( Mako nostalgia and an encounter with a typically naive Westerner towards Manga )

Heroes vol 5 trailer was crazy. So Claire and that new girl are going to please the f/f fans. But my main excitement is from seeing Robert Knepper in the trailer. Still got the T-Bag presence which is a plus :D I am going to be keeping my eye on him throughout the series screencapping a lot if I have the chance lol. Hope they keep him for most of the season. I haven't read spoilers as I no longer follow the Heroes comms as much as I used to because the fandom makes me want to poke myself like hell. James Kyson Lee linked to a short trailer of vol 5 on his Twitter and I saw Ando with a Japanese girl. Is that Hiro's Nee-san?! Not that I'm fussed. Ando does need love after all!!

List 10 of your favorite characters from different fandoms, and ask people to spot patterns in your choices, and if they're so inclined, to draw conclusions about you based on the patterns they've spotted.

1) Kino Makoto (Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon)
2) Shinomori Aoshi (Rurouni Kenshin)
3) Sakurazuka Seishirou (Tokyo Babylon, X)
4) Niki Sanders (Heroes)
5) Masahashi Ando (Heroes)
6) Buffy Summers (Buffy)
7) Gwen Cooper (Torchwood)
8) Meredith Grey (Grey's Anatomy)
9) Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
10) T-Bag (Prison Break)

There's more but I tried to think of characters I felt I had deeper thoughts on.

If you're talking about anyone from LJ who I have met IRL then I would say nobody. But if you're talking about who I've known the longest via LJ or the internets in general then that honour goes to soberirishlass aka Girl-chama ^_^. I remember posting my first Sailormoon-related story on FF.net in October 2000 and her name popped up in a review :D

On a further note I believe a lot of the LJ friends I've added are/were in the same fandoms as me and we still keep in touch.

Peter Petrelli/Elle Bishop
Peter/Niki Sanders (you only get this in one episode and a few pages of the graphic novel)
Seta Soujirou/Makimachi Misao
Mako-chan/Sempai XD

I was meant to meet a co-worker at C14 but she didn't turn up - due to a huge hangover. I had the feeling this would happen when she said the day before that she would be drinking in bars with her best friend. These things are very easy to predict so I was of the "whatever lah" mind for the rest of the day. After saying she would see how she feels later on in the day I insisted she not worry and get some rest. Too bad she missed out on eyecandy seeing as she is a Smallville fan >:)

For the curious-minded...

( twas a hot, sunny day in Milton Keynes )

Oh dear now I am tempted to go to The Hub (Torchwood convention) as that's two weeks away. The guest list was small the last time I checked but now there's more people. I am down for missing out on Collectormania 13 where the lineup rocked even with the explosive John Barrowman effect and the fans got crazy. I would have gone there for two people.

Kino Makoto/Sailorjupiter from Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon. Though personally I'd prefer be Mako herself rather than the Sailor Senshi counterpart as said character is pretty complex on her own.

Non-anime characters would have to be either Sydney Bristow or Buffy Summers. I think one can see a trend here ^_^;;

( xoxo )

( crossover )

Obviously this is going to be edited like crazy as I read more of the original GG novels but I had to get some thoughts down before I explode.

As mentioned in this post I saw a really good Sailorjupiter cosplayer @ London Expo last May though couldn't take a photo. Luckily others managed to get really good photographs from that day. Spotted the Jupiter cosplayer. Have a look through here. Link credit goes to the MCM Expo forums.

I discussed with Nii-san about the (im)possible task of organising a cosplay group with other people and which characters we should be if we had the chance. As we were on the subject of Bleach's popularity he mentioned he'd cosplay Ishida and I said I'd do Kuchiki Rukia. If he wanted to cosplay Byakuya he'd have to be very cold ^^;; I'm still considering Kenshin at the moment because I'd happily "Oro" from a hug if necessary XP

Oh blimey I'm mental for this but I managed to get tickets for three gigs and one musical (this is for nostalgia). So if all goes well I'm going to see Kagrra in August, OneRepublic in September and Apocalyptica in December. I'll have to revise these bands' music in the meantime.

Almost an echo of this but with an additional thought.

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I'm probably not attending tomorrow because of an exhausting week but I had quite an interesting day out today nevertheless.

( oh anime and manga it's been a while )

Now why can't London do what Paris and America do by getting top Japanese musicians to a Japanese culture convention?! That would be awesome, yes?

edit Spotted two people with Nightwish shirts. One of each era i.e. old and new. Whether or not they clashed I'll never know. In fact I saw tons of metalheads yesterday.

