Claude Faustus

He rather looks like William T. Spears!

...I don't like him.

For one, he's got a disgusting preoccupation with licking, and not in a sexy manner. More like in a Tentacle Monster kind of way. Ugh. For another, he is just far too stoned. Call it stoicism if you will, but his EBIL face just irritates me to no end. He also is a lousy servant, with so little loyalty in the face of temptation. Whatever happened to the contract? Then again, his master is a right b!tch... But that's not a very good excuse. PLUS, he screwed around with Ciel and stole his soul! D:

Also, he doesn't like cats. Hmmph.

the soul he wanted

"Forsake the future. Sacrifice your dreams. Elude the past, fight the reality."

This isn't as good as a simulcast, but it's more than enough! *happy dance*

A new phase in my obsession, muahahaha!

more than bargained for

Bought the live-action adaptation of The Wallflower on a whim (mostly, but not entirely, because it looked promisingly full of bishies) two days ago; currently my completion rate stands at around 83%. And I must say, it has quite exceeded my expectations. It's surprisingly good for a story about what an unnaturally beautiful guy and a hikikomori girl have in common, though it doesn't sound so original when it's put like that. My eyes can't catch a damn break; they've been behaving like leaky cauldrons all week, what with me watching one drama series after another. Blegh. This show really is good, though, whether or not you understand the language.

Speaking of which.

I hate it when I so gamely spend time to actually try out what someone recommends, even if it's not my usual cup of tea, and in turn I only get laughed off when I try to talk about what I like. Is it so wrong to want someone to share it with? Do you have any idea how lonely that is? Ahh, no wonder the show struck such a chord. That's it. Loneliness.

Pff, yet another post turned emo halfway through.

the (war)path home

Image credits go to [link], [link], [link] and [link], respectively. DeviantART is your friend.

Iamemobecausetheresultsarecoming.

If not human, what else?

If there's one message that really sticks in my head after reading Pratchett's books, it's that the human race truly is the most astoundingly monstrous of all, not least because we don't realise it most of the time.

When someone does something shockingly cruel or twisted, we like to say how inhuman he or she is - but that doesn't make any sense, because no other living thing that we know of could possibly do such things. Oh, they often rip each other's guts out, sure, but the intent behind it is completely different. They do so as part of their natural programming. Only human beings could be so sick as to hurt other beings in the way we have done, so malicious as to do so deliberately, so ignorant as to do so in high spirits, and so arrogant as to call such acts "inhuman".

So what is "human"? Are only kind, caring acts of goodness human? Only what is morally right is human?

The drawn-out, cold-blooded, premeditated murder of a woman with her child watching from a ringside seat is every bit as human as a donation to disaster victims. It would be nothing but conceit to deny that. With the good... comes the bad.

Results're in two days. I can't breathe.

that fear

Unless I'm very much mistaken, both of these BJDs are from Dollshe (you learn weird, random things from dA). And yeah, the first is a damn trap. I totally thought he was a girl-doll, bah.

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/307/9/e/9e06ff14588358f87cae9ed8b2ab1ccd.jpg

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs47/i/2009/228/7/f/Renew_II_by_alientune.jpg

Two beautiful reasons to help me overcome my fear of dolls.

When I see the plasticky texture or the joints, I still find them a little creepy, but I guess I can always distract myself by focusing instead on how scarily pretty they are. Lol. Quite unnerving if you stop to think too hard, but they're so much better than the dolls I've grown up hating. At least they're photogenic. :P I'd take them (especially the second one) over Ken any day!

Mannequins and baby-dolls still freak the living daylights outta me, though.

Love

"Love," he explained.

She looked at him with eyes the blue of the sky.

"I hope you choke on it," she said, flatly.

Gaiman is not bad reading when one feels in the mood for something ... blacker than Pratchett.

How long has it been...

...since I could tie my hair up without a messy layer of bristles left out at the base?

...since I could twist all that hair up into a proper, spherical bun?

...since I ironed my nursing cap out, folded it along well-creased lines and pinned it atop my head, only to feel it floating off whenever I moved too quickly?

