Randomness and memes.
Mar. 28th, 2004 02:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aruruSo, thanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
l_dude, I got to see the opening for the WA remake. I can't say I like it more or less than the original version, as both as pretty spifferoonies in their own way, but the new one has Jack fighting Harken and Rudy fighting Zed, WAI! <3 it is SHINY and therefore it brings joy.
Gametrailers.com Is also pretty shiny. Not only did I watch the FFXII trailerirksnapple linked to in a recent entry, but it's also got the TV commercials for a number of games, so I was FINALLY able to see the FFTA commercial shinkuu and arcian would joke about. Man, is that thing ever a throwback to the cheesy old late 80's/early 90's commecials, haha! XD
Oh, btw, I updated the project LJ earlier, for those of you who're friended on it. No big deal this time, though - just a few notes.
Anyway, let's play a game - I answer one meme, then I present you guys with one of those memes where it's the reader that has to answer. ^_^
So, today's meme for me (ganked fromsarahtheboring):
My journal is called _____ because _____.
Uh, I only recently gave it a title, and it's simply "Aurora Derall @ LJ." Because that's what it essentially IS - me at LJ. When you can't be creative and/or psychobabbly and pseudosymbolic, go straight to the point! :D
My subtitle is _____ because _____.
"Random blabbing from the Castor-Mami." The random blabbing is self-explanatory. The "Castor-Mami" bit is allrikoshi's fault, and understandable to only a few - there was one time on AIM chat where some of my pals and I asked him what he imagined our furry avatars would be, and I was a beaver . Then, in a more recent chat, he and I were poking fun at Spanish pet names for loved ones, and I got to be "Castor-Mami": "Castor" is "beaver" in Spanish (It's actually the male form of "beaver," but it sounded better than "castora" for the joke.). And "mami" there isn't meant as "mother" (which is the correct use of the word), but as slang equating to the English "babe."
(IIRC, I think I namedrikoshi "El Zorro Papichulo," for the record.)
My friends page is called _____ because _____.
I haven't renamed my Friends page yet. Maybe I'll be pretentious and English Lit.-referential and write "Some of the actors on LJ's stage" or something.
And, just for the hell of it: My username is ____ because _____.
"Aruru." IIRC, becausepotega once had the urge to start calling me that instead of "Aurora" a few years back, and it stuck. shoiryu tends to shorten it to "Aru," too. ^^
And now, for the meme you guys have to answer for me (ganked from a friend ofiwaki's):
If my life were a fandom...
a. Who would the 'shippers pair me with?
b. Who would the slashers pair me with?
c. What would a Mary Sue in my fandom be like OR who is mostly likely to be turned into Canon Sue?
d. When did I/when will I jump the shark?
e. Write a summary of the story that would win the Best Fanfic Award in my fandom.
Have fun. XD
l_dude, I got to see the opening for the WA remake. I can't say I like it more or less than the original version, as both as pretty spifferoonies in their own way, but Gametrailers.com Is also pretty shiny. Not only did I watch the FFXII trailer
irksnapple linked to in a recent entry, but it's also got the TV commercials for a number of games, so I was FINALLY able to see the FFTA commercial shinkuu and arcian would joke about. Man, is that thing ever a throwback to the cheesy old late 80's/early 90's commecials, haha! XDOh, btw, I updated the project LJ earlier, for those of you who're friended on it. No big deal this time, though - just a few notes.
Anyway, let's play a game - I answer one meme, then I present you guys with one of those memes where it's the reader that has to answer. ^_^
So, today's meme for me (ganked from
sarahtheboring):My journal is called _____ because _____.
Uh, I only recently gave it a title, and it's simply "Aurora Derall @ LJ." Because that's what it essentially IS - me at LJ. When you can't be creative and/or psychobabbly and pseudosymbolic, go straight to the point! :D
My subtitle is _____ because _____.
"Random blabbing from the Castor-Mami." The random blabbing is self-explanatory. The "Castor-Mami" bit is all
rikoshi's fault, and understandable to only a few - there was one time on AIM chat where some of my pals and I asked him what he imagined our furry avatars would be, and I was a beaver . Then, in a more recent chat, he and I were poking fun at Spanish pet names for loved ones, and I got to be "Castor-Mami": "Castor" is "beaver" in Spanish (It's actually the male form of "beaver," but it sounded better than "castora" for the joke.). And "mami" there isn't meant as "mother" (which is the correct use of the word), but as slang equating to the English "babe."(IIRC, I think I named
rikoshi "El Zorro Papichulo," for the record.)My friends page is called _____ because _____.
I haven't renamed my Friends page yet. Maybe I'll be pretentious and English Lit.-referential and write "Some of the actors on LJ's stage" or something.
And, just for the hell of it: My username is ____ because _____.
"Aruru." IIRC, because
potega once had the urge to start calling me that instead of "Aurora" a few years back, and it stuck. shoiryu tends to shorten it to "Aru," too. ^^And now, for the meme you guys have to answer for me (ganked from a friend of
iwaki's):If my life were a fandom...
a. Who would the 'shippers pair me with?
b. Who would the slashers pair me with?
c. What would a Mary Sue in my fandom be like OR who is mostly likely to be turned into Canon Sue?
d. When did I/when will I jump the shark?
e. Write a summary of the story that would win the Best Fanfic Award in my fandom.
Have fun. XD
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Date: 2004-03-28 02:14 am (UTC)Yeah, I think the animation is great. I like the original opening, but it's too confusing and has little to do with the actual game itself. Pretty visuals, but in the end it's useless.
But the new animation is amazing. It throws the balloon in there to signify the moment when the trio joins forces. It shows Cecilia cut her hair. (In the original, it was so confusing to see Cecilia, with long hair and her princess dress, being picked up by the Earth Golem.) I like how it shows her second outfit in the animation.
I like that they show Hanpan with his actual design, instead of being a generic mouse. And the magic effects with Cecilia. And even the other major characters in the game. Emma has artwork! XD (She never did have any artwork released at all from the original Wild Arms.)
All in all, I love the animation more than the original. It's just spiffier. And it relates more to the plot of the game, along with the character design.
It was a pain to grab the screenshots for my icons, though. Quicktime has no frame-advance function. And I don't know of any program that can run Quicktime video, that can do that. So I had to go back and forth till I got a good shot. But it was worth it ^_^
*rants*
Sorry.
I don't know you or your friends well enough to do that meme, though. Sorry ^^;