Jun is in it...even better. ;)

20_aus. The themes are so pretty. :D

[troisroyaumes]

I didn't like Meteor Garden much either, but the HanaDan drama is pretty good from what I could tell of the unsubbed first episode. There's a bittorrent up at D-addicts.com if you're curious. ^_^

The themes are pretty and so, so tempting. XD