...since we watched each other's backs - literally, in case one of our zips had slid?

...since I only had two buttons to attach every time I donned my uniform?

...since we all wore those canvas shoes?

...since I started feeling this hollow?

Just one name.

Jeremy Rathbone.

*squeeeeeeeeee*

.

wisdom...

"Hey mister, jigajig toot sweet all same Number Three."

...is knowing a foreign language. Hahahahah.

I do so love the works of Sir Pratchett - favourite Discworld inhabitants being Esmerelda Weatherwax, Gytha Ogg, Havelock Vetinari, Mustrum Ridcully, Tiffany Aching and (as if anyone could ever, ever forget) the Nac Mac Feegle.

I Shall Wear Midnight will be out in September! OH, THE AGONY.

OH, THE EXCESSIVE CAPITALISATION.

It's a fine day for skywalking...

by janey-jane of deviantart.

Such an unexpected crossover.

Howl + Shinji = ♥♥

...well, not really, but Howl = ♥ and Shinji = ♥, so technically it makes sense. ^^

Urban Dictionary: Mary Sue

A female fanfiction character who is so perfect as to be annoying. The male equivalent is the Marty-Stu. A Mary Sue character is usually written by a beginning author. Often, the Mary Sue is a self-insert with a few "improvements" (eg. better body, more popular, etc). The Mary Sue character is almost always beautiful, smart etc... In short, she is the "perfect" girl. The Mary Sue usually falls in love with the author's favourite character(s) and winds up upstaging all of the other characters in the book/series/universe. There are several main types of Mary Sue:

Victim!Sues: The Victim!Sue is your whiny, wimpy, pathetic female character who can't seem to do much of anything except cry and get herself into trouble that the romantic interest of the fic has to rescue her from.

Warrior!Sues: The Warrior!Sue is usually loud, obnoxious and (of course) an amazing warrior. She'll usually have some tragic past that led her to become a warrior, and she'll upstage all of the Canonical characters with her mad Sueish powerz.

Mage!Sue: Similar to the Warrior!Sue, the Mage!Sue has amazing stregnth in magic, or has a magical power that nobody else has. She'll usually wind up upstaging all of the magical characters of the series.

Punk!Sue: Also called Noncomformist!Sue or Goth!Sue, the Punk!Sue is usually written by female beginners in the 11-15 age group. The Punk!Sue is loud, obnoxious, annoying and generally the type of person who you'd want to send off to boot camp for six months. The Punk!Sue almost always has angst coming out of her ears and isn't really a bad person, she's just oh!-so-angry at whatever tragic past the author has chosen to give her. The Punk!Sue is based on what the 11-15 year old author thinks is "cool" and wishes she could be. This includes Evil!Sues.

Misfit!Sue: This includes all Sues who are supposedly geeks, nerds, misfits, etc. Usually, the Misfit!Sue doesn't start out as inhumanly beautiful, but winds up getting a makeover and finding out she had the potential to be a guy-magnet (or girl-magnet, depending on the genre) all along. Also includes the "My parents want me to do this but I want to do that and it's not fair!!!!one!" type of Sue. Usually, this Sue is very bookish and smart, but will find some sort of physical talent nobody expected and become a star as a result.

Another thing to note is that a Sue will usually have a completely off-the-wall name, like "Viquetoria". The more weird and pretentious the name of the character, the more likely it is that she is a Sue.

Finally, Sues often have weird, improbable or impossible bloodlines. A secret half-elf child of Elrond and a nameless human would be an example of this. A character who was Dumbledore's grandchild and Tom Riddle's daughter would be another example.

by nscangal.

The great truth of this makes me laugh... the green highlights my personal favourite parts. Whoever nscangal is, she sure knew her fanfics. Your move, Mary Sue! Feel free to use your mad Sueish powerz and totally decimate these points, after which you will ride off into the sunset with the ikemen of your creator's choice.

BUT. This also makes me wonder if any of my OCs are thought of as Mary Sues or Marty Stus, which would totally make me feel like this: