Eve ([info]heaven_sword) wrote,
@ 2009-07-10 14:13:00
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Current music:Spinning the world - Clazziquai Project
Entry tags:community, fullmetal alchemist, meme, nanowrimo, naruto, real life, tenipuri, wuxia

The best of all possible worlds

My family doesn't like iced coffee with soda. They prefer their coffee hot, with creamer. Me, I like both.
(The above line is brought to you by me not sleeping much last night, and trying to prop my eyelids open today by the grace of soda coffee, energy drink, and chocolate)

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.
[info]dayadhvam_triad gave me:

wuxia
This is a subject people never fail to ask me about in this sort of meme. :D I'd like to write a wuxia story that today's readers can relate to, without bypassing the classical elements (strifes and other conflicts in wulin, familial duties, etc.). I also try not to create techniques that are too fantastic, both in name and execution, and characters that readers can feel for. It's my experience that, if you don't care for the characters in a book, you won't be too interested in following the story all the way to the end.

NanoWriMo
"50,000 words a month? That's only for very dedicated folks!" I used to think. There are so many delights in doing NaNo - making new friends (mostly IRL, in my case), getting oneself accustomed to write (the famous ass-on-chair-fingers-on-keyboard approach actually works) and thus developing a habit, learning new tricks. This year I'll try for a story that doesn't exceed 50k in length.

writing communities
If you think I'm obsessed with writing communities now, you should've seen me in 2005 up to 2007. I staked claims everywhere, even made my own themed writing community. These days I tend more toward writing communities that discuss writing or communities for original fiction.

FMA
There's nothing much to say other than I'm in awe of Arakawa as a writer. *_* When writing Roy and Hawkeye, my favorite characters - both separately and together - I don't feel I'm doing them justice.

Prince of Tennis
I have the first season of the Chinese version, which I haven't watched yet, and which looks like a wuxia series. (The trailer for the second season sure looks like that of a wuxia series) Truth be told, I haven't been following Shin TeniPuri, since I don't think it has anything new to offer at this point. If, however, a Tezuka vs Yukimura match finally takes place...


ETA: Naruto 455: Sai ♥




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[info]helike
2009-07-10 10:08 am UTC (link)
ETA: Naruto 455: Sai ♥

He is, isn't he? XDD

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[info]heaven_sword
2009-07-10 10:10 am UTC (link)
Now let's see if there's going to be any surprise in his meeting with Danzou.

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[info]helike
2009-07-10 10:13 am UTC (link)
Who knows... But if Danzou is outside the village, he won't meet him that quickly. Anyway... I don't think he's Madara - it would be too simple. It's rather that he's like Kakashi - a man with an implanted Sharingan.
It's interesting that even Danzou seems to be unsure if Sai is really on is side.

And apparently everyone in Root wears these funny "vest" that Sai does :O

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[info]heaven_sword
2009-07-10 11:58 am UTC (link)
So the question would be, where did Danzou's Sharingan come from. In instances like this, fandom usually likes to try and pin the blame on Obito.

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[info]helike
2009-07-10 06:47 pm UTC (link)
LOL Like hell Obito's fault >.>; Fandom seems to have forgotten that that rock crushed his side badly -.-;
There were quite many Uchihas long ago, no need to involve Obito. I bet he's got that years ago.

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[info]huntersandkings
2009-07-10 12:45 pm UTC (link)
I also try not to create techniques that are too fantastic, both in name and execution

I remember that the makers of King of Fighters made techniques that were too fantastic for Reidern; they decided to throw many of them away because "he can only do this if he's an alien" :D

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[info]heaven_sword
2009-07-10 12:58 pm UTC (link)
LOL, apparently the same considerations don't apply when it's a wuxia story. :D

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[info]dayadhvam_triad
2009-07-10 03:22 pm UTC (link)
I like both iced coffee & hot coffee too. :) You should sleep more! Did you have work to do?

haha, I think it's the fantastic techniques in wuxia which make me go o___o. Suspension of disbelief and all that.

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[info]heaven_sword
2009-07-11 01:59 am UTC (link)
It has been a busy week, but I hope to relax more this weekend and to the novel :)

Well, wuxia is supposedly included in the fantasy genre, so superhuman mad skillz might be an inherent part of it. ^^

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[info]heaven_sword
2009-07-11 02:00 am UTC (link)
* to tend to the novel.

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[info]dayadhvam_triad
2009-07-11 05:51 pm UTC (link)
Haha, true. I must admit, I'm not as well-versed in wuxia as I could be. I mean, besides the movies Hero and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers and A Chinese Ghost Story, I don't watch many dramas relating to wuxia.

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[info]heaven_sword
2009-07-12 04:26 am UTC (link)
May I recommend Zhang Jizhong's adaptations of Jin Yong's novels? All the TV series are produced in this century, and most of them are available on the ever-useful YouTube. Let's see: Xiao Ao Jiang Hu was made in 2001. The first two novels of the Condor Trilogy has been produced, Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003) and Return of the Condor Heroes (2006). The TV series for the third novel, Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, is being edited and scheduled for release in August or September this year. You can watch a 16+ minute trailer of HSDS 2009 here to get a picture of what a Zhang Jizhong production is like.

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[info]dayadhvam_triad
2009-07-14 06:01 pm UTC (link)
Hee, thank you for the link. Interesting trailer, I really like the music. :)

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