1) I'm an introverted individual who often speaks only when she's spoken to half the time. A self-conscious Kino Makoto combined with the silent icy aura of Shinomori Aoshi where she fears she's too aggressive as opposed to feminine. When I want some alone time I tend to glare at people and not smile widely.

2) I can be as angry as Lina Inverse or Filia and want to explode when someone gets on the wrong side of the fence. I come close to exchanging blows like Tifa Lockheart or Mako-chan.

At long bloody last I finally found the posts I needed all these years. My own defence only covers minute things but this person has managed to take the time to defend the most hated GA character from season 1 up to the present episodes of season 4 which I have yet to see (may not see it for various reasons).

A Defense of Meredith Grey
Episode 4.11 contemplation

I'm curious to see if someone will do something similar for Niki Sanders, Gwen Cooper and Alex Drake. Lord those ladies need such a defence. I had tons of Makoto "essays" a while back but they've all been wiped from an old website and I forgot to save the posts *grumbles*

Well this is going to bring back some bad memories, isn't it? xD

Last night I did a random search on Shinohara Emi out of crazy curiosity. Of course lots of Sailormoon clips came about, which included the Inner Senshi Seiyuu singing Moon Revenge live (in front of a hugely enthusiastic crowd of very geeky maybe ecchi fanboys - you just have to look at their reactions to see what I'm talking about). I'm ashamed to say I still remember the lyrics from the top of my head too ^_^;;;;

click and watch I dare ya

Is it me or does the camera zoom up on Tomizawa Michie a lot? Same goes with Mitsuishi Kotono. Both those ladies are stunning...though what about Shinohara Emi? Now that woman looked like a real diva who appeared good for her age ^^;; I do think Mitsuishi Kotono is a good Seiyuu. She voiced Arisugawa Juri and Katsuragi Misato =) A complete switch of character from Excel or Usagi, eh?

Also I updated the fmv recs for Mako tribute vids with two more cute findings --> sparkling!! :)

Now I'm going to get out of my guilty pleasure shell and watch some cracky things XD!! In this case that would be Torchwood.

Managed to upload something Xmas-related as mentioned previously:

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I always do this but ah what the heck?

Happy birthday Mako-chan!!

To compliment the birthday, I might upload Mako's cover of Ave Maria and other Xmas music by different singers in a later post. I'm suddenly feeling more festive for some reason ^^;;

Just wanted to do what I normally do each year when I remember birthdays and that is to say Happy 42nd Birthday Yoshiki-sama :D I hope you can start a world tour with X Japan soon because that would make my current status so much more enlightening.

Secondly, the question of the day I posted earlier this morning had me thinking about something as I was browsing around Wikipedia, researching SE Hinton's books. I was remembering why I enjoyed reading The Outsiders for most of the morning and it occured to me that one of the characters I'm fond of was pretty much a male version of Mako-chan in a way HOMG a muse!! J/K Mako's not hyper or genki by any means but she's all about being the big sibling who listens attentively and I guess that shows when I read Sodapop's actions, as well as the reckless fighting to blow off some energy. Sodapop is not the eldest brother (that would be Darry) but he seems more nurturing and openly caring.

Speaking of muses Supernatural, Doctor Who and Heroes really tease fanfic writers. They're such huge fandoms and the characters can be engaging whenever possible that it makes my former muse itch. I'd kill to write a decent Heroes/DW, Heroes/X-Men or Heroes/Supernatural fic. Actually anything crossover related I want to write. I was browsing the sn_crossovers community and saw loads of stories posted but I haven't sat down to read them yet. Oh [fan]fiction writing if only fandoms weren't so nutty I'd probably still enjoy storywriting like I did in the past.

I think you can tell I'm a latecomer SPN fan. I recently watched 1.09 Home and now I'm suddenly in need to go further XD

Two days ago I got a review for a story I posted ages ago at the pit and I made such a silly error in terms of age and time period that I had never noticed it after all these years. I may amend it when I have the time but since I hardly write or visit that website it seems unlikely.

( any dream will do )

( heroes - unexpected )

This author seems to write a variety of Sailormoon fics. The story below got my interest.

Oak Evolution by Dejana Talis dejana homepage is here

Sounds rather tragic overall and when I think about it the story could describe pretty much every Sailor Senshi's feelings rather than just Makoto though she has always needed more focus in fanfiction anyway ^^;;. However since I've struggled to find a believable interaction of a platonic nature between Mamoru and another female other than Usagi (in this case Mako-chan) I was taken by surprise when I read this one-shot. They just had this sensible talk and I liked it.